Three's a Crowd

4

In a flurry of sparkles and laughter, the three of them were running around the hallways of the empty house, "Where are we even going?" MIstoffelees frantically asked, trying to keep up with the other two, "To where they keep their valuables, Misto!" Rumpleteazer responds, "Duh!" Mungojerrie adds. Suddenly they stopped and stood still, Mistoffelees almost running into them as a result, "It's here" Rumpleteazer whispers, "Is it locked?" Mungojerrie whispers back. Teazer walks up to the door in front of the trio and gently pushes against it, the door opens with a groan, "What idiots! They don't even keep their valuables behind a locked door!" she says happily.

Mungojerrie then hands Mistoffelees a small handmade cloth bag, "to hold the loot" he explains, smiling. The magical cat takes it, "i can't believe this actually happening" he mutters to himself, blushing a little. The trio enter the room and stare at their surroundings, "It's more expensive than I imagined" Mungojerrie loudly whispers, "Nothing is too expensive for the thieves' crowd!" Rumpleteazer exclaims, "that doesn't-" Mistoffelees tries to say before being abruptly cut off by a loud crashing sound. He turns to see Mungojerrie standing next to a broken vase, "Leaving our mark" he explains, smirking at the shards laying on the ground, "christ" the tuxedo cat mutters to himself.

He turns to see Rumpleteazer sitting on a small dresser in the corner of the room examining a diamond ring before dropping it into the small bag next to her, "aren't going to steal something, Misto?" she asks him, not bothering to turn away from the jewelry in front of her. He joins her on the dresser, "Victoria would like this" he states, holding up a diamond necklace, "then take it, just don't tell her that it's stolen" she giggles and he drops the necklace into his bag. He turns away from Rumpleteazer to see what Mungojerrie is up to, but he then feels something getting put around his neck. He turns back to Rumpleteazer and she smiles at him and steps back, "It looks nice on you" she states to the confused cat.

She takes his hand and leads him off of the dresser and to a mirror leaning against a wall. Mistoffelees stares at his reflection, his tail flicks up in surprise to see the new accessory around his neck, "a collar..." his voice trails off as his hand reaches up to feel it. It was a simple black collar with a red rose made of fabric in the center, "it goes nice with the jacket" Rumpleteazer states, putting a hand on his shoulder, "where did you get that from anyway?" she asks. "My owner had it specially made for me" he says, examining himself in the mirror, "they're also the reason for all my magical tricks. Being a magician's pet assistant can do that for you" he adds. He turns away from the mirror, "Where's Mungojerrie?" he asks, "right here!" a voice suddenly says beside him, making Mistoffelees jump. Mungojerrie bursts out laughing and Rumpleteazer jabs him in the side with her elbow, "You jerk" she states, disappointed.

Mistoffelees then spots something gleaming in the sunlight atop one of the small tables in the room. He wanders towards the object while the twins argue behind him. He was now right in front of the object, he picked it up and held it out in front of him. It was another necklace, but this one had a large ruby dangling off the chain. Surrounding the ruby was a bunch of small diamonds, "You gonna take that?" two voices say from behind him. Mistoffelees faces them, still holding the necklace, "I...uh...guess so" he reluctantly says, "Come on, Misto! You gotta have more enthusiasm than that!" Mungojerrie exclaims, "Yeah! What he said!" Rumpleteazer adds.

Mistoffelees smiles, "how would my owner react if they found this in their room?" he asks himself.
"At first, confusion, but then happiness," Rumpleteazer replies.
"I mean, who wouldn't want a really expensive necklace of unknown origins?" Mungojerrie adds.
The tuxedo cat puts the necklace into the bag he's holding, "alright you two, let's get out of here. I have a feeling the owners of this house are going to return soon" he states to them with a carefree smile on his face. "Alright, thieves' crowd! Let's ditch this place!" the twins shout together.

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The trio were now back where they started, standing in the very alley this adventure had begun at. Rumpleteazer was running around in circles, happily humming something to herself, while Mungojerrie and Mistoffelees were sitting on the ground and reviewing each other's stolen goods, "You really only stole three things? Man, you really are a rookie at this Misto" Mungojerrie exclaims. Mistoffelees touches the collar around his neck, "made next time I can take more" he says quietly. Mungojerrie stares at him with wide eyes while Rumpleteazer had stopped running around and was now also staring at him, "What did you just say?" Teazer asks.
"Something about doing this again?" Mungojerrie adds.
"Uh...yes?" Mistoffelees replies, confused.
The twins jump up and start hugging each other, "We did it!" they both exclaim, "We actually recruited him!".
"We totally have to plan more!"
"Definitely!"
Rumpleteazer then runs up to Mistoffelees and hugs him also, "The thieves' crowd is staying together!" she shouted happily, making Mistoffelees blush in the process. "Come on Misto! We're going to plan another heist right now!" she exclaims, taking his hand in hers. Mungojerrie gathers the stolen objects back into the bags they originally resided in, "Yeah! Right now!" he adds. And with that, the trio headed off into the distance, thus ending this adventure for The Thieves' Crowd. There were, of course, many more adventures the three went on, but those are another story for another day. And, of course, The Thieves's Crowd were the best at what they do, because two's a company, and three's a crowd.