A/N: Second chapter to my entry for Mungojerrielovaa's MJ/RT competition. Anyway, I still don't own anything related to Cats except this fanfic.
Further towards the Jellicle Moon I ran, and further from my troubles. She would be happier this way, without me in her life. I would do anything to keep her happy, even if it meant pain. I swore the day she rescued me that I would try to make her pleased. Even if it cost me pain or anything else imaginable. In this case… heartache.
The familiar surroundings had disappeared and now there seemed to be a strange, eerie silence around me. Victoria Grove had disappeared behind me almost as suddenly as I had come to it. To be honest, I would really like to have some company. Even if it was Cassandra or even Macavity, just a familiar face to talk to.
Collapsing onto the spiky, brown grass, I let out a sigh of relief. At least I didn't have to run any further. Ow! I think I just got a spike in my paw, but that wasn't true pain. I would never see sweet 'Teaser again. My stupid cowardness, all because of me being too afraid to reveal my true feelings. My stupid calico brain!
She would probably be sleeping now, all curled up in that pretty little ball. Adorable, sweet, clever. Too many words to describe her. Only if there were a single, beautiful word for all of that. Wait, there is… Rumpleteaser!
Even saying her name in my head warmed me with a weird, fuzzy feeling. Slowly curling up into the sweet little ball that she would be, my eyes struggled to stay half-open as I said her name over and over in my head.
"Sweet, little Rumpleteaser."
"Don' worry. Oi'll get ya oudda 'ere! Jus' wai' a sec…""Ow!"
I jumped up like if pollicle dog had bit me on the tail. These weird dreams kept coming back, it's been a week now since I had left. Left my friends, Munkustrap, Alonzo and even Tugger. Left my home, the Junkyard but that didn't matter. Well, maybe just a little but it was 'Teaser who I truly longed to see again. My pretty calico friend.
All alone in the dark, not a sound to be heard. Reminded me of a little poem Jemima told me once.
"All alone in the dark,
Not a sound to be heard.
Silent like a tree's bark,
Yet the little kitten purred."
Can't remember the rest of it but still it was a nice poem. Shoulda made one for her, but too late now. I started playing with a little strand of grass that stuck up, flicking it boredly. After about ten minutes of this, some kinda light appeared. It was unlike anything I've ever seen, it seemed to emerge from nowhere. I tried looking into it but it was almost blinding. Like the Jellicle Moon just increased by five hundred times!
A loud crash came from behind it, which scared me outta my fur. Talk about a scaredy cat! Two giant things came from behind it and came closer, I tried hissing at them but there didn't back off. Wait a minute! These things looked familiar… almost like a human.
"Oi'm Mungojerrie! Wha' is 'his place?"
I tried to be a bit more friendly but they seemed to stop walking.
"DOG!"
One of those huge humans called out. They don't seem to know what a Jellicle is.
"Oi'm a ca'!" Correcting them, they still seemed confused. "Oi have a 'ail an' claws. Cat!"
"Socks!"
Where'd they get THAT one from? I don't look nothing like a sock. They're all thin and holey! Kinda like Tugger's sense of humour. These human fellas don't seem to know Jellicle very well.
"Me ca'. Oi 'ave claws. Don' 'ark. Meow!"
Try for the simpler approach for them. Humans are utterly hopeless it seems. Don't meet them too often but it's always weird when I do.
"Meow."
FINALLY. The human got it through their thick, furless head! The one who had said that inched closer towards me and put a hand on my head. Kinda like 'Teaser rubbing against me but not as comfortable or as soft. These human people had very weird paws. Hairless and smooth but warm and kinda comforting.
The human's hand moved down my back in a strange, unusual way. Oh great! Now the other one started. I was just stuck here with these humungous guys, wait! Someone just stuck their hand under my belly!
"WHA' ARE YA DOIN' TA ME!" They started lifting me off the grass and taking me towards the blinding light! Oh great, I'm gonna die. Coricopat always said that if ya see a light, that means you're gonna die!
