CHAPTER 6

PRE-BABY SHOWER

The day after Puss and the others had left for Spain, the ladies decided to throw a pre-baby shower for Kitty. She had only found out a week ago that she was pregnant and already she was thrown a baby shower. This was just one the ladies were throwing until the boys, along with Tinker Bell, returned home. Fiona had invited Dragon and the babies, her mother, the grand queen of Far, Far Away, and Jane Blue. The party couldn't be completed without Jane. Needless to say, the three little pigs, Gingy and Pinocchio showed up. They basically had nothing else to do in the first place. Kitty's mother, Lupe, was there. She was personally invited by Kitty, who wanted to help bring happiness into her mother's eyes even though she was in her grieving period after the loss of her dear husband Roberto.

Birds flew by, placing a round garland of flowers on Kitty's head. Kitty was pleased to see that all of her friends were there to support her in any way possible, but she couldn't help but feel like there was something missing from all this. It wasn't just Puss. It was the fact of whether or not he was actually ready to become a father. That's what worried her more than anything. He was all the way out in Spain to find a distant cousin she's never met and she's safe at home with a pre-baby shower being thrown for her. That was her only question. Does Puss want to become a father?

Jane flew up to her friend, seeing her with a worried expression. "Come on, Kitty. Don't be so worried. I'm sure Puss is just fine. He'll be back soon. Why don't you cheer up and enjoy your pre-baby shower? I'm sure everyone here brought some wonderful presents that I think you'll like."

"Well, it's not nice to open presents without thanking everyone for being here," Kitty said.

"Oh, I suppose so. I don't see why you can't. After all, I was born from an actual person, not a flower. At least, that's what I was told."

"What does that mean?"

"Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Let's just enjoy the party."

"So, Kitty, how have you been feeling?" Fiona asked, "I'm sure that morning sickness has been kicking in."

"I'd like to call it all day sickness. From the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed," Kitty said, "It's endless. Although, as you once said, Fiona, it's all worth it."

"I did say that, didn't I? Well, why don't you go ahead and open your presents? I'm sure you're curious to see what's inside of them."

"Well, before I do start opening them, I want to thank you all for bringing them. It was very kind of you to take the time to find them or make them. Either way, thank you."

"Of course," Jane said, "Here. Open this one. I'm pretty sure you know who it's from."

Kitty took the present from Jane and read the card. "It's from you. How thoughtful of you."

"Come on. Open it. I can't wait to see your expression."

Rolling her eyes, Kitty removed the top of the box from the present and was surprised to see tons of baby clothes made for a boy and a girl floating in the air. There were so many that Kitty couldn't even count them as they flew back inside the box. Smiling, she said, "What a wonderful gift, Jane. Thank you. That will save me a lot of time from having to make so many baby clothes."

"Oh, I'm so glad you like them. It took me an entire week to figure just what was right. Since you don't know whether or not the baby is a girl or a boy, I just had to choose all this. They all looked so cute."

"Well, I do love all of them. Okay, who's next?" Kitty picked up a present that was from the five extra guest that tagged along. "This one is from the three little pigs, Pinocchio and Gingy. I wonder what this may be."

"Oh, the suspense is killing me," Gingy said, "Open it! Open it!"

Kitty giggled as she opened her gift, smiling when she saw what it was. A cute little baby pouch that she could put on to hold the baby instead of always keeping the little one in her arms. She gave the little guys a grin. "It's wonderful. Thank you."

"Just in case you have more than one, we got extra ones," Pinocchio said, handing her a few more.

"Oh, how kind of you."

"You can never have too many baby pouches," Gingy said.

"That's true," Kitty said, "Okay, let's see. Oh, this one here is from Lilian. How sweet of you."

"It's not as big as you were hoping, I suppose," Lilian said.

"Oh, no, it's a good size. You can never have anything too big or too small." Opening the gift, the box fell, revealing a baby jumper. "Oh, how nice. A baby jumper."

"It was Fiona`s favorite baby jumper when she was so tiny. Hard to believe that she was ever so small. I was hoping that it would be perfect for your baby, too."

