Chapter 3: Bad Tidings

Apologies to everyone for my last 'chapter'. I deleted it! I didn't mean to rub people the wrong way, I was…Oh well. Never mind. Not much reason to say some of the things I did. Sorry. Well, here's the family list that was also included. I still think it'll be helpful.

Siblings:

Electra-Demeter

Etcetera-Victoria-Mistoffelees-Alonzo

Jemima-Bombalurina

Pouncival-Tumblebrutus

Tantomile-Coricopat

Mates:

Exotica~Skimbleshanks

Jennyanydots~Asparagus Jr

Jellylorum~Asparagus Sr.

Parents and Children:

Jennyanydots~Asparagus Jr: Electra-Demeter

Jellylorum~Asparagus Sr.: Etcetera-Victoria-Mistoffelees-Alonzo

Grizabella: Pouncival-Tumblebrutus

If you're reading this, thank you for sticking around.

3 Eleponine

Dear Pouncival,

Oh, Heaviside. Where to begin? Well, let me start off by saying that yesterday Victoria started screaming and ran out of Jellylorum's den. She confessed to the queens what had happened later. (Cassie, Bomba, Jemi, Etcy, Zoti, Tanti, Teazer, Demi, and me. I don't know why I was brought into her confidences. I really think she was boasting, not confiding, though.) It turns out that she was complaining to her mother about feeling sick and getting fatter. Jelly looked at her and then began asking some…ah…probing questions. (I won't say more on that matter. Not for Victoria's sake, but for my embarrassment. And yours too.) As it turns out…Victoria's going to be a mother very soon.

Yes. Really. The young, white queen who's such a good dancer. Well, let us say that she won't be dancing for a while! (Ha ha!) Well, Jellylorum managed to worm the truth as to the kitten's parentage out of Vicky…This is the worst part. I knew he was cocky, stuck-up, arrogant…Oops, I seem to be stuck in a rut. Well, who'd have thought that our gallant protector would do something like that? I mean, it's disgusting, a dalliance between those two. Do I sound frightfully old fashioned? Oh well. Don't you think that Munkustrap and Victoria is a horrible couple? I mean, she's sooooo young! Well, her mother gave her an earful…Heh heh. We could here the shrieks, if not the words, all through the dump.

My mother lectured her, my father lectured her, Skimbleshanks lectured Munkustrap, and he even went and got Old D…who lectured both of them. After that, D told Munkustrap that if he was even caught doing such a thing again, he'd be exiled from the tribe! Deuteronomy said that to fool about with one so young without any intention to take her as a mate is positively disgraceful! (Ooh, I hope he messes around again!) Well, he took the words right out of my mouth. Thankfully, our wonderful leader removed Munkustrap from his position as protector and replaced him with Alonzo, his second-in-command. Mungojerrie was chosen as his second. (He jokes around with his sister and friends, but he's reliable and would protect us if he needed to.)

! I yelled that as a wrote, it was a war cry of happiness! I'm so, so, so, so, so, so happy that Munkustrap's out of the job! He was lousy! And he made us do things that were stupid. Like playing up the romance during that Ball thing. (Ugh.) I'm so happy that my vocab's diminished. You can probably see now. Hee hee. I could sing! And dance! And skip! And jump! And so I shall go do all of those things.

My friend and confident, Pouncival, thank you for letting me pour my heart out to you like this. Most of the tribe is in mourning over Munk's sacking, or is trying to pull Jerrie into shape. I'm the only jubilant one. I wish you were here…Or, I wish I were with you and Tumblebrutus…

My smile just fell. I'm not sure if I can make myself dance about. I've become depressed at the thought that I'm stuck here for…a very long time…

Here, if you get the chance,

Electra