Post by Morgan O'Donovan on Aug 8, 2005 21:44:23 GMT
Morgan hesitantly entered the musty interior of the Magical Menagerie, half expecting some fanged furball to come jumping out at her from the darkness. As her eyes adjusted to the dim light inside the store, she began discerning the shapes of infinite numbers of cages lined up against the walls and on shelves. She approached one of them, feeling pity for the animals trapped in their tiny cages - however, as she glanced inside, she realized that the space inside them had been magically enlarged so that each animal had a large room in which to move around in. She moved from cage to cage, glancing at the mostly sleeping animals inside - black and brown rats, snowy owls, eagle owls, even a dog or two... tabby cats, orange cats... as she arrived at a cage in the corner, she hesitated. Two large, green, luminous eyes looked out at her from the darkness. Morgan immediately knew she had found her pet. She called over the cashier, an old witch that looked like a crazy old cat lady, and told her that she wanted to buy this black cat. The old witch looked at her, and said "Good choice, my dearie... this cat's a lucky one, she'll bring you good fortune." Morgan smiled as she gave 5 galleons to the old woman, who took the attentive animal out of her cage and placed her in a small basket. Morgan gently ran her fingers over her smooth fur, mumbling "Porcelina... Porcelina is what I'll call you, my lovie..." The cat simply looked at her, but there was something like intelligence in her eyes. Hugging the basket closely, Morgan left the store.