Chapter 2

All the Jellicle cats took a moment to find a comfortable spot to relax before the game began. When all had finally setteld in, Etci started things off.

"Okay, I´ll be first," Etci declared, much to everyone's satisfaction. "Alonzo!" Etci suddenly exclaimed, pointing at the astonished tomcat. "Truth or Dare?"

"I-I-I'll take Truth," he decided.

Etci began to think, tapping a claw against her chin. "All right… when did you stop playing with toy mice?" she asked quickly.

"Haven't stopped," Alonzo admitted weakly, grinning slightly.

Mungo and Rumpel chuckled at his admission. Alonzo gave them an irritated glance. "Okay, Mungojerrie, you think it's so funny. Now, it's your turn! Truth or Dare?" Alonzo demanded.

The rascally Mungo pretended to think things over a moment, but then he simply laughed and told all of his decision. "I take the Dare, of course," Mungo said.

Alonzo smiled at that news, glad to not be the center of attention any longer. "I dare you to sneak up on Munkustrap and steal his collar," Alonzo dared. But he wasn't finished. "Then… you take it back here and it around the neck of the queen you think is the cutest of all," Alonzo added, proud of his idea. "Oh… one last thing… you can't allow yourself to be seen by Munkustrap."

Mungo smiled mischieviously, and said flippantly, "Ah, a piece of cake, guv'nor!", and ran off. It wasn't long when the assembled cats heard Munkustrap shout in indignation, "Fiends! Who has taken my collar?"

Mungo came sauntering back, whistling a jaunty tune, twirling Munkustrap's collar around his index finger. He then looked over the assembled females, causing more than one to blush furiously from his gaze. Mungo prowled around a moment more, then flicked the collar up in an arc…one that finally had it land gently on the most surprised Etcetera's head. "Ah now, a beautiful collar for a beautiful Kit," a clever Mungo announced. Etci blushed a pretty pink, proudly putting the wonderful collar on about her slender neck.

"Well, that was fun," Mungo grinned and sat himself down beside his sister. "So… who next? Well, that's a poser now, isn't it? All right… Misto! Truth or Dare?" Mungo asked.

"Truth, of course," Misto said, almost automatically.

Mungo grinned wickedly. "Oh, of course, me boyo! Hmm, then… I know! Which queen do you fancy most?"

Misto blushed furiously, looking down to the ground before revealing, "Victoria".

Victoria´s white face became a most fetching pink, as she blushed in obvious surprise and delight.

It was hard to tell who was having the most difficulty stifling their laughter, as more than one Jellicle chuckled good-naturedly.

Misto wanted swing the attention off of himself, so he proceeded with the game. He asked Pouncival quickly, "Pouncival! Truth or dare?"

"Dare, I suppose," Pounce said, surprised to be picked next.

"Very well, then. I do dare you to go over to Jennyanydots and inform her as to who it was who fed her mice soap," Misto commanded. Pouncival gasped, then paled. "Oh, and if you should fail, you will pick one queen from our tribe, and you will help her with whatever she wishes for the a whole entire day." Pounce got even whiter, though he did get to his feet and slowly walk towards where Jenny normally resided.

Pouncival sighed in defeat, and knocked politely upon Jennyanydots' door. The door opened and a most reluctant Pounce entered within. After a few minutes, Jennyanydots' clear resounding voice roared, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT WAS YOU WHO FEED MY MICE SOAP?"

Later, white as a sheet, Pouncival returned to sit down with the rest of the game players. After he'd taken some time to regain his composure, Pouncival continued the game. "Electra, I pick you. Truth or Dare?" he demanded.

"Um, dare," she said quickly. Pounce smiled at her choice, grinning. "All right, if that's your choice. I dare you to go and embarrass Tugger as much as you possibly can in front of the whole tribe," Pounce told her.

Every tomcat there smiled, with the exception of Mungo and Teazer, who were having real problems trying not to laugh uproariously.

"All right. I'll do it," Electra said, accepting the dare. "I'm off to embarrass our Rum Tum Tugger".