Smartophere
It
is a cold day, when Mistoffelees wakes up, he could see the snow stayed on the
leaves. He stretches himself and washes his face. Then he jumps on his most
favorite windowsill. He loves to sit at there and watch the birds in the garden
when he needs a thought. And now, he likes to think about the dream he got last
night. "There's a kitten which just looks like me. But that's not me. Mum
had told me that I don't have any brother or sister. And he looks dirty and sad.
So who will it be? What will it be?"
When he is in a deeply thought, a pair of
Jellicles climbs though his bar and come into his garden.
"Good morning, Jemi, Vicky."
Mistoffelees opens the window and comes down form his spot.
"A NEW KITTEN!" Jemima can't wait
to shout.
"Slow down, Jemi. I can't understand
you." Mistoffelees covers his ears.
"A new kitten came to the Junkyard very
early this morning. He said he knows you and wants to find you, so Munku asked
us come to you." Victoria is elder than Jemima, so she can told the tom
what's happened.
"Me?" Mistoffelees remember his
dream. "Does him looks like me?"
"Exactly. Just like a mini Misto!!"
Jemima cried. "And he is cute and small! May be he is younger than
me!"
"Really?" Mistoffelees can't
believe his ears. Jemima just three months old, if a kitten which is younger
than her, that means he is too young to get into Junkyard alone.
"Old Deuteronomy and Munku are waiting
for you, Misto." Victoria remains him. "We know Munku is hate for
waiting."
"Ok, let's go." Mistoffelees said
and then started walk to the Junkyard. "So, do you know what's the new
kitten's name?"
"I don't know. May be we can ask him
later. But he said he is a Jellicle." Victoria walks beside him. "He
looks very weak. Before I've come, Jenny and Jelly had already settle him in
your lair at the Junkyard."
"That's ok." Mistoffelees is a
little bit disappointed. He is wonder to meet the new comer as soon as possible.
When they entered into the Junkyard, most of
the Jellicles are already assembled before Old Deuteronomy.
"I'm sorry I was late."
Mistoffelees nods to their leader.
"Never mind that, my kitten." The
huge gray old cat smiles to him fatherly. "And do you know why we need
you?"
"Victoria told me there's a new kitten
this morning." Mistoffelees sits politely. "He want to find me, and we
look exactly the same."
"Yes." Old Deuteronomy looked at
the black and white tom appreciates. "And our new little friend said he is
a Jellicle. I'd like to find out who are his parents and why he is here
alone."
"I'll try my best." Mistoffelees
bows to the old cat. "So did he in my lair?"
"Yes. Jenny and Jelly are with
him." Old Deuteronomy signaled Munkustrap. "May be Munku, can you take
Misto to there? I'll be there later."
"My pleasure." The black and gray
tabby steps down form the tire. "Come on, here we go."
"Munku, do you know the new comer's
name?" Mistoffelees wondered when they on the way to the pipe that
Mistoffelees usually stay there when he is in the Junkyard.
"No, he even didn't say anything. He
just can say he want to see you and then already without energy stand up."
Munkustrap looks worried. "Misto, here just you and me, could you tell me
the true?"
"The true? What's the meaning of
that?"
"Is it be your......?" Munkustrap
try to find a suitable vocabulary.
"No, he is not my kitten."
Mistoffelees smiles, "You know I won't do that thing with a female who not
my mate."
When they arrived the pipe, Jennyanydots and
Jellylorum are both sitting at the outside.
"Good morning ladies."
Mistoffelees greets to the mother cats.
"Good morning, young men."
Jennyanydots puts her paw on her lips to show the toms couldn't talk in loud, or
will wake up the younger who is sleeping.
"How dose he now?" Munkustrap
requests.
"That's ok. Just let him have a good
sleep, when he wakes up, serve him some cream and a bit of fish paste, then he
will be lively as Pounci and Tumble." When Jennyanydots talking with
Munkustrap, Mistoffelees tries to look into the pipe. He can see a small black
kitten who paws, cheek and chest are pretty white. And also, with a bit of black
fur round his neck just like a bow. Mistoffelees knows just a tom who come from
his magical family would have a bow round their neck.
"Mum?" When the elder are talking,
the kitten opens his eyes. When he find where he is, he looks a bit sad.
"Good kit, you can have a sleep again.
You are too tired." Jennyanydots licks his head motherly.
"Thank you. But I'm fine now. Thank you
very much to let me stay." The young tom said and sits up with his tail
round his leg. "So, may I see Mr. Mistoffelees now?"
"This kitten just as polite as you,
Misto." Jennyanydots smiles.
"Misto? Are you Mr. Mistoffelees?"
The kitten's big black eyes become wide.
"Yes. I'm magical Mr. Mistoffelees. And
who are you? Why do you want to see me?" Mistoffelees also said in his
manner.
