A thief in the night
Luna 2
Luna awoke to see a bright moon shining over her. It was night already. "How did I sleep through a whole day?" she wondered to herself. Luna had found an empty barrel to sleep in the night before. Now she was covered in dust from it. She looked with dismay at her dusty fur which had now lost its luster, and began to shake the dust off. While licking at some stubborn dirt between he toes, Luna caught sight of the red ball that Mistoffelees had given her. She smiled at the ball, remembering his kindness. When her toes were free of dust, she hopped out of the barrel and began to search for him.
But what she encountered were the moths that led her here. Annoyed, she batted them away. Were these moths following her? And if they were, why?
Luna carefully padded through the junkyard in search of the black cat she had met the night before. But who she found was some one completely different. Leaning against a large sewage pipe was a, very obviously bored, black and orange striped cat, playing with the strand of pearls around her neck. Luna liked the pearls. They were very shiny and milky white. Milk. Luna suddenly got hunger pains and her tummy growled. The new cat heard this and was startled. "Hallo!" she said. "What brings a littl' beauty like you to the yard?" Luna wasn't sure how to answer. This cat had a mischievous look in her eye, which both made Luna weary and feel a little frisky herself. "Hello, my name is Luna. I found this place last night and met a cat named Misto..." she couldn't remember his name. The other cat knew immediately who Luna meant. "You mean Mistoffelees. Oh, he's a gent, but not as sneaky as I am. My name is Rumpleteaser." " Mistos' not here tonight. Some sort of 'magical ball'" Rumpleteaser rolled her eyes. "You probably won't see him tonight." Luna looked dismayed. "But cheer up littl' one. I want to have some fun and I'll take you with me. I do believe that growl I heard was the sound of an empty stomach. Am I right?" Luna nodded her head vigorously. "I'm starving, can you help me find some food?" "Of course, love. I know just the spot, too," Rumpleteaser smiled with delight. This all sounded good to Luna so she followed Rumpleteaser out of the yard and out onto the streets of London.
Luna followed Rumpleteaser to a restaurant on Baker's Street. Rumpleteaser motioned for Luna to follow her to the back of the restaurant and began to fiddle with the lock on the window. "No lock can keep me out," she said with a grin. Luna wasn't sure why they didn't just go through the door, but Rumpleteaser seemed to know what she was doing, so Luna didn't say any thing. The lock was finally loosened and both cats slipped inside. There was the bustle of humans busily cleaning up. Rumpleteaser stealthily sneaked past them and over to a large cabinet. "Get over here before you're seen!" she hissed to Luna. Luna quickly darted to the cabinet, almost creating a gust of air. The workers seemed not to notice, thankfully.
Rumpleteaser began to paw at the door of the cabinet until it came open. "Ol' Tootsberry always keeps fresh cream for his puddings," she said. Luna licked her whiskers at the thought of fresh cream. Rumpleteaser climbed up into the cabinet and said, "Come on up and have a feast." Luna climbed up and stared at the large jug of cream. She knew that this was stealing and that it was wrong, but her noisy stomach made the decision for her. Both cats began to lick at the fresh cream. Luna, however, got careless and tipped over the jug of cream. I fell out of the cabinet and onto the floor with a crash. All of the workers spun around at the sound. One, with an angry voice shouted, "You darn cats! Get out of here before I turn you into violin strings!" that didn't sound appealing to Luna or Rumpleteaser so both cats began to run, followed by the angry man who was now carrying a broom. This made Rumpleteaser laugh. "Ol' Tootsberry! All threats. But he can't catch us, right Luna?" Luna wanted to make sure she wasn't caught, so she didn't respond and concentrated on running. They eventually lost "Ol' Tootsberry" and found their way back home to the junkyard.
"So did you have fun tonight?" asked Rumpleteaser. Frightened as she was, Luna had to admit it was exciting. Rumpleteaser yawned. "Well, it's almost dawn and I need my beauty rest. So, good night Luna. Thanks for the fun!" And with that said, Rumpleteaser went to her part of the yard to get her "beauty rest". This was a good idea, Luna decided. She found her barrel and curled up in it. She felt guilty about what she had done, but the cream was exceptionally good. There must be an easier way to get food though. With this thought in mind, Luna slowly fell asleep. In the distance she thought she heard a song, but that would have to wait until tomorrow night.
Rebecca Heebsh
aka Tiggertailz