Rebecca: Hello, hello! I finally got a review on this story, so I'm writing a 2nd chapter!

Cleopatra: Yay! I was afraid that we'd be forgotten forever.

Rebecca: I wouldn't do that to you guys.

Macavity: You better not! *Growl*

Another Generation

Chapter 2

Frances's POV

I was thinking of what Gingeresca had said. She had stood up for me, she had even invited me to play with her and her friends. She wasn't afraid of me, most of the tribe was afraid of me. The jellicle tribe didn't want me. Even my own mother didn't want me, I was just the result of her being raped. Sometimes it felt like no one wanted me. No one wanted me to exist, no one wanted me to be their friend, and no one wanted me to be their mate. But maybe Gingeresca would be my friend, maybe even my mate...

I shook that thought out of my head. Gingeresca wouldn't be interested in me. I had watched her for awhile now. Nothing vulgar or evil, I just watched her live, watched her play, watched her be... herself. Gingeresca was very beautiful, she would have a lot of suitors. I already knew of 2 suitors, and there were still kittens to be born.

There were suddenly loud screams. "Alonzo! Alonzo!" Some of the midwife queens were calling. "The baby is coming! Cassandra is in labor!" A few midwives ran around until Alonzo ran back to Cassandra with them.

I crept out of my shadowy ditch, hidden by vines, and observed the midwives, Alonzo, and Cassandra. Screams of childbirth filled the junkyard as she pushed her little tom out. Jennyanydots and Jellylorum cleaned the tom off and gave him to his mother.

"He's beautiful." Alonzo smiled at his mate and his new son.

"He's ours. We finally had a kit." Cassandra handed Alonzo the tom. "What should we call him? He needs a name."

Alonzo looked into his son's honey eyes. "How about Marcus?" Alonzo looked back at his mate.

She smiled. "That's perfect." She said in an exhausted voice.

"Do you have a nice cozy bed for Marcus?" Jennyanydots asked the new parents.

Alonzo gave Marcus back to Cassandra. "I made a small bed of blankets and leaves, but I'm not sure if it'd be enough for a newborn kit."

"Cassandra and little Marcus will be sleeping here tonight. So we can help if anything bad happens." Jennyanydots explained. "I'll have Electra check the kit's bed out. Help you improve it, things of that nature."

"That sounds good." Alonzo replied.

"Electra!" Jellylorum called.

"Yes?" Electra quickly scampered in.

"Go with Alonzo to see if the kit's bed is suitable." Jellylorum instructed.

Alonzo led Electra to his and Cassandra's den. I couldn't help but wonder if that was a good idea. In my hours of observation, I had noticed that Electra had strong feelings for Alonzo. I just hoped Alonzo's family wouldn't break. Cassandra was weak, emotionally and physically, after having a kit. She wouldn't be able to handle her mate cheating on her.

I sneaked away and discovered a few of the other kittens playing. Cleopatra, Bagheera, and Gingeresca were pouncing on each other, talking, and laughing. There seemed to be a love triangle in progress. Cleopatra obviously loved Bagheera, but to her dismay he obviously loved Gingeresca. She didn't look very interested in him, though... interesting. I leaned farther to observe them closer, staying in the shadows. I could hear them now.

"I heard Old Deuteronomy is legalizing arranged marriages in the tribe." Cleopatra said. "Do you think that mean some of us will get into an arranged marriage?"

"I overheard my mother and father talking about that law being passed. My father was saying how they could advantage of it, but my mother objecting strongly to the idea of an arranged marriage." Bagheera fed Cleopatra's idea.

"That means you're probably going into an arranged marriage. I wonder who the lucky bride will be; Tigress, Cleopatra, or me." Gingeresca added her own opinion to the debate.

I leaned in farther so I could hear them more clearly. Bagheera was slightly blushing. "I bet I'd marry you, Gingeresca. Our dads our very close, and our moms are even closer. I-It's just my idea..."

I leaned in further as they started getting quieter. Sadly, I leaned too far and tumbled down the hill of junk and on top of Gingeresca. "Frances!" She shrieked.

Bagheera and Cleopatra started hissing. "Get away from us, evil son of Macavity." Bagheera bellowed what many called me.

"I-I'm so sorry, Gingeresca." I scrambled off of her, my face feeling hot.

"It's ok, just don't do that again." She chuckled.

Cleopatra had calmed down a little bit, but Bagheera was still growling. "Leave, no one wants you in our tribe!"

I turned my head to the ground in despair, it appeared that Bagheera was right. "Bagheera! How dare you say that about another jellicle!" Gingeresca hissed in my defense.

"He doesn't belong here. He's the evil son of Macavity, and he's a danger to us all!" Bagheera protested against the queen he loved.

"Frances is not evil! He is nothing like Macavity!" Gingeresca wrapped her arm around my shoulder protectively. I looked up from the ground, she gave a little smile to me.

Bagheera softened up a little bit. "How can you be so sure? You don't hang out with him, you don't know much about him."

"I'm a good judge of character. And I could tell if he lied. Truth is in their eyes." Gingeresca spoke softly, soothingly.

Bagheera bowed his head in defeat. "I'm sorry, Gingeresca. Forgive me?"

Gingeresca left my side and smiled at Bagheera. "Of course I do, you're my friend."

Cleopatra coughed purposely. "What a sweet moment, now can we get back to our conversation?"

"Sure." Gingeresca sat back down next to Cleopatra, then Bagheera next to Gingeresca. "Do you want to hang out with us for awhile, Frances?"

She wanted me to hang out with her and her friends? I couldn't help but smile at that. "Sure!" I sat down in between Bagheera and Gingeresca. We hung out, played, and talked for the remainder of the day. I felt like I fit in for a whole day. It was wonderful, people talked to me like I was normal for a whole day.

Rebecca: I know my chapters are kind of short, it sucks.

Macavity: No it doesn't! No one wants to read your crap!

Rebecca: *Bursts into tears*

Munkustrap: *Punches Macavity* R'n'R!