Chapter Six/ Epilogue

Bombalurina nearly fainted. Is this really happening? she asked herself, as she felt her heart beat against her ribs. Breathing heavily, she finally replied, "Yes!" Bomba threw her arms around Tugger, surprised that he'd finally asked her. Tugger, too, was surprised. He was, however, because he hadn't expect Bomba to say 'yes' to his proposal.

Tugger purred his gratitude to Bomba, and held her tightly. "I'm glad you accepted," he murmured softly, after a moment or two had passed. The red queen just purred, and buried her face in Tugger's mane.

"I was waiting forever for you to ask," Bomba murmured, although her voice was muffled and Tugger couldn't understand a word of what she had said. Not that either of them particularly cared.

Tugger thought he heard footsteps in the shadows, but when he turned in the direction of the sound, he found nothing. As Bomba hadn't appeared to notice anything out of the ordinary, he assumed he had been imagining things.

Ignoring the strange feeling he got from the encounter, he held the red queen close to him, and listened to her purr. Together, Tugger and Bomba laid down to sleep, wrapt in each others' embrace.

Mistoffelees and Victoria returned to the centre of the Junkyard holding hands. Vicky was so happy that everything had turned out alright for Munkustrap and Demeter. She leaned her head against Misto, who was somewhat taken aback (being shy, as he usually was), but ended up purring to the white queen.

They were surprised when they nearly tripped over Bombalurina and Rum Tum Tugger, who were already asleep. More surprising was the fact that they were sleeping together. Victoria began to giggled, and she and Misto skirted around the sleeping felines.

"That was odd," whispered Victoria, fighting back a laugh. Misto nodded.

"They don't have that bad of an idea, you know," he said, taking Vicky in his embrace. She began to purr, and Misto purred back. It didn't take too long before they had both fallen asleep.

Demeter closed her eyes and purred, listening to Munku's heartbeat as he purred back to her. Demeter turned, and buried her face in Munku's thick fur. "Don't ever do that again," she whispered, doubting that he would understand her, as her face was still against him.

Munku didn't reply, but Demeter didn't seem to notice it. She was too happy to care about very much at all. All that mattered was that she and Munku were together.

Fog was gathering around them, since it had just rained. A slight layer of dew gathered on their fur, but neither seemed to mind. However, it stirred memories in Demeter's heart about the evening before Macavity had challenged Munkustrap, leaving her as the prize. Then, she had never dreamed that anything so brutal could come of a simple evening, or the day after.

Tears welled in her eyes, and she couldn't tell if they were tears of sorrow or joy, or perhaps both. She rested her head contentedly on Munkustrap's shoulder, and just stayed there, in his embrace, knowing she was safe at last.

The mist swirled around them, creating more of a magical effect. Demeter opened her eyes slightly, and the tears that hadn't yet spilled from her eyes created wonderful effects on the light that was already reflected through the mist. The golden queen sniffled, and snuggled up against Munku again.

Without really realizing it, both of them fell asleep.