Author's notes: Here it is, the second chapter. Enjoy!
"How did it go?"
Etcetera sighed and looked away from Electra. "Terrible. I couldn't do a cross stitch when we moved on to sewing and she made me stay behind until I'd got it right."
"Did you?"
"No. I only got away because Munkustrap saved me."
"He saved you?"
"Yeah, he'd seen everyone leave but me and after a few hours, he decided that Jenny was being really unfair. Jenny didn't want me to leave but Munk said I had to. While they were arguing I left."
"Oh."
"I need to take a walk… alone. Sorry Electra but I need to clear my head."
"That's ok, I'll see you later."
"Bye."
Etcetera walked out of clearing and down a small path towards the East wall of the junkyard. This area of the junkyard was where all the glass and metal rubbish was dumped.
As Etcetera walked slowly down the path, she had the feeling she'd been here before. Looking around she was a strangely familiar junk pile.
'What harm could happen if I just climb it?' Etcetera thought innocently.
The pale brown tabby walked to the base of the pile and started to climb. With every step, she trod on glass and pieces of metal. Etcetera yelped when a particularly large piece of glass got stuck in her back paw. She hopped on one paw as she pulled the glass out. After nearly falling off the junk pile, she made her way up more slowly… and painfully. The cut in her paw was throbbing and bleeding but this strange sensation of recollection pulled Etcetera up the pile.
As Etcetera reached to top, she was greeted with a relatively flat surface that was covered in earth and moss. Wild flowers grew from various gaps in the junk and scattering the floor of metal was glass. There was glass of all colours and sizes, they stuck out of gaps and lay in piles like crystals projecting from a rock. The space was open and the midday sun heated the metal, making the place warm and comfortable. Etcetera gazed at the rolling hills in the distance and she suddenly felt a knock tightening in her chest.
"What is this place?" She muttered out loud. "What led me here?"
Etcetera explored the area, finding secret dens and items that obviously had been brought there. One of these was a butter yellow blanket with a pale brown kitten sewn into the corner. The blanket was dirty and fragile from, what seemed like, years of neglect and exposure to the elements. Etcetera picked it up carefully and gently brushed away the dust and dirt as best she could without damaging it. The kitten sewn into the corner was curled up in a small ball with its head tucked under its paw. It wore a cute lilac ribbon round its neck and it was lying on a small pink cushion.
Etcetera sniffed it, breathing in the musty smell of a strangely familiar perfume. She felt her heart tighten and she dropped the blanket, scared it might be cursed or something. She quickly put it back where she found it and grabbed a bunch of cushions that had been piled in one of the dens. She laid them out on the floor so she faced the hills. She'd hadn't seen the sun set in years and she decided that now was a good time to watch it I all its glory.
A little short for my liking but I'm already working on the next chapter. I'm hoping it'll be a little more eventful than this one.