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Description I know what you're thinking, "omg, its not a hotel tribe member", wrong! Mungojerrie's the leader of the Hotel Tribe!


I better explain my logic before you all maul me for letting wacky Jerrie lead a tribe.

In my mind Mungojerrie is Macavity's nephew (Growltiger and Griddlebone are his parents), so after Growltiger was killed i figure Griddlebone went to the only surviving family member to help with her kits (Miru is Jerrie's sister). So Jerrie was mostly raised under Macavity's rule. Thus he was quite a nasty Jellicle before, he focused on thieving but he, regrettably, did kill.

While there Jerrie was ignorant of another way to live, he thought this was the only way. Then one day he was given a young Jellicle called Rumpleteazer to use as a partner and decoy when thieving. (Macavity liked to give his important workers someone to tag along so they could frame them or leave them if needs be). Rumpleteazer had just fallen into working with Macavity because he saw she had skills and decided to use them.

Rumpleteazer would talk (a lot!) of a life outside Macavity's lair, a life with humans and other Jellicle's that she had once known. Mungojerrie loved hearing these stories and soon fell in love with Teazer. Realising he could live another life away from the madness of Macavity he decided to leave with Rumpleteazer to start a new life.

They didn't go far before discovering the Junkyard and decided to stay there. They made a mutual agreement to keep their past a secret. Some jellicle's of course recognised Jerrie's name so he claimed he was a simple thief like Teazer was and never mentioned his family line.

Teazer had managed to keep her innocence during her time with Macavity and was the same perky queen she always was but Jerrie changed. He decided to relive the childhood he never had and repressed his Macavity persona. Having Teazer around kept it repressed, Jerrie lived in constant fear of letting his old self out, fearing the consequences for him and his mate if he did. So that's why he's the wacky tom we all love.

Macavity was bitterly angry at Mungojerrie for leaving and swore revenge. He achieved this by waiting until Macavity hysteria was at a pec and revealing Mungojerrie's past to the Jellicle's, while holding Rumpleteazer hostage. These revelations revealed the fact that Mungojerrie had once killed both Alonzo's mother and Cassandra's older brother. Both knew their relatives had met their end at one of Macavity's henchcats claws but neither had any idea who did it. Mungojerrie didn't even know Alonzo and Cassandra were related to two of his kills.

Because of this Munkustrap had no choice but to exile Mungojerrie from the Junkyard. Jerrie spent the next week or so in his humans home depressed. Rumpleteazer would stay with his as much as possible but he would insist she left him alone, not wanting to anger or annoy him in such a fragile state, she would do as he said.

One day Jerrie went for a walk and came across an abandoned human hotel. The stairs were caved in above the first floor but the ground floor was free. After having a poke around Jerrie ran into Mana who had had a vision that showed Mungojerrie as the leader of a new tribe that she was a member of. She eventually managed to convince Jerrie to come with her and she lead him to a group of Jellicle's who were all Macavity runaways. Some, like Eclipse and Ellipsis were kittens of workers who had died, some, like Mana, had been forced to work or Macavity but had finally managed to break free, and some were Jellicle's who had once willingly gone to Macavity but had since seen the error of their ways. When Jerrie asked why they hadn't just gone to the Junkyard they revealed that they feared rejection because of their associations with Macavity. And also that in a short time they had formed a tribal bond and didn't want to leave each other. Jerrie was convinced Mana was wrong about him being leader but he lead them to the abandoned hotel anyway, he could tell rain was coming and being out in the open was no place or a Jellicle.

Jerrie starts spending his days at the Hotel and does eventually become their leader. But he keeps his happy go lucky attitude for most of the time, unless they need him to be serious.

And breath....phew. Lucky you, a doll and a mini fic. I really want to write the Hotel Tribe up one day but i suck at finishing anything. If anyone's interested in helping me out let me know. I forgotten so much if it (i created them about 3 years ago) that there loads of room for other ideas and characters if needs be.

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Comments: 2

Aprodite [2007-05-14 00:32:37 +0000 UTC]

Wow, awsome story. I like how you played in Mungo with the Hotel Tribe. Fabulous as always dearie!

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bcboo In reply to Aprodite [2007-05-14 12:56:48 +0000 UTC]

hehe thanks hun

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