"My name is Smartophere. My mother is
Eleganar......" Before the kitten could finish, Mistoffelees already
remained.
"Eleganar? You are Uncle Bustophere's
eldest son, Smartophere?" Mistoffelees looks surprise.
"Yes. And that's why I said I'm a
Jellicle." Smartophere nodded.
Not just Mistoffelees, the others,
especially Jennyanydots, also surprise.
"The son of Bustophere Jones? The St.
James Street's Cat?" Jennyanydots looks confused. "We are very close
friend, but he never told me about his wife and kittens!"
"Jenny, because he never had time to
visit them." Mistoffelees explained. "Eleganar and her kittens are
living in the square which needs to take the train. Once I had asked Skimble to
let me get on the train and visit them. But Uncle Bustophere is too big to hide
in the train, that's why he never meets his kittens. Even me, had just went
there once, at about half a year before."
"Then how this little cat could get
here?" Munkustrap observes the little fur ball. "I think a distant
which need to get on the train is too difficult to a kitten which so
young."
"I'd asked Skimbleshanks, the railway
cat, help me." Smartophere whispered. "He told me how to come here.
And he also ask me to say hello to everyone in the Junkyard."
"Then why he didn't come with
you?" Jennyanydots said with a little mad. She can't forgive that her mate
just let a kitten get here from the station.
"He had his work. So I asked him to let
me get here by myself." Smartophere smiles.
"Then where Eleganar? Why you left your
home? And how about your brother?" Mistoffelees need to know about his
dream. He feels that's wouldn't be a good news.
"She dead." Tears could be seeing
in Smatophere's eyes. "And Nikko, had caught by Macavity."
"Macavity!" Everyone shocked by
this name.
"Before mum go to the Heaviside Layer,
she told me should come here and find dad and Misto. I remembered she told me
that Misto went to visit us by train. So I just thought may be I can find the
way to find you in the station. Then Skimble found me, and told me that you are
his friend, so he took me on the train and told me how to come here."
"Ever Lasting Cat! That's so hard to
you." Jellylorum falls a drop of tear. She is really emotional.
"That's ok. I'm fine now."
Smartophere tries to comfort her.
"Then you came here and ask Misto to
help you to save your brother?" Munkustrap also feels sorry to his story,
as a protector of the Jellicle, he knows he needs to help this new kitten.
"I don't know. If Misto likes to help,
that would be good......"
"Of course I'll help you."
Mistoffelees licked his cousin. "And I think Munku and the other Jellicle
also like to be, don't you, Munku?"
"Of course." Munkustrap smile
friendly to the kitten.
"Thank you very much." Smartophere
bows politely. "So, may I stay in this Junkyard? I had no where to
go."
"Sure. You can stay here as long as you
like." Munkustrap likes this kitten who had a good manner training.
"You can stay with Misto, or with Jenny or Jelly. You also can choose your
lair if you like, but I suggested you better stay with some cat who can take
care you."
"What do you think, Misto?"
Smartophere can't decide.
"I think you better to stay with Jenny.
She is a wonderful mother, and Tumble, Pounci would be your friends. You will
get a better take care than with me. And I usually not in the Junkyard.”
“Ok, than may I stay at beside of your
home, Ms. Jenny?” Smartophere asks carefully.
“Sure, young tom.” Jennyanydots seems
very please to his behave.
“Hi! I’m Jemima. They usually call me
Jemi. I’d really like your name. May I call you Smart in short?”
“Of course. Usually, my mother called me
like that.” Smartophere smiles to the queen.
“Oh, I’m sorry.” Jemima immediately
covers her mouth with her paws.
“That’s ok. I’d like this name, and
you can just call me Smart. That’s given me the home feeling.”
“Yeah, my name is Pouncival, or Pounci in
short. How old are you?” A brown and white kitten with a scar on his left eye
suddenly jumps down from the top of the pipe and slips to the front of
Smartophere.
“Nice to meet you, Pounci.” Smartopehre
nuzzles the new friend friendly. “That will be my fifth month on next
Wednesday.”
“Are
you alright now?” Another brown and white tom but more white in tone than
Pouncival gets into the pipe. "I'm Tumblebrutus, but I'd like the others
call me Tumble. I also will be six months old in the same day."
"Nice to meet you, Tumble."
Smartophere smiles. "All of you are so nice."
"That's good to see you can make some
new friends." Old Deuteronomy appears at the entry of the pipe. "Do
you feel better, kitten?"
"Yes, thank you very much to let me
stay here." The black and white kitten nodded to the oldest cat. "I'm
Smartophere, usually my mum called me Smart."
