The Lost of Junkyard
This is a cold windy night, under the Jellicle Moon, the Junkyard is full of silence you could cut with a knife. All the kittens already fell in their kittenish dream. Tumblebrutus curried up with Pouncival in the old oven where next to the box which Smartophere and Nikkoliver shared. Etcetera and Electra hide themselves in a broken washing machine. Happizer and Cheerial who are supposed waiting their fathers are sleeping in Jemima’s lair.
Before the magical tire, there were Munkustrap and the others ‘big toms’: Alonzo, Rum Tum Tugger, Coricopat, Mungojerrie, Mistoffelees, Admetus and Plato.
“So, is there any problem that we missed?” Munkustrap asked the others.
“No, I think that’s all.” Alonzo stretched and yawned. He really tried. The meeting had gone though over 4hours.
“Teazer must be waiting for me.” Mungojerrie also yawned. “I hope the toms already gone into their basket.”
“Danit and Dreami still won’t get into the bed by themselves?” Munkustrap questioned.
“No, just Cheeri still can’t. Sometime I would think I’d get a wrong kitten as Dreami.” Mungojerrie cackled. “I still can’t believe my son would be so close with yours.”
“But he and Ere are the best friend in the Junkyard.” Munkustrap smiled.
“All we know these kittens are the friends of Tumble, Pounci and Smart.” Plato looked up where the kittens slept. “Seems they would be the leader after you, Munku.”
“May be, but still can’t decided.” Munkustrap took a serious thought. “Pounci still can’t face the fight coolly. And Smart, he just too……” While he said, his eyed on his magical friend, tried to decide a better word.
“Small. Small and short.” Mistoffelees didn’t mind that. “No magical cat would have a heavy building. That would obstruct him when he trying on his magical trick.”
“Yes, but I still think Smart is not a good fighter. He is always too kind to everything. He even doesn’t want to attack a bird or a mice.” Munkustrap said worried. “I don’t know he would fight if the time he need to protect himself.”
“Don’t worried he still have something to protect.” Mistoffelees smiled. “If someone want to hurt his friends, he would fight bravely. Even he might can’t fight, but he still had his magic.”
“So how does he do in the magic lesson?” Munkustrap finally could found a business still didn’t mention.
“As his name, smart.” Mistoffelees felt proud when talk about his cousin and also his student. “I swear that he is the smartest kitten I’d ever met before. Any trick, just show him once, and then explained the skill, then he could do it perfectly.”
“Seems he’d done good in every lesson. Even Jenny, also had a report to show he’d already have a very good manner.” Munkustrap smiles. “If Tumble is the best student in the fighting class, than Smart must be the No.1 in the manner lesson.”
“And dance class will be Pounci.” Mungojerrie, as the teacher of most kittens dancing lesson, reported.
Suddenly, a thunder sounds cross the Junkyard and wakes up every cat.
“Macavity!” Mistoffelees and Coricopat hiss.
“Take care the kittens.” Munkustrap commands the others toms and fries to the fiend of feline shape. “What do you want, Macavity?”
“I want this Junkyard this time.” The organ and black tom smiles with his teeth come out.
“Then I just could say: no!” Munkustrap knows it is no choice but fight.
“Ok, then fight!” Macavity starts the attack. At the same time, the rats and wander cats behind him also started run into the Junkyard.
“Protect the kittens!” Alonzo command the other toms.
“They are too much to us!” Mistoffelees produced a big light spot and locked down about ten rats, but they’re more than hundreds at the behind.
“Jenny, Jelly, lead others run!” Munkustrap knows they won’t get win in this battle. While he needs to notice about the kittens, Macavity had searched on his back deeply.
“Pay attention, Munku, as I always tell you.” Macavity licks the blood on his paw.
Munkustrap felt the pain, but he still made himself stand properly.
“Misto, we need to leave the Junkyard.” All the toms are surround by the rats. It could see that the mothers and the kittens are also had difficult the reach the exit.
“Lonzo, Mungo, Corico, Admet and Plato, both of you to protect the kitten get out.” Munkustrap whispered to his friends. “And Tugger, you and Misto try to do something before we leave.”
“We really need to leave? Just let the rats in?” Admetus can’t believe this idea.
“I’m afraid yes, Admet. And I will try to divide the attention of Macavity off from you. After all of you out, go to my human’s home, we will meet at there.” The black and gray tabby said coolly.
