Part 1

Old Deuteronomy stretched and was ready to leave the junkyard. He'd been there all day talking to Skimbleshanks and Bustopher Jones. The two of them had had a disagreement about the strays of the tribe. Bustopher Jones who was a snobbish cat thought that they should all be kicked out because they were not descent cats. Skimbleshanks had gone through the roof, literally. The railway cat had been sitting on top of a junk pile when Bustopher told him this and he'd become angry, jumped down on the roof of a play house and went straight through it. Old Deuteronomy had sided with Skimbleshanks and told Bustopher that the strays had just as much right to be there as they did if not even more. Old Deuteronomy knew that when the Jellicles first came to the yard a long, long time ago when it wasn't even a yard strays had lived there and had let the housecats, the first Jellicles, stay there if they were allowed to become Jellicles too.

"Dad", a young voice yelled and he saw his young son Munkustrap run towards him. Old Deuteronomy smiled. The boy wasn't much more than a kitten but he and his best friend could defeat a grown tom together. His son Munkustrap was a silver tabby.

"Yes Munkustrap", Old D said as his son skidded to a halt before him. "Is something wrong?"

"Father", Munkustrap said between breaths. "They're... they're at it again."

"Oh... well show the way." Munkustrap led him back the same way he'd come from. "Can't Bustopher and Skimbleshanks get along for one day?"

But when he rounded a corner he stopped and stared. It wasn't the two toms who were fighting at all. Old Deuteronomy could easily make out the shape of his other son Rum Tum Tugger by the young cat's mane. For the moment he was being pinned down and hit by a black and white patched tom named Alonzo. Alonzo was Munkustrap's best friend and a stray. There were few strays for the moment, it was only five of them and no one was a grown tom or queen yet. Old Deuteronomy hurried towards them with Skimbleshanks on his heels. The railway cat grabbed hold beneath Alonzo's arms and hauled him off of Tugger. But the patched tom fought against his hold so Gus hurried over and helped Skimble hold him while Jellylorum and Jennyanydots helped Tugger to his feet.

"Let me go, let me go", Alonzo shouted and clawed in the air towards Tugger. "Let me at him let me at him!"

"Alonzo", Old Deuteronomy boomed. "What is the meaning of this?"

The young patched tom didn't answer he just continued clawing into the air.

"Tugger", Old Deuteronomy said and turned to his son who was having a nosebleed. He had no scratched which meant that even as mad as Alonzo was he hadn't used his claws. Something Tugger had done on the patched tom. "What happened?"

"He started it", Tugger yelled and pointed at Alonzo. These two never got along. But Old Deuteronomy had learnt that most of the times it was Tugger's fault they started to fight like this. "He attacked me!"

"Did not", Alonzo yelled. He'd stopped clawing in the air but the two toms holding him in place knew him better than that. As soon as they let go he would attack Tugger again.

"Munkustrap", Old Deuteronomy tried and turned to his other son. "What happened?"

"I don't know sir", Munkustrap said sadly. "I came here just in time to see Alonzo fly at Tugger. I ran to get you as soon as possible."

"Was there anyone who saw what happened?" Little Demeter held up her paw as did Asparagus and Admetus. "Yes Demeter."

The soon-to-be-queen bit her lip shyly.

"We were playing tag", she said. "Me, Asp, Ad and Alonzo. Alonzo was it. Tugger came around the corner and Asp ran into him as Alonzo chased him. Alonzo helped Admetus up and was going to do the same to Tugger but he swatted his paw away."

"Tugger", Jenny scolded.

"Please Jenny", Deuteronomy said. "Save that till later. What happened next?"

"Lonz just shrugged and tagged me", Admetus said. "We swatted at each other playfully and Tugger snorted at us calling us kids."

"We said he was one too", Asparagus said. "Because he's as old as Munk and me."

"Tugger said he wasn't a kid anymore because he has a date", Demeter continued. "We asked with whom and he just turned around to walk away again when he fell on his face. We laughed because he looked so funny. Alonzo offered him his paw again but again Tugger swatted it away... harder this time."

"Alonzo got annoyed and asked what Tugger's problem was", Admetus cut in. "Tugger said that he didn't wanted Lonz to touch him because he's dirty. I laughed and told him that Lonz and I had just taken a bath."

"Tugger snorted", Asparagus took over the story. "And said that it's impossible because Alonzo is a dirty stray."

