After Jemima became a queen, she became farther and farther away from her three best friends, Electra, Etcetera, and Victoria. They didn't lay on a junk pile and talk about Tugger anymore, stay the night with each other and play pranks on one queen-kit the whole night, or comb one another's fur and talk about nothing. When one of them walked pass Jemima they wouldn't smile or start gossiping about what Alonzo said to Bombalurina. It made Jemima so sad. Sometimes she would hear someone talking about a party they were having or how great their weekend was with Victoria, or Electra, or Etcetera, or all three. All the kits would be talking about those three. She wondered what went wrong. She thought the Tugger-Loving Quartet would always be together.
But when she was fighting with Victoria (again!) she realized how cool Pouncival was. They started having their own parties, without Aunt Jenny knowing, but they didn't invite all the snobby queens like Etcetera. When Spring came around, the two would go out to the field and chase after butterflies or mice. Then when they got older Pouncival started having feelings for Jemima. He didn't understand them or want her to find out, so he stopped talking to her so much. Jemima got upset and confronted her friend. She ended up getting kissed by her best friend and he became her tom-friend.
Electra found out that the two were dating and she instantly spread the word. Etcetera had gotten jealous and started spreading rumors about Jemima. But Jemima didn't care. As long as she had Pouncival, everything was alright. Then Etcetera had Victoria get between them. She wrecked their relationship. Pouncival broke up with Jemima for Victoria. It broke Jemima's heart. But she eventually got over it. Then when Victoria dumped Pouncival, and he came running back to her. Jemima didn't want to get hurt again so she turned him down. Even though she still loved him with all her heart.
Then Jemima started spreading things about Etcetera. Like, she mated with Macavity or She's in love with one of Macavity's henchcats. Tumblebrutus tried to talk to Jemima, tried to tell her how Pouncival was sorry and how badly he wanted her back and that she shouldn't get in a fight with Etcetera. But Jemima wouldn't listen. She didn't want to listen to anything Pouncival had to say.
She went to her den and cried, she cried and cried until her head started throbbing. She hadn't cried like that in a long time. Nothing was going right anymore. She lost her three best friends and her tom-friend. Jemima layed back and thought about how things used to be when she was still a queen-kit.
When Tugger walked by, her and Etcetera would go crazy. They were still afraid of Macavity. Everytime Demeter would yell his name, her and her friends would hide behind Tugger then swoon at his wonderful mane and muscular arms. The tom-kits would follow them while they followed Tugger. Pretending they didn't see Pouncival or Tumblebrutus hiding behind a junk pile watching them. Prouncing around the Junkyard, singing about butterflies and flowers.
Oh, how she wished to go back those days again. She missed laughing at Etcetera trying desperately to reach something shiny up high in a junk pile. Missed daydreaming with her friends about the Rum Tum Tugger. Missed only crying when momma wouldn't let her go outside with her friends. If only everything hadn't changed. Boy, she would be so happy.