Update, at quite a fast pace! Normally it would take me about a week to update, but this is up quite faster than normal, maybe because I'm enjoying myself writing this who knows? I see this story getting about 5 to 6 chapters I think, depends how long each of them are. Nonetheless though, I'm happy that some have noticed my work, I don't get many reviews and when I do, it must be a fluke, haha!

Anyway, its time to see what has happened to Mistoffelees. Begin...

Chapter 2

The Truth

Soon enough, Munkustrap and Rum Tum Tugger found themselves outside of Mistoffelees' human home. The house was set among a terraced housing area and it did take them about five minutes to find the house with all the buildings being in a matching red colour. Tugger went up towards the cat flap and opened up a small gap to peer inside to see if the tuxedo tom was there.

The house was silent, there wasn't even the sound of the humans within the house and Tugger assumed they'd gone out for the day like his own humans.

"You see anything?" Munkustrap asked

"No," Tugger muttered as he pulled back. "He must be still in bed. Don't blame him if he is ill as me. Mind you, I don't smell his scent..."

The Maine Coon took a few steps back looking up towards the second floor of the house thinking that he might be up there. "Hey Misto-OOOOHHH!" He clutched his head in pain as him shouting caused the throbbing in his head to return.

Even the silver tabby clutched his head in pain too. "Will you stop shouting?" He barely muttered, worried that him speaking loud would make him feel sore.

"I will, I will!" Tugger replied his paw over his head, which his cry sounded more like a wail. "I'll stop shouting."

Just then, they both heard a chuckle from nearby. Looking up and sitting on the front garden wall, it was a patched white and brown tom, Tumblebrutus. Tumble, along with his two brothers, Pouncival and Plato, lived in the same street with Mistoffelees and according to the conjuring cat, they were always a source of great annoyance to him such like playing pranks on him and the fact that Plato was with his sister, Victoria. The two brothers then noticed that Tumblebrutus looked all right and wasn't ill like them and the rest of the tribe.

"What's so funny?" Munkustrap inquired staring at him.

The patched tom-kit carried on chuckling. "Just you two. Seeing you like this thanks to Dad's milk is just a sight I wish to keep in a picture frame!"

"You mean you never had any of the stuff?" Tugger asked raising an eyebrow.

"Of course not," Tumblebrutus replied jumping down to meet them. "I remember having one gram of that sugar in it one day, and Bast was it awful! But when he started adding all that sugar in it last night, I stayed well back…though Pouncival and Plato were stupid enough to try it, and yes, they're both ill."

"Then why didn't you warn us then?" Munkustrap inquired while rubbing his head, which was throbbing again.

Tumblebrutus smiled. "Don't know, just wanted to see if any of you could master it…ah well, looks like neither of you weren't up for it."

"And thanks to you and Admetus' milk, nearly the entire tribe is ill," Munkustrap added with anger in his voice.

Both he and Rum Tum Tugger looked at each other, feeling not better than when they woke up this morning.

Almost quickly, Tumblebrutus quickly changed the subject. "Anyway, are you two trying to find Mistoffelees?"

"Well spotted, Tumblebrutus," Tugger replied sarcastically while rolling his eyes.

Munkustrap groaned slightly as he carried on rubbing his forehead. "I'm not feeling good for guessing games right now you know."

The patched tom-kit rubbed his paws in glee; he couldn't wait to tell them the story. "Mistoffelees wasn't feeling good this morning…when he went off with Electrione."

The brothers were both silent as they could only stare at him then back at each other then back at the tom-kit, as they tried to go over what he had said.

Tugger walked forward and looked down at him with an incredulous look on his face. "Went off this morning with Electrione?!"

"That's right," Tumblebrutus grinned, as if he had planned it all to begin with. "She went up to this house, and before he had a chance to react, she took him off…early, for various errands or something."

Munkustrap shook his head in disbelieve. "Mistoffelees…errands…Electrione?"

Tumblebutus nodded while Munkustrap and Rum Tum Tugger's eyes widened at the thought of it all, this day was just getting more stranger by the hour.

XXX

Shortly afterwards, the two brothers found themselves walking back to the Junkyard and Mistoffelees' situation. It was only now that the news Tumblebrutus had told them was only starting to sink in.

"Who would've guessed it?" The silver tabby said. "Mistoffelees out doing various things around this city."

