Rosielia and the Eye of the Tiger

Chapter Three: The Campfire sorting

        Rosielia looked down at her hands, but there were none! All she saw were brown paws. "Y-you're a-an Inx!" exclaimed Avner. "A what?" asked Rosielia, "We are inx," explained Ave. Rosielia stood up, she tried to take a step then tripped, Ave and Devlyn helped her up. "Try to control your tail," Devlyn advised. Rosielia looked at her limp tail behind her and focused on moving it up. It twitched a few times then slowly rose two or three inches off the ground. She took a couple of steps forward and walked perfectly. "OK, let's go meet the rest." Ave said, Rosielia was confused," the rest?" "follow me." continued Ave. The four of them walked out of the tent but something was blocking the entrance. A huge pair of colorful blue and green butterfly wings. "Ummm, hello?" Rosielia asked, but she had barely finished the sentence before the wings turned around to reveal a red lynx-like inx with probably the biggest smile she had ever seen on a living thing."HI! Are you new? What's your name? I'm Jinx!" the Joyful cat said. Jinx had green eyes and wore a matching shirt and shorts. She also had a bell necklace for some reason. Rosielia thought about what name she would use now that she was a cat. "Rosepaw, but you can call me Rose, and yes, I am new, Nice to meet you Jinx." they continued to walk over to the middle of the camp where a stone fire pit was. Around the pit there were logs, so the group sat down facing the fire. "Oh, I almost forgot! Meev!" Avner called. Some groaned, and there were quite a few of "oh come on!" and "seriously?" just then, a little, chubby, sparkly green dragon jumped out of the bushes, almost falling on top of them. He then blew as hard as he could and lit the fire with his breath. "EVERYONE, GATHER ROUND." shouted Ave, trying to get the entire camp's attention. Not long after, more cat-like creatures began to gather around the fire. Rosielia saw some very interesting ones, such as, an inx that was red and had four fuzzy tails, and one that was orange that had three tails that were wrapped up into a bundle with fabric. Once all the logs were crowded, Ave got up and flew in the direction of the tent. Not long after, she returned with a thick piece of cloth. Ave then gestured for Rosepaw to come to stand by her. She stood up and walked over to Ave, trying to avoid the eyes of all the cats looking at her. Ave handed her the material then whispered, "What do you want to do with this?" Rosepaw thought, she looked down at the plain pink jumper she had transformed into and decided what she wanted to do. She wrapped it around her waist then tied it, making a "skirt." After that, Ave whistled and numerous inx stood up and walked over to her, forming a semi-circle. "Rosepaw, these are the Maidens, you will share a tent with them." She then followed them into a tent where the floor was neatly arranged into sleeping and living places. "This is your bed, Rosepaw." said the orange inx she had seen before, motioning to a mat in the far corner of the tent. "I'm Diamond, but you can call me Dia, and, a warning, we are right next to the Warriors, who are known to throw reckless parties at night." said a grey-blue inx who had pink butterfly wings and fur growing over her right eye. "Ok, thank you, and nice to meet you," replied Rosepaw. They promptly had a dinner composed of wild mushroom, roasted fish, and berries, which was quite delicious considering that they were camping in the woods. "Rosepaw, we need you out here," said Devlyn sticking his head into the tent.