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"What was that all about, Bombalurina?"

"Just testing the new blood," the striking red queen replied with a feral grin.

"You don't have to be so mean. She was very gracious about your rudeness."

"She was, wasn't she?" Bombalurina smirked.

Demeter shook her head at the red queen. The smaller black, white and gold queen silently appealed to the other queens in the den to say something.

"Don't look a' me, luv. Oi woz noice. 'Rina, yer an absolute riot," laughed Rumpleteazer.

"She suffers from a terminal case of paw in mouth disease," Demeter said, frowning.

"Want ta borrow me crowbar?"

Rumpleteazer giggled at her own joke. She stopped when she saw the nasty look Bombalurina threw at her.

"Well, I'm going to see what Munkustrap thinks of Wonder. See you later, girls," said Jellylorum suddenly.

"What did you think, Cassandra?" Demeter asked the elegant short-hair.

Cassandra shrugged her dark shoulders and closed her eyes.

"Exotica?"

Exotica glanced at Cassandra and shrugged as well. She opened her mouth to say something, thought about it and finally said, "She has potential."

At that, Cassandra snorted. Her blue eyes popped open.

"For a throw rug, perhaps."

Rumpleteazer and Bombalurina both laughed.

"That's not nice, Cassandra," the gold furred queen said grimly.

"It was not meant to be," the sleek queen said primly.

"Careful, dear. Your pedigree is showing," the fiery queen by Demeter said nastily.

"What is that supposed to mean, exactly?" the dark brown queen growled.

"In my observation, purebreeds seem to have very high opinions of themselves," Bombalurina said, sticking her nose in the air.

"And it seems to me, moggies have no breeding at all," Cassandra hissed.

The two queens squared off with each other, tails twitching. They both bared their fangs and growled and hissed. None of the other queens looked alarmed. They were used to this kind of display.

"Hey, we're coming in," a determined voice announced.

"Sure thing, Electra. You and Etcetera can watch as two of the most beautiful queens of the tribe get ugly and fight each other," Demeter replied in an exasperated tone.

"What, again?"

Demeter nodded her head. It was no wonder her head fur always looked mussed. Etcetera crawled over to her side, meekly. The black and gold queen noticed something was amiss.

"Is there something wrong, 'Cetie?"

Demeter licked one of the cream colored kitten's drooping ears.

"Tugsie was kinda upset after Wonder left," Etcetera whimpered.

At the mention of the maned tomcat's name, Bombalurina broke off staring at Cassandra. The dark colored queen smiled slowly in triumph. Bombalurina ignored her.

"What was that about Tugger and Wonder?"

Etcetera sniffed sadly and put her head down miserably. She didn't look in the mood to answer. Everyone looked at Electra questioningly.

The rust-colored kitten puffed up her cheeks and blew out a breath.

"The Tugger said he needed to be alone for a while."

"Why?"

"H...he said he g...got a h...headache," Etcetera sobbed.

"Why?"

"Something Wonder said," answered Electra.

"What?!"

Demeter held up a paw and exclaimed in exasperation, "Bomba, you're sounding like the kittens. Etcetera and Electra, please tell us exactly how it happened... but one at a time."

Ultimately, Electra relayed most of the conversation. It seemed Etcetera had paid more attention to Tugger than anything else. When they had finished, all the older queens sat in silence except for Rumpleteazer. She was laughing her tail off. Cassandra raised her eyebrows at the colorful queen's display in disapproval.

"Oi woul' 'ave gi'en anythin' ta see Tugga's face," she laughed, wiping her tears from her eyes.

"Even your pearls?" asked Demeter incredulously.

"Me pearls? 'Ell no! But anythin' else."

At that, all the other queens laughed.

"I told you she had potential," uttered Exotica.

The tall red queen nodded slowly. She sedately sauntered to the entrance of the den.

"Bomba, just where are you going?" Demeter inquired.

"I want to get a look at this tomcat Wonder brought with her. Coming?"

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