There was no sound of animals that could be heard. Only the sound of wind that was slowly flying through the air and through his mind. His body was lying on the ground surrounded by his blood. With the help of his arms Mistoffelees raised his stomach and his face from the ground and leaned back against the big rock.
-I have… to get up… I will… find her!- he shuddered just thinking that Cassandra was with that monster.
Mistoffelees tried to get up but he was too weak to move a single muscle.
-Ah goddammit!-he shouted as tears started falling from his eyes. His head was resting on his knees who were involved by his arms. He was hurt, he was weak, there was nothing he could do. A paw lifted his chin up and cleaned his tears away. Mistoffelees couldn't believe his eyes. Right in front of him, sitting on her knees, was a queen that looked a lot like him surrounded by a light.
-M… mom?- he said still crying.
-Yes my little angel. It's me.- she said with a soft tone on her voice.
-Am I dead?
-No, sweetheart you're not. I am the one who's dead but if you stay here leaned against that rock you will join me and your father.
-Mom, there's nothing I can do. I can't move, I'm cold, I'm hopeless.- he explained.
-You're hopeless only if you think you are. You tried to get up, but you fell. You will never get up if you don't keep trying. Think about her. Think that she right in front of you and you want to hug her so badly.
-I want so much more, than to just hug her. I want to be with her forever. I want us to build our new home and to have kittens and watch them grow. I will save her from Macavity no matter what it costs. I will get up!- he shouted and it looks like Lily gave him her paw to get up but once he got up, she wasn't there anymore.- Mom? Mom?- he looked around but and heard her voice in his head. "That's it my little angel. Your love for her his stronger than any obstacle. Remember that once you face Macavity and I am sure that you will save her." Now he heard his father saying "Son we couldn't be prouder. Remember that above all we love you and your siblings. Now go on and show Macavity what you're made of!"
Mistoffelees smiled and thanked them. He closed his eyes and focused on figuring out a spell to end his physical pain.
-Deireadh pian.- he pronounced and suddenly all the injuries in his body disappeared. He felt relieved. He looked at his bag and pronounced a spell so that the bag would go back to the tree house, just in case.
He walked on to where Macavity and his stupid cats disappeared and closed his eyes again. When he was young, his father told him that by locating the place where someone teleported, he could absorb its power with his mind and teleport himself to where the other one went. It wasn't an easy task but it was the only thing that would lead him to Macavity. With his eyes closed he thought about the words and pronounced them:
-Ansin mé!
In a couple of seconds he disappeared from the forest and landed on a cave. Stalagmites were everywhere and every wall had a lighted torch. A thunder cracked outside and a group of bats left the cage, scarring Mistoffelees. A storm was about to begin. Mistoffelees quickly entered in the cave. At the entrance there were 3 paths. One to the left, one in the middle and one to the right. He had no idea with way was the right, so he crouched and tried to find Cassandra's scent. Her scent gave walks toward the right way. He followed her scent through the right way relying on the stalagmites. He couldn't hear anything inside the cage. "Hum I better be careful." He continued walking until he heard someone talking. He looked around and hid himself behind a big stalagmite. Two of Macavity's servants showed up carrying each one a bag.
-I'm telling you. After this I'm done. I'm tired of this crappy job.- said one of them.
-Can you please stop complaining? Look today we get paid and tomorrow we leave this place forever, ok? But first I want to see what he is going to do with her. After all it's not every day that we have a show here right?-the other smirked.
-Oh yeah. C'mon let's get this thing done!- he said and both of them walked away to the entrance.
Mistoffelees slightly came out and continued walking. "I need to get her out of here today!" He went all the way until the end and found himself in a big circular room with plenty of "doors" to more rooms. He began to look room to room and found Cassandra in the second room in a big cage.
-Cassandra!-he ran to her.
-Mistoffelees?- she tried to crawl to him but her paws and feet were tied.- The keys! Those idiots left them behind that big rock.
-I'll get them.- Mistoffelees ran to the rock and grabbed the keys.- Ah crap, I've got six different keys.
He went back to the cage and tried all the keys and tried all of them. The first one was way too small for the whole, the second one was broken, but the third one was the one that opened the cage. Mistoffelees got in and untied Cassandra's paws and feet. Cassandra gave him a big kiss in his lips and hugged him tightly.
-I thought I lost you.- she said in tears.
-Hey, hey. It's all right. I'm here now. C'mon let's get out of here and go home.
She nodded and kissed him again. Both of them got up and safely left the cage, but when they were outside in the grass…
-Oh well well, look who have we here, my friends. Well Mistoffelees, I am surprised that you're still alive, however I don't think that this time you will make it.- said Macavity.
-I don't care if I get out of here alive or dead. All that I want is Cassandra to be safe even if it costs my life.- he prepared himself to start the fight. He his paw he made a move to Cassandra telling her to step back.
-If you wish so, let's finish this.- Macavity did not waste a single moment and jumped on Mistoffelees to attack him.
Mistoffelees was fast enough dodged the attack, but Macavity was faster and more experienced and quickly attacked him again with a big scratch in Mistoffelees' shoulder and a punch in the face that dropped him down. Mistoffelees took this chance and has he fell, he somersaulted backwards and punched him so hard that Macavity fell on backwards. This gave Mistoffelees enough time to charge sparks and to throw them to Macavity but he saw the sparks coming but he made a rebound spell and the sparks hit Mistoffelees and he cried in pain.
-Damnaigh sé!- pronounced Macavity which meant "curse him".
-Sheachaint! –and Mistoffelees dodged.
And so the fight continued for long minutes and in the end both of them were tired and had wounds in their bodies. Macavity punched Mistoffelees once in the stomach and once in the face and the tired tom fell again. Cassandra ran to him but he told her not to and she obeyed.
-You know you cannot beat me. Your pathetic magic tricks cannot be compared to my high magic skills. You can't even move. After I kill you I'll make your little girlfriend my slave forever. In the day she will wash my floor and at nigh… who knows?- Macavity took a step back. Mistoffelees was getting really angry.- Now Mistoffelees prepare yourself to face the destiny you and you should have faced a long time ago.- Macavity prepared himself to pronounce the spell that you take Mistoffelees' life.
But the thought that his parents were dead because of him, that Cassandra would be Macavity's slave for the rest of her life and that they would not return home and stay together forever, all this gave him anger and strength to finish this battle and save her. He quickly got up and charged the most powerful sparks that he had ever done and threw them to Macavity. Macavity fell on the ground and Mistoffelees quickly ran back to Cassandra, took her paw and he teleported them back to the tree house, but Macavity got up before they disappeared and by magic threw an extremely sharp knife that was also teleported with them.
