"Hey!" Asteria shouted to her little brother, Emerdon. He looked up at his sister, wondering what he had done wrong. "Mama told you not to come out here!" Asteria informed, referring to their mother, Jemima. Emerdon blinked, then scurried back to their den, where he saw his father, Pouncival, lazing about on a large pillow.

"Daddy?" Emerson asked quietly.

Pouncival blinked his sleepy eyes open, then asked his young son, "Yes, Emerdon?"

"Asteria won't let me play with her and Victoria's kittens." He pouted.

Pouncival sighed. "Son, Jellina, Antigone, Mirany and Asteria are queens. And they are getting older too. They probably won't want to play with you, since you are younger than them. They have their own games that they play." He sighed again and went back to sleep.

Emerdon blinked back tears that his loving sister had rejected him, or so his father had explained. He then went looking for his mother, where he saw her chatting with Cassandra, Electra, and Etcetera.

Electra and Etcetera, despite being rather wild kittens, had grown very mature once they got mates. Though, when The Rum Tum Tugger hosts parties, they are the first ones to RSVP.

"...I had just gotten her to sleep, when Alonzo comes bursting in, clamoring about what a great boy's night out he had." Cassandra told, much to the other queen's amusement.

"Mommy?" Emerdon called, and his mother turned around with a smile on her sweet face.

"Yes, my darling?" She asked. Emerdon had completely forgotten what he wanted to ask Jemima. He blinked, and his mother smiled again. She picked him up, and held him propped up on her hip. She nodded to Cassandra, who continued her story.

But, as Emerdon was dozing off, she whispered a lullaby.

"Sunlight through the trees in summer,

Endless masquerading...

Like the Sunflower,

I yearn to turn my face to the dawn."

And with that, Emerdon fell fast asleep.