“Take care of yourself.” Rum Tum Tugger looks into Munkustrap’s eyes deeply. “I won’t let you get away so easy if you make Deme cry.”
“I won’t.” Munkustrap smiles back.
“Did you guys finish your last word?” Macavity laughed loudly, then he waves his paw, the rats and wander cats immediately jump upon the toms.
“NOW!!” Munkustrap shouted, the others go to the location where Munkustrap told them.
Hissing, tearing, biting, screaming.
Teeth, claws, blood, tears.
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“Deme, please to get hold of yourself.” Smartophere nuzzled the crying queen.
“But, Happi…Munku…” Once Demeter thought about her mate and daughter, her tears ran down again.
“Don’t worry, Jelly, Jemi will be fine.” Tumblebrutus comforted the mother cat.
“Mum, are you ok?” Dreamirat looks up to Rumpleteazer.
“How can be ok?” Rumpleteazer tears running down. “Cheeri still leave in the Junkyard. I should never let her stay outside at night! And Jerrie, he…he just…”
“How Lonzo did?” Cassandra asked Jennyanydots, who just came out from the ‘cats room’ tiredly.
“Thanks Ever Lasting Cat, he did it. Also the others are ok.” Jennyanydots throw herself on a mat. “Lonzo and Mungo had lost too many blood, so they still haven’t wake up. Admet and Corico are just some minor wounds, but they are too tired, so already fall in sleep. And Plato……”
“What? How?” Victoria heard her brother’s name, already start crying.
“He is find, but his hide leg was broken, may be can’t move in three to four weeks. Don’t worry, Nursara is looking after them.” Jennyanydots comforted her. All of them know, Nursara is the best nurse cat in the Junkyard.
In the same time, Smartophere switched his ear.
“Misto?” He rushed though the kitten door and saw three felines were coming.
“Misto! Munku! Tugger!” As he shouted out, all the other cats came out. They could see three toms are both covered by blood.
“Quick! Munku is in danger.” Rum Tum Tugger passed the black and gray tabby to Jennyanydots, and then already fell into Bombalurina’s arms. His face and body are full of teeth holes and wounds.
“Misto, are you ok?” Smartophere and Nikkoliver licked their cousin. The white furs on his chest are all in red.
“Yes, I’m fine.” Mistoffelees gets into the house with the help of the younger.
“Munku! Please!! Open your eyes!!” Demeter cried.
“Papa! Papa!” Bornsefly doesn’t know what’s happened, but when she saw her father is full of blood, she is really scare he will die.
“Don’t worry, I’m fine…” Munkustrap smiles to his family. “But Happi was caught by…” Before he could finished the sentence, he already senseless again.
“Deme, kittens, wakes up your human, Munku needs a vet.” Jennyanydots knows no cat’s paw could save this young tom.
Demeter had no choice, she starts meow loudly and pawing on the bedroom door of Thomas—the human of Munkustrap.
“What’s happen, Sue? Why you meow so loud?” A young man appears with a sleepy voice. When he found his home is full of feline, he really surprise.
“Who are all of you? Why all the cats come to my home?” As he asked, Smartophere already pulls his trousers to the outside.
“Hey, what do you want?” Thomas follows the kitten to the outside; he saw his pet was lying in front of the door.
“Eric! You got a fight again?!” Thomas picks up the black and gray tabby carefully; he find his pet’s breathe is weaker and weaker.
“Hold on, Eric! Hold on! I shall take you to the vet at once!” Thomas hides the tom in his jacket, so keep Eric, or Munkustrap, in warm.
“Please stay with the kittens, Sue. We shall come back in soon.” He then close the car door and drives to the vet’s home directly.
“Please Munku, don’t let me wait too long. I always pray for you, and just for you.” Demeter looks at the car, murmured.
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“So what will happen now?” Mannetic asks carefully. All the kittens are curried into the kitten’s room.
“I don’t know. May be they needed to get back the Junkyard.” Mecurator catches a ball in his paw and started to play it.
“Hey, that’s my ball!” Bornsefly hisses.
“So?” Mecurator looks at the queen playfully.
“So I want you paw off from it!” Bornsefly leaps to the tom and bits on his tail.
“Ooch!” Mecurator yells in pain, and started to chase the queen around the room.
“Stop that! Bornse, Mecu!” Tumblebrutus hisses. He waits all the kittens look at him, then said. “We’ve got enough noise and terrible tonight. We can’t bring any more trouble to the adult.”