“And I’m Old Deuteronomy.” The huge
gray cat also very pleases to this polite kitten. “And here is the
Jellicles’ Junkyard. I’d already sent Admetus to your father, and he will
arrived soon. Before you meet him, why don’t you spend sometime with Tumble
and the others to go around here? Tumble, Pounci, may be you can introduce him
to the others.”
“Great!
May be we can just start here.” Jemima speaks up in her kittenish voice.
“This is my mum, Jellylorum. And this aunt with tiger strips and leaper spots
is Tumble and Pounci’s foster-mother, Jennyanydots. They both are the 'common
mother' in the Junkyard."
"Nice to meet you ladies."
Smartophere said in his most polite manner. 'And thank you very much to look
after me while I was sleeping."
"You are welcome, young tom." Both
mothers are pleased.
"And this is Munkustrap. He is our
protector and leader while Old Deuteronomy is not here. If you met a Pek or
Pollicle or something, you can scream and then he will help you."
Tumblebrutus pointed the black and gray tabby who is talking with Old
Deuteronomy and Mistoffelees on the tire. "But he is pretty serious, so you
better don't make him angry."
'But I think he is a good cat."
Smartophere murmured. Actually, he doesn't think Munkustrap is a serious cat.
When Pouncival and Tumblebrutus show
Smartophere around the Junkyard, Mistoffelees and Munkustrap had told the story
of the kitten to Old Deuteronomy. "I think we must help him."
Munkustrap said. "This little one is a Jellicle, and his brother, thought
we had never met him before, also is a Jellicle."
"Yes. But first of all, I'd like
Bustophere would come here to meet his son. I think Admetus had already met him
right now. And the problems of Nikko, his brother, I need your opinion, Misto."
Old Deuteronomy turns to the younger tom.
"I think we need to find Mungo and
Rumple for help." Mistoffelees think for a while. "They know Macavity
better, may be they know why he caught Nikko and kill Eleganar."
"Good idea. How do you think, Munku?"
"Do you think they will help us? Both
of us know they are working for the Hidden Paw." Munkustrap worried.
"No, they just his partner. They never
do the really evil things." Old Deuteronomy smiled. "I think we can
trust them."
"Then, may be we can try."
Munkustrap wholly believed in Old Deuteronomy, after all, he had already seen a
lot of cats, he do know who is good and who is bad. "So, Plato, would you
like to find them to us? And also Tugger, we also need him."
"I'd love to." Plato said and then
exits the Junkyard.
"Misto." Smartophere comes to the
tire. "Tumble and Pounci interviewed me to have a lunch with them, can I
go?"
"Sure." Mistoffelees try his best
to clean up the kitten a bit.
"Thanks." Smartophere then goes
with his new friends happily.
"He is a good kitten." Munkustrap
gives his magical friend a smile. "He is your cousin, do you think he will
be a magical cat too?"
"I don't know. May be he is."
Mistoffelees looks at the shadow of the kittens. "Uncle Bustophere is come
from magical family, but he know any magic. No one would know a kitten would
have magical power or not."
"Hi, OD, Munku, and Misto!" A
heavy London tongue came to them.
"Hello, Mungo. Hello, Rumple."
After to say hello, Mungojerrie sit down before the toms. "Plato said a new
kitten had been in the Junkyard, isn't it?"
"Yes. He is my cousin. His mother was
killed by Macavity and his brother was catnapped." Mistoffelees said in
sad. "We want to find him. So we need your opinion."
"His brother? Would it be that
kitten?" Rumpleteazer turns to her mate.
"What kitten?" Mistoffelees
tenses. "Is it a kitten in black with white check, ear and tail tap?"
"I don't know. I met a rat of Macavity
yesterday, and he told me about there a kitten in his lair." Mungojerrie
explained.
"HELP!!!" Plato is running into
the Junkyard with scream.
"What's happen, Plato? "
Munkustrap immediately come down to the young tom. Before Plato could answer,
Demeter already cried. "MACAVITY!!"
"HAHAHAHA!!!!!!" An evilly
laughing appears with a thunder.
"Macavity, what do you want this
time?" Munkustrap made himself clam down. Though he had a few battle with
this evil cat, but he really doesn't have the confidence to defeat him.
"Come on, we are brother, don't we,
Munkustrap?" Macavity laughs and tries to come into the Junkyard.
"Stop, I won't let you to get in, and I
don't have a brother who such as you." Munkustrap steps before the Hidden
Paw.
"Ok. But I have a message to you, my
dearest Demeter and your magical cat, Mr. Mistoffelees." Macavity looks at
them with a grin. "Your cousins and his friends are in my guest room right
now. If you like to meet them, may be all you three would love to visit me.
" He then disappeared behind an old car. When the Jellicles looks for him,
as usually, Macavity's not there.
"He got Smart, Pounci and Tumble."
Munkustrap seems really angry this time.
