[A/N:] Thank you to jelliclesoul635, my first and only reviewer! :D
Ch 2: Friends
When Jem and I got outside, I was tackled by an unknown mass of brown fur.
"Pepper! Long time no see, buddy!" Electra shouted.
"Hmm Mm-mm!" I mumbled, my face being smashed into the ground.
"What was that? Oh!" she said, realizing why she couldn't understand me. She hopped off, and I shot up.
"Ow," I said, rubbing my nose. "What I said was, Hey Lecty!"
"Oh! Well, hi! Anyway, how've you been?" she asked, excited.
"I've been pretty good, you?" I replied. Electra was one of my two closest friends in the whole Junkyard.
"I've been fantastic!" she said happily.
"Hey guys, wanna go play Den with everyone?" Jem piped up.
"Sure! That sounds fun!" Lecty and I said together.
We padded over to where all the kittens were. "Hey guys!" Electra shouted.
"Hey!" everyone replied.
"Do you guys wanna play Den?" Jemima asked.
"Sure! I wanna be the mom!" Etcy shouted.
"Well then, who's the dad gonna be?" Lecty asked her sister.
"Uh, Tugger, duh!" Etcy said, very matter-of-factly might I add. Everyone rolled their eyes and laughed.
"I vote Pepper is the mom this time!" Jem squeaked.
"Eh, okay?" I said.
"I'll be the dad!" Tumblebrutus shouted. I laughed. Brutus was mine and Lecty's other best friend.
"Nah, I think I like Cartwheel Antony better," I said with a smile. He laughed.
"You're such a dork," he replied. We played Den, with me and Brutus as the parents, Plato and Electra as the Aunt and Uncle, Misto and Jem as mine and Brutus's kits, and Etcy and Pouncival as Plato and Lecty's kits. Vicky and Addie weren't around.
The game ended abruptly when Brutus and Plato got into a wrestling match. All of us being young and excitable, we wanted to watch. My father, seeing the fighting kits, came and pulled them off each other.
"What is all this fighting?" he boomed. Brutus and Plato hung their heads, tucked their tails, and their ears drooped in embarrassment.
"N-nothing, Mister Munkustrap, sir. It was just for fun…" Brutus said quietly. Plato just nodded.
"Oh, well okay then. Presume, boys," he said with a smile. "Just make sure no one gets hurt." He padded away.
"Gosh, Jem and Pepper, your dad is scary sometimes," Plato said. Tumblebrutus agreed.
Victoria and Admetus walked over. "Hey cousins!" I shouted.
Admetus merely waved, whilst Vicky came up and hugged Jem and me. "Hey guys!" she said.
"Let's play Truth or Dare!" Etcy shouted.
"Okay!" we all shouted in agreement.
"I wanna go first!" Lecty said. "Hmm, Etcy, truth or dare?"
"Truth," Etcy said.
"If you could do anything in the world, what would it be?" Lecty asked.
"Um, I'd wanna be Tugger's mate," she said. This earned her sighs and rolled eyes from the rest of the group, particularly my cousins. "My turn! Plato, truth or dare?"
"Dare," he replied.
"I dare you to kiss… Vicky!" she shouted.
"Alrighty." Plato nonchalantly got up, walked over to Vicky, and gave her a quick peck on the lips. He smirked when she blushed, and he strode back to his spot. "Pepper, truth or dare?"
Now me, I've always been a bit of a risk taker. "Dare," I said.
"I dare you to steal Mom's collar. You have to do it by tomorrow night, and bring it back to me for proof," he said. Ah, crap. Thieving the thieves…
"No problem. Brutus, truth or dare?" I asked.
"Truth," he said.
"Hmm… Who do you like?" I asked.
"Tumblebrutus, Pouncival, time to come home!" Cassandra shouted.
"Oh, darn. I really wanted to tell all of you, too!" Brutus laughed. He and his brother scampered back to their parents den, which was an old dishwasher. Cassandra was mated with Asparagus, who was Jellylorum's brother. Their father was Gus, the Theatre Cat.
"Pepper, Jemima, you too!" Mom shouted.
"Bye guys!" Jemima and I said. We walked back to our parents' den, which was an old oven.
"Hey, Mom! Hey, Dad!" I said as I walked through the hole which served as our front door.
"Hello, girls. Did you have fun?" Dad asked.
"Yeah! We played Den, and then we played Truth or Dare!" Jemima said.
"Well, I'm glad you all had fun," Mom laughed.
[A/N:] There's an allusion to a Shakespeare play in this chapter. If you find it, send me a message:D It shouldn't be too hard for anyone who's read the play or heard the story [it's based on actual historic events].