It's been so long since my last post. But I'm back and have more chapters! Enjoy. . .
A week passed and still no one knew where Macavity and his sister were. Marisella had been teaching Macavity all she knew about magic and kept his training night and day. She did it in such a way that he never had time to think about the Junkkyard or Callestia, which is exactly what Marisella wanted. Slowly she was brainwashing him, subliminally forcing her hate for the Jellicles onto his young impressionable mind.
"Ok brother now shoot the pigeon on top of that building over there," she instructed, teaching him about long distance magic. She pointed to a building across the street.
At first Macavity hesitated, he wasn't used to killing for sport. He aimed his paws and his yellow magic glowed but he didn't shoot. He looked at his sister and saw a calm darkness surrounding her. "Are you sure this is alright Marisella? I mean killing for food is one thing but killing for sport doesn't seem right. . ."
She sighed and shook her head, she shot her own yellow beam of magic at the poor bird and it exploded in a large puff of black smoke and feathers, blood rained down around the spot where the creature used to be. She put one paw behind her back and the other on his shoulder while she stood beside him and looked at the remains of the dead bird.
"Listen, Macky," she had begun using a nickname for him even though he wasn't fond of it. "In this world there are those who will wrong you and mean to hurt you. You have to learn to be alright with taking a life, whether it's for fun or not." A bit quietly she added, "Coricopat or Munkustrap wouldn't hesitate." She walked away from him and he was left standing there thinking about it.
In his mind he was confused, "Coricopat wouldn't kill me. Would he?" Slowly he was beginning to think that he wasn't so sure.
That night at dinner was quiet while she ate. She swallowed a morsel and then looked at her brother. A plan had been forming in her head since the moment she kitnapped him to be with her. She wanted him to look bad in the eyes of the Jellicles just in case he ever did decide to run away and go back to them. She'd kept him busy enough to distract him but when she would look into his head she found that his thought always lingered on Callestia.
"I'll have to change that," she thought to herself.
When her brother went to sleep she got the urge to dig a hole in the ground. She quietly dug a hole large enough to fit two cats in and then the reason for urge became clear; she, or rather Macavity, was going to kitnap a couple of Jellicles. It couldn't be a couple of random cats, no, she wanted this to have reason. Everything she did she had a reason for doing it. She sat in the hole herself and went through a mental list of all the cats back at the Yard.
None of the kittens, that would just bring him friends and cats to relate with. They had to be grown, but cats that would be useful and serve a purpose. Not Griddlebone or Aspargus Jr, none of the older cats. Suddenly it struck her, her eyes glowed in realization.
"Coricopat and Tantomile," she whispered. "Yes they'll be quite useful." Upon further thought another cat, a kitten, came to her mind. "Demeter. My precious Demeter. How I've missed my little one."
She nodded and with her decision made she was able to rest. The following morning she let her brother sleep for as long as he did. After eleven he finally woke up.
"Marisella?" he called, realizing his mistake. His sister sauntered around the corner of the entrance and he could tell right away that something was wrong. He stood up and rushed to her, "Marisella what's wrong?"
She sighed, "I can't explain it to you. It's not something to talk to little brothers about." She sat on her cot and then slumped to the side and rested her head. She turned over and faced her back to him.
"Please tell me? I want to help," he said.
The ear nearest him twitched, "How far would you be willing to go to help me?" She asked,
When he thought about it he liked the way she had changed and would do anything to keep it that way. I would do anything Marisella just ask me and I will do it." He said firmly.
"Even if it involved kitnapping?" She asked. Her ear pressed flat against her skull as if she were ashamed to ask.
He was taken aback, "What do you mean?"
She turned over on her back and looked up at the ceiling. "I have a confession little one. Coricopat and I fell in love not long before I was banished." She forced fake tears, something she was good at. "We've been trying to communicate but Tantomile keep interfering. I've come up with the ideto pretend to kitnap Coricopat and bring him here. After all he couldn't just walk out of the Yard, the others would follow him."
Macavity wasn't so sure it would be that hard to leave the Yard but he nodded anyways, "I meant what I said when I said anything. I'll help you pretend to kitnap Coricopat."
Suddenly her face lit up in joy, "Oh Macvaity!" She shouted and jumped up, throwing her arms around him and hugging him tight. "I love you so much little brother, you have no idea what this means to me. We can be a family. Coricopat and I will adopt kits and start a new life here. All thanks to you!"
He smiled and hugged her back, she had never been so pleased with him and he loved the feeling. "When did you want to do it?" He asked when she pulled away.
"Two weeks time. The last time I spoke to him he said that Old Deuteronomy will be gone and the Junkyard will be less active. You know how paranoid they get when their leader is around. They all get so jumpy and active."
Macavity wasn't so sure about the jumpy part but nodded anyways.
Two weeks later. . .