"And also Jemi and Elec."
Jellylorum and Jennyanydots are both crying. "We saw them go out for lunch
together."
" Macavity want three of us, and we
have no choose but go." Munkustrap announces to the Jellicles. "Lonlzo,
you in charge of my pose while I was not here. Corico and Tanto, please help
Lonzo as Misto usually help us. Admetus will come back with Tugger in soon. The
rest of you stay here. I don't want to lose any one of you."
"Misto, do you must to go?"
Victoria asked her best friend quietly. "I mean, you know you can't fight
as well as Munku. It is too danger to you."
"I know Vicky, but I have no choice. I
have responsible on Smart and the kittens." Mistoffelees nuzzled the white
cat gently. "Don't worry. Though I'm not a good fighter, but I've my
magical power. We'll be right back with the kittens. I promise to you."
"Are you ok, Dem?" Munkustrap asks
his lover.
"I'm always ready if you are
here." Demeter licks his face.
"Then let's go." Munkustrap said
and start their way.
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As the same time, Macavity's lair, the
basement.
"Let us out!!!" Pouncival hisses.
"Shut up, Pounci, what are you hissing
for?" Tumblebrutus who sits at the corner said. "That's no one
outside."
"I just try to find something to do
with." Pouncival sits down beside his brother.
"I think you better don't move so
much." Smartophere try to clam down his friends. "We don't know they
will provide us food and drinks or not. So we better to save our energy."
"Smart, will we dead?" A fur ball
lies beside him asks into a weak voice.
"No, Nikko, we will be fine."
Smartophere puts his paws on his brother's shoulder. "Are you cold? Came
closer to me to get some warm."
"That's ok, I can make it."
Nikkoliver, the youngest cat tries to smile, but fail.
"Do you think the others already know
about us?" Jemima curried herself tidy next to Smartophere and Electra.
"I think they would know. Plato had
been escaped, he must go back to the Junkyard to ask for help." Smartophere
tries to speak in a louder tone, so could makes himself braver.
"I'm so scare." Electra looks up
worry. "My mum said that Macavity would kill the kittens that he get."
"No, he won't." actually
Smartophere also very frighten. But he knows he can't behave that way. He senses
he must protect his friends. "Before he could kill us, we must find the
ways to save ourselves."
"Great. But how?" Tumbleburtus
questions, even it is an incomprehensibly question.
"That's what we need to find out."
Smartophere looks up to the room. It is dark, wet and high. Luckily, all the
Jellicles could see in the dark. "Jemi, Elec, please take care of Nikko,
I'll find something to help us to go."
He places the younger black and white kitten
between the queens. "Come on, Tumble, Pounci, could you help me to reach
that hole? Just right up at there.”
“Wouldn’t
it be too high?” Pouncival looks at the hole. “May be it is above 2 meters
or more.”
“Nothing
would know before try.” Smartophere said in confidence.
“Great
word, Smart.” Tumblebrutus said and already stands by under the place. “Come
on, Pounci, you just step on my back, and Smart could step on and jump.”
“Ok,
ready? One, two, three!” And then the white and black kitten collapses under
the wall.
“Smart!
Are you alright?” the queens flip to him and lick his head, which can see a
purple under the fur.
"Ooch, that's hurt." Smartophere
fixed himself. "Just a bit and I'll reach there. Come on, Pounci, Tumble,
let's try again."
"You just collided with the wall!"
Jemima pulls his tail. "You will hurt yourself."
"I know, but if I success, all of us
will have the chance to escape."
"But you will get hurt!" Jemima
doesn't let him go. "I don't want to see that."
"Thanks Jemi. But don't worry, I'm
fine." Smartophere nuzzles her friendly and then turns around. "It
still too high, we need something to step on."
"May be we can help." Electra
suddenly enunciates.
"No, your are not strong enough."
Smartophere smiles to her.
"We can do that. Elec and I also are
Jellicles. Plus, we are friends, right? We must help each others when anyone of
us get into trouble." Jemima said and already stand by.
"And I also could help."
Nikkoliver adds. "The hole seems not big enough to let all of us go
through. May be I can do that."
“Fine Nikko, but remember, once you get
out, just cross the road and find a house which is pink in color. There is
Jennyanydots home. Told her who are you, and she will help you.” Smartophere
licks his brother. “Even there is no way to go out, you still must stay in
there. So that Macavity won’t find you. Then Munku and the others would save
you.”
The
youngest tom just nodded, and then nuzzled the elder lovely. “I’ll try best.
And I always want to tell you: I love you Smart.”
“Me
too.” Smartophere smiles to him, and then turn to the others. “Shall we
start now?”
“Ok.
I’m the strongest, so I must be at the base.” Tumblebrutus stands under the
target. "Pounci, you be the next. And it is Smart, Elec, and Jemi.
