The New Twins of the Junkyard
“Is it the Jellicle Junkyard that Papa said?” A feline with white, light brown and peach spots coat asked.
“I think it is.” The other kitten, who is exactly same as the one before, said and tried to have a better look to this quite area. “But I can’t see any cat.”
“What are you looking for?” Two voices sound in the same time behind the female. When they look around, they find there is pair of tom, who both has orange, white and black spots.
“We…we are looking for the Jellicle Junkyard…” Fantival, the elder one of the female said.
“Well, then you’ve got it!” One of the toms gigged.
“But I can’t see any Jellicle.” Fetapeach, the other female questioned.
“We can show you.” The toms laughed and climbed through the bars. In the same time, a small, black and white tom comes from the shadow.
“Good afternoon, Dani. Good afternoon, Dreami.” The black and white tom nuzzles the spots felines friendly. “Sorry I’ve come to you so late.”
“That’s ok, Smart, we don’t mind.” The toms also rubbed the new comers. “Any adult in the Junkyard? We have two new friends.”
“On, I’m sorry that I haven’t notice you.” The black and white tom comes into the sunshine. The females can see he is a small but handsome young tom with white face, chest, feet and tail tap, some black fur rounded his neck as a bow. He bows to the queens and smiles friendly. “My name is Smartophere. You are Dani and Dreami’s friends?”
“Dani? Dreami?” The females look confused.
“Oh, we just meet them outside the bar.” They said they are looking for the Jellicle Junkyard, and we lead them in.” One of the orange, white and black toms turns to the queens. “I’m Danitan, and he is my twins brother Dreamirat. We still haven’t got your name?”
“My name is Fantival and she is my younger sister, Fetapeach. We are also twins.” The feline said shyly.
“I’ll go to find Munku. I’m sure he is here somewhere with other adults.” Smartophere started to walk back to the shadow. “And may be Danit and Dreami, can you get some food and drinks for the ladies? They look had had a very long trip.”
“Right!” The twins brothers said and Danit asked. “Would you like a mouse for lunch? Or birds? Or can food with some biscuits?”
“Whatever is fine.” The peach kittens still a bit distrusted to the Jellicles.
“Ok, why don’t you take a rest on that old battle? We’ll be right back.” The brothers then run away together.
“They are different than Papa said.” Fetapeach whispered in her sister’s ear.
“But Papa also said, they just look kind. They will trade you later. So we can’t trust them.” Fantival replied lowly. During their chat, Danitan and Dreamirat already come back with a dish and a pair of kittens.
“Guess what? We’ve get some chicken!” The happy twins brothers put the dish down before the females and point to a male kitten behind them. “This is Smart’s younger brother, Nikkoliver. The chicken is got from him.”
“We still have some. And I’m sure I can get more form my father.” The small black and silver white kitten said.
“Who’s your father?” Fetapeach asked with interest.
“Bustophere Jones, the St. James Street Cat.” Nikkoliver said proudly. “And Mr. Mistoffelees, the original conjuring cat is my cousin.”
“Oh, we know them.” The twins sisters seem lost their smiles when Nikkoliver mentioned Mistoffelees.
“Hello, small lovely lady, can we have your name?” Fantival finds there is a kitten hided behind Danitan and Dreamirat.
“Cheerial.” The female, who looks like the twins brothers just more white tone on her fur, said shyly. “I think both of you are beautiful.”
“Thank you very much.” The sisters smiled.
“Sorry to disturb you, ladies.” Smartophere comes up with a tom who also in black and has a white face, chest, paws and tail tap. Just a bit bigger than Smartophere and one of his feet is pretty black.
“I’m Mistoffelees. Nice to meet you, Ms. Fantival, Ms. Fetapeach.” The bigger tom smiles to them nicely.
“Nice to see you. Nikkoliver had told us about you, Mr. Magical Mistoffelees.” The young queens exchange a lightly nuzzle with him.
“If you have already, I will introduce you to meet Munkustrap, our second-in-command, and the other Jellicles.”
“We’ve already.” Fantival replied in her best manner.
Mistoffelees then leads them to the magical tire. There’s already had a black and gray tabby sitting on. There’s also several felines sitting or laying at the side.
“Don’t worry, Munku is serious, but he is kind.” Said Danitan and Dreamirat quietly. ‘We will stay with you.”
“Hello, Fantival, Fetapeach, welcome to the Jellicle Junkyard.” The black and gray tabby smiles to them, but his tail shows he is still in warn to the stranger. “My name is Munkustrap.”
“Nice… nice to meet you…” the kittens had a bit fear to the serious big tom.
“Just relax, we won’t hurt you.” A black and gold sprits queen placed her paws on the sister’s shoulders. “I’m Demeter. No need to afraid. Munku is always kind to every cat.”
