Sorry for the long wait. And as a present I am almost nearly finished the next chapter as well. SO instead of blabbing on here is the new chapter ^^

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Chapter 2: An Explanation

Lurina paced nervously behind the tire where her father was seated, she had waited for quite a while for her mother to leave so she ould talk to her father alone. Finally getting up the courage she approached him.

'Daddy.' She said jumping up beside him.

Munkustrap glanced down at his daughter and smiled. 'Hey Rina, what's the matter? What's with the miserable look on your face?' He asked concerned.

Lurina glanced down at her paws and fidgeted, as if suddenly realising what she would be doing to her father, and of course her mother she jumped up quickly and started to make a get away. She was stopped by two paws.

'Lurina, what's going on? What did you need to see me about? Its obviously important.' He said, 'I won't be angry, just tell me.' He said smiling warmly.

Lurina sighed and let out the breath she had been holding. Moving back towards her father she twisted her paws slightly and flicked her tail. Glancing at her feet she spoke, 'Can you tell me about Bombalurina?' She spoke so quietly that even Munkustrap wasn't sure that he heard correctly, but he knew deep down he had.

Munkustrap's heart froze and he tried to calm himself down. Blinking back a small tear he glanced at Lurina. 'Lurina, please look at me.' He asked softly.

Lurina shifted her gaze form her paws slowly up tp her fathers face. The emotion she saw made her want very much to turn away form him, but she couldn't. She wanted to know.

Munkustrap looked into his daughters green eyes. He patted the spot next to him and Lurina obeyed and sat next to him, snuggling into his fur.

Munkustrap thought hard and carefully about how to explain to his daughter about her Aunt. Sighing her relaxed a bit and looked at Lurina.

'Rina, if at any point you want me to stop, just let me know and I will. Okay?' He said quietly.

Lurina nodded and glanced at him with wide and curious eyes, 'Please tell me.' She said in a soft and sweet voice.

Munkustrap nodded, 'Okay Rina.' He said. He took a deep breath and began. 'Bombalurina was your mother's older sister. There was a couple of years difference between them but they were very close. Their mother left them only a few week after your mother was born. Bombalurina began looking after and protecting her from the dangers of the streets. When your mother was about a year old she got quite sick and Bombalurina couldn't take care of her by herself. She couldn't fend for herself and for your mother. So she did the last thing she wanted to do, but knew she had to do. She left her. Bombalurina carried your mother to this junkyard and left her on the outskirts for someone to find her and help her. Luckily Jenny did, and it turned out later on that Jenny was actually your mothers Aunt. They brought your mother back here and treated her and before we all knew it she was well and good. But because she was so young she barely remembered her sister. She remembered the red fur but that was all. A few more years passed and your mother grew to be very pretty, and it didn't go unnoticed. A few years before your mother turned 12 there was a cat from this tribe who was exiled. He was very evil and killed another cat from the tribe. But in the time your mother had been here he had grown a certain fondness for her. He had taken over an abandoned ware house and trained cats to do dirty deeds for him. He also had rats working for him and...' Munkustrap got cut off by Lurina at this point and he looked at her.

Lurina glanced at her father, 'What does this have to do with Bombalurina?' She asked confused.

Munkustrap smiled sadly, 'You'll see.' He said as he continued. 'The evil cat, he had his own tribe, one of the members of that tribe was a scarlet coloured Queen, called Bombalurina. Bombalurina served personally to Ma- I mean the evil cat and even became his mate. After 2 years though he started to want other things and had his eye on your mother. One night while she was out walking, the evil cat kidnapped your mother and took her to live with him. Your mother didn't want to though. When she arrived the first cat she met was the scarlet Queen, who was also her sister. Your mother had no idea but the realisation dawned in Bombalurina's eyes straight away. It took a couple of weeks, but since Bombalurina was allowed out of the warehouse and had freedom of movement, she came back here looking for someone to help her. We gathered a rescue party and with Bombalurina's help we got your mother out of the warehouse. Unfortunetly Bombalurina wasn't so lucky. She got attacked by the evil cat and couldn't escape. A few months later she turned up at the junkyard. She was unwell and injured, and she had two tiny kittens with her. We quickly got her into the safety of the junkyard and helped her get better. She gave her two kittens away. One went to Jennyanydots, and one went to Jellylorum. Bombalurina soon became a jellicle and fit right in, she gained the reputation of tribe flirt. she was beautiful, proud, confident, brave, and most of all loyal. While she seemed shallow she was a very intelligent Queen. About three years before you were born the evil cat came back to the junkyard, he wanted to get your mother back and he managed to get ahold of her. But before he knew what had happened Bombalurina had snuck up behind him. She got your mother out of his way and put herself directly in his line of fire. He attacked her and disapeared with her. Three days later we found, well...' Munkustrap struggled to finish and Lurina glanced at him.

She sighed sadly, 'And you found her.' She said wiping a tear from her eye.

Munkustrap nodded, 'Yes, we found her. Your mother was distraught and didn't speak for a very long time. We buried the body in the back of the junkyard in hopes noone would ever find it, obviously that didn't work.' He said trying to put a smile on his face.

Lurina shook her head, 'No, it didn't. But Daddy, why didn't we know about this? And why does Mum never talk about it?' She asked.

Munkustrap sighed softly. 'It pains your mother greatly to think about her sister and prefers to forget about it. It was tough on the whole tribe, espescially your mother and Jenny. You know it's coming up to the five year anniversary of her death? Many of the cats will be very sorrowful for the next few days. And definetly don't say anything to your mother.' He said sadly.

Lurina nodded solemnly. 'Of course I won't say anything.' She said drying her fur from where the tears had dampened it.

Munkustrap nodded and stood up. Giving his daughter a tight hug he told her to run off and play with the other kittens.

Lurina nodded and turned around, before quickly peeking back at him, 'Thankyou!' She said softly as she bounded off to play with the other kittens.

Munkustrap sighed and glanced at his paws. He just hoped the other kittens hadn't questioned their parents about Bombalurina.

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Well there you have it ^^ I hope you enjoyed it =D

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