Hi! This is my first CATS fanfic!
Disclaimer: I don't own CATS. Sadly. :'(
"Oi!" The guard rat shouted at her. "Wha' ah ya doin' 'ere?! This 'ere be Jellicle Prope'ty!"
"I am a Jellicle," she said in a voice that could freeze a desert.
"Shore, ya ah! An' so am Oi!"
"I do not have time for this. Let me through, vermin, or I shall hurt you."
"Hur' me?! Ya off yoire rocka, laidy! Jus' cuz Oi'm a ra' don't mean Oi ca-"
He never finished the sentence. She had silenced him.
Meanwhile, the Elders were having their monthly meeting…
The meeting room
"… as I was saying, I do think that we should give the kittens a better education." Jennyanydots sat down, done speaking.
"Jenny, while I agree that they should get an education, don't you think one year old is too soon?" Jellylorum, another elder, spoke up with a skeptical look on her face.
"Jelly, if we wait any longer, they will get too used to their carefree lifestyle! I have seen that happen many times already. We nee-"
"Now, now ladies. We will put this topic on hold for now," Munkustrap, the youngest Elder in a century, said. Jenny and Jelly sat down. "Now, I want to discuss the guard rats we have recently begun using. I know it was my idea, but I think some of them have begun to shirk their work. Also, more than one of them have been targeted by the neighborhood Pollicles."
"Don't worry, Munkustrap. We completely expected them to shirk their work, which is why we have ordered a big shipment of cheese." Asparagus, one of Munku's good friends, said. "We will tell them that they will all get a piece of cheese for every day they behave. Skimble, when will the cheese arrive?"
"It's expected to come either tonight or tomorrow night," Said Skimble in his distinct Scottish accent (A/N Sorry, I don't know how to write a Scottish accent. Can anyone show me?)
"Excellent. But what if they try to steal the cheese?"
Asparagus smiled. "Ever heard of a mousetrap? Turns out it works on rats, too."
"Well, well, Asparagus. Looks like you did a fair bit of planning on this."
"I just don't trust rats."
"Neither do I"
Outside the meeting room
Tumblebrutus chewed absently on a stick of beef jerky while he guarded the meeting room. He hoped to become an Elder someday too, which was why he had agreed to guard the place. However, he had been disappointed. He had hoped to listen in on the conversation, but the Elders talked very quietly, and the parts he could hear made no sense to him. Sighing, he finished the jerky and got another one from his pocket. Right then, however, he saw a queen he had never seen before come in. She had black, white, and gray fur. The more he saw her, the more she resembled Bombalurina, except for the colors. Finally, she made her way to him and smiled.
"Hello," the queen said with a smile.
"H-hello, can I help you?"
"Actually, yes. I want to join the Jellicle Tribe."
"Y-You do?"
"Yes."
"Oh. O-Okay, hold on, let me get Munkustrap. He's our Protector." Tumblebrutus ran into the meeting room and dragged Munkustrap out.
"Tumble! What are you doing, we were discussing something important!"
"There's a queen outside that wants to join the Tribe! What do I do?!"
"Join the Tribe? What's her name?"
"I-I don't know! Was I supposed to ask her?! Dangit, why can't I do anything right?!"
"Whoa, calm down, Tumble, calm down! It's okay, you did a good job in coming to me about this, instead of trying to handle it yourself, like Tugger did. We lost seven potential Jellicles because of that."
"O-Okay. So what do we do?"
"We're gonna have to gather the tribe. Spread the word to meet around the TSE1 in 5 minutes."
"Okay!" Tumblebrutus ran off to spread the word. Meanwhile, Munkustrap went outside to greet the new queen.
"Why, hello there," The new queen smiled at Munku. "I suppose that other kitten told you why I was here?"
"Yes, he did. What is your name?"
"My name? Sephra."
In front of the TSE1
"Settle, settle!" Munkustrap yelled from the top of the TSE1 to no avail.
"Let me try," Tugger took his brother's place and screamed at the top of his lungs, "SHUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!"
The Tribe quieted down.
"Ahem, thank you," The silver tabby said, his face burning with embarrassment. "Now, as most of you have probably seen, we have a visitor. Sephra, please." Munkustrap motioned toward the TSE1.
"Thank you." Sephra muttered.
"Sephra, to be accepted into the Tribe, you have to answer a couple questions. Ready?" Sephra nodded. "Excellent. Now, what does it mean to be a Jellicle?"
Sephra smiled. She knew this. "Feline, fearless, faithful, and true."
"Correct. Second question. Well, actually, this isn't really much of a question than it is a vow. If you are accepted into the Tribe, you must swear to go by the Jellicle Laws. Not doing this will result in exile. Do you swear?"
"I swear."
"Congratulations. You're in."
The Tribe burst into cheers. Everyone was happy to have a new member, especially after Tugger had chased away the last seven.
Everyone except Bombalurina. For some reason, she had a bad feeling about this queen. Maybe it was the way she had looked right at Bombie when she was on the TSE1. Maybe it was their unnerving resemblance. Maybe it was just because she hadn't had much to eat today. Either way, she had a bad feeling. And she didn't trust this queen. Not at all. On the other hand, everyone else was having a great time, so Bombie should be happy too, right?
Right?
So whatcha guys think?
If anyone was wondering where I got Sephra's name from, I got "Seph" from Persephone, the daughter of Demeter in Greek mythology, and "ra" from the Egyptian god.
R&R! ;D
