Chapter 2

"Macavity get down from there, you'll get hurt!" a 7-month-old Yule hollered at her twin.

Macavity though, did not listen, he had been dared by Plato, who was only a month older then him, to climb the largest junk pile in the yard. He already nearly fell twice, and each time Yule though her heart would jump out of her chest.

"Macavity come on please come down"

"Yes Macy come down like a good little kitty" Plato and Alonzo laughed nagging him on. Yule would swipe at them and hiss, "You leave him alone!"

Up on the junk pile, Macavity grumbled to himself as he climbed. The pads of his paws were bruised and cut from the sharp junk he was climbing. His ears were flat back against his head trying to ignore the calls from below. He was almost to the top...

"MACAVITY!?"

Just as he made his final leap to the ledge of a broken picture frame, Jennyanydots voice rang out, jerking him out of his concentration. Paws outstretched, only his claws caught the edge of the frame leaving him hanging from it.

Yule's breath caught in her throat, "Macavity..." she whispered fear lining her voice.

The two other toms that were sitting there were quiet. Both waiting to see what was going to happen to the dangling ginger kitten.

"Macavity you get down from there, this instant" Jenny called.

"Yes Macy dearest come on down" Plato laughed. The angry hisses of the kitten above them could be heard from were he hung.

Yule glared at Plato, "Stop teasing him!" she growled, looking up at her twin she started to run toward the pile but was caught by Munkustrap who had come over to investigate the source of the noises.

"Munku...let me go"

"No Yule, you're far too small, you'll just end up getting hurt just trying to help him. Leave it to me"

He placed her intro the cat nearest to him's, arms, Jellylorum who was one of the many cats who had come to see what was happening held Yule in her place.

Carefully as he could, Munkustrap climbed the junk pile. Soon enough with difficulty he reached the top. He then balanced himself, "Macavity hold on tight"

"What do you thing I am doing fool?" Macavity snapped.

Ignoring his half-brothers remark, the young Jellicle protector held out his paw, "Grab it!"

"I'd rather fall"

"Don't be so damn stubborn"

"I don't want your help!"

"Just grab it"

The striped tabby held out his paw even further.

"I said no!" Macavity swiped at his paw with his own claws but in doing so he lost his grip he had on the frame and fell. Tumbling down the pile, pieces of glass and sharp metal sliced his body before he finally made it to the bottom, unconscious.

Hurrying over to him, Yule began to lick his wounds all the while pleading for him to wake up. She was soon pushed aside as Skimbleshanks picked her twin up and rushed him off toward the den with Jenny and Jelly hurrying after him.

Coming down from his perch on the pile, Munkustrap scooped Yule up and patted her head as she cried. "Is he going to die?"

"No, No...Jenny and Jelly will fix him...Demeter?"

"Yes?"

Munku handed his sister over to the black and gold queen, "Watch her while I do get my father"

The queen nodded and took Yule with her to Jenny's den.

Two hours passed, and Yule was sitting between Demeter's legs with her head leaning on the queens legs as they awaited the news on Macavity's condition. There with them was Tugger, Bomba, Teazer, Jerrie, as well as Skimble and Asparagus. The two older cats were talking to Plato and Alonzo scolding them about what they had done in patronizing Macavity. Munkustrap had yet to return with Old Deuteronomy.

Teazer and Jerrie were trying to cheer Yule up by doing tricks for her. Only time she laughed was when they were trying to do a cartwheel and had crashed into one another, but her laugh wasn't joyful as it usually was it was dull sounding.

Her head lifted up as two figured came out of the darkness. She ran toward the larger figure of the two. "Papa" she called and wrapped her paws around Old Deuteronomy's large waist. The aging cat smiled softly and hugged his daughter to him.

"Any news on Macavity?" Munkustrap asked as he sat down beside Demeter. "Not yet. Jenny and Jelly have been in there for two hours straight and not a word yet" Tugger yawned as he lounged back with his arm around Bomba's shoulder. He wasn't all that concerned for the ginger kitten, Macavity always seemed trouble for him as well as every other cat in the junkyard.

