Electra wandered aimlessly around the junkyard. She was so happy that she was able to talk to Admetus with no interruptions.

Wondering where Victoria was, she began walking towards the dryer where Vikki lived with Skimbleshanks. Electra knocked on the door. A moment later, it opened and Skimble's head appeared.

"Hello Uncle Skimble. Is Victoria here?"

"No, Electra. She went to play with Misto and Tumble earlier," he told the brown queen.

"Ok. Thanks Uncle Skimble," Electra said, walking off. "Where would they be?" she muttered to herself. Deciding to just walk until she found them, she set off in the direction of the oven. As she passed by it, a voice inside said, "Hi Electra." Stopping, she peered inside curiously.

"Pouncival? You better come out before Admetus catches you in there. That's his place." Pounce slowly crept out. "What were you doing in there anyway?" she asked curiously.

"Hiding," he said simply.

"Why? From what?"

"From Tumblebrutus, Plato, and Victoria. They don't like me anymore cause I told them I liked Admetus. Now they won't let Misto be my friend," he explained, his ears drooping further with each word.

"Well, if I know Misto, he'll be your friend anyway," she said, trying to comfort the slightly younger kit. "He won't show it though because he likes Vikki too much." Pounce nodded.

"What's the point of being friends if you can't tell anyone though?" he asked.

"I don't know Pounce," Electra replied. "That's a good question though. And I have to congratulate you on not lying to them, even though they're older than you; it takes some guts to stand up for your friends when nobody else likes them. Anyway, I need to talk to Vic. Where were they when you last saw them?"

"At the tire swing," Pouncival answered, now wearing a smile.

"Thanks Pounce. You should ask Misto that question when you see him," she said as she walked off. "Victoria!" Electra called as she turned the corner that led to the tire swing. Four kits' eyes were on her, two pairs glaring. "Uh, Vic. Can I talk to you?" Electra asked hesitantly.

"No, you can't. You talk to Admetus," Tumble answered for the white kitten. Victoria turned and glared at the tom kitten, but didn't say anything.

"So? You should try talking to him too. Maybe he can teach you something about manners. He's a smart kit who doesn't deserve to be tormented by you two," Electra told them defensively.

"You can follow Pouncival, Electra; don't come back," Plato said rudely.

"Fine. Talk to you later Vic." Victoria chewed on her lip, apparently torn between going with Electra or staying with Tumblebrutus and Plato.

"Wait up Leccie!" she finally said, running after her friend. "Bye guys."

"I'm coming too Vic." Misto followed her away from Plato and Tumble. The older kittens stared in surprise at the three younger kitten's backs walking away from them.

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A/N: These short chapters are making me sick. I can't believe how little writing skills I had back in June and July. And I would like to give a HUMONGEROUSLY large THANK YOU to Xbakiyalo for being my beta reader for all the chapters before this. This story would be nothing without you! Also, from now on it will take longer to get chapters up, as they aren't typed yet.

Jemima-luvah: Was it the same eye that already hurt from earlier? The climax is a good part?!?!? You have issues, you know that? That Friday comment was uncalled for. Now I must go cry. I'll try for a full page. No promises. And they are named Batman and Robin. They are REALLY adorable! Robin's blind in one eye though, like my dog.

Mystitat: Yes, they are jerks, but they have to be jerks. All will become clear in a later chapter. It'll be a much later chapter though. :P I went to your website to look at you fanfiction ideas. Some of them were pretty interesting. And it took all of my self-restraint to not read "It Does Funny Things to You" there.

Krissy4: Well that's extremely lucky. Or your school district is just really cool. We would've had to make up the extra month. Victoria's just having problems deciding at the moment. Poor kit.