Good Luck

One day while walking through the streets with her skateboard in hand and punk rock playing in her headphones, fourteen year old Kate saw a cat. A black cat with blue eyes. Kate had hyperfixated on and studied cats and knew that it was uncommon for a black cat to have blue eyes. She crouched down and put her hand out. The cat looked at her hand and noticed the small crystal in it. The cat approached closer and took the crystal into his mouth. The cat looked into Kate’s deep brown eyes and nudged her hand. Kate pet the cat’s head and kissed his head. She picked up the cat and held him in her arms. Kate stared at the cat and thought of a name, “Mochi” she said aloud. She placed the cat into her sack and started skating home. Mochi sat contently playing with the crystals in her bag. When she got home she yelled, “Mom i’m home!” and continued to her room in the basement. Not to her surprise when she got into her room she was greeted by her boyfriend sitting on her bed, reading. “Hi Quinn look what I found.” She let Mochi out of her bag and onto her bed. Mochi approached Quinn slowly to sniff his feet. “Mochi thinks you have stinky feet.” Kate chuckled. Quinn’s eyes lit up, “Mochi? That’s such a cute name! You’re the best girlfriend ever.” and he pulled Kate onto the bed and held her in his arms. Kate sighed and wished Mochi and Quinn could stay here forever. She knew sooner or later Mochi would be sent outside again. She held Mochi tight while Quinn kissed her cheeks and neck. She giggled, “Quinn stop! I need you to take care of Mochi.” Quinn stopped and let go of her. “Take care of Mochi? Are you sure? You just found him.” Kate raised her eyebrow surprised that her boyfriend would doubt Kate’s ability to take care of them both. “Please Quinn” She said while flashing her puppy dog eyes. “Alright fine but only because I love you” He turned to Mochi and booped his nose, “and you too.” Kate stood up abruptly and kissed Quinn’s forehead. “Want to go to the store?” Kate asked and Quinn nodded and got off Kate’s bed. “Let’s blast.” said Quinn and he put his shoes on and grabbed Mochi. Kate grabbed her skate board and hopped on. She handed Quinn his skateboard and started skating. “Kate! How do I hold Mochi while skating?” Kate turned around and said “Sorry! Let me grab him so I can put him in my bag.” When Kate and Quinn arrived at the pet store the door rung when she walked in and set Mochi on the ground. Quinn started looking at clothes for cats and Kate pulled him over to the food bowls. “Which ones do you want?” She asked as Quinn browsed the selection. “I like this one.” He said while pointing to a bowl with cat ears. “Cute!” Kate said and grabbed one for water and one for food. “Do you think he needs a collar?” Quinn asked but instead of Kate responding Mochi responded with a mow. “Sounds like he does.” Kate said. Kate proceeded to grab a crystal out of her bag to give to Mochi but he refused it. “Aww c’mon Mochi I need you to hold this for me.” He hissed and walked away. “That was weird.” Quinn said while holding a costume for Mochi. “Quinn! He might be able to sense good crystals from bad!” Kate whispered making sure Mochi couldn’t hear. “Wow that’s bold of you to assume, Kate.” Quinn teased. Kate scowled and blushed, “I dunno. It seems odd that he has blue eyes.” Kate continued. Quinn listened but decided to change the topic. “Where is Mochi?” Quinn asked and left the aisle. Kate followed while calling Mochi’s name, “Mochi! Mochi!” Quinn appear holding Mochi. “Got him” He said triumphantly. Kate kissed both of them on their heads and proceeded to checkout. “A collar, bowls for food and water, cat food, cat bed, cat toy” The cashier said while putting the things into a bag. Quinn looked at Kate and she grinned. “Hey can I stay at your house tonight?” Quinn asked. Taken off guard and blushing Kate replied, “Oh uh sure, you can stay in my room” Quinn grinned and kissed Kate’s cheek. “Thanks, love.” Kate loved it when Quinn called her love.

