the last unicorn: cat's eyes, by drworm

[ozqueen]

FANDOM: The Last Unicorn
FIC LINK: Cat's Eyes
AUTHOR LINK: DrWorm
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: Complete | 2888
MAIN CHARACTERS: Schmendrick, Molly Grue

FIC SUMMARY: “Adventures,” Schmendrick mused, “look for men like Lír. The rest of us are lucky to get one a year, if that.”

RECCER'S NOTES:

Ohh, this is the most beautiful thing ever and it fits the magical, weird, haunting tone of the canon so well. The voices are wonderful, and the adventure that Schmendrick, Molly and the Cat embark upon is that wicked blend of terrible and magical.

A lower corner of the web had become unmoored from the tree trunk on which it had been anchored. It moved slightly, caught by the breeze. The cat crouched, tail twitching, then arced through the air with a hunter's purpose. One paw struck at the loose threads, which unraveled further as the web stuck to his fur, quick as taffy.

Molly grasped the cat around the middle and hauled him to her chest. “You mustn't destroy something so beautiful,” she scolded.

“But I am a cat,” he replied, “and it is my nature.”