As Laura searches through her niece's room for some clothes to wear, she had forgotten an important fact.
A furry 10 pound fact in fact.
The black and white cat was naturally shy toward new people. And even though the cat had met Laura before, Laura had been older. So this particular cat had stayed out of sight until Laura went upstairs.
It takes a few sniffs around and jumps up on the counter. It stares at the dice for a minute and one furry paw reaches out to bat one of the dice.
Laura had found something of her niece and was putting it on. While the jeans were out of the question as she was much taller than her niece, at least it warm enough outside to wear the skirt.
And she did look good in the outfit she found though it was a little tight.
Then the lights started to appear around her and a voice becoming very familiar to her was heard. "Fifteen years you have walked this Earth, now this number is but fourteen, each roll of the dice shall restore more of what you have lost." The clothes loosened slightly as she lost another year.
Laura ran back downstairs to the kitchen in a panic.
The cat was reaching out toward the other dice in front of her eyes.