Author Note: I have decide to enter the Jellicle Week June contest by BroadwayKhaos. The seventh and last prompt was the London skyline so here is the last chapter with the London skyline. Enjoy!
Chapter 7: The London skyline holds the answer
It has been a month since the heat wave consumed London, three weeks since the drought was confirmed, and four days since the day of the fire. The Jellicles have cleaned up the junkyard as much as they could. They were thankful that none of the dens were damaged by the fire. But after the clean up the Jellicles once again had to say goodbye as the home Jellicles for their food supply could not feed everyone. The Gumbie cat did stay to make sure that the junkyard Jellicles were not harmed by fire or smoke. Once she made sure that everyone was healthy, the Gumbie cat went back to her humans.
Tonight was the night of the full moon, the night when the old leader told the home Jellicles to come back.
The silver protector entered the junkyard as the sun was slowly beginning its descent. He was the first of the home Jellicles to return, knowing that the others would return when the sun set. The silver tabby wanted to make sure that the junkyard Jellicles were doing alright since they do not have much food. The silver tom sat on his perch after making his rounds, and watched as the homed Jellicles slowly returned.
As the moon began to rise over the horizon, the silver protector left his perch and joined the rest of the tribe in the main clearing as they waited for their leader to appear.
"Munkustrap!" A female voice called as the silver tom reaches the clearing floor.
The silver tom looked to his left. "Dem," Munk called as the gold queen ran to him and embraced him, almost knocking him over. "It's good to see you too Dem." The silver tom stated, as he wrapped his arms around his golden mate and slowly placed his head on top of hers.
"I missed you so much," Demeter mumbled through her mate's fur as tears began to fall and sock the silver tom's chest fur.
"I've missed you too." Munk replied, gently lifting his mate's face to look at him. The silver tom slowly wiped away her tears. "I love you," he cooed as he gently kissed his golden mate.
"I love you too," Dem replied returning the kiss with passion.
As the moon slowly reached its highest point, the old leader appeared. The Jellicles slowly cleared a path as their leader made his way to the tire. The silver protector helped his leader up to the tire, then went back to stand by his mate.
"My fellow Jellicles," Old Deuteronomy greeted looking at his tribe. "I am glad to see that everyone is here after the current events." The old leader lowered his head with a sigh. "Three weeks ago, I was told that everything would change by the next full moon. Well, tonight is a full moon, and sure enough things have change. The food supply that we have relied on for generations can no longer support us, and the fire that took place only days ago had damaged part of our home."
The Jellicles watched as the old leader lowered his head. They stood there in silence waiting for their leader to continue.
"We have survived this heat wave for a month now," Old Deuteronomy stated raising his head and looking at his tribe. "But I fear that we cannot survive anymore."
The Jellicles looked at their leader with wide eyes as they were surprised by that last sentence. The silver tabby looked down at his mate and she looked up at him as the tribe began asking 'what?' and 'how?'
"Nothing has changed in our favor. The home Jellicles have plenty of food and water and can easily survive the rest of this crisis, but the junkyard Jellicles have a completely different story. The small creek was able to support them, but there was a great drop in their food supply. I am sure you realized that the Jellicles that have been staying at the junkyard are thinner than those that have left to live with their humans." Old Deuteronomy explained. "This land can no longer support us. I am afraid that we have no other choice, we have to leave the junkyard."
"What?" Most of the Jellicles were asking.
"We do not have enough food to support us; we must leave in order to survive." Old Deuteronomy replied.
"You are giving up to easily." A voice stated.
The Jellicles looked around trying to figure out where the voice came from and who it was that said that.
"The night of the full moon is not over yet," Another voice added.
"The night can still bring changes." The first voice finished as two forms appeared on top of the TSE 1 car trunk.
"Coricopat, Tantomile." Old Deuteronomy called, looking at the twins on top of the car.
"We told you that everything will change by the next full moon," Tantomile stated.
"As you noted, things have changed, but the night is not over yet" Coricopat added.
"Changes are still waiting to occur." Tanto finished.
"What do you mean?" Old Deuteronomy asked.
"We already told you." Both twins answered in unison.
"Well, maybe you if spoke normally instead of in riddles we wouldn't have to ask you to explain." Tugger explained, crossing his arms over his chest, irritated with all these riddles.
"The change is coming," Tantomile stated, looking over the sky.
"Where? What is it?" The Jellicles asked.
