This chapter is two things.
1) possibly the longest chapter I have ever written.
2)very insanely important for the rest of the story. Who else would send the cats to Oz after being in Berk.
So yes, this is in Oz, and if you don't know anything about WICKED, you don't really need too, i dont think. I think i wrote it well enough. Lets get this straight though, Elphaba is the wicked witch from THE WIZARD OF OZ, Galinda is indeed Glinda the Good from WOO as well. Fiyero, well, I'm not going to spoil it now am I? I'll put this in here though; Galinda and Fiyero are dating, but Fiyero's favourite color just might be green instead of pink. that was the worst clue in the world. I wrote it, and I WANT REVIEWS PLEASE! you can have a signed copy of my plot book if you like as well, if you review. and cookies!
"Munkustrap I'm going on a little vacation. I'll be back in time for the ball. If you need any help I'll pitch in after this reviving little vacation." Mistoffelees said as he put a small notebook filled with essential spells into his little bag. Ever since the trip to Berk he had gotten way to comfortable with those humans and their strange ways, in fact he opened up to them and now they knew about his strange fetish with the white queen. After fixing what he was brought there to do, there was the new problem of stress and he just couldn't take it. That is when he had decided that he was going to take a small vacation away from vacation.
"You just got back though." Munkustrap complained from the entry way. He was so busy now and days that Mistoffelees hated himself for leaving him alone with Tugger and Macavity, but he wouldn't be able to perform magic with stress.
"I know I did; just think of it as a business trip. Like I said though, I'll be back in time for the ball." Without further ado, the silver tabby slipped out of the small den and Tugger came in, one level too high. This was exactly what Mistoffelees needed right now.
"Hey there lil' buddy. Did you know that Bomba and Demeter hate my guts right now?" Tugger said, collapsing on his bed with a strange sort of highness.
"That's great. I'll be back soon. Don't mess up my bed." And Mistoffelees disappeared in a puff of green smoke that made Tugger go wild. Soon, the Maine coon found himself on the bed he wasn't supposed to be on, and there were maps and drawings of the land of Oz. Oh, how Mistoffelees would be in such a fit to see that he had messed in his stuff.
"Too late." Tugger mumbled and continued about the junkyard, being high and mighty in his own little land.
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The Land of Oz was nothing like you've ever seen it. Firstly, anything green was as green as it could get. There was a faint, green glow on the horizon that must have been the emerald city, and there was a sense of learning in the air. Mistoffelees had landed in Shiz, while the two witches were learning there. It seemed to be lunch break, because over at one of the picnic tables there was a very familiar pink blonde, and a much swankified prince.
But this was his vacation so Mistoffelees didn't have to deal with them. Did he?
Ignoring the public gathering of socialites, Misto climbed up a tree and curled up in the second lowest branch, so that he could jump down in the time of an emergency. It was quite nice in this giant tree, and it was so quiet. If it wasn't for the fact that he was worrying about the tribe, this would have been the ideal relaxing time. Of course, if you were magical and the only good magical cat in the tribe, you would worry too. Little did Mistoffelees know that he was joined in the tree by someone.
"Oh, a cat or a Cat. Come here you." The girl said, putting her book in a satchel. Mistoffelees was still half asleep, so the touch of her hands woke him up all the way. Thinking it best to not speak, he let the girl take him in her arms and cuddle him. Opening his eyes he saw the most peculiar thing.
This girl that was cuddling him was green. Not just green, but the most delightful shade of jade or emerald in the entire country of Oz. Her hair was in a tight fishtail braid, but he could tell that if it were to be displayed it would be beautiful. Her black T-shirt soon was covered in little furs, but you could tell she didn't care. Playing it safe Mistoffelees fell asleep in her lap, and she started to read her book. Everything was peaceful until someone started yelling.
"Elphaba what are you doing up there?" That someone then tugged on her boot, and Mistoffelees felt it.
