" Mommy, do you remember when you first met daddy?" asked a young gingery kitten her mother who was holding her on her lap.

" Sure I do sweetheart, it was years ago, when your uncle Munkus found me near the Junkyard and brought me to live here…"…

It was a cold chilly morning in the Junkyard. The sun was still raising from its hill where it usually slept and the cats were still asleep, except for one.

Munkustrap was having his usual morning raids outside the Junkyard to check for any suspect paw prints or any other clues that would get him one step closer to the hiding place of the Hidden Paw. He was sniffing the ground attentively when he heard a sharp cry for help. He fallowed the sound and discovered that a pretty scarlet queen was being attacked by a vicious Pollicle. The Pollicle managed to corner her, but he didn't succeed to bite her yet. Munkustrap popped out his claws and attacked the dog before he could make any move to defend himself. The Pollicle ran away moaning scared. After he assured that the dog left for good, Munkustrap turned his attention on the red queen who could barely stay on her two paws due to the shock.

"Are you alright?" asked Munkustrap heading towards her and caressing her.

"Yes, I'm ok…..That beast didn't manage to hurt me at all, I'm just frightened" answered the queen in a trembling voice nearly crying.

"There, there…" he comforted her, "will you tell me your name dear?"

"I'm Kohana, who are you sir?" she asked while letting Munkustrap lead her away from that dreadful place.

"My name is Munkustrap, but you can call me Munk like most of the cats do. Tell me Kohana, do you have a home? How did you get in this tangled up situation?" the grey tabby asked smiling, trying to make Kohana forget about her awful experience with the Pollicle.

"Well" she started "I used to have owners and a lovely home, till my owners moved in a different city, and 'forgot' to take me! For a week I ate nothing but bread crumbs and I slept on the cold stairs of my ex-house, until this morning when I was attacked by that monster!"

When Kohana ended her sad story, she began crying so hard, that Munkustrap's heart was slowly cracking into pieces.

"Don't worry dear, it's going to be ok, I promise you! I'm the future leader of the Jellicle cats' tribe, and as of today you'll be one of us. We'll help get over this, you'll see" said the tom sweetly while wiping the tears away from her dark black eyes.

"Oh, thank you…Thank you so much mister Munkustrap" Kohana replied burying her face in his grey fur.

"I think I told you to call Munk, Kohana, with 'mister' you make me feel way older than I really am" he said with a wide smile on his face.

"Ok Munk, sorry for making you feel old" she told him, giggling slowly.

"Come on, let's take you the others. I'm sure you'll feel right at home between the Jellicles"