Story Battle Thanks To Glitter

"Felix and the Vet" Felix felt hands around his waist and he felt air rushing below his dangling paws. He twisted his head and saw Kiri holding him. Put me down! He pulled free his slightly stubby tail and lashed it. Then he saw it"the yawning mouth of the carrier! He bared his teeth and buried his head in Kiri"s arm. "Yow! Poor little Felix cat," she said. It was getting closer! Felix"s tail puffed up and his claws came out. He fought furiously and tried to back away, but a push sent him tumbling forward. There was a clang, and the cat carrier door slammed shut. The latch creaked. "Sorry, Felix," came a voice, and then it drifted away. When Kiri"s father put him down in the vet"s office, the first thing Felix did was scream. "MAARROWLAROWLAROW!" Through his pressed back ears he heard pets shifting uneasily, and a muffled hiss. Then a big, wet, black nose started snuffling at the metal mesh. Felix hissed and scrambled back, his orange fur standing on end. Suddenly, air whooshed through the bars and the ground fell away from beneath the carrier. He stared, wild eyed, as the carrier swayed back and forth and finally came to a stop. The door swung open, and he shot out, claws slipping. He saw a huge, evil face grinning down, with something long and shiny in its hand. "Help me!" Felix yowled. "I"m being abducted by needle people!" The air huffed out of his lungs as he was pinned by a sturdy hand, and he turned and gashed a long, red line in it. Then he lunged for the needle person"s face, and he sank his teeth into a cheek before he felt himself being lifted away. A hand shoved him into the carrier and the door shut. His tail lashed, and he strutted along the walls of the carrier, his lips stretched in a smile. I wonder if there"s blood on my claws. That would be so cool! Then I could prove to that whacko Star and the rest that I alone beat up the needle person! I mean seriously, I am so awesome! He didn"t notice the needle that snuck through a hole in the carrier, and as he closed his eyes, Felix didn"t notice that his nap was drugged. Felix leapt smoothly from the carrier and onto the floor. He stalked over to the Christmas tree, which was lying on its side, propped up by chairs, and he made a huge jump that sent him to the top. His voice raised into a hiss. "Gather, all those who bow to me!" Luna stared up at him, her stump tail twitching. "We don"t bow to you! We can fight for dominance, though!" she cried in a high pitched mew. "Well anyway, guess what I did! I beat up the needle person, all by myself! Ha! Plus, I have real blood on my claws!" Felix stretched out his claws as far as he could, but they didn"t have blood on them. He quickly withdrew them so no one would notice. "Anyway, you must bow to me!" His gaze fell on a gray-orange lump. "You! That is my bed! How dare you go behind His Majesty"s back, and claim his royal box!" He jumped onto the desk and strolled over to the box. Star rolled over, her eyes blinking open. "But"this is my box, Felix." "Not anymore." He swiped at her face, ears flattening. Star crouched back as far as she could, her ears going so far back on her head they were almost invisible. She lashed out, her claw nicking his eye, and he stumbled back, blinking. Fury washed over him, and he charged, knocking her into a pile of clutter on the desk. She tumbled off. Felix stared after her, his whiskers suddenly drooping. His eye stung. The love seat was soft as he curled into a ball. His eyes shut, and his breaths evened out. The first thing visible in the darkened house was the ancient Hamlet, lying in a ball shape next to Felix. He hissed sleepily. Hamlet"s eyes popped open, and her bony frame fled the love seat, her back legs slinging sideways as she landed. Her dark gray fur was almost black in the light as she stumbled off to find her equally ancient friend, Carmel. Felix opened his other eye. He couldn"t. Panic shot through him, and he struggled to open it, but it felt sticky and glue covered. I have to have someone help me! I bet Kiri can, she has noticed problems before, like when I felt awful and had to sleep all day, and went to the needle person in the middle of the night. He ran as fast as he could to her door, almost hitting a wall as he swerved back and forth. "Mrow. Mrow. Mrow. Mrow. Mrow. Mrow. Mrow. Mreaaww." It"s not working! Wait, Star is in there. "Star! Can you please jump on Kiri"s face!" He heard a thud. "Why? I"m ready to come out, but you stole my box earlier. I won"t." "I"ll give it back!" Silence drifted to his ears, apart from soft breathing. "I"ll give you some of my wet food, too!" Felix perked his ears, and he heard little paws running, with tiny thumps, the bed springing, and a little, "Mroow?" It happened again. "Cat, please stop jumping on my face." The string of sounds repeated, and he heard a groan. Suddenly, the door opened, and Felix shot in. Fur brushed his flank as Star slipped around him. "Mraw mow mow!" "Come on, can"t I sleep?" He felt himself being lifted. "Wait, Felix, your eye! That looks bad. You"re probably going to go to the vet." Noooooo! Felix clawed at the air. Not the needle person again! A day later, Keagan was eating ravioli. Luna washed her stump next to him, her toes pointing straight up. Felix turned his gaze back to the kitchen. Kiri finished sprinkling down treats and walked past Hamlet, who gave her a glance and stumbled out of the way before eating another treat, following Stephen. He crunched up the last cat treat. Hands pressed him down and he saw Ann towering over him. His mouth was forced open, and something small hit his tongue. She stroked his throat, and he felt himself swallow it. He was released. Eeeeewwww! What was that horrid thing? Blech! Hiss! "That will help you, Felix", Kiri said, watching from the corner. No, nuh-uh! I don"t like it! The next week, Felix opened both his eyes. He crouched down and scrambled deeper into the closet. I won"t eat it this time! The voices calling him stopped. Ha! They"ve given up! In an hour, Felix was having trouble keeping his eyes open. He yawned and opened one eye. The other was stuck. What"s happening? It hasn"t stuck in a day! He burst out of the closet and ran to the master bedroom door. Something wet was leaking onto his nose again. "Mrow mrow mrow mrow!" The door opened, and Felix looked up. "Uh-oh, his eye is oozing gunk again." The hands pressed him down. Nooooo! His mouth was pried open, and it fell in. As soon as Ann stopped stroking his throat, Felix trudged into the playroom. He jumped onto the warm DVD player. He was just beginning to snooze when Keagan thundered past, dragging DaBird the cat toy behind him. Both his eyes snapped open. Hey"my eye is better! But how? Wait, Kiri said it would help me when Ann pinned me down, so did everyone else! She made me swallow the white things, and the white things came from the needle person! Is it true"is the needle person really good? "The needle person is good!" Luna poked her head around the corner. "Hey, the needle person is bad, by the way, Kiri"s room is really nice, can we fight over it? Fight, fight, fight!" she squealed. Carmel padded up from behind Luna. "We all know the needle person is bad, Felix! What are you thinking?" Just then, Felix heard Kiri talking. "So, he"s going to the vet tomorrow?" The carrier door opened, and Felix trotted out. The needle person grinned down at him. "He"ll need to take these for another week", it said. The needle person gave him a pet. He let out a relieved purr, and his short tail lifted. "What did you do to improve his behavior so drastically?" it asked Stephen. "I have no idea. Again, my apologies for his earlier actions." Felix padded back into the carrier. Wow, the needle person really is good. I will be nice to it from here on! One more purr sounded, and the door smoothly shut. Stephen picked up the carrier, and he carried Felix away, towards home.