Methina and Mecina: Daughters of the Glamour cat
By: Misteazer


A drop of dew fell off a petal of a nearby flower in a
meadow where some kittens were playing. Dusk was
falling and the kittens had been playing all day. Two
of the kittens were older and believed in more mature
games. As some of the kittens departed to go home,
three remained behind; two of them were sisters. One
kitten a little older than the other. The younger
kitten turned to leave the meadow and onto the road to
lead them home. A cloud passed over the moon, making
the area dark and hard to see. She meowed for her
sister to come, but no such luck. Her sister remained
in the field with the third kitten, a male named
Masclimbo. Her sister, Mecina, had been seeing him for
a while now. There was a new feeling in the air as the
moon was hidden behind a cloud. She sensed movement
under a bush nearby. She peered into the under brush
and tried to make out what made that noise. The moon
came out from behind a dark night cloud. The moonbeams
hit a white face from the underbrush. Around the white
face was the black outline of a kitten. It had to be Mistoffolees.
" Oh, you scared me Misto!" Methina exclaimed.
" Sorry Methina, I didn't mean to." He apologized. A
cloud rolled over the moon, so Methina could barely
make out Mistoffolees' white face and chest.
" I'll see you later. I have to go fool my family
again." Mistoffolees said with a smirk. 
" Are you going to sleep in the hall?" Methina asked.
" What?" Misto asked, confused.
" Well, try and make your family think you're in
the...garden and just fall asleep in the hall. They'll
be calling you for hours!" Mistoffolees started
laughing. " That's a great idea! I'll tell you about
it tomorrow! Bye!" He said as the little white tufts
of hair ran out of sight. " Bye!" Methina's voice
managed to squeak out. She turned to look back at the
field across the road and saw that the grass was
parting. Mecina emerged, with the dazed, starry-eyed
look that she often had on her face after she "had
fun" with Masclimbo. " C'mon fur ball, lets go home."
She said to her rather short, but it was typical for
her after nights like this. As they turned to go home,
up an alley just a little ways out of the field's
sight, a car screeched and a tuft of Maine-coon fur
floated up to the moon, uncovered, and unseen.


The sisters turned up an alley. Methina looked at her
sister, she could tell her thoughts were far away from
this horrible place, she was thinking of the field,
and Masclimbo. Methina didn't blame her sister to have
an unconscious mind about the alley. In this alley
live a corrupted pollicle dog named Chi-Chi. It was
never told what breed the dog was, all anyone knew was
the dog was hungry, and even though he was tied up,
the chain was becoming rapidly weakening. With every
pull the dog made to get away from where he was
chained, the chain weakened, he did this all the time.
It was just a matter of days before the chain and his
mind would snap. Methina was relieved when the alley
ended and they were facing the old abandoned
playground of the dead schoolhouse. The schoolhouse
had been abandoned for years; nobody lived there,
except for a few families of jellicles. Methina's
included. The sounds of wailing hungry kittens and
soft purrs of content couples were heard everywhere.
The sisters climbed the stairs into the old classroom
where they claimed their home. The schoolhouse
jellicles were one of great family beliefs, and they
never ceased to help each other, like in the winter
when there is little, they all would cuddle in the
furnace room where very little heat would come, but it
was warm. 
" Mom!" cried Mecina There was no answer. The sisters
looked through out the classroom 
" I don't think you'll find her here." Called a voice
from the doorway. A Russian Blue, as the bred was
called, stood in the doorway. The cat's name was
*Sheba*. She was just under a year old, full of
kitten, plenty to say, and full of knowledge. 
" Why where is she?" Mecina asked her. 
" I don't know, once the moon rose she got up and
left." Sheba replied. 
" My guess would be that...wait...listen!" The three
kittens froze as the sounds of footsteps were heard.
The meows stopped and the sound of hisses and wails
were heard. All of a sudden the cats were being
grabbed from every direction, Sheba included, she was
a strong one, but not strong enough to escape the
clutches of human hands. Fortunately, the two sisters
were able to get away, and they ran away, far away,
away from human clutches. 