Everyone, ready?"
When they on their post, Jemi can see the
entry of the hole. "Now, Nikko, climb up carefully." Smartophere
ordered.
Nikkoliver, actually he a bit frightens. But
he knows where he is. He climbs on the elders and reached the hole. There just
have a place to let a very young feline go though.
"Go, Nikko, do what I had told
you." Smartophere cried.
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"Here we are, Macavity." Munkustrap stands before the organ and
white cat.
"Long time no see, Dem." Macavity
looks at the female. "You are more beautiful than before."
"Don't touch her!" Munkustrap
hisses. "And what do you want? Where are the kittens?"
"I think you forget something, Munku."
Macavity laughs loudly. "One, here is my lair, no one could order or
question me; Two, I hate the way you talk to me; Three, all I want is to have
some fun before you dead."
"You'll pay for this." Munkustrap
begin get angry, but he could do nothing. He couldn't throw away with the safety
of the kittens, his most love female, and his best friend.
"I pay for what? I just get back the
things of mine!" Macavity starts his evil smile. "Demeter is my mate,
the second-in-common of the Junkyard is my post, and all of things and love
which you now own is mine!"
"No! I'd never belong you!" Though
Demeter is frightened, but she try her best to said. "I'm not a goods that
you can get. I need love, and you never give me! Munku is my true love, you know
that!"
"So I'll make you love me!"
Macavity said and steps to her.
"Then why you kill Eleganar and
catnapped the kittens?" Mistoffelees questions.
"Eleganar? Oh, the fussy mother cat, is
it? She is too noisy. At the beginning, I just want the little one, but at last,
I kill her, and that's all."
"That's all!" Mistoffelees faces
turns into pink. "You kill a mother of two kittens and that's all!! How can
you so cure!"
"Because I always get what I want and
if something against me, I will make it disappear forever. That's my way."
"You are not a cat, you are the
evil!" Demeter hissed.
"Yes, I am." Macavity looks at the
black and gray tabby coolly. "And I can do the evilest things that you
never thought. Some of you, tide Munkustrap on the pillar, we can get some blood
today."
"No! Please don't hurt him!"
Demeter started to cry.
"I always listen to you, Dem, but not
this time." Macavity comes close to the frightened queen. "If I don't
do that, you never give your heart to me."
"And if you do that, I shall hate you
all of my life!" Demeter's tear runs down with angry. "I mean
it!"
"Lead her to my room." Macavity
orders his rats. "And leave our Jellicle heroes here."
"Nothing about Dem." Munkustrap
hisses. "Let her go. If you do anything on her, I swear I'll kill
you."
"Think about where you are, cat."
Macavity laugh loudly. "Do you think you will have chance to win in
here?"
"May be I'm not, but if with my
friends, I'm sure I can."
Just Munkustrap finishes his words,
"Proof!", the room is full of smoke.
"Here, Dem, this way." When
Demeter still stands for, Munksutrap appears beside her.
"What's happened?" She is still
confused.
"Misto's magic." Munksutrap had no
time to explain. He leads her in a hole, which Demeter thought it is at the
corner of the room. She could see two organ and cream cats are already waiting
at there.
" 'ello, Demi!" Rumpleteazer
gigged to her.
"Why are you here?" Demeter said
in surprises.
"L'nzo ta'ol us that Munku want us to
sta'r ha're and wait, then wh'n Misto play his trick, we lead ya in here."
Rumple said and then Mungo had already crept towards the other end of the hole.
"Shh! We need ta gr'o n'out. Keep quite y'ar Mac will find us."
"Mungo, do you know where the kittens
are?" Munksutrap follow the colorful tom.
"I than'k they are in the ba'em'ant.
We'n ba'tter be hurry, Mac wa'll go ther'a if he find ya are escaped."
Mungojerrie points to a tunnel at diverge. "Here, Demi, ya can get h'out
be'yang the right way, Rumple wa'll sent ya go out. Munku, Misto and I wa'll go
to save the kittens."
"I must to go too." Demeter
immediately ignored the suggestion. "I also need to go."
"No Dem, that's too danger."
Munkustrap looks in her green eyes. "Macavity wants you. If you stay here
for a while, there will be more danger to both of us."
"You mean I'm a troublesome?"
Demeter seems mad.
"No, no. But I'm afraid I can't protect
you." Munksutrap nuzzles her and whispers in her ears. "Please, I
don't want you get hurt. Please pray for me in the Junkyard, I had something
need to tell you when everything is over."
Demeter could see there is something in
Munksutrap's deep blue eyes. She suddenly understands the feeling of him. She
then kisses him. "I will. But you can't dead before you go back to the
Junkyard and tell me what it is."
