WARNING: CHAPTER WRITTEN FOR CUTENESS AND FUN, NO OTHER REASON!

Chapter 1

The Following Morning

(Cassandra's POV)

I woke up the morning after the Jellicle Ball, yawning and rubbing my eyes. I noticed at least half of the cats were already up...by that, I mean the kittens were up. They were running around and playing, avoiding the passed out grownups as much as they could.

"Tag!" I heard Vicky yelled. Her bright white fur was turned orange and red, due to the beautiful sunrise. Her little sister Jemima giggled and cowered away from her older sister as Victoria placed her paw on their youngest sibling's shoulder. "You're it!" She cried, then running as far away as she could. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer looked at each other, panicked. Rumpleteazer solved the problem by stomping no her twin brother's tail and racing away.

"Ouch!" Mungo screamed. He rubbed his tail, only to find it was just a distraction to keep Rumple from getting caught by Jemima. Jemima burst out laughing and tagged her oldest sibling and only brother. He crossed his arms, glaring at Rumpleteazer.

"That's not fair!" He shouted, but then dashed after her.

I looked over to the side and burst out laughing. Pouncival, Carbucketty, and Mistoffelees were drawing on Misto's older brother Alonzo's face while he slept. Carbucketty saw me watching and yelped.

"ABORT! ABORT!" He cried, and all three of the toms flopped onto the ground to pretend that they were still sleeping, making me laugh even more. Alonzo woke up when he heard them screaming and opened his eyes.

"What's going on?" He asked.

"They drew on your face while you were sleeping." I informed my boyfriend, Alonzo. He wiped his paw on his forehead, and sure enough, it came back with Sharpie on it.

"Guys…" Alonzo said to the younger kits.

Pouncival sat up as fast as he could and shouted: "WE ARE THE MAKERS OF MUSIC! AND WE ARE THE DREAMERS OF DREAMS!", as if that solved everything. Misto and Carbucketty yanked him down afterwards, and Pounce closed his eyes once more to pretend to be sleeping. He even made fake snoring noise.

Very convincing Pouncival, very convincing.

Alonzo gave the three toms a strange look. "Um...okay?" He said as more of a question than a statement.

I pat him on the shoulder. "They're kittens. Let them have their fun."

The three kittens nodded, sitting up abruptly. I heard choruses of "YES! YES, LISTEN TO HER! SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE'S SAYING!" Then they all raced off to go draw on Tugger's and Munkustrap's faces, trying to come up with a perfect design.

I rolled my eyes at them, and then groaned when I saw who was waking up behind me. "Let's go, Alonzo."

"What do you mean 'Let's go, Alonzo'? Mom and Dad want you here today!" Exotica shouted, grabbing my arm.

"Mom and Dad aren't awake yet." I said to my bossy older sister.

She crossed her arms. "Well, they will be soon, and you have to stay here."

Alonzo came up with the best distraction ever for her at that moment. "Have you seen what Carbucketty, Misto, and Pouncival have drawn on your parents faces? It's quite beautiful." I sighed, relieved. You're a lifesaver, Alonzo. I thought. Exotica gasped and raced into our den. Me and Alonzo ran away, laughing hysterically.

"You should probably go wash this off your face though." I told him. Alonzo nodded in agreement. He couldn't see the drawing, but I don't think he would want hearts and rainbows, (with 'Misto Rulez!' written on his forehead) on his face all day. He dashed off into Tugger and Bomba's den. Tugger and Bomburalina are his adoptive parents. They adopted him and Misto after they were abandoned by their real father, Macavity.

Speaking of Macavity, Demeter was still pretty shaken from the previous night. Macavity had come during the Jellicle Ball, kidnapped Old Deuteronomy, and tried to kidnap Demeter. Demeter, who always was afraid of Macavity, was even more afraid of him now. She was really worried something was going to happen to Sillabub or Electra, her kittens, or Munkustrap, her husband. I looked over to the side, and saw Electra trying to help Sillabub escape. Demeter had fallen asleep hugging her two daughters, and Sillabub couldn't get out of her grip. Electra was pulling on her little sister's arm, trying to get her out of the hug their mother was crushing them in.

"Um...do you want some help with that?" I asked. Electra and Sillabub shook their heads in unison.

"I've got this." Electra lied, still pulling on Sillabub uselessly.

"I think we have to surgically remove me from her arm!" Silla shouted. Electra shushed her baby sister as Demeter stirred in her sleep.

Lettie gave up, and looked to me. "I guess I'm just going to leave her there. I'll ask Plato to do it or something. He's strong."

"And upset." I said, looking back at the tom. His heart was crushed from the previous night. Vicky had rejected him in the Jellicle Ball. She had...she loved somebody else I guess. Due to the sidelong glances she exchanged with Misto, we could all tell who it was. She and Mistoffelees were crushing on each other big time.

Plato noticed me staring and turned away. He walked off into his den so nobody could see him sulking. I turned away sheepishly, embarrassed that I was staring.

"Cassie!" I heard someone calling my nickname. I turned and saw Carbucketty ( who was Plato's youngest brother). "Do you think we should give Tugger vampire fangs or a unicorn horn?"

"Both!" I shouted to him. He nodded, looking at the rainbow sharpies in his paws, realizing how good of an idea it was.

"Yeah, I'll do that! We'll save the sparkly glitter one for Munkustrap! We're gonna make his fur golden and sparkly!" He proclaimed, running off to pull the prank. I nodded at the kitten dashing off. I almost got knocked over from behind as Mungojerrie chased Victoria, Vicky squealing as they did laps around the junkyard.

"Don't let him get me!" Vicky shouted, jumping into Misto's arms. Mungojerrie looked at them oddly and tagged Misto.

