Peaceful Serenity: Mintika's Story
A/n: I just really want to thank Cassiopia for the help. Also I own Mintika so don't use her in other stories without my permission. Thanks Again
Chapter one
Tonight was probably the worst night in the whole of London, thought Demeter. The wind and the rain made it impossible to go to the junkyard.
She turned around to see Bombalurina, her sister, jump up on the windowsill, and curl-up by her.
"What's wrong Bomb."
"Nothing. Just thinking. Why?" As Bomb looked out the window.
"Come on Bomb, I am your sister, you can tell me anything."
"Alright, well I guess I'm just missing Tugger."
"Don't worry about him he knows how to handle himself." The Rum Tum Tugger was Bombalurina's boyfriend, and a favorite among the women and kittens. Everybody was worried about him; it wasn't like him to stay away from the yard a week at a time.
"And how about you Demi," as Bomb grinned, "missing your little Munkustrap." Bomb watched laughing as Demeter blushed as red as her fur.
Demeter was about to pounce her when a sudden bolt of lighting showed a small kitten fighting against the wind and the rain.
"Bomb! Look!!"
"Heaviside! We got to help it."
"How?"
"Wait here, and be ready." As Bomb turned toward the kitty door with a determined look on her face.
Demeter watched with bated breath as Bombalurina ran outside, grabbed the kitten, and ran back in.
As soon as Bombalurina was inside she handed the kitten to Demeter. Demeter cleaned and dried the kitten, who had now fainted from exhaustion. Bomb quickly dried herself off and helped Demeter carry the kitten over to the blazing fire.
Together they sat watching the shivering kitten, up close they could see it was a small gray and white kitten with a black tip on her tail. Soon it slowly woke up.
"Hello, whats your name?" Said Bomb trying to sound soothing and gentle.
The kitten visibly shook and backed away from the two queens, her blue eyes as huge as saucers.
"Hey, its alright we're not here to hurt you. We want to help." The kitten immediately liked the black, gold, and white queen. The kitten stopped shaking and looked at the queens.
"That's better. Now what is your name."
"My name is Mintika," replied the young queen.
"Well Mintika. My name is Demeter and this is Bombalurina." Pointing at the red queen.
"You can call me Bomb. Now, is it alright to call you Mint."
Mintika grinned, she'd never had a nickname before. "I'd like that."
Demeter and Bomb stared at the little queen, then looked at each other, semming to say, what do we do now?
"Um… are you a Jellicle?" asked Demeter.
"What is a Jellycull?" At this Bomb and Demeter looked at each other and giggled.
"Well I guess we should tell her," whispered Demeter.
"Right."
"A jellicle cat is a bery special kind of cat." The kitten still looked confused.
"Alright lets try it this way… Jellicle cats are black and white." Sang Demeter.
"Jellicle cats are rather small." Joined Bombalurina.
So Demeter and Bomb sat telling the kitten about jellicle cats, the jellicle ball, and just about everything else (excluding Macavity, why scare her the first night there?).
"So do you want to be a jellicle?" asked Demeter.
"You bet," Mintika screamed. She'd listened to them tell her about jellicles and she was so excited.
"Well you try to get some sleep then." The kitten then curled up to sleep, looking forward to tomorrow.
"I think we need some help. Mistofelles would be wonderful right about now. He's handled this sort of thing before." Explained Demeter.
"Yeah, your right. But at this hour you must be kidding?"
"You rang?" Demeter and Bomb jumped about three feet in the air as Mistofelles himself appeared between them, rolling with laughter.
"MISTOFELEES!!!!!! I think you scared my next life out of me!" screamed Demeter.
Misto stood up shaking with laughter. "Sorry…giggle…..you…..haha….should…hehe.. have seen…snort…your faces." Rolling on the ground in another wave of laughter.
"Would you knock it off the kitten is sleeping." Said Bomb.
"Right, well lets see her. That is why you called me isn't it?" Asked Misto looking around. Spotting the kitten he made his way to her with Demeter and Bomb behind him.
Nudging the kitten, it woke up with a huge sigh "what now, oh."
Mintika woke up to find a small tuxedo tom staring at her with friendly eyes.
"Hello." She said timidly, seeing that her new friends Demeter and Bomb were there to protect her.
"Hello little one. My name is Mistofelees, you can call me Misto. No need to be frightened, I am a jellicle and a magical one at that. Now do you think you could give me the pleasure of telling me you name?" Said Misto quietly.
"My name is Mintika, but you can call me Mint." Grinning at Bomb who had given her the name.
"Well Mint, do you think you could tell me where you come from and who and where your parents are?
