It's the day of the Jellicle Ball! Digital cookies to all who have read up till this point!

It was the day of the Jellicle Ball, and the kittens were being ushered place to place. They had vocal warm-ups with Skimble, then dance rehearsal with Demeter, and finally were given a very thorough cleaning by Jelly and Jenny. Victoria still didn't see Alonzo, Cori, Admetus, or Plato. But every now and then, she could hear Cori's baritone that always made her get tingles up and down her spine.

"I'm so excited for the Ball!" Electra said from under Jelly's tight grip, "I mean, you'll find your mate, and I'm just so excited!"

"That reminds me, Victoria," Exotica said gracefully as she walked over. She had grown into quite the queen, rumor had it that she'd be sealing her relationship with Carbucketty during the Mating Dance, "Have you decided who you're going to mate with yet?"

"No, but I've narrowed it down."

In reality, Victoria had already chosen a tom, but she thought it would be better to keep it to herself for now. Exotica nodded and before she could walk away, Jelly grabbed her and put her on her lap.

"Hey!" Exotica said shocked as Jelly began to groom her. Jelly ignored her and continued to clean.

"You're good to go, my dear!" Jenny said already reaching for Pounce, "Just don't go rolling around in a pile of dirt!"

She gave Victoria a severe look and turned to a struggling Pounce. Victoria nodded and walked to the group of assembled kittens who had already been cleaned.

Electra was sitting in the middle of the group telling the gathered kits' something in a whisper.

"...mornings ago, I saw her and Plato in the old washing machine, you know, the one by the south border?" She looked up suddenly, startled, noticing Victoria standing there. Her eyes widened as she realized what she had done.

"Care to tell anyone else about my personal life?" Victoria said, fuming, and stormed off. The kittens stared, gaping at her.

Victoria started to cry as she ran away, aimlessly, from the center off the Junkyard. Tears were rolling down her cheeks, and her vision was obscured. She suddenly ran into something and fell.

"Oh my god! Are you okay?!" Victoria looked up and saw Plato reaching down to help her up.

"I'm fine," Victoria said, brushing dirt of her usually immaculate white coat, "Where have you been these past few days?"

"In Skimble's den, bored out of my mind! But don't worry about me, what's the matter?" He said, wiping the tears off her cheek. To Victoria's great astonishment, he give her a kiss that lasted several seconds, tongue and all.

"Well, the other kittens and I were getting ready for the Ball," Victoria began, red-faced, and by the time she had finished her story, she was crying again, and Plato looked ready kill Electra.

"That no-good son of a Pollicle! When I get my hands on her..."

"Plato, please don't hurt her!" Victoria pleaded, "She's barely a year old! She didn't know any better!"

"Plato!" Munku's voice rang out. Victoria looked wide-eyed at Plato.

"Run!" He whispered.

"Please promise me you won't hurt Electra!"

"Fine! Just go before he finds you here!" He pushed her frantically towards an overturned trash bin. Victoria ducked behind it just as Munku stepped out into the clearing.

"Who were you talking to, Plato?" Munku said suspiciously, eyeing the almost-tom.

"N-no one!" Plato responded nervously, "Just talking to myself, I haven't had many to talk to recently, you know!"

"Ok," Munku said, still not fully trusting him, "I've got to get you to Jenny's! She wants to hear your scales, watch a couple of your dances, and give you a good cleaning."

Munku walked out of the clearing, soon followed by Plato, who gave a good look around, trying to find Victoria.

Victoria let out a sigh of relief and crawled out from the trash bin. She made sure no one saw her exit the clearing, in case they saw Plato exiting. She didn't want to be caught and get in even more trouble. Electra ran up to her with a look of deep guilt.

"Victoria-" she started.

"Electra, I'm sorry for how I reacted, but I also was deeply hurt that you would go tell the others about that. I thought I could trust you, but I guess I thought wrong." Electra stood, open mouthed, shocked at Victoria's apology.

"W-well, I just wanted to say I'm sorry," Electra stammered, "I told the others that I was just trying to start a rumor."

"I accept your apology, Electra."

"A-a-and I promise to never to do anything like that again!" blubbered Electra, tears streaming down her face. Startled at this reaction, Victoria pulled Electra close and hugged her.

"Why don't we go find, Tugger?" she said, soothingly. Electra only nodded, drooling snot down Victoria's fur. Jenny was really going to kill her now.

The two kits walked to Tugger's den, and found no one inside. They then went to Bomba's den.

"I don't know where the hell that bastard got off to this time," Bomba glared at them, when they mentioned Tugger, "He said he'd meet me here an hour ago, but he hasn't shown up. Probably with that 'kit' Misto."

She put deep emphasis on the word kit. They hurriedly left Bomba's den and went to Misto's den. Before they even got within 20 meters of his den, they heard loud moaning and a certain magical cat yelling passionately, "TUGGER!" Electra looked up at Victoria, horrified.

"Are they doing what I think they are doing?"

"Yes, and I intend to put a stop to it." Victoria said, and knocked loudly before entering the den. Electra followed close behind, not expecting what she was about to see next.

"VICTORIA!" roared Tugger, pulling an old tattered blanket over him, "WHAT IN EVERLASTING CAT'S NAME DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING HERE?!"

Electra toppled over faint, at the sight of her idol mating.

"Well, for several reasons. First of all, Electra needed some company. Secondly, Bomba's been looking for you," when Victoria said Bomba's name, he groaned, "Finally, literally everyone in the junkyard can hear you."

"Um, Victoria?" Misto poked his head from out underneath the blanket, "Can really everyone hear us?"

"Yes," she said hurriedly, lifting Electra with a groan, "Now I'm going to leave and take Electra to Jenny. But I expect to see at least one of you walking around the Junkyard in ten minutes!"

And with that, she left, dragging Electra along behind her.

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