Munksutrap still stands there in an
absent-minded by her kissing. When the queens disappear at the corner,
Mungojerrie pats on the gray and black tabby's head.
"Heah! We need ta’ ga’ al’eady!"
Munkustrap smiles to himself and then turn
around to his friend. "Let's go cats!"
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"Jemi, are you ok?" Smartophere
asks the queen who curried herself tidier and tidier.
"I'm cold." Jemima said weekly.
Smartophere put his paw on her forehead. It is very hot.
"Hold on, Jemi." Pouncival nuzzles
her. "The adults are coming."
"Smart, can't we do something?"
Tumblebrutus becomes fidgety. "Nikko already got out for about an hour. We
have nothing to do but just sitting here and wait?"
Smartophere looks up in the air. "I
don't know. But I can't find any other ways to save us."
Suddenly some footsteps come from the door.
"Is he!" Electra cries out lowly.
"All of you need to dead now." The
ginger tom seems really angry. "That's your leader made me to do
that."
"Our leader? You mean Munkustrap? He is here?"
Tumbleburtus asks. He makes his body not to shake so much.
"Yes. But they escaped. So I need your
corpses to told them they did a wrong thing." Macavity laughs in his
horrible sound. "So, now, who's come first? How about Jemima? Or
Electra?"
"None of us!" Smartophere stands
out. "You've killed my mother. That's my fault that I hadn’t protected
her. So this time, if you want to put your dirty claws on my friends, just over
my dead body!"
"Interesting." Macavity said and
his claws already fly towards the kitten's throat.
"SMART!!" Jemima cries.
Smartophere dodges the attack. His claws
went out. Though he don't know how to fight.
Macavity gets mad when he finds he can't
kill a kitten for one paw. He yells in angry. Smartophere can feel his fur is
wet. He is sweating. There's no choice but fight for death.
Macavity flops on the black kitten who is
running outside his paws. Smartophere knows he would not have enough power to
fight with this evil. So he must wait for a chance to attack him in the perfect
time.
Macavity was too angry to think about the
kitten's thought. His paw lands on Smartophere's shoulder. The black tom meows
painfully. After his feet land hardly, he immediately swings himself to the
bigger cat's back. When he reaches the Hidden Paws fur, his claws pins into his
muscles.
The
greater cat yells and tries to throw the kittens off his back. Smartophere feels
his arms are hurt. Finally, he had no more energy and Macavity throws him
against the wall.
“You
go too far, foolish kitten!” The organ and black feline yelled. “And I’d
decided to kill you first! Once I’d think you could be help me by your magic,
but seems I’ve wrong.”
“I’ll
be killing! And it would be the others!” Smartophere doesn’t feel scare any
more, but just knows he can’t let his friends died as his mother. “I must
protect them!”
Suddenly
he feels his paw very hot, just like some fire is burning. He had no time to
think, before Macavity’s claw cut on his throat, he throws a light spots to
the bigger tom. Macavity immediately rows on the floor. His fur on his forehead
was burnt and his left eye seems hurt so much. Before the big tom flips away he
flings the young kittens against the wall. Smartophere had no more energy, he
lays under the wall, seems senseless.
Tumbleburtus shows his claws up. "Pounci,
once have chance, takes Smart and the others run."
"No, Tumble, you can't fight with
him!" Jemima's eyes are full of tears.
"I'm the eldest kitten tom in Jellicle.
I should do that." Tumbleburtus smiles to the female. "Plus,
Smartophere was fight on his death. How can I behave as a coward?"
"ALL OF YOU MUST DEAD!" Macavity
roars.
"Run!" Tumbleburtus jumps on the
crazy evil and bite the ears. Macavity quickly pitches him on the wall.
“Fight
the battle that you never win, and you are the most foolish kitten I’d ever
seen before!” He then pins the kitten’s head on the ground hardly and the
throws the collapsed body beside the white and black kitten.
“Now!
Where’s the smaller one?!” Macavity is totally lost his temper. He eyes pins
on the only three cats. Pouncival’s fur is all stands up and hides the queens
behind his body.
"Stand
aside, Pouncival. You know your are not my rival." The Hidden Paw looks at
him contemptuously.
"I know. But I still need to
fight!" Though his body is shacking frequently, but he also tries to
collect all brave in him to say.
"Verbiage!" Macavity has lost his
patient. He plucks the kitten on the wall.
"NO!!" Electra and Jemima cry.
"Ok, hand out that stupid fur ball and
you will be alright." Macavity looks at them coolly.
The queens can't say a word, but both of
them don't want to move.
"I'd said hand it to me!" Macavity
yelled.
"No..." Though the voice is low,
but Macavity still can hear Jemima's words and mad. "Then you all go to the
Heaviside in soon!"
"Leave them alone!" An adult voice
comes in.
