"Oh no! Munkus, take these two. I've got to find Ad," Demeter said, shoving Pouncival into Munkustrap's arms and running off.
"Um," Pouncival started in a small voice. Munkustrap looked down at the small kit in his arms. "I know where Admetus is."
"Really? Where is he? We have to tell Demi. She's frantic," Munku pointed out.
"He went under that old car over there." Pounce pointed towards the car. Munku looked and saw a tail sticking out from underneath the car. Smiling, he set Pounce and Etcy down.
"Munkus, he's not in the oven. I don't know where he could be!" Demeter yelled, using her nickname for him, as she ran back to where they were standing.
"Shh, shh, Demi, it's ok. He's under the car." Munku pointed to the brown tail sticking out near one of the deflated tires.
"Thank goodness." Demeter rushed over to the car. About to scream at Admetus, she stopped as she heard voices. It sounded like Victoria was under the car with him. They seemed to be talking about Electra. Demeter waited until Victoria stalked off, yelling about how stupid toms were. She couldn't help but giggle softly. Quickly regaining her composure, she crawled under the car.
"Admetus, what did you think you were doing? I thought something terrible had happened to you," Demeter said angrily. Instead of answering, Admetus looked down. "Are you going to answer me?" she asked. Not wanting to, he sighed, feeling backed into a corner.
"Well, it's just, it's going to be different now," he explained. "You'll always be helping Etcetera and Pouncival, and taking care of them. You won't have time for me anymore." Demeter pulled Admetus into her arms.
"Don't even think like that silly. Of course I'll have time for you. We could even spend more time together, if you wanted to help me with those two." Admetus shrugged. "Well, I'll give you time to think about it by yourself." She let Admetus go and crawled back out. Turning, she saw Victoria and Electra approaching Munkustrap. Demeter reached them as Munkustrap was saying, "And this is Pouncival." Etcetera was staring longingly at the two. She jumped out of Munkustrap's arms, eager to play.
Electra started to say something to Etcetera, but stopped in mid-sentence, noticing something out of the corner of her eye. She turned around and ran, a hint of a blush creeping across her cheeks. Victoria, wanting to see what had frightened Electra and not wanting to be rude, was chewing on her lip. Finally she said, "Come on Etcetera," and ran in the direction Electra had gone. Etcetera had a look of pure joy on her face as she followed her new friend. Demeter turned and saw the sad look on Pouncival's face as he watched his sister go.
"Hey Pounce," Demeter said to get his attention. When he looked at her, she continued. "How would you like to be Munkustrap's little helper? You could tell him all the problems that the kittens are having." Pouncival cocked his head, seeming to think it over. He looked at Munku, who shrugged to say it was his choice.
"Um, ok." Pounce smiled Munkustrap, who returned the smile.
"Ok then. Munkus, why don't you introduce Pounce to everybody. I'll introduce Etcy when she's back."
"Sure. Come on Pounce. Let's see whom we can meet. Lucky for you, Skimble is here, so you can meet him. Bustopher isn't though," Demeter heard Munkustrap tell Pouncival. She sighed, shaking her head, hoping he wouldn't tell Pouncival about everybody before he met any of them.
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A/N: I hope you all have a good day today. I don't have a whole lot more to say.
Jemima-luvah: Aww, leave the poor kits alone. You're just like Tumble and Plato. Sheesh. Yesterday was great fun, wasn't it? I enjoyed myself at least. Especially watching Matt play on the toys. That was good. Oh, for religious freedom in our constitution, they have to worship the Everlasting Cat, but they have the choice of worshipping how they want.
Krissy4: Yeah that's me. The sneak of the family. That's no fun. You should've carved it after Halloween and lit it anyway. Those school bells have a knack for ringing at all the wrong times, don't they?
Etcies: Although you didn't review, I wanted to tell you Sean emailed me again. It sounded like he never wanted to talk to me again though. And he didn't even say anything about being gay or bi. Sheesh. Oh, and Jemima-luvah's doing good on our constitution.