Near the Jellicles Empire's Capital
The Dark Forest
Alonzo and Tugger jumped against Munkustrap's attacker but were promptly tossed on the ground.
A second mass went out the woods and charged the others.
"Pekes!" yelled Bombalurina
She jumped on the animal's back but she was tossed away too.
Tugger stoop up and ran to help her with the peke.
Munkustrap and Alonzo stood up too and jumped towards the other bear like animal.
Rumple and Admetus pushed Marguerita behind themselves and watched the battle, ready to join it.
When Bombi was again threw away by her peke Admetus jumped in her aid.
Meanwhile Alonzo was hurled beyond the bushes and both Munkustrap and Rumple jumped on the peke's back.
Marguerita was looking at the scene, tensed.
Tugger, Admetus and Bombi were fighting one of the pekes, Munkustrap and Rumple the other.
She saw Alonzo struggling to stand up and she hurried to his side.
She helped him sitting.
Tugger and the other two managed to put down their peke and win it.
Munkustrap was tossed away from the peke he was fighting and landed against a tree.
A chilling crack filled the air and Munkustrap felt a dull pain pervading his body.
The air went into his lugs like thousand white hot needles.
He tried to stand up but fell back on the ground.
The peke turned to attack him.
Munkustrap saw, out of the corner of his eye, Tugger and the others standing up from the other dead peke.
They saw him and hurried to help him.
But they were too distant.
They would not reach him in time.
Munkustrap was so dazed by the hit that he almost didn't see the peke moving.
A black mass jumped in front of him.
Marguerita crouched down under the peke's throat, the dagger in her hand, and jumped against the animal.
Thanks to the peke's leap and her wight she managed to tip him over.
She cut its carotid with a single slash.
The animal fell on the ground without a sound, dead.
Marguerita laid against the peke's chest for a while, breathing hard.
Tugger hurried to her side and embraced her.
She found herself crying for the death of the peke.
Alonzo, Admetus and Rumple hurried towards Munkustrap.
Bombi knelt at Marguerita's side and embraced her too.
They turned to face Munkustrap.
He was still laying against the tree and was breathing with evident pain.
Tugger helped his mate up and went to his brother side, worried.
They knelt at his side.
"Compliments" Munkustrap said to Marguerita.
He smiled at her while she blushed a bit.
Munkustrap was their best warrior and hunter, together with Tugger and Alonzo.
Received compliments from him was a great goal.
Tugger and Admetus helped Munkustrap on his feet.
The clearing whirled around him.
Munkustrap leaned on his brother and friend's shoulders.
"You are right?" asked Alonzo approaching.
He and the others looked worried to him.
Munkustrap smiled and nodded.
He took a deep breath, feeling again the white hot needles.
At least he had broken some ribs.
"Jenny will kill me" he sighed.
"This is quite sure" Alonzo assured him.
Munkustrap glared at him.
He wasn't so much better than him.
A big gash was on his side, where a peke's claw must had cut.
Munkustrap checked up the rest of the party.
Bombi and Tugger had deep cuts and slashes on their chests and thighs.
Rumple had some scratches on her arms but nothing more.
Admetus had some blood under his ears and on his cheeks.
Marguerita had cuts on her arms, kneels and legs.
She was covered by the peke's blood but she seemed alright.
She had put herself and her own kit in danger.
But she had save his life.
So he couldn't scold her.
He looked down to the two pekes.
He was so sad they had to kill them.
But they hadn't any other choice.
The pekes would had killed them if they didn't.
Munkustrap looked up as Alonzo and Rumple bowed to examine the animals.
"It's strange" said Rumple "they normally didn't attack so by surprise"
"Alonzo, you haven't see pollicles trail leading in the other direction?" asked Munkustrap.
Alonzo nodded still looking at the pekes.
"You couldn't have mistaken them for pollicles' instead of pekes'?" asked Munkustrap.
"No" replied Alonzo standing up "I'm sure they were of wild pollicles"
"Two pekes and some wild pollicles so near the city?" asked worried Bombalurina.
"Something must have forced them out their lair" said Admetus.
Munkustrap looked to the animals.
"Well we have solved the problem of more meats" said Tugger.
Munkustrap nodded.
"We have to go back to the city" he said "Tugger is right, now we don't need any other prey"
Marguerita, Admetus and Rumple went into the wood to get some dead woods.
They come with a big and long branch each one.
They tied the two anagars to one branch and the pekes to two branch each one.
Munkustrap and Marguerita were dispensed from carrying them.
They reached the city gates and walked towards the warehouse.
When they reached it Demeter hurried towards them.
"What happened?" she asked completely frighted.
She went near Munkustrap, who was walking with Marguerita's help.
"Two pekes attacked us" replied Munkustrap nuzzling her.
He knew she was fearing one Macavity's attack.
"You entered a peke's territory?" asked surprised Skimble approaching them.
The quite old High Adviser was highly skeptical.
He knew to well Munkustrap and the others.
Neither Tugger would entered a peke's territory!
