Elven World
Elven Royal Palace
After a night of rest Marguerita walked into the balcony, outside the room the elves had assigned to her and Tugge,r and looked down.
Elves were all around, walking, chatting or doing some jobs.
They were into a golden and silver wood where houses literally sprang out from the trees.
Only the Royal Palace was formed by beige stones and golden or silver trees.
The walls were made up by the mountain against which it was laying,
The balconies, the windows and the doors jamb were made by willing branches from the trees around it.
She felt someone approaching but she didn't turn, recognizing it.
Tugger embraced her from behind and nuzzled her neck.
His whiskers tickled her bare skin making her giggling.
She leaned her head on his shoulder while his paws travelled on her full belly.
The kit moved under his paws and both the future parents smiled.
"I love you" whispered Tugger in her ear.
"Me too" replied Marguerita looking up from his shoulder and clamming his lips for hers.
They kissed, her back still against his maned chest.
When they parted, they looked back to the elves.
Some jellicles were also walking around and they saw Etcetera, Pounce and Tuble running with the other kits and some elven children.
Marguerita looked down and saw Alia walking with two other elves, a girl and a boy just a bit older than her.
Alia looked up and waved her head smiling at them.
She was wearing a long green robe with a golden fabric belt around her hips.
The other elf girl was wearing a sea blue robe with silver borders and have very long sunny red hair.
Piercing blue eyes were shinning on her white face.
The boy elf had dark long hair framing deep blue eyes.
He was wearing soft silver pants with a long silver green shirt on them.
A silver belt with emerald line completed the outfit.
Tugger smiled charming and Marguerita could see the Elves Princess smiling warmly back.
Marguerita elbowed her mate and he chuckled.
"Are you jealous?" he asked her.
Marguerita huffed and patted his paws, till on her belly.
"No" she replied.
Tugger made her turn and looked deeply into her eyes.
Marguerita cursed into her mind, she couldn't resist him when he did that kitty eyes.
"We were kits, Margue" he told her.
She sighed and rested her cheek against his mane.
The soft golden fur caressed her skin and she sighed.
"I know" she said.
Tugger smiled and hugged her.
"Who are the two elves with her?" she asked "the other girl was so similar to her, they are related?"
Tugger nodded.
"Yes, she is Aisha, Alia older sister and the heir of the Elven throne, and the other is Elia, Aisha boyfriend" he replied.
"Oh" said Marguerita looking back into the yard.
"So King Eral and Queen Astrade have two daughters?" she asked.
"They have also a son, Aisha's twin, Dante" he said "I'm sorry you will not meet him, you will have liked him"
"Where he is?" asked Marguerita intrigued.
Tugger's face darkened and Marguerita almost regretted to have asked.
"He is at the Elven Realm borders" he answered "looking for any Macavity's sign"
Marguerita rose on her tip toe to kiss him.
He replied back, losing himself into the kiss.
Then a silver ring echoed into the wood.
They broken apart and Marguerita looked perplex to her mate.
"The Council" told her Tugger "we have to go"
Marguerita nodded and adjusted her robe.
She was wearing her long, very comfortable, soft-violet dress with large sleeves.
A fabric belt was fastened under her breast, showing her full of life belly.
She caressed her belly, in which the kit moved again, and followed Tugger into the Palace.
She smiled... for a reason she couldn't explain she knew the kit had just leaned his, because she knew he will be a he, cheek against her hand.
Meanwhile Demeter was into the arms of her mate.
They were laying on their bed, into the room assigned to them.
Electra was sleeping into the crib created into a living branch.
Demeter nuzzled her mate's neck and he turned to look at her.
He kissed her, relishing her sweet savour.
She smiled against his lips then pressed a light kiss on them.
"Do you want to talk about it?" she asked.
Munkustrap pressed her against his chest, needing her contact to handle his storming emotions.
She nuzzled him and slowly kissed his chest.
Munkustrap let a soft sight escape from his lips.
Demeter went on kissing him and caressing him, slowly washing away his worries and contrasting emotions.
"I'm afraid Demy" he admitted, kissing her forehead.
Demeter looked up to meet his eyes.
She had felt it, it was her 'gift', but she wanted to let him telling her.
"Why?" she asked softly.
"He is becoming strong" he said.
He sighed again, breathing her sweet scent from her headfur.
"And I didn't like what I did on the train" he added.
"You have no other choice" she remembered him "they would kill all of us"
She could felt he had closed his eyes.
Munkustrap shivered and she felt his emotions rising again like a wild tempest.
