Meaning Of Happiness?
 

Munkustrap, the black and grey stripped Jellicle leader followed after Old Dueteronomy as he carried the new born kitten who had black, red, orange and grey stripped fur. On her forehead was a white star birthbark. "She's too young to venture in the World of Humans," Munk argued.
Demeter stepped up to her mate, placing a paw on his arm. "Munk..."
"I'm sorry, Munkustrap, I wish to have Starlight see the Human World for herself while she's at an early age," Dueteronomy spoke softly. Here, he handed the kitten to Skimbleshanks, wrapping a baby blue blanket he'd found in the junkyard one day around the kitten.
"Take her to the abandoned warehouse 51 in New York, Skimble."
Skimble bowed, taking in the young kitten and slinked away.

Meanwhile, Michelangelo and Leonardo are out on patrol and they're nearing warehouse 51. "Hey, I thought I heard a mewling noise..." Mike announced.
"Mike, you're crazy...You're thinking of Klunk everywhere we go!" Leo groaned.
Mike shoke his head and followed the mewling noise and soon found the baby kitten. "Awww...she's so cute..." he picks her up in his arms and turns to Leonardo. "Can we keep her, Leo?"

Three years later, Starlight is still just a kitten, but she's almost the same hieght as Leonardo. Strange stuff starts happening to the turtle brothers as it nears the night of the Jellicle Moon and Starlight wishes to find her way home.

Characters needed:
From the Jellicle World:
Munkustrap-
Demeter- tmnt_forever_fangirl
Tugger- Mars
Skimbleshanks-
Jemima-
Mistoffelees-
Macavity- Jade Green
Victoria(not MY Victoria...the Musical's Victoria ^^)-
Bombalurina-
Mungojerrie-
Rumpleteazer-
Coricopat/Tantomile-
Butsopher Jones-
Cassandra-

(Anyone I'm forgetting??)

TMNT World-
Raph-Garou
Leo-
Mike- tmnt_forever_fangirl
Don- Gokhan
Splinter-
April-
Casey-
Bishop-

Fan characters:
Starlight- tmnt_forever_fangirl
Rosemary- Mars
Mars- Mars
Blitz- Jade Green
Randi- Jade Green

i call donatello

Kay, I updated the list, and you're playing Donny, Gokhan! Thanks! ^^

I call Tugger, Rosemary (copyrite), and Mars!!!


Off in the junkyard somewhere, a female queen with red, black, and white tiger striped fur yawned as she stretched on the wall that she'd curled up on and then leapt down off of it and landed flawlessly on her paws. She then heaved a great yawn and then strolled off toward Munkstrap when a male tom with tiger spotted black fur then crept up behind the she-kat slowly. "RAWR!!!!!" Rum Tum Tugger playfully roared, as he tackled his queen to the floor with a yelp. "....hiya, Rose." "HELLO, Tug..." The queen said, as her brown eye then irritatedly twitched and she then looked up at him. Where was Munk when she needed him?

((Heheh, I knew you'd join!! :D I'll play a majority of the other cats characters until someone else wishes to take some of the parts))

Munk looked off to the side, watching Rosemary and Tugger while he lay beside his sleeping mate, Demeter. "Tug...please, not right now..." the leader muttered, still a bit groggy.
Demeter's eyes fluttered open and she looked from Tugger, to Rosemary, then to Munk. "Is she back, yet?" she yawned.
"No...not yet..."

((I'll post in the tmnt world later))

"Are you okay, Rosemary?" Jemima asked, crawling out of her hiding spot atop of the tires.
Demeter let out a sigh. "At least she's nowhere near where Macavity can get her..."
"It's okay, Dem...Starlight's safe...I just know it," Munk let out a sigh of his own and hugged her tightly.

****
Starlight grumbled slightly as Michelangelo's snoring woke her. "Ugh...Mikey!!" the young cat crawled out of bed and walked over towards Mikey's hammock. "Michelangelo...." she whispered, snickering slightly as she shook him with her paws.
"Hrm....I don't wanna go to...hrm...school...." he mumbled.

"I'll be fine, Jem." Rose said, accenting her words with a wave of her paw to accent her words, as Tug then curled up next to his queen. "...don't worry about it. I'm quick. He can't lay a paw on me if I have someone with me..."
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"Mike..." A female voice rang out, as Mars entered the room, looking a might bit peeved, having her tone match her peeved attitude. "....oh, Mikey? Michaelangelo....WAKE UP, YOU LAZY, GOOD-FOR-NOTHING BROTHER!!!"

Michelangelo's eyes fluttered open upon hearing his sister's annoyed voice. "Good for nothing brother? What, me??" he asked innocently, then noticed Starlight staring at him.