"And with a clingy queen," Tugger added.

"Oh not any old queen, a queen named Electrione." Munkustrap pointed out.

"Actually," Rum Tum Tugger asked as he stopped. "How long has she been alone for since she lost her mate?"

Munkustrap stopped and paused to reflect. "Ooh, must be over a year now since her mate Raithen died."

"How was it he died again?" Tugger asked.

"Think he just died in his sleep I suppose, or at least what I've heard." Munkustrap replied.

Rum Tum Tugger rubbed his chin in thought. "Really? What I heard that he couldn't stand it anymore with her and he committed suicide by throwing himself in the Thames."

The Jellicle protector shrugged his shoulders. "Well…Either way, he couldn't die quick enough."

The two of them said nothing and just shook their heads remembering that day, until they both remembered about Mistoffelees.

"I fear what Misto has let himself in for," Munkustrap bleakly said sadly.

"It's all thanks to Admetus' milk," Tugger added facing away back from where they came. "Just need some poor Tom to get that stuff down him…and then he doesn't know where he's at."

"He's here now," Munkustrap's voice uttered causing Tugger to turn round.

"Who's here?" Tugger asked looking around.

"Over there," the silver tabby pointing over to two cats across the street. "It's Mistoffelees with Electrione."

They saw a large black Bombay queen dragging Mistoffelees by his arm, in which the tom tried as much as he could to get free of her grasp, though why he wasn't using magic to get away was strange for him. He didn't even notice his two friends as she pulled him with quite a rate down the street and out of sight leaving both Rum Tum Tugger and Munkustrap just helplessly looking at what had just happened. How had he ended up with her?

XXX

The two toms eventually found their way back to the Junkyard to see if the rest of the tribe had recovered. As they entered the main clearing, they spotted Etcetera playing tag with Electra and then noticed up on the large tyre Jennyanydots attending to Skimbleshanks, who lay on his back and who's eyes were bloodshot by the looks of things, yet another victim of that horrendous milk.

They approached her and her mate and she noticed that they still hadn't Mistoffelees with them. "Where is he then?" She asked

"You might as well ask that question yourself," Tugger replied crossing his arms.

"He's out with Electrione, doing errands apparently," Munkustrap explained to the pair.

Jennyanydots and even Skimbleshanks, who suddenly found himself a new burst of energy at hearing this, starred in shock at the brothers' news.

"Mistoffelees? With Electrione?" The Gumbie cat asked in astonishment.

"He's livin' dangerously there," Skimbleshanks piped in. "…How in the name did the lad end up wi' her?"

"Admetus' milk," Tugger said abruptly.

"Seems everyone has gotten ill from that stuff in different ways," Jenny noted. "Also, there was food that they had there, did he do that cuisine part as well?"

"No, in a matter of fact," Munkustrap replied. "He told us to get our own food, so we all pitched in."

"I second that," Skimbleshanks added, him remembering bringing in some mice for the night. "It was one of those 'do-it-yerself-affairs'.

Rum Tum Tugger looked over briefly at Etcetera and Electra. "The food was alright, it was just that milk that was lethal. Seems we all got ill one way or another, me getting the shakes, Munk getting a temperature and now Misto getting himself a queen he didn't ask for."

Jennyanydots sighed. "Well, if there is one bit of good news, it that your shakes have gone, Tugger."

The Maine Coon looked down at his paws and just what Jenny had said, the shaking had gone! "Hey look! I'm cured!"

"My temperature has gone too!" Munkustrap smiled while feeling his forehead.

"I think I'm ready again," Tugger smiled that goofy grin of his as he ruffled his large mane before looking over at the two queen-kits still playing there game and for some odd reason, hadn't notice him coming into the Junkyard in the first place.

The Maine Coon started walking up to them with his familiar sexual swagger back once again. "Hey girls," he purred and the two queens looked up and were amazed to see the Tugger they knew was back.

"TUGGER!" Etcetera squealed with joy and she rugby tackled the adult tom with such a force that he fell flat on his back. Her arms were wrapped round his waist hugging him, but she held her idol in a vice grip which wasn't that comfortable for him.

The other three adult Jellicles watching the scene could only roll their eyes. Yes, things seemed to be getting back to normal…almost.

Well, they seem better, just what has Misto gotten himself in for, Review for more please, those make me feel that putting these chapters up worthwhile! Now to start work on the next...