To be a Blight

Moonlight Envy

"Minerva! Get back here this instant!" Yelled Odwin with a towel in his hand "Tonight's the moonlight conjuring and i have to make sure you're clean before i do anything"

Minerva, who was standing on top of Odwin's closet, chirped at Odwin angrily as she used her tail to point at a book

"Minerva, i get you're bored right now, but can't you leave it for after taking a bath?"

Minerva chirped angrily as she looked away from Odwin

"I wish whoever said having a pet is easy stubs each and every single one of their toes at least twice" whispered Odwin tiredly "fine, but we're getting this done quickly"

Minerva then gracefully flew down from the closet and landed on Odwin's shoulder

"At least you're finally being mindful of the talons" said Odwin tiredly

"Hey, Odwin" said Amity as she entered the room

"Hm? Yeah?" Said Odwin raising a brow as Minerva chirped

"I'm going shopping with some friends-"

"Friends?" Deadpanned Odwin

"Uhh companions?....ok what's the word here...witches my age i am obligated to hang out with" said Amity frowning jokingly

"So Boscha and the other ones? But wait, what about the moonlight conjuring stuff we need to buy?" Said Odwin anxiously as Minerva flew off of his shoulder

"Sorry, Od. I made a promise without thinking" said Amity with a frown on her face, but it was quickly replaced by a reassuring smile "Don't worry, I'll meet up with you mid-way; okay?"

Odwin stared at Amity silently for a few seconds before speaking

"Okay, i guess have to buy a prey pen (like animal pen) for Minerva anyway; she keeps bringing dead or nearly dead creatures to ea-in the bowl, Minerva! Keep all the food in one place!"

Minerva, who caught a fairy by the neck with her tail after snapping that same neck, looked at Odwin silently for a few seconds before dropping the fairy in a giant bowl in one of the room's corners

"She seems like a handful. Are you sure you don't need any help?" Asked Amity with concern for her twin

Odwin's ears perked as he heard that

"Nope! I'm fine, don't worry, i got this" said Odwin, smiling as he pushed Amity out of the room "you can go do your weird extrovert social stuff. Bye."

And with that, Odwin shut the door with Amity outside the room

"C'mon, Odwin. You can't bother Amity with this." Said Odwin narrowing his eyes before turning to Minerva "Minerva! Stop paralyzing small creatures; it's bath time"

Minerva dropped a half crushed butterfly in her corpse bowl before flying to Odwin's shoulder

"At least you're learning" said Odwin with a smile

And thus, Odwin gave Minerva a bath

Then they went to bonesborough

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"Okay, Minerva. This is the first time i take you outside without a cage, so please don't attack small creatures so you could eat them later" said Odwin to his companion that was perched on his shoulder

Minerva chirped in affirmation

"I'm taking that as a yes" deadpanned Odwin before heading to town