Munkustrap groaned, blinking his sore eyes as he rolled over.

"Kopa?" he rasped, reaching around in the darkness to find his friend. There was a groan to his right as his paw connected with something soft.

"Munkus?" He heard Kopa groan. Munkustrap slowly sat up, wincing as his head pounded.

He and Kopa had been drugged, preparing them for movement. Munkustrap looked around the dark room they were in, letting his eyes adjust.

They had been moved while they were unconscious, which ruined one plan of escape.

"Where are we?" Kopa groaned as he sat up, rubbing his aching head.

Munkustrap sighed bitterly, "We've been moved to our new home." Kopa examined the dark, solid walls, the solid wooden floor and the thick steel door locking them in.

Not a single light made its way into the room, due to the fact there was no windows and the lightbulb swaying above their heads was turned off. Kopa gave a groan as he leaned against Munkustrap, head in paws.

"I feel like I've run head-first into a brick wall," Kopa moaned. Munkustrap chuckled as he leaned back against his friend.

"I know the feeling." Munkustrap winced, his own head pounding and stomach rolling uncomfortably.

A horrid side-effect of the drugs used to knock them out.

"Well, this a cheerful place," Kopa sighed as he looked around, eyes squinted with pain, which caused Munkustrap to chuckle sadly.

"It sure is," he murmured, sighing. "too familiar though…" Kopa winced at that, looking to Munkustrap sadly. He reached out, squeezing Munkustrap's paw.

"It'll be alright, we'll get out of this," Kopa murmured. Munkustrap smiled weakly at his attempt to cheer him up.

They both turned their heads towards the door as they heard the lock scrape open. They winced at the sudden bright light that blinded them, squinting at the figures in the doorway.

The door closed, temporarily leaving the room in darkness once more, before the dim light overhead switched on.

"Aren't you two just adorable?" Leo smirked as he stood by the door, staring at the two leaning on one another on the floor. "It's unusual to see friendship in a place like this, but you always were a bit of an oddity, weren't you, Silver?"

Munkustrap scowled, "It's Munkustrap," he hissed. Leo raised an eyebrow.

"You have a name now? How…quaint," he chuckled. "I suppose it's better than…now, what did that Queen call you? Oh, yes, her 'Shining Star'," Munkustrap hissed, green eyes flashing, but calmed as Kopa put a paw on his shoulder, squeezing it reassuringly.

Leo just smirked before calling for his followers. Four cats quickly appeared in the doorway.

"Now, you two are the only two Tom slaves I have at the moment, so you get to share a room with the Queens, so no funny business, you don't want to end up like the other Toms…" Leo told them, almost bored as he examined his sharp claws. The other cats guffawed.

"So, my rules that you will follow or you will face punishment, which you are all too familiar with, Munkustrap," Leo drawling out Munkustrap's name, smirking as he did so. "You will obey all orders given to you by myself or my followers, you will show respect and will not talk out of turn, you will remain silent in my presence unless I have told you to speak," growled Leo, eyeing the two cats glaring back at him. "You will complete all tasks ordered to you and you will be in your room by nightfall, any attempt to escape will end in serious punishment, touch any of my queens in any sexual manner and you will die, they belong to me, as do you both now." Leo straightened up, brushing out his fur.

"The Queens will fill you in on the rest of the rules," Leo gave a non-dismissive wave of his paw and his followers moved forward, grabbing Munkustrap and Kopa by the arms and hoisting them to their feet.

They both groaned, knees buckling under them as their heads swam, vision blurring as an aftereffect of the drug.

Munkustrap managed to straighten up, keeping his facial expression neutral as he was pulled past Leo, who smirked at him, dark eyes glinting. He tried to keep track of the hallways he was pulled through, listening as Kopa was partially dragged along behind him, but kept having to close his eyes, trying to supress the urge to throw up as the drug made his stomach turn.

"Keep moving!" One of the cats snarled, yanking on his arm painfully as he stumbled.

"Gentle with them, Scorpion, we don't want to damage them too early," Leo's voice came from somewhere behind him. "The drug is still in their systems, so we shall overlook this one, but only for now."

"Of course, sir," Scorpion, a rather grumpy looking dark red Tom, responded respectfully as he continued to drag Munkustrap along the well decorated burgundy halls.

They soon came to a stop in front of a large, heavy wooden door that had a large silver lock fastening it closed. Leo walked to the front, working on the lock.

There was also a sterling silver sign on the door and Munkustrap squinted, trying to read the sign through his drug-induced hazy vision. His heart plummeted when his vision finally sharpened up so he could read the sign.

Harem Quarters

Before he could react, the door was opened and he was thrown forward, landing in a heap onto the cold wooden floor. He attempted to push himself up onto his arms but was forced back onto his chest when a heavy weight suddenly landed on him, forcing his chest back onto the ground heavily, making him groan.

"Sorry, Munks," Kopa groaned as he rolled off of him. "Bastard pushed me onto you,"

"Ladies, I've brought you two new room-mates, play nicely with them and explain my rules," Leo's voice called across the room, sounding smug. Munkustrap pushed himself up into a sitting position, ears twitching as he heard footsteps approaching him from behind.

