Munkustrap put the injured kit on a bed in Jelly's den, trying not to look at the face of who he just saved.
"Jelly! There's a kit here she needs your help, I think Macavity hurt her." Jelly ran in to find Munkustrap standing in front of a bleeding kit. She ran behind him to examine the young queen's wounds.
"These look bad Munkustrap." Munkustrap left lost in his despair for his memory of Celeste, Jelly continued to bandage and treat her wounds.
Munkustrap entered his den to find Demeter awake. She turned,
"Where did you go?"
"I thought I heard someone cry out, I found a small kit. She seemed to have been caught by Macavity." Munkustrap nuzzled his mate and she opened her mouth to speak,
"Munkus, don't you think the kit will need someone to wake up to?"
"She's got Jelly there, she'll be fine." Demeter looked up at him,
"But she sounds so young, waking up in some strange place will probably be scary for her. Can't you go and make sure she's alright?" Munkus sighed and went out of the den towards Jelly's. As he drew nearer to her den he heard someone crying and someone desperately trying to calm the other down. He ran into Jelly's den and saw her trying to keep the wounded kit down. He ran to the kits side to push her back into bed before she could reopen her wounds. The kit buried her face in a pillow.
"Please, stop crying young one, tell me what's wrong." Munkustrap told her. Celeste calmed her crying and spoke into the pillow loudly enough for him to hear her.
"I need to leave this place, if he finds out I'm here he'll come hurt you and I don't want that. I don't want to see his face again! I have to keep running!" Munkus grabbed her shaking shoulders and pulled her face from the pillow and tried to get her to open her eyes.
"Who will find you?" he asked in a soft voice as to calm the kit. She turned her crying to a small hiccup. She opened her eyes to look at the tom that saved her and revealed her pretty eyes, the ones that look exactly like Demeter's.
"My, father Macavity, I hate him so much!" She buried her face into his chest and wrapped her arms around his waist and sobbed. All she wanted now was to cry. She needed someone to hug and to hug her back. Munkustrap was still amazed at the sight of her eyes. They were Demeter's; he turned her small body to the side a little carefully so as not to hurt her. He looked at her fur. It was his color too, and the black on her resembled Demeter's as well. He knew it was Celeste, but how, he thought she died three years ago. Why is it now that she shows up? But for him all tat mattered was that his daughter was in his arms again.
"Can I ask your name?" she didn't want Macavity to know she told her name to them, she remembered that Mungojerrie liked to call her 'kit'.
"Call me Kit; my real name should remain a secret for now." Munkus had hoped she would tell him her real name, but he understood why she didn't. He wrapped his strong arms around the trembling kit's body and hugged her, just like she always wanted. When the kit had fallen asleep Munkustrap ran to his den to wake up Demeter.
"Dem, Dem wake up!" Demeter stirred and rubbed her eyes to try to wake up. "Demeter, you'll never believe who the kit is! It's Celeste I can just tell, I don't know how, but I know it's her!" Demeter looked at her mate with saddened eyes.
"Munkustrap…Celeste isn't here anymore….she's gone."
"No Dem, you have to look at this kit, just take one look at her and tell me that's not our Celeste." He pulled Demeter's arm into Jelly's cabin. "Look at her." Demeter glanced at the sleeping kit and her eyes widened. She saw the fur resemblance and the now sleeping kit looked exactly like the kit they lost. Munkustrap shook Celeste's shoulder gently. The kit yawned and revealed her eyes to Demeter. The eyes were her own. She gasped at the sight. It was her kit, back home gain. Munkustrap apologized for waking her up and let her fall back asleep. He turned to his mate whom had a look of both relief and surprise. Demeter ran to Munkus ad looked down at the sleeping kit.
"Munkus we should tell her."
"No Dem, she just got here. She needs time to adjust. I wanted to ask Jelly if she could move to our den. Then we can get to know her." Jelly arrived at the door and went over to the couple. Munkus explained everything and Jelly was reluctant to let her go so soon. All of the sudden Celeste woke up panting and sweating. Demeter's maternal instincts automatically started when she went over to hug the trembling kit. Munkus looked at Jelly with a begging look. Jelly sighed and said,
"Alright she can go with you, granted I give her a daily check up." Munkustrap agreed and he went to tell Celeste the news.
