“Hey there Hettie!” Mercury grinned. “Your Aunt Zar and I have something we want to show you. D’ya have time to come to our den?” @ask-zararyia
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Hestia beamed at Mercury, bouncing up to her feet excitedly. “Of course! Dad and Papa are off doing their own stuff, so I’ve got loads of time!”
“Awesome” he grinned. “I hope you look your best because there’s someone you will want to meet”
“Really?” Hestia asked, running a quick paw over her fur to smooth it down. “Is it a new Jellicle? I thought Uncle Straps brought in all the new Jellicles?”
“It might be, you’ll have to wait and see.” He said excitedly. “Oh, you’ll have to be quiet when you enter the den, Zars pretty tired and we don’t want to wake anyone up.”
“Okay!” Hestia said as she followed Mercury. She glanced at him with slight wordy in her eyes. “Is she okay, though?”
“She’s fine, but our new family member is a little exhausting”
“New family member?” Hestia gasped, her eyes going wide. “Do I finally get to meet them?”
“Yes you do!” He beamed. They arrived at the den, Where Ace was waiting outside, shushing them with a paw over his mouth. “Okay, come in quietly Hettie” Merc whisperd.
Hestia followed him into the den, her eyes adjusting to the dim lighting, and she gasped softly when she saw her aunt. “Auntie Zar?”
Zararyia looks up as her mate and Niece walk into the den, “Hello darlings” she smiled softly. “Have you Come to meet little Bowie Hettie?”
The queen picks up a tiny black and white kitten and brings him over to Hestia.
Hestia stared at the kitten in awe. “He’s so little!” Her voice was barely above a whisper as she placed her paws on her aunt’s arm to look at Bowie.
She lowered her arms so Hestia could get a better look at the kitten. “Would you like to hold him?”
“Really?” Hestia asked, her eyes widening. She nosed at the little kitten, giggling when he squirmed at her touch.
“Of course” the older queen smiled. “Here” she lowered the kitten into Hestia’s arms, positioning them so she could hold him correctly. “That’s it, nice and gentle.”
Hestia carefully cradled her little cousin, staring down at him with disbelief and awe. “He’s so tiny! Are all kittens this tiny when they’re born?”
Zararyia smiled “They are, even you were this small once” she gently stroked the kittens head. “This little one is rather small though, But hopefully he’ll grow big and strong overtime.”
“Wasn’t Dad this tiny as a kitten?” Hestia asked with a little grin, glancing at her aunt. “So that means that he’ll probably be extra big like Dad since he’s so small now!”
Zararyia laughed “your uncle straps always said that your father was tiny as a kitten and I was even smaller. He wasn’t happy when your dad grew up to be as tall as he is!”
Hestia giggled, and she let out a surprised squeak as the kitten grabbed onto her paw blindly. “What’s his name?”
The queen looked over to her mate, “We were thinking of calling him Bowie”, she smiled. “Ace chose it” Mercury added, smiling at their eldest kitten.