"Hey, Star...did you sleep well?" he asked, giving her a smile.

"Yeah...until I was woken up by your snoring!" the cat threw a pillow at the orange clad turtle.
*****
Jemima nodded to her friend and looked up at the sky. "Wonder what Victoria's doing..." she murmured, then silently left the cats to find Victoria.

((Uh wait for me, wait for me!))

"I've tried to figure that out for years," Raphael smirked in the doorway, looking at the others.

((Heheh, don't worry, Garou, you can play Raphy ^^ I'll try my hand at Leo until someone else claims him))

Both Starlight and Michelangelo turned towards the doorway to look at Raphael. "Hey, Raphy," Star smiled.
"Very funny, Raph..." Mike muttered. "Can't help I have a snoring problem..."
This was when Leo decided to pop his head in the doorway. "Guys, dojo, now..." he noticed Starlight was awake. "Oh...hey, Star...sleep well?"

Starlight nodded, walking past Raph in order to see Leo. "Yeah, until Mike's snoring woke me up..." she muttered.
Leo gave a short smile and handed her a pair of earmuffs. "I use them...they work for me," he smirked, patting her on the shoulder. He looked more into Mike's room to see Mars. "Hey, sis..."
****
While Demeter lay back down for a few hours more sleep, Munkustrap stared up at the night sky. only three more days until the Jellicle Moon...maybe then our daughter will return to us, Demy... he looked back at his mate and heaved a sigh.

"Hi, Leo." Mars grinned at her brother, as she then glared at Mike. "...it's a wonder you didn't wake MUNK up. If he's awoken out of his deep sleep...well...let's just say he isn't a morning type of dog.... :evilgrin:"

i`ll join im playing as amy

(Jellicle world Mcavity and his psuedo-queen, Blitz
TMNT Randi, as always. I think in this one she'll live with 'em on and off.)

Well, at least one person hadn't been awakened by Mikey's snoring. Randi still lay in her bed, her head between two pillows sound alseep. Of course, she had to sleep through worse things then the nasal problems of a single turtle... try twenty nine other mutants.

..~*~..

"Mcavity..." The black queen stepped close to the sleeping bully of a cat. "Mcavity..." All she got in reply was a snore. The queen narrowed her green eyes at him, raising her voice a little. "Mcavity..." She extended her claws and put them in his backside, "MCAVITY!"

"Yow!" He jumped up in obviously surprise but quickly regained his frightening demeanor. His hair on end, he hissed at her. "What was that for?"

"For a lot of things," She sat down, wagging her tail back and forth, "Where would you like me to begin? Oh, yes, where were you last night."

He hissed at her again and walked over to a pile of crates. "Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to?" He leapt up onto one of the crates, making for the window of the warehouse

"Because..." She followed, moving him to block his path. "I want to hear it from you."

"Then you'll be sorely disapointed." He snorted and stood on the window seal. "Ah, the sweet smell of fish and smoke in the morning..."

((OOC: Glad to see ya, Jade.))

As Rose awoke from her restless sleep, due to the nightmares she had, she yawned and then stretched and glanced up and spotted Tug sleeping beside her, curled up in a ball, purring softly. -What a goof..- She thought with a smile, as she then got up off of the rail and then strolled off to find Jemima. -...wonder where Jem is at...-

Raph frowned at Leo, getting away from the door and headed for the dojo.

"Alright, but there better be double breakfast..."

((OOC: JADE!!!! :D ))

Leo smirked. "Don't worry, Raph...Mikey's cooking breakfast."
"What, again??" He groaned.
Leo shrugged. "Hey, I'm not the one who requested cooking the breakfast meals around here..."
****
Jemima looked around for Victoria and sighed. "Come on, Victoria...where ARE you?" she moaned. When she couldn't find her, she slunk back to where Munk, Rose, Tugger and Dem where.
"What's wrong, Jemima?" Munk asked.
"Nothing...it's boring without everyone being awake..." she grumbled.

"Hmph!" Blitz stood on the window cell with him, "I think I'm going to explore of my own today..." Mcavity gave her a bored look and she piffed at him, "I'm allowed, I'm still relatively new to this area, and besides, I want to see the other cats."

"No point in seeing them unless I'm around." He followed her down the fire escape to the trash bin.

"What," she gave him a coy look, "Don't want them taking your Queen?"

"My Queen?" He snorted, landing on the ground, "I don't need one."

"Then you don't mind me going." She turned on her paws and started towards the other Jellicles. Mcavity sneered after her but went the other way.

..~*~..