They ran to seem what seemed like forever. They
somehow found themselves in the field; there they
slept the rest of the night. All night, and most of
they day the kittens waited for their friends, but
nobody came. Mecina was worried about Masclimbo. They
waited, until they both realized that no one would be
coming. They knew weren't dead, otherwise they
wouldn't have even began to look for the friends
they'd lost. It had been a long time since the kittens
had played in the field. It had also been a long time
since Mecina had felt Masclimbo's touch. It had been a
long time since Methina had felt her sister's love.
When rumor got out that Chi-Chi's chain had snapped,
Mecina wasn't about to see her sister run like a
coward, so she tried the copy-cat tactic of showing
her what to do… all the time. So instead of nuzzling,
Mecina would hiss at her sister, expecting her to hiss
back. But instead of hissing back, it made Methina
unbelievably wary, cautious, scared, and nervous, to a
point that her fur became mangled, frizzed, not silky
and smooth like that of her sister's. They slept that
night in a grassy area near a junkyard and there they
slept, and dreamed. All cats meditate on their names,
and if they do so before they sleep, a dream will come
to them and the dream will become reality. 

Mecina meditated on her hidden name an then came the
dream. She saw a great tribe of cats. She was standing
on a platform, everyone was rejoicing, and then she
turned, looked up and saw a familiar, loving face... 

Methina meditated on her hidden name and then came the
dream. A bright light and a wonderful feeling came
over her. She felt someone else's paw touching hers.
She saw her sister going up, up, up... 

The sisters made their way to the nearby junkyard.
They climbed onto a huge pile of junk and at the top
was a chair. They made their way to the chair. Mecina
stood on the seat, and Methina crouched behind the
back of it. They could see a large group of cats
dancing around a Maine Coon. He reminded Mecina a lot
of Masclimbo. But they called him Rum-Tum Tugger. It
was mostly young females who seemed to like him. This
sparked Mecina's curiosity and interest. She slowly
made her way down the pile toward the Maine Coon. She
saw another female making her way to him. She was
about Mecina's age, but her fur was red. Mecina was
mostly white, with splotches of gray here and there.
Her sister Methina was gray where she was white and
white on her face, chest, paws and the tip of her
tail. Mecina didn't waste any time seeking out her
next date. Rum-Tum Tugger would suit her just fine,
and no one would stop her. She bumped the red cat out
of reach from the Maine Coon. From what the other cats
had called out to him, it seemed he wasn't the type to
be cuddled with. She got his attention and started to
flirt. The other females did the same, trying to get
him to come back. But Mecina had worked her charm,
like she does on most males. The red cat, stunned and
angry hisses at the new cat that took away her tom!
The tow cats rub noses and Tugger rejoices with
passion for the new cat. Methina wants to join in, so
she climbs down the pile of junk that is holding up
the chair, and starts toward the other cats. Tugger
notices her, and points her out to everyone else.
Apparently, no one appeals to her ragged appearance,
some slink away in the shadows, others shun her. One
cat with a brown jagged marking across his face
scratches her on her paw. Methina runs to her sister's
side, and crouches by her feet. A large gray tabby
approaches the two sisters, and looks them over. He
confronts Mecina, Mecina didn't flinch or appear to be
scared or threatened by his presence.
" I'm Munkustrap, a protector of this tribe. Who might
you be?" He asked. 
" I might be Mecina, and this is my sister Methina."
Mecina said. 
" You are strangers, why are you here?" He asked.
Mecina lowered her eyes and said, 
" I've come here to find my lover. Perhaps you've
heard of him? Does the name Masclimbo sound familiar
to anyone?" Mecina asked hopefully.
Munkustrap looked around, everyone shock their heads.
" Sorry. No one has heard of him." Munku replied.
Mecina looked upset and disappointed. Munku directed
his attention to the cowering female behind Mecina.
" And you," he said as Mecina stepped aside. " You are
Methina I take it?" Methina nodded fearfully. 
" Awe, no need to be afraid, we wouldn't hurt you
unless you're asking for it!" Munku replied.
" Let me introduce everyone!" Munku said to the sisters. 
" You've already meet the Tugger…" 
" And a pleasure it was!" Tugger said to Mecina. 
" Like I was saying!" Munku said annoyed at the Tugger. 
" This is Skimbleshanks, the railway cat!" 
" A pleasure to make yer acquaintance." The tom spoke
with a Scottish accent 
" And that is Bombalurina!" She said pointing to the
red cat. Bomb turned away, coldly. 
" Uh, yeah…and this is Demeter, Bomb's closest friend." 
" Hi!" Demeter said shortly. 
" You want to watch out for these two, Mungojerrie and
Rumpleteazer!" Two orange, red and black striped cats
trotted out from the crowd. 
" Hey there!" The tom called out. They both a cockney
accent. He went around and introduced the other cats
like Victoria, Jemima, Etcetera, and Electra.
Cassandra, Coricopat and Tantomile who were twins,
Exotica, Pouncival, Tumbleburtus, Alonzo a black and
white tom, and Jellylorum. 
" Tonight," continued Munku. " Is the Jellicle ball,
as I'm sure you're aware of." 
" I knew it was soon, I didn't know it was tonight!"
exclaimed Mecina. 
" Don't worry you didn't miss much. Old Deuteronomy
hasn't even appeared." 
" Who?" Mecina asked. 
" Our leader, and the oldest of Jellicles. He decides
who journeys to the heavy side layer on the night we
make the jellicle choice!" The other cats seemed
excited when he said this. 
" Normally we send Misto to…where is he anyway?" 
" I'm coming!" called a voice from thin air. Suddenly,
a flash of light and a black and white cat came down
from the sky! 
" Oh, there you are Mistoffolees I was getting
worried!" 
" Worried about me? Oh Munku you do care!" Misto
shouted sarcastically. Some of the cats laughed a bit.
" Funny." Munku said. " Misto, this is Mecina and
Methina." They looked awfully familiar to the black
magic cat, but he couldn't remember where or when he
had seen them. The Jellicle ball was fun. Everyone was
dancing and laughing! Methina quickly started to
observe a pattern. She noticed that Rum Tum Tugger was
like a queen magnet. All the kittens and some of the
older females always wanted to dance with him. Mostly
Bombalurina, but Mecina wanted the Maine coon, badly.
Mecina just couldn't help but notice the familiarity
between her beloved Masclimbo and Tugger! When
Bombalurina keep shoving Mecina out of the way of
Tugger, Mecina became more agitated than before!

