Chapter 2

By Nemisis

And so, the next morning, the twins proudly showed off their 'little sister', and few questions about her were asked. Later that day, the kitten's mother arrived and she was warmly welcomed by Bombalurina. Bomba introduced the young gold and black queen as her sister that went by the name of Demeter. After a meeting with Old Deuteronomy, she was accepted by many of the Jellicles as well, especially by their silver tabby guardian, Munkustrap.

Only four cats knew of the story behind these two cats. And one of them had learned out of sheer kittenish curiosity. Victoria, however, had vowed she would not tell of the fact that Macavity's kitten was free to live amoungst the Jellicles. Or, she had vowed this, until the birth of her youngest sister, Etcetera, had come about, and Etcetera had began being friends with the child of the Napolean of Chrime.

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A mere few months later, the brown kitten had grown to what could have been considered to be a lovely teen, if it wasn't for the constant covering of mud and dirt that she had aquired from playing with the young toms. Though, when not with her friends, she was with her older brother and sister, the twins. She longed to be connected as they were, and was rather discouraged when they told her they didn't think it was possible. Each cat seemed to like the kitten well, except for the gold and black queen that was the mate to Munkustrap and the white queen that had just became an adult at the past Jellicle Ball.

This was not apparent to the kitten until one morning when she approaced Victoria to see if Etcetera was around...

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"Victoria!!!!" a small voice rang out. The white queen looked up from where she was laying on the old ford. She saw a ball of mud running towards her and she sat up quickly. The mud ball approched the tire and shook off, sending mud flying every where, the white coat of the slightly older queen being no acception. The voice of the kitten piped out again. "Victoria? Have you seen Etcy?"

Victoria cringed at the site of the mud on her coat and snarled down to the brown kitten that was not all that much younger than herslef. "No, Electra, I haven't seen my sister lately..." She cleared her throat and continued to speak to Electra in a soft tone. I believe she's gone out with our mum... Why do you ask?"

Electra raised an eybrow and shrugged. "Well... me and Tumble and Pouncival and Quaxo and all of us are wantin' her ta play..."

Victoria snuffed slighty. "You'd think Tumblebrutus and Quaxo would be too old to play with kittens... If you could be a dear and ask him to visit with me for a minute, I'd be sure to tell Etcetera you were looking for her..."

Lec gave Victoria a quick salute and ran off to her friends. Tumble and Quaxo walked over to thier sister as she had requested, while Electra and Pouncival had a mud fight in the mean time. "What up, sis?" Tumble asked,raising an eyebrow to Victoria.

Victoria huffed up slighty and glared at Tumble. "What's Up!? I believe I should be asking you that question! What are you doing playing with that little monster!?"

Quaxo huffed and laughed. "Ah, come on Vic... Lec's no monster... rowdy as heck, but not a monster!"

Tumble laughed. "Yea! And plus, I kinda like her..."

Vicki hissed and swiped at Tumble. "Heaviside! How can you like that little demon!? Can you not see the fangs when she smiles?!"

Quaxo and Tumble both took a step back from their sister and raised an eyebrow quizically. "Gosh, Vic! What do you have against Electra? She's no demonic cat... she's a kitten on the verge of cat hood... I swear... after the last ball you've been acting so different... Who'd have though dancing with Plato would do all that to ya..."

Vicki primmed herself up again and snuffed. "I'm just saying I don't trust her with my little sister... it's your fault if she does anything to Pouncival, though..."

Tumble rolled his eyes. "Pounce will be fine... Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some practicing to do...". With that, Tumble bounded off, singing "The Song of Jellicle Cats" loudly.

Victoria looked to Quaxo worriedly. "Quax... what is Tumble practicing for?"

Quaxo grinned. "Well, it was suppost to be a surprise for everyone... but... You're family... I guess you can know... Tumble's gonna dance with Lec at the mating dance that's comin' up in the ball next week..."

Victoria's face would have been pale if it weren't already pure white. She crinkled her nose and thought to herself.. "We'll see if that little monsteris part of my family..."

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