I had no idea this would be so popular! Here's episode 3...

Mapleshade and Silverstream sat in a little Café. The silver tabby daintily sipped her mocha latte while Mapleshade continuously burnt her tongue with her mango tea.

"Whoever decided to combine mango and hot water together is even better than Tigerstar!" The tortie meows gleefully. Silverstream shot her a look over the edge of her coffee cup. "Right, sorry. Any cat's better than Tigerstar." She meows sheepishly. Silverstream nods.

"I'm so happy I chose to come here instead of that whole Rent-A-Room thing down the street!" She purrs. "Now that our place is being renovated, this is the perfect place to hold our counseling session today!"

"Yeah! Who knew Raggedstar was such a big shot in Apple? " Mapleshade agrees. She attempts to take another sip of her tea. "Gah! Still hot! Still hot!" She screeches, leaping out of her chair and dashing to the service counter. The bored looking she-cat behind the counter just glances at Mapleshade and calls over her shoulder,

"Gus, we need another ice-cube for the crazy one at Table 3." A plump gray tom in a greasy apron bounces over and hands the ragged queen an ice-cube.

"There ya go! Tha' tea's a killa'!" He mews, shoving the ice-cube into Mapleshade's gaping jaws. She sighs with relief and ambles back over to her table. Silverstream shakes her head.

"That's your ninth ice-cube! Your tea's probably cold by now! Or your mouth's going to go numb before our guests arrive!" She chides. Mapleshade looks her in the eye and spits her ice-cube at the silver she-cat. "AGH! EW EW EW EW EW!" Silverstream shrieks, and she leaps up, bouncing up and down on her paws and trying to shake the Mapleshade slobber out of her fur. "EW EW EW!" The tortie just laughs.

"You missed a spot!' She chuckles, swiping her paw with her tongue and smearing it on Silverstream. The pretty she-cat screams and runs to the bathroom. Mapleshade leans back in her chair, satisfied with how it all worked out. Just then, a large, blue-gray tom and a pretty, sleek, silver-gray she-cat with dark stripes walk into the Café. Spotting Mapleshade, they pad over. Mapleshade greets then with a smile. "You must be our newest patients. Welcome to WCC. Our office building is currently under renovation and this is our new meeting place. Please, pull up a chair, make yourselves comfortable."

"So you're Mapleshade? You seem a lot more…chipper in person than in your stories." The she-cat meows, gracefully seating herself across from the scruffy counselor. The tom does the same.

"Well, you're lucky to have caught me in a good mood. Earning money always eases anger!" She mews pleasantly. The gray tom rolls his eyes.

"Moonflower, why did you drag me to see this old thing?" He says, looking at Mapleshade.

"Because I love you, Stormtail. And I want to get our relationship back on track." She mews, her voice full of compassion for the large blue-gray tom.

"What is the problem with your relationship, may I ask?" Mapleshade wonders, pulling a pen out of her leather briefcase along with her spectacles.

"Well, I love Stormtail! But he-he isn't a loving mate. I don't know why!" Moonflower whimpers. Stormtail rolls his eyes, and speaks in an exasperated tone.

"If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times! I never loved you! You were just pretty, so I thought, 'Hey, she's pretty. Maybe we'll have kits, they'd probably be pretty cool.' I never thought you'd actually think I loved you." Moonflower's eyes filled with tears.

"Goosefeather was right! I never should've taken you as a mate!" She wails. Mapleshade nods.

"Yeah, Stormtail's a jerk face. Didn't you not notice when your mate died because you were saving Dappletail or something?" Moonflower began to bawl.

"I never knew thaaaaat!" She sobs. Stormtail shrugged.

"Well, Dappletail was pretty. And she was young. I was ready to move on by then, I mean, it wasn't like my relationship with Moonflower was serious. And besides, Dappletail actually got me. And did I mention she was young? And pretty?" Mapleshade shakes her head.

"Stormtail, you're an absolute total jerk. I don't know what-" She was cut off by a light, cheerful mew.

"Oh, hi Stormtail!" A pretty tortie and white she-cat walks up to the table where the three cats were sitting. "What're you doing here?" The she-cat's blue gaze swept over Moonflower and Mapleshade. "I thought you said you never loved her!" She pouts.

"Dappletail, I don't! She dragged me here! I swear on Starclan, I would never love her more than you, honey-bunches!" He meows quickly. Moonflower's yellow eyes narrowed, and they burned like fire when Dappletail and Stormtail nuzzled each other.

"Don't you take touch my mate, fleabag!" She screeched, launching herself at the pretty young she-cat. As the two mates of Stormtail wrestled, they rolled back and forth, knocking over tables and sending cats running.

"Call 911!" A black and white tom shrieked.

"Ahhh! Run for your lives!" A cream furred she-cat wailed.

"I thought I left this all behind me when I joined Starclan. But no…" A dusky brown she-cat mutters.

"Come on, Mousefur. Let's go brunch at Daisy's Ye Olde Muffin Shoppe instead." Longtail sighs, shooting a harsh glare towards the wrestling cats. Stormtail didn't even notice, because he had leaped into the fray, shouting,

"Nobody hurts my Dapple-kins!" Mapleshade just watched gleefully. Silverstream, emerging from the bathroom at long last, heard the shrieks of angry cats.

"Oh, great Starclan, not again!" She groans, rushing towards the commotion. Once she arrived, she was surprised to see Mapleshade wasn't fighting. The tortoiseshell she-cat turns and grins at her therapist.

"Isn't this great? It's even better than when I killed Willowbreeze and Crookedstar's heart shattered! If only I had some popcorn…" Silverstream tries to ignore the piece about her parents.

"Mapleshade! If they die, it'll be terrible!" she wails. Mapleshade looks at her, confused.

"Dying? Death? Terrible? No." She mews. Silverstream shakes her head and puts it in a form that her annoying patient will understand.

"No! Mapleshade, if they die, we won't get paid!" She screams. Mapleshade sits bolt upright.

"What did you just say?"

"You heard me!"

Mapleshade taps Moonflower on the shoulder. "How about we hurt the jerk together?" The silver she-cat nods in agreement. Then Mapleshade turns to Dappletail. "Stormtail's such a player. I saw him having coffee with Honeyfern the other day. He told me she's his new mate." Mapleshade grins at the lie. Dappletail's eyes widen with hatred. All three she-cats began to brutally attack the blue-gray tom. Silverstream just shakes her head.

"Silver, girl, prepare to call your attorney…again."

Yet again, Mapleshade's getting herself into trouble. But with Moonflower and Dappletail to back her up, who knows what will happen at the court house. Anyway, I sorta put my feelings for Stormtail into this one...heh heh bias much? I can't stand that cat...Anyway our next couple is rather well known. The whole "they aren't my kits? I hate you!" thing...update soon!

-Bright