Part 1
Two female cats trudged along the ground with enough strength to put one foot in front of the other. Finally one of them, a black and gold coloured cat, fell to the ground and exclaimed to her friend, "I can't go any further!" rolling up into a little ball she continued, but her voice was muffled. "You can carry on going, but I just have to lie and sleep, and if I die, too bad." She grumbled. "But we have to keep going!" replied her friend, putting a comforting paw on her friends shoulder. "Gamarin, can't we just get fifteen minutes to sleep!" whined Sclicklepots, pleading with her friend. "Okay then, but do you know that there might be a wild cat wanting to pick a fight or a Peke or Pollicle looking for its dinner. I just hope we can find you cousin," but Sclicklepots wasn't listening, she had fallen asleep with exhaustion. Gamarin smiled and then cuddled up next to her friend. The two cats weren't too sure how long they slept, but when Gamarin woke up it was morning. She turned to her friend who was still asleep. Suddenly a terrible feeling came over her. Gamarin jumped up and started shaking her friend as hard as she could, while she whispered, "Please don't let her be dead. Please don't let her be dead." Sclicklepots opened her mouth, yawned and stretched her limbs. "Thank God," cried Gamarin looking up to the sky. "What are you talking about?" asked Slicklepots, with a confused expression. "I thought you were dead. Don't you ever frighten me like that again!" shouted Gamarin, shaking Sclicklepots again. "Cut it out! I'm still tired." Sclicklepots rolled over and fell asleep once more. Gamarin looked down at her friend and thought, "She must have been really tired, but I'm also glad that we stopped for a rest, but I didn't intend us to sleep for so long. Gamarin lifted her head and looked around. She noticed a rather tall Tomcat staring at her from another pile of junk. Still looking at the Tom, Gamarin shook Sclicklepots. "What is it?" Sclicklepots wiped her sleepy eyes with her paws."Shhhh!" Gamarin pointed to the Tom and whispered, "He's cute isn't he? But not as cute as Thundesphere." "Don't say that Gamarin! Don't ever mention Thundesphere in my presence again!" exclaimed Sclicklepots with clenched teeth. "Okay I'm sorry!" shouted Gamarin, raising her paws in the air. "Shhh!" but it was too late. The Tom was already moving towards them. "What's wrong ladies?" "Nothing. Nothing's wrong," said Gamarin with a facial expression saying 'What makes you think that?'"Well, I'm glad we've met. I'm Rum Tum Tugger," he said winking at them. "Oh, a pretty boy, eh?" replied Gamarin, raising her eyebrows, " Well, I'm Gamarin." "And I'm Sclicklepots." She smiled at him. Meanwhile at the Junkyard Munkustrap was looking for Alonzo. "Has anyone seen Alonzo anywhere?" "No sorry Munkus, I can't help you there," shouted Misto. Munkustrap turned around to see Cassandra coming towards him. "Have you seen Tugger lately?" she asked. "No I'm sorry I don't know where he is." "Arr. I wish he wouldn't disappear so much!" she said with clenched teeth. "I think we better get outa the open. Macavity's companions could be around." He urged them to get up and follow him.As she stood up, Sclicklepots asked, "Who's Macavity?" Tugger looked at her confused, "Are you serious? You mean you haven't heard of Macavity?" "Of course not, I wouldn't have asked you if I had," Sclicklepots replied annoyed. "You must be from some where far, far away. Macavity's a mystery cat, the Napoleon of Crime." "That sounds familiar," said Gamarin.Sclicklepots hissed at her. "Well any way, um, he's got a bad reputation with us Jellicles.""Jellicles?" "Yeah, that's my group. The Jellicle Tribe." "Go on," said Gamarin, who was very interested in this 'Macavity'. "Macavity's been tormenting and torturing our lives for, I don't know how long. A couple of years ago he killed a mother cat and a new born kitten." "That's terrible!" exclaimed Gamarin. "But I can think of something much worse!" said Sclicklepots staring at something with her thoughts somewhere else."What?""Never mind." "Where are you from?" said Tugger, trying to change the subject a bit."Windsor." "Windsor!! But that's twenty five miles from here!" "That's why we're in the state we are." She was right, when he looked at them properly he noticed that their coats were filthy and they looked incredibly tired."Why did you come here?" "It's a long story," Sclicklepots replied, looking around with an upset expression. "I have lots of time…" but Sclicklepots cut him off."Where are we going?" "We're going to my home."Gamarin scrunched up her face, " No thanks!" "No! That's not what I mean. I'm taking you to the Jellicle Junkyard, where I hangout with some of my friends.""Oh!" They walked for a little while longer and then Tugger helped them up onto a pile of junk and then shouted, "The Tugger is here!" Sclicklepots and Gamarin jumped back as four kittens squealed and ran up to Tugger. One jumped into his arms, two clung to his legs and the last didn't quite get hold of him and slid down the junk pile until she hit the ground with a wail. Tugger turned to Sclicklepots and said, "My fan club." "Hello, Yum Tum Tugger," said one of the kittens. He laughed and put her down then he said to her, "I've brought two new friends for you." The End of Part 1© copyright Sclicklepots: Thanks for reading my story. I hope you enjoyed it. I know it's not that long but I'm hoping the next part will be longer. Please continue to read all the other parts and please e-mail me and tell me what you think of it.johnbull@eisa.net.au
