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While shopping in Barton one day, Pen came across an odd looking pendent in the jewelry store. She'd never seen this item before, so she just had to buy it. It was utterly beautiful, a large sparkling gem in the center of it. Lapis, her favorite stone.
So, she paid the required amount and took it home. She was going to find a chain for it right away so she could wear it around her neck and show it off.
About a week later, when she got up to put the necklace on, she found that the pendent had shattered and in its place was a lovingly kitten, colored like a Lapis stone with pure white angel wings. Pen was dumbfound, but she raised the kitten until she grew into a beautiful adult.
After that, it seemed that the pendents would just appear all over her house. After awhile, she was overrun with adult cats. Gem Cats, she called them since Pen wasn't too original when it came to names.
It wasn't until these cats started overtaking her small house that she thought that it might be better to spread them out over Gaia. That's when she set up her petstore.