Sorry this took so long to update! I lost my papers for chapter two, and couldn't find them. Well, I did manage to find them, now that I've lost all of chapter three, but I'll just rewrite that. It shouldn't even take half as long! jelliclesoul635, thank you! And I guess you'll just have to wait to find out ;P but remember, etcy, vic and jem haven't even been born yet! punkhead, thank you so much!! I'm really sorry this took so long! I promise it won't take me this long for the next chapter.

Macavity raised his head to find himself looking into the dark yellow eyes of the large gray cat. The cat half snarled, half smiled down at him. His teeth were bared, and they were very yellow and revolting. He had clumps of fur sticking together, and some small bald patches on his side. A voice from behind, that he recognized as the tabby's, spoke in a mockingly delighted tone."Well, well. What have we here? A little kitten, fallen out of the sky. And one with magic powers, too! A gift from the Everlasting Cat? Wonderful! You're here to do our bidding, are you?" he asked. Macavity, too terrified to speak, just shook his head.

"What a pity. Well, I guess we'll just have to… get rid of you!"

"N-n-no! Please don't!" Macavity was shaking with fear. He was just a little kitten. He didn't want to die!"Hey, wait…" The tortoiseshell said suddenly. He looked at Macavity like he was thinking hard, as if trying to remember where he'd seen the kitten before. Macavity tried to make himself as small as possible, afraid of what the tortoiseshell was going to say."Aren't you from that junkyard tribe?" He finally asked.

Macavity's eyes grew wide with fear. If they knew he was from the Junkyard, they'd kill him for sure!"Wh-wh-what junkyard? I-I don't know what you're talking about!"

"Don't lie to us," the gray cat said, in a deep, gruff voice, "It'll only make things worse for you." He grinned as he said this, letting his claws slide out. Macavity backed away, only to find himself up against a gray and black cat who hadn't yet spoken. "Well, now that we know where you're from, we can have a little fun!" the tabby said, smiling maliciously. Macavity shuddered. While the other cats seemed like really big thugs that you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley really late at night, this smaller tabby was different. He seemed like the kind of cat you wouldn't expect to hurt you. Like he would soothe when you were crying because of the thugs, while secretly drawing out a knife behind your back, then would take a sick pleasure in pushing it into your back and twisting it slowly. He was the one you wouldn't suspect to be evil. And that's what made him all the more scary. Macavity whimpered. He wanted to look up, to see if his friends had gone, but he couldn't. If he did, the cats would know that there were others with him, and that they'd been spying. He hoped they had left. He didn't want them to get hurt. The twins were smart. They'd know to go get help. But they were also very loyal, which made him worry that maybe one of them was still up there. Suddenly, the cats all looked up, and Macavity was scared that his fears would be confirmed. But then again, maybe someone had come to save him. But there was no one there. Macavity listened harder, and finally he heard sirens, and they were coming closer. "Come on. We'd better get out of here," a voice said. Macavity didn't recognize it. He turned to look, and saw that it was the gray and black cat. At a close glance, he didn't look quite as frightening as the others. In fact, he was about the same size as the tabby, and he almost looked nice. And his voice was soft. Macavity looked to see what colour is eyes were, and found that the cat was looking at him. He turned away quickly, but not before seeing the beauty of his jade green eyes.

"Where's the bird cage you found?" the tabby asked the tortoiseshell. "It's probably big enough."They shoved Macavity into a little canary cage in a bush, and quickly climbed up the tree to where Macavity had been hiding with Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer and Munkustrap only minutes before. He thought of them, and how he might never see any of them again. How long Macavity sat there for, he didn't know. It felt like forever, or at least a few hours (but to a kitten, that's a long time). Then he heard what sounded like pebbles falling down the side of the cliff. Macavity thought it was the cats, coming back to kill him, but then he heard that high-pitched giggle he knew all-too well.

"Rumpel! Mungo!" Macavity called out, "Over here!" He heard the sounds of paws running quickly towards him, then Mungo's face appeared through the bushes.

"Hey!" He said, "We were so worried about you! Are you all right?""Yeah, I'm fine," Macavity replied, "Did you bring help?"

Rumpel shoved Mungojerrie out of the way. "Skimble wouldn't listen to us! Can you believe it?!? He said he wasn't going to help us find you in hide 'n' seek, and he didn't care what sort of silly excuse we used. Said it was cheating! He wouldn't even listen to Munk! Said we bribed him to play along!!"

"What about Jenny? Or Mom?" Macavity asked, getting worried.

"Weren't around," Mungo said, pushing his sister a little out of the way, "But it's okay. We'll get you out! It's getting of this ledge I'm worried about. But the cage should be easy, just leave it to us!" He said with a smile and a wink. Macavity knew he could trust the two mischievous kittens. They were his best friends, and fiercely loyal. They wouldn't leave until they had him out safe.

After a few minutes of pondering, and twiddling with the latches, the twins eventually managed to get Macavity out of the cage. "Your free," Rumpel said to him. "Only partially…" Macavity replied.

The three kittens looked up the cliff face. There wasn't much they could use to get up. Rumpel walked to the side of the ledge, and looked down. She shuddered, then stepped back. "Well, we're definitely not getting out that way!"

"How'd those other cats get out?" Mungo asked Macavity.

"They climbed up the tree, and jumped to that root," Macavity replied.

Rumpel looked up the tree. "Well," she said, "It's a long jump from the branch to the root, but I think we could make it.""It's all we've got," Macavity said, "Let's go!"