I don't like this chapter either but depending on your POV it's funny. Own nothing.
I struggled and bit against Philippe's grasp as he carried me to a downstairs drawing room by my neck. My neck. I was set down on a very fluffy rug and tried to run off but my claws got caught and Philippe laughed. I glared up at him. "Now just wait until the girls see you." I did not have to wait long. Three girls, one between the ages of Raoul and Philippe, and two fairly young entred. They seemed peaceable... for a time. The three of them sat on the rug surrounding me and I saw Philippe smirk as he strutted off. The youngest, about nine, was the first to suggest what to do with me.
"Go find some doll clothes, Tabitha! She'll look perfect in pearls." If I could have screamed, I would have. I made to run off again but the youngest girl grabbed me by my hind legs. I clawed at the rug, pulling up some of it in my claws. "Bad Kitty! Bad!" The girl shook me until I felt dizzy and went limp in her hands.
"Franny! Look! You've killed her!" Hollered the older sister.
"No, I haven't! Her eyes are still open!"
"That proves nothing!" I began to come to my senses as Tabitha entred.
"Look! I found the perfect dress for her! And I found a string of pearls!" If only cats could cry...
The dress was a horrid monstrosity of rainbow fabric. Tabitha grabbed me and shoved me into the dress then wrapped the string of pearls around my neck a little too tight. She set me down and I writhed about, scratching and clawing at anything in sight.
"Look at her dance! She's so happy!" Franny exclaimed. "That dress is so pretty on her, Tabitha! Wouldn't you say so, Reine?"
"Sure..." The older sister replied. At least someone in the room had a bit of sense. I clawed at my neck and the string broke and pearls rolled all over the floor. I smirked at my achievement then began to claw at the laces of the dress to free myself. Before I could do so, I was grabbed by my back paws again and the dress was removed. I made to jump out of Tabitha's grasp but she then held me like you would hold a baby except much, much tighter than what you should. Then it came to me. I smiled. Tabitha screamed. She stood and dropped me to the ground.
"Philippe! Kitty peed on me!" The three sisters ran from the room and I ran to the open window and jumped out.
I sat in the bushes a while to regain my breath and calm down. Then I began my walk into town. Once I reached Paris I stayed in the back streets, when suddenly I was grabbed by my neck and carried off by a black and white striped cat. I tried to shake free of his mouth but when Old Deuteronomy came into view, I stopped. The cat set me down then joined Old Deuteronomy on his right side. I realized with a start that I had been fighting against Munkustrap. I tilted my head down in a catlike bow. "As you surely know, Imaginaire, the Jellicle moon is tomorrow night."
"Yes, sir."
"Do you know what this means?"
"It means that there will also be a Jellicle ball."
"There is more to it than that. Let me start from the beginning, my friend. You are a cat right there is a full moon Jellicles assume a kind of 'human' form. That is why the Jellicle moon is a full moon, so we have a kind of way of moving about at the ball. Do you follow?"
"Somewhat."
"Every full moon, the Jellicle cats take a human form of their cat. What this means is that our fur patterns will be turned to skin pattern but you will still retain cat ears and the fur on your head will remain in the shape of your cat self. It is a bit difficult to explain to someone who has not experienced it."
"I agree. I will learn in time."
"If I am not mistaken, you have a woman to attend to?" I felt my cheeks heat below my fur.
"A question, if I may. Is it required that I come to the ball?"
"No, but if you want a mate, yes."
"Alright, thank you." I bowed again and made my way back to where I was just as it started to storm. I ducked into the alley a bit deeper and hid beneath a crate.
I stayed beneath the crate for hours until the storm turned to a drizzle. Peeking into a shop window, a grandfather clock read just past midnight. I snuck all the way to Madame Valerius' flat where I was able to jump up to Christine's window and sit on the ledge until she woke in the morning.
The part that Old D. talks about is kind of my own headcanon (is that the right word?). I admit it is confusing but since we have seen or we know at least a bit about cats we can decipher what it is saying. If you are still a bit boggled, basically:
I like to imagine that during the day and night (except for full and Jellicle moons), they are normal looking everyday cats while on the full and Jellicle moon, they take the form they take in the musical (a human dressed as a cat). I hope this kind of clears it up.