Here we go, another update! Well then, this chapter is a longer one and we finally see how Misto gotten himself this situation. This chapter also includes a scene with Demeter, Jenny, Bomba, Jelly and Victoria, I wasn't really thinking about putting them in this chapter at first, but then it gave me a good opportunity at writing this characters. Once again, it is my first time writing this characters so I hope they are IC.

Alas, let's find out what's going on with our favourite magical cat...

Chapter 4

Food

Later that day, Munkustrap and Rum Tum Tugger returned to the Junkyard along with Jemima and the very ill Pouncival, which the latter two went to Jemima's den so that she could try whatever she could to cure Pouncival from that milk. By now, the two brothers sat up on a large pile of junk overlooking the Junkyard and thought about Mistoffelees' current problem and whatever they could do to help him out. At the moment however, both of them had thought about nothing to help them in their situation.

The silver tabby sighed as he drummed his fingers on a rusty metal sheet. "She's got to bring him back sometime," he said. "She can't keep him forever."

Rum Tum Tugger fleeting looked over to his brother while trying to groom himself. "Who knows, you always hear about the evils of drink, you never really think though that it would mean Electrione though."

"Did he have much of that milk?" Munkustrap questioned.

Tugger tried to remember the past night's events, oddly though, he didn't seem to recall seeing Mistoffelees having that milk. "Can't remember, either way though, if you ask me, he's not going to get involved with Electrione on an empty stomach."

Munkustrap looked down seeing several of the kittens playing, nearly all of them unaware of what had happened to Mistoffelees. "I will swear this though, I'll never touch anything that Ademetus wants us to either eat or drink again."

The black and gold Maine Coon muttered a "Here, here" response to Munkustrap. "But I didn't think he was that attractive to queens," Tugger then noted.

This made Munkustrap to look back at him with a peculiar expression. "…Well he hasn't got queens…he's got Electrione, that's another to put queens off him just for being with her."

Tugger rolled his eyes in response and the two were silent once again, both watching the amusing antics of the kittens below playing various games. For what seemed like five minutes, the brothers didn't exchange any words, until Munkustrap suddenly slid himself off the top of the pile and headed downwards. He stopped and looked up at Rum Tum Tugger, wondering what was going on.

"Come on," Munkustrap said motioning Tugger to come with him. "Misto could be back at his human's home by now."

With only a causal nod, Rum Tum Tugger slid of the pile and headed downwards to follow his brother's lead. Not long later, the two were soon out of the Junkyard once more and headed over to find Mistoffelees and finally get to the bottom of what this was all about.

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At the same time in the Junkyard, Jennyanydots along with Jellylorem, Demeter, Bombalurina, Cassandra and Victoria were all sitting by the great tyre discussion over what was going on with Mistoffelees, the topic being brought up by Jennyanydots. As expected, all the queens were interested about the subject. And with the Gumbie cat being known to spread news like wildfire whenever she'd find out about something, it wouldn't long until the whole tribe would know about it.

"How did Mistoffelees get involved with Electrione?" Demeter asked.

"It all happened last night," Jennyanydots explained. "One of the queens that Admetus had brought along for trying out that milk."

"Milk that I will say should quite simply never be brought back here again," Jellylorem spoke up. "Sure Gus can managed most drinks with him and his friends going to the back of that pub nearly every evening, but even this morning he could barely even stand, and now he has only just gotten better." The cream tabby sadly shook her head at just thinking about it.

Bombalurina looked over to Jellylorem. "Sounds like the whole thing with this milk was a very hit and miss occasion."

"But still," Cassandra said to the others. "It's not like Mistoffelees to get involved with a queen like that." (She herself knowing this after being his assistant several times before.)

The youngest of the group, Victoria, had a rather naïve and lovely image in her head with her brother being with someone. "I think it's rather romantic, him finding someone to settle down with."

The other queens could only heave a sigh at her; she still had much to learn as a fully-grown queen.

"If you only knew about her," Jennyanydots responded. "You'd soon know about what a difficult situation Mistoffelees is in right now."

The white queen's blue eyes widen wondering what they really meant. "What is she like this Electrione?"

"Inclined to be a know-it-all," Jellylorem replied, her nose twitching at the thought of it.

"And always has some sort of power of knowing where your mate is rather than you do," Demeter added. "No tribe would really want her, she'd drive us all off our head if she was one of us."

Bombalurina nodded at her sister's reply, she herself remembering Electrione's former mate, Raithen. "Yeah, she hasn't really changed since Raithen left."