"Look to the sky," Cori suggested, as the Jellicles looked at the male twin.
"The answer is in the London skyline." Tantomile added.
The Jellicles looked at the twins with raised eyebrows, and then slowly examined the sky.
"The moon," A small voice gasped, as the Jellicles looked over at the small calico kitten. "Something is happening to the moon." Jemima explained.
The Jellicles looked up and sure enough something was slowly covering the moon.
"Is it an eclipse?" Jenny asked, still looking up at the moon.
"The stars are disappearing too." Jemima stated, looking at the sky.
"This is not an eclipse." Munk replied watching the moon. "The moon is covered but the light is not fully blocked."
"Clouds," Jenny gasped.
"Wait, did anyone else feel that?" Bomby questioned looking at the others.
"Feel what?" Tugger asked, looking at the red queen.
"I think I just felt a breeze." Bomby replied, looking around.
The Jellicles stood in silence as they tried to figure out what was happening.
"Do you smell that?" Demeter asked, looking at her silver mate.
"What do you smell Dem?" Bomby asked looking at her friend.
"It smells like rain." Dem answered.
The Jellicles looked up at the sky. As they waited, they slowly felt small droplets of water slowly felling from the sky.
"It's raining!" The kittens screamed with joy as the water droplets fell faster.
The Jellicles cheered as they began to dance in the falling cool rain.
"The clouds return as the water falls again," Tanto replied, looking up at the sky.
"The wind has cooled the air again," Cori added as a breeze blew by.
"The heat wave has ended." They finished together.
The next week was constant rain. The grass and other plants slowly began to turn green again, as the small mammals that kept the Jellicles alive slowly began to return to the surrounding woods. The Jellicles are able to stay at the junkyard and stay together as a tribe.
The silver tabby sat at the edge of his den, looking out at the pouring rain. The kittens were out earlier, but the Gumbie cat came out and got them before they caught colds. He was glad that the rain returned, and life has returned back to normal.
"Is it still raining?" A voice asked from behind.
"It has change since the last time you asked me." Munk replied still staring out the den.
"I just wanted to check," Demeter stated, sitting down beside her mate.
"You asked me two minutes ago." Munk replied, looking at his mate.
"A lot can happen in two minutes." Dem explained, leaning against her mate.
"I guess," Munk sighed, looking back out to the rain.
The gold queen looked up at her silver mate. "Do you miss the sun?"
"Not really." Munk replied.
"Why?" Demeter asked, looking out at the rain.
"Because I don't miss the heat." Munk answered, looking back at his mate.
"Well, I miss setting out in the sun, and talking to the others as you bathe in the warm light." Demeter explained, closing her eyes as she daydreamed.
"That would be nice, but after a month of heat, I like rain better." Munk replied.
"I do too." Demeter agreed, curling up against her mate.
The couple sat in silence as the water droplets continued to pour.
"You know I love you right?" Demeter questioned, looking down at the den floor.
The silver tabby looked down at his mate. "Yes, I know you love me." Munk replied wrapping an arm around her and pulling her closer to him.
"I love you a lot Munk." Demeter stated, looking up at him.
"I love you a lot too Dem." Munk replied, leaning down and kissing her. The gold queen returned the kiss with the same passion if not more. She moved back and broke the kiss as she lowered her head. "Dem, is there something wrong?" The silver tom asked, concerned back his mate.
"Munk," Dem called, trying to get her sentence together. "I have something I need to tell you."
"What is it?" Munk asked concerned about what she was going to say.
"While I was at my humans, they took me to the vets for a checkup." Demeter explained. "And the vet found something."
The silver tom's eyes widen as fear slowly began to grow inside him. The gold queen looked up at her mate. She could see the fear in her eyes. The gold queen gave a small smile as she stroked her mate's cheek. The silver tom reached up and held her paw.
"I'm pregnant." Demeter stated, looking at her mate and watched as his eyes widen from the shocking news, and a smile slowly grew on his face. "I'm about a month a long."
"That means," Munk started trying to think back.
"I became pregnant the night of Mouse Fest." Demeter finished.
"I'm so happy Dem," Munk stated, embracing his golden mate. "I got you back, and now we are going to have a family."
"I'm happy too." Demeter replied, returning the hug.
"I love you Dem," Munk cooed, kissing his mate.
"I love you too Munk." Demeter replied kissing her mate back.
The couple sat together as they watched the rain fall, looking forward to their new member that was slowly forming.
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