He winced as his head fur was grasped, his head being forced around so he was looking at Leo. Munkustrap could hear Kopa growling lowly from beside him.

"Now, Munkustrap," Leo sneered, eyes glittering with triumph, "We don't want a repeat of what happened last time, do we? So behave yourself, you belong to me now and that is how it will remain!" Leo released Munkustrap's head fur and stalked away.

Munkustrap released the breath, which he didn't know he had been holding, when he heard the heavy wooden door shut, followed by the scraping of a lock.

"What a bastard," Kopa muttered from beside him, paw on Munkustrap's shoulder. "You alright?" Munkustrap sighed, giving a nod and a weak smile,

"Yeah, I'm alright," He looked up and paused, seeing several Queens staring back at him and Kopa.

They were all huddled together in the back of the room. The back half of the room was covered by a large amount of different sized, coloured and textured pillows and blankets. The cold stone walls were covered by different coloured, bright hanging silks.

A mirror was perched on a box in the back right corner, seeming to be surrounded by grooming products.

Munkustrap's attention was turned back to the Queens when a dark gold and black Queen moved forward, brown eyes narrowed as she stared at them.

"I am warning you now, even though the Master warned you, you will not touch any of us!" she hissed. Munkustrap glanced at Kopa, who looked back at him, bewildered.

"We won't, we're not like that," Munkustrap told her, trying to keep his voice calm and reassuring.

The Queen scoffed, "Oh, we've heard that before,"

A black and grey Queen crept forward, her blue eyes looking at the two Toms curiously.

"But, Juliet, why did Master put two Toms here with us and not in the Toms usual quarters?" she asked softly. "It is rather…unusual for him." Juliet frowned, looking back at Munkustrap and Kopa, who were leaning against one another, seeming to be holding each other up.

"How can I trust your word?" Juliet demanded to know. Munkustrap gave a small shake of his head and looked at her, green eyes staring directly into her brown ones.

"You just have to," he told her softly. "There is nothing I can do now to prove to you that we are not monsters, we will not harm you, you will just have to trust us," Juliet tilted her head, regarding Munkustrap for a moment before nodding.

"Avena, Lemon, they're still suffering from the aftereffects of the drugs, help me get them over here," Juliet said suddenly. The black and grey Queen, that had spoken out earlier, moved towards Munkustrap, helping him to his feet with the assistance of Juliet.

"Thank you…?" Munkustrap trailed off, looking at her questioningly. The black and grey Queen smiled.

"Avena," she replied as she helped him sit on the soft pillow nest. Munkustrap looked at Kopa, who was being helped over by Juliet and a young Queen with creamy yellow and white fur.

"So that makes you Lemon, right?" Kopa asked her. The young Queen nodded nervously, Kopa smiled at her reassuringly as he sat down.

"Thank you," he said gently, making Lemon smile. Juliet sat across from Munkustrap and Kopa, settling down.

"As you might have guessed from Avena, I'm Juliet," she introduced herself. "These Queens are like my sisters, so I'm quite protective of them, which is why I'm untrusting of outsiders…" she paused, "Also because of the situation we're in too," she finished, voice soft, eyes distant. Munkustrap nodded.

Juliet snapped herself out of whatever thoughts she had put herself in and looked around.

"I should introduce you, I guess," laughed Juliet as she looked at the Queens.

"You've met Avena and Lemon," she said,

"This is Arianna," A black, red and brown Queen waved from towards the back.

"Patience," A younger red and black Queen, with a white underbelly, who smiled shyly.

"Maia," A pure black queen with shocking blue eyes, who nodded.

"Dinah," A sweet looking creamy white Queen who smiled at them, waving.

"Effie," A dark brown and orange striped tabby, who gave a small nod.

"Fleur," A white Queen with light black hatching on her hips and chest, making her look rather elegant. She smiled at them.

"Priya," An orange and white striped Queen, who gave a nervous nod.

"Keegan," A dark blue Scottish Fold Queen, who just blinked at them.

"Lilith," A fiery red Queen, who looked at them, untrusting.

"Joslyn," A creamy coloured blue seal-point Queen, with large ears and curly fur. (Munkustrap noted she was a Devon Rex)

"Greer," A roundish, rather snooty looking plain brown Queen.

"Serenity," A white and brown Siamese Queen, who smiled, giving a shake of her head as she looked at Greer's attitude.

"We're the Master's current Queens," Juliet explained sadly, looking around. "There used to be some Toms around, but they broke the rules, so you two are the first we've seen in a while," Munkustrap nodded.

"I'm Munkustrap," He decided to introduce himself, "This is Kopa," Kopa nodded, giving a small wave.

Munkustrap's eyes widened when he caught sight of a small kitten peering around Juliet nervously. Juliet glanced down to see what had caught Munkustrap's attention and sighed. She reached around and brought a young kitten to sit in her lap.

"This is Trinity," Juliet murmured sadly. Munkustrap stared at the kitten.

She was a beautifully fluffy Seal-point Ragdoll kitten with a brown nose and cheeks, soft brown toes, her ears were brown too, while the rest of her was a pure white. She had vibrant blue eyes that stared at Munkustrap, frightened.

