One would have thought that a man in his position, and with his resources, would not have quite so much difficulty finding a new familiar for his spouse but the abundance, of which he was only too aware, had stumped him. First he had thought about owls, but they were a little too stately for his liking and he had never enjoyed the way their sharp, clever eyes sometimes watched him, as though they knew he could be food for them with only a single transformation. So that put the kibosh on all avian possibilities.

He had also decided against anything with a cottontail and long ears – frankly he didn’t care for the competition. And then there were the magical beasts at his disposal. Amelia had tried to talk him into a Pygmy Puff but he knew she was only joking, or at least he dearly hoped she was, and the fashionable thing this year seemed to owning a fwooper: which was curious as to Philip’s mind it would be liking owning a silent and especially grumpy parrot.

Eventually his eyes had been drawn to something much more lovable. Something much more fitting. Unfortunately he was currently having the very real problem that it did not, in fact, fit into anything. So far he had attempted to put the little kitten into a basket - it had escaped - then transfigured it into a cat bed wrapped in a ribbon - which it had promptly torn off before escaping - and finally an actual cage - which had caused such loud protests that he had worried Della would wake before he was ready. After letting the kitten free again it had, inevitably, run away again, leading him into the kitchen and unable to reach the ridiculous thing to lure it out.

With a sigh he had transformed and shuffled under the kitchen sink too, nudging the belligerent kitten in vain hope until his ministrations proved a little too effective and the kitten turned towards him, swiping out with mostly useless claws. Leaning forward for one last nudge he set the kitten off in a run, chasing after it and trying, luckily with success, to direct the kitten into the living room where they both barreled promptly into his wife's feet.

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never ever changing this Soph set <3