“Demeter?” The sisters stated the queen for a long while, then nuzzled her lovely. “You are beautiful as Papa said.”
“Who’s your Papa?” Munkustrap tensioned. Half for notice who’s these kittens parents, half for he is jealous.
“Papa said we can’t tell anyone about his name.” Fetapeach said with an uneasy look.
“Then why you looking for the Jellicles Junkyard?” Munkustrap tried another way to identify them.
“We don’t know. Papa just told us to come here and stay till he come.” Fantival replied.
“Well, we can’t let you be a Jellicle if we don’t know who are your parents, or why you come to the Junkyard. But if you don’t want to talk about that, we won’t ask. Both of you could stay in the Junkyard if you have nowhere to go.” Munkustrap looks at Danitan and Dreamirat. “Would you show these young ladies around and introduce your friends to them?”
“Our pleasure!” The twin brothers said with a cheerful voice and lead the queen away.
“How do you think, Misto?” Munkustrap waited the kittens gone far, and turned to his friends.
“I have the answer, and you, Smart?” Mistoffelees smiles to his cousin,. Once the younger got back the Junkyard from Macavity, Tumblebrutus, Pouncival and Smartophere were allowed to join the meeting of the adults.
“I’m not so sure, but if you think in the same way, that would be the answer.” Smartophere nodded to the elder magician.
“Come on, here just you two guys are magicians, non of us ca read your mind!” Rum Tum Tugger pads on Smartophere’s head. “Just tell us, fur ball!”
“Well, I think their ‘Papa’ is Macavity.” Smartopehre tried to fix the fur on his head which all mess up by Rum Tum Tugger’s paw.
“You said what? They are Macavity’s daughters?” Alonzo can’t believe his ears.
“Yes, there are too many hints to guess so.” Mistoffelees supported his cousin by points. “A tom would Deme is very beautiful, extremely distrusted in Jellicles, not allow his daughters talk about his name, and set the daughters to here without reason. All of these just like the pieces of puzzle, and the whole picture is only one cat – Macavity.”
“Then why both of you didn’t stop to let them stay?” Pouncival already wants to go to find them.
“Hey! Hey! They just kittens! Did they do anything to harm you?” Tumblebrutus pads the brown and white tom. “Beside, I think they are hones and innocent.”
“So what’s your decision, Munku?” Rum Tum Tugger asked the black and gray tabby who still is silent.
“Just as I said, they can stay in the Junkyard, but still are not Jellicles. I will visit Old Deuteronomy for his advise. I shall go to the Vicarage Wall tomorrow and back before the sunset. Before this, Lonzo, you in charge here and Tumble, I want you to keep an eye on the new comers.”
“We’ll do that.” Both of them answered probably.
“Hi, everybody!” Danitan and Dreamirat lead the twin sisters to the ‘playgrand’ of the Junkyard. When they see all of their friends are there, they cried out and flip down quickly.
“Good afternoon, Dani, Dreami!” A gold and silver queen with black tabby comes up and exchanges a friendly nuzzle with the brothers.
“Good afternoon, Happi.” They smile back and Danitan points Fantival and Fetapeach. “They are our new friends.”
Happizer looks to the sisters and smiles sweetly. “Hi, I’m Happizer, the youngest daughter of Munkustrap and Demeter. You may call me Happi for short. And how may I call you?”
“I’m Fetapeach and she is my elder twins sister, Fantival.”
“Fantival nad Fetapeach…any name for short?”
“No, actually, no one will call for our name except Mama.”
“Oh…” Happizer feels sorry, but she recovers her cheerful face soon. “Than can we call you Fanti and…… Peach?”
“Peach? I’d like this name!” Fetapeach finds she may be a good friend with this young queen.
“Happi, who are they?” Pair of tabby come into the area and notice the sisters.
“They are Fanti and Peach, our new friends.” Happizer begins to introduce. “This black and gray tabby is Alexthera, my eldest brother; and this gold and black one is second in our line, names Eremater.”
“Nice to meet you both.” They exchange a nuzzle with each other.
“Hello, lovely ladies. How do you do today?” a white male Siamese with black spots and face walks up to them and shows a sexy smile to the twins sisters.
“Come on, Mecur, stop that!” Danitan makes a face to him. “Whatever you do, you will never, ever be the other Tugger!”
“How do you know?” The white Siamese laughed loudly and throws his paws on both Fantival’s and Fetapeach’s shoulders. “My name is Mecurator, my friends usually call me Mecur. Both of you are really sweet.”