“Yes, Tumble, sorry.” Bornsefly and Mecurator low down their head with tails tucked between their legs.
“Can’t we do something?” Alexthera whispered to himself.
“What did you said, Alex?” Tumblebrutus sits up like a leader.
“I’d just think, all we can do is just curried up here and waiting?” Alexthera also lift up his back.
“But what can we do? We just kittens!” Starita meowed.
“We can do nothing just because we are kittens?” Danitan tried to support his best friend.
“But how?” Summitable stands with her sister. “We can’t fight and we are too young to fight.”
“Summi, Stari, may be you are too young to see that,” Tumblebrutus said seriously. “Do you know when did Munku became in charge of the Junkyard?”
“I know! Mama told me that Papa became the second-in-command of the Junkyard when he is one and a half years old.” Bornsefly said proudly.
“Yes, and Lonzo?” Tumblebrutus questioned again.
“One year and three months.” Chemical sits most properly as a kitten could when he talked about his father.
“Right. And look at us. Pounci, Smart and I are already over one year and three months. Most of you are already nearly 11 months.” Tumbleburtus said. “We are old enough to protect the Junkyard by our paws.”
“It sounds great, do you have any plan?” Eremater, as the kitten who always had a coolly think, mentions.
Tumblebrutus can’t answer this question, he actually doesn’t have any idea how to common a war.
“If we can’t fight with Macavity face to face, may be we can use our brain.” Smartopehre clears his throat to make his voice louder. “We need to plan how to do that.”
“Then do you have any idea?” Creamile, the youngest queen between them, asked. “You are the smartest feline after Misto, you must have something in your mind.”
“I’m sorry, Creami, I still haven’t this time.” Smartophere said sorrowfully.
“Not any?” Nikkoliver knows his brother if he doesn’t had a plan, he won’t say anything.
“Well, actually…I have an idea, but I’m not quite sure it will work or not.” Smartophere said shyly.
“That’s ok, Smart. Just tell, may be we can help you to complete it.” Tumblebrutus encouraged him to continue.
“I’ve heard Munku want Misto done something before they leave. If we could find it out, may be can help us to get back the Junkyard. But I really don’t know where is it or what is it.”
“That’s easy, just ask Misto directly. He would be told us.” Creamile cried in her kittenish voice. “He always kind to us.”
“But I’m sure he won’t.” Alexthera shook his head. “All of us know Misto never let Smart and Nikko do anything danger. So you think if we ask him he would tell us or not.”
“But we have no choice.” Tumblebrutus stands up and walks toward to the room where Mistoffelees’ in. “I’ll go to ask him.”
“Can I go with you?” Smartophere goes with his friend. “May be I can help to persuade Misto.”
“Ok.” Tumblebrutus steps into the room where the hurt toms are resting in.
“Misto, are you ok?” Smartopehre rubs the bigger black and white cat genteelly.
“Much better now. Jenny and Nursa helped me a lot.” The magical cat opens his eyes and smiles. “I’ve heard you planning.”
The kittens are surprise, but they all know why.
“So, would you help us? Misto?” Tumblebrutus asks carefully.
“Don’t ask me.” Mistoffelees tries to sit up, but the cut on his back makes him lays back the blankets again. “Ask Lonzo or Munku or Old Deuteronomy. If anyone of them agree, I shall tell you all I know.”
“So, Lonzo, would you let us to get back the Junkyard by our paws?” Tumblebrutus immediately rushed to the front of the spots tom.
“No.” Alonzo answered with a strong determination. “Never think about that, kittens. You are still too young to do that.”
“But I’m already one and a half years old. Much older than you when you became the vice-protector of the Junkyard.”
“But I’ve help by Munku, Tugger, Misto and the others.”
“And I also with help of Pounci, Smart and the others.”
“All I could say is no.” Alonzo pads on the brown and white fur ball’s head. “You just like a younger brother I’d never had. I don’t want you get in danger. Can you understand?”
“I can, Lonzo. But seems you don’t.” Tumblebrutus said disappointed, and then turns to Smartophere. “Come on Smart, we can try on Munku.”
“Tumble, you know I always love you.” Alonzo tries to stay the leaving kittens.
“Me too, Lonzo. And I always proud of this.” Tumblebrutus smiles, and goes out the room.
“The kittens grown.” Rum Tum Tugger, who looks all the things, said playfully. “Losing?”