At one point during all this, Alonzo came up to
Methina and asked her a question. 
" Methina, your aurora, I've seen it before." 
" Huh?" She replied. 
" You're not a magic cat are you?" he asked. Methina
lowered her eyes. 
" Yes I am." She replied. 
" Is that a bad thing?" he asked. 
" Well how many magic cats do you know?" she asked. 
" Two." He replied. 
" Two?" 
" Yeah, Misto and…" 
" Macvity!" Exclaimed Demeter. All the cats stopped
what they were doing and huddled around each other.
When Munkustrap gave the signal they all scattered in
opposite directions. Obviously Munku was the tribe's
protector. Alonzo was about to tell Methina what to
do, but she knew. Strange, he thought, how does she
know what to do? Duh, we're all doing the same thing,
it's rather obvious! But what seemed a logical
explanation for Methina and Mecina's behavior was not
as obvious as it seemed. 

Methina and Mecina along with Alonzo and Cassandra
were all huddled in a sewer pipe. It was cramped, but
it was safer than out there. Alonzo stepped out to
Munkustrap and they started to look around. It was
apparent that Alonzo was sort of a second in command
to Munku. Munkustrap nodded to Alonzo in approval, and
Alonzo motioned for them to come out. 
" Are you sure?" Cassie questioned. 
" Yes I'm sure! I wouldn't put you in danger!" Alonzo
said to her. Alonzo and Cassandra had a special
relationship it seemed. Everyone slowly emerged from
there hiding spots. Munkustrap looked around
nervously. 
" Where's Mistoffolees?" He asked. Methina suddenly
felt a change in the atmosphere. It was new feeling, a
warm comfortable feeling. It sent a tingle down her
spine, but it was a nice tingle, a relaxing one. Not
the kind that comes around when a cold wind blows, but
a warm summer breeze. 
" I believe it is Old Deuteronomy." She heard Coricopat and Tanomile say in unison. So that's what
it was. Methina thought to herself. Soon the other
cats began to clean themselves carefully, making sure
not to miss a single spot. Then Mistoffolees appeared
with an old fluffy cat and everyone bowed or hugged
him. This was Old Deuteronomy. Munkustrap went over to
their beloved leader and helped him to a tire that was
at the center of their junkyard area. After the leader
was comfortable, Munku went over to the sisters and
lead them to him. Methina caught on to how important
he was, and she bowed down low. Mecina, noticing how
much all this meant to Tugger, bowed down like her
sister. Maybe this will get him to like me! Mecina
thought. Old Deuteronomy smiled at the kitten's effort
to please him. He lifted Methina's chin.
" You are both very young, and no mother to care for
you? Why not?" He asked. He sensed it was a touchy
topic, so allowed them to take their time. 
" Well sir, we're really unsure why our mother left."
Mecina said. 
" Do you have a father?" Methina shuttered, she didn't
want the other cats to know. She looked at her sister
fearfully. Mecina shock off her sister's look at her
and she spoke, despite her sister's fear. 
" Yes we do." She said looking sternly at her sister.
Methina lowered her eyes. 
" Where is he?" Old Deuteronomy was concerned for the
kittens. 
" We're not exactly sure, but we know he's around
here." Mecina said. 
" How do you know?" Munku asked, confused. How did
they not know their father but know where he lives?
" Everyone seems to be wary of him." Mecina said.