“Don’t．even．think．about．that, Mecur!” Another Siamese but a female brown one appear and claws on the tom’s head lightly. Then she turns to the twin queens. “I’m Summitable, or you may call me Summi if you like. I’m the second kitten of Alonzo and Cassandra. Sorry about my younger brother behave so rough.
“Never mind that, we think he is cute.” Fantival had a pretty good image to this well-manner feline.
“And please let me introduce my friends, Nursara, the third kitten of Munkustrap and Demeter. This is my younger sister, Starita.”
“So glad to see you, Fanti, Peach.” Two queens smile and nod to them.
“Hi, we’ve meet again.” Nikkoliver gets into the crowd with a small, milky light brown female. “She is my friend, Creamile. She is the youngest kitten of Alonzo.”
“Nikko, did you see Smart?” Happizer can’t find her friend behind the younger, feels a bit disappointed.
“He said he need to join the meeting of the adults, seems is something serious. Also, Tumble and Pounci did.” Nikkoliver still hasn’t recognized the loosing faces on Jemima and Etcetera and continued. “But both of them are have message for some of you.”
“What is it?” Happizer immediately catches the black and white kitten’s shoulders.
“Please, Happi…hold yourself…” Cheerial tried to clam down the exciting queen.
“Let me see…the message, right!” Nikkoliver finds out a piece of paper which is full of notes. “They said they won’t be free until 8p.m. tonight. Because after the meeting, all of them need to their fighting class. Tumble said to Jemi that he will come and pick you up for dinner at your lair. And Pounci just asked Etce wait for him at the punch in the park at 8:30p.m.”
“That’s all? How about Smart?” Happizer asked.
“He didn’t say anything. But Munku asked me to tell his families wait for him in my father’s club at 8:30p.m. Once he had finished the lesson, he will bring Smart to there. So I need to ask Deme to take me there this afternoon.”
“You are the cutest kitten I’d ever seen! Nikko!” Happizer cries full of cheer.
“Happi likes you brother, doesn’t she?” Creamile said to Nikkoliver with a playfully smile.
“I think everyone had know that, Creami.” Nikkoliver gives the queen a friendly lick.
“No, I think there’s still one at have no idea.” A male who just looks the same age as Nikkoliver said.
“Who is it, Mannet?” Creamile asked her elder but the youngest brother, Mannetic.
“Smart.” Mannetic looks Happizer who’s talking with Alexthera and Eremater excited, said in a low voice.
“Do you know your brother likes her or not?” Cheerial joined the group of youngest Jellicles, and said.
“I can’t sure but guess so.” Nikkoliver let the queen gets her seat. “but seems Happi doesn’t know that.”
“They are no hope.” The kittens shake their head and sigh.
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“Here, you can take this place as your home.” Danitan and Dreamirat show the twins an old armchair with a soft cushion. “Do you like here?”
“This is too great to us.” Fantival smiled sweetly.
“Is everything is ok here, kittens?” A pair of mother cats with two blanket climbs up to the place.”
“Good evening, Jenny, Jelly.” The brothers greet and introduce to peach spots twins. “they are Jennyanydots and Jellylorum, if you lack of something, just find them, they will help you.”
“But be careful, they are pretty fussy.” Danitan supped by whisper.
“It will be quite cool at night. We have brought you a blanket. Make sure yourself warm enough.” The mother cats help them to place their lair. “Both of you must be tired today, so please take rest early. Banit, Dreami, go back to your lair now.”
“But we are not sleepy!” Danitan doesn’t want to leave the new friends.
“A kitten shouldn’t go to bed later than 10p.m.” Jellylorum started to pick Dreamirat’s neck.
“But Dad and Mum never want us to do so!” Dreamirat also don’t want to go to bed so early.
“Because your parents are Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, and they never sleep during the night.” Jennyanydots catches Danitan easily. “And now they have gone for their business trip. We should teach you all the manner that a young tom should has. Otherwise we won’t get the chance.”
“Fanti, Peach, sleep well! We will come to you tomorrow morning!” The brothers shouted and go with Jennyanydots and Jellylorum.
“They are the sons of Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer.” Fetapeach curried up in the blanket and said to Fantival tension. “Papa said they have trade him to the Jellicles!”
“Yes.” Fantival looks confused. “But once I step into here, I started unsure Papa’s words. May be Jellicle’s doesn’t as bad as Papa think.”
“Right, I feel warm here.” Fetapeach started sleepy.
“Me too.” Fantival pulled the blanket over her sister. When she lifts up her head, the Jellicle Moon and stars are bright. Just like a pearl placed among diamonds on a black, soft cloth. Fantival hums a lullaby, which she heard from her mother:
“The dark is coming,
but no need to fear.
Just rest you head on the pillion,
which so soft so deep.
Heavisisde will bless my kitten,
You will have the sweetest dream.