She had felt the same confusion and emotional tempest into Macavity...
But this time she wasn't afraid by the tom hosting this tempest.
Because she was sure that Munkustrap would kill himself before hurting her in anyway.
And because she could sensed Munkustrap's determination on not loosing control.
She licked his cheek.
"You did right" she told him firmly.
Munkustrap sighed and rolled onto the other side, giving her his back.
Demeter lifted herself up on her elbow and looked at him from his shoulder.
"Munk... what else?" she asked.
Munkustrap closed his eyes and fought against the urge of cry aloud.
"I... I don't want to do it again" he whispered as tears become to run on his white face.
Demeter slowly pressed her paw on his shoulder and made him turned to face her.
He laid on his back and looked up to her.
Her emerald eyes met his blue's and he could see all her love, care and... determination.
"You will never lost your control" she told him "you are not him"
Munkustrap looked into those emerald eyes then he put a paw on the back of her neck and pulled her closed to him.
They kissed for a long moment.
Then Munkustrap let her go and curled into her arms.
He cried softly, letting his fears and worries being washed away by his mate rocking.
She sang a sweet and calming lullaby till he stopped sobbing.
A silver ring echoed into the air.
Munkustrap stood up and wiped his tears away.
He took a deep breath and turned to look at Demeter.
She smiled seeing the confidence and courage back into his gaze.
"I'm so proud of you" she whispered him.
He put a soft kiss on her lips, Demeter opened hers and the kiss become more deep.
A toc was heard on the door.
Munkustrap groaned in protest and Demeter giggled.
"Come" she said while Munkustrap backed a little annoyed.
A blond female elf entered and lightly bowed to them.
"Your highness, the Council is about to start" she told them.
"Thank you" replied politely Munkustrap standing up from the bed "we are coming"
He offered his paw to Demeter and helped her up from the bed.
"If you want I will look after Princess Electra" the elf offered.
Demeter smiled and nodded.
"Yes please, I will be more relaxed if I know you are with her" she said.
The elf smiled at her and they both walked to the crib.
Demeter picked her daughter up and kissed her forehead.
Munkustrap approached them and caressed the kit's head.
"Be good, El" Demeter told the kit, handing her to the elf.
The woman took motherly the little baby and rocked her.
"Bye my little star" said Munkustrap kissing the kit's cheek.
She meowed softly and stretched into her sleep.
The three adults smiled then Munkustrap and Demeter left the room for the Council.
They walked into a corridor opened on both the long sides with arches made by the branches with some green leaves on them.
They reached a cross with other similar corridors and were reached by Tugger, Marguerita, Alonzo, Cassandra, Tantomille and Jerry.
"The others are waiting for us outside the Council hall" said Coricopat approaching from another corridor holding paws with Plato.
Munkustrap nodded.
"Lets go" he said.
The Council hall was a very large clearing with both stones and branches made up walls.
They were all sitting on beautiful carved wooden chairs, in triple concentric circles.
In the inner circle sat King Eral and his beautiful consort Queen Astrade.
The king was dressed into a long silver robe with an front open long blue gown on it.
His long black hairs were loosen on his back and a golden leaf tiaras rested on his forehead.
The queen was wearing a long creamy dress with golden embroideries.
She had the same tiaras of her mate on her red long hairs.
At the king side sat Old Deuteronomy with Grizabella, Jellylorum and Exotica.
Old Deuteronomy wore a soft-creamy and grey gown, Grizabella wore a long black and silver skirt.
Both Jellylorum and Exotica wore large pants, the first creamy with golden trims and the latter brown and black.
At the Queen side sat the other members of the Elven Council, starting with Princess Aisha and her future mate Elia, Princess Alia and then the highest elven members both women and men.
At Exotica side sat Munkustrap with Demeter at his side.
Demeter had a soft pair of golden pants with a black belt fastened around her waist.
T her side there were Tugger and Marguerita, Coricopat and Plat,o and Tantomille.
Marguerita was still dressed into her soft-violet robe while Tantomille was wearing a long grey pearl skirt.
Munkustrap and the other three toms were dressing into their uniform pants.
Beside Old Deuteronomy sat Skimbleshanks, Jennyanydots and Knock with his mate.
At Jennyanydots side sat Rumpleteazer, Jerry with other Jellicles Council members.
They had been joined by some other members of the other Jellicles tribes.
Among them, much to Tantomille and Rumpleteazer disgust, Dimitri the Russian Jellicles' chief.