Kate and Quinn stopped by a Vietnamese restaurant and fed Mochi some rice. “I think he likes it!” Kate said. “Maybe he’s Filipino like me” Quinn grinned like a proud father. The wind was strong outside and it blew the door to the cafe open. Kate jumped to sit closer to Quinn. “Haha! Did that scare you?” Quinn asked while rubbing Kate’s hands. “Just a bit. I guess i’m superstitious right now” Kate sighed. “Superstitious? Kate? No. Never.” Quinn said sarcastically. “Quinn I’m serious I think something might be going on with-” Kate glanced at Mochi, “you know” Quinn laughed and said “Yea I know but just because he turned around when he sniffed one of your crystals doesn’t mean he can tell what the energy is like.” Kate sighed and gave up, “You’re right I was paranoid.” Quinn picked up some noodles with chopsticks and put them into his mouth. The cafe had cleared of people and it was just them. Mochi slept on Quinn's backpack with the amethyst attached to his collar. Quinn put his arm around Kate will she stared at her food. “C’mon Kaitibug, will you give me a tarot reading later?” Kate grunted in agreement and continued to eat. When Kate and Quinn got home they snuck downstairs into Kate’s room. Kate changed into pajamas and gave Quinn her extra pair. Quinn buried his feet into Kate’s rug and pet Mochi on his soft head. Kate laid down while Quinn stayed sitting up. The red LED lights made it hard for Quinn to read his book so he laid his head down next to Kate’s. Mochi crawled over the two and found a spot in the corner of the bed. Kate rested her head onto Quinn’s chest and thought about what to do with Mochi. She decided that Mochi could stay with her but he would need to come to school with her. Quinn ran his fingers through Kate’s hair. “You know, I believe you there might be something sketchy with Mochi. I mean how is he asleep? He could be cuddling with the cutest girl ever.” Kate moved her legs to be on top of Quinn's. “Meh I think there’s something actually up with him.” Kate mumbled. “You can tell me all about it tomorrow” Quinn said and Kate quickly fell asleep.

In the morning Kate woke up sick. With a cold to be specific. Her nose turned a bright crimson red and and her eyes were puffy. Not only could Kate barely breathe through her nose but she also could hardly see. Quinn was still fast asleep in Kate’s bed when she left to tell her mom that she couldn’t go to school. Her mom told her to make some tea and get some rest. Kate went down into her room to see Quinn crying. “Quinn! What’s wrong?!” Kate exclaimed. Through tears Quinn explained, “Over half of your crystals have been chewed up by Mochi!” How could crystals be chewed through? Kate thought to herself but sure enough they had been destroyed. She looked at the broken crystals and saw that the same crystal that Mochi had turned away was in that pile. “Quinn i’m going back to bed…are you going to school today?” Quinn shook his head and sat up in the bed. Mochi appeared from out of the closet. “Hmmm, there’s the crystal killer himself.” Mochi meowed and rubbed against a plant. Kate picked up Mochi to look him in his eyes. His eyes, which were originally blue, were turning yellow in certain parts. “Quinn look at this, his eyes are turning yellow” Quinn picked him up and stared into his eyes. “Hey, you’re right.” Quinn said, “Aren’t black cats supposed to have yellow eyes?” Kate ignored the dumb question and went to grab more crystals. She laid them out in a line and had Mochi sniff each of them. Kate was going to test the color of Mochi’s eyes. She decided that if he crushed a crystal with a bad energy in it the color of his eyes would grow more yellow. “Wow, that’s my genius girlfriend” Quinn stated. Mochi sniffed each of the crystals. There were three that he decided to crumble. To sum it up, Quinn and Kate decided that black cats were sent to get rid of bad and negative spirits and energies.

Why do most black cats have yellow eyes?

They’ve fulfilled their duty on earth to get rid of evil energies.

So if you’re filled with negativity

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Good luck.