A/N: Make sure you've read "A Grand Night Out" before you read this. It's part of how it ties in and makes it a companion piece. Originally, "Grand Night Out" was chapter seven of "Funny Things" (it helped along the side plot of the Alonzo/Jemima relationship) but I decided to make it it's own story, because it didn't really go with the Misto plot. Anyways, enjoy!

"I'm tellin' you guys! He said he got it, but he wouldn't give it to me!" Alonzo complained to Pouncival and Tumblebrutus as they walked down the street in Victoria Grove later that morning.

"He said he got what?" Tumblebrutus was still confused even though Alonzo had explained it about three times.

"I'm still not even sure!" Alonzo bellowed. "I asked Mungojerrie to grab me a nice ruby bracelet on his next, erm, 'outing,' so I could give it to Jemima so she'd like me. And 'Jerrie said he got it, but for some inexplicable reason, he couldn't give it to me! Something about 'Teazer likes it too much' and 'no payment.'"

"So why are we going there?" Tumble still needed to know.

"So I can plead with him for my bracelet!"

"Hey, you shouldn't have promised him my last can of tuna! It's not even yours, for Heavyside's sakes!" Pouncival argued.

Alonzo rolled his eyes. "Well, how was I supposed to know the two of you would go through an entire case in two days? I figured there would be plenty left to share!"

"It wasn't even yours to begin with..." Pouncival muttered under his breath.

Alonzo stopped in front of Pouncival. "What was that?" he queried.

"I just said -"

"What was that?" Tumblebrutus interrupted.

Alonzo scowled. "I already asked that!"

"No, no, I heard something else. Listen!" he said and cupped his paw to his ear. Lo and behold, a faint cry could be heard. It seemed to be a queen's voice, and it was calling for help! "C'mon guys! That girl needs our help." Tumble called, and started running in the direction the cry was coming from.

"Oh, alright," Alonzo reluctantly acquiesced as he started to follow his friend. "But later we are going to go to 'Jerrie an' 'Teazer's place!"

When the trio finally found the source of the disturbance, they couldn't help but utter a small chuckle. Victoria was stuck on the roof of her mansion, desparately mewing for help to get down! It was pretty pathetic, though still sort of funny. The three of them just weren't used to seeing a queen like Victoria, so regal and innocent, stuck in such a helpless situation, never mind how she must have gotten up there in the first place! It was enough to make you want to go hide and laugh your tail off!

Victoria heard snickering, and carefully peered down at the ground far below to try to see who it was without falling off. When she finally recognized the toms who had come to her rescue, she called, "Hey, guys! This isn't funny! Please help me get down!"

Pouncival, between chuckles, called back, "Yeah, Vicks, we will, but first, how the heck did you get up there?!"

"None of your business!"

The three toms looked at each other, shrugged in perfect unison, and started to walk away. Victoria hastily called back, "No! Wait! Don't go! I still need help!"

"I thought it was none of our business!" Tumblebrutus called over his shoulder.

"No, it's okay, I'll tell you! You just have to help me get down first!"

Alonzo, smirking, cried, "No way! You have to tell us the entire story first! Then we'll get you down!"

Victoria contemplated for a moment. She supposed anything was better than staying on her roof all day in the baking sun, so she said, "All right! I'll tell you guys."

Pouncival mouthed to his friends, "Works every time," as they looked upward to listen to Victoria tell why in the world she was stranded on her roof.

Without looking directly at them, Victoria yelled down her explanation: "Misto came over, and we were, well, you know, having fun! And he brought me up here to look at the stars. And we were staring at them for hours, and then we fell asleep. But when I woke up, Misto wasn't there anymore, and he didn't say anything about leaving, and now I'm stuck! So will you guys PLEASE get me DOWN?!"

This explanation wiped all the amusement off of Alonzo's face (though it didn't do anything to Pouncival or Tumblebrutus, who still thought the entire idea was hilarious). "That's not like Misto," Alonzo muttered, "He wouldn't leave a queen stranded like that. Especially not Victoria!"

Though they still thought it was funny, instead of musing over why Mistoffelees had done that, Pounce and Tumble were now trying to think of ways to get the poor stranded queen down. "Do you think she could jump down?" Tumblebrutus asked.

"No way," Pounce said. "That mansion must be at least four stories high!"

"Uh uh! It can't be more than three!" Tumble retorted. "Hey, Vicks," he called, "How many stories is your place?"

"It's four stories!" was the frustrated reply.

Pouncival smiled evilly. "Toldja," he said. "Maybe we should just figure out how exactly they got up there, and then she could just do it the other way around."

"'Kay," Tumble answered. "Hey Vicks," he called again. "How exactly did you get up there, again?"

"Misto brought me up!"

"How?"

"He did something magic!"

"Oh." That was not particularly helpful.

"Okay, guys, here's the plan," Alonzo announced. "I'll go get Misto and bring him back so he can come get her down. In the meantime, you guys try to figure out another way to get her down, in case I can't find him."

"'Kay." Pounce and Tumble chorused, and Alonzo set off for the junkyard while the two of them racked their little brains to think of a solution to the still hilarious problem.

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