There is full of peaceful,
love and merry.
Close your eyes, close you eyes,
Think of nothing tonight.
When the dawn rises,
That would be already a new day.”
“Good night, Mama.” Fantival murmured to the sky and curries tidy to sleep.
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“Good morning, Fanti, Peach!” Danitan and Dreamirat come and said brightly to wake up the queens.
“Good morning, Danit, Dreami.” The queens’ feel a bit blushed when they find they still haven’t fixed themselves well. “I’m sorry that we are in this manner.”
“Both of you are beautiful, don’t they, Dreami?” Danitan gigged.
“Sure!” Dreamirat also laughed cheerfully. “Come on, everyone is waiting for you.”
“For us? Why?” Fantival doesn’t know what’s happened.
“We’ll have a picnic today!” Danitan holds Fantival
s paw. “Tumble, Pounci and Smart had no class this afternoon, so they can come with us. We can go to the forest for a hunt!”
“Tumble? Pounci? Is the tom we saw at the side of Smart yesterday?” Fetapeach tried to remain the names of the Jellicles.
“Yes, they are our leader!” Dreamirat said excited. “Tumble is the only kitten who can fight with Macavity.”
“What? He fight with…” Fantival wanted to say something, but she hold herself at the very last minutes.
“Yes, last time Macavity invaded the Junkyard, it was Tumble, Pounci and Smart drive them out!” Danitan simulates the fight. “When Macavity pinned him on the ground, Tumble kicked hardly on his stomach. You must see the face of Macavity, he rolled on the ground and cried in pain!”
“And Pounci also brave too! There are two or more rats and wander cats surrounded him. But he is not fear at all. He kicked down a rat, the turned around and palmed on a wander cat.” Dreamirat lifts up his arms as he is holding a rat. “’Get out of here!’”
“Seems you are so like them.” Fetapeach looks at the tom with an uneasy face.
“All of us are proud of them.” Danitan and Dreamirat look at each other. “Tumblebrutus, Pouncival and Smartophere, they are the hero after Munkustrap, Alonzo and Mistoffelees!”
When they are talking, they have reached the meeting spots of the kittens.
“Good morning, everybody!” The kittens say hello to each other.
“Where’s Tumble?” Danitan asked Jemima.
“He and Pounci and Smart are having their manner lesson this morning. You know, they are all in the last grade this month and the final test is coming.” Jemima forces a smile. “But he had promised he would come to meet us in the forest after that. And both Pounci and Smart.”
“Right! So let’s go!” Mecurator said and the kittens start their trip.
“Sunlight through the leaves,
pouring on the path.
The river is singing,
telling us the news,
The summer had arrived!
The mat beside the windowsill
is soft and deep,
But the grass on the hill,
is flash and green.
Don’t waste your life in house,
lazy as a Gumby.
Go out and chase the breeze,
you will find the view you’d never seen!
Take you back bag Fix your claws
Go for a trip for all day long
Roll in the forest Sing your songs
Jellicles are on trip with friends belong!”
“This song is great.” Fetapeach said to Happizer, who had been very close friend with her.
“I’d think so, Jemi wrote it, she knows thousands of songs!” Happizer giggles. “Do you know sing or dance?”
“I don’t know. I’d never dance before. And song, the only one I know is a lullaby which Mama always sang.” Fetapeach said.
“Oh, can you sing that for us?” Happizer looks at the peach queen with her eager, deep blue eyes.
“I’d love to, but it seems not the time to sing a lullaby.” Fetapeach laughed.
“You are right. May be I’ll have chance some day.” Happizer ticked out her tough.
The kittens chase birds and butterfly, catch fish beside the river, singing and dancing, having lunch under the pines. Everyone are laughing, having a great time with each other.
When they are having lunch, Tumblebrutus, Pouncival and Smartophere join them with a basket of salmon paste and boiled chicken.
“Here, my father asked me to bring to you.” Smartophere puts down the food and smiles to the younger.
“Thank you Bustophere! And thank you Smartopehre!” Danitan and Dreamirat cried cheer and start to reach the tasty.
“Bustophere Jones had been the Junkyard?” Alexthera nuzzle the black and white tom to say hello.
“Yes, just passed and see everyone is fine.” Smartophere exchange the news with the others.
“Everything is all right?” Tumblebrutus asked Jemima out of the sight from the kittens.
“Yes. They are sweet and behave in manner.” Jemima rubbed her lover. “Honestly, I still think it is hard to image that they are the daughters of Macavity.”
“We don’t know. Macavity usually done something out of our mind.” Tumblebrutus said. Suddenly, Smartophere’s fur stands up.
“Macavity!” Smartophere hisses toward the top of a rubber tree.
A ginger tom appears. “Hello, kittens, we’re meet again.”