Munku froze. Old Deuteronomy looked at them in
surprise. The other cats muttered and whispered
amongst each other. 
" Your father isn't…"
"Macavity!" exclaimed Demeter 
Suddenly, a horrible looking, red tom appeared! All
the cats cowered in fear. Mistoffolees disapeared with
a flash of light!
Methina saw the Macavity's henchcats were catknapping
Old Deuteronomy, and Munkustrap!
She wanted to do something but she didn't know what!
She suddenly felt an new urge to do something she
hadn't tried before, she had to jump and...disapear!
She made herself disapear!

It became very dark, and the only light the other cats
had was a small lateren Skimbleshanks had brought from
the train station. Mecina huddled near Tugger, she was
frightened. She had just seen the respected leader and
protector of the tribe vanish by the clutches of her
own father! She saw Mistoffolees and her sister
disapear in a burst of light! Now they were alone with
no protection, and Mecina alone with no other family.
She felt Tugger move away from her in the dark for a
moment. Then she felt a claw go into the back of her
neck and felt herself be swung around to come face to
face with Bombalurina! She let go violently and as
Mecina rubbed her sore bleeding neck Bomb said,
" What right do you have to come around here and just
take my tom away?" 
" You never heard a little thing called sharing?"
Mecina asked annoyed at the queen's attitude. 
"Not when it comes to love! You wouldn't
share...Masclambo would you?" 
"Masclimbo!" Mecina replied angerly
" What's the difference, it just another stray like
you!"
That did it, Mecina lunged at Bomb, clawing at her.
Bomb fought back ruthlessly, biting and hissing at the
smaller queen. They fought with a frighting passion
over thier love.
Mecina heard the sounds of the other cats
shouting "stop!" or "get her, kill her!" 
" It isn't over until we're finished!" Bomb said. To
Mecina this meant the first one who's killed loses,
and the remaining one standing wins.
Mecina somehow was able to pin Bomb down and was about
to bite on her neck when she felt a set of teeth pull
her off of Bomb by the scruff.
"OW!" Mecina exclaimed as she tried to get away from
the set of teeth When the set of teeth finally let go
she saw that it was Tugger! He seemed angry at Mecina.
He shot her "a look" as he went over to Bomby, who was
still on the ground.
" You, you're the reason she's hurt..."Tugger said
angry 
" No duh Tugger, it was a fight!" Mecina said. 
" Over what?" he asked 
" You!" Meciana exclaimed. 
" That's just the sort of thing I'd expect from a
daughter of Macavity, jealous of everything, only
thinks of herself!" 
"Sounds alot like Grizabella!" Alonzo shouted to them
from the crowd. Mecina turned away from the eyes of
Tugger, and fixed them on the ground.
" So, Grizzabella's your mother!" Tugger said. Mecina
felt tears form in her eyes, she tried to blink them
back, but they came, streaking her fur with saltly
tears. 
" Like Mother, like daughter!" Tugger said, as he and
a few others chased her out of the junkyard, angry at
the queen who hurt his love for nothing more then for
the pleasure of the daughter of the glamour cat!

After things calmed down a bit everyone tried to think
of ways to get Old Deutoronomy and Munkustrap back.
"Mistoffolees?" someone suggested. Tugger started to
say, 
" We ought to ask, magical Mr. Mistoffolees, the
origianl conjouring cat..."

