The feline rose, arching its back, before sitting and curling its plumed tail around its legs. "Others have called me Cait Sith, Grimalkin, and Devils Cat, but since they all mean the same."

"Ok... Uh I'm unsure where I'm at... My friend Puck left me here and he hasn't come back..." She said worriedly.

Grimalkin, or whatever his name was, continued to observe her as if she was a particularly interesting insect. Sure, he looked like an enormous, slightly plump house cat, but horses werent generally meat-eaters and normal trees did not have little men living inside. He fixed her with an unblinking stare, and then lashed his tail, once. Without a word, he rose, leaped gracefully onto a lower limb, and dropped to the ground. He stretched, arching his bushy tail over his spine, and vanished into the bushes without looking back. "Human." He appeared like a gray ghost sliding out of the bushes, big glowing eyes the only evidence he was there. "This is our agreement. I will lead you to your Puck, and you will owe me a small favor in return, yes?"

"What is the favor?..." She asked, slowly trying to climb down the tree.

"A small one."

"... You can't tell me what it is?..." She sighed, as she finally got back to the ground.

"If you really wish to know, it's a Calling." If youve ever tried following a cat through a dense forest filled with briars, bushes, and tangled undergrowth, youll know how impossible it is. Grimalkin vanished from sight, and then a few minutes later could be seen slinking through the trees ahead, only to go through the same thing minutes later.

"Hey wait." She said following the cat.

The light was fading, and the forest was even more gray. Up ahead, the bushes rustled. Grimalkin had been completely silent up until now.

"Human!" whispered a familiar voice, somewhere above her. "Hide!"

She quickly hid behind a tree that was near her.