Macavity had scared the tribe a second time throughout the night, and Misto panicked. Finally came the third and final scare.

"Macavity!" Demeter cried once more as the orange tom jumped out. Several cats appeared with him and threw a net over Old Deuteronomy. Misto, by this time, was no where to be seen. He was hiding on top of the junkyard, watching. He could hear the moans of hurt from Macavity's scratches, and then he heard Demeter and Bombalurina singing about the Hidden Paw.

Misto watched as Macavity returned a while later dressed up like Old Deuteronomy. Demeter, however, knew better. She made all the cats get out of the way and she jumped on his back, tearing away the costume. Macavity grabbed Demeter's arms but Munkustrap grabbed her legs. Alonzo came to the rescue and took Demeter away. A big fight erupted between the two brothers, and Misto looked away.

Misto finally looked back to see that Munkustrap was laying injured on the side, and Macavity had a deep scratch in his side. Macavity glanced up at Misto and gave a slight nod. He ran and climbed onto the TSE-1 car and grabbed two plugs. An electric shock knocked out all the lights in the tribe. Pouncival turned on the lamp that they used in Skimbleshanks' song and shone it around the junkyard.

"Macavity's not there..." the cats whispered. Tugger took notice that his tomfriend wasn't there, and an idea popped into his head.

"You ought to ask magical Mr. Mistoffelees, the original conjuring cat. There can be no doubt about that," Tugger announced. Pouncival shone the light on him, and the cats looked at him, unsure. "Please, listen to me, and don't scoff. All his inventions are off his own bat. There's no such cat in the metropolis; he holds all the patent monoplies for perfoming surprising illusions and creating eccentric confusion."

"The greatest magicians have something to learn from Mr. Mistoffelees's conjuring turn! And we all say: Oh! Well, I never was there ever, a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees."

Tugger pointed upwards and Misto was lowering himself to the ground by an enchanted rope, wearing a sparkly jacket to match Tugger's belt. Tugger sang about the magical cat while the tuxedo went about performing his magic. The Jellicles were shocked to see that Misto was a conjurer like Macavity, but decided that he was harmless.

"Hey Misto, didn't you say your new magic trick was making someone appear?" Tugger whispered.

"Oh yeah!" Misto conjured up a red sheet and chose a volunteer from his audience. He chose Cassandra, and she sat on top of Misto's pipe. He had Skimbleshanks and Asparagus Jr. help hold up the sheet. Misto began moving towards the center again, only this time there was a big buldge under the sheet. Misto's paws began glowing and he waved them over the sheet before pulling it up, revealing the real Old Deuteronomy.

"And we all say: Oh! Well, I never was there ever, a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees," Tugger sang more slowly, astonished to see the trick had worked. Old Deuteronomy held his arms open and Misto jumped into him for a hug, then Misto went and got Cassandra, who was hiding behind some junk. The rest of the ball went smoothly, and even Grizabella was chosen to go to the Heaviside Layer. Dawn came and the Jellicles were about to head to their dens to sleep. They were stopped when Tugger pulled Misto onto the tire and cleared his throat to gain everyone's attention.

"Tugger, not now. Everyone's tired." Munkustrap yawned.

Tugger ignored him. "Hey everyone, I have something to say!" He turned to Misto and kissed him-in front of everybody! Gasps waved through the crowd. Tugger looked deep into Misto's black eyes. "Misto, will you be my mate?"

This must have been the suprise Tugger was talking about. Misto stared numbly at the eager Maine Coon. Bombalurina stormed off and Etcetera looked like she was going to cry. Misto couldn't say anything but shook his head.

"I-I can't."

Tugger let go of Misto. "What?"

"I can't be your mate! I decieved you-all of you," Misto was shaking. He caught sight of Jerrie and Teazer staring at him, wondering why Misto was telling everyone. "You shouldn't trust me, any of you. I work for Macavity. I was the one who came up with the plan to kidnap Old Deuteronomy. I'm sorry I tricked you..."

"Banish him!" He heard Plato yell.

"Don't let him ever come back!" That was Tumblebrutus.

"This is just like Macavity!" Asparagus Jr. exclaimed.

"Get out of here!" Alonzo cried.

"Tugger's gay?" Misto heard Electra whisper to Jemima.

Misto turned to Tugger, who was still in shock. Before Tugger could say anything, Misto turned and ran away.

"Misto!" Tugger snapped back to reality. "Wait!"