“No, they are not kittens already. They are toms, the CATS.” Alonzo looks at the younger in the next room. “Not just Tumble and Smart, also my kittens. Ever Lasting Cat would bless them.”
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Tumblebrutus walks alone the street. As he thought, Munkustrap also declined his idea.
“I would never throw a kitten into a bloody war.” Though Munkustrap is weakly in voice, but his deep blue eyes sill full of commanding.
“But we are not kittens anymore, we can do something.” Tumblebrutus tried to throw out his mind. “I’m as old as you are when you been in charge of the Junkyard.”
“And Macavity is as old as me.” Munkustrap curried up by the bandage. He had lost much blood. “Now kittens, don’t worry about the Junkyard. I’ll be back home tomorrow. Please tell the others that I’ll meet them at the car park out of my home.”
Tumblebrutus walks and thinks the words. Smartophere had left him a minute before to bring the news to Demeter and the others. He is alone under the Jellicle Moon. When he passes the bridge, he decides to take a sit and looks up to the diamond on the sky.
“Just can do nothing because I’m too young?
Don’t the world born in a child?
The stars are laughing at me,
Just because I’m too young,
Then I can’t protect my love?”
When he sings his own song murmured, the tears drop down from his eyes.
“Isn’t there is my dear Tumble?” A grandfatherly voice comes form the other side of the bridge.
“Old Deuteronomy?” When Tumblebrutus finds that really the huge gray cat, he rubs his tears quickly.
“Good evening, my kitten, why you sob alone here?” The old cat already sees his action.
“Everyone just call me kitten.” Tumblebrutus said in a very unhappy mood. “I’m one and a half years old already. When I was six-month old, you also said I’m be a teen right?”
“I’m sorry, young tom. But to me, even Skimble or Gus Jr. also just a kitten.” Old Deuteronomy laughed.
“That’s ok. I’m a kitten actually.” Tumblebrutus sits back to his spot. Old Deuteronomy decided sits beside him.
“Tumble, no cat would born as a cat. Even I was born as a kitten. Also Munku or Lonzo or the others.” Old Deuteronomy put his paw on the brown and white tom’s head. “Sometimes we had forget the passed time, and get too tuff to the younger. That’s our fault, Tumble, would you forgive our foolish?”
“Never mind that. I’m not really angry with that.” Tumblebrutus rubbed the grandfather cat by his head. “But I really happy to hear that. You know, you are the first one said that to me.”
“Is it?” Old Deuteronomy laughed. “Tumble, I can explain to Munku and the others, but you also need to prove that you are able to protect the Junkyard. Can you promise to me that you and your friends would try your very best to get back our home?”
“I swear on my life.” Tumblebrutus said with a confident voice.
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The next day, it is a cool and cloudy day. When Munkustrap back to his home, Demeter immediately comes upon to him.
“Don’t worry, Sue. He is fine. Just need a rest.” Thomas put the black and gray tabby into his basket.
“Are you ok, daring?” Demeter licks his face worried.
“Never feel better.” Munkustrap also nuzzled his lover. “Just as Thomas said, I’m fine.”
“I’m so scare.” Demeter rubbed against her mate. “I don’t want to lose you.”
“Don’t worry Deme. I am here for you.” Munkustrap gives her a kiss and then look around. “Where are the kittens? I suppose they are here.”
“They are going to the Junkyard.” Demeter said in fear.
“What?” Munkustrap’s eyes became wide.
“Misto had told them about “that thing”, Tumble and the other kittens are going to get it by themselves.”
“What?” Munkustrap yells. “I think I’d told them should be stay here. Did any others know about the meeting I’d called?”
“Yes, and they are waiting for you.” Demeter comforts the big tom. “Don’t be angry. Trust them. It is Old Deuteronomy allowed them to do so.”
“Old Deuteronomy?” Munksutrap rushes to the car park, all the Jellicles are already there, escape the tom kittens. And the huge gray old cat is sitting at the top of Thomas’ car.
“So glad to see you already could run, Munku.” Old Deuteronomy smiles kindly.
“I’ve heard that you allowed the kittens to back to the Junkyard, sir.” Munkustrap tried his best keep his manner. “I wonder why.”
“Because they had promise to me and the others they would try their best.” Old Deuteronomy clams down the serious cat. “Munku, I know you always worry and take care of each kittens. And they always love you as they elder brother or even father. But they must be grow up.”