“Papa!” Fantival and Fetapeach look up to the new comer. All the Jellicles, except Tumblebrutus, Pouncival, Smartophere and Jemima, are surprise.
“Great job, my daughters. We can get all the Jellicles kittens today.” When Macavity said, a net falls down from the sky, holds all the kittens, including Fantival and Fetapeach.
“Papa!” The twins cried. “What are you doing?”
“You are my daughters, you know that.” Macavity laughed in his evilly sound. “Thanks for your guys give me the idea about the net.” (Check up “The Lost of Junkyard”)
“What do you want?” Tumblebrutus asked in command.
“As usual, your dead body as present to Munkustrap.” Macavity wants to catch Happier in the net, but once she sees the paw, she bits on it hardly.
“You seem stronger than your mother.” Macavity laughs coolly and licks his wound. He turns to the rats. “Take our guess to home. Be careful of that bigger black and white fur ball, he is a magical cat.”
“Papa, they are good. Please don’t hurt them!” Fantival cried.
“I think I’d taught you: never trust any cat, even the closest cat to you.” Macavity looked at the peach kitten at the end of his eyes. “All you need to do now is stay with your stupid Jellicles friends.”
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Munkustrap is sitting beside of Old Deuteronomy, enjoying the meal with the old tom under the sun.
“I’d see. All we need to do is to decide the twins will be a danger to Jellicles or not.” Old Deuteronomy’s eyes are half opened. He usually be that when he is in a deeply thought. “Munku, once I’d like to ask you a question for a long time. But if you don’t want to answer, just skip it is fine.”
“Please ask.” Munkustrap said in manner.
“Munku, you still miss Macavity as your friend, don’t you?” Old Deuteronomy observed the young tom carefully.
Munkustrap can see Old Deuteronomy’s eyes: dark, deep, fall of knowledge and kindness, he can’t lie before this powerful eyes.
“Yes, I do.” The black and gray tabby confessed sadly.
Old Deuteronomy sighs deeply, and then nuzzles the younger lightly. “Munku, when you brought Macavity up to me, I met the same problem as you now.”
“You mean you’ve already know he is a cat from Evarliga?” Munkustrap looks surprise. “Why don’t you tell us?”
‘The reason is the same as you don’t tell Danit and Dreami whose the twins sisters are.” Old Deuteronomy comfortes him. “Andi do the same thing as you did. I’d went to see Old Poemstatey.”
“What did he say?” Munkustrap’s ears switch.
“He said nothing.” Old Deuteronomy smiled fatherly. “He just gave me a paw of sunshine.”
“Sunshine?” Munkustrap confused.
“Yes, and told me that is the heart of a cat.” Old Deuteronomy catches in the air and asks Munkustrap shows his paw, then pours in it. “No one can catch a heart of a cat. But if you feel it, it always stay with you warmly. No cat can do anything in this case. This is the gift from Ever Lasting Cat to our little twins.”
“Munku!” A black and white tom appears in the Old Deuteronomy garden, with a fearful face.
“What is it, Misto? Why are you look so worry?” Munkustrap knows if this magic cat becomes worry, there must be something terrible.
“The kittens are go for the picnic with the twins, and Macavity caught all of them!”
“What? Are you sure?” Munkustrap get wide his eyes.
“Smart sent a wireless-message in my mind.” Mistoffelees said affirmatively. “It won’t be wrong.”
“Hurry, Munku, they need you.” Old Deuteronomy pushes the black and gray tabby. “And I could tell you one thing: I’ve saw those twins when I was catnapped by Macavity last time. Macavity killed their mother after the poor twins no need to be feed anymore. May be you and the kittens could save the heart of these poor sisters.”
“I promise I will do my very best.” Munkustrap said and disappears with Mistoffelees by magic.
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“Welcome to my lair, kittens!” Macavity smiles to the younger who all roped.
“Do you always treat your guess like this?” Pouncival lifts his arms to show the ropes. “Now I know why no cat would like to be you lair.”
“Pouncival, seems you also grow up.” Macavity looks at the brown and white tom. “Last time I’ve saw you, you just shaking and crying.”
When he is saying, he beats on Pouncival face hardly.
“Pounci!” Etcetera cried.
“That’s ok, Etce. I’ve fine!” Pouncival said in a crabbed voice. But all of them could see there’s a line of blood running down form his mouth.
“You are strong, but foolish too.” Macavity’s claws come out. “Now, I give you a choice: who would you like to died first?”
“You!” Happizer answered without thinking.
Macavity turns to the gold and sliver queen. “Happizer, I shall teach you how to be a nice queen!” He then palmed her heavily.
“Papa! Please don’t hurt Happi! She is my friend!” Fetapeach, who also been roped, cried.
