A Box Of Kittens

Chapter 24

Grell, your hair looks absolutely fabulous, as always! Honestly, how does it always looks so amazing every time?! Also, Soma looks happy ( ^ω^ ) Wolfram and Sieglinde are there too, cool! Also, I'm at home sick at the moment, so I dedicate that time to writing this for you guys rather can catch up on any homework... I hope it's worth it! Also, teachers, it's a bad idea to make someone with an upset stomach play rugby, even if they did score a try or two.

"Ugh, this is getting us nowhere!" Sieglinde cried out in frustration, her head hitting the table in front of her. "All we've got to go by is this stupid feather!"

"Please calm down, Miss Sullivan!" Finny cried out in alarm.

"Ja, have this tea that guy, Tanaka, gave us," Wolfram handed her the cup on its saucer, careful not to spill scalding hot tea all over her small body.

"Danke," Sieglinde muttered her thanks to Wolfram, who smiled at her. She took the tea from him with steady hands, blew on it slightly, and took a small sip from it. Delicious!

"Maybe we should focus on the feather, see what bird it could've come from," Agni said calmly. ("Yes, I agree with that man!" Lau added)

 "I've got it, yes I have!" everyone's heads turned to see Mey-Rin run into the room with a book clutched tightly to her chest. Bard could be seen behind her, running after her.

"Mey-Rin, watch out! Your shoelaces are undone!" he cried, cigarette falling from his mouth as he spoke. "Aw, man," he muttered, glancing down at the fallen cigarette.

"Huh? Whaaa-!" Mey-Rin had looked back at Bard and tripped on her lose shoelace, causing her to get launched through the air, her dress and hair flying around her as she did so. Agni ran up to catch her before she hit the table and Soma, standing up suddenly, used his cricket-playing skills to use as he ran back slightly and caught the book she was carrying with his outstretched arm. Bard ran up behind them, doubled over panting, heaving and spluttering.

He raised one hand above his head and pointed. "Slow... down!" he panted, out of breath.

"Are you alright, Miss Maid?" Agni asked Mey-Rin as he steadied her, lifting her up to her feet. She nodded, also out of breath, as she straightened her dishevelled hair and uniform; her face reddened in embarrassment.

"What's this book anyway?" Soma asked, reading the title on the cover. "Creaturae Divinitatis*. What does that mean?"

"Sounds Latin!" Finny exclaimed.

"I found it while dusting the bookshelves in Master Ciel's study, yes I did!" Mey-Rin said proudly. "Bard held the ladder steady for me while I took it down!"

"It had some stuff abou' demons an' that," Bard said, relighting himself a new cigarette. "We read through it an' found this," he took the book from Soma and opened, rifled through the pages until stopping at the page he needed, and plonked it down on the table for all to see. At the top of the page, it was labelled 'Reprobi Angeli**'. Across the double page, there was a black and white image of a pair of long, seemingly pure-white wings severed at the base- they were in a large, glass display case- and many different diagrams of feathers and wingspans. While the title and the book cover was in Latin, the information and annotations were in English, the cursive handwriting blurred only slightly in places were the writer had smudged the ink.

"'Unlike the holy entities of God, these Fallen Angels are that who have left God's side and ignored His wishes, and have been expelled from Heaven. The term "fallen angel" does not appear in The Bible, but is used of angels who were cast out of heaven or angels who have sinned. Such angels are often malevolent towards humanity. The Bible calls Fallen Angels evil and unclean spirits.