"Did someone say breakfast?" Randi asked, walking sleepy-eyed into the room. She yawned a bit, "I could go for some food right about now..."

"Well, I'M awake!" Rose said, playfully batting at Jemima's tail as if to say "Hello....". "...so, you have someone to talk to, at least!!"


"If you like, I'd could whip up some of my famous melt-in-your-mouth buttermilk pancakes to go along with whatever Mike's up to in there..." Mars said, straining to see what exactly her brother was cooking.

Jemima blinked at Rose, then giggled. "Sorry, Rosy...I guess I wasn't looking well enough..."
Jem jumped a bit, hearing a crash. Demeter bolted upright, ears twitching ferociously. "Macavity!!" she hissed.
"Dem...it's okay...it's just Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer..." Munk assured her.
*****
Mikey stood in front of the stove, cooking scrambled eggs and french toast.
Starlight nodded, licking her lips. "That sounds great, Mars," she smiled.

Even Rose had to jump at the crash and she then sent a glare toward the two cats. "For the love of the Jellicle Moon..." She uttered under her breath, as she then turned to Jem. "...you busy today? I'm going to go meet Skimble down at teh old abandoned railroad tracks. Wanna come?"

"All right, All right!" Mars said, as she slunk into the kitchen and started to work. Soon the sweet aroma of her pancakes filled the room and she then smiled. "...who wants some pancakes?"

Rumpleteazer couldn't help but giggle at this. "Sorry, guys!" she waved to them and her and Mungo ran off together. Munk shook his head at the two cats.
"Are you kidding? I'd love to go see Skimble again!" Jemima declared, a huge smile on the young queen's face.
****
Mikey smiled at Mars. "I'll have some pancakes!" he turned the stove off and got the plates ready.
Starlight stood in the doorway of the kitchen. "I'll take some, too!" she smiled. "Anything I can help with?" she asked.

"Great!" Rose then said, nodding as her ears twitched. "...I swear I keep hearing something! Must be my imagination. We'll go this afternoon to see him, Kay?"

"Well, then get over there and make yourself a plate!" Mars said, playfully thwacking him on the head with her spatula. "...I'm not the one serving them! It's make your own plates!! And, Starlight, you can just be your normal, cute, charming self. :D"

Jemima smiled. "Kay..." she tilted her head at her friend. "What kind of noises have you been hearing?" she asked, ears twitching a little bit.
Munk watched his mate stare up at the sky in silence. "Dem...everything will be okay..."


Starlight blinked at Mars, then smiled brightly. "I'll go get Leo!!" she ran off as Mikey started to make his plate. "Leo!!" the young queen called. She found him in the dojo.
"Hey, Star...where's everyone else?" he asked,a short smile on his face.
"They're in the kitchen...come on, breakfast is ready!" she smiled.

"Dunno..." Rose then said, as Tug then silently crept up behind her. "...it sounds like..." "GRAH!!!" Tug said, as he then tackled the suprised yelping queen to the ground. "It sounds like Tug..." Rose irritatedly said, as he then smiled down at her. "...hi."


"And you better hurry!" Mars called out with a chuckle. "...Mike's filling up his plate!"

At the question of pancakes, Randi smirked, "I'll have some." Said she, wandering into the kitchen. The doors to the cabinets open and seven plates floated out, setting themselves on the table. They were followed by butter knives and forks. Randi sat down and yawned again as the small container of butter from the kitchen landed in the middle of the table. "Am I forgetting something? Oh yea." Seven cups took thier place at each plate. "There..."

..~*~..

Blitz stopped her journey, spotting a tom pounce another queen. "Hmm..." The queen was Rosemary, the one that Macavity had been harassing last night. None of the other Jellicles really knew about her, though they might have spotted her once or twice. She usually stayed at the ware house or wandered around the rail-road junction. The purely black cat sniffered her fur. "Gah, I smell like him too..." She muttered, liking the fur on her arm. "Stupid tom.."

"Thanks for doin' that for me, Randi." Mars said, as she poked her head around the corner. "...I was JUST about to do that."


~****~
Rosemary then giggled like she used to, when she was a kitten, when her nose then caught a waft of a scent. She then brushed it off with a chuckle, pulled free of her Tom's grip and bounced along the narrowest rail she could find, leaping over a sleeping Quaxo. "Excuse me, Quaxo!" She said, as Tug then jumped over the sleeping cat and continued to pursue her. "...gotta keep on the run, you know!"

"No," Randi paused to yawn, "problem." She rested her cheek in her hand and closed her eyes. She had found it hard to sleep last night, and now it was affecting her now. It was funny, she used to be able to go days with out sleep.

