Sinister: a black fox fable

[julesmarkham]

hi there sinisterino's
here it is, as promised, a little fable.

Jubilee didnt know how the griffin got into the flat. She guessed it must
have come down the chimney as it was far too big to get in through the cat
flap.
She had been out walking with the black fox, admiring the frost patterns on
the pavement and talking about nothing in particular. They had returned home
to find the sofa shredded, the walls clawed and Jubilees cat hiding in the
laundry basket.
The griffin was sprawled underneath the kitchen table, pecking at the
linoleum with it's sharp eagle beak. It was about the size of an Alaskan,
and covered in soot and fluff. It made an angry rattling sound as Jubilee
came into the kitchen.
-What is that doing here, she muttered, kicking off her shoes.
The fox circled the beast cautiously. It snapped at her and she yelped and
jumped onto the draining board.
~I think it's eating the floor, she offered, crawling into the sink and
curling up into a tight little ball.
Jubilee picked up the broken crockery and fallen chairs and surveyed the
damage in the living room. She wondered if house insurance covered mythical
animals, then remembered that she didn't have house insurance and stopped
worrying about it.
The griffin started gnawing on a table leg. The black fox hid her face under
her tail.
Jubilee went over to her fridge and looked inside. If her memory served,
griffins ate elephants and lost shepherds, but all she had was some peshwari
naan and and a dried up lump of gouda. She didn't think a cheese sandwich
was exactly griffin fodder, so she hunted through her cupboards until she
found some butterscotch angel delight. She mixed it up in a bowl and set it
down in front of the griffin, who sniffed it cautiously. Then she picked the
black fox up out of the sink, and put her in the living room. The cat was
asleep in the laundry basket, so Jubilee left it alone.
The griffin lapped at the angel delight, purring loudly, it's pointed ears
flickering back and forth. Jubilee found a pot of polyfiller and set about
repairing the gouges in the walls. The black fox started picking up the
stuffing lying on the floor.
~Well, the room needed a change, she offered philosophically.
Jubilee smiled and nodded, she had always liked the idea of bare
floorboards.
She glanced at the griffin, who had finished its food and was stood in the
doorway, it's tail held high, sniffing curiously.
-This, Jubilee sighed -could be difficult.

any death threats/publishing deals/comments would be well received,
jules

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