Author's Note: Wow guys! Thanks for all the reviews!! Just to clear something up for you Llama77me, Gus called Demeter child, him being old and all, not Munkustrap hehe. Anyway on with the story and sorry this chappie is short!!


Chapter Seven

Checking that once again the kittens were sleeping soundly, Bombalurina padded out of her den and into the main junkyard. Demeter, Cassandra, Rumpleteazer Exotica and Tantomile were sitting on the tire watching the new queen talk with Victoria. Bombalurina jumped up on the tire, rubbing cheeks with her sister and nodding to the other queens. She stalked past them silently, jumping up on the back of the TSE car and sitting down, curling her tail around her body. The inner junkyard was surrounded by toms that were on alert. If this queen came from Macavity's lair he may want her back, and they all knew the effect the Napoleon of Crime had on Demeter, and protecting the Tribe Protector's mate was definitely high priority.

Bombalurina's eyes swept over the surrounding toms. The Jellicle Ball was drawing ever closer and Victoria needed to start the Courting Process or, well she didn't know what was going to happen. Her matchmaking skills always worked. Thus she scanned the toms to see their reaction to the white princess.

Coricopat and Bill Bailey sat together, Coricopat staring up at the sky, one eye scanning around for trouble, the other watching the rising moon. Bill Bailey was eyeing up Rumpleteazer. Bombalurina laughed inwardly, I'll deal with those two later.

Alonzo and Tugger were too busy feeding their egos with tall tales of their adventures with queens to notice anything significant. Munkustrap was definitely out; he was too smitten with her sister and would never give her up, not for all the gold in the world. Not that cats liked gold or anything; it was just a figure of speech.

Admetus lay alone on an old couch, his tail flicking from side to side. Every so often he glanced over at Victoria, then snapping his head away and returning to his job. Bombalurina smirked. How sweet. Mungojerrie seemed to also be paying the same attention to the white princess. The scarlet queen rolled her eyes, another one!

Last but not least, Plato lay, half hanging off an old bed head, staring dreamily at Victoria. Bombalurina started in surprise. Everlasting Cat! He's got the love bug bad! She smirked and began to groom a paw. OK, Test One. Time to see how bad these boys want Miss Prissy over there.

Jumping down from her seat, Bombalurina sauntered out into the middle of the Inner Junkyard, her hips swaying sensuously. Tugger perked up and jumped down off his perch to join Bombalurina in the centre. They began circling each other from a distance, and with every revolution they moved closer and closer. Munkustrap shook his head and joined Demeter and the other queens. Every time a princess came of age these two did the same dance, but for some reason the other toms never caught on to the test, or if they did they never showed it.

Meanwhile, Bombalurina and Tugger circled closer to each other, their cheeks rubbing as their bodies touched, Tugger's hands stroking Bombalurina's waist. The queens on the tire giggled girlishly, Demeter blushing in slight embarrassment.

"I don't remember this bit." Munkustrap stated, swallowing hard and wiping some sweat from his brow.

Bombalurina too was surprised by Tugger's sudden display of more affection than usual, but she didn't let on. Out of the corner of her eye she watched Admetus, Mungojerrie and Plato. Admetus seemed mildly interested in the dance, but still reserved some attention to Victoria, as did Mungojerrie. Plato however glanced from the two dancing cats to the white princess confused. He got up and started pacing before jumping down and padding over to Victoria. After a quick conversation, Plato escorted Victoria away, leaving Duchess alone

The scarlet queen grinned to herself. God she was good at this! But the sudden warmth at her side, reminded her of the dance. She felt the rumble of purr deep within Tugger's chest as she leaned into his body, their tails entwining. The dance grew slower and more sensuous. To an outsider no music could be heard, but the two cats heard the music within, swaying in seamless motion. Tugger's hands traced over her legs as he lifted her in a graceful pas de deux. As the music faded in their minds, Tugger placed Bombalurina back on the ground, his deep chocolate eyes staring into bright emerald ones, their noses almost touching, breathing heavily.

A playful smirk enticed its way across Bombalurina's lips and she licked her lips hungrily, her eyes shining with desire. Tugger drew her body closer to his, so close she could feel his heart beating in his chest and the low vibrating purr. She traced her tail up his back and flicked him playfully across the face.

"I knew you'd succumb eventually." She purred seductively, before breaking their moment and sauntering off into the Junkyard, leaving Tugger alone, defenceless and stunned.