Methina saw everything differently, everything looked
the same, but it was out of proportion, the tire
seemed larger than the pile of junk under the chair,
etc. She heard someone call to the magic cat and she
knew, she didn't know how, but she knew that he would
reapear to the other cats and fufill thier requests
for the marvelous Mistoffolees!
" You'll see it one moment, but then, and it's gone
but you'll find it next week, laying out on the
lawn..." She felt Mistoffolees leave her even though
she didn't see him the "invisible portal."
Somehow the names of everything that she had inside of
her that she never knew, became very clear to her, and
she was a magic cat!
She looked down to Mistoffolees who was performing the
trick of bringing back Old Deutronomy, but also
Munkustrap! He was able to bring back the jellicle
leader, but not Munku! She suddenly knew how to bring
him back! She made herself reapear ontop of the chair,
and she saw a rope. She swung down to Misto, grabbed
the red sheet and started twriling around, still
hanging from the rope! She knew Munku was under the
sheet and she mader herself float up back onto the
chair, with the sheet and Munkustrap on the ground
greeted happilly by everyone else around!
Mistoffolees was stuned Did I do that? No, I couldn't
of, it was someone else! Mistoffolees thought to
himself. Methina heard him think this! She replied
through thought, It was me!
Mistoffolees looked around, then up near the chair.
The other cats followed his gaze to where he was
looking and Methina jumped down to everyone else!
Everyone came around to her at once to rejoice! But
Methina, startled by all this, cowered in a corner,
trying to get away from the other cats, they might be
mad at her like they were with her sister! Oh Mecina
why'd you leave? 
Munkustrap started over to the cowering cat, trying to
comfort her. Mistoffolees stopped him, he knew how to
get her to come out.
" Oh well, I never was there ever a cat so clever as
magical Miss Methina!" Mistoffolees sang out to her,
the other cats joined in with the rest of the joyous
song! 
" Oh well I never was there ever a cat so clever as
magical Mr. Mistoffolees...and Methina!" The two magic
cats danced around happily!
Then they stopped, a sudden urge came over the two
cats, an unwilling urge came over them. Misto extened
his paw to her, and she reached out to him, and they
touched. 
A bright and wonderous light overcame them, Methina
felt herself get rid of all her fears, she felt his
touch in her paw, she heard the shocked other cats
oohh and ahh. The light suddenly faded, and Methina 
looked at Mistoffolees. He gasped. 
" What is it?" she asked, her voice was different, it
was strong, like her sprit. 
" That's why I didn't recognize you! You had been
tormented by years of hurt and it affected your
personality and appearance! But it's you!" Methina
smiled for the first time in a long time, as the two
cats held each other tightly like they would never let
go! 

" Now, Old Deutoronmy, just before dawn, through a
silence you feel you could cut with a knife, announces 
the cat who can now be reborn, and come back to a
different, Jellicle life!" Munkustrap said as the cats
gathered around thier beloved leader.
Methina suddenly felt a familiar feeling in the air,
it was Mecina! The other cats saw her and still angry
with her, they shunned her and turned away.
Mistoffolees started to, but Methina stopped him. She
went up to her sister and nuzzled her.
The two embraced because they knew this would be their
last time seeing each other. They didn't know why, but
somehow they knew. 
Old Deutoronomy extended his paw to Mecina. Methina
noticed this, and got up, and lead her to him.
All the cats sang, 
" Up, up, up past the Russel Hotel, up, up, up to the
heavyside layer!" 
Mecina couldn't believe it, she was going to the
heavyside layer! The stairs came down, Mecian looked
to her sister. Methina, with happy tears in her eyes,
pointed to the stairs, as Mistoffolees held her.
Mecina looked up to find the beloved face of
Masclimbo! No wonder why she couldn't find him, he was
in the heavyside all this time!
Now Mecina could spend her new life with Masclimbo,
Methina could spend her life with a new love, and the
two, can finally rejoice! 

*Sheba*
Sheba is the Jellicle name for my cat Sassy who is a
Rusian Blue and she was found in an abandoned 
schoolhouse. "Faline" (a friend of mine) and I thought
of it because Sassy is treated like the queen of
Sheba...hey Queen Victoria, why not Queen Sheba? It
seemed only the right thing to do to include my cat in
my fan fic! 

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