Romani stared at the crumpled cat.

"My... my father?" she said, her voice shaking considerably. She studied the tom closely and could feel herself being watched very closely by the ginger tom. It was true that Callisto's markings and colourings were very similar to Mungojerry. Callisto and Romani and looked nothing like each other. Romani herself looked just like her mother. The only difference was her eyes. Romani's were a startling shade of green.

It the time Mungojerry had looked at her Romani had seen that she had his eyes. Her sister had the same green eyes and was completely and utterly Mungojerrys. The only difference was the large white splodge all over Calli's back.

Romani couldn't believe it… It all made sense! He was their father but what was he doing here and what did the ginger cat have to do with anything?

Romani began to shake violently, this was all too much! She felt incredibly small and alone.

"I know! Amazing isn't it?" The ginger tom appeared behind her, gripping her shoulders hard with his spindly claws.

"You really have his eyes"

Romani shrugged away from his sarcasm but he caught her face and roughly turned it towards him. Their faces were so close, their noses were almost touching. Romani could feel his hot breath on her face, It was extremely uncomfortable.

"And beautiful eyes they are too" He said throwing Romani's face to the side. Romani hissed in a manner that made her whole body shake with rage.

"Shame you gave her up eh Mungo?". Romani winced as the tom kicked the unconscious Mungojerry again. She might have never met him but he was still family and it still hurt to see him suffer. She thought about what the tom had just said. Give her up? She'd never seen him before in her life and her hadn't given her up, she'd been kidnapped.

"He never gave me up. I didn't know him until today" Romani said passionately

"Did I detect a hint of venom in that pretty little voice of yours, Romani? Tut tut, we'll have to change that!"

"You can't change anything" Romani hissed through her teeth. The cat strolled over, arrogance obvious in his step. He stood in front of her, looking down.

"My dear sweet kitten, I can change anything I want to"

"I'm not yours to change, I don't belong to anyone" Romani whispered, looking him straight in the eye.

"Oh but you do! You belong to me! Every inch of that defiant little kitten is mine"

The expression on his face told Romani he wasn't bluffing but she decided to take her chances.

"How? I don't believe you"

"Well" The cat signalled to two toms to lift her to her feet. The ties around her wrists were loosened and Romani shook herself free. She knew there was no way of escaping, she didn't even know where she was.

"You were sold to me by your father before you were even born. We had an… agreement.."

Romani stared at Mungojerry. What king of father sold their kitten? Not one that was worth knowing anyway. Romani's heart was breaking, she had found and lost so much in the past day she was surprised no-one could hear her heart tearing in two.

The tom seemed to be about to continue but his speech was cut short by a young tom tumbling in from the roof. The jet black tom landed deftly on his feet and turned to the ginger tom.

"MACAVITY!" he said in a voice that obviously meant business. The tom, who had at first seemed black all over, actually had a white face and chest which looked a likelike a tuxedo. The look was completed by a small black bow tie which was nestled comfortably in the fur around his neck.

The tom scanned the room, trying to judge what was happening. Romani's eyes locked with his for a second and in that second confusion, anger and pity flashed across them.

Macavity, as the Ginger tom seemed to be called, turned to the intruder. Romani felt herself being ushered away to she knew not where. She could hear Macavity shouts as they walked down a series of corridors.

"Wouldn't like to be in his paws" Romani thought to herself. Having thought that, she realised she didn't particularly want to be in her own paws. She was lead into a large room, lavishly furnished, full of excitable queens. They squealed with excitement when she entered and the two toms who had brought her there swiftly left.

Romani looked round for help as the queens descended.

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