Both Rumpleteazer and Tantomille had sat away from him, thanking the fact he was caught by Billy another Jellicles from the American tribe and almost forced to sit next to him and away from the queens.
The other chairs of the second and the third circles were taken by other Jellicles and Elven Council members.
They began to discuss of Macavity's problem almost immediately.
They talked a lot about what would be his next move, which World he would target first.
Dimitri looked around, a smirk of disgust on his face.
"I think he will look for the Humans" he said.
"What make you think so, Dimitri?" asked Billy at his side
"Humans are still unaware of our existence... well all except for our Princess" the American Jellicle added bowing his head to Marguerita with a smile.
Marguerita smiled back at him.
Dimitri snorted.
"Indeed" he said "and this is why he will target them" he said.
"Dimitri has the point" admitted Coricopat forcing to not sighing at this stunning thing.
"Yes and they will be an easy target" added a blond elf.
Munkustrap remembered his name was Lewron.
"So if you all are correct we have to guard close the humans" said King Elar.
He turned to look at Old Deuteronomy who nodded in agreement.
"We can plan some strategy..." the Jellicle Leader started before he was cut by Dimitri.
"I'm sorry, Wise Old Deuteronomy" he said "but why lose time with this useless task?"
"Useless?" asked perplex Skimbleshanks.
"Yes High Adviser" replied Dimitri "I think we have to concentrate on protecting the Jellicles, Elven and Goblin border while we still can"
"But in this way we will let the humans to Macavity's reach" said Munkustrap startled by the horror of that idea.
"I think we have to not spare our forces" replied Dimitri "and defending humans...besides they were less than deserving our protection"
"What?" a lot of Jellicles and Elves exclaimed.
"Lord Dimitri is right" said surprisingly one of the elves "we have not to focus on the humans"
"Yes" said another Jellicles "I too didn't think the Humans till deserve our protection"
"They had cut their connection with Nature" said another elf.
"Yes and they were destroying their own home!" said a close follower of Dimitri.
Marguerita felt his blood rising up while Dimitri was smiling pleased by the way the council was taking.
"Maybe Macavity will be able to teach them some sense" Dimitri let drop into the conversation in a very sophisticated manner.
"How you dare?" asked Marguerita from her sat.
She looked at the Russian Jellicle with blazing eyes.
"I'm not counting you in the number, my Lady" Dimitri said with a false praising voice.
Tugger hissed but Marguerita spook before him.
"How you dare? You are condemning a whole World for the actions of few" she growled.
Tugger turned to look at her, amused how she was beautiful in her anger.
"Few my Lady?" asked Dimitri sceptical "if is so they had to be very powerful to be ruining their world like that!"
Some Jellicles and Elves had to admit he was right.
"But you can't see?" she asked them.
All turned to look at them.
"Human kind is still able to great act of altruism. Look at the doctors who fight against illness and struggled to save the others life... not taking anything back than the smile of who they saved" she said.
"Look at the people who still believe in freedom and fight for it" she continued "look to who died to save the others, to make them free, to make them live their lives."
"Look to a mother who will do anything to protect her children" she said "I say that till there was a single mother on that World who was willing to gave her life for his child's, we have the duty to protect them... till they were able to look again at themselves without feeling ashamed"
All the persons who had spook against the Humans lowered their head, uncomfortable.
All but Dimitri.
The Russian Jellicle was angry the Council was now going away from the path he wanted.
He hissed and looked at Marguerita.
"I presumed even the men that had assaulted you were deeply good" he said.
Marguerita shivered at the memories and curled against Tugger's side.
"Shut up Dimitri! This time you had go too far!" Tugger growled.
Dimitri smirked but one of the other Russian Jellicles put a paw on his arms.
"Stop here, Dimitri" he hissed "you are exaggerating!"
Dimitri snorted and badly moved away his arm from his colleague's grip.
"But I hit the point, didn't I?" he asked looking at Marguerita.
Before anyone could replied he stood up.
"I'm sorry for bringing up to our loved Princess that bad memory but I want her to remember that she was the only human worthy to live left!" he said.
He looked to Marguerita.
"And I think that this is why the Everlasting brought her to us" he said.
Marguerita looked into his eyes and she saw he didn't mean it.
"Marguerita's family was worthy" said Tantomille "or she couldn't have been so kind and sweet having so much power"
Dimitri turned to look at the young Princess.
"My Lady, I'm sorry to remember you that our Princess Marguerita had lost all her family" he said.
Demeter couldn't bear no more his false caring behaviour and hissed.
