A low mist curled around the gnarled roots of the ancient
trees, glowing faintly green beneath the flickering lanterns strung between
branches. Jack-o’-lanterns grinned from mossy stumps, their carved faces
twitching with candlelight. Somewhere deeper in the woods, a haunting bass
thump pulsed like a heartbeat.
Amber adjusted her glitter-drenched witch hat, the “Bar Ban
Survivor” sash slipping off her shoulder as she leaned over the mossy log bar.
Her cauldron hissed. The brew inside, thick, iridescent, and suspiciously
sentient, let out a soft whistling squeak. She ladled it into a skull-shaped
goblet and slid it across the bark bar to a wide-eyed guest. “Sip carefully,”
she purred. “It bites back.”
Pandora hovered nearby, tail glowing like a neon noodle,
wand spinning lazily in her paw. “Follow the pumpkins,” she whispered, voice
echoing unnaturally. “And whatever mew do … don’t stray from the path.” A
shadow darted between the trees. She zapped it without blinking. The wand
hummed.
Basil and Snowie carefully watched the shadows morph into a swirling veil of purple mist, thick as fog and laced with flickers of violet lightning. Shapes danced within it, not quite solid, not quite smoke, whispering secrets in voices that didn’t belong to the wind.
Snowie’s ears twitched. “Did that one just wink at me?”
Basil narrowed his eyes, tail flicking. “If it did, it’s either very brave … or very foolish.”
The shadows pulsed again, stretching into feline silhouettes with glowing eyes and shimmering cloaks. One stepped forward, its paws leaving no prints, its hat tipped low over a face made of starlight.
“Welcome,” it purred. “The forest has been expecting mew.”
Wizard hats floated overhead, bobbing like jellyfish.
Jewelled wands sparkled in a hollow stump, humming with anticipation. Guests
grabbed them with reverent paws, eyes wide as the forest shimmered around them.
Under the majestic oak, Smooch stirred a bubbling flask with
a claw. The Nipocalypse Elixir glowed violently, casting green shadows across
his face. Nearby, Humphrey’s A.I. Replicators pinged, conjuring ghost-shaped
mooncakes and glitter-filled cupcakes that giggled and shrieked when bitten.
The clearing throbbed with music. Melvyn crouched beside a
vine-wrapped speaker, tail flicking to the beat of “Witch Way to the Dance
Floor.” Fudge attempted tailstreamer limbo beneath a glowing vine arch, then
collapsed dramatically onto a velvet cushion, mewing softly to the rhythm.
Above it all, crystal orbs floated, a glowing sphere
of calm. On a sumptuous velvet cushion that looked like green moss, Posie snored softly, glitter eyebrows twitching with each breath. A hubbly-bubbly catnip pipe shaped like a curled dragon puffed
gently beside her.
A howl split the night. Lanterns flickered. Fog thickened.
Amber blinked from behind the bar, one eye glitter-smeared.
“Relax,” she slurred. “It’s either me summoning a cocktail spirit … or the
Kraken. Either way, keep dancing.”
A wand flare shot skyward. The B Team apparated in a burst
of sparkles, scooping up a dazed guest who’d wandered too close to a pulsing
portal that had just appeared out of nowhere. The jack-o’-lanterns chuckled as the portal slammed shut in a burst of orange glitter and went elsewhere to find an unsuspecting purrson to enter its realm.
The forest danced. The fog swirled. And beneath the ancient canopy, Amber and Pandora’s pawty raged on, wild, magical, and utterly unforgettable.
What a pawty!
Amber and Pandora
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Happiest Birthday to the most wonderful Amber and Pandora from all of us!
ReplyDeleteI wish both of you many happy returns of the day, and please do not send Link Linker the Stinker home until he's been in the Zen Zone a while, as he will worry his dad if he doesn't seem like himself for a while, thanks.
ReplyDeleteAmber you don't look a day over 13 how can you possibly be 23. You must be using ponds cold cream on your complexion. And Pandora happy birthday to you at 11:00. We're going to try to make the party as soon as we can. It's kind of hard to buy a ticket for an airplane it last minute you know.
ReplyDeleteHappy Purrday Amber and Pandora!!! What a frightfully fun party. The food is delicious and the drinks are out of this world. Gotta run Slippy is about to get captured in a portal.
ReplyDeleteIncredible!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday, Amber...I don't have enough digits to count the years.
Happy Birthday, Pandora...and get wild at the party.
We've attended other B-Team events, and they are out of this world!
Hugs and purrs to you all.
Fabulous birthday party, Happy Birthday 🎉 to Amber and Pandora! Have a blast, kitties!
ReplyDeleteBest party ever! Happy Birthday to Amber and Pandora. XO
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday, Amber and Pandora! We hope you had a wonderful celebration! XO
ReplyDeleteAmazing party thank you wishing you both a wonderful not too spooky birthday party...let's party on 😽🙀💗
ReplyDeleteExtra Pawkisses for a Happy Birthday Amber and Pandora🎉What a great Spooky Pawty👻🐾😽💞
ReplyDeleteHappiest Birthday ever and ever to two beautiful Birthday girls, Amber and Pandora... with the most epic pawty I have been to! Thank you for letting me be here.
ReplyDeleteHappy Purrthday to both you wonderful girls !
ReplyDeletePawsome pawty!!! Wishing you both a purrfect day!
ReplyDeleteWe are late...but...Happy Birthday Amber! Happy Birthday Pandora!!
ReplyDeleteBelated happy birthday, Amber and Pandora!
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