*Demeter*

We entered the clearing I looked for Munk and Jemi finding both of the sitting by the tire Jemi sitting in her dad's lap looking rather upset I walked over to them giving Munk a kiss, then kissing Jemi on the head. Sitting down next to them Jemi turned to me "why did I have to stop playing I was having fun till daddy made us stop?" I wanted to chuckle at my sweet little girl who only wanted to play. "Everyone had to stop playing see." I said motioning to all the cats sitting around "but, I promise after the meeting that you can continue playing." She brightened up at my statement "really mommy promise."

I nodded then she snuggled back into her father's chest getting comfortable for the meeting. Almost everyone was in the main clearing minus Mungojerrie and Celeste, Alonzo, and Cassandra. I smelt Macavity in the area but before I could tell anybody we heard his laugh it wasn't in the main clearing but rather close by we all rushed to the source to find Munojerrie trying to protect Celeste while Macavity was responding to something Jerrie had said "that's where your wrong Mungojerrie, little Celeste is right I have forbade her from telling that story ever. Her weak needy story about a mother that didn't want her so much she left her with an evil villain." Bomba moved from the crowd "that's not true Mac and you know it leave the kit alone."

I watched in shock as the monster walked to my sister and wrapped his hand around her neck lifted her in the air "would you rather I take you back with me?" Bomba tried to reply but couldn't make anything out but I knew she would take the kit's place and go back to that horrible place, and I would too. Macavity just dropped her to the ground, I was trying to make my way through the crowd to get to Bomba when Mac spotted me he grinned for a second before aiming a kick at Bomba. Before I got the chance to even say anything Celeste boldly spoke up "no don' 'ur' 'er!" He turned to the kit who was trying to stand up "No? How dare you tell me what to do kit. I'm the only person who would want filth like you, so now it's time to come home."

He picked her up and vanished into thin air. I rushed to Bomba's side but her attention along with everyone else's was on Jerrie who was screaming and crying in anguish. Munk picked Jerrie up and carried him into Jenny and skimbleshanks den with them following right behind worried about their son. I found Jemi who was sitting with Electra, Pounce, ad Tumble. "Jemi, take your friends back to our house and go to sleep, all of you, I will be along shortly." I watched them go before heading into my aunt's den. "Aunt Jenny I told Electra, Pounce, and Tumble to go to my den I don't think they need to see their brother I this state." Jenny nodded in agreement "thank you dearie."

I nodded in reply and Munk and I headed back to our den. "So I told all the kits to go to sleep. Do you think they will be sleeping when we arrive?" Munk and I laughed. "Right, and Tugger doesn't look at every pretty queen he sees and Bomba doesn't look at every tom she finds attractive." We laugh again trying to release the tension that we had felt when Macavity was here in the junkyard. Upon entering the den Jemi and Electra where watching the boys wrestling on the floor of the room. They stopped when they saw us pounce had his brother's ear in his mouth and Tumble has his brother's paw in his mouth. They both let go and Electra walked up to us. "Mrs. Deme will my big brother be okay?"

I scooped her up in my arms and nuzzled her neck affectionately. "Of course he will be. He is a strong and smart tom." She nodded yawning I placed her in the bed with Jemi and kissed both their foreheads. Munk got the boys settled in the other bed ruffled their head fur then walked over to me. "Sleep tight kits, we will be right next door if you need us." With that we headed to our room and laid down on the bed cuddling together for warmth. "I don't understand why Macavity wants that kit so bad, other than for getting revenge on her leaving his workforce, and why forbid her from telling her back story?" I cringed not wanting to talk about the kit, it was becoming more and more likely that she was the kit I had with Macavity. It would make sense as to why he would hate her so much and want her back with him. "I don't know maybe as persuasion for her mother who he is keeping prisoner, you know to keep her from misbehaving."

He scratched his head "that is another reason, I just wish I could protect her from whatever cruel things he might do to her." I shuddered at those thoughts, she was his daughter would he purposely hurt her, yes he would. "Sorry Dem, I didn't think. Don't worry we will get her back very soon hopefully before he hurts her." I nodded and relaxed against his chest we were almost asleep when Electra came into the room crying we picked her up and once she was calmed down set her down in between us hoping she would not wake up crying again, her brothers entered shortly after and crawled into the bed as well followed again by Jemi who crawled into the space between Electra and I, and like that we fell asleep a big ball of multiple-colored fur.

*Celeste*

He slammed the door shut plunging us all into darkness. I didn't move as the simple fact that I couldn't move the pain was unbearable. I didn't whimper or try to stop the blood from oozing out of my wounds I was too focused on what he said about my mother, which must means she is dead. I know that Macavity has lied before but I can't help but think that it could be true. That thought caused me to sob which led to me crying while I laid in my cell all alone with no one able to comfort me when I needed it the most. "Rump, dear don't listen to him your mother is fine. I know that for a fact." I stopped crying and sniffled a little bit "realleh, whahe did she ga?" I heard some mumbling and shuffling around before the queen answered "the Jellicle Junkyard it's where she grew up and where she wished you would have grown up. But, before you jump to conclusions you mother didn't want to leave you she saw an exit and her adrenaline sent her running and she has regretted it ever since."

I pulled myself off the floor and crawled over to the bars. "I was just there, why didn't she try to talk to me?" I whispered scared of the answer I would receive. "Rump remember you were using an alias and you've changed a lot since you were a kitten, I would know I raised you after she escaped." I tried nodding only to find that caused me pain and instead just murmured that I understood before falling asleep only to dream about my mother. ~ Even though I couldn't see yet I still loved to wander around the damp area that me and mother lived in. I would test my limits everyday seeing how far I could go. To me everything seemed okay, maybe we didn't have the best living area but nothing bad happened to me. The door slammed open and I felt mother grab me and place me into another queen's arms I cried because I knew that when he came back she would be covered in blood and hurt again.

The queen who held me in her arms whispered comforting words until I stopped crying I was then set on the ground to roam freely. I heard a door slam open and a body hit the ground with mother's scent. I tried crawling over to her but was stopped by a young queen, why I was stopped I didn't know all I did know was that my mother was here and I wasn't near her. I started to protest by kicking and squirming and whimpering until mother's arms picked me up and cradled me against her chest. "Mid pleasures and places though you may roam, be it ever so humble, there's no place like home." She whispered it was our saying that she always said to me before I went to sleep, which is what I felt like doing at that moment.~ waking up I found I was still in the same cell as I had been in when I fell asleep and when I was a kitten and mother was here with me.