Petun awoke in the middle of the night on the tugboat. She laid in a shoe box with a blanket covering her small, brown body. Sweat covered her fur and she let out a sigh. It was another nightmare so she pulled the blanket that was made from rags over her body and went back to sleep. When she awoke again, she was being poked in the stomach.
She opened her eyes and saw Sous smiling down on her. Petun glared at Sous and balled her rat fist up, shaking it at Sous.
"Now, now don't get testy, Little Poop. We're at the beach!"
Petun hated that name 'Little Poop', it was disgusting and most of all it reminded her of Aticus' son's nickname.
She yawned and got from under the blanket, ready to start her day.
Sous ran down the sand trail in the middle of the tall green grass. She wore a blue and green shorts and shirt bathing suit, a modest outfit. Wrapped around her neck was little baby basilisk who seemed to expanding upon the 'little' aspext of its name.
Petun sat upon Sous' shoulder bobbing up and down. That's what the majority of the summer months was spent doing. Going to beach, studying, and being with friends. It wasn't so bad. Petun was getting used to it. She even started considering them to be her new family. Certainly she no longer felt lonely and was pleased when Sous spoke to her. Even if Sous had no idea the truth of the matter.
Tany ran to Sous from the waved of the ocean. She wore a two piece bikini. Jacob was wearing just a bare of swim trunks. Tany gave Sous a hug and looked at the rat on Sous' shoulder.
"I forgot all about that rat," Tany said taking it off of Sous' shoulder. She turned the fat rodent over in her hands. "Its kind of fat." Black streaks ran down Petun's face and her eyes went white. "What are you feeding her, Sous? Look at her nipples. They're poking out of her belly. She needs to go on a diet."
Slap!
Petun used her tail to slap Tany's face. Upset, Tany began shaking the rat before it got out of her hands and onto Sous' shoulders again. Petun stuck her tongue out at Tany.
Shadow walked toward the children, he turned from where they were to the adults that laid lazily at the beach such as the three sisters. He glared at them and then at Sous for making him carry all the food and drink baskets by himself.
"Tsk, the little demon, SOUS, COME HELP ME!"
Sous skipped over to Shadow and took some of the food baskets from him. She ran to where they would spend the day. Sous pulled out the umbrella to shield them from the sun and Tany helped laid down the towels. Jacob took Little Poop and little baby basilisk to play in the water, being extra careful with both creatures.
Tany watched Jacob while Sous opened the coolers and took out a bottle of water. She handed one to Tany. "Want one?"
Tany took it and took a sip before putting the cap back on. "That rat of yours is funny."
"What chu mean?" Sous rubbed sun lotion onto her body while she sat cross legged on the towel.
"She reminds me of Icarus." Sous looked around for the black bird. "He's at home." Sous nodded her head and continued to rub the lotion. "Anyway, she- you know, I think she's not really a rat."
Sous looked at Tany then at Jacob who was running to him with Little Poop and little baby basilisk.
She placed the rat and snake on the towels and plopped down next to Sous under the shade of the umbrella. "Why does Little Poop have a name but not the snake?"
"She pooped in my shoes the semester before last. After we fought krampus."
"Eww."
"That's what I said. The name stuck."
The three sisters laid in the shade with their one suit pieces on while Shadow waded in the water with a can beer and with his gun belt strapped to his waist even as he wore his swim trunks, singing to himself in the water.
"Its an odd little rat," Jacob said yawning and lying down.
"Its a human not a rat that's why," Tany said matter of fact.
Little sweat drops came over Petun's body. She tried to run away from Tany's hand coming at her but the witch was fast. Tany ran toward the three sisters with Sous running behind.
While enjoying themselves, Glinda tilted her sunglasses at their prodigy. She squeaked and jumped back when she saw the rodent shoved on her face.
"This is a human, right?"
Gortrius looked over the rat with her sunglasses also tilted down. She stood up and took the rat, twirling it in her hands. Petun allowed herself to be manhandled.
"She's a fattie."
A larger sweat drop came over Petun as a result of Gortrius' words. Sous took Little Poop in her hands while Gortrius go back on her beach chair, with Glinda still adjusting herself.
"Yep, she's a human."
Glinda smacked her lips. "What is up with people getting turned into animals. Goodness," she sighed. "We'll turn her back later."
Did Petun hear the witches right? They were going to turn her back? They were going to turn her back!