"Demeter, can I go play with Tugger? Please?" Pouncival begged.

"Pounce, you just caught mice with him less than an hour ago. Give him some time to himself," Demeter told him, not approving of how much her son liked Tugger.

"He's busy anyway," Etcetera said, coming up behind them. "With Jennyanydots."

"WHAT! Not again. That old...not nice cat. And that horrible Tugger! Never mind Pounce. Go play."

"Yippee! Thanks Demeter!" he shouted happily.

"Hey Tugger!" Pounce shouted, bounding towards the car.

"Huh?" Tugger turned around. "Oh, hi Pounce. Don't worry Jenny. Electra is safe at Demeter's." The older cat nodded, sliding off the car and walking away, seeming like she was in a daze.

"Can you teach me more things? I don't want to wait till Munkustrap's back," Pouncival explained.

"Uh, not really."

"Hey Tugger!" a voice behind Pouncival called. Turning, he saw a tall, red queen walking towards them.

"Hey Bombi," Tugger said, scooting over to make room for the queen next to him.

"Hi Pounce," Bombi greeted the kit, taking a seat close to the maned tom.

"Hi," Pounce responded shyly. She smiled kindly at him.

"I was just telling Pounce here that I'm going to teach him how to hunt bird and fish. I already taught him how to mouse hunt," Tugger told Bombi. She raised her eyebrows as if she were impressed.

"You are?" Pouncival asked excitedly.

"Yep, I sure am kid."

"Yay! Let's go!" Pounce yelled, beginning to bounce up and down.

"Whoa, calm down. We can't go yet. We'll go tomorrow. You can't learn too many skills in one day," Tugger said.

"Oh," Pounce said sadly.

"Don't worry. You'll learn, just not today. Why don't you run along for awhile," Tugger suggested, pulling Bombalurina closer to him. Pouncival nodded before walking away.

"Pouncival!" Hearing his name, he looked to his left, where the voice had come from. Misto was standing a short distance away with some of the other kits. "Want to come play?"

"Sure!" he shouted back, running over to the kittens.

"Guys, this is Pouncival," Misto introduced. "Pounce, this is Tumblebrutus, Plato, and Victoria." Misto pointed first to a kit with a brown patch, much like Pouncival's, over his right eye, a reddish and white tom, and then a white queen. Pouncival waved, remembering the names. These were the kittens that picked on Admetus.

I wonder why Misto hangs out with them, Pounce thought.

"We were going to go play on the tire swing Uncle Skimble built us. Want to come?" Tumble asked.

"Uh, sure," Pounce answered, feeling a bit uneasy. He followed them to a corner of the junkyard where a tire hung on a rope that was tied to a beam high above them.

"You want to go first, Pounce?" Plato asked. The younger kitten shook his head. "Ok. I will then." Plato hopped into the center of the tire. Pouncival watched the other kits form a circle around the tire and quickly found a place in between Misto and Tumble. Plato kicked off. As he swung towards a kit, they would push him away

Pouncival listened while the others talked about different Jellicles. Soon, they began talking about Admetus.

"Admetus is such a dork," Plato said from his place on the swing. Victoria nodded in agreement.

"He thinks he's so smart," Tumble put in.

"Yeah, he thinks he can outwit us." Plato sounded very angry.

"I don't see what's so bad about him," Pouncival spoke up. Plato, Tumble and Victoria all turned and gaped at him, forgetting about pushing the swing. Misto looked at the ground and slowly shook his head. Pouncival could tell that was the wrong thing to say.

"Oh really?" Tumble asked. Pounce shrugged. "You can leave then. Now." As Pounce walked away, he heard Plato say, "Good choice of friends Misto. Don't bring him back."

A/N: I didn't realize I actually posted three chapters yesterday. I must've been really bored. I've been bored today too. And I'm going to let you know now I probably won't update this tomorrow. Wee, I get to go to Vickie's house! I'm very excited!

Demigold: Yeah, Pouncival's just a sweetie. I wish you were able to get your story up this quick. It's really good. It kind of helps that I already had the first part of my story typed up for beta-ing. I wonder if that's a word.

Krissy4: That's cool! Our 4 days of snow came in the middle of winter break, so we had school off anyway. 13 days would be awesome, but it would take away from the time I get to spend in Texas this summer, so I wouldn't like it very much. And I like your plan.

Etcies: Way to make your Mada feel loved, dear! It's ok, I suppose, since you have already read it before. You should read it anyway though. See if you can spot the changes! They're special, just like you! Just kidding, I love you!