Two striped cats walked on the street, talking happily and laughing every now and then, though, their lives hadn't been easy. The orange with black and white Queen, who was pretty strong for a young Queen, and the Tom with the same colors as his sister, who was very muscled and eyed very strong and protective, were both carrying a sock, filled with stolen goods.

"What do you think he needs us for?" The Queen asked her brother curious but a little scared too. They've been together as long as they can remember and didn't do anything without each other. "I don't know." The Tom answered and smiled at her comforting, trying to erase the sadness in her beautiful brown eyes. "I already told him were not going to take cats away anymore." The Queen said a little snickering and the Tom laughed a little. "Yea, Demeter wasn't exactly his type." He snickered and the Queen giggled a little. He always loved her giggle, although it wasn't easy if she giggled when they were stealing, they've been caught so many times because of her little giggle. "That was awful." The Queen said suddenly sad. "You mean taking her away from her family?" The Tom asked sad too and looked at his sister, trying to comfort her a little. The Queen nodded and sighed as she looked at the ground. "I know what you mean, I didn't knew Jellicles can look that sad." The Tom said and thought back at the sight of Demeter's mate and her sister when they knew Macavity had the black and gold Queen. "Yea…" The striped Queen sighed but didn't looked up. The Tom threw his arm around his sister's shoulder. "Don't worry, it'll be okay. He'll probably needs us for some jewels or food. Or… If we're lucky he'll free us." The Tom said and the Queen looked at him disbelieving. "No way, he won't, we're his best thieves. And by the way, he almost never frees someone." The Queen said sad and sighed sadly. "Yea, I guess you're right." The Tom agreed and sighed sad too. "Thank the Everlasting cat we're together." The Queen sighed sad and hugged her brother. "Yea, I don't know what I'll do without you, Teaz." The Tom whispered and hugged her back, tightly, as he nuzzled her fur a little. Rumpleteazer has been the only thing in his life he would die for, she was the most precious thing in his life. Whatever happened she always was there to help him, and he promised himself nothing or no one could chance that, he would protect her with everything he had. The Queen giggled under his fur and removed her paws. "Tag! You're it!" She yelled, poked him and started to run away. "You, sneaky, cheeky… Thing!" Her brother yelled laughing and started to chase her. "That's me!" The Queen yelled giggling. "You're my little tardy Teazer!" The Tom yelled laughing and poked her back. The Queen stopped and crossed her arms. "I'm not little! And I'm not tardy!" She yelled pouting. The Tom turned around and walked back to her. "Alright, you're not tardy and little…" He said apologizing and they started walking again. "You're thickheaded and tiny!" The Tom yelled laughing and started to run again, with his sister right behind him.

The Tom stopped laughing once he stopped running in front of the abandoned building. He gulped and looked at his sister who came running. She poked him pouting and a little panting. "Don't you ever call me thickheaded again! Or tiny!" She said panting and looked at him angry. "Teaz, keep it down." The Tom whispered and tried to hush her. "Why would I?" The Queen asked loudly. The Tom gulped and pointed at the building. The Queen's eyes followed his paw, she shocked and gulped. "Do we have to go?" She asked scared. "Yea, Teaz. We have to." The Tom said and looked at her. She looked terrified. "Don't worry, it'll be okay, Teaz. Once he sees what we've stole, he'll be happy." Her brother said, held up his sock and looked at her comforting. "Eh, Jer… Macavity can't be happy, ever." The Queen said and her brother snickered. The Tom carefully opened the heavy door and they crawled inside. The two cats crawled through the hallway and walked to one of the guards. "We we're told to go to see him." Mungojerrie said and tried to look confident though he surely wasn't. "Are you Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer?" The white with black Tom with a scar on his chest asked. Mungojerrie nodded and looked at his sister, who looked still scared and hid herself behind her big brother, he was a few months older than her. "Alright, take the stairs and when you're upstairs you have to take the second door at the left." The Tom said and pointed at the stairs at the end of the hallway. Mungojerrie nodded and he and Rumpleteazer walked to the stairs. "Have we ever been upstairs for Macavity?" Rumpleteazer asked whispering. "No, he's always in his room, downstairs." Mungojerrie whispered back.