“Shut up! And don’t call me like that anymore!” Macavity looks at the peach twins coolly. “Once I’ve got this punch of Jellicles fur balls, you are no use to me already!”
“Are your blood is cold?” Happizer looks at the orange and black tom angrily. “They are your daughters! How can you say that?”
“As you said, they are MY daughters! I can do anything on them as I want!” Macavity lifts up his sharp claws. “You’d talk too much, seems you like to die first.”
“Wait a minutes, Macavity.” Smartophere stops the Hidden Paw. ‘I think you must kill me first.”
“No! Don’t do that, Smart!” Happizer immediately cried. But Smartophere just continued his words. “I’m the only magical cat after Magical Mr. Mistoffelees. I’ve massed up your plans several times. Also, I think you are worrying I may have chance to escape with my friends, aren’t you?”
Macavity thought for a while. “You are right. Even that’s not much different, but if you wish that, I shall kill you first.”
His claws than cut cross Smartophere’s chest. The black and white tom collapsed before his friends forthwith that.
“Smart!” Happizer screamed, tears running down her cheese.
“Now, who’s next?” Macavity asked the crying kittens.
“Please stop that, Papa!” Fantival is tearing. “Or you may kill me first.”
“That’s ok.” Macavity lifts his claws up, and ready cut on her chest.
“NO!!” Suddenly a tom jumps on his face. Macavity loses his balance and roles on the ground with the fur ball. When the Hidden Paw looks clearer, it is Danitan.
“Where you from? Shouldn’t you be tided up already?” Macavity looks other kittens, finds all of them are released.
“Smart had cut off our ropes.” Tumblebrutus said and points the magical kitten who is laying in Happizer’s arms.
“But he was died!” Macavity knows he had been tricked by this kitten again, but he can’t figure it out how did he do that.
“No, I haven’t.” Smartophere speaks in a weakly voice. “I’ve flit aside when you clawed on me. Then I rolled beside Tumble and let him go.”
“But I’m sure I’ve cut you deeply! I can feel that!”
“You’ve cut really deep, but not my body.” Smartophere takes out a piece of chicken under his “chest” – a muffler in front of his real chest. “I just tried it first time, and seems success.”
When all cats look on his real chest, it is bleeding.
“Smart, you’ve hurt!” Nikkoliver rushed to his brother.
“That’s just a minor wound, Nikko. No need to worry.” Smartophere tried to stand up, but his paws are too week to do so, the he falls into the arms of Happizer again.
‘Now, Macavity, let us go. You can’t fight with all of us.” Tumblebrutus steps in fort of his Jellicles friends, protects them.
“Do you think I’ll just step aside and let you go?” Macavity laughed in a horrible sound. “None of you can leave so easy. At least I should kill one of you today.”
“No, Papa! Please don’t do that!” Fantival and Fetapeach cried.
“Don’t you feel discussing?” Macavity hisses. “Do you remember you mother? I could tell you where did she gone now: I’ve killed hr! I’d killed her in this room.”
Fantival and Fetapeach stare.
“Do you have a heart?” Tumblebrutus was really angry this time. “How can you kill a female you love?”
“Love? Once I lost Deme, I’d never love any other cat!” Macavity laughed coolly and sadly.
“I’m glad Mum hadn’t love you!” Happizer rubbed her tears away. “If you can kill Fanti and Peach Mum, you also can do the same thing on my Mum!”
“What do you know, kittens? How ca you understand what is love?” Macavity thinks this young queen is always opposite him.
“How an I don’t understand? At least I know it better than you are!” Happizer’s tears run down again. Once she said that, she hugs Smartophere tidier.
“Please don’t cry, my lady.” Smartophere opens his eyes and rubs away her tears. Then he stands up, turns to the Hidden Paw. “Macavity, why you should do that? Why don’t you try to open your mind? No one wants to hate you. I think you also won’t like lonely, will you?”
Macavity looks at the black and white tom for a long while. All the things are silent.
Suddenly Macavity jumps and pounces towards the magical kitten. No one had accepted the Mystery Cat would attack a wounded kitten without announcement. Before the claws reach the white chest, a feline stops it by its body.
“Peach!!!” Dreamirat rushed to the female, sets apart between she and Macavity.
“Why should you do that? She is your blood-relative daughter!” Smartopehre and Nursara check on her wound: a deep cut on her back, the muscle had been tear off, blood is running our faster and faster.
“Please don…don’t do that…Papa…” The peach kittens meows before she looses her sense.
“Hold on, Peach, you will be fine!” Nursara presses on the cut to stop the bleeding.
“Stupid kitten.” Before Macavity finished his sentence, Dreamirat already jumps on his back and beats on his ear hardly. Macavity yells and catches the kitten in his paws.
