(A/N: So...Grandma Quince catnapped Misery. I bet she had a great time at Disney World. Now the family's going on a road trip together. I wonder how that will go...
For your reference- here's what the kits look like:
Tutu and Hashtag- solid black with green eyes
Lollipop- solid black with amber eyes
Sparkle and Shimmer- tortoiseshell with white chests and amber eyes
Misery from Pain and Suffering (Misery for short)- medium gray with blue eyes)
The Road Trip
"Lollipop, get your suitcase!" Nightcloud called loudly from outside the den. "We're waiting on you!"
Scourge shoved a large pink-and-purple polka dot suitcase into the back of the family mini-van. Then the tom began loading multiple matching pink suitcases into the van as well. "Did you really need to get all matching suitcases for the kits?" he asked his mate. "How can you tell which suitcase belongs to which kit?"
"Easy," the queen meowed. "Tutu has a skull-and-crossbones sticker on hers, Hashtag has hashtag stickers on hers, Lollipop has lollipop stickers on hers, Sparkle has the Starbucks logo on hers, Shimmer has an 'I Love Bramblestar' sticker on hers, and Misery has a black suitcase because you wouldn't let her get pink."
Lollipop came running out of the den, hauling her pink suitcase with her. "I'm here! Let's hit the road!"
Sparkle and Shimmer began bouncing up and down. "Can we listen to Disney songs? Pleasey please with sugar on top?"
"Of course!" Nightcloud meowed. "I have every Disney song ever on my iPod, so we can listen and sing along for the whole drive!"
Scourge recoiled in horror. "The drive is twenty-hours long! Can't we listen to something else?"
The queen shook her head. "No way! Disney music for twenty hours straight!"
Misery padded out of the den slowly. "Can we listen to Barney songs, please?" she asked sweetly.
Scourge shook his head. "No Barney for you! Only good kits get to pick the songs, and they want Disney!"
"May I please bring a book to read, then?" the gray kit meowed. "I promise I'll be good, Daddy."
"No!" the tom hissed. "You can sit and be bored for the whole ride!"
"Yes, Daddy," Misery mewed as she climbed into the van.
Scourge turned to Tutu and Hashtag. "So do you two remember our deal?"
Tutu bounced happily, twirling around in her purple tutu. "Of yes, Daddy! I remember!"
Hashtag nodded. "Every three minutes you want us to ask Mama 'are we there yet'?"
"Yes, and do it in the most annoying way possible," Scourge meowed. "Let's drive Mama crazy!"
"I'm gonna be a mighty king, so enemies beware!" Sparkle and Shimmer sang loudly as the mini-van drove down the highway.
Nightcloud sang the next line. "Well, I've seen a king or beast with quite so little hair!"
"Are we there yet? Are we there yet? Are we there yet?" Tutu and Hashtag interrupted, squealing repeatedly and bouncing in their seats.
The black she-cat wailed and put her paws over her ears. "I swear, if you two ask that one more time, I'll…I'll…"
"Are we there yet?" Hashtag meowed, pulling on the back of Nightcloud's chair.
Lollipop skimmed through a picture book. "Mama, read me a story!" she cried. "I want Berenstein bears!"
"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!" Sparkle, Shimmer, Tutu, and Hashtag cheered. "We want Berenstein bears!"
Misery sat quietly in her seat, staring out the window. She didn't join in the loud yelling or singing in an effort to be a good little kit so Daddy would like her.
Nightcloud finally sighed and gave in to her five kits' shrieks. "Okay, fine, I'll read you a story! But please be quiet!"
Scourge laughed quietly as he drove down the road. Tutu and Hashtag had been holding up their end of the bargain- they had been bugging Nightcloud since the moment they got in the car. This was turning out to be an enjoyable car trip.
A tiny voice sounded from the very back of the van. "Daddy, I have to go to the bathroom."
The tom sighed, glaring up at the rearview mirror. "Hold it, Misery!"