Munkustrap and the other listen to the old cat with interested: Old Deuteronomy was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme, his songs could comfort every heart.
“Did you forget your time,
the time you still have dream?
Did you forget your day,
the day you still were young?
Don’t let your memory go far,
Don’t hide your rainbow in mind.
Remember your kittenhood,
Remember who’s the kitten in the past.
Never let the thing bit you down,
Never sigh the time had been past.
Always believe in yourself,
Always believe in the young.”
“Then should we just sit here and do nothing?” Rum Tum Tugger is laying on an old table where covered by tools.
“I don’t know. But may be Tumble and his friends would be glad if we done something to show our support.” Old Deuteronomy smiles to them.
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“Tumble, are you sure we must to do that?” Dreamirat asked quietly.
“You are frightened?” Tumblebrutus smiles to the younger.
“Of course not!” Dreamirat tried to collect his brave to say.
“Oh, you are. But I’m really frightened.” Tumblebrutus shows his paws to the orange and black tom, they are shaking.
“Then why you still going on?” Dreamirat wondered.
“Because I’ve promise to do so.” Tumblebrutus already could see the shadow of the Junkyard. He’d never felt so tension when he reaches this place. “And I also need to save Jemi by myself.”
He then turns to his friends. “Now, all of you wait here. Pounci, Smart and I will try to go in there and find the thing that Misto told us. Once get the signal, do what we’ve planed.”
“Be careful, Tumble, Pounci, Smart. Good luck!” Alexthera nuzzled the bigger cats. Then three toms start running to the Junkyard.
“Misto said it is in the river.” Smartopehre leads the others flip over a broken pipe, climb up on an old car and creep through the junk hill, then they arrived an area at the side of a river.
“Why you know here?” Pouncival looks around when his paws step on the glass. “I’ve living in the Junkyard since I was three months old, but I’d never know this place.”
“This is my magic classroom. Misto and I usually practice magic here.” Smartophere climbs up on a tree hole and take out a long string. “Just Old Deuteronomy, Munku, Misto and I know this place. And now you two.”
“So how can we get that thing from the river?” Tumblebrutus asked.
“I’ll swim.” Smartophere tests the water by his paw.
“No cat could swim!” Pouncival stops the black and white feline.
“But magical cat can.” Smartophere put his front paws on his friend’s shoulder. “Though I know I still can’t swim as well as Misto, but I will try. We’ve promise, remember?”
Pouncival looks into Smartophere’s big black eyes. “Ok, but you also need to promise to me, you won’t die.”
“I swear on my magic.” Smartophere said and started swimming. The water is cold and fast. Smartophere tried to do all the things Mistoffelees had told him. That’s really works. When Smartophere find a wooden box laying between rubbish on the base of the river, he tides the string on it and swim back to the land.
“Did you find it?” Tumblebrutus asks the wet cat.
“Yes, I’ve tide it at the end of this string, we can pull it up.” Smartophere licks his fur to dry the cold water.
When the box pulls out from the river, they found there’s a glass bottle of black powder, some papers and strings and a picture, which contain many small words.
“Now, Smart, yours show time.” Tumblebrutus turns to the young magical cat.
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“Jemima, Happizer, Cheerial, this is the last time I ask: Where did the stupid Jellicles gone?” Macavity yells in angry.
Jemima let the younger queens under her paws, and keeps silent.
“We’ve told you, bad cat!” Happizer hisses. “They are all in my human home! Just because you are unable to go there!”
“Do you really think so, kitten?” Macavity pulls the gold and silver tabby to him from Jemima.
“Leave her alone!” Jemima cried and pull the big tom’s shoulder, but Macavity waved her on the ground easily.
“Your father is the cat I hate most in the world.” Macavity laughs evilly on Happizer’s face. “He take Demeter away from me! He just take everything from me!”
“That’s because you are not as good as my father.” Happizer doesn’t fear.
“Do you know I can kill you anytime?” Macavity really gets angry by this word.
“I don’t think so!” Happizer said and claws on the Hidden Paw’s nose. Once his paws leave the queen’s collar, Happizer tried to escape with her friends. But both of them are pin on the ground by the rats.
“You foolish kitten!” Macavity shows up his sharpen claws. “Your father is fool, your mother is fool and you are fool too!”
“If you said one more words about my father, I shall cut off your tongue!” Happizer, even under a bunch of rats, hisses.
“You guys, I allow you to have some ‘fun’ on this little queen.” Macavity said evilly.