"Munku!" Jemima cries again, but
this time is with cheerful.
"And Misto!" Electra also said in
happy. They know they are save now.
"Smart! Are you ok?" Mistoffelees
discovers his cousin was knockdown. "Hold on, Smart. I'll take you back to
the Junkyard immediately."
"Macavity thrown Tumble, Pounci and him
against the wall." Jemima reports what happened.
"I'm sure he will pay it back."
There is fire in Munkustrap's eyes. "Macavity, you hurt the kittens. Do you
know you have done an unforgivable thing?"
"I always do that!" Macavity
hisses and in the while out of everybody's sight, he runs towards the window and
jump through it.
"Stop him!" Munksutrap tries to
got his tail, but failed.
"There's nothing but the cold
sea." Mistoffelees looks out the window. "No cat can swim."
Munksutrap looks at the deep blue waves,
shacks his head. "No. He is the Napoleon of Crime. He won't die so
easy."
"Tumble! Wake up!!" Jemima
suddenly screams. "Please don't die!!"
Mistoffelees rushes beside the young cat,
find his breath is weaker and weaker.
"We must get back to the Junkyard
immediately." Mistoffelees said and starts his magic words.
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Everybody looks worry to the lair of Mistoffelees', which now have three
kittens lie in there. Pouncival had already waked up. But Tumbleburtus and
Smartophere still in senseless.
"They just want to protect us."
Jemima and Electra still can't stop their tears. Bombalurina and Demeter place
their paws on the younger queens.
Munkustrap sighs deeply. When he saw
Mistoffelees gets out of the pipe, he runs to the magical cat.
"How they did?" The gray and black
tabby questions in a deeply worry voice.
"Thanks Ever Lasting Cat. They did it.
Though still too weak to sit up, but they will be ok." Mistoffelees said
with a relaxed smile. "Munku, you know, I'm really proud of them."
"Me too." Munkustrap exchanged a
smile with him. "Can I see them now?"
"Sure. Just don't let them too
tired." Mistoffelees also looks very tired. "May be you can take care
of them for me. I'll have some sleep in that old oven. If there's any problem,
please come and wake me up at once."
When Munkustrap get into the pipe, he finds
the kittens are laughing to each other about the bandage.
"Hello, boys. Seems you are good."
Munkustrap is a little surprise: these kittens just went though a death fight,
but they seems didn't care about that.
"Hello, Munku." Smartophere looks
at the elder. "I'm sorry, Misto said I still can't get up."
"That's ok." Munkustrap places his
paw on the black and white kitten's forehead.
"Say, Munku, Smart just said will it be
fun if we wear like this to join our party." Tumbleburtus said and points
to the bandage on his chest. Munkustrap laughs. He finds this new kitten had
some different with the others.
"Smart? Tumble? Do you wake up
yet?" Another black and white kitten appear at the outside.
"Yes. Please come in, Nikko."
Smartophere waves his hand cheerful. "So glad to see you are ok."
"Yes. Jenny brought me to here. She is
really nice." Nikkoliver finds his brother is still alive, and happily
rushes beside him. "And she brought me to father."
"Father? You mean father is here?"
Smartopehre said and than turns to the entire of the pipe. A fat, huge but
kindly cat is standing out of there.
"Father?" Smartophere can't sure
about that.
"Smartophere, my son."
Bustophere's eyes are full of tears. "I'm so sorry for you. And I'm really
proud of you...I mean...I mean..."
"That's ok, father. That's ok."
Smartopehre also can't control his teardrop. "Mum's had...had..."
"I know. They had told me. I'm sorry
about that, and I promise to you, I'll miss her forever." Bustophere Jones
embraces his son tidy. Everyone in the pipe, including Munkustrap, also move by
this picture.
"May be we shouldn't so upset. Mum had
been to the Heaviside Layer. All Jellicles are known there is full of wonder,
just announced cat would see. She will be reborn to a different Jellicle
life." Smartopehre rubs his tears away. "I think that is a good thing,
doesn't it?"
"Yes, it is." Old Deuteronomy said
and enters the pipe. "Hello, kittens. Are both of you feel better
now?"
"Hello, Old Deuteronomy. We are quite
good." Smartopehre and Tumbleburtus nodded to the leader. "Thanks for
asking."
"Well. That's great. I'm looking
forward to the party of the three days later." Old Deuteronomy said and
goes out with Munkustrap help.
"What do you think about Smart?"
Old Deuteronomy asks the second-in-command of the Jellicles.
"As his name, he is really smart."
Munkustrap smiles. "All of us must be proud of his brave and brain."
"And he also is a magical cat."
Old Deuteronomy looks back the pipe. Smartophere still busy talking with
Jennyanydots, Jellylorum and Asparagus Jr. "He is born as a leader.
