Title: Evie's Adventure
Summary: Evelyn's adventure is purely
for laughs, and it's all Jonathan's fault.
Rating: G
E-mail: [email protected]
Disclaimer: They're not mine!
Evelyn smiled at the new book, and then
opened it gingerly. She reveled at the smell of it, making Rick laugh.
"For crying out loud Evie, it's
not a candle. It's just a book." he grinned and she stuck her tongue out
at him.
"It's not just a book. It's the
book, other than the two books we found in Hamunaptra. It's about curses and
whatnot. Curses that were written by the pharaohs." she beamed and saw the
look on his face.
She shook his head, snatching the book
from her and closing it.
"No way. Remember what happened
last time you read a stupid book? Nu-uh. I'm not going to let you do it
again." he growled and Jonathan walked in, a questioning look on his face.
"What have we here?" he
snatched the book from Rick and opened it, not bothering to read the title.
He laughed, and recited a small verse,
and pointed directly at Evie, laughing.
"This is all nonsense! Like any of
this would really happen." he laughed, and Evie sighed, yet felt funny.
She shook her head, and her body began to glow.
"Jonathan, you idiot!" she
growled at him as she began to change, her body becoming furry as she began to
shrink.
She held her hands in front of her face
as Rick and Jonathan stood by, incredulously watching as she began to
transform. Her fingers disappeared and were replaced by paws, and whiskers
sprouted from her cheeks, as she became a foot tall. When the transformation
had been completed, and sat back on her haunches, and turned toward a mirror
hanging from the wall. She jumped up and screamed.
"I'M A CAT!" she shrieked and
Rick smacked Jonathan in the back of the head.
"You're an idiot Jonathan!"
he yelled as he grabbed the book and flung it across the room.
Jonathan stood still, his face still
shocked. "How was I supposed to know she'd change into a cat? I didn't
know that was a book of curses O'Connell, it wasn't as if I knew!" he
stood up for himself as Rick walked over to Evelyn. He gently lifted her up and
set her on the desk as he took the chair in front of it.
"At least you're a pretty
cat."
"Shut up Jonathan!" they both
yelled and he jumped, sitting down on a chair.
"Honey? Are you okay?" Rick
asked as the Siamese Evelyn paced back and forth, her four legs sporting black
paws on each end. Her otherwise tan body stood out.
Her black face, her paws, and the tip
of her tail held colour, and her blue eyes stood out against the light tan of
her fur.
"What? What do you mean am I okay?
I'm a cat! I'm a Siamese cat, I'm not a human anymore!" she stopped and
looked at her paws. "I don't even have fingers." she sighed and
climbed off the desk onto O'Connell's lap.
"What are we going to do?"
she asked Rick and he stroked her head, making her purr.
He thought for a moment, and then
looked down at her. "You're the one with the knowledge, you tell me what
to do. I'm married to a cat for heavens sake." he picked her up and hugged
her. "Don't worry sweetheart, I'm going to figure this out." he
promised and kissed the top of her furry head.
-Three days later-
Laughter filled the room. "It's
not funny Curator!" Evelyn shrieked, and frowned as she sat on the desk of
the museum's curator inside the Cairo Museum.
"Yes, it's really not funny. I
don't like having to live with the fact that I have a pet instead of a wife.
We've looked through all of the books we have on curses and can't find anything
that would be able to change her back to a human." Rick stifled the
curators laugh, yet the old lovable man kept a smile on his face.
"My dear, on the next full moon,
the spell will wear off. Believe me when I say that you're not the first on to
have this problem."
"At least I know I'm not the only
person in the world that's been a feline. It's really strange, and I don't like
it. I want to be human again." she begged and said good-bye as Rick picked
her up and carried her out of the Museum.
"Only two days left honey, and
then you'll be yourself again." O'Connell smiled as he walking into the
library, finding her asleep on the desk in a ray of sun as it peered through
the window right before sunset.
"Good." she announced and
rolled over, facing him. "I really hate eating out of a bowl and sleeping
curled up on your stomach at night. These naps are driving me crazy as well. I
can't stop sleeping, and when I'm not sleeping, I have cravings for the
strangest things. I almost chased a mouse today." she grinned her catlike
grin, and Rick picked her up petting her soft fur, making her purr.
He grinned and carried her off for
dinner.
Two days later they all sat in the
library as Evelyn slept curled on Rick's lap as he read a book. The Siamese
Evelyn purred as her eyes opened. 'I might be able to get used to this.' She
thought to herself, and the decided it probably wouldn't be fair to Rick if she
remained a cat. Even though it would be kind of fun. A strange feeling overtook
her, and she shook her head, lifting a paw up in
front of her face as she noticed it
began to glow. Fingers emerged from the paws, and she began to grow, making
Rick drop his book and lean back, and Jonathan to choke on his brandy. Fur
disappeared and turned back into skin, and the whiskers went back the way they
came. The glowing stopped, and she looked herself over. She was Evelyn again.
She was human. She smiled at Rick and wrapped her arms around his neck as she
still sat on his lap.
"You're back." he smiled and
kissed her lightly as Jonathan walked over to the happy couple.
"Darn. I was kind of getting used
to you being feline." he grinned and Evelyn swatted at him.
She walked over to the book of curses
that was lying on her desk, and aptly tossed it out the window. "I think
I've had enough curses for a lifetime In feline and in human years." she
grinned and walked over to O'Connell, kissing him as Jonathan groaned at the
romantic scene.
"Get a room." he growled and
walked from the library. "I'm going to find that book and make you two
lovebirds just that. Two lovebirds." he laughed and the couple ignored
him.
THE END