"Go away. Reading." She said. So her name was Elphaba, and she was a remarkable shade of green. Oz was getting better and better.
"I see a tail up there. Are you turning sticks into animals?"
"Sod off Fiyero. Don't you have some cultish social gathering to attend to, or don't you have to go and practice dancing through life with your friend Avaric?" Elphaba was starting to get quite upset, and you could tell. Soon, she put Mistoffelees in her satchel and jumped down. Sure, Mistoffelees was tossed around a little bit, but he didn't mind. He heard the word dancing and had forgotten everything but. That is, until a green hand nicked him out of the bag and held him tight to her.
"It's a kitty!" Fiyero said as if he was a small child. Why was Mistoffelees having strange déjà vu moments from when he was first introduced to his human family.
"We don't know that yet. Now I am going to go and take him to Dr. Dillamond and see if he is an Animal or an animal." Now the curiosity was surely killing the cat. These people took animals way too seriously, and Mistoffelees wanted to know the difference. This was his vacation; he could do whatever he wanted to.
"Can I ask what the difference is between an animal and an Animal?" he asked, and the two humans looked at him. Fiyero looked way too surprised, and Elphaba was excited.
"Thank Oz! You talk!" Fiyero said loudly before fainting rather daintily. That is when things went downhill. The cultish gathering of socialites turned and looked at Elphaba in a hateful way, and Mistoffelees knew that she was an outcast of sorts. He was too.
"What did you do to Fiyero?" Screeched one girl, adjusting her pink scarf. The others started in on this teasing. Mistoffelees was sort of glad he came here, because he needed to relieve himself of stress and helping someone was totally on the doctors' orders.
Murmuring something about hating to give defeat, Elphaba picked up her bag and walked back to her dorm room. Mistoffelees wanted to talk with her, but then again knew that she just needed to blow steam and he might not want to get into that mess. Sure, she was special, but that didn't give them any reasons to get after her because Fiyero fainted. Had he ever seen a talking Animal before? Obviously not.
"I cannot believe that Fiyero acted like that. He's seen a talking Animal before and there is no way that he'd faint. Ugh." She had complained as Elphaba put Mistoffelees down on her bed and then collapsed on it.
"If it helps; he reminds me of one of my friends back home." Mistoffelees said, knowing it was probably really stupid of him. But it wasn't like he was going to be back any time now, was it?
"Really?" She said, sitting up and crossing her legs. "What is your friend like?"
Misto knew who he was going to describe, and he knew how. This was going to be fun.
"Well, to begin, he is really self-absorbed and has his own fan club. Of course, he cares about his mane and stuff, and prefers to slack off and be stupid." Elphaba laughed.
"Sounds like Fiyero all right. Then again I am faced with a personal dilemma and it isn't working towards me at all."
"Well that sucks. I guess I am kind of in the same boat as you though, Miss Elphaba. You see, there is a Queen and I love her. Of course, we are friends, and everyone says she feels the same way, but I don't know how to play it because in a few days' time we are holding our jellicle ball, and she is mating with someone else."
"Sorry, but I don't think we've properly met other than Fiyero yelling 'kitty!' So what is your name?" she asked as she started to undo her boots. Mistoffelees was quite baffled at how her boots were still together, as it looked like they would be falling apart if it wasn't for the fact of some invisible force.
"I am Mistoffelees, and I am from the Jellicle Junkyard in London. I came here because I need a vacation after my business trip to the Island of Berk, and the fact that too much stress can damage my magical abilities. You?" He said, as professional as possible. After tossing the boots to the foot of the bed, Elphaba started.
"I am Elphaba Thropp, the eminent Thropp. My dad is the governor of Munchkinland and I am here only because my sister Nessarose wanted to. Pleasure to meet you Mistoffelees. Now you were saying something about magic? I don't mean to pry, but can you do magic?" Elphaba seemed very happy someone might actually be able to do magic other than her, and so it made sense that she would love meeting Mistoffelees.
