DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN CATS! I ONLY OWN OC'S! THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING!
Prologue
Sisters
(Naomi's POV)
I heard voices in the darkness as I woke up. I opened and closed my mouth, realizing how dry my throat was.
"I think she's waking up." I heard a voice saying. It was a girl, maybe around my age. I was about thirteen at the time, turning fourteen soon.
"Good. She was asleep for a while. I was starting to get worried," said another voice. It was male this time. The age was almost unrecognizable, but I think he was around fifteen. I reached my hand up to rub my eyes and realized I wasn't where I was when I fell asleep.
Oh yeah, I didn't fall asleep. I got knocked out. I thought. I moved my hand from underneath the quilt and rubbed my eyes. I took my glasses off and yawned. When I opened my eyes, the lights glared into my eyes for a moment, almost blinding. When my vision came back, I almost thought I was still dreaming.
I shrieked at the humanoid cat in front of me. She had tangerine colored fur and dark, glittering, obsidian colored eyes. She yelped when she saw me too, probably from me screaming when I saw her.
Another cat raced between us to stop us from screaming. He had silver fur with black paws and a black spot on his face. His tail was dark brown also. His eyes were kind and bottle green. "Daphne! Girl I don't know the name of! Stop screaming, I have very sensitive ears!"
Daphne abruptly stopped screaming and smiled sheepishly at him. "Sorry, Fife. I didn't mean to scream." She looked at her feet, guilty. I panted, afraid of the cats. I took off my glasses, cleaned them on my shirt (which was very dirty on its own), then put them on again. When I still saw the same sight, I backed off as far as I could go. Fife looked back at me and gasped.
"I am so sorry. We must have surprised you a little bit. I know it's not in the everyday schedule for a human to see a Jellicle cat." He smiled apologetically.
I felt my eyebrows knit together. "What-what's a Jellicle cat?" I stuttered, confused.
He rolled his eyes and turned to Daphne. She shrugged, giving him a look that meant to explain. He turned back to me, smiling. "Well, I'll explain to you. First of all, hi, my name is Fife. My girlfriend Daphne and I just saved your life."
"Um...thanks?" I said as more of a question than me thanking him. He nodded his head slightly.
"You're welcome. Now, I'll explain what a Jellicle cat is. A Jellicle cat is basically your everyday cat, although we have this ability to turn into humanoid cats. We can be normal cats if we want." He demonstrated by turning into a cat with the exact same patterns, but he looked like normal house cat. He turned into a Jellicle cat again, smiling. "We all have normal human owners too. Me and Daphne have the theory that cats who are born on nights of a full moon are Jellicle cats, because all full moons relate to a Jellicle moon. There is one night when the Jellicle moon does come out, and that's the summer solstice. Then a cat goes to the Heaviside lair, which is basically the cat version of what humans call heaven. Then they get reborn into a different cat.
"There's also the Jellicle Ball, which is the night when the Jellicle moon comes out. At the Jellicle Ball, cats dance and sing basically all night, choose who goes to the Heaviside lair, and then have the choice to become zombie Jellicle from staying up all night or sleeping for at least twenty two hours straight. We also can't be seen by any other humans, because they would want to kidnap us for science. At least, if we went into Jellicle form. You have to keep our secret. Got it?" He asked.
I blinked repeatedly to make sure I wasn't still asleep. This all feels like some kind of strange nightmare. I rubbed my eyes, and the humanoid cats were still standing in front of me.
"This makes no sense at all." I muttered, shaking my head. I let out the breath I hadn't realized I was holding, and nodded. "All right. I'll keep your secret."
He beamed at me. "Thank you so much...um, I don't know your name."
I stuck out my hand. "Naomi."
oOoOoOo
A Few Years Later…
I tickled the tiny kitten under his chin as he giggled uncontrollably. I smiled at my newborn adoptive nephew/godchild. Daphne looked at her child, a proud parent looking at her son. Daphne had three kittens in the litter, two toms and a queen. One of them had his mother's fur and his father's eyes. The other boy had his father's fur and his mother's eyes. The queen had peach colored fur with dark brown splotches. Her eyes were bright yellow, the exact color of electric lightning sparkling through the air on a humid summer night. Oh, and all of them had their father's tail. Why? Who knows, but it sure was adorable!
Also, we had all taken off all jewelry and such around our necks for their collars. Daphne took off her collar and gave it to the queen, I took off my choker necklace and gave it to the tom who took after his dad, and Fife gave his collar to the one who looked more like his mother.
"What are you going to name him?" I asked.
She shrugged. "I guess we all get to choose a name, because there's exactly three of us."
She handed me the kitten with orange fur. "I think you should name him. He seems to like you the best."
I gently took the kitten into my arms, smiling at him. He giggled and looked at me with wide eyes. "I think I'm going to name him...Jasper. Yeah, Jasper's a nice name."
She looked at Fife, her husband. He was cradling the queen in his arms, beaming at his daughter. "What's her name?"
He looked up at us. "How about Brii?" He asked.
We all nodded, loving the name idea. "I like it."
We looked Daphne for the last name. "Have you chosen one?" We all asked.
She nodded. "What do you guys think of Cade?" We all nodded in agreement.
