Ch 3: Hunting and a Truth or Dare Continuation
[A/N:] I'm going to attempt a Cockney accent in this chapter. I'll probably fail at it, but I'm going to try.
I was back at my human home for the day. It was a Saturday, and her tom-friend was working. He was nice. Joey, that's his name.
I heard a scuttling sound in the closet where my dry cat-food and Penny's dry dog-food are kept. There's a mouse in there! I decided to catch it. I scratched on the door to the closet and meowed my loudest, so the humans would let me in.
[A/N: Pepper actually can't really meow very loudly. We think something's wrong with her vocal chords, because she's never been able to. Well, I don't think so anyway. Oh, and this part is based on a true story.]
My human came and let me into the closet. I sniffed around cautiously. I can smell you, little mouse! I'm gonna get you! I saw a flash of tan run under the hot water heater. Oh, Everlasting Cat! I'm never gonna get it out of there! I accepted defeat and stalked out.
[A/N: Just so you know, Pepper never found the mouse. She had a close encounter with it once, but it's dead now. It decided to hide in our vacuum cleaner, and one day when my dad was vacuuming, the belt started to smoke. He took some parts off the vacuum, and he found a freshly killed mouse, bloody and a little burned, stuck in the roller. R.I.P. Mouse]
I decided to go outside to hunt instead. I'd just kill Ryann's sister's bird, but he's like my cousin. I jumped through the pet door and went into predator mode. [A/N: I was reading that part out loud and Pepper looked at me like "Really? You suck." Hahaha.] I spotted my prey: a little sparrow hopping on the ground. I crept over as quietly as I could, even with the bell, and pounced. I felt the small, inferior creature squirming under my paws, and I meowed triumphantly. I hid my trophy, and strutted inside.
Later on, at midnight, my human was getting dropped off at the house. I crept silently away to go visit the Junkyard. I made it safe, no Pollicles or rain.
"Pepper!" Electra and Tumblebrutus shouted simultaneously, before dog-piling me.
"Hey guys!" I said, smothered. "Could ya get off now?"
"Yeah," they replied.
"So what did you guys do today?" I asked. They didn't have humans to take care of, so they got to play in the Junkyard all day.
"Well, we went hunting, and Bustopher Jones came by the Yard. That's all, really," Lecty said. Bustopher Jones was the father of Alonzo and Mistofelees. No one knows who their mom is though.
"Oh. Sounds like fun. I killed a sparrow," I said. I went to my parents den, and only my mother was around. "Hey, Mom!" I shouted.
"Hello, dear! How are you?" she asked.
"I'm good, you?" I replied.
"I'm pretty dandy myself," she said with a smile. After a bit more conversation, Jem and I decided to go start a game of Freeze Tag with the other kits.
"Here's how we're gonna do this: Jem and Misto will be team captains. After the teams are picked, we'll decide who's It first. Whichever team is It has to go around and tag the other team, and whoever gets tagged has to freeze in place. They're frozen until either another member of their team comes to tag them or all of their team is frozen, in which case that team becomes It. Everyone understand?" I shout like a football coach.
"Got it!" was everyone's simultaneous reply. Okay, maybe not everyone said got it, but it was some variation of the phrase.
The teams ended up being Jemima, Plato, Etcetera, Tumblebrutus, and Admetus versus Mistofelees, Electra, Pouncival, Victoria, and me. We were It first. Electra was the fastest runner on our team, and Admetus was the fastest on the opposing side, so she of course went after Addie. Vicky has a major crush on Plato, so she chased him around the playing field, but couldn't catch him. Misto went after Etcy, and Pouncival went after Jem. Lecty saw Victoria lagging behind Plato, so she tagged him. I was left chasing Brutus, who is faster than me. Somehow, I managed to catch him, and thus they were It. We played Freeze Tag for a little while, but everyone got bored.
"I vote we finish our game of Truth or Dare," Pouncival said.