Munkustrap gave a soft smile.

"Hello there, Trinity," he said softly, trying to calm her. "My name is Munkustrap, you can call me Munkus if you like," Trinity blinked, surprised at the gentle voice, she was used to Toms yelling and being mean.

Juliet hugged Trinity a bit closer, eyeing Munkustrap again.

"How are you so good with kittens?" she asked suspiciously.

Munkustrap looked at her, giving a small smile, "I've looked after kittens, my tribe…" Munkustrap trailed off, looking down at his paws as a lump suddenly came to his throat.

Oh, how he missed his family.

There was soft nudge at his shoulder and he looked around, seeing Kopa gently nuzzling his shoulder.

"We'll get you back to them, Munks, I promise," Kopa murmured. Munkustrap gave a weak smile.

"You have a tribe?" Avena asked. "How did you come to be here then?" Munkustrap looked back at the Queens, who had crowded closer to listen.

"I used to be a slave when I was a kitten," Munkustrap began to explain, "I was sold into a slavery by my mother when I was just a bit younger than Trinity actually, Leo was my second master." The Queens stared at him in shock, Munkustrap sighed,

"Leo had bought me and he had tried to...," Munkustrap broke off, glancing at Trinity quickly before continuing, knowing the Queens understood what he was saying, "But I fought back against him and he and his followers punished me, injuring me to the point that my heart gave out and I actually died, but I was bought back to life by a Tom, who had been sent to find me by the Everlasting," Munkustrap paused at the sound of a scoff, looking at Greer, who scowled at him.

"The Everlasting doesn't exist," she growled, "If she did, none of us would be here!" There were murmurs of agreement. Munkustrap gave a slight nod.

"I believe that though she tries to save us all, there are too many of us that are being hurt by others, too many suffering in this lifetime and she can't get to us all, but she's there," Munkustrap murmured. The Queens remained silent and Munkustrap took this as his cue to continue, "Anyway, after I was brought back to life and had recovered, I was taken to be sold again, where I went through another two masters, until, when I was being sold again, I was bought by a Tom who freed me and adopted me, making me part of his family, his youngest son, and suddenly had two big brothers who cared for me, and a tribe that I came to be the Protector for," Munkustrap paused, blinking back tears that had come into his eyes. "I became a guardian to a sweet little Tom-kit who we found, alongside his sister, with the body of their dead mother and I watched him grow and become a mature, sweet young Tom, before I found out he was my nephew," Munkustrap gave a small smile there, "It's how I know how to talk to kittens, I raised one and I used to look after the other ones in my tribe,"

"How did you come to be here again?" Joslyn asked, wanting to know more.

"My mother," Munkustrap growled out. "She didn't like that I was happy, that I had a family who loved me as I loved them, so she hired Toms to kidnap me and bring me back into slavery, where Leo heard about me and wanted to see if I was the kitten he had once had," Munkustrap glanced at Kopa, "And then this idiot decided to join me so I wasn't alone," Kopa grinned, giving Munkustrap a friendly punch to the shoulder.

"Why did you join him?" Lilith hissed, untrusting.

Kopa stared at her, "Because I've already lost the love of my life, they killed her in front of me, so I'm going to make damn sure that Munkustrap gets back to his love,"

"You have a mate?" Keegan asked, eyes wide.

Munkustrap nodded, swallowing back the lump that came into his throat as he thought of Tantomile, his sweet Tantomile.

"She isn't my mate, not yet…I-I was going to ask her the night I was kidnapped," Munkustrap whispered, finally telling someone of his heartache and regret of not asking her earlier. "I never thought I'd find a cat that would love me, and one I would love in return, not after everything…"

"You were going to ask her?!" Dinah gasped, paws covering her mouth. "Oh, you poor doll!"

"I just hope they're okay," Munkustrap whispered, tears starting to sting his eyes before they rolled down his cheeks. "I don't Misto to become depressed again, he almost died last time and Tants…" Munkustrap broke off, unable to stop his sobs.

He just missed them, so much.

He was so worried about them too, especially after what Misto had been through, though he knew Tugger would look after him as best as he could, though he'd be suffering too, but he just couldn't help but be worried, hoping Misto wouldn't be tempted by the dark, hoping his dad would be okay...

Munkustrap blinked as he felt a small paw on his cheek and looked up, seeing Trinity perched in front of him, looking sad.

"Don't cry," She told him as she clambered onto his lap, nuzzling into his chest. Munkustrap wrapped his arms around her, hugging her close, as he nuzzled into her head fur.

"Your family seem to care about you a lot, Munkus," Maia spoke up, "They will search for you, and you will be reunited with them," Munkustrap gave a weak smile as some of the Queens moved closer, gently murmuring to him and soothing him, Kopa's paw on his back as he murmured to him.

He just wanted to go home.

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Eep! Sorry it's been so long but I've just been so busy with work, I'm so exhausted!

It may be a little while to the next chapter…I'm not sure, with Christmas coming up I'll be getting more hours at work…

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HGP