Marisella stood outside the Junkyard fence, her deadly claws twitched in anticipation. This was the moment she had been waiting for. This was the beginning of her revenge, well the second part to the beginning. Taking her brother had been her first act of retaliation. Kitnapping more of them would get their attention. She didn't look at her brother when she spoke to him.
"Now remember you'll go in and wake him up. Get him to come outside where I'll be waiting," she said quietly.
"Um. Why couldn't you just go in yourself?" He asked timidly.
She wasn't angered by his question though, "Because if Tantomile wakes up she'll have a fit if she saw me. If she sees you she won't try to stop you."
He nodded and turned his attention back to the Yard. He knew exactly where the two mystic cats slept and was ready to do his mission. When Marisella nodded her head he took a deep breath in and soft clapped his paws together, disappearing into the night.
For the three weeks Coricopat is sister had been trying o locate their lost protégé but had had no success at all. When they reached out to locate him telepathically they couldn't find him, both came ot the conclusion that Marisella had set up a powerful wall, blocking his mental aura and shielding their third eyes from finding the two ginger cats. The previous day had been another failure at trying to break through the wall and both went to bed with heavy hearts.
In the kitchen area of their den a small puff of smoke appeared with a nervous Macavity. He made his way to Coricopat's side of the den and looked at the sleeping tom, he didn't look like he was ready to run away. Macavity made a confused face but shook it off and tapped the older tom's shoulder.
"Coricopat," he whispered. His voice was so quiet he wasn't sure he wasn't sure if he even said anything at all, but Coricopat proved him wrong by waking up.
"Wha. . .Macavity!" He spoke in a hushed voice.
The other smiled, "Come with me," he said.
The tricolored tom furrowed his brow in confusion and followed the ginger tom out of his den and out of the Yard. Once they were on the very outside of the fence the younger tom glanced around looking for his sister. He was about to call for her when he heard another voice.
"Coricopat? What are you doing out here?" It was the voice of the female half of the pair. She rounded the corner and her eyes widened when she caught sight of the ginger tom. "Macavity!" She shouted and flung her arms around him. "Everlasting Cat! I've been so worried about you!"
The ginger tom was loss, this wasn't supposed to be happening. Where was his sister? He tried to come up with an explain. . .
. . . .Inside Jellyorum's den a dark figure lurked through the den. It came to a stop inside a room where two young queens slept, one red and black, the younger one was gold and black. The figure stood over the younger queen's nest and yellow eyes flashed. . . .
Bombalurina came out of sleep for a moment and saw a dark, tall figure picking up her sister. Thinking it was just a dream she shut her eyes and fell back into sleep. . .
While Macavity struggled to find an explanation as to why he was there, the two tricolored cats looked at him expectantly. There was faint pop and the three looked at the street. There before was Marisella, she had a large bundle in her arms and was smiling in the moon light. The two mystics looked at her with wide eyes and were about to attack when suddenly the ginger queen thrust a paw out towards them and they froze as she stunned them. Macavity became confused, what was she holding? Why did she stun their friends?
She looked at them with a look that made him shiver and then turned, "Come. Let's go home Macavity dearest."
Macavity had no choice but to follow. Once they returned back at the hill Marisell led them to a hole that Macavity had idea ever existed. She nodded to it and the two mystics jumped down into it. She Floated up and then down into the hole, carrying the kit in her arms. Once at the bottom she laid the down and Macavity saw who it was.
"Demeter?" He shouted. "I thought you said we didn't need her!" He looked at his sister sadly, his eyes full of hurt.
She came back up and went to him, "Shhhhhh. Hush now," she put a claw over his lips. "Trust me brother. I may have been bad to you in the past and I'm deeply sorry. But have ever led you astray? I took care of you when we were orphaned, I watched out for you when we lived with The Jellicles. I've always looked after you haven't I?" She cupped his chin and tilted his head up to look at her.
"I-I guess." he said quietly.
"I could have left you at that dumpster all those years ago, but I didn't. I could have left you when I was banished but came back for you because I love you Macavity," she said with a soft look in her eyes.
His jaw dropped, "Did she just say she loved me?" he thought to himself.
She read his thoughts and chuckled. She planted a kiss on his cheek and then turned and began walking back to her cot. "Before you go to bed, find something to cover up that hole.
He looked down and saw that all three cats were asleep. It wasn't enough room for all three, but it helped that Demeter was a little smaller than any kitten her age. He teleported to a warehouse that was close to their den and found a back door that was surrounded by all sorts of wooden crates and boxes. Nothing seemed sturdy enough to keep them all inside the hole until he saw a metal grate that covered the entrance to a sewer. He used his magic to lift it up and then took it back and placed it over the hole. It made their hole a sturdy prison. With a last glance at Demeter he growled under his breath and then left to go sleep.