Another hour later, Jenny stepped out of the den and looked at the gathering crowd outside the den. Teazer and Jerrie though had fallen asleep in a pile of tangled limps were they had toppled into one another again. Jennyanydots approached the Jellicle leader.

"What is the news on Macavity?" he asked.

Yule popped her head out from where she was hiding in her fathers warm fur. "Is he going to die?"

Jenny smiled softly at the queenkit. "No he isn't going to die. He is resting though, Jelly and I have managed to clean his wounds and make sure they hadn't got infected in time...you may go in an..."

Yule dashed between Jenny's legs and into the den. She walked over to the ginger kitten who was sleeping in a bed of blankets. He was wrapped with small bandages. She sat down beside him and licked his ears, she could hear her father talking with Jenny and Jelly outside the den. She continued to lick her brothers ears until she felt him stirring and sat back and watched him with curious eyes.

Opening his eyes, Macavity looked up at the face of his sister. "Why did you climb that pile? I told you it was dangerous!"

"I was challenge"

"So..."

"You're a queen...you wouldn't understand what its like to be challenged by a another tom"

"Maybe I don't but you got hurt. If you had just listened to me you wouldn't have!"

Tears lined Yule's eyes and fell down her face wetting her fur. Macavity lowered his head and flattened his ears, grumbling to himself. He didn't know why he always felt guilty when he made her cry, he didn't care if he made any other of the queens in the yard cry but when it came to Yule...he always had guilt rise in him.

Reaching up, he swatted his sister in the nose, making her cover it with her paws and look at him confused.

"Don't cry" he muttered.

"What?"

"I said don't cry" he said louder this time. "I'm...um...sorry..." he lowered his eyes. A bright smile appeared on Yule's face, she wrapped her paws around him making sure not to hurt him. "It ok brother" she said laying down beside him and licked his ears again making him grumble.

"So how are you runt?" both kittens looked up at Tugger as he entered the den with a smug look on his face. Macavity hissed his fur standing on end, "I am not a runt you cinnamon roll head" he batted the top of Tugger's head when he bent down.

The Maine Coon frowned and sat back crossing his arms, "You brought this upon yourself. If you had excepted help you wouldn't be in this mess"

"Who said I ever wanted help!? And I'd rather be hurt then 'saved' by some gray pansy of a protector" Macavity sneered turning his back to Tugger and laid back down placing his head in his crossed arms. Tugger's frown deepened, turning he rolled his eyes "Ungrateful little spat"

Yule sat silently as Tugger left and looked at her twin. It confused her how she got along with her other brothers but Macavity never did. But she knew how much it bothered her twin to speak about anything like that so she remained silent and sat beside him and watched him as he sulked.

"Don't listen to him. You're not a spat" she said as she flicked his ear with her paw. The ginger kitten rolled his eyes before he jumped and pined her rolling around with her bitting her ear tugging on it as she laughed and batted at him. Jumping off her, Macavity laid down again his wounds making it hard for him to really move again for too long.

Yule rolled onto her stomach and tilted her head as she stared at him. "Macavity...Alonzo told me earlier you were a evil kitten..."

Macavity snorted, though he didn't say anything. It was exactly what they had told him for months and he never denied it, but tried to look up to what they were saying. If they thought he was evil he'd be evil to them. Though he knew better then to say anything to Yule about it.

"They're idiots. Don't go listening to what they say...they're weaklings too"

"But Alonzo is in line for next protector if Papa dies and Munkustrap becomes leader"

Macavity narrowed his eyes, "It should be a son of Deuteronomy that takes that silver tabby's place as well as doesn't deserve to be leader" he grumbled. But Yule heard him, walking over she sat beside him and placed her paw on his head, "You'd make a good protector Mac...we're just...too young that's all"

The ginger tabby closed his eyes, 'One day I won't be too young and I'll prove it that I'm the best out of those two morons I call brothers'