Elven World
Somewhere
"Hurry!" urged the old Keeper turning to look at them.
The Jellicles looked at each others, perplexed.
Then they turned to look at Old Deuteronomy for guidance.
The old Emperor nodded and walked towards the door opened by Mastro Bernard.
Munkustrap left Demeter's side and approached him.
He cast a glance to Demeter and saw her smiling cuddling Electra, her face half hidden into the kit's headfur.
He nodded and helped his father to walked towards the door.
His brother Coricopat approached and took their father other arm to help him.
All the shutters and some doors closed making all of them jumping, except for Old Deuteronomy and the Keeper.
Grizabella and Jelly, who were near Old Deuteronomy, grabbed his paws frighten.
Mungojerry hissed and looked to Tantomille at his side.
The grey queen was looking at the Keeper with quite wide eyes.
Munkustrap tensed and Tugger hugged Marguerita.
"Please, this way" said the Keeper as nothing had happened.
They walked through the door and found themselves into a large, empty room, made up of stone.
The Keeper closed the door behind Alonzo who was the last to enter.
The Keeper walked past them and reached the opposite wall.
He took an old key from his pant's pocket.
He put the key into the wall and a door appeared out from nowhere.
"My dears!" said Mastro Bernard bowing to them.
They all walked out the new door.
Munkustrap walked past Mastro Bernard and the old Keeper winked at him.
The Jellicle's prince blinked and looked perplex.
But he hadn't time to even think because the Mastro pushed him outside the room.
A dull thud echoed and Marguerita jumped into Tugger's arms, taking him by surprise.
Tugger backed and almost landed on Jerry.
"Ohi! Look where you... backed!" exclaimed the orange tabby.
Munkustrap, holding Demeter and Electra into his arms, turned to look at Mastro Bernard.
The old Keeper winked at him and nodded to follow him.
Munkustrap looked at his mate.
Demeter shrugged not knowing what to do.
Alonzo looked at Munkustrap, the Jellicle's High Prince sighed and nodded.
Alonzo gave an affermative nod and pushed the other jellicles forward.
Munkustrap let all his tribe pass then he smiled at Demeter and kissed her.
They walked after Mastro Bernard and Munkustrap looked at the old keeper, not knowing what to think about that strange old man.
Starring at him he noticed something that made him blinked several time.
The Mastro was walking straight in front of all the Jellicles, but his figure was trembling like Munkustrap was looking at him through a wall of waters.
Then his aparence shifted into a man with a long, bushy and white beard in which some thin mustache melted.
He had long and wavy white hair, which reached his scapulae.
Two bushy eyebrows bordered a pair of brighting violet eyes.
He had a long dark green robe that reached his ankles.
A simple leather belt hold it and had a little fabric bag hanged at it.
"What?" asked perplex Marguerita's voice
"Who are you? Where is the Keeper?" asked Alonzo jumping seeing him.
The Keeper smiled and turned to look at them.
"I'm the Keeper" he replied " and I'm more than him"
"He looks like an old wizard of my old kind legends" said Marguerita "a very powerful wizard..."
"I was called by many names my lady..." the Mastro said.
"But you haven't been trapped into a crystal?" asked Marguerita.
All the young Jellicles starred at her, perplex.
The Mastro smiled.
"Maybe yes, maybe no" he replied.
Before Marguerita or someone else could say something the Keeper/Wizard walked faster.
They hurried to follow him and looked around for the first time since they had walked through the wall door.
They were in a beautiful wood with the trees trunks shinning like silver.
The leaves, on the trees and on the ground, were golden and emerald.
Birds were singing beautiful melodies.
Marguerita smiled and her eyes brighted.
Tugger smiled and put an arm around her shoulders.
They walked through the woods admiring and drinking the wonderful beauty of that land.
Even the Jellicles were in awe by the perfection of the Nature there.
"It is so...right" said Rumple walking near Alonzo and Tantomille.
The grey queen smiled and nodded gravely.
"It is so quite" said Alonzo admiring the sky through the golden leaves.
"How the Elves will know we are here?" asked Etcetera walking alongside Tugger and Marguerita.
She was hanging to Tugger's belt and was looking around in awe.
They stopped abruptly founding themselves surrounded by many bows with arrows ready to fly.
Tugger, Alonzo and Munkustrap pushed instinctively their mates and the kits behind themselves.