..~*~..

Blitz watched the two run about and play, she let out a small sight and layed down. The Queen felt a little jealous. A little? Alright, extremely jealous. Macavity never did such things with her. Her tail swayed to and fro and she closed her eyes slightly, so much for actually meeting the other jellicles. She wasn't in the mood to do so anymore.

"Great," Raph chuckled, watching the plates float through the air and land on the table, "I'm hungry like a wolf."

"Good for you..." Randi muttered, gazing at him lazily through her shades. "Why don't you howl then, that'll really wake me up."

Starlight's ears twitched as she heard Raph say this. The young queen stood behind him with a smirk on her face. "Hungry like a wolf, huh?" she joked and took the empty seat beside him.

It wasn't long after when Leo and Mikey joined the group; Leo taking the seat across from Starlight, while Mikey took the seat beside Randi.
*****
Munk's ears twitched as felt another's presence. someone who smelled distinctively like...
"Macavity...." Demeter hissed again, crawling back behind Munk, a scowl on the queen's face.
Jemima tilted her head at the two's reaction.

"You'd like that, wouldn't you," Raph grinned, sitting down next to Starlight and patted her on the head. He quickly turned back to Randi.

"Then what's with you, you look like one, who have been up all night..."

"Now, now..." Mars said teasingly, as she then sat down beside Leo and took a long swig of her OJ. "...it's not polite to intrude on other's privacy....no matter how juicy it may be..."

Rose then paused suddenly and sniffed the air, causing Tug to pause behind her. "What is it, hon?" He gently said, as the queen continued to scent the air and her fur on her back stood up on end. "It's him!" She hissed, making a bee-line back to the junkyard.

"...I, uh, uhm..." Randi rubbed her face. She didn't want to have them know she was begining to have war flashbacks, especially since they didn't she had been in any. "Had a lot on my mind last night is all."

..~*~..

"Eh..." Blitz opened one yellow green eye when the small-framed cat heard her Tom's name spoken. She let out a wide yawn and raised her head, spotting Rosemary hurrying by. "What's the rush?"

"I understand..." Mars said with a nod. "...believe me, I can most assuredly understand what you're going through..."


"Um...THAT'S the problem." Rosemary giggled, jutting a paw over her shoulder in her mate's direction who seemed to be making a hasty run towards her. "...now, if you'll excuse me...GAH!!!" "You cannot escape me that easily, Rosemary!" Tug chuckled, bounding past the she-cat in order to catch up with his mate.

Starlight kept silent as she ate her share. Jellicle Moon is almost here... she thought, staring down at her food.

"Uh, Star?" Leo started. She glanced up at him. "Yeah, Leo?" she asked, her tail twitching about in a playful manner.

Leo shook his head, a smile on his face. "Never mind..." Mike tilted his head at the two and continued to eat.
****
Jemima's ears twitched a bit as she saw Tugger chasing after Rosemary in the distance. She turned to Demeter and Munk. "See? It's only Tuggy and Rosy..." she smiled.

"Uh... no." Randi shook her head at Mars. "Sorry, but no. No you don't."

If the feline could raise an eyebrow, she would but instead she sat up and watched the two run off. She could have sworn they had said Macavity's name. Blitz leapt down form her box and decided to follow, they looked intertaining anyways.

"Oh..." Mars softly said. "...well, I just thought...."


"Must...keep...running..." Rose panted, as she then slowed down to a slow jog. "....must...keep...going..." She then finally gave up and collapsed on the ground in front of her, just as Tug knelt beside her. "You gave me a run for my money, Rose." He panted, as she tehn pant-chuckled. "...you feel like you could go any more?" "NOT ON YOUR LIFE!" She groaned, as she then wiped the sweat off of her face with a paw, as he chuckled.

"Thanks for tryin' but you honestly don't know what goes on in my head." Randi grumbled, "And lets just say it's safer if you don't."

..~*~..

Blitz followed behind at a brisk walk, stopping when she spotted several other cat's in the distance. She sat down and simply stared at them for a moment or two before looking back over to Rosemary and Tugger. Her tail swished back and forth. So these were the ones her Tom always boasted about torturing... she didn't see what he found so fun about it. The feline could understand living her lifeon the outskirts of the Jellicle community, but she failed to see the fun in torturing. What if you needed their help at one point? She sniffed the air, stood and started slowly towards the other cats.

Up on a roof top not too far away, Macavity watched with annoyed eyes. His tail twitched with agitation, his Queen was trying to befriend those... those... cats! It made him so angry! He smirked, though. They'd smell him on her, they'd reject her quicker than a cat rejects sour milk!