(A/N: Hey, y'all! Sorry I didn't update anything over the weekend. I went home for Easter and was busy with my family.)
Episode 29: Firestar, Tigerstar, Snowkit
"Welcome to Win a Date with Nightcloud!" Leafpool meowed. "Are you ready for an awesome show today? I know I am! Now let's give a warm round of applause for everyone's favorite game show host- Nightcloud!"
The black she-cat padded out onto the stage. "Don't worry, folks. I took my special medicine today. I won't ask any toms if they'll eat a turtle for me."
"That's good to know," the tabby-and-white announcers mewed. "That was weird. Even for you. Anyway, today's victims are Firestar, Tigerstar, and Snowkit!"
The three toms padded out onto the stage. Snowkit looked hopelessly confused as he followed the larger toms over to the green chairs.
"Why does the deaf kit have to be on here?" Tigerstar grumbled. "He's not going to be able to answer the questions. He's not even going to be able to hear the questions!"
Firestar gave the dark brown tabby stern glare. "Now, Tigerstar, we must be good and moral cats. Snowkit should have every opportunity to have a normal life. We must include him in everything us hearing cats do."
Snowkit climbed in a green chair and looked around. He didn't say anything.
"Leafy," Nightcloud meowed, "tell our guests what they're playing for today!"
The announcer glanced at a pink notecard. "Today's prize is a date with Nightcloud at Silverstream's Seafood! This is brought to you by Food of Silver Rivers Inc."
"Seafood?" Tigerstar gasped. "I do not eat seafood! That's icky RiverClan food!"
"Tigerstar, show some gratitude," Firestar scolded. "Nightcloud didn't have to allow you on the show again. Just be glad you have the chance to compete even though you're evil and can't play a decent instrument."
The dark brown tabby snorted. "The bagpipes are a great instrument."
Nightcloud nodded. "Yes they are. I loved hearing you play, Tigerstar. Now let's start the game! The first question is: What is your favorite flavor of ice cream?"
"Sweet Revenge Delight," Tigerstar replied instantly. "It tastes like the blood of my enemies and vanilla."
"Ew…" the host mewed, wrinkling her nose in disgust. "That sounds awful."
Firestar nodded. "And it's not good to like revenge! That's not what good and moral cats like! My favorite flavor of ice cream is Squirrel Caramel Swirl."
Nightcloud licked her lips. "That sounds delicious. How about you, Snowkit?"
The little white kit didn't say anything. He wasn't even looking at the host. He had no idea she was talking to him.
"Well, alright then," the black she-cat meowed. "I guess he won't be getting any points. Leafy, give Firestar the point this time!"
"That's a point for Firestar!" Leafpool meowed, drawing a pink tally mark next to her father's name.
Nightcloud shuffled her stack of pink notecards. "Question two: Where would you take me on our second date?"
Firestar thought for a moment. "I'd take you to The Moral Cats Hall of Fame to see all the great moral cats of history."
"I'd take you to Brokenstar's House of Villains, just like I did last time," Tigerstar meowed. "We really need all the paws we can get in plotting our revenge for losing the Dark Forest Battle."
The ragged security guard sighed loudly. "Tigerstar, how many times do I have to tell you to stop talking about my House of Villains? One of these days the police are going to come and throw me back in prison!"
"I'm interested in hearing more about your House of Villains, Brokenstar," Firestar meowed. "I'd love to know if I need to alert Firestar's Police Force of Morality. We'll have you shut down in five minutes flat."
"S'all right?" Snowkit squeaked, looking confused.
Nightcloud nodded to the kit. "S'all right. I guess…Firestar should get the point. I don't really want to go to a museum full of moral cat stuff, but I don't want my security guard to go back to prison, either."
"That's two points for Firestar!" Leafpool announced.
The host studied the whiteboard for a minute. "There's still a chance for Tigerstar to catch up! Question three: If you could do anything in the world, what would it be?"
The ginger tom answered first. "I'd make every cat see how important it is to be good and moral. If every cat was good and moral, we'd all be better off. It's a shame that only Hollyleaf agrees with me."
"Isn't my daughter wonderful?" Leafpool mewed.
Tigerstar answered next. "I'd kill Firestar, and then I'd kill Bluestar, and then I'd kill Leopardstar, and then I'd kill Scourge, and then I'd kill Tallstar, and then I'd kill Whitestorm, and then I'd kill my father, and then I'd-"
"That's enough, Tigerstar," Nightcloud meowed. "Leafy, give Firestar another point.
"You didn't give Snowkit a chance to answer!" Firestar hissed. "He must have an equal opportunity!"
The she-cat sighed. "Alright. Snowkit, what would you do?"
Snowkit didn't answer. He was too busy staring at Tansy's camera.
Leafpool made another tally mark by Firestar's name. "My father has three points!"
"And we have time for one more question!" Nightcloud meowed. "Question four: Who's the best she-cat who ever lived?"
"Leopardstar," Firestar said instantly.
The host gave him a strange look. "Are you sure you want to go with that answer? Maybe you want to say…um, I don't know…Sandstorm? Your mate?"
"My answer is Leopardstar," the ginger tom insisted.
Tigerstar looked perplexed by the question. "Well, I could say Goldenflower, but I could say Sasha. I don't really want to choose between them. That wouldn't be fair. Hm…oh, I know! My mommy is the best she-cat ever! Leopardfoot!"
Firestar leaned over to Snowkit's chair and mewed in a high-pitched, squeaky voice, "Speckletail."
"Firestar, you can't answer for him," Nightcloud meowed.
"He has to have a chance!"
The host shook her head. "You don't know what he would have said! He might have said I was the best she-cat ever!"
"He doesn't even know you!"
Nightcloud leaped off of her chair and padded over to stand in front of Snowkit. "Hey, kit, am I the best she-cat ever?"
Snowkit looked confused. After a long hesitation, he nodded, but looked as if he had no idea what he was doing.
"There!" the host exclaimed. "See? He thinks I'm the best!"
Leafpool studied her whiteboard. "You know, even if Snowkit gets a point for that, Firestar still wins three to one."
"That's fine," Nightcloud meowed. "I just wanted Snowkit to say I'm the best she-cat ever. I am the best she-cat ever."
"You're the most conceited cat ever," Tansy meowed from behind her camera.
Just before the camera-cat turned her camera off, a loud sigh could be heard from the side of the stage. "I wish the head of Firestar's Police Force of Morality wasn't here. I didn't get to whack anybody! Stupid Tigerstar just had to mention my House of Villains…"
