And a New Life Will Begin….

By Kalliroscope

Grizabella stepped up the stairs tremulously, her mind racing with questions about what would await her at the top. She could see only darkness ahead of her. Behind and beneath her, the Jellicles sang their song of redemption, a song of rebirth.

As the elderly queen neared her destination, that glittering blackness just out of reach, she could feel her heart pounding harder and faster than ever.

And then…

She was there. Grizabella was within the very heart of the shining darkness. Music filled the air, filled her mind and body and soul. The song was wordless, a pure, magical chorus of souls in ecstasy.

Marvelling at the magnificent sound, Grizabella felt the touch of the Everlasting Cat upon her. <<Small One>> the Jellicle goddess said, her voice mighty and gentle at the same time, <<Your Life Has Been Hard. You Have Had Many Troubles. Rest Here For Now…>>

Grizabella relaxed into the darkness, her cares and worries fading away as did her awareness of her physical self. Soon she was but a thought, a dream, a memory, drifting forever in a sea of endless song…

An eternity seemed to pass whilst Grizabella, feeling like a kitten which had suddenly opened its eyes onto the beauty and light of the world, sheltered in the warmth of Bast’s infinite glow, in the sound of Her eternal purr.

And then…

A sudden sound – a light shone before her eyes. What was this? A feeling of vulnerability she had not felt since being alive.

“Kitten,” a voice said – not the Great Voice of the Everlasting Cat, but a smaller, mortal voice. “My little kitten…”

The kitten that had once been Grizabella opened her eyes upon the world of the living…