Misto sat up. "Yes, I can do magic. Back at the junkyard I am the only Cat that can perform magic tricks other than Macavity who is evil. Of course, these aren't just parlor tricks, I apparated here, and I've fixed someone's brainless problem."
The rest of the evening was passed as they conversed about life. Elphaba told him about Oz, and how there were animals and Animals, and who owned the pink abomination across the room. Mistoffelees enlightened Elphaba about the junkyard and everyone there, and his trip to Berk. In the three hours they spent together, they seemed as if they had known each other for years.
"Elphie, you have a kitty!" A frilly, pink blur screamed as she bounced onto the bed. Holding onto the Cat, Elphaba tried to defend Mistoffelees.
"First, don't call me Elphie, Galinda. Second; he is a Cat named Mistoffelees. Third; I think you landed on my foot." During that statement, Misto had managed to weasel out of the green girls protecting hug and sat on top of her pillow. Galinda got off of Elphaba's foot and went to sit on her own bed, after glancing in a mirror to make sure her hair wasn't out of place.
"Hello Miss Galinda." Mistoffelees said with a polite tip of the head. Galinda merrily responded, stating that he could call her Galinda and then how she had invited a few friends over later tonight and that Elphaba had to be on her best behaviour around them.
"I'll behave as long as they do." Elphaba countered, petting Mistoffelees. Like any cat, he got her to scratch his stomach and under his chin, and was perfectly content. Soon she was totally immersed in petting Misto that she forgot all about the get together until someone knocked at the door.
Even then, she wasn't at all feeling violent towards the guests, but instead read her book with Misto in her lap. Mistoffelees was reading it with her, and it was a spell book. He almost wished that he had his note pad with him because some of the spells were really simple and could be really useful. Enchanting things to sparkle would make Tugger's day. He had already drowned his worries and was enjoying his time at Shiz University. No one could stop him from doing that, it was too nice here.
Around nine, everyone had assembled in a circle, and Elphaba started on her nightly routine, so Mistoffelees spent this time on his own, taking a light nap and listening in on the interesting game of truth or dare happening.
"Truth or Dare, Fiyero." Said a boy with a bottle in his hand. Fiyero looked at him with a weak smile.
"Truth." Everyone would have gasped if it wasn't for the fact they didn't want to make Fiyero feel downgraded. He was a prince, after all.
The boy with the bottle thought hard. After a few swigs from the bottle, he said something.
"Do you have any emotion towards the asparagus over yonder?" he said, gesturing to the bathroom, where Elphaba was showering and getting changed. Fiyero turned a light shade of pink.
"I guess I sort of like her as a friend. It would help if she wasn't so keen on trying to kill me every time she sees me."
The rest of the game was rather bland, but Mistoffelees thought about how he was wrong. Elphaba never tried to kill him; he just got in the way of her and things happened. Learning that a Cat and talk isn't that unnatural in Oz. No one tried to kill him, it was his own stupidity. Even Tugger knew that it would be common. He had been around Misto during his research time. Heck, Tugger knew as much about Oz as Misto did. From talking Animals to Tin men, and scarecrows. So in extent, Fiyero was wrong. So entirely wrong, but like any human male, he wouldn't admit it to save his life. Why would he do that when he could just wallow in his fake pride and call it a day?
They all left eventually, and by then Elphaba was asleep, and so was Mistoffelees, ready for another day at Shiz. Maybe he would even get to go to sorcery with Elphie and Galinda. Maybe even get Elphaba and Fiyero to become friends. Then again if they ended up in the same situation as Mistoffelees there was no way that he would be able to live with himself. Besides; that little blonde Galinda is dating Fiyero. With optimism and hope things would file out right. Mistoffelees could only hope that it would work out right.
