On her way to Captain Cattitude’s room, Shadow’s  heartbeat began racing out of control, she started to sweat, and she felt her fur start to tingle  “Are you ready to get this new power functioning correctly?” said Captain Cattitude as he motioned her to sit in a chair in front of him.“Yes, sir,” shadow immediately replied.  “Well, then, let”s get started,” replied Captain Cattitude.  Shadow stood up from the chair and began to wiggle her nose, swish her tail back and forth, and then wiggle ner nose.  This time she didn’t lose balance. “Purrfect,” said Captain Cattitude.you even started to glow a bit.  Now, we want to add the mind element to it,” he said. “Focus on freezing time by saying aloud  ‘umbra diablo Conte.” Try it again while saying those words aloud. Shadow tried the process.  She began to turn red.  “What’s happening,” said Shadow. “Your powers are growing significantly. As this power grows you take on properties of the colors around you.  You started to turn red because my guess is you were looking in the direction of the red roses on my nightstand.  Continuing what you are doing and the room will soon look greyish and color will disappear. When this happens the enchantment will take on even more power and time will stop.  

Shadow saw the room lose all its color and begin to look grey. And then it happened.- everything stopped moving but her. 

Shadow looked around the colorless room.  Time was still moving for her but everything seemed to be frozen  She walked up to Captain Cattitude and moved his paw to a different position. She laughed about the position she put him in. Then, suddenly it hit her – how do I get back to normal time.  She began to panic. Ten minutes had passed according to her watch.  She looked around the room and saw it was slightly regaining its color. Another five minutes passed, the room was vibrant with its original color,  and time began to click away as it had before she stopped time. When the room was completely colorful again, Captain Cattitude realized his paw had been moved.  “Good golly, it worked,” he said…

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