(Author's Notes)

Hello everybody! I'm very happy to announce that I watched Cats for the first time a few days ago and instantly fell in love with it! (I am a cat person, so it was kind of inevitable! ^/^) After a few days of slight planning, and just letting my imagination run wild, I came up with a Fanfiction that I thought would be great to share with all you Cats fans out there! The story begins about a year after the original Cats plot, so there will be new characters added to this story, two of them which will be the main focus of the story! I hope that you will enjoy this beginning of my story!

(Story)

The day was ending, when the twilight was beginning to fade over the horizon and a moon began hovering over a night sky. It shone so beautifully and so bright that even the Junkyard looked magical in its mystical glow. Then, when the light faded completely and the stars began joining the moon, small crashes of trash filled the air as creatures crawled around it. Then, a few tiny meows could be heard. Rumpleteazer and Mungojerrie crept out of the Junkyard; looking for any possible humans they had to prank and tease away in order to begin the ball. Once everything was clear, they beckoned to the other cats hiding in the corners of the Junkyard.

Plato appeared, tall and brave, as he was followed by his mate, Victoria. Jemima followed shortly behind her, then Mr. Mistoffelees, Electra, and the other cats following them. Behind the group of cats were Alonzo and Tumblebrutus, searching the Junkyard for any intruders. Once they beckoned that everything was safe, the cats began to break the silence and chatter away after a full year apart.

However, there was one cat who was not talking cheerfully to the group. Bombalurina glanced around on an old car, as if she was in search of someone. Victoria saw this, and prowled over to her in concern.

"Bombalurina, what is the matter?" She innocently asked. Bombalurina glanced down and gave her a tiny but sad smile.

"Oh nothing. It's just that…I haven't seen Demeter arrive here. I wonder if something might have happened to her…" She replied. Plato, loyally following his mate, overheard Bombalurina's reply.

"Bombalurina, Demeter is your sister, isn't she? I thought she stayed with you outside of the ball." He sternly exclaimed. Bombalurina gave him and equally stern look.

"But we don't! It's only sensible now that she had a mate that she found at last year's Jellicle Ball." She replied. Plato shot her a look of confusion.

"She found a mate last year?...Who?" He asked.

"Take a look Plato…who else is missing so far." Bombalurina asked him as she glanced back to the crowd in the middle of the Junkyard. Plato and Victoria both glanced about the crowd and carefully counted heads. They found everybody except…

"Munkustrap isn't here yet? He's usually the first to show! He's never missed the appearance of his father, Old Deuteronomy! And I knew that he was looking forward to seeing how Grizabella would turn out after her trip to the Heaviside Layer!" Plato exclaimed. Bombalurina was about to spit words back at him, but Victoria noticed the tension and quickly stopped it.

"Guys, maybe they're just going to be a little late. Come on! It's Munkustrap and Demeter we're talking about! They're two of the toughest cats I know! And I know that they wouldn't miss the Jellicle Ball for anything. I'm sure that they'll show up eventu…!" Victoria explained. However, as she talked, a huge crash was heard as bunch of junk feel toward the group of cats below. The cats scurried away from the noise and objects as the junk feel into a single pile in front of them.

Plato instantaneously moved away from the two females and cautiously made his way to the junk pile to investigate. Alonzo then joined him as they circle around the junk pile. Suddenly, the pile moved as junk feel off the top of it, making more noises and scattering the cats even more. As the pile continued to move, a small paw emerged from the pile as something tried to crawl out of it. Plato and Alonzo glanced at each other with curiosity before moving in towards the pile and removing junk from the creature. As they threw trash back to the Junkyard piles, they came across a small grey tom kitten with bold black stripes all over its back and stomach. Once all of the trash was off of the kitten, it looked up at the two tall and sleek cats hovering over it. Its large brown eyes stared up innocently at the two curious toms. As Alonzo was about to speak to the kitten, they heard the sound of pawsteps from above them…and the familiar voice of a proud friend.

"Machillious!" The voice exclaimed. The cats looked up toward the peak of one of the piles and saw a familiar face.

"Munkustrap!" Bombalurina exclaimed as she moved from her pile over to Munkustrap, who continued to stare down sternly at the kitten.

"Munkustrap, is my sister with…!" before Bombalurina could finish her sentence, an adult cat pounced between her and Munkustrap and made her way over to the kitten. Bombalurina caught a whiff of her scent as the cat blazed on through.

"Demeter!" She exclaimed. She and Munkustrap then made their way down the pile toward the cats below. Bombalurina joined the cats while Munkustrap made his way toward Demeter and the kitten.

"Machillious, what did we tell you about running through the junk piles! You could fall and get hurt, we've gone over this before!" Demeter gently scolded as she liked the kitten.

"Yes Mama, I know!" The kitten responded as it glanced up at Demeter.

"Mama?" Bombalurina whispered in the silence. Demeter and Munkustrap glanced at her while the kitten stared at all three of them in confusion. Bombalurina then prowled forward and approached the kitten. After gazing at the kitten, she reached out a paw to him and gingerly tilted his head up and inspected him even more. She then finally saw his eyes, his large and dark brown eyes that glared at her with curiosity and innocence.

"…Your eyes Demeter…but he looks so much like you Munkustrap!" Bombalurina whispered. As she pieced together the pieces in her head, she turned away from the kitten to face Demeter and Munkustrap siting proudly behind the kitten.

"…This young one is yours isn't it? This is your kitten!" Bombalurina exclaimed with a small smile on her face. Munkustrap and Demeter glanced at each other with bliss for a moment, before Demeter turned to her sister.

"Yes Bombalurina…this is our son, Machillious. This is his first time to the Jellicle Ball, so we were trying to calm him down before he came here…and did something like this." Demeter said, ending with a stern look at her kitten, who backed away into his father's lap. Alonzo, his strong ears hearing every word, formed a smile on his face as he heard the good news.

"I can't believe it! Hey, everybody!" Alonzo exclaimed to the other cats as he stood up and presented the family.

"Tonight, we celebrate not only Grizabella return with Old Deuteronomy, but the return of Demeter and Munkustrap with a new kitten, their son, Machillious!" Alonzo exclaimed to the cats. With that last remark, the cats smiled, meowed, and cheered for the new family as they gathered around them, congratulating them and meeting the timid and innocent tom kitten.

(Author's Notes)

I sorry if this chapter feels a little rushed and has no detail. I've never really been all that good with writing out a gathering of people. Plus, I want to try to get the story moving along so that way, we can get to the good parts that will happen later in the story. And, how to pronounce Machillious' name just in case any of you need help. (Mak-ill-e-ous) Please comment on how you like the story so far, and I promise that I will update it as soon as I can. ^_^