A/N: Have not wrote a story for a while, but here goes.

Disclaimer: I do not own Cats the musical, But I do own Emerald and any other OC's which may appear.

The alley ways were dimly lightened by the street lamps. Though, deeper inside the alley was dark and gloomy. Teenagers left the alleyway and left newly painted graffti on the walls. The clouds clamped together and grew dark as rain poured through them. The sound of thunder rumbled a distance away. It was obvious that it was too rain throughout the oncoming night. Green eyes stared out from underneath the garbage cats, along with a murkey brown colored eyes. The pair of eyes studied the alleyway, making sure that no one was in sight. The two cats silently crawled out from the garbage can. The tom, with the murky brown eyes, was a brown, dusty color. His fur was messy and dirty, from one glance you could tell he was a stray cat. Though, the cat next to him was different. It was a black furred queen. Bright, green eyes gleamed in the moonlight. Her fur was as tidy as it could be, not one speck of dirt laid on her fur. She held her head up high, so that she showed she was proud of herself. The tom stared around the alley then stared at the queen.

"Sis, come on. We was told to be back before nightfall. Not after." He growled slightly, taking his sister's paw and leading her along the alley.

"Can't we just stay out here for one night? I hate going back to that stupid building." The queen whined.

"Emerald!" The tom hissed quietly, "It's too dangerous out here, in the streets. Its lucky that we even have a home to go to." He told her, his tone a little harsh.

Emerald sighed, "Please Rusty." She pleaded, "I hate it there, I wish we never ventured over near the docks."

"Well, It's too late to turn back time. We live there now, and we follow their rules. Understood?" Rusty growled, he abousltly hated having to look after his sister. But he never wanted to see her get hurt.

"I understand Rusty." Emerald sighed, walking with her brother towards the docks.

As the docks got closer, a building came into sight. The building looked fairly run-down. The bricks were miss-colored and windows had been smashed in. The brother and sister walked closer to the building, Emerald dragging behind. She didn't like the place they called home.

Rusty sighed, "Come on, Emerald. We don't have all day!" He told her. Emerald rolled her eyes and stayed silent, not wanting to say anything to him. They entered the building. Inside, the walls looked mouldy and damp. Street cat's walked down the hallways, talking to each other. A large, old looking tom stalked up to the pair, his dark brown eyes glared down at the brother and sister. Emerald quickly stared down at the floor.

Rusty stared up at the tom, "Howdy Chester." He greeted.

Chester stared at him and the queen, "Why are you back so late?" Chester asked, his voice showing a slight anger.

"Well..." Rusty started, "We just got, um, lost. Yes that's it, we got lost." He told the older tom.

Chester growled slightly, "You have been here for years, and you have never got lost before." Chester snarled, "There's only one thing I expect of you, to listen to orders. You should of been here before nightfall."

Rusty nodded, "Won't happen again sir." He promised, glancing over at his sister.

"Green eyes, Why you so silent all of a sudden?" Chester asked, tilting her chin up so that she was looking up at him.

"My name's Emerald." She growled, turning her head away from him. "I know that. I just rather call you green eyes." He spoke softly. "But you haven't answered my question. Why are you so silent all of a sudden?" He repeated.

Emerald shrugged, "I have nothing to say to you." She answered simply.

Chester stared at her and looked back at Rusty, who shrugged. "You are both dismissed, Go!" He ordered, walking off down to his office. Emerald glared after him.

"I hate him." She mumbled, walking with her brother.

Rusty shrugged, "He's fine some of the time." He reassured her. Emerald stared at him, disbelief written all over her face.

"He's always moody and can never bother to call me by my name." Emerald sighed. Rusty stared at her and stalked into one of the rooms. He left his sister out in the hallway. Emerald walked slowly down the hallways, heading to the room where most of the queens hanged out. Everyone in the building had been strays/street cats. Chester had allowed them to live in the buliding, as long as they followed his rules. Some rules were not always followed. Like the rule about fighting, which was usually the toms who had broken that rule. Emerald stumbled into the queen's room, loud laughter was heard from inside. The green eyed queen sat down next to two other cats, both of which were calicos. One brown, orange and white. The other white and shades of orange.

"Emerald! Where have you been?" The mixed shade of orange queen asked, smiling at the black furred cat.

"Out with Rusty." She shrugged. The two other queens smiled at each other.

"Guess what!" The other beamed, grinning widely.

"What, Ruby?" Emerald asked, truth be told, she wasn't actually bothered about this 'good news'.

Ruby grinned, "Chester is finding me a mate." She spoke, grinning.

"And your happy about that?" Emerald asked, leaning back on the chair she was sat on.

"Why wouldn't she be happy?" The other queen asked, staring down at her.

"Well, when I want a mate, I would hate for Chester to choose the tom for me. I would rather choose my own." Emerald told them.

Ruby sighed, "I know, I would want to choose my own mate. But at least I get to have one now. I've been waiting ages for Chester's permission." She sighed.

Emerald smiled briefly, "Who would you want Chester to choose then?" The green eyed cat asked.

Ruby smirked, "Your brother looks cute..."

"Ew, Ew, Ew. No! Never call him cute, ew." Emerald cringed, pulling a disgusted face. The two other queens laughed at her.

Ruby smiled, "Don't you think he's cute, Sasha?" She asked the other queen.

Sasha nodded and smirked, "Yes, yes he is."

Emerald covered her eyes, "I am not hearing this!" She growled playfully. The three cats began laughing together. After a while, a beige tom walked into the room. He cleared his voice, "Hop to it, time for bed." He ordered. The power in his voice showed that he had high authority in the building. He was Chester's son, and was usually second in command. The queens all filed out the room and headed to their rooms, in which they shared with two other queens. Emerald shared her room with Rose and Sasha. They were close friends, but they still didn't tell each other everything. No-one ever told their secrets, not everyone was trustworthy. The three queens walked into their room, still laighing silently. Emerald sat on her bed, grinning. The other two queens laid down on their individual beds.

"You really think my brother is cute?" Emerald whispered, not wanting to make her voice that loud.

"Course I do." Ruby whispered back, "Most queens do. Didn't you know?"

"He's my brother, He isn't cute." Emerald shrugged. Ruby nodded and turned on her bed so that she was facing the wall. Sasha watched them both and threw her cushions at them both.

"Sasha!" Rose growled as the pillow hit her face, "I am trying to fall to sleep!"

"Alright, alright." Sasha rolled her eyes. She glanced over at Emerald, who had kept the pillow in which Sasha had thrown to her and laid her head on it. Sasha sighed loudly and laid down. "See you in the morning then." She spoke quietly.