The first elimination is heavily based off of Flower's first one in BFDI, and I'm sorry for the sloppy writing of Total Warriors Island 1. I'll fix that this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters in this fanfic. The challenge of this episode was not made by me. I got it from a similar fanfic called Can You Say a Thousand Mouse Tails?, which in turn got it from a different Reality TV Show called Solitary, and (spoilers) even the twist of being ejected into the lake was from BFDI. In this case, the TLC being replaced with the Black Box, which is waterproof. I don't even own calling Tigerstar "Mr Fluffy Pillows", either.
Disclaimer: I don't own the Warriors series, the Total Drama intro, nor BFDI.
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Chapter 2: Black Box, White Fox
In the middle of the night, Brambleclaw, Tawnypelt, Tigerheart, and Mothwing were playing splitscreen Mario Kart Wii in the middle of the night, annoying the other members of Infernoclan, especially Squirrelflight.
"Mothwing, turn off the Wii!"
"Come on, Squirrelflight! It's so much fun!"
"Narnarnarnarnarnarnar—BOOM!"
"Darnit! Did one of the CPUs use a Blue Shell?" Tawnypelt complained about her character being flung high up in the air to allow Brambleclaw to catch up after releasing it.
"Haha! Caught you!"
"Oh, no!" Tigerheart fell off the track, and was picked up by Lakitu in-game. "I fell off trying to do the Mushroom Gorge ultra shortcut!"
"Beep beep beep beep…"
"And Mothwing, what did I say about the Wii?"
"Too bad we're not so needy—"
"DON'T CALL ME NEEDYTAIL!"
"Needletail?" Squirrelflight forgot she was up, too, playing Wii Sports Resort on a separate Wii. "Who said you could get up in the middle of the night?"
"Sorry. I can't help it!"
"So, what, Needytail? Can't you see I'm trying to sleep? Your Wiis are too bright and stupid!"
"Don't call me NEEDYTAIL!" Needletail then slapped Brokenstar for insulting her.
"It's okay, they've been doing that for the last moon. How about we get some sleep before Cake at Stake?"
"WHAT THE ****!? Y'ALL SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN GIVEN THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE!""
"Beep boop. It's time for Cake At Stake. You lost last time, meaning that one of you is going to the FOCAL.
"What is FOCAL?"
"You're not supposed to know that yet."
"Ha! You guys better not go there," Mapleshade laughed at the mention of the silly acronym. "It's like the Dark Forest, except it has 'Loser!' written all over it, and it's full of prey, just like StarClan!"
Everyone stared at her, waiting for a response. Then the Announcer spoke up.
"Shush, sheesh, Mapleshade. You're not supposed to know that, either! Whoever named the Place of No Stars must be bad at acronyms, though, since the closest thing I can come to it is 'PONS', which doesn't really stand for anything."
"Aw, Seriously?"
"Shut up, stupid Twoleg! No one asked for you to come in!"
24 contestants, 1 lake.
Who will win it?
I'm going down into these pines,
Mom & dad are on my mind,
Don't ask me what I wanted to be,
And I think the answer is plain to me.
I wanna be, Famous
I wanna live, close to the sun.
Second back, 'cause I already won.
Nothing's gonna get, in my way,
I'll get there one day-ay,
'Cause I wanna be, Famous!
Na-nananana-na-na, nananana-na!
Na-nanana, Na-nanana, Nananana-na!
I wanna be, I just wanna be,
I just wanna be famous!
Total, Warriors, Island.
"Dadadada- Cake At Stake!"
"This is Cake at Stake." The Annoucncer said to the contestants. "In the beginning of each episode, all of the losing team will come to this place."
"This strawberry cake has 11 slices." Jayfeather went on with the Cake at Stake description, "If you get a slice of cake, you're safe. If you don't get one, however, you are ELIMINATED!"
"First safe is Squirrelflight, with 0 votes! Here's your cake!"
"Eww! Who splatted this cake at me?
Also at 0 votes are Brambleclaw, Blackstar, Hollyleaf, and Needytail-"
"Don't call me NEEDYTAIL!"
"Hawkfrost, you didn't do anything good, but you still got 0 votes."
"Woah, dude! This cake is actually quite delicious!"
"Tawnypelt and Tigerheart each got 0 votes, as well as Mapleshade. Now we're down to the Bottom 2, Tigerstar and Brokenstar!"
"If you eliminate me, then I will CRUSH YOU, with this announcer-crusher!"
"Shut up, I'd rather die than be forced into an illegitimately illegal alliance with you!"
