That week there weren’t any jobs for the defenders. Feeling quite content that no one was being lousy, the pixie creatures lounged around their little home happily…well for the most part…
“ Hey Miffy did you feed the cat?” Elrohir asked her from the living room
“ Uh…” Miffy froze in the kitchen it was her responsibility that week to feed the cat and she had only done it about twice. Now it was Wednesday. ‘Think fast muffin’ She scanned the kitchen when her eyes fell on Holly’s Gold fish “ yes…” with a sickening thwack! The fish was dead and in the cat’s food dish. The cat hungrily, dug in and a few minuets later began choking on a bone. “ ACK HELP!” Miffy cried
Kris came running with Elrohir tagging behind. Within seconds, Kris analyzed the situation and had the cat well again, after performing animal CPR. “ Whats going on?” Holly asked coming into the kitchen in a bath towel, dripping on the floor. “ I was in the shower and heard screaming.”
“ Well, er…”
“ Miffy fed your fish to the cat.” Kris explained. Holly spun on her heals and left the room. An hour, four kazoos and four dressed up pixie creatures later, they were gathered around the toilet having a funeral for ‘ Bugsy the Fish’
“ He was a good fish…” Holly said
“ Yes, yes…yes he was…” Elrohir said, head bowed. Just then a high pitched beeping filled their ears. Elrohir’s ears perked up. Then, “ NOOOOO MY SOUFFLE’”
In a flash he left the room. Holly solemnly flushed the toilet then the girls followed their noses to the kitchen where Elrohir was putting out the oven fire. In the sink was a very scorched and very dead looking soufflé. Elrohir turned to the girls looking somewhat crazy. They stood huddled in a corner and gazed back with a little terror in their eyes.
Then he spoke his voice even and measured. “ Do you girls know how long I have been trying to perfect the soufflé?” the girls shook their heads and before Elrohir could say anything else, they ran off.
Things for the rest of the day were a little tight. Elrohir was still miffed about his soufflé, Holly was angry with Miffy for killing her first pet that lived longer than a week, and Kris was playing peacekeeper. They were all glad when the day was over.
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