"No" replied Munkustrap "they attacked us soon after we hunted down the anagars"
Now Skimble was really surprised... and worried.
"Strange" said Cori approaching.
He replaced Marguerita in supporting Munkustrap.
"Oh for the Everlasting sake!" exclaimed Jelly exiting from the warehouse.
"You should immediately go to Jenny's infirmary!" she ordered to her foster son.
Cori and Demeter led Munkustrap towards the Palace while Cassandra reached Alonzo and forced him to follow them, too.
"Rumple" called Tugger.
The orange calico queen smiled kittenishly.
"You can bring Marguerita to Jenny's, too?" he asked.
Rumple nodded and embraced Marguerita's waist.
"Hei! I'm fine!" Marguerita protested.
"You battled with a peke! You at least should have a check up!" replied Tugger.
He smiled and kissed her before she could replied.
"Do it for the kit" he said.
He knew he was hitting her soft spot.
She sighed and nodded.
"Ok" she said.
She turned to leave then she stopped.
She turned to look at him.
He was already helping the others, bringing the preys into the warehouse.
She saw his wounds and opened her mouth to speak.
But Jelly anticipated her.
"Hold still!" the Royal Consort said.
She advanced towards Tugger.
"The others can manage the preys even without your help" she said making him turn towards the Palace.
Tugger pleaded her with his golden eyes.
"Don't do me your doggy eyes!" she said pushing him forward.
She nodded towards Rumple and Marguerite to enter the Palace.
Tugger snorted but let his foster mother bring him into the Palace.
Even Bombalurina and Admetus followed them.
They reached the infirmary and entered.
Jenny, seeing them, rolled her eyes and sighed.
"Lay on that bed" she ordered to Munkustrap pointing one bed against the wall.
Cori and Demeter helped him on it, then Cori went to help Jenny and Jelly with the medicaments.
Tantomille entered and went to clean Rumple scratches.
Cori cleaned and bandaged Bombi and Admetus's wounds.
Marguerita tried to grab some medicaments to help them but Jelly intercepted her and put her into one bad.
"What means not take any risk?" she asked her while she checked up her and the kit's conditions.
"You say any not strictly necessary risk" said Marguerita.
"Tugger has a bad influence on you!" said Jenny.
She was checking up Munkustrap's conditions.
Marguerita could feel her power's canals opening and her power flowing on Munkustrap's body.
Meanwhile Tantomille was cleaning and healing Tugger's cuts while Cassandra was tending to Alonzo.
"You and the kit are alright" said Jelly "thanks to the Everlasting"
Marguerita felt a bit guilty seeing the relief lighting the queen's face.
She had worried her for sure.
And Jelly was right, she had put her own kit in danger.
But she couldn't let Munkustrap died.
"Sorry Jelly" she said.
The queen smiled and patted her head.
"At least you enjoyed the hunt?" she asked.
Marguerita smiled and nodded.
She really enjoyed it!
Even if it had a sad conclusion.
She looked to Munkustrap and Demeter.
Jenny was still checking him.
Then Jenny opened her eyes and sighed.
"You have broken two ribs and almost one" she said.
She pushed some supplementary healing energy into the ribs' cells.
"You have to sleep some hours" she said to Munkustrap.
He nodded and Demeter smiled at her grateful.
Jenny reached Alonzo and pushed some healing energy also into the cells around his slash.
"Margue can you help Tugger's healing, dear?" asked Jenny while she was finishing with Alonzo.
Marguerita nodded and did as Jenny had taught her.
She focused the small bits a body was made of, cells Jenny had called them, and gave them some of her own energy.
She smiled feeling the bits starting to divide and multiply.
In a few timed the slash on her mate's body would be only memories.
"Now you all have to rest" said Jenny when they finished.
"Rumple I think your chamber is ready for you" she added towards her daughter.
The young queen nodded and went out the infirmary.
They all knew it was unless protesting.
Marguerita helped Tugger up and they headed for their apartments.
Bombi smiled to Admetus and moved sensually to him.
She whispered something into his ears and he almost dragged her out, both laughing happily.
Alonzo looked up to Cassandra and the queen smiled.
She kissed him and helped him out.
Munkustrap looked up to Demeter and smiled.
"You want to go home?" she asked nuzzling him.
Munkustrap nodded.
"Yes" he said kissing her neck.
"Where is Electra?" he asked.
"She is sleeping into her room" replied Demeter kissing him.
They exited the infirmary and were immediately surrounded.
Eh eh Catswillrule... maybe you are right... I'm going too far with Marguerita turning into a Mary Sue...
I promise I'll be careful... but I want to show first how she has became a True Jellicles... so I could treat her like a jellicle in the next chapters...
So she will be so perfect and so feline for a few more chapters... then I'll treat her like the other characters!
Ehm I have a question to all the readers... I see that you are quite a lot... I have found 74 visitors in my traffic of December... but why you don't leave a review? it will help me a lot with the development of my story... sorry for asking...
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