"Today is the day!" Heart of Gold said.
"For what?" Sapphire asked.
"To get ready for the great show!" Heart of Gold replied, "But first, you two need a bath!"
"Not a bath!" Gem complained.
"Yes, you must be clean to win so the twolegs can see your shiny coat."
"I want my coat to be shiny!" Sapphire said.
"Alright then, Sapphire. Show Gem how it's done."
Gem watched as Sapphire got a bath and didn't even fight back.
"You didn't even fight back!"
"But I want to win!" Sapphire replied.
"That's my Sapphire." Heart of Gold said.
A twoleg picked up Gem and was carrying her another room.
"Help! I don't want a bath!"
"It's show prep, Gem." Heart of Gold said.
The twoleg carried her into a room to give her a bath.
After Sapphire and Gem had been given a bath, Heart of Gold watched as they were groomed with several types of toothed hands (combs and brushes). Their coats were trimmed with silver claws (scissors). They were given collars. Gem was given a light blue collar, and Sapphire a blue collar.
"What are these?"Gem asked.
"Collars. This way you will return to me if you get lost."
"I don't want to be lost. I want to stay here!" Sapphire said.
"You will, now that you have a collar."
"You let those twolegs give you a bath?" Silverpaw said.
"Yeah, but I did fight a little." Fuzzyheart replied, "A lot even. All those toothed hands and silver claws, and they kept grooming me constantly. Then a few days before the day of the first event, we got new names."
"You got new housefolk?" Silverpaw asked.
"No, we stayed with Heart of Gold. But we got new names for these events...Just for them, even. At first I didn't know what they were for. Our housefolk still called us Gem and Sapphire at home. But when we entered the events...our names changed."
Author's Note: In case you weren't sure what these events are, they are cat shows. That's right, Fuzzyheart used to be a show cat! After all, she is a purebred himalayan cat.