"Um…." Looking around Mint saw Demeter and Bomb smiling at her encouragenly. Turning back to the small tom she saw in his eyes she could trust him. So taking a deep breath she started. "I was born on a small farm just outside of London. My mother's name was Jenivive. I never knew my father. I had four siblings, three brothers and two sisters. One day I was playing with my brothers and sister, and I went up into the hayloft to hide, during hide and seek. After waiting for what seemed like an hour or so I went down to find my mother dead, in her own pool of blood. And my brothers and sister were nowhere to be found. So I left the farm hoping to find my siblings." By the end of the story Mintika was crying with all her might, and the three adults had tears in their eyes. Demeter walked to the kitten, and rubbing up against her and purring, hoping to ease some of the pain.
After the kitten had stopped crying Mistofelees asked her "How old are you?"
"I'm eight and a half months old."
"Well Mint I will see you tomorrow." With that Misto gave Bomb and Demeter a look and walked into the next room.
"We'll be right back Mint." Said Bomb as she and Demi followed behind Misto.
In the next room they found Misto waiting.
"So what do you think?" asked Demeter looking at her friend.
"Well she's definitely a jellicle. She's a tough one, but I think I detect magic in her that is running wild and strong."
"Magic? You mean magical like you?" Asked Bombalurina unbelieving.
"No magic like a wizard. Yes magic like me." Said Misto looking a little frustrated.
"Do you think you could train her to use it?"
"Oh most definitely. But right now she need to sleep and get her energy back. I'll be here tomorrow to go with you to see Old Deuteronomy."
"Alright, see ya tomorrow Mistofelees." Said Demeter.
"Yeah see ya Misto. Now get us queens need our beauty sleep." Bombalurina said giving a dramatic sigh.
"Yep you better get your beauty sleep, Tugger will be back in the junkyard tomorrow." Misto grinned and disappeared before Bomb could pounce him, unfortunately she was unable to stop herself and crashed into the wall.
Demeter grinned "Come on Bomb. Lets get our beauty sleep. Tomorrow is Mintika's big day."
"Yeah, whatever." The two queens went back into the other room with Bomb rubbing her head and Demeter fighting off laughter. Together the curled up with the kitten who was now asleep, and purring. They purred back to her and soon all of them were sleeping and dreaming pleasant dreams.
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A/n: I just really want to thank Cassiopia for the help. Also I own Mintika so don't use her in other stories without my permission. Thanks Again
Chapter one
Tonight was probably the worst night in the whole of London, thought Demeter. The wind and the rain made it impossible to go to the junkyard.
She turned around to see Bombalurina, her sister, jump up on the windowsill, and curl-up by her.
"What's wrong Bomb."
"Nothing. Just thinking. Why?" As Bomb looked out the window.
"Come on Bomb, I am your sister, you can tell me anything."
"Alright, well I guess I'm just missing Tugger."
"Don't worry about him he knows how to handle himself." The Rum Tum Tugger was Bombalurina's boyfriend, and a favorite among the women and kittens. Everybody was worried about him; it wasn't like him to stay away from the yard a week at a time.
"And how about you Demi," as Bomb grinned, "missing your little Munkustrap." Bomb watched laughing as Demeter blushed as red as her fur.
Demeter was about to pounce her when a sudden bolt of lighting showed a small kitten fighting against the wind and the rain.
"Bomb! Look!!"
"Heaviside! We got to help it."
"How?"
"Wait here, and be ready." As Bomb turned toward the kitty door with a determined look on her face.
Demeter watched with bated breath as Bombalurina ran outside, grabbed the kitten, and ran back in.
As soon as Bombalurina was inside she handed the kitten to Demeter. Demeter cleaned and dried the kitten, who had now fainted from exhaustion. Bomb quickly dried herself off and helped Demeter carry the kitten over to the blazing fire.
Together they sat watching the shivering kitten, up close they could see it was a small gray and white kitten with a black tip on her tail. Soon it slowly woke up.
"Hello, whats your name?" Said Bomb trying to sound soothing and gentle.
The kitten visibly shook and backed away from the two queens, her blue eyes as huge as saucers.
"Hey, its alright we're not here to hurt you. We want to help." The kitten immediately liked the black, gold, and white queen. The kitten stopped shaking and looked at the queens.
"That's better. Now what is your name."
"My name is Mintika," replied the young queen.
"Well Mintika. My name is Demeter and this is Bombalurina." Pointing at the red queen.
"You can call me Bomb. Now, is it alright to call you Mint."
Mintika grinned, she'd never had a nickname before. "I'd like that."