Everyone will like him because of his real heart. Jemi and Elec had told about
their experience in Macavity's lair. Smartophere had the same power with our
Misto, doesn't he?"
"I think so." Munksutrap said
politely.
"Munku, you know I'm so old. I'll go to
the Heaviside Layer at some day. You and Lonzo and other adults will be too old
to fight at some day. I was worried about who can command the Jellicles. But it
seems it is not the problem any more."
Munkustrap agreed to him. "As you told
us last Jellicle Ball, 'the past experience revived in the meaning is not the
experience of one life only but of many generations.' Smart and Tumble, though
they still young, but I think they will be a great leader of us."
"Right. And I believe after they, there
will another amazing cat who is out of our mind." Old Deuteronomy laughs to
the tom. "And don't you have something need to tell Deme?"
"Oh! I almost forgot!" Munkustrap
pads his head. "Old Deuteronomy, may I excuse?"
"Sure." Old Deuteronomy let him
go. Before the young tom disappears behind a trashed car, he sends his bless.
"Good luck, young tom."
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Munkustrap finds his love is sitting alone
at the top of a car. The Jellicle Moon is closely full, the silver beam pour on
her gold and black fur, so smooth and so soft. Munkustrap heart stopped. He
couldn't say how beautiful she is.
"Oh, is it you, Munku?" Demeter
turns around, find Munkustrap is looking to her. She is being bashful. "Do
you want to talk with me?"
"Yes. Will I disturb your
thought?" Munkustrap slips down beside the queen.
"No, no. I'm just sitting here and look
to the moon." Demeter shows the tom to sit beside her. “You know Munku,
every time you fight with Macavity, I’m really frightened. Not just I’m
scared by him but also because you may get hurt.”
“Thanks
that, Dem.” Munkustrap lets her rests her head on his shoulder. “But don’t
worry too much. Otherwise, I won’t fight well.”
“Today,
when you were warning Macavity about me, I’m really happy to hear that.”
Demeter licks the minor wounds on the black and gray tabby’s arm. “Though
I’d always said that, but just let me to say once more: Thank you so much,
Munku.”
“Do
you remember in Macavity’s lair, I’d something to tell you?” Munkustrap
becomes tension.
“Yes,
I remember. And would it be the time to tell me?” Demeter’s green eyes looks
to him with a sweetly smile.
“I…I…I
just…Well! All I want to say is, can you be my mate? I mean would you like to
marry me?" Munkustrap face becomes red. "Each time when I fight with
Macavity, just your pray could give me the brave. I can't lose you. I'd like you
be my mate so that I can have a reason to protect you all my life..."
Demeter smiles with tears. "Thank you,
Munkustrap. I'm glad to be."
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Three days later, the Junkyard is pretty
busy. It is the birthday party of their little heroes and also is the
celebration to Munkustrap and Demeter affiance.
"Congratulation, Munku." All the
tom kittens lead by Tumbleburtus and Smartophere said to their leader.
"Thank you, and happy birthday, Smart,
Tumble." Munkustrap is in a very good mood today.
"Deme, you look beautiful."
Victoria and Jemima talk with the quasi-bridge.
"Thank you." Demeter smiles very
sweet. She is really happy.
"So good to be a bridge." Victoria
said dreamily.
"All of you will in some day."
Demeter said.
"Just like Jerrie and me!"
Rumpleteazer cackles and curries her mate, who is making a face when he hears
Rumpleteazer's words.
“Dem, are you ready?” Munkustrap comes
up to the lovely queen. His fur is shiner than usual. And everyone could see, he
wears his most favorite collar. That make he seems smarter and more handsome
than before.
“Anytime,
Munk.” She put her paws on the tabby’s, and they step to the magical tire,
where Old Deuteronomy stands at there.
“Jellicles,
I’d like to tell all of you two good news. One is Munkustrap and Demeter, are
decided together in all of their life. Two is, Tumblebrutus and Smartophere, our
little Jellicles heroes, are both becomes teens today. I’d like all of you
would bless them.”
All
the Jellicles cheers loudly.
“Tumble,
you will be six-month old. You'll have more responsible to the tribe. Will you
like to share that?" Old Deuteronomy waits the tribes quite a bit, and then
asks the brown and white kitten seriously.
"That's my pleasure." Tumbleburtus
said proudly.
"And you, Smartophere. Though you are
just five-month old and new to the Junkyard. But I think you also have some more
things need to learn than before. You must have a good prepare for your grow up
as an adult. Will you do that?"
"I shall try my very best."
Smartophere sits strictly and answers into a kittenish but clear voice.
"Then I say, Jellilce Cats can all
rejoice!" Old Deuteronomy announces. Music, dance, all the cats are enjoys
the party.
~END~
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