"Well, too bad for you because Tigerstar is safe at 0 votes despite being in the bottom 2, and you, Brokenstar, is eliminated at 1."
"Grrrr—" Brokenstar pressed the button for the Announcer Crusher, then leaped up and attacked Jayfeather, but he ended up being blown up and blasted away instead when Jayfeather grabbed Golf Ball, which it couldn't crush and therefore it exploded, leaving shards everywhere.
"BOOM!"
"AAAUGH!"
"Phew! Now that cat is gone. He almost killed me!"
"Almost thought he'd kill his teammates."
"How about some fresh-kill for the next Cake At Stake?"
"Hello, cats."
"What is it, Announcer?"
Firestar, the Announcer's cohost, spoke about the challenge, "Today's challenge is the black box. Each of you will get inside a black box and it will slowly get hotter and hotter as the walls close in. You can press the red button to get out. The last team with someone still inside a box wins the challenge, and the other is up for elimination!" Firestar finished his statement and Jayfeather spoke about the extra stuff.
"Also, something extra is the green button, which allows you to have a friendly conversation with a security guard, and the purple button… well, you'll find out."
"And one more thing. The red button is entirely anonymous, which means you may think you're the last person to push it, but are in fact the first, and vice versa. Any questions?"
"If there is a purple button, what does it do?"
"I dunno, but it seems cool to have a mystery button!"
"You'll see if you press it."
Dirtplace Cam
Hawkfrost — "The purple button better do something cool! What if it kills me? Well, the Announcer bought me a recovery center, so it really shouldn't matter in the long-term!"
Mothwing — If I was Hawkfrost, then I wouldn't touch that purple button. It could be harmful, and could cost us the challenge! It could even kill us!"
The contestants got into their boxes, and the lids slid shut.
"Are you ready, cats?"
"Aye Aye, Captain!"
"Shush, sheesh. This isn't the Spongebob Squarepants intro. Anyways, the challenge will start— Wait for 60 seconds, one of the boxes is unoccupied."
The Announcer then realized that one of the boxes is vacant and the cat that's supposed to be in it is missing. Firestar (correctly) guessed who was missing, and tried to grab his attention.
"Tigerstar is absent. He must have snuck out and went to get something else."
"Mr Fluffy Pillows, where are you?"
Immediately after saying that, Tigerstar appeared, offended by the joke the flame-colored cohost made.
"Who are you calling 'Mr Fluffy Pillows'?"
"I dunno, I was just using it as a way to get your attention?"
"Stupid Kittypet!"
"Anyways, get back in your box or else I'll zap you with this emergency laser button."
"Like that's gonna work!"
The announcer then zapped Tigerstar with the emergency laser. He was then recovered and put back in his box.
Hollyleaf felt annoyed about her uncomfortable position with the 4 pegs in the way. Trying to get comfortable, she eventually put each paw on the obnoxious pegs, almost hitting the tightly-sealed roof with her back. After 30 minutes, she felt the temperature heating up. Panicking, she accidentally pushed the red button.
Lionblaze kept clawing the pegs, eventually completely flattening the box. Finally finished, he was pleased and admired his work. He got comfortable and relaxed, only for the box to heat up. Also panicking at the sudden spike in temperature, he pressed the red and purple buttons, but only the former registered.
Tawnypelt also complained about being trapped in a black box for over an hour without food. Eventually, she got tired and slept, ignoring the red button until the temperature rose to hot levels, when she woke up, panicked, and pressed the red button.
Mistyfoot was pretty scared after she got in the box, since no contact with the outside world meant that she had no one to talk to, not even her closest friend Stonefur. After several minutes of freaking out, she pressed the red button.
Mapleshade and Scourge both tried to claw their way out, but with no avail. Upset, they both clawed off the red button, which registered as if it was pressed, at the same time.
Barley was able to stay inside for longer because he was able to keep his cool, but unfortunately, the temperature started rising to unbearable levels.
"AAAUGH!"
Unable to withstand the heat, he pressed the red button.
Mothwing was cool for a little while, but when it started heating up, she accidentally pressed the purple button when she meant to press the red one, sending her (inside her box) flying into the lake and into the Fish Monster's pac-man-shaped jaws. It was about to swallow her, but it got distracted by Brokenstar flying through the air at insane speeds.
"AAAUGH!"
The fish monster spat out her box out and it was destroyed in the process, leaving Mothwing all wet with a carnivorous fish biting her tail and a seaweed hat. She did NOT like it. At All.
