"C'mon, Bomba."

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"C'mon!"

"I SAID NO!"

"Okay! Okay!"

Tugger walked out of Bomba's den sourly, as she watched him go sourly.

For Bombalurina, being the least popular cat in the Junkyard was difficult. She would much rather be reading a book than going on dates with Munkustrap and Alonzo… and it didn't help when your best friend was the Rum Tum Tugger.

But, she simply brushed it off her shoulder and continued with her day… reading in her den.

She had a simple den, made up of a large feather-stuffed mattress, an extremely old refrigerator that she plugged into a power outage that led into the city's electric plant, and a shelf full of her favorite books.

Bombalurina ran over and took one from the shelf and dashed to her mattress so that she could read in luxury.

But, as she was reading her mind strolled back to her popularity level.

Bombalurina and her "sister" Demeter were both found in an abandoned basket outside the Junkyard 16 years ago… so they assumed that was how old they were.

No one knew exactly if she was Demeter's sister or not… and quite frankly… no one even cared anymore.

Demeter rose to popularity, while Bombalurina stayed at the bottom of the food chain… the nerdy, weak, and late-bloomer person she was.

Somehow, she managed to befriend Tugger, the guy who got all the chicks. He apparently said he used to be a late-bloomer as well, but Bomba couldn't believe him. As gorgeous as he was… it was impossible.

Bombalurina was slowly drawn out of her thoughts at the sound of Tugger bursting into her den.

"HIDE ME!" He shrieked, burring himself under the mattress with Bomba still on it.

"Do you mind?" She asked impatiently, rolling her eyes, "What's the matter?"

"That new kitten… Electra! She's NUTS!" Tugger whimpered his bottom half sticking out from under the mattress.

So Bombalurina waited for the "demon" to come to her doorstep, but all that crawled over was an angel.

"Aww!" Bombalurina sighed, getting up and running over to her.

Electra sat on her bottom and opened and closed her hands, indicating she would like to be picked up.

Bomba obeyed her command and lifted her up and cuddled her, then turned to Tugger who emerged from under the mattress with a look of complete horror.

"How can you be afraid of this cutie?" She asked him in a sing-song voice, cuddling Lettie.

But she was unaware when she turned her back that Lettie shot Tugger a psychopath-looking look that made him gasp in fear.

"Will you stop?" Bombalurina asked, going out of the den and setting Lettie outside her den to go play with a few other newborns, Pouncival and Mistoffelees.

"You're a monster," She told Tugger, walking back into the den.

"I get that a lot," He laughed relaxing on her mattress.

She rolled her eyes and then started to tidy up her den.

"What's this book?" Tugger asked, trying to read the cover, "O-Oald? Po-ouss-em…"

"Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats!" Bomba hissed, "You idiot!"

And with that, she hit him over the head with the book and stalked out.


Macavity studied his list of herbs and continued picking then, until he glanced inside the Junkyard.

"Paydon!" Macavity gasped, running up a hill to a brown tom with golden streaks, also known as his magical mentor, "Did you know that cats live in that Junkyard?"

"I did," His mentor answered, continuing to pick his fair share of herbs, "Their called the Jellicles."

"Jellicles?" Macavity asked, looking back down at the Junkyard.

"What did I say?" Paydon snapped, "Continue picking your herbs! You've got a fine pair of large hands and claws that aren't broken."

Macavity obeyed him, and continued, but he couldn't help but take on more look into the Junkyard… and he didn't regret it.

He noticed a scarlet queen, about his age that… was beautiful.

"Paydon! Who's that?" Macavity asked running back up the hill to him and pointing her out.

"From my calculations… that's Bombalurina. Not very popular among the Jellicles." Payton said without looking up.

"Bombalurina," Macavity sung her name as if it was a song. It was official, the "Hidden Paw" was in love.