Once they arrived, the cats were met with cold now against their fur and bone biting winds. "Holy Heaviside!" Elina said, hugging onto Tantomile for warmth. She had experienced winter before, but never like this.
"It feels like a blizzard!" one of Alonzo's and Cassandra's little ones, Elvira, said as she hugged her brothers for warmth.
"Look, over there!" Admetus said, pointing to a huge three floor log cabin that had lights on.
"That must be it, let's go!" Old Deuteronomy said. (Yeah, he's still here. I couldn't just kill him off, I love the big furry guy!)
They made their way to the cabin and quickly savored the warmth that welcomed them. Inside was a huge living room with about couches and a few chairs, a huge fireplace, next to that was a huge kitchen enough to fit twenty people.
"Whoa..." Elina said as she looked around, she'd never seen anything like it. Without realizing it, she started to explore.
"Sweet warmth!" Gail, one of Jemima and Mungojerrie's twins said, quickly sliding over to the fireplace. Some of the other cats joined him, eager to get warm.
"How many rooms are there?" Elina asked quietly, looking at the halls that seemed like a maze. How many cats were staying here? She assumed it was just them.
Tugger sat down on one of the couches, sighing. "I wonder why Andrew chose Alaska of all places...why not Florida? or California?" he asked. What he said got Elina's attention.
"Andrew?" she asked quietly, who was Andrew? Was he a cat too? Why hadn't they mentioned him before?
"Hello, Jellicles!"
The voice alone made all their heads turn, Munkustrap smiled and bowed a bit.
"Sir Andrew."
"I take it you're all enjoying the view." a man with a suit and graying hair said as he stepped down the stairs, smiling at the cats as he did. "It's wonderful, thank you." Munkustrap said politely.
"Excellent." Andrew said as he stood before the Jellicles then smiled as he saw the new batch of kittens. "I see your tribe has gotten bigger since the last time you and I talked, Deuteronomy." he said.
"Oh yes, I'm a great grandtom now." Deuteronomy said with a smile, then decided to introduce to have Munk introduce Jemima's little ones. "Gail, Mahina, come to grandtom." Munkustrap said. Gail and Mahina quickly ran to Munkustrap, hugging him.
"This is Gail, he has a bit of an accent from his father." Munkustrap said, shooting a wink to Mungojerrie, who chuckled a bit. "And this is Mahina, she got her beauty and singing voice from her mother." Munkustrap said, smiling proudly at Jemima who smiled shyly.
"Pleased to mee' ya!" Gail said, nodding. "Hi." Mahina said shyly. "Hello you two." Andrew said, smiling.
Elina was so curious. What kind of cat was Andrew? Before she could ask, the door flew open, revealing a man in thick winter clothing. Andrew smiled widely.
"Jacob!" he said happily.
"Hey Andrew! jeez, it's bad out there..." the man said, revealing he heavily resembled Misto. Once he hung his coat, he turned around and saw the Jellicles. "HOLY CRAP!" he yelled, jumping back a bit.
"Hi to you too." Tugger said sarcastically.
"A-Andrew, are those...?" Jacob asked nervously. "Yes, they are, Jacob." Andrew said casually. He then urged Misto to step forward, to which the tux did. "Jacob, this is Mr. Mistoffelees, you will be getting to know him so you can get in character." Andrew said.
"Call me Misto." Misto smiled as he held his paw out. Jacob slowly nodded and shook his paw.
"Another one?" Elina thought, what kind of cats were these? Were there lots of them?
Slowly one by one, more people started arriving (freaking out whenever they saw the Jellicles, to which Tugger rolled his eyes). Each one got introduced to the Jellicle they were playing, but not all of them had arrived.
The last one in had a thick black coat, gloves and boots, he shook himself off. "Frickin' snow..." he muttered, "Webber, you better have a good reason you...you..." he stopped mid rant when he saw the Jellicles. "Oh god, please tell me this is a joke..." he said. Elina widened her eyes, was it her or was this one...cute?
"I'm afraid not, Bryn...Plato." Andrew said. Plato smiled and gently slid his kitten, Placido, off his lap and into Victoria's, stepping forward. "Bryn, this is Plato, you'll be playing both him and Macavity." Andrew said. Plato smiled and stuck his paw out, Bryn raised an eyebrow and slowly took it.
After he got settled, that's when he noticed Elina. "Hey, which cat do you play?" he asked. "Uh...I don't play a cat..." Elina said confusedly. "Then what the hell are you even doing here?" he asked almost coldly, making her wince.
"Bryn." Andrew said warningly, then smiled gently at the girl. "I've heard of you...Elina right? Coricopat and Tantomile's girl?" he asked. Elina nodded slowly, he had heard of her? When? How?
That's when she realized something, these...people had looked a lot like her. Were they...special like her?
Without realizing it, she was looking Andrew over, then widened her eyes and grinned.
"You don't have them either!" she said, getting excited.
Well...how was that? Looking back at the old version, I've improved in my writing, which I'm proud of.
But what is Elina getting excited about? What doesn't Andrew have?
R&R please!