"I think it's perfect for him." Fife told her. She blushed as he took her paw in his. I smiled at the couple.
They're perfect together. It's a beautiful relationship they share honestly. I looked at the husband and wife smiling together, and the three kittens playing and giggling.
I left my home because I didn't like my family. I thought I was giving up everything by running away from home.
But I'm glad I did. I may have lost my other family, but I gained this one. And we're going to stay that way forever.
Everything is perfect.
oOoOoOo
Three Months Later…
I wiped the tears out of my eyes, cradling the adorable Cade in my arms. He looked up at me, interested in why I was crying so hard.
I stroked his beautiful silver and black fur. Just looking at him made me want to burst into tears. "I'm so sorry this happened to you Cade. You and your siblings. I promise, I'll be the best Godmother I can. You'll understand what happened someday." I assured him. H placed his right paw on my heart, as I sign of trust and love.
I sobbed and hugged the tiny kitten, the memory of my sister's death hitting me in the face again.
oOoOoOo
(Flashback, Five and a Half Hours Earlier…)
I entered the room Daphne was in. She was in bed, I had insisted on it. She had felt horrible chest pains earlier and I told her she needed to lie down.
I felt Daphne's chest, and her heart rate was getting very slow. I panted, starting to get worried. I rushed around the room, trying everything I could to save her. Eventually, Daphne looked over at me, a sad look in her obsidian colored eyes.
"Naomi." She whispered. "I'll be alright."
"No! No, don't leave me!" I shouted. "I don't want you to go! You're some of the only family I have!"
Daphne started crying. "Naomi, please. I'll always be with you. Either that, or I'll be in the Heaviside layer, with Fife." She laughed, which made her chest rise up and down threateningly. She collapsed into a fit of coughing, and got panicked. She offered her paw out for me to take it. "Promise."
I grabbed her paw, tears rolling down my cheeks. "I promise, I will never leave you sis." I said to her. She inclined her head slightly in a nod, smiling. And then...and then she was gone. I sobbed even harder, crying for hours about my lost sister and best friend.
oOoOoOo
(Back in the Present…)
"She died of a broken heart." I explained to Cade, who probably couldn't even understand me. "She died because she loved your father too much. She got really upset after he got hit with that car, and she...well, let's just say she's probably having a fun time with him now. They'll be together forever, like they've always wanted to be." I wiped more tears away, which only brought new ones. "I guess they just couldn't stand another moment apart, huh Cade?" I told him. He giggled in response, and I burst into tears once more.
I stood, rubbing him on the head. "Alright Cade. Don't worry. I promise I won't let anything happen to you or your siblings."
oOoOoOo
Lots of Years Later…
I tapped my pencil on the desk in my bedroom, studying the script. Ethan walked into my room, smiling. He looked over my shoulder to read the writing. He beamed when he saw what I part I had gotten.
"You got the principal?" He asked. I turned my wheelie chair around to look into his dark blue eyes. He also had dark brown hair which was always messy, making it look like he had just gotten out of bed.
I nodded, shrugging. "I wanted to find a way to surprise you. But I guess you did seem kind of surprised." He pulled me into a hug.
"That's amazing honey!" He shouted. I kissed him on the cheek, smiling. I heard my phone ringing and pulled away for a second.
"Aw, Macavity! Sorry Ethan, I've gotta take this." I pulled my cell phone out of my pocket and realized what I had just said.
"What'd you just say?" He asked.
I cringed, closing my eyes. "It's...it's a made up word that I use instead of swearing or something…" I told him, shifting from side to side. I knew he could see the fearful look in my eyes.
"Naomi." He said sternly. "Please, why won't you tell me what you're hiding? You've been hiding it the entire time we were married. I think you've been hiding it a lot longer than I think."
I heard the words slip out of my mouth. "I promises Daphne and Fife I wouldn't tell anybody about Jellicles, especially not a scienti-" I stopped, realizing what I said. "Forget about what I just said!"
He looked at me oddly. "What's a Jellicle?" He asked.
Darn it. This is why you don't marry somebody who graduated in science from Harvard. I thought to myself, angry at what I had just said.
"They're...um...a kind of cat." I murmured.
"A...Jellicle cat?" He asked.
I nodded, sheepishly. My head shot up. "But they're harmless! Don't do anything to them!" I then heard myself telling him the basics about Jellicle cats. He seemed mesmerized by my claim about Jellicle cats. Halfway through explaining the Jellicle Ball, I stopped, realizing I had just told the Jellicle's secret.
And now he's gonna try to find them and do science experiments. He's going to hunt down all the Jellicles on Earth...and it'll be all my fault.
A/N
That may have been the saddest thing I've ever typed. Or, at least, close to it. There may be one that's even more sad, but I deleted from the website I use to type my fanfics on. Well, I hope you all liked it. Also, just a warning, basically every other chapter is going to be emotional. Baylee comes up with most of the very saddening moments where you feel like you're breaking apart. Critique as much as you like, just don't swear or say anything inappropriate. This fanfic is the opposite of gas station bathrooms-clean!
That's it for now, see you next time!
Sayonara (Goodbye)!
-Luna