Raphael stepped out of his new dorm, sighing. It was literally yesterday that he'd somehow been whisked to Japan from England, less than an hour after the horrible incident with his father.

He stared blankly into space, as he remembered his father yelling, after lifting him up and running out of the house, then a moment later, a huge BANG!!, and their house began to crumble, with a large glyph shining in the air above it. His eyes were full of melancholy as he dragged himself down the shopping mall. He missed studying with his parents. First he'd lost his mother, who had to leave on business for a month, and then his father was turned into an Ermine for exposing magic. He decided to carry on their research himself. It was a Sunday, so he didn't have school today anyway.

He walked to the World tree Plaza, behind the world tree, and sat his urn down. (Now disguised as an ordinary tea pot.) He adjusted his fake neko ears and tail, and began chanting as he placed his finger down on the side of it, causing several glyphs to appear as decorations on the pot. "Today's the day..!" He'd been working on a summoning spell for at least a week with his father before the incident, and today, he'd complete it for the first time. He placed a small black sphere into the tea pot, causing the glyphs to flash, and release black smoke through the air.

Raphael dashed away from the pot, waving the smoke out of his eyes. "D'oh. It failed agai-" His eyes went wide with shock, as he stared at 10.. no.. easily 30 black cats, clustered around the urn, all exact clones.

And before he could react, they all dashed off in different directions. ... "Crap." He watched them run, indecisive whether to celebrate having completed the spell, or be worried about the random cats that were now causing slight unrest to the meandering populace below. He grabbed his urn and began running after several of them. "This isn't good.. I'll be turned into an ermine!" he thought as he dashed after them.

(Feel free to join in, someone. razz )