“You can’t say that to Peach!” Dreamirat feels fearless in front of the Napoleon of Crime.
“Why can’t I?” Macavity had already lift up his claws.
“No one would have the right to hurt any other!” Danitan holds the bigger fast in arms.
“But I have!” Macavity throws the kittens against the wall.
“No, you have not!” Tumblebrutus stops the orange and black feline attack the others again.
“Papa, you don’t mean to kill her, do you?” Fantival asked suddenly.
“Yes, I mean that!” Macavity laughed coolly.
“Then all we are just the entice to help you to get the Jellicles?”
“Exactly!”
“Papa, you always tell us Jellicles are bad. Once I was wondered, but now I know the true already.” Fantival licked Fetapeach, then turns to her father, tears are full on her face. “Papa, we love you, and thank you for teach us many things. But I’m afraid Peach and I can’t stay with you anymore.”
“Who cares? None of you an leave this room alive.” Macavity wants to catch the kittens, but all of them can elude.
“Stop, Macavity, your peers are us!” A group of toms appeared at the door of the room. When the cats notice, there are Munkustrap, Alonzo, Rum Tum Tugger, Mistoffelees, Mungojerrie and the only female, Rumpleteazer.
“Dani!” When Rumpleteazer finds her son was collapsed under the wall, she immediately flips to him.
“Mum, so glad to see you again.” Danitan opens his eyes and meows. “How’s you trip? Nice time with Dad?”
“Macavity, you’ve hurt me sons. So I must want you to pay for this.” Mungojerrie already shows up his claws.
“And the dames they loved.” Dreamirat supplemented.
“And the dames they…what?” Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer look at their sons surprise.
“Yes, I love Peach and…” Dreamirat hasn’t finished, Danitan already rushed beside the elder twins queen. “And I love you, Fanti!”
“Good choice, sons! They are beautiful as your Mum.” Mungojerrie gigged.
“I think that’s not the time for comedy right now, cats!” Macavity wants to attack the orange, white and black spots tom, but Mungojerrie slips aside and leaves a claw on the Hidden Paw easily.
“Stop that, Mac! I know all your fighting skills! I know you too much!” Mungojerrie hisses.
“And so as I!” Macavity flipped around a scratched the tom’s shoulder.
“Where are the rats?” Macavity wants to stop the other Jellicles.
“Here they are!” Tumblebrutus catches one of them and throws him to his boss.
“All of you are stupid? Go and kill the queens!” Macavity yelled.
“Are you a tom? How dare you to say that!” Rumpleteazer and Happizer really mad to hear that. When the rats try to come close, both queens are kicked them down heavily.
“What are you fighting for, Mungojerrie?” Macavity hissed. “Even your stupid fur balls were killed, that’s their fault.”
“The most lose face thing of a tom is he can’t protect his family by his paws!” Mungojerrie beats on the Hidden Paw’s leg.
“Then what do you want? Kill me?” The hidden Paw laughed. Mungojerrie couldn’t answer. When he stands, Macavity gets this while and claws on his throat deeply.
“Jerrie!” Rumpleteazer sees that and cries. She rushes to her mate. The blood made his entire chest is red and still continued running out from his wound.
“No! Jerrie! You can’t leave me!” Rumpleteazer screams painfully. She then turns to the ginger tom who still looked at them coolly. “Macavity, I should kill you now!”
“What can you do?” Macavity do not think this female would his enemy. “You are not my match!”
“But we are!” Danitan and Dreamirat had pounced on the orange and black tom and beat on his both ears.
Macavity wants to catch the younger felines, but when he tried on Danitan, Dreamirat would gets chance on his leg; when he flips toward Dreamirat, Danitan already beats on his tail already. Finally, Macavity finds he is being tried and breathes harder and harder. He roars with angry, and sudden pinned both the kittens in paws and runs towards the window.
“Stop him!” Munkustrap knows what Macavity wants. Mistoffelees and Smartophere throw a light ball in front of the window at the same time. As a reflex action, Macavity had stopped.
“Let go!” Danitan and Dreamirat flip out from the arms, but Macavity has no mood to chase them any more.
“Macavity, everything is over.” Munkustrap stands probably before the ginger strips. “We’ve wait you for a long time, Mac.”
“Why should I care?” Macavity forced a smile. “Everyone of you had all the things a tom would like: home, female, kittens, place in tribe, etc. And I had nothing.”
“You have a pair of lovely daughters.” Mungojerrie said in a weekly voice.
“Jerrie! You haven’t died!” Rumpleteazer cried cheerfully.
“Of course I won’t die. How can I leave you?” Mungojerrie kissed his mate’s paw. “And I always to.” Rumpleteazer kissed her tom with tears in her eyes.
