Chapter One: The Life of a Kittypet Queen

Shimmer sat on her elaborate bed in her gorgeous room. Opening her eyes, she yawned. She got up and streached, her diamond collar gleaming in the sunlight that filtered through her lavender curtains.

Smirking, she padded over to the door and walked out the golden framed cat flap. She passed through it and entered an amazing hallway. On its walls were candle brackets, whose candles were always light at night, pictures of herself, her mistress, herself with her mistress, and one or two Christmas

photos of her mistress' family. Shimmer's photographs, though, dominated

not just this wall, but the entire house.

After about five minutes of walking she arrived in the kitchen. Her younger sister, Ninna, woke with a start, for she had been snoozing in the corner.

"Good morning, Shimmer."

"Good morning, Ninna. How are the kittens?"

Ninna looked at her swollen belly, then puffed out her chest in pride. "Better then ever and due any day now- I can feel it."

Shimmer purred. "Brilliant! I can't wait wait to see them."

The cook walked over and knelt down, a pillow in his hands. Shimmer stepped onto the pillow, careful not to touch the help, and was carried over to a pure gold dish, which had a beautifully cooked fish in it; what kind Shimmer could care less.

She ate most of it with quick, clean bites, then took the rest of it to Ninna.

"Here," she said. "Give this to my new kin"

Ninna purred in thanks, then ate the rest of the fish in a sloppy manner.

"I think I'll visit the farm cats today," Shimmer thought aloud.

"Tell Dina and Dino I said hi, as well as Casey."

Shimmer snorted. "Casey... What a mouse brain. She thinks she's so beautiful..."

Ninna hesitated. "Well... She is really pretty..."

"Thats all she is. I'm beautiful one. At least, according to the mistress, as well as all the other cats." She left with a cruel mrrow of laughter.

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In the barn, Shimmer felt like a diamond in a coal mine. There were mice and hay everywhere. It smelled awful, like horse and cow dung (which, there were horses and cows, so...). All the cats looked grubby but happy. Phycos...

Dina and Dino, two tortieshells like Ninna, padded forward, purring.

"Shimmer!" Dina yelped. She was very pretty when clean, but was now coverd in dust and hay.

"Hello, sis." Dino came up behind Dina. He to was quite handsome when clean, but he, like his littermate, was filthy. He also looked slightly akward in the face.

"Hello, my darling littermates." Unlike Ninna, Dino and Dina came from the same litter as Shimmer. They, though, took after thier father, as did Ninna while Shimmer was blessed with her mother's looks. "Ninna sends her regaurds."

As he littermatess purred in pleasure, a pretty cream colored she-cat padded over to them, a tom trailing behind her. Once he saw Shimmer, though, he rushed forward, kicking dust into the cream she-cats face. The tom reached Shimmer and stood by her.

"Hello, Shimmer," the tom, who's name Shimmer never botherd to remember, said in an eager voice.

She lazily flicked her tail in hello, and smiled at the cream cat, laughter in her eyes and a smirk on her face.

"Hello, Casey. Ninna's kits will be here soon." As she spoke the last part her eyes flicked from Dino, to Dina, then back to Casey.

"Perfect! Ninna's going to come back to the barn soon!" Dino jumped up and down happily, like the kit he could finnaly be after thier mother's death.

"And kits to play with!" Dina pured, not much better then Dino herself.

"Tell her I send her my best wishes," Casey said, her tone carefuly light.

"Oh, I will." Shimmer put emphisis on I, knowing Casey could never step paw in the barn, even if she was with kits; after all, she wasn't Shimmer's kin.

Casey stub of a tail tried to flicker. "How is the Mistress?"

Shimmer felt annoyed. All the barn cats but Casey called her Master, for she was thier master. Only to Shimmer was she a Mistress. "She's ill again, and the fur on her head is now completely gone, though she covers it with fake fur. She also has not been able to walk around much latly; she mostly stays to her nest."

"Oh deer..." Dina's mutter was faint, and Dino drapped his tail over her shoulders for comfort.

"But she'll pull thorugh," Shimmer continued. "She always dose. She looked like the image of confidence, and even Casey looked reasured. But inside Shimmer was worried. The mistress had been sleeping alot, and her breathing was raggid. She was dieing, and Shimmer knew it. And while it would be fun to crash Casey's hope, her kin had to come first.

"Oh Shimmer, I wish you would hunt with us!" Dina wailed like a lost kit.

"Ya, sis, come on, lets hunt!" Dino's eyes were bright as he bounced up and down.

They act like such its! I'm a queen, I have things to do. But I also have to take care of my kin. "Fine, I'll hunt. But we're staying in the barn, no woods!"

Shimmer was the only one to catch Casey flinch at the thought of the woods, for her kin and admiorer were to busy cheering.

Suddenly, a tom with a white chest and toes appeard from the shadows. "Your owner is dieing," he said in his deadly quite tone.

"Oreo!" Shimmer purred, pleased to see him. He was a rouge, and a close freind to Sweetheart; he'd taught her how to fight, after all. Not that she'd ever need the skill. Her Mistress took care of her, and though she and Casey got into constant fights, she never had to fight them, with an endess suply of toms that would have willingly done it for her.

He bowed his head to his queen, he a mear servent. "Shimmer."

"What do you mean the Mistress i dieing?" Casey asked sharply.

"Nothing," Shimmer said, a little to quickly.

"Your lieing!" Casey snarled, her fur on end.

"No I am not! She has always pulled out of her illness before. Don't you dare call your Queen a lier!"

"But this time is differnt, isn't is?"

Silence.

And then...

AN: I really, really wanted to leave a cliff hanger XD My comp dosen't come with spell check, so there will likely be many errors in these first few chappters. I know this totaly sucked mouse tails, but its still the first chappter! It will get good, I promise. Shimmer is still alive in my role play, and its hard to find a cat that dosen't know who she is, even if its not the same name. So, anyway, please join my role play (allllaboutwarriros. , no space in the link though) and please review! The more reviews, the faster I'll update, the soon this will turn into a good story :p