Chapter 5

All the cats were shocked to hear what Plato did. Old Deuteronomy made him, Admetus and Pouncival stand before him, where all of the other jellicles could see them. Old Deuteronomy glared at them, angrily. He was just about to say something when Munkustrap stood up and whispered in his leader's ear. Then he whispered something back in his. Old Deuteronomy looked back at Plato, Admetus and Pouncival.

 "All 3 of you are forgiven".

The cats meowed in triumph, relieved that their leader wasn't going to banish them. Their leader held up a paw and the tribe went silent.

 "However, I'm only forgiving you because of what Plato did tonight".

 Suddenly murmurs of protest came up. 

"But he's a bully!". 

"He bullied the magical Mr. Mistoffelees!". 

Old Deuteronomy put a paw up again, signaling everyone to be silent once more. 

"I didn't tell any of you what he did that got him off the hook of banishment. Macavity offered a place with him, but Plato rejected it. If that's not what a true jellicle-cat does, then I don't know what-one would do," explained Old Deuteronomy. 

"W-will we still get a punishment?" spoke Admetus, softly. 

"Yes, you will. As your punishment, you will not dance with the rest of the tribe for the rest of the night. you may sit and watch if you'd like," said Old Deuteronomy. 

"In fact, you can go sit down now, because there is someone we need to address".

Plato, Admetus, and Pouncival, went over and sat down right next to Jemnia, who rolled her eyes at the sight of Plato. 

"Now where's Mr. Mistoffelees? He was very brave tonight". 

Mistoffelees was sitting next to Victoria, who encouraged him to go up. So he did, pretending that no cat was looking at him. Finally, he was standing before Old Deuteronomy, with his tail twitching with fear. 

"You were very brave to chase away Macavity," complimented Old Deuteronomy. 

"Let's give him a paw".

The entire tribe meowed happily. He felt pride building up in his chest.

 "Um, Old Deuteronomy, I have a song request" asked Mistoffelees. He whispered it in his leader's ear. Old Deuteronomy smiled. 

"I think it's a good time to do that now". His leader started singing: 

"Oh well! I never! Was there ever! a cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees!".

 Instantly, every cat stood up and joined in on the chorus except for Plato, Admetus, and Pouncival.

Mr. Mistoffelees felt a rush of excitement in his chest at the mention of his name. His fur lit up with lights and started blowing stuff up just by pointing his finger. 

Mistoffelees took the center spot with Victoria, dancing together in the spotlight of the jellicle moon that Mistoffelees had created. He made eye contact with Victoria, with his cheeks turning red. 

Victoria's cheeks are going red too...

The End.

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