Eros Achilles and Liam Fitzgerald

LIAM FITZGERALD
-coming soon -

EROS

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Liam had been visiting the mysterious garden he had found for a week now and would always remember to bring something tasty that he thought Achilles might like. Each day the tiny kitten would wait for him under the same bush he had first seen him under, most of the time napping in a ray of sunlight while he waited. On one such day however, Liam arrived to find that Achilles was not in his usual waiting place. Looking everywhere for the kitten, his search became more and more frantic until he sat down exhausted against the trunk of a tree, burying his head in his arms. The day at home had been one of the worst since he had moved, doctor after doctor had come by to check on his mother, and his eldest brother had been in a foul mood prowling around the upstairs study. The days when doctors came were always the worst; they never bore any good tidings, only predicted how much longer she might survive.

A small mewing noise caused Liam to snap his head up and look around anxiously to find Achilles. Only, the source of the noise didn't come from Achilles, instead it came from a small orange-red kitten that looked to be slight older. Leaning forward he extended the treat he had brought Achilles and whispered "can you talk too?". The Orange cat hastily padded forward and ate the treat before clambering onto his lap and purring contentedly, "of course i do" he said while placing a paw on Liam's knee "why were you sad?". "Oh" said Liam taken back that the kitten had seen his misery so easily, "well I've had a bad day, and could not find Achilles". The orange in his lap began to chuckle causing Liam's eyebrows to raise until he was sure they just might pop off, "whats so amusing?" he asked curiously. "I was curious about who Lord Lofty had been ranting on and on about" chuckled the orange just as Achilles stepped out from under a large flowering plant causing the orange to stop laughing abruptly. "You were saying Eros?" asked Achilles as he prowled his way to Liam's lap and jumped to perch on his knee. "Your going to have to share now" grinned Eros prodding Liam in the belly with a paw before introducing himself; Liam could only smile, his bad day forgotten.

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ACHILLES

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Liam sighed and leaned against the window. Watching a dry brown leaf fall from a tree and twirl slowly to the ground he mused about the past. Lately life had not been the best for him; 14 years old and he had lost his father and one of his older brothers, and now he was trapped in this house with his incredibly sickly weak mother and his antisocial eldest brother. Granted, he hadn't known his older brother or his father very well since they had been gone for a long time fighting in a war, but he was lonely here in the country by himself. His older brother had moved his mother and him out of London when her health first started failing her, and at 14 Liam no longer attended school. Scooting off the edge of the windowsill he grabbed a sweater and pulled it on while walking down the stairs. What he needed now was some sort of way to pass the time or a person to talk to; whichever came first.

Riding on horseback slowly down the narrow dirt lane he wondered vaguely where he was at. He had never been to the county estate and was very unfamiliar with everything in the area. At each branch off from the main (if you could say that) trail he leaned forward to peek and see if he caught a glimpse of anything interesting. It wasn't until the 6th branch off that a brick fence loomed off in the distance with a gate right in the center of the tree lined path. Turning his mount down the lane he rode slowly to the gate wondering all the while what the gate hid.

Reaching the wall he clambered off his horse and tied it to the nearest tree before walking slowly up an down the wall looking for some sort of building looming off in the distance. Seeing none he approached the door in the wall slowly debating whether to push it open or knock. Placing his hands on the door he gave a firm push and was surprised when the door swung open, causing him to stumble through the doorway. Eyes widening he looked around at the lush garden that surrounded him; there seemed to be an incredible variation of plants and flowers and zipping between them were bright little creatures.

Kneeling down on the ground and crawling forward he looked under a particularly bright and bushy plant to try and see what the little brightly colored thing that had just run under it was. Sucking in a breath he gawked at the tiniest little kitten he had ever seen, curled right up under a leaf. As he watched the tiny kitten opened one eye and then lifted its head to look at him, "What are you staring at?" the kitten asked blinking its eyes owlishly at him as if to demand some sort of apology. All Liam could do was stare, "I'm so sorry" he blundered, "i was.. i am.. I'm talking to a miniature cat?" he finished somewhat disbelievingly. "Achilles" purred the kitten smugly as it stood and stretched making its way slowly forward until his whiskers were touching Liam's nose, "and you are?". "Liam" he managed to choke out before pinching himself to make sure what he was seeing was real.

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