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Cats don't Dance: The Song of Love ch 2

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They walked past several animal actors, all complaining about their roles. The male cat looked excited. Mammoth Pictures was the best place to start a movie career. He failed to notice that Sawyer wasn't as excited as he is. More liked depressed.

Danny ran up to her. "So, I guess we're going to be the only two cats on the ark, huh? Pretty great, huh?"

"So much for preserving species," groaned Sawyer. She just wanted to get her role in the film done and over with before this cat bored her. 

Sawyer brightened up a bit as she waved to a very large monkey. "Hey Kong, how's the picture coming?"

"Oooo, don't get me started!" exclaimed the large ape as he frowned, gritting his teeth.

"You know the King?!" Danny couldn't believe Sawyer knew so many people, especially the way she acted.

Soon the two cats reached a building. It has the sign of Darla dressed as an angel promoting her new film: "Lil Ark Angel". They went inside onto the sound stage. People were doing their best to get things ready for filming.

Pudge was bugging one of the guards, till he decided to go off, holding some of their donuts. Meredith was carrying some props. Then they both ran into Danny, "Uh oh, I'm busted." 

"In bowling, I think that's called a strike."

Danny recognized them.

"Hey, you're both from before." he exclaimed in delight as he helped Meredith up and gave Pudge a handshake. 

"Hey! You're the cat from this morning, aren't cha?" Pudge said.

"Nice to see you again," grinned Meredith.

"What are you doing here?"

"Oh that ice thing is just my side job. Name's Peabo Pudgemeyer. But you can call me Pudge," the little penguin explained.

"Sorry we didn't introduce ourselves earlier. My name's Meredith," the girl cat said as she shook Danny's hand. 

"I'm Danny."

"MEREDITH! HURRY UP!" yelled a voice.

"I'll be right there!" called Meredith. "I gotta go, I'll see you later." She smiled warmly and ran off.

There came a message over the intercom and Pudge jumped up. "Oooh, time to start! Better go get your costume!" He sprinted off in a hurry.

The animals all soon got ready for their parts and in costume, in silly sailor clothes. The script manager handed out a piece of paper for each animal, having their one line to say. 

Danny eagerly opened his script to see what he had said. But upon opening it, he looked puzzled. 

"'Meow'?" asked Danny puzzled. There was only one word on the paper and that's 'meow'. "Is that all? Where's the rest?"

"You're looking at it," said Sawyer with a sigh as she looked at her script, which, ironically, said 'meow' as well.

"Bu-but I thought this was a musical! We're suppose to sing an-and dance, aren’t we?"

"Oh for the love of Moby Dick." groaned Frances as she sipped from her pipe.

"Listen tiger, this town has rules, around here, cats say meow." chimed in Sawyer. 

"Oh, but that's so old hat. I’m sure no one would mind if I jazz this up a bit."

Sawyer sighed, feeling too annoyed to argue more. "Alright, learn it the hard way."

Soon, a skinny man, named Flangan, spoke through a megaphone in a chair. 

"Quiet on the set please. Quiet," Flangan said through the megaphone.

"Ahem. Lights." The lights flashes on. "Camera!" The cameras are now turned on. "Action."

The crew got an elephant, the symbol for mammoth studios, ready in his own costume, who triumphed and the recording began.

Darla came out singing. Everything was going fine and everyone was following the script, until Danny started to join in too much. 

Off the set where Meredith stood with some of the unfinished sets, she couldn't help but to stop painting and watch the filming. She could feel the same energy and excitement she felt earlier fill her once again. Her tail swishing through the air as it moved with the rhythm.

She wasn't the only one watching as a lion and leopard came up to Meredith, both looking confused. They noticed her eyes on the tabby and hoped she knew just what was going on. 

"What's he doing?" the lion asked in a Brazilian accent.

"Something amazing..." Meredith beamed, then frowned at the realization of what was fully happening. Dread creeping into her as she begun to worry for Danny. "...that's going to get him into a whole heap of trouble."

"Do you think he'll be like the others?" The leopard asked, leaning against the wall with arms crossed.

"I sure hope not." Meredith replied.

Even though Meredith knew Danny was doing the wrong thing, she had to admit he wasn't bad. As he finished dancing, he then noticed the whole set was silent as he looked confused, saying innocently, "Meow?"

Danny realized that he must have done something wrong as Darla went from innocent to ticked off as she screamed, "CUT! CUT, CUT, CUT!"

Flangan looked shocked at what just happened. He snapped out of it as he said, "Cut? Oh, yes! Cut! Cut!"

Darla growls then screamed, "I HATE ANIMALS! Especially that one," Darla said pointing at Danny.

This caused the cat to gasp as he walked backwards. However he accidentally tripped and activated the lever controlling the rope still holding. Darla was swung around as the crew tried to get her down from the rope she was 'flying' on. She screamed and hollered until calling out, "MAX!!!"

"Uh oh… We’re doomed…" murmured T.W., as he tried to find somewhere to hide.

Danny looked confused as to what's going on. That is until the ground shook while everyone trembled in fear and concern. What is going on?

Danny got his answer as a crash was heard. He saw that a big hole had been made in one of the walls of the sound stage.

A large gorilla of a man, if he could be called that, stepped up to where Darla was and stopped her as she smacked into his hand. He growled lowly, so low it was almost hard to understand him, but Darla could. She pointed to Danny, panting and puffing. Max cracked his knuckles and stomped over to Danny.

"Been nice knowing you, pal," whispered Cranston to Danny and ran off with the other animals. Meredith was the only one who stayed behind.

Then Max walked over, and picked Danny up in one giant scoop. Meredith grabbed hold of Max's fist. "Leave him alone!" she cried.

Max pinched his other hand together and flicked Meredith off as though she were a fly, sending her sailing across the room, to 'strike' the other animals, the sound like bowling pins.

Meredith got up and looked annoyed at Max. Then she ran up to Max and stopped to see what was going to happen.

Danny gasped and stuttered as he came face-to-face with Max, "How does the Kitty-cat go?"

He gulped and said out loud, but pretended to tremble so the big freak wouldn't hurt him much, "Meow?" 

"Very good." droned Max in his long tone as he hit Danny on the head as though to pet, then dropped him. He went to Darla, "Will that be all, Miss Dimple?"

"For the moment. Thank you Max," she said delicately with a smirk as her servant left.

Meredith helped Danny out of the hole, and helped him walk.

Once the madness is done, the hair and makeup people goes to take care of Darla freshening her up in hopes to continue the film.

"Your curls are fine!" said one of the makeup people happily.

"Your nails are precious!" said one of the hair people.

Darla got pulled back into the air via rope, in control this time, as the two waved goodbye saying, "Goodbye Miss Dimple!" They blew kisses happily. Once they are certain that she is not looking, they looked disgusted. They hated doing that but they have no choice now.

"Okay, everybody. From the top." said Flangan. He glared at Danny as he continued, "And I hope there will be no more interruptions."

"No, sir, there won't," Meredith sighed.

Flangan eyed the tabby girl.

Danny looked surprised at Meredith that she was sticking up for him and opened his mouth to say something, but was interrupted himself by Flangan.

"Don't you have somewhere to be? The sets need painting, now go!" He shooed her away. 

"Thank you…" Danny mouthed to her as he went off with the rest of the animals.

Meredith looked back at him, sadly. She was the only one who felt sorry for Danny.

The "Cats don't Dance" movie with my character in it. I know it's kinda short, but the next chapter will be longer.

Some of the words, I got from other fanfics

I thank RiverSpirit22 for helping me.
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BaltoTheHero87's avatar
I like this chapter too.