Chapter 4

Mistoffelees slowly opened his eyes, hearing someone faintly calling his name. He looked over to the mouth of the tunnel and looked down, seeing a familiar dark figure.

Is it Victoria? Has she rejected Plato and wants me as her mate now?

He crawled out to the edge of the tunnel opening and realized that he was wrong; It was Munkustrap.

Mistoffelees leaned back against the side of the tunnel with a frown, tucking his knees up against his fluffy white chest.

"Mistoffelees, are you alright? I barely saw you during the Jellicle Ball and-".

"I'm fine" replied Mistoffelees, interrupting him and raising his voice.

Munkustrap climbed up onto the black pipe and sat on top of it, with both of his legs on the right side of it.

"Misto, you don't sound okay. Please tell me what happened. I promise you I won't tell ANY cat; Not even my mate, Demeter".

Mistoffelees breathed in and let out a big sigh.

"Plato took a female cat that I could have been my mate".

"Plato did? Who was it?".

Mistoffelees glared at Munkustrap.

"You know who it was; You were there".

"Misto, I actually didn't see who Plato's partner was because I was having a good time with Demeter" responded Munkustrap, keeping his voice steady and calm.

"Could you please tell me?".

Mistoffelees rolled his dark brown eyes.

"It was Victoria".

"And you wanted to be with her?".

"Of course! She's the most beautiful white cat I've ever seen. She's sweet, kind, smart and has wonderful brown eyes that I get lost in every time I look into them".

"Did anything else happen?" asked Munkustrap, as he crossed his arms in front of his chest.

Mistoffelees swallowed hard.

"Yes after the ball, I saw her and Plato make out before they started talking about me. When Victoria mentioned my name, Plato started to swear-".

"I don't need to hear what Plato said, but I know and you should know that what he said isn't true".

Munkustrap climbed down to the opening of the tunnel. He watched as Mistoffelees let some tears stream down his face.

Munkustrap sat down next to him and gave him a hug.

As he was hugging Mistoffelees, he got an idea.

"Hey Misto, when you first met Victoria, which name did you give her?".

Mistoffelees sniffled.

"I told her that my name is Quaxo".

Munkustrap smiled warmly at him, to see if he would realize something too.

Mistoffelees gave him a confused look.

"What?".

"Misto, you only introduced Quaxo, not Mr. Mistoffelees! You can still win Victoria over" replied Munkustrap, sitting up more.

"Besides, Mr. Mistoffelees is way better than Plato, is he not?".

Mistoffelees started to smile.

"You're right, I still have a chance. But how will I play my wild card?".

Munkustrap paused for a moment.

"Well you could just go up to Victoria with your light up coat and do a bunch of magic tricks for her".

"That's a ridiculous plan," commented Rum Tum Tugger.

Mistoffelees and Munkustrap both turned their heads to see Tugger standing up on the black pipe, looking down at them.

"Tugger, How long have you been-".

"Never mind that " replied Tugger, completely interrupting Munkustrap.

"I've got a plan that will ultimately win Victoria over. Can you come down Munkustrap; We've got to find the railway cat".