"Um...I guess you're both it!" He shouted. He ran off, leaving the two kittens behind. They shrugged and ran after the male half of the duo of master thieves.

I sighed looking at the junkyard. I sat down on the roof of the TSE car, watching the kittens run around and play. The first rays of sun were coming over the horizon, heating up the rusty old car. The warmth felt good and comforting in the early morning.

I heard the door of my den slamming closed, Exotica standing in the doorway, looking furious. She hated being tricked. I slunk behind the TSE car, hiding from her. I slid behind Jenny and Skimble's den, not wanting to be seen by my older sister. I sighed, knowing I was finally out of sight from her. I was surprised when I noticed Tumblebrutus off to the side, reading a human copy of 'War and Peace'. He looked tiny compared to the already huge book.

"Um...I didn't know you liked to read." I said softly. Tumble looked up, surprised.

"Oh, sorry. Not many people find me in my reading spot!" He exclaimed.

I nodded. "Yeah. At the moment, I'm just trying to hide from Exotica." He patted me on the shoulder.

"Sibling stuff? Yeah, that's mostly why I come here too." He showed me his collection of big books. There was 'A Tale of Two Cities', 'Lord of the Rings', 'Moby Dick', 'The Alchemist', and 'Mockingjay' (apparently, he had already read the others in The Hunger Games series). I looked at the huge books, then the tiny kit, and then the huge books again. In human years, Tumblebrutus would be around ten or eleven. Those books were way too complex for him.

And yet, he could still understand them.

"Tumblebrutus, you may be savant." I told him.

He turned the page, smiling. "Thank you, Cassandra." He said politely.

I heard footsteps and saw a drowsy Etcetera running up the front of the TSE car. "You guys wanna play a game of kickball with us?" She asked, yawning. "I'm playing as soon as Pounce, Misto, and Bucketty are done drawing on the grownups faces." She smirked, snickering. "You should see the unicorn horn Misto drew on Tugger earlier. It's hot pink. He's playing tag with Jenny and Skimble's kids now. I think maybe if I don't get enough kittens to play with me, I'm just gonna play with them. They look like they're having fun."

Tumble shook his head. "Nah, I just want to read my books. Go on with with your roughhousing." He said. She looked at me expectantly, pleading for me to join the game.

I shrugged. "I'm not really a kickball kinda queen."

Cettie shrugged. "I like tag. It's fine guys. See ya' later guys!"

I scrambled over the side of the TSE car. "I'll still play tag though!" I called. Etcetera spun around, beaming. She hopped up and down, squealing. She grabbed my paw, leading me over to the other kittens running around. By then, Sillabub had gotten free from Demeter and was joining the fun with her sister. Pouncival and Carbucketty had started playing too, and Bucketty was trying to get Plato to play with us as well. I smirked when I saw Exotica in the distance, grumbling and glowering at me. She's my sister, and I love her and stuff, but she's really bossy and it's hilarious to see her angry.

Alonzo raced out of his den, almost falling on the his way. "Did I get it all?" He still had some magenta on his forehead from the hearts, and some orange and cyan from the rainbows. I wiped some of it off and nodded, grinning at him.

"I just got the last of it." I informed him. Suddenly, out of the blue, Misto and Vicky came racing up to us, tagged us, and dashed off in the other direction, stumbling over each other. I looked at Alonzo, who had almost collapsed from gigglies. The kittens running around and screaming whenever someone got tagged was hilarious. They all screeched and ran away from us as fast as they could. I looked to Alonzo, nodding. We took of in unison to catch the other kits.

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(Naomi's POV)

I went backstage unhappily, rubbing my arms as if I were cold. One of my friends and colleagues in acting walked up to me, concerned.

"What's up, Naomi?" Will asked. He brushed some of his dark brown hair out of his face, setting his drum sticks down on the amp next to him. He played as Freddie in the Broadway national tour of School of Rock.

I shrugged. "Nothing much. I just feel a little...uneasy. That's it. You can go and hang out with your friends Will, it's cool." I told him, waving him away. I looked to see if anyone was watching. I then ducked into the bathroom, and looked at myself in the mirror.

I looked horrible. Ever since I had told Ethan about Jellicles, I hardly got any sleep. Performances weren't helping very much. Underneath the wig, my hair looked horrific, but the makeup people and wig people covered it up with the usual getup. I was a mess not just on the outside though. My guilty feelings tore me up inside. I knew the real reason why Ethan went on a 'business trip' to Europe.

And it wasn't for any of the lies he told me.

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(Ethan's POV)

I climbed off of my private jet. Yes, graduating from Harvard has made me a pretty famous scientist. I graduated from Harvard...the same class as Naomi.

I cringed at the thought of her. She was going to beat me up if she found out I went to England to get Jellicle cats. I didn't know where to look in America. I grew up in Europe. I knew my way around there much better.

I straightened my tie and headed into London, grinning deviously.

A/N

And that, ladies and gentlemen, was what happens the day after the Jellicle Ball. The parents sleep all day, and they won't wake up even if the kids and yelling and playing and such (they must have really bad hearing). And also...I have a confession to make. This is based off of Baylee's fanfic. For those who don't know who Baylee is, she's my sister. I adored her idea of humans finding the Jellicles, and changed parts of it. But it's still based off of hers. I just wanted to give her some credit there. Also, I hope somebody is keeping track of the amount of times we say the word promise in this fanfiction. At the last chapter, I may do a reveal of how many times. It'll probably be in the fifties or sixties. Critique as much as you like, just don't swear or say anything inappropriate. This fanfic is the opposite of gas station bathrooms-clean!

That's it for now, see you next time!

Sayonara (Goodbye)!

-Luna