"Agreed," was everyone's answer. We sat in a circle.
"So, Brutus, about your question…" I said, with a fake evil grin on my face.
"Can I change to dare?" he asked, nervous.
"Sigh, fine. I dare you to… OH SHOOT!" I said, bounding off. Crap! I forgot to steal Rumpleteazer's collar! I ran to an overturned laundry basket and crept inside. Rumpleteazer was sleeping with her mate, Mungojerrie, on a pile of old towels. I crept over and gently slid the collar off her neck. I had almost made it out, when my bell woke her up.
"PEPPAH! YOU GE' BACK 'ERE WIV MOI COLLA' THIS INSTAN' OR I'LL 'AVE YA 'EAD!" she screamed. Mungojerrie simply rolled over and snored lightly. I ran out of the basket, and over to the Truth or Dare circle. I sprinted straight into Plato.
"Here's your proof! I gotta run before she kills me!" I said, dashing away. I made a full circle back to their den and tossed her collar onto their bed. "Here, sorry, but it was a dare!" I said as I sped away. When I got back to the circle, they had continued the game. "Sorry, I had to complete my dare from yesterday," I panted.
"Well, you're in luck, because it's your turn," Lecty said evilly. Oh, shoot. She always makes it good…
"Um, truth I suppose," I said. I didn't feel like doing a dare.
"Hmm, we'll go with the question you asked Brutes. Who do you like?" she asked.
"Erm, well, I haven't really thought about it…" I said truthfully. I really hadn't ever thought about which tom[s] I like.
"Well, I can tell you're not lying. Your turn," she said.
"Um, Addie, truth or dare?" I asked.
"I'm an observer. Count me out," he said quietly.
"Sigh, alright. Pouncival, truth or dare?"
"Dare," he said, smirking.
"I'm gonna wipe that smirk right off your face. I dare you to kiss Bombalurina on the mouth, in front of Tugger. Right now." I said, smiling wickedly.
"Aw, can't it be something where I won't die?" he pleaded.
"Nope, it sure can't," I said. He sighed and got up. He padded nervously over to the big tire where my parents, Tugger and Bomba were seated. He jumped up, pecked Aunt Bomba really fast on the lips, and ran back to the circle.
Tugger and Bomba started laughing. The adult cats were smarter than Pouncival. They could see us playing Truth or Dare.
"See, I wasn't gonna kill ya, Pouncie," I said, smirking.
"I hate you," he said, jokingly.
The rest of the truths and dares were somewhat uninteresting. Until, that is, it came to be Brutus's turn.
"Pepper, truth or dare?" he asked.
"Dare," I responded.
"I dare you to… kiss Misto," he said. No problem.
I strutted over to Mistofelees and gave him a quick kiss. As I walked away, I brushed his nose with my tail. The kits on either side of him, Pounce and Plato, were snickering. I looked back, and his face was bright pink under is fur.
"Plato, truth or dare?" I asked.
"Truth," he said.
"If you could have any queen in the whole Yard as your queen-friend, who would you pick?" I asked.
"Well, uh, erm," he said, nervously. Victoria looked like she was gonna explode. "I don't know…" he finally said after about thirty seconds of "Uhs" and "Erms".
"Plato, toime to come 'ome!" Mungojerrie called. Plato was the single son of Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer, the notorious couple of cats.
"See you all later!" he said. It was a bit surprising that he didn't have an accent, but I guess growing up around a bunch of other kits that don't can rub off.
"Sigh. I really had hoped he was going to say me…" Vicky said sadly.
"We know, Vic. We know," Lecty said.
"Pepper, Jemima, time to come home! Victoria and Admetus come too," Dad shouted.
"Bye guys!" we four shouted before padding to the den.
"Your mother and father are going out tonight, so they've asked us to watch you," my mother explained to Vicky and Addie.
That was a fun night. All of the kits in the den played tag, much to the annoyance of my parents.
[A/N:] I would like some suggestions on where to take it from here:D