Foolish Girl

"You didn't let me kill the genie and now you're going to suffer more than you believed possible. Even at this very moment Ariel is dying or dead. See?" Pictures of dozens of Akuma attacking Ariel in a strange city appeared and I watched while they ripped her apart.

"Noooooo!" I screamed and sat up, opening my eyes. I was in my room. Sweat dampened the sheets. I climbed out of bed and went to the window. How could I find out if what Sharra had shown me was the truth? Without my wings and my magic I couldn't just return to my land. A shadow crawled across the yard and I jumped back, frightened.

"Laeddin," I whispered and waited, my mind unable to let go of what I'd seen happening to Ariel.

It wasn't Laeddin, but Gatsby. The cat suddenly appeared outside my window. His yellow eyes stared through the glass.

"Let me in, vampire," he said, lifting his paw and patting at the window.

It was odd the cat could talk, even weirder that he seemed to know so much, but beyond that, he was adorab