Macavity's Tale
I need more kittens for my training, Macavity thought unpleasantly, that meant that he would have to go back to the Jellicle junkyard and take someone. He frowned, he really hated visiting that happy heaviside place. He groaned at the thought, but none the less, he needed more kittens. So, that night, the night before the Jellicle ball, he decided to go to the junkyard, and take a kitten. He had a few in mind. There was Electra, the whinny one, he shook his head, she wouldn't pass a single test. Then there was Ecetera, hm, she might work. No, she was to childish, she would fail just as Electra would. What about Pouncival, no. A tom, no no. Even though Pounce was young, he would still put up to much of a fight for Macavity's taste, so that ruled out Tumblebrutus to. Victoria, hm, she would work. So would Silabub. He groaned, but knew he had a few hours to decide.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"TAG! Your it Electra!" Etcetera cried as she pounced on Electra from behind.
"Why can't we play last person you tag is it! I don't want to be it." Electra whined as Etcetera stood back up.
"Sore loser." Grumbled Pouncival, as he wondered out of his hiding spot.
The three kittens were standing by the stove in the jellicle junkyard. Pouncival had been hiding on top of the tunnel.
Electra made a face at the young tom, and whined some more.
"Why don't YOU be it!"
"Because I wasn't tagged!" He yowled.
"But I don't want to be it!"
"So!"
"Toms have cooties!"
"Do not! Queens do!"
"No way! Toms!"
"Queens!"
"Toms!"
"Queens!"
"Toms!"
"Enough!" Both kittens turned to look at Munkustrap, who had just walked past and heard them fighting. "What's all this yelling about?"
As Munkustrap walked over and settled himself down near the kittens, Silabub, Tumblebrutus, and Victoria wondered out of hiding, and over with heavy frowns, obviously wanting to continue the game.
"Well, Electra got tagged by Etcera, and she doesn't want to be it."
"He called me a sore loser." Electra mumbled as Pounce tried to sweet talk his way out of being punished.
"And then SHE insulted me!"
"You insulted me first!"
"Did not!"
"Did too!"
"Did not!"
Munkustrap's laughter interrupted the kittens, he smiled.
"Seems to me you all just need to think of a different game to play." He stood up, seeing Demeter enter the junkyard, and dashed over. Demeter smiled as she saw him, and they nuzzled each other.
Electra, Ectera, Victoria and Sillabub sighed, watching them with childish love in their eyes.
Tumble and Pounce made faces and groaned.
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Later that night as the Jellicle moon rose into the sky, Macavity, that ginger cat of mystery, crept into the junkyard. He frowned, seeing Munkustrap was still here. Fortunately, he was sleeping inside the tire and the kitten he decided to take was asleep on the other side of the junkyard, close to the exit. He grinned, and held back an evil chuckle as he slipped across the junkyard. Towards Silabub.
He stopped, hearing a noise, and saw it was only one of his henchrats dashing towards his hideout.. he'd have to give that rat a beating..
"Mac-" The kitten started to say as Macavity leaped and covered her mouth. Unfortunately, what she did scream, Munkustrap heard, and woke up.
"Macavity!" He yelled. But before the tabby tom could do anything, Macavity raced away with Silabub.
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Silabub woke up in an empty room, and remembered her encounter with Macavity. "MUNKUSTRAP!" She screamed, and cringed as her loud, kitteny voice echoed around the room.
She started to cry in fear as she heard the ever so evil laughter.
"I see you have awakened! Good, because your training begins as soon as you've eaten!"
The evil orange/red/brown cat slid a bowl of mush into her room, and wondered away.
Silabub listened closely, and started to cry harder as she heard the desperate scream of another kitten and an evil chorus of yelling rats. She really was hungry, and she ate her food in a rush.
A few hours later as she sat in the corner of her room, the ginger cat appeared.
"Ah finished, very good."
Silabub cringed.
"Aww, what's the matter, scared of me? Poor little kitten," He walked towards her. "in a room all alone with a big, mean ole evil cat like me." He put his paw under her chin, and stood her up.
"Get used to it!" He screamed and tossed her onto the floor. She cringed again and cowered in fear. "Pathetic. Well, after I'm threw with you, you won't be. GET UP!"
Silabub, frightened, jumped to her feet. Still quivering.
"Humph."
Macavity left, as soon as he was well out of the room, Silabub fell to the floor in a heap of crying fur.
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Demeter, Bombalurina, RumTumTugger and Old Duetoronomy were all sitting next to the exhausted Munkustrap.
He'd just gotten back, he chased Macavity all over town, and nearly got mauled by his henchrats more times then he could handle. After desperately trying to find Macavity's trail again, he sadly gave up and wondered to the junkyard, were he fell over from exhaustion. That's were Demeter found him. Then she called the others to come quickly. Munkustrap had just woken up, and they were all waiting for him to tell them what the heck he was doing.