Victoria looked over to the scarlet queen. "Then where is Raithen?"

The flirty queen looked over to her and cast a cheeky grin on her lips. "…At the bottom of the Thames."

The other queens could only gawp at what she had just said to Victoria. Then again Bombalurina tended to say things as they were most of the time.

"And one other thing," Bombalurina added. "She always wants to flirt with many toms as she can, well that isn't right."

Cassandra's eyes shot open over those words. "Look who's talking," She muttered under her breath.

Victoria, now starting to really think at what this queen was like. She bit her bottom lip just imagining her brother's circumstances in a new light; suddenly that lovely image of before had all but gone. "Ooh…I hope he's alright…"

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The sun was now starting to set across the city and many of the Jellicle's human owners would be returning to their homes. Sitting on the front wall in the garden, Tumblebrutus and Plato sat grooming themselves in the last rays of the sunshine of the day, Pouncival had only returned by limping his way home but was still not fully healthy and wished to remain in the house. However, Tumblebrutus could only look at his older brother and couldn't help but think over a certain thought that had been bothering him for a while now.

"You know what I've had to forget as I've gotten older?" Tumblebrutus said to Plato.

"Huh?" Plato muttered halted grooming himself wondering what Tumble was on about.

"Those bedtime stories that Dad use to read to us when we were younger," Tumblebrutus explained. "I use to love them, those story when those two perfect, sweet and pure couples would run off into the sunset together and live happily ever after…but then I thought about it wasn't that true."

"What'd you talking about?" Plato asked with some growing interest within him.

"It just seemed all too nice and pretty when you think about," Tumblebrutus continued. "Then you and Victoria became mates…and the reality was even worse with you two getting together. You just seem all nice and perfect and all that, should name you Mr. and Mrs. Pure."

Plato stared in silence at his brother's words, he didn't know if he should feel insulted or even think about his relationship with his mate. "But I love her though and she loves me back."

The younger bi-colour tom sighed and looked away. "Yes, that's probably it, now I can see why Misto doesn't want you with his sister."

If he only knew why…!

Just then, the two saw Rum Tum Tugger and Munkustrap walking up towards the human home of Mistoffelees' owner, and were passing by the two brothers sitting up on the wall.

"Alright there, Plato?" Tugger greeted up to them with his toothy smile. "When you going to have kittens with Vicky then?"

Plato looked away embarrassed while Tugger and Tumblebrutus had a good laugh about it. Munkustrap though seeing this, quickly changed the subject. Why did his brother had to say such stupid greetings to others?

"Never mind that," the silver tabby interrupted. "Have you two seen Mistoffelees?"

Tumble nodded. "Yes, he's just back but he—"

Almost in a flash, Munkustrap went racing over to the house across the street with Rum Tum Tugger following him right behind.

"But he's suppose to go out later tonight!" Tumblebrutus yelled over to them. "He's found out what it means to have a good queen in his life!"

Plato facepalmed at that comment by his brother, and to think what he'd said just less that a minute ago about him and Victoria.

Soon Tugger and Munkustrap arrived at the front door the home and Tugger leaned in towards the cat flap. "Hey Misto, it's us!" Tugger called out.

Not long later on the other side through the glass, two worried looking blue eyes raised up from under the cat flap, though those eyes soften, as they knew who it was. It was the tom that Munkustrap and Tugger and been trying to find all day.

"Oh, it's you!" Came the voice of the much-relived Mistoffelees. "I thought it was her again, come in."

The two brothers entered the cat flap and into Mistoffelees' human home and into the living room. Oddly, Munkustrap and Tugger noted that Mistoffelees' owners weren't back yet, but that wasn't the main question in their minds.

"I've just had one of the most frightening days out!" Mistoffelees exclaimed to them. "I don't know where to begin. I wake up and then she appears at this door. She dragged me everywhere from here to Oxford and back I think, she wanted me for helping collect her various items, all just one big blur."

Tugger sat on a small table in the room as he found himself getting comfy to listen to the whole story. "How'd did get involved with her?"

The magical cat shut his eyes and shuddered as he remembered the previous evening's events. "Well it was just one of those terrible accidents. While you all were drinking the milk, I wasn't feeling thirsty, so I went over to see what was there to eat."

"Wait a minute you mean to say you didn't drink any of that milk?" Munkustrap replied.

