Enchantment
"Alonzo?" I called out into the night. No reply. I sighed. He wasn't home again. This wasn't how you treated your soon-to-be-mate. I heard a rustle of leaves outside the den. I crept out to see who- or what- was making the noise. I saw Alonzo, with his back turned to me. He turned around. He jumped a bit.
"Cassandra- I-I didn't see you there," he said, trying to cover something up. I tried to ignore that fact, but just couldn't.
"Of course you didn't," I sighed and turned on my heel. I began to walk off, but paused to listen for him.
"Go- I don't want you to get caught," he whispered. I heard scampering off. The gait of whoever it was was smooth and connected. A female. I could feel the heat rising in me. I wanted to race over and hurt the female. Why was she there? With Alonzo? Alone? And why did Alonzo not want to get caught? Something was up... I turned around. Alonzo jumped.
"Cassandra, love- let's go inside," he smiled and pulled me into our den. He nuzzled my neck. I rolled my eyes and laid on our bed.
"'Lonzo?" I said, looking up at the ceiling. "Yeah?" he said, sighing.
"Do you really love me, or are you just lying to me," I asked curiously. He paused, making me nervous.
"Yeah I do," he yawned. I looked over and he was out cold. I looked up at the ceiling again, wondering why the Heaviside had cursed me with a restless tom. Then I thought even more. I was a restless queen. When Alonzo and I first started to date, I was already in love with another tom. I had loved him all my life. More than she could ever dream of.
Flashback
When I was just a young kitten, I was the misfit one of all the kittens in the Jellicle tribe. Unlike Demeter and Bombalarina who had bright fur and actual fur, My fur( or what I had) was a dark chocolate. I didn't have stripes or patches-I was a solid color with a white belly. I had made the mistake of falling for him as a kitten.
"Munkii," My voice called out to him. He'd come running to me and we'd play together. We attended the Jellicle Ball as teenagers. That was when I made the mistake. One I could never take back.
The night of the Jellicle Ball, Munkustrap and I, well... *wink-wink*... You get the point. It wasn't the fact that he was now a part of me- my other half- my mate becuase we had made love- it was the fact that I was pregnant. With Munkustrap's kittens. Luckily, I bore only one, and despite my Egyptian ancestory, she was pure white. Victoria, I would name her and run away, leaving my kitten once it had been weaned off of my milk. Munkustrap would find the small queen and take her in, treating her like a daughter.
Little did he know, that that was his daughter. I had always kept it a secret from everybody. Alonzo and I were betrothed at the time of that fateful and eventful Jellicle Ball a few years ago. Munkustrap made me swear that I would never tell a soul. His family set him up with Demeter. He always said he loved me and that he would come back for me. He was gone to the city to look for Macavity's records since there had been threats.
Little did Alonzo know that I still had that same fire I had always had for Munkustrap. And I would never put that flame out. Munku and I still had that connection that we had created years ago on that night. I thought it was destiny. And I just hoped he still loved me too and that we could stop our betrothals to the other cats before it was too late.
I sighed at the moon. I really did deserve this.
"You know what would be funny? If Alonzo was cheating on me with Demeter," I gave a small chuckle and closed my eyes. I had somethings to do.