"It will be. I'm sure the little guy will love it."

"I hope you don't mind, but I have the royal designers making a few more. You never know."

"I'll never know what?"

"Oh, Kitty, why don't you open up another present?" Fiona said, picking up a present, "Oh, look. Here's a present from the triplets and I. They helped me pick it out."

Kitty looked at the triplets, who were happily playing in the playpen that was placed inside the room. They were having fun with the Dronkeys, so they weren't really paying attention to their surroundings. Opening the present, Kitty grinned to see that it was filled with pacifiers. "Oh, how adorable. I'm sure the baby will need plenty of these."

"Thank the triplets. I'm sure they knew a lot more than I did. Just saying this. They didn't put them in their mouths."

"Good to know. Okay, what else is there? Oh, here's a present from Dragon." Opening yet another present, Kitty looked to see that it was completely filled with cloth diapers. "Oh, what a very surprising present. Cloth diapers."

"Recommended by Dragon herself," Fiona said, "After having so many babies herself, cloth diapers were a lot better to use than regular kinds. After putting on a clean pair, just wash the remaining ones for the babies to wear again."

"Well, what a good recommendation, Dragon. Thank you."

Lupe walked up to her daughter, holding a present in her hands. "I had made these when your father and I were expecting you. We weren't sure if we were having a boy or girl, so I just made both colors."

"Thank you, Mama," Kitty said, opening the present. Tears filled her eyes when she saw what they were. Tiny blankets fit for a baby. She had remembered some of them. How they kept her warm at night when it was below freezing. How they kept her safe from the dark nights. So many memories. Now they were for the baby that she was expecting to have. Hugging her mother, she said, "So many memories these blankets bring back. The good ones. They're perfect for my baby. I'm proud to call you my mother."

"Don't worry, Kitty. I'm sure you will be a good mother, too. No, I know you will be a good mother."

"Really?" Jane said, "You become teary eyed when your mother gives you such a nice gift, but you don't get all happy happy joy joy and teary eyed with mine?"

"Oh, the gifts are nice, but seeing you all here to support me is better than anything else in this world," Kitty said, "I really do thank you all for being here."

Suddenly, shouting and yelling could be heard from the front doors of the castle. Dragon started roaring, which made her children cower in fear as she usually did that when she was angry with them. The triplets started crying. Fiona did all she could to calm them down. The shouting crowd barged inside the castle and past by the guards, knocking them down. They made their way up the stairs. Kitty started making her way to the secret passageway that nobody knew about but her. She motioned for everyone to follow her. Before everyone made it there, the men broke down the door.

Kitty gasped. "Hurry! Go!"

"Kitty, come on!" Jane shouted.

"Get her!" shouted the man with the black beard and a hook. He was pointing it at one person. Not Kitty, but Jane.

"Uh, oh."

"Go, Jane!" Kitty exclaimed.

Before Jane could fly off to the secret passageway, the man the with black beard and hook caught her, placing her inside a cage. "I knew I would finally catch up with you."

Jane gasped. "You. I should have known. I thought I told you to leave me alone. Instead, you just had to crash the party."

"You really thought I would let you get away? You and I may have been old acquaintances, but you know good and well that I will get that hidden treasure once and for all. Boys, close up that door and take the woman."

While one of the pirates closed the door of the secret passageway, another pirate grabbed Kitty by the arms. She couldn't struggle well so all she could do was speak. "Let go of me!"

"Sorry, missy," the black bearded man with a hook said, "You're coming with us. Back to the ship, boys. Make sure those other ladies don't know where we're taking these two. Let's go."

As the pirates walked out of the castle, Jane and Kitty gave each other a look. They knew they were in for a bumpy sea ride. Which was not good for Kitty.

OH, NO. JANE AND KITTY WERE KIDNAPPED BY PIRATES. THIS DOESN'T LOOK TO WELL.

WELL, I WOULD LOVE TO STICK AROUND, BUT I GOTTA GO. SEE YOU TOMORROW HOPEFULLY.

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