“All of you have a mate to love.” Macavity looked at the couple and smiled sadly. “Just this reason could make me never be for you guys friend anymore.”
“Just this reason?” Rum Tum Tugger nearly wants to laugh. “Come on, Mac. Open your mind and you can find one. May be I can introduce some queens for you. Many queens at the town are pretty lovely. Which kind of queen do you like?”
“The Napoleon of Crime and Jellicles would never live together.” Macavity lifts up his eyes wily. “That’s what Evarliga told me.” He then cut his claws to his throat.
“NO!!” Before the toms could stop him, the feline already laid in the pool of blood.
“Why you should do that?” Munkustrap looks at the dead body, even he’s back to the others, but they all know he is crying.
After a long while, Rum Tum Tugger comes up and leave his arm over the black and white tabby’s shoulder. “Come on, let’s go home. Some kittens need to fix their wounds.”
Munkustrap nodded. He steps up to the dead feline, liked his cooled face. “Sorry, Mac, all these are my fault. Please rest, my dearest friend. Heaviside would bless you forever.”
A brightly afternoon after couple of days, Old Deuteronomy comes into the Junkyard. As usually, Munkustrap help him to get on the magical tire and take some time to report the news of the Jellicles.
“Did Mungo and Smart are ok?” Old Deuteronomy always worries about them.
“They are good. They said they would come for the meeting today.” Munkustrap screeched two of them out from the crowd.
“So glad to see you are find, Mungo, Smart.” Old Deuteronomy smiled to the toms fatherly. “Munkustrap had told me the story in Macavity’s lair. Both of you did a great job.”
“Thank you, Old Deuteronomy.” The toms bowed to the old cat probably. (Of course, Mungojerrie is not so probably……)
“Did Danit and Dreami are find?” Old Deuteronomy asked the father tom.
“Never feel better they are.” Mungojerrie giggles. “Everyday they are chased after the queen twins, nearly forgot who’s their father.”
“We won’t forget ya, Dad!” The twins who just enter the Junkyard climbed up to their father’s back.
“Hey, sons, where are you little dames?” Mungojerrie sent both of them in front of him. “And where are your mum and sis?”
“Fanti and Peach are walking with Mum and Cheeri.” When the toms are talking, pair of paws covers Mungojerrie’s eyes.
“Who am I?” A female voice asked.
“Mm…it is a lovely clear voice, it must be a beautiful lady. The paw is soft and comfort, they must belong a good mother. Hey, Smart, are you sure I can meet the queen who can catch my heart today?”
“Of course you can.” Smartophere tries so hard to force his laugh.
“Then must be my most love Rumpleteazer!” Mungojerrie flips over and catch the queens in his arms. That really is Rumpleteazer. “I know it must be you!”
“It is great, isn’t it?” Danitan laughed so hard and said to Smartophere. “Dad never tired to do that with Mum.”
“That’s because they love each other so much.” Smartophere smiled. “And just same that you two never feel tired with Fanti and Peach.”
“Did someone call us?” The female twins stand under the magical tire. The still not Jellicles, so they know they can’t step on it.
“We always call you in heart.” The brothers flip down and lick the queens lovely.
“Sorry, Old Deuteronomy, Dad, can Smart leave to help for the dance rehearsal now?” Happizer comes up and asked politely.
“Sure. Go ahead, Smart.” Munkustrap smiled to the eager black and white kitten.
“We also need to do some preparation.” Mungojerrie leads his family gone, leaves the black and gray tabby with the old cat.
“May be we need to think about the speech tonight.” Old Deuteronomy starts to stand up. “This is a very important night to Fanti and Peach. The night they become Jellicles.”
“I can’t find him.” Munkustrap said suddenly.
“What?” Old Deuteronomy could not sure what his mean.
“I’ve back to Macavity’s lair yesterday, but I can find nothing from his body.” Munkustrap looks down his paws. “No human would go to there, so it can’t be picked by human.”
“And rats won’t eat the bones.” Old Deuteronomy thought for a while.
“Where does he go?” Munkustrap could guess the answer.
“May be he’s still alive.” Old Deuteronomy padded on the black and gray tabby’s head gently. “That’s a good news, Munku.”
“Yes, perhaps.” Munkustrap smiles with some sadness but also seems luck.
“Father, Munku?” A black and gold queen comes up to the tire. “Everything had been set. We can start anytime.”
“Thank you, Deme.” Munkustrap nuzzled his mate lightly.
“Then don’t waste the time, I can’t wait for the ball!” Old Deuteronomy laughed and stands up on the tire. Jellicle cats can all rejoice. And the story of Jellicles could never end.
~END~