Hello again! I'm really really sorry about the delay, in fact I had planned to add the second chapter about a week after the first one but my computer decided to take some holidays and I've been disconnected all this time :'( but here it is at last, I hope you enjoy it.
Note to Demigold: You read my mind! I wonder what Pepe would think of this if he read it... And great idea, you being the producer;)
Disclaimer: I don't own Cats. If I did, I will collect all the fics and I will make a TV serie with all of them, starring the Spanish cast.
Plato walked during all the morning, and then, at midday, he found Pouncival and Tumblebrutus talking in their favourite hideout: The inside of an old red car.
"Hi" The brown tom said,coming in the car through a window.
"Hey, Plato" Pouncival replied "Have you found a pair for tonight?"
"Not yet" He answered sadly. "What about you two?"
"We've been lucky. The queens hadn't got up when we reached their den this morning. We both have a pair, and so has Alonzo."
"Who are the lucky ones then?" Plato wondered.
"I asked Jemima" Pouncival said, "But she's going to the Ball with Mistoffelees, so after that I asked Electra and she said she'll be glad to come with me."
"That's great" Plato added. "And you, Brutus? Who's going to be your mate tonight?"
"Etcetera" The white and brown tom answered. "At first she was too shy to say yes, I think she hoped to go with Tugger, but then I asked again and she agreed to come with me"
"And Alonzo? He got Demeter at last?" Plato asked, curious.
"No, Demeter is going with Munkustrap again" Pouncival said, "So he asked Cassandra instead."
"I don't understand why Alonzo likes her. She's so... so..."
"Mystical? Misterious?" Plato suggested. "Anyway, at least Alonzo can choose the one he likes. He has no problem with being accepted by queens." He sighed.
"Don't worry" Tumblebrutus said, "You'll find a pair for tonight, and she'll be great, I'm sure"
Alonzo shouted to them through the car's window:
"Pouncival! Tumblebrutus! Come on, we have to go to Munkustrap's den to tell him we have a mate for tonight! Hurry up!" The black and white tom added, "We're already late!"
"Sorry Lonzie" Pouncival said laughing, and then, to Plato, "See you, and good luck!"
"Bye" The brown cat said, as the two young toms got out through the window. Then he sat under the driver's seat and he fall asleep.
When he woke up, the sun was nearly hiding and everything around him was shining with a reddish light. He felt a little drowsy when he got out the red car. The brown tom was hungry, so he started searching for some food. He was looking around the car when he saw something sparkling under a banana peel. He walked towards the spark he could see, and moved the peel aside. Under it, there was a beautiful pink collar with some white jewels. He stared at it, wondering who could have been so silly to throw such a lovely thing away. He picked it up and returned to the car.
Plato was sitting under the driver's seat when he heard some voices passing by: They were Rum Tum Tugger and Bombalurina on their way to the place where the Jellicle Ball was about to begin. He didn't pay very much attention to them, and he looked at the pink collar. It was on the dashboard, and the light coming through the front glass made the inside of the car look like as if a thousand stars were shining in the ceiling. The brown tom was delighted looking at the brilliant spots, when finally the sun stopped shining and the moon colud be seen in the sky. Now the car looked like a cave, for everything was dark.
The brown tom climbed to the driver's seat and looked through the window. He was staring at darkness, when a white shape appeared outside the car. At first, he concealed himself under the seat, but after a moment of silence, he could hear someone sobbing outside. He looked through the window and he saw an enterely white caat, standing near an old tyre.
"Are you all right?" Plato asked.
"Who's there?" The white cat asked, looking around. It was a young queen, probably not older than Jemima or another young queen of the Jellicle Tribe.
"Here, in the red car. My name's Plato"
"Oh, sorry" The white cat said. "I didn't know there was someone there."
"You OK?" Plato asked again.
"Yes, I'm fine" The queen said, rubbing her eyes. "It's just I think... I think I'm lost" She added.
"Come here, please" Plato told her. "Maybe I can help you"
The white cat started walking towards the old car, and she leapt inside. After that, she sat on one of the free seats.
"What are you looking for?" The brown tom asked.
"I'm searching for Old Deuteronomy" The queen replied. "My mom told me he is the leader of the Jellicles and I want to join the Tribe."
"You're not far from him. I am a Jellicle, I can help you find Deuteronomy. Besides, tonight it's the Jellicle Ball. But you can't participate if you don't have a pair" Plato added.
"I guess you're waiting for your pair?" The white cat asked shyly.
"Well... I haven't got a mate for the Ball tonight. None of the Jellicle queens seems to like me."
"Do you want to come with me?" The queen asked.
Plato was suddenly surprised by that question.
"I... I'm afraid I don't know your name yet..." He replied.
"Oh, sorry... My name's Victoria. Would you like to go to the Ball with me?" She repeated.
"Yes! Of course!" The brown tom was really happy – He had found a mate! He could go to the Jellicle Ball! "Well... I meant, yes, please"
"That's great" Victoria said, smiling broadly. "Let's go, shouldn't we?"
"Wait a minute" Plato remembered the pink jewelled collar he had found before. He picked it from the dashboard and held it to Victoria. "Would you like to wear this tonight?" He asked timidly.
"Oh Plato, it's beautiful!" the queen said, putting on her new collar. "How do I look?" She asked.
"You look splendid" Plato answered. "Now, let's go to the Jellicle Ball!"
And they started walking together.
