Victoria put down the last of her luggage. "That should do it, Aunt Griddlebone."
"Oh, darling, I'm glad you're coming with me and Growltiger, you won't regret this I'm sure."
Victoria nodded and turned around and hugged Cassandra and Alonzo, "Bye, Mom, Bye, Dad." Victoria whispered, holding them tighter.
"Bye, baby." Cassandra sighed, kissing her daughter her head.
"Bye, Squirt." Alonzo meowed, picked her up and held her cheek to his, "I'll miss you Vicky."
"Bye, Victoria." Etcetera cried, hugging her friend really tight, "I'll never forget you."
"Keep my collar safe, Etcetera," Victoria meowed, "I want to find you with it when I come back to visit." With that, Victoria picked up her luggage and turned to face Mistofelees.
"Goodbye, Misto…" Victoria meowed, "I'll miss you." Mistoffelees nodded and hugged Victoria and lightly sobbed, "I'll miss you more. More than you can imagine."
Victoria just nodded and turned towards all her other friends such as Jemima, Electra, Rumpelteazer and all the others. After her sorrowful goodbyes, she looked at Griddlebone.
"Okay Aunt Griddlebone, I'm ready to go." Victoria meowed hoping she sounded braver than she thought.
"Good choice my darling girl, you will have a way better life at sea then you will here, in this Junkyard." Then Griddlebone waved her tail, motioning for Victoria to follow her.
"Okay I can do this…" Victoria meowed, following Griddlebone out of the Junkyard gates and off towards a moving truck.
"What's this?" Victoria asked, eyeing it curiously. "This is our ride to the loading dock, where we will set sail."
"Aunt Griddlebone, just how far away is this loading dock?" Victoria asked suddenly suspicious.
"Only about 500 miles away, not a big deal, don't worry." Griddlebone answered picking at her nails.
Sighing, Victoria put her luggage in the open trunk of the moving truck and climbed in. She was greeted by Uncle Growltiger and by the Crew.
About a few minutes later, everyone was on board and the truck started to leave with the trunk still open. Victoria sat on the edge and dangled her feet off the truck. As she was staring at her feet, she realized what she was doing.
The sea wasn't where Victoria belonged! She belonged in the Junkyard with Mistofelees and all her other friends! And looking deep inside her heart, she discovered her heart belonged to Misto and she left it with him back home. Not thinking, she jumped. She hit the ground with a big thud and heard Griddlebone yowl her name. Victoria waited for the moving truck to get out of sight before she started running down the road and back to the Junkyard.
Later…
"MISTO!" Victoria yowled, running to him through the open gates of the Junkyard. "VICTORIA!" He cried, opening his arms and catching her in them. "Oh, Mistofelees I was so foolish! Forgive me! I want to spend the rest of my life with you and everyone else!" "I forgive you," Mistofelees meowed, kissing Victoria on the lips.
"Victoria!" All the kittens came running to see her. "Guys, I'm back for good!" Victoria meowed.
"This is yours," Etcetera meowed taking off the pink collar and giving it to her friend.
"Thank you," Victoria meowed putting it back on. And with that, Misto swept Victoria off her feet and carried her, like a baby, to the crowd of awaiting Cats.
Victoria and Misto became mates after that, they had two beautiful children, a white tom named Victor and a she cat that looked exactly like Misto named Missy. Etcetera mated with Plato and she earned a blue collar. Jemima mated with Tumblebrutus and had a single kit, named Jinx who was a copy of Jemima.
The End