“Please, Macavity, don’t hurt Happi!” Cheerial cries.
“Cheerial, you are Mungojerrie daughter, right?” Macavity turns to the cream and orange kitten.
“Yes, sir.” Cheerial said in a frightened voice.
“Your father had rebelled me, so I need his daughter to pay for that!” Macavity waves his paw, one of the wandering cats came near. “She is yours tonight, you can do anything you want. And Jemima, you will be my queen tonight.”
“I will kill myself rather let your dirty paws on me!” Jemima hisses though could see she is frightening.
“What ever you say!” Macavity already pinned the cream and brown queen on the ground.
“Fire!” Suddenly a bomb comes through the sky of the Junkyard. All the cats in the Junkyard, including Macavity and the Jellicle queens, are don’t know what’s happened.
“Fire!” The card box at the back starts burning to the exit. Some of them are kicked on the ground and stepped by the others, some of them are just hurt themselves by against something in the dark.
“Jemi, Happi, Cheeri! Are you ok?” The three toms appear at the side of the confusing queens.
“Tumble!” Jemima swings herself into the white and brown tom’s front paws.
“Sorry we’re late and let him frightened you.” Smartopehre apologizes to the gold and silver queen.
“I know you will come!” Happizer cries cheerfully and give a big kiss on the tom’s face.
“Seems you guys don’t know how to keep your nose clean.” The ginger cat stands in their way to leave.
“Because you always harm my friends life.” Tumblebrutus back and fur are all sanding up.
“Do you think Munkustrap and the others would help you this time?” Macavity steps to the brown and white tom. “I won’t let you easy go this time.”
“And I won’t loss easily as half a year ago!” Tumblebrutus finds he’s not really frightened when he faces the Napoleon of Crime this time.
“Fight and know the answer.” Macavity flips to the younger tom, Tumblebrutus waits he came close, and jumps over the ginger cat. Of course, leave a claw on his back while Tumblebrutus jumps.
Macavity knows he is not a kitten anymore. So he lows down his back and pounces on Tumblebrutus again, but the younger kicks on his stomach. Macavity rolls on the ground immediately.
Pouncival and Smartophere are both busy to fight with the rats and the wander cats.
“Get out of here!” Pouncival hisses when he tried to throw a rat over the bar of the Junkyard.
Smartophere actually doesn’t want to fight. He just pushes away the wander cats’ claws off from the queens.
“Smart!” When Smartophere looks around, he found two wander cats caught Happizer.
“Leave her alone!” Smartophere has no choice, he jumps on the backs of the two and at the same time, produced an electronic spots between his paws.
“You are ok?” Smartophere concerned.
“Never feel better.” Happizer smiled to him.
“Now please get into that box.” Smartophere pointed to the top of a junk hill, there was a box, which Mistoffelees left to them. “I’ll sent you back by magic.”
“No! I want to fight with you!” Happizer said into her kittenish voice.
“No, Happi, this is not the game.” Smartopehre said seriously. When he finds the kitten queen seems losses, he licks her gently. “Come on, Happi, I don’t want you get hurt.”
Happizer looks into her black and white friend, her tears came into her grass green eyes. “But I also don’t want you get hurt!”
“I’ll be fine.” Smartopehre already kicks down about five rats or cats. “Please, Be quick. Otherwise Tumble will loss.”
“What do you want to do?” Jemima heard her lovers name, immediately tensions.
“Try to help him.” Smartopehre had no time to explain. “Pounci, all our safely depends on you now!”
“Got it!” Pouncival stands at the side of his magical friend and knocks down all the enemies who try to get up. Because they are on the very top of the height, no more than two cats or rats can come close, Pouncival would has enough time to “take care” each one of them.
“Smart, do be careful!” Happizer licks the black and white tom before she gets into the box.
“I will.” Smartophere smiles to her and closes the box. Then he started the magic words.
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Tumblebrutus tried hardly to catch his breath. His white and brown fur is nearly all coated by blood. His right ear was torn and his tail was extremely pain. The wounds on his back and legs were bleeding. He looks at his enemy, finding the attack time.
Macavity seems not better than the younger. He feels sick of his stomach because Tumblebrutus just keep on attack there since the beginning of the fight. His hide legs and chest are full of claws and teeth holes.
“Seems Munkustrap got a good student.” Macavity really pleased by this kitten. “If you want to, I always leave a pose in my tribe for you.”
