Chapter 12: The Jellicle Ball

[The Jellicle Ball]

The cats and heroes all started to slowly dance. As the music progressed, the dancing began to pick up. The heroes were starting to enjoy themselves as they danced. Old Deuteronomy watched from afar as the cats and heroes split as Quaxo, Alonzo and Tumblebrutus began to dance alone, attracting the flirting attention of Bombalurina. Pouncival flipped in to join the dance. Cassandra cartwheeled in, earning herself a dance with Alonzo.

As Quaxo, Pouncival and Tumblebrutus stopped, Bombalurina began dancing by herself. Soon, she was joined by Cassandra, Etcetera, Demeter and Tantomile. Hermione, Luna, Carmelita and Intress joined in too. Tugger, Alonzo, Admetus, Coripocat, Plato, Ron, Neville, Sly and Maxxor slowly danced their way towards their partners as they continued dancing. Each set of partners danced together before the males carried their partner away. Quaxo and Pouncival stepped out and started dancing again as several other cats and heroes danced behind them.

As the dancing continued, Old Deuteronomy stepped out into the middle of the stage. The cats and heroes all started dancing around him in a circle. As Old Deuteronomy made it back to his seat, Victoria started dancing in front of the others until they all stood together in the light of the Jellicle Moon. Just then, as the cats and heroes all parted, Victoria was approached by Plato and they slowly danced together. Skimble crawled over and joined them as the cats all started pairing up and circling around them. "What is this dance?" Angelina asked. "It's the pas de deux. Our traditional mating dance. The cats choose a partner and dance together before we circle together a nap." Munkustrap explained as the cats all settled down to nap. "Wow. That's really romantic." Intress said. "Yes, it is." Ginny said.

Just then, Coripocat and Tantomile jolted up, sensing something. Quaxo sensed it too. Skimble came up and started sniffing the air. As Munkustrap joined them, the cats all separated. "What's eating them?" Seamus asked. "Someone must be here." Ron said. "But who is it?" Sarah asked. Just then, Quaxo pointed up. Grizabella was spying on them from afar. "It's Grizabella." Hermione said. "She was watching us." Tom said. Alerted to Grizabella's presence, Alonzo ran up and scared her off. "Hey, that was rude!" Hermione exclaimed. "No time to argue, Hermione. Everyone's starting to dance again." Harry said.

The heroes rejoined the cats as they started to dance a bit more spectacular than before. After Grizabella left, the whole stage went dark with moonlight. The cats and heroes split into 2 groups and skipped past each other. Munkustrap, Harry, Tugger, Parvati and Cassandra skipped down the middle. As the dancing continued, Quaxo, Pouncival, Alonzo and Plato took center and danced on their own for a bit. As Quaxo and Pouncival headed off, Munkustrap, Harry, Ron, Admetus, Sly, Tom, Kaz and Coripocat joined Plato and Alonzo in their dance as Jemima, Victoria, Rumpleteazer, Etcetera and Electra danced behind them. Tugger joined Old Deuteronomy as he gestured to the festivities. As the 5 Queens took the front, the other cats and heroes joined in, dancing to their hearts' content with such passion. Tugger stepped forth with Plato, Alonzo, Mungojerrie and Admetus as they started dancing as well. They were soon joined by Rumpletezer, Carmelita, Cassandra, Demeter, Intress, Pouncival, Bombalurina, Peyton and Jemima.

As they all danced together, the remaining cats and heroes joined in as the dance was nearing its closing. Everyone danced together with tons of passion. And for their big finish, everyone slid down to the floor, ending the number. "Whoa! That was awesome!" Neville cheered as he panted. "I haven't danced so passionately since our wedding day." Carmelita said. "Yeah. That was a lot of fun. And this was even more fun." Sly said. "You said it. This is the most fun I've had in a long time." Kaz said. "I never want this moment to end." Harry said.