Gasps came from Jenny and Jelly and Deuteronomy's brow furrowed and Alonzo glared daggers at Tugger.

"Alonzo said 'what?!'" Demeter said. "And Tugger said 'you heard me, you're a dirty stray and you and your little band of filth should leave the yard.'"

"Tugger", Munkustrap snapped and his brother only shrugged.

"Alonzo said, 'we have just as much right to be here as you housecat'. Then Tugger laughed and said, 'yeah because no one wants a dirty stray... not even your mothers.'"

"And Alonzo flew at him and started to hit him", Asparagus finished.

The grownups turned to Tugger and Alonzo.

"Tugger I'm shocked", Deuteronomy said. "How could you say such a thing?"

"That's what Bustopher Jones says", Tugger grumbled. "And it's true."

"Let me at him", Alonzo shouted.

"Alonzo", Skimble roared and pushed the young tom towards the yard exit. "Get out!"

"What?!"

"Go out and calm yourself."

"But he's the one who-"

"Now!"

Alonzo cursed and left the yard and kicked a tin can across the yard so hard it smashed an old window.

"Whoa", Munkustrap breathed. Old Deuteronomy sighed and grabbed Tugger's arm and pulled him towards the old tire to talk some sense into him.

"Why is it always me that has to leave the yard", Alonzo grumbled as he roamed through a garbage can for something to eat. "He's the one that always starts it! Mum didn't abandoned me... she was sick." He sighed. "That's a bloody lie. Yes you were abandoned by that bitch so? That doesn't make you worse than a housecat. You can take care of yourself that is more than that fucking Tugger can do. No one of the older housecats has been taking care of themselves half as much as I have. Well maybe if you summarize... but not when they were at my age! That makes me the better survivor, the better cat. Yeah... strays are better than hosuecats. What was that?" He jumped out the dumpster and saw a black queen with two small kittens cross the road. She was yelling at one them for not moving its paws fast enough.

"I swear if you don't move I'll cut those paws off and then you can drag them behind you", she yelled at the kitten holding her paw. She held another, a smaller one, on her hip. Suddenly she lost her grip on the kitten's paw and it fell to its butt. She sighed and just left it to set the other one down. Alonzo looked in horror as a car came towards the small kitten who tried to get up on his paws.

"Hey", Alonzo yelled and ran towards it. "Get off the road! Ma'am your kitten!"

The queen just stood there and Alonzo threw himself at the little kitten and held it to him as the car zoomed by over their heads. Alonzo and the kitten coughed and rose.

"Are you okay", Alonzo asked friendly when the little kitten refused to let go off his waist. "Hey kit are you okay?"

The little kitten nodded and Alonzo patted it on the back, picked it up and hurried over to the pavement where the other kitten sat at his mother's side.

"Ma'am", Alonzo said and held out the small kitten in his arms towards her. "Here's your kitten."

"Bah", she spat. "It would've been better if he'd been squashed and even better if it had been this one." she kicked the one at her side pretty hard.

"Hey", Alonzo said angrily. "That's not how you treat a kitten!"

"Oh if you feel so strongly for them take them", the queen yelled and started to walk away. "They're your curse now!"

"Hey!" But she disappeared around the corner. Alonzo sat down the kitten in his arms and looked at them. The one he'd saved was black except from three of his paws, his face, a white tip of his tail and a patch on his chest. His brother was completely black, but had white patch on his chest like his brother. They looked at him and he sat down between them.

"Great I'm a dad and I'm not even a tom yet." He sighed.

He rubbed his head and started when the two kittens snuggled into his side. Alonzo couldn't help the smile on his face.

"I can't just leave you here", he said and put his arms around their small shoulders. "Do you guys have names?"

The one he'd saved beamed and nodded eagerly, the other one, the smaller one, seemed to be shyer because he merely nodded weakly.

"Well", Alonzo asked them in a soft voice. "What are your names?"

"I'm Quaxo", the white-faced one said. "That's Mistofelees, Misto for short. Who're you?"

"I'm Alonzo."

"Will mum come back", Mistofelees said.

Alonzo shook his head. "No Misto I'm sorry... she won't."

"You mean she left us here?"

Alonzo nodded.

"But", Quaxo said. "She said she'd bring us to the river. We went there yesterday and mum forgot the sack she told us we will sleep in tonight."

