Quiescent

Tony was out of practice in regards to moving between the Cat Dimension and the Human Dimension. He had had no choice when he returned this time and the last time he’d purposefully moved between dimensions had been many, many years ago. Unfortunately, it wasn’t like riding a bike.

Draping himself against the wall and dropping into a quiescent state, Tony stretched his senses out to listen for any footsteps as he tried to figure out how to return to the human dimension. He focused on the feeling inside him that he’d labeled as Gibbs. Just as he was reaching for it and his body started to fade from the Cat Dimension, he heard someone call out, “King Anthony! No!”

Penny, a bluish gray cat, stared as King Anthony slowly vanished in front of her. Thinking quickly, she activated the royal guard ability to force any member of the royal family into their kitten form. It wasn’t really true that it could force any member of the royal family. The royal family could stop the change from happening after enough training. However, since King Anthony had spent his time living in the human dimension and in human form, he’d never trained in some of those skills that one who spent their lives being guarded by the royal guards learned.

As such while he successfully made it to the human dimension, he appeared in his kitten form rather than his human form like he had intended to. Tony cursed which came out sounding like a bunch of yowling in his current kitten form. Looking around, he quieted down when he realized he recognized the area he was in. This was Gibbs' basement.

Slinking into a corner, Tony listened to see if Gibbs had heard him and would come running. He didn’t see Gibbs anywhere in his basement. When no sign of Gibbs appeared after a few minutes, Tony assumed that Gibbs was not home. Nosing his way through Gibbs' basement and then up to the living room, Tony moved into an area with plenty of room for him to transform into human form.

He had gotten used to changing between his human form, kitten form, and his true form as he needed to spend some time in each or they would activate on their own at an unexpected time and he couldn’t allow them to activate while he was surrounded by humans. Expecting to be able to transition easily, Tony meowed loudly when nothing happened. He tried again, jumping against the wall in frustration and letting his displeasure be known through a repetitive hissing when it still failed.