Dimitri turned to look at her and Demeter immediately knew he was going to tell something bad to her.
She looked into his eyes then she began to live again her trauma's memory.
She shivered and Munkustrap quickly turned to look at her.
He saw all her fears coming back into her gaze and hugged her.
He hadn't noticed Dimitri and failed to notice his smirk at Demeter's reaction.
All the presents failed.
"Lord Dimitri is right" said an elf standing up.
"No he isn't" replied a jellicle standing up as well.
"We have not to help the Humans" said another jellicle standing up.
"We have, they are like children!" said an elf standing up.
"Humans are like traitors!" said an elf Munkustrap recognize as the Adviser Eladesel.
"No! They are still worth of our protection!" said Skimbleshanks standing up and looking into Eladesel' eyes.
Munkustrap was taken aback by this, Skimbleshanks and Eladesel used to be friend and never had gone into a fight in centuries.
Munkustrap hold Demeter's paw and looked sorrowfully as his fellows and the elves jumped out the chairs and began to argue.
Opposite to them both Aisha and Elia were sitting, looking as sad as the two jellicles.
Only Old Deuteronomy, his Consorts, Eral and Astrade, were still sitting and silent, all the others were arguing, disputing and the voice's levels were high.
Even Tugger had stood up with a now recovered Marguerita.
Demeter took a deep breath as Munkustrap's emotions flew on her.
He had a deadly look on his face while he was looking at the arguing council.
Demeter squeezed Munkustrap's paw and he turned to look at her.
She gave him a small smile and nodded encouraging him.
Munkustrap sighed and caressed her paw.
Demeter felt her hear squeezed for her mate but she knew she had to be strong for him now.
She went close to his face and kissed him.
Munkustrap kissed her back, taking back all his confidence and force.
Then he turned to look at the council fight.
"Stop it" said Munkustrap standing up from his chair.
He looked around to the arguing elves and jellicles with sorrowful eyes.
He walked almost into the middle of the circles.
While he walked even the last murmur stopped.
"We once were in harmony" he said looking around at the now silent council.
"We fought together, side to side" he continued "never stabbing in each other side"
Elia stood up as well and walked at Munkustrap's side.
"Munkustrap is right" he said looking in his old friend's blue eyes.
Munkustrap could see understanding and friendship in the elf's.
Elia turned to look at the council.
"What happened to you?" he asked.
"Darkness" replied Aisha from her chair.
All turned to look at her.
"Macavity's power has began to reach even this place" whispered Demeter.
The council's members turned to look at her.
Both the Princesses looked at each other.
They knew what Macavity was doing, they sensed it.
He was sending hatred, hate, mistrust and anger among them.
"Separated we are week" explained Demeter.
"United he can't break us" continued Aisha.
All the council's members lowered their gaze, ashamed.
"The lads are right" said Skimbleshanks walking towards Eladesel and bowing lightly to him.
"I'm sorry" he said.
The elf stopped him from bowing and helped him up.
"No, my friend" he replied with a shy smile "It's me who had to be sorry"
They put their hand/paw on each other shoulder and smiled friendly.
Soon every jellicles and every elves was asking sorry to each others.
Well all except Dimitri and a few more Jellicles and Elves who went silent to sit again.
Old Deuteronomy and Eral looked at each other, worried.
After some seconds Old Deuteronomy nodded and turned to look at his three mates who smiled at him in agreement.
King Eral turned as well to look at his own mate.
Queen Astrade smiled at him and rose up an hand to hold his.
She nodded and King Eral turned to look at the Council.
"We have seen what Macavity's powers are now capable of" he said looking around the council.
His voice was grave.
"And we all know that all the leaving beings have to be protected from evil" he added.
The Elven King looked at each of the presents, as he was looking into their souls.
"Old Deuteronomy and me think we should help and protect the Humans as all our borders" he said.
He looked at Old Deuteronomy who nodded.
"Who agree with this decision?" King Eral asked.
Paws and hands began to rise up.
Marguerita felt her heart beating fast as she looked to the Council members taking their decision.
She rose her hand up as did all the Jellicles Prices and Princesses.
Skimbleshanks, Jennyanydots, Mungojerry and Rumpleteazer rose their paws too.
The Leaders waited to have all the members took their decision then all the five rose up their paws or hands.
King Eral looked around, his hand rose up, and saw the much more of the majority had agree with the decision.
"So it is decided" he said "we will help the Jellicles to fight Macavity and protect the Humans"
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