Alonzo paled and felt sick. That queen was going to drown them! How cold hearted could you be? He sighed and thought of his own mother who had placed him in the middle of the road. He'd been saved by Skimbleshanks and had grown up as his and Jenny's kitten together with Demeter and Bombalurina.

"What will happen to us", Misto asked near tears.

Alonzo smiled and pulled them closer. "It's true your mother left you, but she left you in my care. Don't worry I won't abandon you."

He rose and took their paws in his and started to walk down the street.

Alonzo still wondered what she meant with curse as he watched his kittens eat the rat he'd caught. It was strange he'd only known them for max an hour but already looked at them as his kittens. He knew that he among some of the grownups still was a kitten but he was more like a young adult. Had he been human he would be fourteen and these kittens would've been three. He shrugged and watched them eat. Little Quaxo's nose started to twitch and he sneezed. At first Alonzo chuckled but then he just gaped and stared. Misto was floating in the air, still eating from the rat that was floating before him.

"Q-Quaxo", Alonzo asked and walked up to the small kitten that was looking at his brother with a wide smile.

"Yeah Alonzo?"

"D-did you do that?"

"Uhu. Hey Misto!"

"What?" his brother asked and when he saw that he was floating in the air he stared. "Whoa!" He fell towards the ground and Alonzo flew forward and caught him before he crashed into the ground. He was on his butt with Misto in his arms. Quaxo laughed and Misto chuckled shyly. Alonzo stared at them.

"Wow", Quaxo said. "Alonzo you are fast! Much faster than mum! She would've let him fall!"

Alonzo rose and the giggling Misto slid to the ground.

"Quaxo", Alonzo asked. "What was that?"

"Huh... Oh that was nothing! You should see what Misto can do. Show him!"

Misto blushed but then took up a stick and knocked it into the ground and Alonzo watched wide eyed as the stick turned into a silver spoon with a small click of fish paste. Misto opened his mouth and put the entire spoon inside. Then he swallowed, took a breath and blew a bubble. When it popped the spoon and the paste fell to the ground. Misto took it and twirled it around in his paw and it turned into a stick again. He bowed to show he was done. Quaxo cheered and applauded but Alonzo stared at him wide eyed.

"Magical cats..." he thought."That's why she wanted to kill them... she think they're evil." He shook his head and smiled.

"Bravo Misto and you too Quaxo", he said. He didn't care about those rumors. These kittens were his and he was going to protect them.

At the yard Munkustrap and Skimbleshanks were worried. It had been nearly a week since Alonzo and Tugger had argued but Alonzo hadn't returned yet. Munkustrap wanted to go and look for him but his father had said that Alonzo would come back. He had some things to sort out was all. But Skimble had left that morning to find his adopted son.

"What's with the long face Munk", Tugger asked and sat down beside him. "You're not still thinking of that stray are you?"

"Shut it Tugger. Alonzo's been gone for a week!"

"So maybe he took BJ's advice and left the yard."

"Or maybe he got caught by a human, or a bad cat or a pollicle! Tugger this is serious he might be injured or worse!"

"Nah that stubborn stray can survive on his own."

"I'm not going to argue with you on that."

In the meantime Alonzo was sneaking into the yard with his new little brothers behind him. He saw his gang of strays sit at the old tire, Jenny and Jelly was watching them and the other young cats, especially the twins Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer. Those two kittens were a pawful. He saw Munk and Tugger sit on the hood of TSE 1. He growled lowly when he saw Tugger and felt the kittens start.

"Don't worry", he whispered and nuzzled their small heads. "It's not you I'm growling at... see those two cats over there, the silver tabby and the black one with a mane?"

They nodded.

"The manned one is a... uhm a not so nice or polite cat. He got me mad and I'm still a little mad at him. Now listen, stay here and be quiet. I just have to go to the cats over at that tire. I'll be right back. Stay here okay?"

The kittens nodded and he darted off. The sat there and watched him sneak from pile to pile without being noticed. Then they saw a butterfly and forgot about what Alonzo told them and both of them hurried after it.

"Oh my", a voice said.

"Oh... kittens!" a voice yelled and they saw all the cats come towards them. A young kitten just a little older than them hurried up to them and grinned.

"Hi", he said. "I'm Plato who're you?"

"Quaxo", Quaxo beamed and nudged his quiet brother a few times.

