Willow flew over derbies as she tried to match her pace with the Jellicle leaders. Old Deuteronomy was too far ahead of her. "Wait for me!" she called as she jumped onto an old abandoned car.

Suddenly she was thrown back and landed on her stomach with a hard thump. Willow looked up to see a queen with red, ginger, and black fur staring at her with dark gold eyes. "Who are you?" she growled cautiously as she started to move around Willow.

Willow stood up and brushed her chocolate fur. "Who are you?" she asked in the same tone. The queen stiffened and slanted her eyes. "I asked you first." "Yeah, well I asked you second." Willow retorted.

"That was a terrible come back." she thought as she watched the queen. The queen cocked her head to the side, eyes wide. Only one person had ever said that to her. "Willow?" the queen asked tenderly as she looked her up and down.

"How do you know my name?" Willow growled as she backed up. She saw Old Deuteronomy from the corner of her eye, watching them. "Willow, don't you remember me? I'm Jemima, remember?" the queen named Jemima mewed as she walked closer to Willow.

Willow thought back and sure enough, Jemima came to mind, as did Victoria, Electra, Etcentra, Plato, Tumblebrutus, Pouncival, and Quaxo. "Jemima!" she squealed and pounced on the queen.

Jemima pounced back and nuzzled Willow's forehead. "Where have you been, we were all so worried." she whimpered as they stood up. "I've been……….living." Willow mewed. She didn't want to tell anyone where she really was, she wasn't ready.

"I'm glad your home." Jemima said happily as she and Willow started walking towards Old Deuteronomy. "Well I'm glad to see that you two are on good terms." he chuckled and turned his back on them.

He jumped off a pile of junk and entered the Junkyard. The queen's held back a bit. "I'm glad you're here, maybe you could talk some sense into Vicki and Misto." "What?" she asked.

Jemima was about to answer her when they were pushed to the ground by an orange tom with a brown colored tail. "I'm terribly sorry, I wasn't lookin' where I was goin'." the tom said with a thick Scottish accent.

It was Skimbleshanks the Railway cat. "Oh Skimbleshanks, I didn't see you there." Jemima mewed as she hugged him.

Skimbleshanks hugged her back then set his pale blue eyes on Willow. "Well bless my soul, it's Lit'le Willowmina." the railway cat yelled in utter shock. The Jellicle cats started coming out of their dens to the front gate.

Willow's copper eyes grew as she saw them all. She blushed and tried to hide behind Jemima which was easy considering she was the exact same height as her. Some cats snickered, some smiled, and some had shocked expressions. One queen frowned and stalked away.

Alonzo rushed up to Willow and nuzzled her flank. "Jeez Willow, where the hell have you been? I was about to gather a search party to find you." Willow blushed and looked at Jemima who was trying not to laugh. "I was delayed?"

The cats around her laughed and smiled. They started coming up to her. "Welcome back Willowmina." Jennyanydots said as she hugged her. "Oh my look how much you've grown." chimed Jellylorum as she pat Willow's head.

She pulled out of the tight grasp Jenny had on her and tumbled back into a tom-kit. Behind him, three other tom-kits looked at her with shock and three queen-kits.

"Quaxo?" Willow asked as she shot up and looked at the last tom-kit.

Mistoffeles looked around at everyone and then back to Willow. "You came back." he mumbled.

Victoria squealed and pounced on her. "Oh Willow, I've missed you." she cried. Electra and Cettie pounced on her also, as did Pouncival, Plato, and Tumblebrutus.

Once everyone was acquainted with each other again, the grownups came forth. Munkustrap and Demeter both hugged Willow. MungoJerrie and RumpleTeazer bounded up to their friend and embraced her. "We was begin 'in' ta wor'ie 'bout 'cha." Teazer cried as she held Willow.

Willow smiled and hugged back. Teazer was like an older sister to her. MungoJerrie just cried. After they were done, Coricopat and Tantomile came up to her and said hello, then Gus, Exotica, Admetus, and Skimbleshanks.

Bombalurina threw her arms around Willow and licked her cheek. "Oh I missed my little Weeping Willow." she mewed as she stroked Willow's head. She snuggled against Bomba's red fur and mewed.

Before Willow left, Bombalurina was her surrogate mother, while Jennyanydots and Jellylorum were like grannies or sitters or dotting aunts, and whenever Willow was being picked on, she would always go crying to Bomba who called her, her Weeping Willow. They stayed like that for a few minutes.

"WILLOWMINA." yelled a voice from behind them.

Everyone turned to see the Rum Tum Tugger race over to her and Bomba. Willow wriggled out of the red queen's grasp and rushed over to her god father.

Tugger caught her as she jumped to him and spun her around. "Look how much you've grown." he exclaimed in a low silky voice. Willow kissed his cheek and wrapped her arms around him. "Uncle Tugger, I've missed you."

They spun around a few more times before he let her down. Willow smiled and looked at everyone there, there was just one person missing. "Where's Cassandra?" she asked Tugger.

"She's probably sleeping, she does that lately." Alonzo assured her as he walked up to them.

Misto hadn't moved from his spot. "She kept her promise, she kept her promise." was all he could think about. He felt someone bump up against him. He turned his head to see Victoria.

"Why aren't you celebrating Willow's return?" she asked her brother as he looked longingly towards the brown queen-kit. "She probably doesn't forgive me for all the things I've done to her in the past." he sighed as he watched Pouncival flirt with Willow.

Blue sparks formed at the tips of his paws. Victoria saw the display at hand. "Don't worry too much. Pounce is out of her league." she assured her brother with a wink. She pushed him towards the group. "Mistoffeles come over here and give Willow a proper greeting." Demeter called to him as she pulled him closer.

The tuxedo tom looked up to see Willow and Pouncival. Willow turned around and caught eyes with the conjuring cat. "Quaxo!" she yelped and pounced on him, sending them both tumbling across the yard.

When they stopped, Willow was lying on top of Mistoffeles who was blushing. "I kept my promise Quax." she said and licked his ear. Misto pulled his arms around her and hugged her tightly. "It's Mistoffeles now." he whispered in her's as he licked it.

"Awww look at that." Jenny purred as she saw the sight. "Now Jenny, let's not embarrass them now." Jelly mused as Misto and Willow blushed.

He pushed her off and got up. Willow looked up at him and smiled. Misto blushed and looked away.

"Well now that that's been settled, we should get back to our duties, the ball is coming up in a week now, so tomorrow Old Deuteronomy might announce the young kits who will be turning into cats, but for now get some rest everyone, it's late." Munk called over the roar of the crowd.

The sky had turned black and everyone was going to their dens. Electra and Jemima walked up to Willow. All three had been best friends since they met. "You have a place to stay?" Electra mumbled to her.

Mistoffeles watched in amazement as Electra opened up for the first time in a few months. "Can I stay with you?" Willow asked as they both gave each other a hug. Electra smiled and nodded. "This is going to be so much fun." Jemima sang.

Willow stood and hugged Misto. "It's great to see you, I've missed you." she whispered to him. Misto hugged her back. "I missed you too." he whispered. Willow nuzzled his cheek, leaving Misto gasped as she walked away with Electra on her right and Jemima on her left.

I LOVE MISTO! XD