“And you know it will empty forever.” Tumblebrutus still keeps an eye on the big tom, doesn’t bordered by the words.
“Then I usually destroy the things that I can’t catch in my hand.” Macavity started another attack. His claws landed on Tumblebrutus forehead, but also get five screeches on his shoulder.
“Then I’m afraid you will disappointed this time.” Tumblebrutus reaches the ginger tom’s arm before gets hurt.
At this time, a big light blue ball flies across the Junkyard again.
“Mistoffelees? That’s impossible!” Macavity can’t believe his eyes. Before his gets the answer, a net already covered on him.
“Get’ ya!” Mecurator, the white with black spots Samisen jumps down from the upper place.
“What is it?” Macavity tried to cut the net, but fails.
“Forget that, Macavity, this is Mist’s magic net.” Chemtaigo also flips after his brother. “Even the sharpest knife in the world also can’t cut it up.”
“But Mistoffelees wouldn’t be here.” Macavity hisses. “I’m sure he can’t get up from the bed till three weeks.”
“But there’s not just one magical cat in the world, even in our Jellicles.” Tumblebrutus stands before the Hidden Paw.
Macavity pinned his eyes on the black and white tom who stand at the top of the magical tire. “It’s him! That kitten! I know he will destroy me someday. I should kill him when I killed his mother.”
“Even I was killed by you, you also never success, Macavity.” Smartophere looks sadly in his eyes. “Because you always alone.”
“Me? Alone? How about my army?” Macavity laughs loudly. But when he looks around, no one is there except the Jellicles toms.
“They’ve gone.” A black and gray tabby said. “Once you’ve under the net, they already ran away.”
“Munkustrap? No, you are smaller than him.” Macavity confused.
“I’m Alexthera, the eldest son of Munkustrap.” The cat introduced himself.
“That’s why I feel I hate you.” Macavity sneered and turned to Eremater. “Then you must be the second?”
“Yes.” The gold and black tabby answered.
“Macavity, why don’t you join us?” A couple of orange, black and cream mixed toms come to him.
“Who are you? Oh, I know. You are Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer’s sons.” Macavity could name them immediately.
“Yes, I’m Danitan and he is my twins brother, Dreamirat.” The tom said. “Macavity, we can talk with Old Deuteronomy and Munkustrap. We know you and Munku were very close friend once. So if you want, I think he will welcome you.”
Macavity looks around the kittens through the net. Suddenly he felt old. He just shakes his head and laughs sadly.
“Macavity and Munkustrap, they could never in the same place, or the sun will rise at West.” Then just a “Proof” sound, the net is full of smoke. When the toms look back again, Macavity’s not there!
‘Great job, kittens, but be careful of your future.” A thunder sound across and disappear again.
“What does he mean?” Mecurator asked his brother.
“What ever his mean, we get back the Junkyard already!” Chemtaigo smiles.
“Right! We must tell the others.” Dreamirat cheers.
“That’s great.” Tumblebrutus and Pouncival are nearly can’t support themselves by their legs, but they still don’t want to sit down.
“Could some of you please go to find Smart? He must be somewhere behind that trash car.” Tumblebrutus paws were hurt; he really can’t move one more steps.
Alexthera ready to go, but a big paw place on his head.
“We’ll take care about that, kit.” A gentle voice sounds behind. When the kittens look around, it is Munkustrap.
“So great you are find, father.” Alexthera hugs the elder.
“Of course I’m fine.” Munkustrap pat his proudly son. And at the same time, the kittens find Rum Tum Tugger, Alonzo and Mungojerrie are also been there.
“Dad!” Danitan and Dreamirat climb up to Mungojerrie’s back.
“Wait! Wait! Kits! I still haven’t strong enough to effort two of you.” Mungojerrie cried happily. “Both of you are already cats now, how could you still behave like a kitten?’
“Did Jemi, Happi and Cheeri fine?” Tumblebrutus asked Alonzo.
“Yes, and it is Happi made us to come.” Alonzo smiles to the younger. “Once she found she was home, then started shout into our ears that we must come and save you guys. But seems she worried too much.”
“Thank you very much, Tumble. You’ve saved the Junkyard and my daughter.” Munkustrap bowed to the white and brown young tom. “I’m sorry I’m so impolite to you before.”
“Never mind that.” Tumblebrutus tries to say in his most properly sound when he is speaking to this serious tabby. “All of these are my friends.”