"Last night Macavity was here." He started, sounding sore and beaten. "He took after Silabub, and ran off with her before I could stop him. I followed him all the way to 16th street, then he had his henchrats after me. I tried to keep on his trail, but his henchrats kept me busy. I lost him."
Demeter cuddled up next to him as Old Duetoronomy shook his head. RumTumTugger glared.
"We've got to go find Silabub, if he starts training her, who knows what could happen!" Demeter said, looking at Duetoronomy.
"What about the Jellicle ball?" RumTumTugger said.
"Finding Silabub is more important to me then the Jellicle Ball." Munkustrap said, Duetoronomy gave him a proud grin.
"Munkustrap's right, but how are we going to find Macavity? He moves so often he's never seen in the same place twice!"
"Why can't he just learn to leave us alone?" Munkustrap shook his head.
"Who knows, why is he like that in the first place?" Munkustrap wondered aloud... no one had an answer..
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After only two days of training, Silabub was already beaten, bruised, tired, scared, hungry and ready to give up. She was curled against the wall as Macavity paced back and forth in front of her. She could tell he was angry, he'd been angry with her every day for the past two days, and every time he was angry, he would beat up on either Silabub, or the kitten in the room next to her, whom had become friends with Silabub, they'd visit every night.
With a loud groan and a swipe at Silabub, Macavity left in all his fury. Leaving Silabub gasping for breath.
"Sil?"
"Sareghth is that you?" Silabub said, relived.
"Yes, is, is he gone?"
Silabub looked down the hall through a window in her room.
"Yes. He's gone."
Silabub turned around and the small hidden window in her room opened up and Sareghth crawled in.
Sare was a slight bit older then Silabub, so she had been her longer. Her mother was killed by Macavity, and she and her littermates had been taken to his lair. She was the strongest of her litter, and had to suffer through seeing her litter die. Though Macavity tried, he could not, just simply could not turn Sare over to his side. This angered him, so he beat up on her day after day after day. And in the result, Sare's tail and left hind leg had to be removed due to their wounds.
"Sare I'm so scared! He's acting like he did when you described him in your story!"
Sare crawled over to Silabub, and laid down next to her.
"Don't be scared Silabub, I'll be here."
Silabub, laid down beside her friend, and the two fell asleep.
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"WHAT! ARE! YOU! DOING! IN! HERE!"
The two kittens got a start as Macavity walked into Silabub's room, and found Sareghth with her.
"Run Sareghth! RUN!" Silabub screamed as her friend struggled to her feet. She jumped in front of Sare, seeing she was having troubles standing up. Macavity pushed her out of the way, and into the wall. The last thing she heard before she blacked out was a cruel growl and a gasp.
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"Bombalurina," Bombalurina turned her head to see Electra, Etcetera and Victoria wonder over. She smiled kindly. Munkustrap, and RumTumTugger had gone to seek help in finding Macavity. Duetoronomy was gone, he said he had some business to attend to. She and Demeter were left to watch the junkyard.
"Yes?" She sat down.
"Were is Silabub?" Electra said with pleading eyes. "We need one more person to play a game."
"I still say Pounce should play." Victoria said as Etcerta shushed her.
Bombalurina frowned, and looked over her shoulder as Demeter walked over. "They want to know where Silabub is.." She said. Demeter frowned, wondering if they should tell the kittens.
"She, she went to.. uh.. Her pets house." She said.
"Oh...OK." The three kittens walked away.
Demeter looked at Bombalurina, who shook her head.
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"So, who are we going to see? Who can help us today?" RumTumTugger's list of questions had not stopped since they left the junkyard.
"Would you shut up already." Alonzo whined. On the way to see who they could find to help, Alonzo, Mistoffelees, and Rumpleteazer had joined them. Rumpleteazer claimed she knew of someone who knew a lot about Macavity, and would most likely know where he was. So, that's where they were going, to see whoever Rumpleteazer had in mind. The thing is, she refused to tell anyone who it was.
"Come on sweetheart, who is it?" RumTumTugger said, moving up beside Rumpleteazer, with one of his award winning smiles. Rumpleteazer laughed. All though she did find RumTum charming, she refused to tell anyone.
"ah ah ah, my secret."
RumTum Tugger groaned and moved back in line.
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When Silabub awoke, she was alone, in her room... She blinked a few times, and tried to remember what had happened.. the night before, Sareghth in her room.. Macavity.. OH! Sareghth!
"Sareghth!?" Silabub ran to the secret door as a cruel laughter echoed around the bare walls. Silabub turned around frightened.
"Don't worry Silabub, she won't be interupting our lessions any more.."
Silabub broke into tears as Macavity left.
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The Continuation of the story....