They looked around to see the Elves taking them under fire, their expressions blank.
"You were so loud that we can shoot you in the dark" said a female voice.
Munkustrap turned to his left to see a young elf girl coming down from a thin hillock covered by golden and emerald leaves.
She was a quite tall girl, almost fourteen humans years old.
She was dressed in a green and silver hunting tunic with silver pants.
She had long red dark blond hairs kept at their place by a small half ring plait on her nape.
Her sky blue eyes were sparkling with worries and scanning them all.
Her gaze stopped on Marguerita.
Marguerita shivered but, thanks to the courage the Jellicles had taught her, she didn't look down or away and met the elf's eyes.
The girl elf made a nod and turned to look at the Keeper.
"Wise Keeper why are you keeping this strange mixed people here?" she asked.
Munkustrap noted that none of the elves was moving, quite as they were waiting the girl's orders.
And maybe they were.
The Keeper smiled and moved aside to reveal Old Deuteronomy who was, till then, almost shielded by him.
"I think here there is someone that can answered better than me, my dear" replied the keeper.
Almost all the presents, except for Old Deuteronomy, the Three Consorts, Skimble, Jenny and the Keeper were taken aback by the girl's reaction.
Jerry couldn't help by smirking seeing that even the cool elves raised their eyebow.
They were not moving any other body parts, as well as the Jellicles who didn't left their defending position around the pregnant queens, kits and fresh mothers.
The girl's gaze stopped on the placid physiognomy of the Jellicles Leader then she moved slowly down from her place.
Munkustrap and Alonzo made a move to reach their Leader but Old Deuteronomy stopped them rising a paw.
They stopped looking suspiciously at the girl.
She reached Old Deuteronomy and stopped in front of him.
She bowed to him.
"Forgive me, Great Wise" she said standing back up "I haven't recognize you"
Old Deuteronomy smiled and shook his head.
"No offence taken, my dear" he said.
"Imea Alia Ismel Ljwen na' Imerel" she said.
Munkustrap and Alonzo immediately relaxed as well as a lot of the other protectors.
The Elves put down their bows and left the attacking positions.
Old Deuteronomy smiled and embraced the girl while Jelly and Grizabella smiled motherly at her.
"You grow up" said Exotica coming near her "you bloomed into a beautiful young woman"
The girl smiled and bowed her head to her.
"What she said?" whispered Marguerita to Rumple's ear.
The calico queen smiled.
"She said she is the Royal Princess Alia Ismel Ljwen" she translated.
Marguerita starred at the girl.
So she is the Royal Princess of the Elves.
Alia turned her head towards her.
"You bring an human with you" she stated.
Marguerita wasn't able to understand if there was some resentment in her voice or not.
Tugger grabbed his mate's hand and took her near the elf.
"Yes" replied Old Deuteronomy offering a paw to Marguerita.
Marguerita took the paw and walked near her father in law.
"She is Marguerita, my son Tugger's mate" he presented.
Alia's eyes travelled to Tugger and a curious smile appeared on her dark pink lips.
"You too have grow up, Rum" she said.
Marguerita was surprised hearing the elf calling her mate with a nickname.
Tugger smirked whit a happy sparkle in his eyes.
"And you have turned in a very amazing woman, Lia" he replied "I didn't recognized you"
Marguerita was now really confused, thankfully Demeter come in her help.
"We had met Alia before, but centuries ago, when we were kits" she explained Demeter.
"Yeah and Tugger was always pursuing her" laughed Alonzo.
Marguerita raised an eyebow.
"Hey we were kits" replied Tugger holding his paws up.
Marguerita patted his head and all smiled.
Alia's gaze travelled on the kits, on little Electra into Demeter's arms and to Cassandra and Marguerita's bellies.
Her eyes looked to both Marguerita and Tugger before nodding and smiling knowing.
"Alia danahs Macavity nahe la" said Munkustrap looking into the girl's eyes.
She nodded and looked to three elves behind the jellicles.
They just nodded, knowing what she wanted them to do, and left.
"You have to be tired" she said turning.
"Follow me" she said walking away.
Munkustrap turned to pick Demeter's paw and they followed Old Deuteronomy, the three Consorts and the Keeper after Alia.
So... I made it! I finally found the words to describe this meeting!
For who didn't know elven... here Rumpleteazer's translation
Alia danahs Macavity nahe la Alia Macavity's henchmen were here
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