"M-Mistofelees", Misto said shyly.

"Oh dear where is your mother", asked Jenny. She and Jelly were for the moment the only grownups as most of the cats had left a while ago to help Skimble search for Alonzo.

"Gone", Quaxo said and shrugged. Bombalurina was walking around him and Misto and her tail tickled Misto's nose as she went by him. He screwed up his face and sneezed and a lightning bolt shot out and hit the ground behind Tugger.

"Yikes", he yelped in horror and hid behind Jelly. All of the cats took a step back but the two kittens just tilted their heads.

"That never happened before", Quaxo said and started laughing and when he did the headlights on old cars started to blink madly.

"Magical cats", Jelly hissed and bared her teeth at the kittens. Jenny pulled Plato behind her and the other not grown cats backed away, except for Tantomile and Coricopat who stood their ground.

"What are we gonna do Jelly", Jenny hissed.

"All magical cats are evil", Jelly answered. "We have to get rid of them."

"In front of the younglings?!"

"We can't keep them away on our own!"

"I'll do it", Munkustrap said and walked forward slowly. "If I'm going to be protector I have to protect the tribe. Besides Jelly you're pregnant and Jenny must keep Plato away."

Munkustrap felt hate towards the small kittens. His father had told them about magical cats and their evil deeds before. He was going to vanquish this threat. The two kittens cowered backwards and hid their faces in the other's fur. With a face set in stone Munkustrap raised his claws and stroke. The kittens wailed but none of them felt pain. They heard a hiss and gasps. When they dared to look up they saw that Alonzo stood above them and that Munkustrap's claws had hit his face. Four deep gashes went down his left cheek now and blood was pouring out softly.

"A-Alonzo", Munkustrap asked in shock and the patched tom growled at him. "What are you doing? Step aside."

Alonzo bared his teeth.

"Step aside", Munkustrap growled and walked closer, he'd jumped backwards after realizing he'd hit Alonzo.

Alonzo swatted at him and Munk jumped backwards.

"You dirty stray", Tugger yelled and stepped forward. "Out of the way or I'll knock you out of it!"

Another hiss was heard and Tugger and Munk's view of Alonzo and the kittens was blocked by Admetus, Tantomile, Coricopat and Exotica.

"Guys", Munkustrap growled. "Out of the way." They just growled at him and bared their teeth or in Admetus' case swatted his claws towards them. "Move Admetus!"

"Step aside", a determined voice said and the strays stepped aside and Alonzo stepped forward.

"Alonzo", Munkustrap growled. "Out of the way."

"No."

"Alonzo... I'm warning you."

"If you're getting one inch closer to my kittens I will attack you Munkustrap."

Everyone stared at him even his gang.

"Your kittens", Jelly asked. "You're not even a tom yet!"

"They are still mine, I'm their guardian and if you want to hurt them", he crouched so he would be ready to pounce. "You'll have to go through me first."

"Alonzo they're magical cats", Munk yelled. "They're evil!"

Alonzo chuckled. "Aw Munk, Munk, Munk. Don't believe everything you hear on the streets."

"Father told me so!"

"So? He shouldn't listen to rumors."

"I knew it", Tugger yelled. "That dirty stray can't be trusted! He should be kicked out!"

Alonzo laughed darkly. "Aw you can't kick me out Rum Tum Tugger. Because I'm leaving. Misto, Quaxo" he nudged them and they started to move towards the gate. "Let's get out of this dump with brain-dead Jellicle cats."

"If you leave", Admetus said. "I'm coming with you."

"Ad", Asparagus yelled in shock.

"Me too", Exotica said and she and Admetus walked up to Alonzo's side and the five of them started to walk.

"We shall accompany you also", Coricopat and Tantomile spoke in unison. The seven cats walked towards the gate and didn't turn back when the others called their names. But before disappearing out of view Alonzo turned to Tugger and called:

"Tell Bustopher Jones that your and his fucking wish came true! The strays have left the yard!" And with that the Jellicle tribe was no longer a tribe mixed, but a tribe with only housecats.

TBC Okay firstly, I know Mistofelees has a home according to the song but it will get clear why the song will go that way just trust me okay? I chose this cats as strays because in the movie they got no collars. I know that Asparagus doesn't either, but I figured the tribe needed some toms that's why he and Plato is left behind.