Crack.
Kalea turned quickly around at the sound of a twig snapping. There was nothing there. Oh why had she left the Junkyard? Her blue eyes were wide with fear as she crept silently down the street.
"Hey! You!"
The little red and white harlequin kitten turned at the sound of someone calling her. Three dark Queens stood, their arms folded. They were almost identical, except one was striated with some cream, and another had some streaks of purple.
The darkest Queen nodded. "Yeah, you. Come here."
Kalea hesitated, remembering her mother telling her to never talk to strangers. Thinking about her mother brought back awful memories. Dark ginger fur, slashing black claws, her mother's lifeless scarlet body. Her father, one calico arm missing, urging her to leave.
She shook her head, clearing it of the terrible thoughts. She cautiously walked towards the Queens. She dipped her head to the three Queens, seeing as they were older than her. The one streaked with purple smiled slightly at the little princess's show of respect.
"I'm Ebony," she said. "This is Cassandra and Exotica." The one striated with cream nodded, than the darkest one did the same.
"You lost?" The one called Cassandra inquired.
Kalea nodded shyly. Exotica put her hand on the small kitten's shoulder.
"Come with us."
Kalea slowly followed them until they reached an abandoned warehouse. They led her inside. There were lots of cats, most of them disfigured.
A dark ginger Tom stepped forward. Kalea recognized him. The unkempt fur, the long black claws, the merciless red eyes.
"Macavity!" she screeched, hiding behind Exotica.
Macavity smirked. "Well, well, well. Who do we have here?"
Cassandra grimaced. "Actually, I don't really know." She turned to Kalea. "What's your name, kitten?"
Kalea shook her head, her eyes once again wide with fear.
Cassandra sighed. "Come on. No one's going to hurt you."
She sounded like she ment it. "Kalea," she whispered.
Cassandra turned to Macavity. "Her name is Kalea," she replied.
Macavity raised his eyebrows. "Kalea? I remember you."
Kalea narrowed her bright blue eyes.
"You murdered my family," she whispered.