“No, you fight with Macavity.” Smartophere, who is laying on Mistoffelees back, his back and arms could see many cuts and teeth holes are bleeding. But he still full of smile on his face.
“And you sent the queens back.” Tumblebrutus laughed. “Also Pounci kicked the rats out.”
“Ok, all of you are our hero.” Rum Tum Tugger pads on Pouncival’s head. “I think you need to take care your wounds now, or they will become inflamed.”
“Wait a minute, I need to tell Old Deuteronomy this news.” Smartophere tried to get off from Mistoffelees’ back.
“You will tired if you use your magic now.” Mistoffelees makes the younger stay. “I’ll tell him later.”
“Please, Misto, this is my job. Just like after every battle, you will send a message back to us.” Smartophere looks at Mistoffelees by his bright black eyes. “I hope to tell him by myself.”
“Ok, but don’t take long.” Mistoffelees doesn’t want to argue with him. He places the younger tom on the ground, and Smartophere closes his eyes and starts murmuring to the air.
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Old Deuteronomy is sitting in the Junkyard on the magical tire. Jennyanydots and Jellylorum are busy to order the younger to clean up the Junkyard. He looks down the area, when the kittens are pretty busy.
Jemima is trying to move a bunch of burned woods out from the collapsed pipes. When Tumblebrutus see that, he immediately rushes to help her.
“What are you doing, Smart?” Happier pounced on the back of the black and white kitten who is trying to creep into a pipe. “Jenny said EVERYONE of us must help to clean up the Junkyard.”
“But I need to go for my magic lesson.” Smartophere tried to explain. “And Jenny had already allowed me to go.”
“Then can I go with you?” Happizer looked at the mother cat, then said lowly to Smartophere. “I don’t want to do this anymore.”
“But Misto said I’m not allowed to bring any other cat to my lesson.” Smartophere could see he is hard to say that. “Because it is danger, especially Misto had started to teach me how to use the magic fire. I still can’t handle it very well and it will hurt you. Plus, I can’t pay attention if you are there.”
When he is talking, a bunch of roses appeared between his white paws. “Now, please take these flowers. I’m sorry, Happi.”
The queen takes the flowers and smiles sweetly. “That’s ok. But after your lesson, would you come to my home and join us for dinner? I’ve saw my human brought some salmon yesterday, I think that would be our dinner tonight.”
“Whatever it is, I always glad to have dinner with your family” Smartophere said, then bows to the queen, crawls into pipe and disappear, leaves Happizer smiled to her.
“Sir?” Munkustrap, Alonzo, Rum Tum Tugger and Mistoffelees came up to Old Deuteronomy.
“Yes, my kittens?” The old cat looks at the toms kindly.
“We think may be we need to held a meeting for the kittens.” Munkustrap sits properly at the front of the old cat. “They are our heroes, they must have these glory.”
“Good idea, do as you said.” Old Deuteronomy nodded to the black and gray tabby.
“What are you looking? Is there any fun?” Rum Tum Tugger, the one who usually treated the grandfather cat as a friend, looks at the way the Old Deuteronomy sight.
“Yes, can’t you see that? It’s so funny to see the kittens are growing up.” Old Deuteronomy pointed to them. “They remained me the days that all of you still a kitten and grow up as an adult.”
“I still remember that! Alonzo broken his leg when he first came to the Junkyard.” Rum Tum Tugger laughed loudly.
“How about you? Don’t you also dirty as a Pollicles!” Alonzo makes a face to him.
“Even you still just a kitten, but already could see all of you had a potential in you.” Old Deuteronomy also laughed happily. “When I asking you the questions, Munku is the one who would give me a clear and detail answer. Tugger could be seen is the one could read the others emotion and comfort them easily. Alonzo would never left his friends, even in the dangers. And Misto, though you are shy, but you always the one who would take care of everyone around you.”
The toms smiles to each other. They all think that is right.
“May be you also find the same thing between the kittens.” Old Deuteronomy turns to the kittens and started his songs:
The moment of happiness
We have the experience
But miss the meaning
And to approach to the meaning
Restores the experience in our different from
Beyond any meaning,
We have assign to happiness
The pass experience
Revived the meaning
Is not the experience of one life only
But of many generations
Not forgetting something
That is probably quite ineffable.
Moonlight
Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in.
If you find there
The meaning of what happiness
Then a new life
Will begin.
The
Jellicle Moon still shinning bright; the Jellicle still are blessing by the
Heaviside.