Demeter and Bomb stared at the little queen, then looked at each other, semming to say, what do we do now?
"Um… are you a Jellicle?" asked Demeter.
"What is a Jellycull?" At this Bomb and Demeter looked at each other and giggled.
"Well I guess we should tell her," whispered Demeter.
"Right."
"A jellicle cat is a bery special kind of cat." The kitten still looked confused.
"Alright lets try it this way… Jellicle cats are black and white." Sang Demeter.
"Jellicle cats are rather small." Joined Bombalurina.
So Demeter and Bomb sat telling the kitten about jellicle cats, the jellicle ball, and just about everything else (excluding Macavity, why scare her the first night there?).
"So do you want to be a jellicle?" asked Demeter.
"You bet," Mintika screamed. She'd listened to them tell her about jellicles and she was so excited.
"Well you try to get some sleep then." The kitten then curled up to sleep, looking forward to tomorrow.
"I think we need some help. Mistofelles would be wonderful right about now. He's handled this sort of thing before." Explained Demeter.
"Yeah, your right. But at this hour you must be kidding?"
"You rang?" Demeter and Bomb jumped about three feet in the air as Mistofelles himself appeared between them, rolling with laughter.
"MISTOFELEES!!!!!! I think you scared my next life out of me!" screamed Demeter.
Misto stood up shaking with laughter. "Sorry…giggle…..you…..haha….should…hehe.. have seen…snort…your faces." Rolling on the ground in another wave of laughter.
"Would you knock it off the kitten is sleeping." Said Bomb.
"Right, well lets see her. That is why you called me isn't it?" Asked Misto looking around. Spotting the kitten he made his way to her with Demeter and Bomb behind him.
Nudging the kitten, it woke up with a huge sigh "what now, oh."
Mintika woke up to find a small tuxedo tom staring at her with friendly eyes.
"Hello." She said timidly, seeing that her new friends Demeter and Bomb were there to protect her.
"Hello little one. My name is Mistofelees, you can call me Misto. No need to be frightened, I am a jellicle and a magical one at that. Now do you think you could give me the pleasure of telling me you name?" Said Misto quietly.
"My name is Mintika, but you can call me Mint." Grinning at Bomb who had given her the name.
"Well Mint, do you think you could tell me where you come from and who and where your parents are?
"Um…." Looking around Mint saw Demeter and Bomb smiling at her encouragenly. Turning back to the small tom she saw in his eyes she could trust him. So taking a deep breath she started. "I was born on a small farm just outside of London. My mother's name was Jenivive. I never knew my father. I had four siblings, three brothers and two sisters. One day I was playing with my brothers and sister, and I went up into the hayloft to hide, during hide and seek. After waiting for what seemed like an hour or so I went down to find my mother dead, in her own pool of blood. And my brothers and sister were nowhere to be found. So I left the farm hoping to find my siblings." By the end of the story Mintika was crying with all her might, and the three adults had tears in their eyes. Demeter walked to the kitten, and rubbing up against her and purring, hoping to ease some of the pain.
After the kitten had stopped crying Mistofelees asked her "How old are you?"
"I'm eight and a half months old."
"Well Mint I will see you tomorrow." With that Misto gave Bomb and Demeter a look and walked into the next room.
"We'll be right back Mint." Said Bomb as she and Demi followed behind Misto.
In the next room they found Misto waiting.
"So what do you think?" asked Demeter looking at her friend.
"Well she's definitely a jellicle. She's a tough one, but I think I detect magic in her that is running wild and strong."
"Magic? You mean magical like you?" Asked Bombalurina unbelieving.
"No magic like a wizard. Yes magic like me." Said Misto looking a little frustrated.
"Do you think you could train her to use it?"
"Oh most definitely. But right now she need to sleep and get her energy back. I'll be here tomorrow to go with you to see Old Deuteronomy."
"Alright, see ya tomorrow Mistofelees." Said Demeter.
"Yeah see ya Misto. Now get us queens need our beauty sleep." Bombalurina said giving a dramatic sigh.
"Yep you better get your beauty sleep, Tugger will be back in the junkyard tomorrow." Misto grinned and disappeared before Bomb could pounce him, unfortunately she was unable to stop herself and crashed into the wall.
Demeter grinned "Come on Bomb. Lets get our beauty sleep. Tomorrow is Mintika's big day."
"Yeah, whatever." The two queens went back into the other room with Bomb rubbing her head and Demeter fighting off laughter. Together the curled up with the kitten who was now asleep, and purring. They purred back to her and soon all of them were sleeping and dreaming pleasant dreams.
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