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Tigerstar quickly got bored with the box. Pressing the green button, a random security guard engaged in a conversation with him.
"Oh, hey Mr Fluffy Pillows! Nice to see you—"
"Do NOT call me 'Mr Fluffy Pillows!"
"Why not?"
"Do I make pillows?"
"To be honest, I did see a banner reading 'Tigerpaw's Fluffy Pillows' a while back, a few years ago."
"What, No! Of course I don't! That was over 25 moons ago, before I attacked that cat who became Scourge, and after a while it was annoying to be bothered by numerous contractors at sunhigh to display stupid ads!"
"That wasn't that long ago to me. You sure you don't wanna go back to making pillows?"
"Yes! Can you please stop!"
"Okay, bye!"
The box then heated up, and Tigerstar suddenly felt uncomfortable. He also pressed the Red Button.
Hawkfrost was curious with the purple button, but first recorded a message.
"I'm gonna press the purple button, whether you like it or not!" He recorded himself in an excited mood.
He then pressed the purple button, which from the outside, sent the box (with him inside) flying into the lake. This would've ended up as the same as when the eliminated contestants in BFDI tried escaping the TLC, but the box was waterproof, and the lake water helped prevent the temperature from rising, allowing him to stay inside for longer.
"So that's what it does. It flings you somewhere. Guess I'm lucky I landed in the lake."
Dirtplace Cam
Hawkfrost — "Is it just me or did Tigerstar actually start a pillow business when he was younger, since why else would people be calling him 'Mr Fluffy Pillows'? Maybe I should retire from evil and start a business, too?"
Brambleclaw — "If Tigerstar started a pillow business when he was younger, then why would he end up evil? I honestly have no clue why he would switch from a pillow manufacturer to a clan leader in less than a moon."
Mothwing — "Stupid purple button almost got me killed by a giant FISH! I know that fish are prey, but I've never heard of a fish that big, and at that point, it's not even a fish if it's too huge to be eaten like normal prey. Who are these people? Minnow-brained fox-hearted idiots?"
"And Infernoclan wins the challenge thanks to Hawkfrost."
"Which means that HydroClan is up for ELIMINATION!"
"I probably shouldn't have suggested the Purple Button in there if I knew that lake water would jam up the heating system…" Jayfeather thought that the purple button was a bad idea after Hawkfrost's curiosity lead to Infernoclan's victory, and Mothwing's annoyance.
"Well, then. Hawkfrost gets a win token.
"One question, what is a Win Token?"
"A win token can divide your votes by 2 when used."
"Cool! Does it mean that I can—"
"But only if you use it when the host asks if you can use it. If not, then it doesn't count, like with Pin when she tried using it at the last second."
Hawkfrost then looked at the screen and reminded the viewers to vote.
"So Viewers, type one of the letters in Square Brackets to eliminate one of HydroClan!"
[A]: Barley
[B]: Bluestar
[C]: Brook Where Small Fish Swim
[D]: Cinderheart
[E]: Crowfeather
[F]: Lionblaze
[G]: Mistyfoot
[H]: Purdy
[I]: Scourge
[J]: Spottedleaf
[K]: Stormfur
[L]: Whitestorm
"YOU DID WHAT!?" Scourge complained to his teammates, angry at them despite the fact that it was Hawkfrost's fault they lost (and by extension, Jayfeather, since he was the one who suggested the Purple Button in the first place).
"HA! That's what you get for taking one of our clanmates!" Hawkfrost laughed at HydroClan's misfortune.
"To be fair, Brokenstar was a complete jerk towards everyone else, even Blackfoot, his former deputy."
"Yeah, not even I like that no-good uncooperatively manipulative jerk!"
"Hey, Mr Fluffy Pillows, what do you think?"
"HAWKFROST!" Tigerstar yelled at his son for 'insulting' him.
"SCOURGE!"
"Come on, if you knew which way the lake was, you could've just pressed the ****ing PURPLE button to cool it down! You think we're all too needy, Needytail?"
"DON'T CALL ME NEEDYTAIL, but to be fair, Firestar and Jayfeather never told us what it did." Needletail made a fair point.
"Fine!" Scourge saw Needletail's point and gave in. "I'll have it your way."
If you wanna know what the FOCAL is, it's basically the TLC applied to the Dark Forest, with only 5 minutes of sunlight a day (Compared to the Dark Forest's 0 minutes of moonlight per moon). How did it get to the Lake? Well, the Announcer just bought the dark forest and it just suddenly appeared out of nowhere.