Disclaimer: I do not own Warriors or Win A Date With Nightcloud. The Hunters own the series, and Empress Tansy owns Win A Date With Nightcloud.
*Thunder Studio, StarClan, 1:50 PM*
"Guys, where is my red bow tie?" a reddish tom asked, panic obvious in his green eyes. "It was right by the flower pot a moment ago, and the show is starting in ten minutes!"
"Foxleap, are you sure you need it? Cats aren't really supposed to wear clothes…" A white she-cat commented as she seated herself on a stool next to a whiteboard. "Plus, I'm sure you'll be fine."
Foxleap shook his head. "I won't be fine, Icecloud! I need that bowtie!" He turned his head toward the brown tom to the side of the stage. "Dad, did you steal my bowtie? I know that you're jealous that Mama didn't make one for you but made one for me for this show!"
The father snorted. "I won't ever wear a bowtie, Foxleap. Only you would."
"You know that there are three flower pots around the studio, right?" Icecloud asked her brother.
"Oh… I'll be right back, guys!" The soon-to-be host dashed backstage, and within a minute was back with a red bowtie fixed around his neck. "Wait, where's our camera cat?"
"We never got any confirmation that we would have one," Dustpelt replied. "But I think that the ones that were supposed to get the role were Lionblaze, Birchfall, Mousewhisker, or Shrewpaw."
"Until we get that confirmation, I guess you can be the camera cat, Dad," Foxleap replied. His eyes darted toward a digital clock in the corner of the room reading 1:58, as in PM. "Mouse dung! We're going to start in two minutes! Hurry to your places!"
Dustpelt rushed to behind the camera from his previous spot, and Icecloud stayed seated near the whiteboard, which was onstage. Foxleap plopped himself down onto a velvet couch near the center of the stage, which was by three white cushion chairs. There was a glass coffee table beside him, although he didn't pay any mind to it.
When the clock struck 2:00 PM, the camera started rolling.
Foxleap grinned, "Hello, toms and she-cats! This is Win a Date With Foxleap, rolling live on ClanTV, and inspired by Win a Date With Nightcloud, which was a huge success! I decided to do this for my own since, well, I'm a handsome and stunning single guy, and I always wanted to do a show!"
"I'm your co-host, Icecloud," Icecloud cut in before her brother could forget she was there. "When we have a real episode, I will be keeping score of which she-cats are winning or losing. Our father, Dustpelt, is going to be security, but currently, we don't have a permanent camera cat, so he's filling in."
"Anyway," Foxleap continued, not caring that he was interrupted, "this show will run just like Nightcloud's show did. Each normal episode, we will have three she-cats come onto the show and I will ask them four questions. Whoever gets the most correct answers will get a date with me to a featured place!"
"But today is just an introduction," Icecloud clarified. "We don't have any she-cats ready to come yet, but you, the viewers, can help!"
"Yes, you can!" Foxleap nodded. "After the episode is done, I will set a poll online for you guys to vote for who you want to see on the show! You can nominate whoever you want, and the she-cats will be chosen at random. They don't have to be single; they can have mates and boyfriends, but we want to make your content interesting! I will also release another poll for you to vote on who you would like to be our camera cat. Your choices are Lionblaze, Birchfall, Mousewhisker, Shrewpaw, or some other cat that you'd want to participate in the team!"
"We'd like the camera cat to be a tom," Dustpelt added, but the camera was still fixed on Foxleap. He quickly adjusted it to turn it towards himself. "Since, after all, we will be taking she-cats as guests, not hostages, on this show. The only she-cat that would probably be part of the staff is Icecloud." He rotated the camera again so then it would focus on the waving white she-cat.
"Specific cats not allowed to be guests are Ferncloud, Hollykit, Larchkit, and I," Icecloud noted. "You can't take your son or brother on a date. We would prefer not to have kits or apprentices on the show, unless their mother approves of them being here. And Foxleap will not be accepting guys as candidates for a date."
Foxleap's eyes widened. "Please don't send guys as candidates for a date. On a test poll for the show, well, I deleted it, but some people submitted Jayfeather to be here as a date. Out of all cats, it was the grumpy medicine cat!"
All the cats in the studio cringed. Foxleap shook his head, and then put up a smile, pretending to forget what he just had said. "So, now, since we don't have any she-cats to have a supposed normal show and we need to fill up all of our run time, we will be interviewing cats about their thoughts on this show! Please welcome our guests, Berrynose, Firestar, and Graystripe!"
Firestar took the middle seat, Graystripe sat to the right of Firestar, and Berrynose was at the left of Firestar, therefore making it a little harder to see him. The cream tom noticed this fact. "Hey, Graystripe, can we switch seats? The audience needs to be exposed to my awesomeness."
The former deputy snorted, "Maybe you're too awesome that their eyes will die when they see you."
Berrynose gasped, "Oh, I wish I was that awesome, but you know, many cats have looked at me without dying."
"I think Honeyfern died because she looked at you too hard," Icecloud commented sarcastically. "That attracted the snake in and it finished the job."
"Don't speak about my sweet Honey like that!" Berrynose glared at the only she-cat in the studio.
"Hey, hey, hey, this is my show, and this is for you all to share your thoughts on it," Foxleap mewed, trying to settle the drama. "So, Firestar, what do you think of the idea?"
The ginger tom tipped his head. "Well, I mean, I don't have anything against you doing this, and Leafpool can have a cat better than Crowfeather. I'm pretty certain there's no promise that my mate won't be on here, but I doubt she'd win."
"You never know what can happen," Foxleap replied. "Although, for every she-cat who gets a date with me, they earn thirty-five pheasants! Shrewpaw's been hunting a lot of them and practicing ever since he died." The main host turned his head to Graystripe. "What do you think of this game show?"
"Well, I didn't like all the drama that happened back when I appeared on Nightcloud's show," Graystripe admitted. "However, it is entertaining."
"Now, lastly, Berrynose, what are your thoughts?" Foxleap was tempted to spit in the arrogant tom's face, and even though he looked forward to stirring drama, he knew it was hard enough for his dad to have two roles.
Berrynose shrugged, "Well, I would've started a game show like this of my own, since I know that every she-cat would love to be my date, but since I'm with Poppyfrost, I can't. I know that if I did, it would be as much as a hit as the original! And on this show, well, I think that with you on it, it could be successful. It depends on how you do everything and who you star in this show."
"Thank you for your insight," Foxleap nodded politely. "Now, Dustpelt, can you drag Berrynose off the stage? I'd like him out of here ASAP."
Dustpelt jumped onto the stage and literally dragged a thrashing cream tom yelling about how much the viewers would hate Dustpelt for taking off the best tom in the world. Glancing at the digital clock, now at 2:29, Foxleap grinned. "That's the first episode of Win a Date With Foxleap! I'm your host, Foxleap, and there's your co-host Icecloud. Give a quick round of applause to Firestar and Graystripe, not Berrynose, for showing up! Stay cool, warriors."
The reddish-brown tom leaped down from the stage, still smiling at the camera as he came up to it and then pressed the button to stop recording.
Hey, guys, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter! It was inspired by Empress Tansy's Win A Date With Nightcloud, and you should check it out! Please suggest she-cats to star in the show and the camera cat! She-cats off-limits are Ferncloud, Icecloud, Hollykit, and Larchkit. Your starting choices for camera cat are Lionblaze, Birchfall, Mousewhisker, and Shrewpaw, although you can always submit other cats, preferably a tom. You can send your suggestions through PM or review. The review button loves you, and so do the follow and favorite buttons!
Signing out,
~Lauren