I must seriously be on a really good sugar high to be writing this. All I know is I was listening to a couple of my cds and this idea pop into my head. I have to write it though. It'll bug me till I do.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters or songs that are credited to another person. I'm just playing dolls with them, because their more fun then actually dolls. That is unless they made a Rum Tum Tugger doll or a Mistoffelees doll. I'd play with them.
Chapter 1: Etcetera's Idea
The first sound that alerted Etcetera that the youngest human in her family was on her way home, was her loud singing. She always sang when ever she was doing something like it was programmed into her. Her voice wasn't terrible, but it wasn't superstar material either. Etcetera recognized the words from 'Popular', a song from the Broadway musical Wicked. It had become a favorite musical of her human and it seemed she was constantly singing one of it's songs.
Etcetera stretched before jumping off the window ledge, and trotting to the front door. She knew Ella's routine perfectly by now. She wold come through the door and drop her backpack on the floor, and picked up Etcetera giving her a kiss on the head, then taking hr into the kitchen to feed her and tell her about her day. That's why she always sat by the door when she heard her singing. She loved the attention Ella gave her.
As if on cue a teenage girl burst through the door, singing the last verse of popular. Still singing, she dumped her bag on the floor and picked up Etcetera. She began swinging the young kitten in her arms, as she sang. Etcetera let out a meow of joy as she was swung around. When Ella was done singing, she kissed the turquoise-shell kitten on her head.
"Hello Elphie," she greeted, carrying the kitten into the kitchen. "I hope you had a good day without me."
"Of course I did," Etcetera said even though she knew Ella couldn't understand her. "But it's more fun with you here."
Ella smiled, placing Etcetera on the floor. "That's good. Now what will you be having for lunch today."
Ella opened the doors to the cupboard and let Etcie pick out the kind she wanted. The kitten rummaged around for a few minutes before finally settling for chicken flavored.
"Ah chicken it it my dear Elphaba."
Once she had emptied the cans contents and filled Etcetera's water bowl, she prepared a peanut-butter sandwich and a soda for herself. She placed Etcetera's food on the floor in front of her, then sat down with her legs crossed. That was another thing Etcie loved about Ella. She always sat down and ate lunch with her. The hyper kitten enjoyed the young girls company, and she enjoyed listening to her chatter.
"You know the school musical I was telling you about," Ella said conversationally.
"Yes because it's all you've been talking about," Etcie said before taking a bit out of her food.
"Well I found out that were doing Avenue Q this year." She took a bit out of her sandwich. "It's actually a really funny musical."
Ella began humming out the tune to a song that Etcetera had never heard before, as she cleaned up the mess she had made. Etcie began rubbing against the young girls ankles, making her laugh.
"Elphie!" She picked up the kitten who was laughing, even though it seemed like meowing to Ella. "You wanna listen to the cd?"
"Yes," said Etcetera. Ella placed the kitten on the floor. "Last one to my room is a rotten egg."
The two began racing up to Ella's room. While Ella had longer legs, Etcetera was more hyper and had four legs on her side. She easily beat her human to her room. "Elphie your just to fast."
Etcetera began jumping up and down on the bed. "You better believe it! Now put the cd on."
Ella pressed the button on her stereo system. A males singing voice filled the room. Ella contributed her voice. At first Etcetera thought the song was getting boring, but it soon picked up with a quick piano melody. A man and a women began talking and singing about how bad their lives were. Soon they were joined by their friends singing about how their lives suck. Etcetera found the song funny. Ella placed Etcetera down on her bed again, and the kitten instantly began jumping again.
"Elphie you so hyper," Ella said laughing.
Etcetera didn't hear her, she was to busy dancing to the song. She didn't notice that Ella had gone downstairs to retrieve her backpack. Nor that she had pulled out a orange book with the words Avenue Q written across them. She had noticed though that Ella had stopped singing something rare for the teen. Etcie saw her instead reading the orange book.
"What's that? What's that?" she asked jumping from the bed to Ella's lap. For any other cat it might have been harder to jump the very long distance. But Etcetera had enough hyperness to achieve it.
"What's this?" she asked again, swatting at the book with her paw. Ella laughed, lifting the book out of the kittens reach. "No swatting," she said in a fake stern voice.
"Okay. Okay," Etcetera said bouncing up and down. "Just show me what it is."
Ella lowered the book, so that Etcetera could see it. It appeared to be a script to something. Etcetera was almost bored until she recognized a familiar song.
"Hey this is Avenue Q," the kitten yelled.
"I gotta study this if I want the part of Kate Monster," Ella said. It was quiet for a few minutes, as both read through the script. Ella was trying to memorize Kate's lines. Etcetera was trying to memorize It Sucks to Be Me. The silence was broken though by Ella's mother yelling up to her.
"Ella!"
"What?"
"Get ready were going out to dinner!"
"Okay!"
Ella let out a sigh, as she closed her script and placed it on her desk. "Looks like I'll have to study later."
Etcetera jumped down from her lap so that Ella could get ready. Once she was ready, she knelt down and rubbed Etcetera behind her ears. "Now you be good while I'm out. You hear me Elphie."
Etcetera let out a meow that Ella took as a yes.
"Good."
Once Ella had left the room, Etcetera jumped up onto the window ledge. From there she had a perfect view of the drive way. A plan was forming in her mind, but for it to take action, she needed the family to be gone. It took a while, but the car finally left the drive way. At that time, Etcetera set her plan into motion. Jumping down from her spot on the ledge, she padded down stairs (jumping down each stair two at a time for fun) and out the door.
She knew perfectly well where she was going. The junkyard would be full of life at this time of the day. Most families would be siting down for dinner, or going out. It was the perfect time for all cats to ditch their human homes for their real one at the junkyard. When the yard was in view, Etcetera broke into a run. She really wanted to tell her three friends her idea, because she thought it was a good one.
"Electra! Jemima! Victoria!" she yelled out. When her friends didn't respond to her first calls, she just yelled their names louder. She knew that Jenny and Jelly would talk to her later about yelling, but she didn't care.
Finally she spotted her three friends sitting in front of the abandoned car. It seemed that both Jemima and Electra were admiring something of Victoria's. When Etcetera was closer she saw that it was a a new collar with diamonds in it.
"Hey Vicki nice collar," she said sitting down with her friends. "So where'd ya get it? Did your humans give it to you? Are they real diamonds?"
The three kittens laughed at their friends hyperness. Victoria found it hard to answer when she was laughing.
"Yes my humans gave it to me." She paused to laugh before saying "And yes their real diamonds." She finished with a chuckle.
"That's really cool!" Etcetera began bouncing in her spot. "I gotta tell you guys something. And it's really cool to."
"What is it?" Jemima asked.
"Yeah tell us," said Electra.
"well you guys know about Gus's birthday right? And how it's a big deal 'cause he's the second oldest cat next to Old Deuteronomy?"
"Following you so far," Victoria said.
"And you know how we've been trying to find the perfect gift to get him?"
"Yeah," Electra said. She was trying to figure out what her friend was saying.
Etcetera smiled. "I've found the perfect thing for him."
That's all there is for now. I'm sorry if the beginning was boring. Ella was important because she gives Etcetera the idea. And if your wondering why I choose Etcetera as the main focus. I just love her hyperness. So I though it would be fun to write. As always read and review. I'm already working on chapter two so it'll be up very soon. Always your faithful servant,
FireGoddess528