"But Daddy!"
"I said hold it!" Scourge spat.
"I have to go too!" Lollipop cried.
"Me too!" Shimmer meowed.
"Me three!" Tutu yowled.
"Me four!" Shimmer squealed.
"Me five!" Hashtag screamed.
Nightcloud hit her head on the dashboard. "Can't they be QUIET?"
Scourge rested a paw on his mate's shoulder. "Only fifty moons before they go off to college…and wherever Misery ends up."
He pulled off the highway when a rest area appeared. The tom climbed out of the van and pulled the back door open. Tutu, Hashtag, Lollipop, Sparkle, and Shimmer and ran out of the van to the building as fast as they could. Misery followed more slowly. "Thank you, Daddy," she mewed politely as she slid out onto the parking lot.
"Whatever," Scourge growled. "Just go to the bathroom."
"Yes, Daddy," the little gray kit mewed sweetly before padding after her sisters.
Nightcloud slammed her door. "I can't take this anymore! Tutu and Hashtag are unbearable!"
Scourge laughed. "They're just little kits. You can't expect them to sit still for twenty whole hours."
"Anyone would think someone put them up to it!" the queen carried on. "They ask if we're there yet every three minutes on the dot! They aren't ever even one second off!"
"You think I made them ask?" the tom gasped. "I would never tell my little angels to be naughty!"
Nightcloud rolled her eyes. "Sure. Maybe they just inherited your evilness. At least Misery's a good kit."
Scourge shook his head. "No, she's awful. Tutu and Hashtag are the best behaved of the six. Lollipop, Sparkle, and Shimmer are pretty good, though."
The six kits hurried back to the van, five of them bouncing up and down excitedly.
"Can we have candy? Can we have candy? There's a candy machine! Can we have candy?" Tutu, Hashtag, Lollipop, Sparkle, and Shimmer begged.
Misery followed her sisters more slowly. She was the only one who wasn't demanding candy.
Nightcloud nodded to her kits. "Of course you can get candy!" She grabbed her purse and pulled out seven dollars. "Here's a dollar for each of you. Bring me back a candy bar, too."
"Yay!" the kits cheered, running back toward the rest area building.
Misery tipped her head to one side. "May I please have a candy, Mama?"
The queen nodded. "I gave y'all seven dollars. There's enough for you to get a candy."
Scourge shook his head. "Don't let her get candy! She's bad the whole car ride!"
"She hasn't said a word since we left!" Nightcloud meowed. "The others have been singing, talking, and yelling non-stop."
"Because they're normal kits," the father growled. "Misery's not normal. She looks like my mother."
Misery blinked sweetly. "I like Grandma Quince. She bought me a princess dress at Disney World."
Scourge turned to Nightcloud. "Do you hear that attitude? She's a bad kit!"
Before the mother could reply, their five other kits came running back. "Look Mama," Shimmer cried. "I got a Snickers bars!"
"I got a 3 Mouseketeers!" Sparkle added.
"I got a Kit-Kat!" Lollipop meowed.
"I got M & Ms!" Tutu squealed.
"I got Skittles!" Hashtag yowled.
Nightcloud nodded. "That's all very good candy! What did you bring me?"
Lollipop handed the queen a package of Reese's peanut butter cups. "We got you this!"
The black she-cat took the candy. "Oh, my favorite! Thank you!"
Sparkle handed Misery a bag. "We got you sour gummy worms. I know that's your favorite candy."
"Oh, thank you very much!" Misery meowed. "I'll share with everyone!"
"You will not!" Scourge hissed, yanking the bag from his kit. "No candy for you! I'll just eat these myself."
Nightcloud opened the van door. "Now let's get back on the road! We only have nineteen hours, forty-three minutes to go!"
"And we're only seventeen minutes from our starting point…" Scourge grumbled. "We probably won't make it to the World's Largest Ball of Yarn until Christmas!"