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The next day was a Monday, so everyone was in a great mood. There was no way to avoid the rainclouds that overtook the same sky as the once bright sun did, and it dampened everyone's spirits. Everyone but Galinda, Fiyero and Elphaba. If you were to ask around, Elphaba was in the best mood of her entire stay at Shiz, because she had met a Cat that was suffering the same things as she was; possible rejection. Of course, learning that Mistoffelees could perform magic and could talk made her quite happy.
Though Mistoffelees couldn't go to classes, he would get to go to Sorcery with Elphaba, if she got to talk to Madame Morrible in time. Hopefully she would say yes, but if she didn't he would just take a stroll outside or something to pass the time. Then again, this was supposed to be a vacation. How could he enjoy a vacation if there wasn't time for him to relax?
Back at the dorm, he sat on the bed with Tugger's IQ points, counting them and teaching them new things so that someday they might be of use. Mistoffelees couldn't risk another brain cell loss, or there wouldn't be enough for daily use. But Tugger wouldn't mind, would he? Elphaba was trying to drag Galinda out of bed, stating that she wouldn't have enough time to get ready for her classes. That worked extremely well for getting the blonde out of the room, and so the rest of the morning was rather normal. Instead of leaving Mistoffelees in the dorm room, Elphaba took him with her to classes, but left him outside so that the teachers would go against him or her for that matter.
The first class was politics, and sitting on the windowsill, Mistoffelees learned many things from that class. Who knew that Oz had stolen the throne, but if someone pointed that out, he would be butchered, and be told that no one knew where Ozma was. Of course no one knew where she was, except the previous ruler.
Mistoffelees' favourite class while he was there was history with the goat, Dr. Dillamond. But he only got to hear a little of it, because they were replacing him. After being dragged away by two men in grey trench coats and mysterious hats, Mistoffelees knew he needed to do something. Then, a new man in a trench coat walked in, pushing a cart full of mysterious things. One of these mysterious things was a cage. What he didn't notice was that Elphaba was deeply upset.
"Hello class, I am Dr. Nikidik and I will be replacing Dr. Dillamond. Now class, I want you to witness something amazing. We at the Emerald City have made a discovery, a way to make Animals turn into animals. Look at this marvelous cage!" with that, he ripped the cover off of the cage to expose a lion cub that was labelled Brr. This made Elphaba go bonkers, and soon everyone lost control due to her magical abilities.
Mistoffelees wanted to intervene but didn't want to mess up the fabric of the future, so he just left it alone. Last thing he saw before bolting away was Fiyero, Elphaba and Fiyero was holding the lion's cage. Hopefully they would start to get along after this. Besides, he was probably the only one who noticed an unidentified, black, screaming object in the sky.
"Oh Oz." Mistoffelees said running, going to the place where Dragon had possibly crashed. It was a field full of poppies, but never the less; this wasn't going to be good.
To being, Dragon was in more or less of a mess and her optimism levels must have been at an all-time low. How had she found him in Oz? No one knew that he was there, except Tugger and we weren't sure about that. Finally, the girl's face was quite irritated. To begin, she looked sleep deprived and going crazy, and then there was the factor of her having to come and retrieve Mistoffelees.
"Look, Dragon, I know you probably don't like me right now, but if we don't get out of these poppies we will be screwed. Now scoot!" Mistoffelees yelled from the edge of the field, as the girl got up and dusted herself off.
"What danger might poppies have on me Misto? Have you even begun to think about what the tribe is thinking, and how Victoria went into panic mode after you left? You know what though; I think it's time for a nap. Good night, I'll lecture you when I wake up." With that cheery statement, Dragon laid down and fell asleep in the poppies.
Now Mistoffelees was in a pickle. Dragon was a good four times bigger than him, and there was no way that he would be able to carry her out of the field of poppies. It seemed that they had quite a strong smell, because they put people to sleep, and if Mistoffelees didn't get out of there Dragon would never get out of the field and Toothless would go into a depressed mode.
Little did Mistoffelees know, in all of his magical power, that in another clearing adjacent to the once he was in, Elphaba and Fiyero were getting along, and become friends.