They stood in front of the door, it was big and white and had a golden doorknob. Mungojerrie looked at his sister, to comfort her, but mainly to get a little more confident himself and knocked on the wooden door. "Come in." They heard someone purr, but it wasn't the low voice of Macavity, this one was higher and sounded sweeter, it probably was a Queen. Rumpleteazer looked at Mungojerrie scared and he shrugged. "Probably one of his…" Mungojerrie gulped as he saw Rumpleteazer 's face. She looked at him a little hurt and sad once she heard the comment of her brother. "I'm so sorry Teaz." Mungojerrie apologized quickly and tried to comfort her. "No, Jer, it's okay… Try to forget it, I did too." Rumpleteazer said and managed to smile. Mungojerrie looked at her guilty as he nudged his sister with his nose. "Jer, it's okay." Rumpleteazer giggled and pressed her nose against his. "You're sure?" Mungojerrie asked more guilty, her beautiful brown eyes could say a thousand things. "Yea, I'm sure." Rumpleteazer giggled and smiled widely. Mungojerrie saw the beautiful brown Queen eyes sparkling and knew she told the truth. Mungojerrie carefully opened the door and he and his sister walked carefully inside. The cat they heard was someone they didn't expect to see. "We're sorry, a guard told us to go to here, he probably was wrong." Mungojerrie apologized politely and bowed, while his sister mimicked his bow. Mungojerrie turned around to walk away and grabbed his sister's paw. "Oh, darling, he wasn't. You two really have to be here." The furry white Queen purred as she got up from her pile of purple and pink pillows. Mungojerrie looked at Rumpleteazer shocked and Rumpleteazer 's face turned scared. If you were sent to Griddlebone that could mean two things: Very good, or very bad. Rumpleteazer looked scared at her brother and tried to think of a reason to be sent to the beautiful furry Queen. "Look Griddle, I'm very sorry of that incident with your collar." Rumpleteazer said, as she thought she found the reason and walked to her. "It was my fault, not Jerrie 's." Rumpleteazer continued and looked at her brother who looked at her sort of proudly for her protecting him for a change. Griddlebone giggled a little and walked to her. "Oh, honey, It's okay, Macavity got my a diamond necklace, look!" Griddlebone said and pointed at the shiny thing at her neck. "Whoa! Does that means something?" Rumpleteazer asked and raised her eyebrows a few times smiling. Griddlebone sighed sad and looked away. "I don't know. He still using the Queens..." Griddlebone said sad. Rumpleteazer putted a comforting paw on her shoulder. "I don't wanna be rude, but can we please get to the point? Why are Teaz and I here?" Mungojerrie asked sternly. Griddlebone giggled a little because Rumpleteazer rolled her eyes. "Well, I've got news for you two. One of them is amazingly good and the other one…" Griddlebone thought a little, the cats looked at her scared, and continued. "You can name it yourself." She said and looked at them. Mungojerrie looked at Rumpleteazer smiling. "Start with the amazingly good one." Mungojerrie said and looked at Griddlebone smiling too. "Well, Macavity was searching through town and found two kittens. He says they are fantastically good at thieving, even better than you." Griddlebone said and looked at them smiling. The two striped cats looked at her puzzled. "So what?" Rumpleteazer asked. "We're not going to kitten-sit on them." Mungojerrie said threatening. "Don't you get it?!" Griddlebone asked. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer shook their heads slowly. "He frees you!" Griddlebone yelled happy. The two cats jumped up shocked. "What?!" Mungojerrie yelled happy. "You mean, We're f-free? Forever?" Rumpleteazer asked carefully. "Of course!" Griddlebone yelled smiling. Rumpleteazer hugged the Queen happily and Mungojerrie followed. The white Queen purred when the Tom hugged her and she threw her tail around him. Mungojerrie pulled himself away from her, blushing. Rumpleteazer 's smile faded away. She hated to see her brother with other Queens, especially flirts like Griddlebone. She wanted the best for her brother, and Griddlebone surely wasn't. Rumpleteazer shocked from herself. 'She's your best friend, how can you think this way of her?' She yelled in herself and hit herself on the head. "What's wrong Teaz?" Mungojerrie asked laughing. 'Oh, damn…' "Eh, I, I-I wondered what we have to do with our stolen stuff." Rumpleteazer said quickly and pointed at their socks in the corner of the room. "You're right, Grid, what do we have to do with them?" Mungojerrie asked. The Queen shrugged her shoulders. "You can keep them, I think." Griddlebone said simply. "Really?" Rumpleteazer asked and Griddlebone nodded. "Why not?" Griddlebone asked and shrugged. Rumpleteazer rushed to their socks and grabbed hers. "Are you coming Jer, we have to find a place to stay. Maybe we can join a tribe!" Rumpleteazer yelled happy and opened the door. "Thanks, Grid." Mungojerrie said and Griddlebone nodded smiling. Jerrie grabbed his sock and walked to his sister. "Wait, I haven't told the important stuff!" Griddlebone yelled before they closed the door. "Important stuff?" Rumpleteazer asked as Mungojerrie and she went back into the room. "Yes, I have to tell something else too." Griddlebone said. "What is it?" Mungojerrie asked and looked at Rumpleteazer puzzled. "Well, it's quite shocking, so prepare yourself." Griddlebone said and looked at the two younger cats. "Why?" Rumpleteazer asked. "I can't explain… How do I say this? He had to tell you himself but 'no, that's not my part of the deal'." Griddlebone complained and acted like the Napoleon of Crime. Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer looked at her puzzled. "Alright, please try to understand… You aren't brother and sister. You're actually complete strangers." Griddlebone said and looked at them hopeful. "Huh?!" The cats yelled at the same time and looked at each other puzzled. They turned to Griddlebone who sighed. "Take a seat, I'll start from the beginning." She said and pointed at the pink and purple flowered pillows in the room. The two cats nodded and settled down.