The Scene

"Diddledee!" Macavity yelled, "You're not suppose to leave the tunnels! Diddledee! Diddledee!" his voice became a whimpery whisper, "Diddledee?" when he received no response his brow furrowed and he walked out into the junkyard, th cats who hated him, his father's domain.

Macavity's eyes took in everything around him, from the trashcan to the old shoe. Soon he came upon a box he knew all to well to be his brother Munkustrap's box. He peeked inside; no one was there. Breathing a sigh of relief Macavity continued. A couple of minutes later he came upon a group of kittens playing under the watchful eye of the gold queen Demeter, his brother's mate. Diddledee was one of the kittens.

Taking a deep breath he walked toward them. At the sound of footsteps Demeter turned, her eyes widened with fear when she saw Macavity. Then Diddledee saw him.

"Daddy!" Diddledee cried and ran toward him, but she was cuffed down by the queen who looked like her mother. She didn't understand that was her father, slowly she looked at the other kittens. They were standing as if they were afraid to move, then the queen spoke.

"Macavity! Why don't you leave us in peace? Go back to your realm!" she yelled at him, her fur flushed with fury and eyes wide with fear.

"Demeter, I will leave you alone, as soon as I get what is mine," Macavity told the angry queen. Walking toward the kittens he smiled.

"Stay away from them!" Demeter yelled.

"Afraid?" Macavity called back teasingly, and picked Diddledee up.

"Put her down!" Demeter screamed hysterically.

"No," Macavity said through Diddledee's gold hair around her neck and with a swish of his ginger tail he walked away. When they passed his brother's house something silver struck him in the back. Whirling around Macavity dropped Diddledee, "Munkustrap."

"Macavity, stay back Apollo," the silver tom told the silver and black kitten Diddledee noticed stood by him. To her he said, "What are you waiting for? Run!" nervously Diddledee moved closer to her father. Reminded of his kitten Macavity once again picked her up and, thiis time, lazily ran in the direction of their home.

Munkustrap sat, totally mystified. Was what just happened what he thought just happened? Did Macavity, his demon brother, just run away from a fight? As he pondered what this meant his son Apollo came slowly toward him.

"Who was that Dad?" Apollo asked.

"That was my oldest brother, Macavity," the silver tom told his son, "he went rogue because he couldn't stand the thought of being in charge of all the Jellicles. He's now our worst enemy." Munkustrap suddenly remembered the kitten, "the kitten! He has her!"

"Why didn't she run?" Apollo asked, but before Munkustrap could anwser Demeter was there.

"Macavity was here...has kittens...didn't stop him..." Demeter gasped, shaking from head to tail.

"I know," Munkustrap told his mate in a soothing tome, "I caught him when he went by, he dropped her and-"

"So she's okay? I'm so glad, "Demeter breathed.

"No, he has her."

"But you said he dropped her, didn't she run away?"

"No, that's what's bothering me, she stayed." Munkustrap looked at his mate, "who is she?"

"What's wrong with you?!" Macavity yelled, "you know its not safe to go out there! For you or me! Why did you do it?" Macavity's yells turned to sobs, "Why did you do it?" Diddledee nosed her father.

"Daddy? Its okay, I'm okay."

"Yes, you're okay."