I don't own CATS, Electra or any of the other original characters! I DO own Bartoque, Accappella, Venialis, Nextia andKardia, so no nicking them! Hope you enjoy!

Three months later

Electra was fast asleep, in her mum's den. She was dreaming, yet again. Only, this time, her dream seemed clearer, more understandable, and she got further into it than before.

A tiny, ginger and black mix kitten curled up on its mother's lap, listening to the soft sound of water, washing against a wall. They were down at the riverside, along with the kittens' father, a tuxedo tom. The tom strolled down to the river 'shore', then came back a few minutes later with two medium-sized fish. He killed them with one swipe, and placed the larger one in front of his mate, before settling down to eat his. The queen soon finished her fish, and sprawled out to suckle her kitten. Presently, her mate also finished his meal, and watched with pride as the little ball of fur nuzzled up against her mum in ecstasy. Then, he said "Accappella, we still don't have a name for her, and she is already three days old. We can't refer to her as 'kitten' forever, you know!"

"I know, Bartoque," whispered the queen ", but, you know, 'the naming of cats is a difficult matter'."

"Oh, not that quote again," sighed Bartoque ", you've been contemp-lating about it for three days, and still not come up with anything."

The queen gave it some thought. Then, after five minutes silence, she cried, softly "I've got it! The perfect name for her!"

"Well?" said Bartoque, expectantly.

"We'll call her T…"

"ELECTRA!"

Electra sat bolt upright with a frightened mew, looked around, realised she was in no danger, and flopped back onto the bed, annoyed because she'd been interrupted when, for the first time ever, she had come anywhere close to finding out her real name. She went to curl back up, but the voice came again.

"ELECTRA!"

Electra groaned; she recognised that voice. Seconds later, an older, cream queen entered El's mum's den. She was called Jellylorum, and she was El's best friend's mum. Electra hated her. She was old, stiff, and had no sense of humour, according to Electra. Plus, she loved an adopted, white female kitten named Victoria, more than she did her own daughter, who knew this and resented her for it.

But, Electra had no more time to think about anything else, for Jelly, getting impatient, strode over, pulled the kitten to her feet, and said in a sharp, sour tone "Come on, girl, get yourself ready! Your mum and I want to see you down by the tyre in two minutes! You got that?"

With that, Jelly flounced off. For a second, Electra just sat there, stunned, and then, she gave a low groan as she remembered, and realised what Jelly had been going on. Today, she and the other eight, five to seven month old kittens were having a hunting lesson, as most of them were strays, and would soon need to be able to find food for themselves. Electra sat up properly, gave herself a quick wash, then jumped off the bed, and slunk outside, where Jelly, her mum and the other five kittens were waiting for her. She could see her sister, Venialis and Victoria, Jelly's adoptive daughter glaring at her, as she went to stand beside Etcetera, Jelly's daughter, and her and Veni's sister, Nextia.

Jelly glared at her for a moment longer, then said to the small group of kittens "Right, now then, today as you all know will be your first hunting lesson, and I want you all on your best behaviour!"

With this, she glared at three kittens who had, up until that moment been giggling quite loudly. They were called Mungojerrie, Rumpelteazer and Pouncival, they were two brothers and their sister, and they had been orphaned at birth, a fact which they took surprisingly lightly. Jelly glared at them some more, before clearing her throat and continuing.

"Anyway, I will now split you all up into two groups. One group will go with Kardia to the East of the Junkyard, and the rest will come with me to the North of the Junkyard!"

Jelly began sorting them out. Electra, Nextia and Etcetera moved close together, to try and avoid separation. Jelly put Vicki and Veni in her group, then moved to separate the 'Troublesome Trio'. Mungo and Pounce were put in Kardia's group, but their sister was put in Jelly's group. For a split second, Electra felt almost sorry for her, but then Jelly put her and Etcetera in Kardia's group, and Nextia in her own group, and Electra immediately felt sorry for her sister. But, there was no complaining, for Jelly's word was final. With glum faces, yet thanking their lucky stars that they weren't with Jelly, Electra and Etcetera waved goodbye to Nextia, and followed Kardia out of the Junkyard.