The tuxedo tom shook his head. "No, but now I wished I did. You see, I went over to the food and saw these stuff mice that looked quite tempting to eat. So I took a mouthful out of one of them, it wasn't a bad mouse; it was quite good to be fair. 'These are not bad mice,' I said out loud when suddenly I get this grip on my arm, it's Electrione. 'Those are my mice,' she says, 'you've got a good eye for food, Mistoffelees.' And since then she hasn't let go of my arm since."

The others sat in silence. The truth seemed far more stranger than they first thought.

Tugger was the one the break the silence. "So let me get this straight…she went with you…just because you liked her food...?"

Misto simply nodded, his head hung sadly.

Munkustrap scratched his head in wonder at his young friend's story. "I've heard food is a way to a Tom's heart, but this really takes it to another level."

"And another thing!" Rum Tum Tugger called out. "You have magic, why couldn't you just simply disappear and get out of her sight?"

Mistoffelees jumped up onto the large couch before lying down, his sad face really saying how he felt. "That's another thing you wouldn't believe…she's a magical cat too!"

Munkustrap spluttered a cough while Tugger rushed over to hear more.

"She's WHAT?!" The Maine Coon asked in alarm.

"Impossible!" The silver tabby added.

"I'm not making this up!" Mistoffelees confessed. "That's how she managed to find the street I was on and appear here, not to mention that with her force around me, I couldn't do any magic to get away, only if she would be out of the way I could do any magic."

The brothers in the room ogled at each other at this revelation. The thought of Mistoffelees being with a queen he didn't want was like a hundred to one, however being with a queen he did want that also happened to know magic was more like a billion to one…only Mistoffelees' luck had managed to do something like that.

The tuxedo tom had his paws over his head wondering now what to do. "I'm lost, I've had it, I might as well give in…All I want is to find a sweet queen who'll will be there to comfort me…isn't it just crazy how your life can change when you admire someone's food?"

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Outside the house, Tumblebrutus was seen walking along the street headed back towards the Junkyard, when up in front of him he could see Rum Tum Tugger and Munkustrap trying to pull Mistoffelees out off the house and through the cat flap. Amused by the scene, he quickly changed direction and headed over to them.

"Come on!" Tugger said as they both pulled him into the front garden. "We'll hide you in the Junkyard."

"He's right," Munkustrap added. "We'll protect you."

Mistoffelees though seemed very reluctant to go anyway but back to the house. "It's no good I've tried hiding. This morning when she appeared in the street I tried hiding in the house so she wouldn't spot me."

"Then how did she find you then at your house?" Munkustrap questioned.

Mistoffelees then noticed Tumblebrutus walking towards them. "She asked him for directions!" He pointed at the patched tom on the word 'him'.

Instead, the mentioned tom had that stupid smile on his face. "I was only being a gentletom by helping a queen for directions."

"He thinks it's funny," Misto snorted narrowing his eyes at Tumble. "He's sidelining with his brother thinking that 'if I'm not letting my sister be with his brother, then maybe I should have a mate myself to get me out of the way!'"

"I wish you all the happiness for you and her!" Tumblebrutus answered back with a wink.

"Don't worry," Rum Tum Tugger replied by placing his paw on Misto's shoulder. "We're here to help you out."

Mistoffelees though didn't think otherwise. "No there's any point I'm being forced to go out this evening to that alleyway up the road from here…she wants me to try that quick mating ceremony."

The brothers looked at him in dismay. That mating ceremony was something that neither Jellicle wanted to be apart of, it was a place were many cat couples, mostly those who shared forbidden love, all got together, did their mating dances and would run off together, all of which that the Jellicles heard never returned.

"That ceremony?" The silver tabby said. "She is determined to get him as his mate, this is worse than I thought!"

Both the brothers at hearing the news had involuntary let go of their grips on Mistoffelees and the young tom was heading back through the cat flap.

"Wait, come back!" Tugger cried out to him.

"I'm sorry," the magical cat replied sadly, his voice shaking with fear. "I have no other choice, just tell the tribe I love them and tell Victoria to live a happy life and tell Electra I said thanks for being a great assistant for me…I better get ready for tonight."

And without another word, he was through the cat flap and out of sight, only Munkustrap and Rum Tum Tugger stood there bewildered at what had just happened, only for Tumblebrutus to break the silence.

"I wonder when the time comes they'll move into her den, or his?"

Damn Tumble you can be a jerk! Ah well, Poor old Misto. Hope you did like how I did the queens, remember, my first time writing them so I'm not expecting them to be perfect. In the meantime, review if you want to know how they'll save Mistoffelees from the clutches of that queen, review please, you know what to do. I think I might have one or two more chapters to go after this, until then though, stay tune for more!