Macavity Family AU: Misto Does Some Magic and Has Some Babies
Mistoās gender is Magical (he/him)
Part 5: The Magical Mister Mistoffelees and His Seven Magical Kittens
No one was exactly sure of anything when it came to Mistoffelees. He was believed to be a tom and never argued with this belief, but, unlike with most kittens, his parents couldnāt tell. The circumstances around his birth, his powers, which were apparent almost immediately, and his androgynous form made some cats wonder if he was even a cat at all. That was quite rude of them.
From what Alonzo could tell, Misto definitely took after his side of the family, being black and white. But, instead of being black and white in spots and patches like his father and grandmother, he was white only at his chest, paws, and the tip of his tail. His paws and tail didnāt always appear white, for some reason, and even the white patch on his chest grew and shrank at random. When his white spotting was at its maximum, he resembled a tiny Bustopher Jones. When Misto first saw Bustopher, he noticed the similarities immediately and started following him around everywhere until Munkustrap intervened.
It was Munkustrap who raised Mistoffelees. His parents werenāt quite ready to raise a kitten, but Munkustrap was more than ready. Though he was more restrained sexually than Tugger, his younger brother, at least two pregnant queens suspected that at least one of their kittens was his, and even if they werenāt, heād look after them as if they were his own anyway. Munk adored kittens.
Though Alonzo was a stray, Munkustrap found Mistoffelees a home. Tuggerās humans liked cats considered āunusualā. Tugger was unusually difficult. A cat with magical powers would fit right in. He brought the kitten right to their doorstep. Tugger and Misto didnāt exactly get along at first, but it didnāt lead to any sort of turf war the humans could notice.
Though no one intended to lie about who Mistoās parents were, he didnāt really seem to understand that Alonzo and Cassandra were his father and mother. He didnāt have a mother, because kittens with mothers were raised by their mothers. It was the rule. Kittens that didnāt have mothers were raised by their fathers. That was also the rule. So, Misto was pretty sure that Munkustrap was his father and that he didnāt have a mother and everyone was being really weird about it, for some reason.
Munk told Alonzo and Cassandra not to take it personally. Raising Misto, heād come to understand some of his quirks. He had rules for how the world worked and even if the rule obviously didnāt apply to his situation, heād stubbornly stick to it. Forcing him to break his rules upset him and when he was upset, he sometimes lost control of his magic. When the seasons changing meant that Mistoās bedtime was when it was still dark outside, Munkās den caught fire.
When Misto reached the age where cats began mating, or at least trying to, he seemed to have no interest in any of the queens. All of his friends were queens, with his best friends being Munkustrapās daughters, Electra and Victoria. Electra had a bit of a crush on him, but it went nowhere. Mistoās interests were dancing, and he was one of the best dancers the tribe had ever seen, and magic. He spent all his time practicing. There were a few exceptions, such as when Bustopher came to visit, as he still couldnāt resist following him around, but he mostly kept to himself.
Only a handful of toms knew that Misto wasnāt as averse to mating as he seemed. He lacked the anatomy one would expect a tom to have. Instead, he mated and got pregnant like a queen. Tugger, who mated with Misto frequently, found this ambiguity fascinating and asked why Misto agreed with those who called him a tom. Misto said that itās because he was. He could magically alter his body if he wanted to, but he preferred to have a tomās identity with a queenās body. He had no interest in changing. Perhaps he wasnāt fully a tom, but he certainly wasnāt a queen. Misto was just Misto (he/him). Tugger, who could never stick to one of two options in most situations, and who valued being able to do as he pleased, fell completely in love with Misto then and there.
Not long before his second Jellicle Ball, Misto had a litter of seven kittens. Most litters came from multiple fathers, and this one was no exception, but Misto never revealed who the fathers were. Tugger knew that some of them had to be his.
When Misto, even younger than Cassandra was when she had him, had this enormous litter, Munkustrap adopted all of them. Jenny also adopted all of them. They shared custody and didnāt tell most of the tribe whose kittens they were, not wanting cats who didnāt understand the complexity of Mistoās character to see him as a queen because he gave birth.
Alonzo and Cassandra knew that they had grandchildren. Cats grow up and reproduce so fast that this wasnāt at all awkward for them. The fact that their son was the one to give birth was a bit of a surprise, but Misto surprised them all the time, so this very quickly became just another Thing That Happened.
