Behind the scenes at the Warriors Fanfiction Choice Awards

Backstage

"Jayfeather, get out of the bathroom! You've been in there forever!"

"Sorry for making myself presentable. I have an audience to impress, you know."

"Well, so do I!"

"You know all the ladies are here only to see me host. They don't care about you."

"Brother, I'm going to count to ten, and if you don't come out I'm calling Mom!"

"Lionblaze, chill! Just let me spray some Axe and then I'll be out!"

"Dude, don't use Axe! Use Old Spice- the ladies like that better."

"Really? Then how come I have more fangirls than you?"

"Just hurry it up already!"

On the Green Carpet

"Hello and welcome back to the 2014 Warriors Fanfiction Choice Awards. I'm the Clans' best news reporter, Rosepetal, and I'm here to interview the nominees for 'Best Canon Antagonist'! I've got Mapleshade with me now. So, Maple, can I ask you some questions?"

"No."

Rosepetal narrowed her eyes. "Please? This interview's on live TV!"

"No."

"But the people want to know how you feel about being a nominee!"

"No.

"Surely you're happy you've been nominated?"

"No."

"So you're upset, then?"

"No."

"Can you say anything other than 'no'?"

"No."

Rosepetal heaved a sigh. "Well, this interview was a failure. Mapleshade's a grump. Let's talk to Tigerstar instead. He'll at least talk to me."

Two dark brown toms were signing autographs for a crowd of star-struck she-cats. Upon hearing the news reporter calling, they both turned to face the dark cream she-cat. One of the toms had amber eyes, the other had blue. The one with blue eyes flashed the camera a brilliant smile.

"Son," the tom with amber eyes growled, "she wants to interview me first."

"Father," the younger tom replied, "I must please the ladies. I am fabulous."

Rosepetal chuckled. "Sure you are, Hawkfrost. Anyway, can I ask you both some questions?"

"Of course!" Hawkfrost meowed. "Anything for a beautiful she-cat like you."

Tigerstar rolled his eyes. "Son, sometimes you embarrass me."

"So, Tigerstar, how do you feel about being nominated for 'Best Canon Antagonist'?"

"To be honest, I am very proud of myself. I knew I deserved such an honor, since I am truly evil."

Rosepetal nodded. "How about you, Hawkfrost?"

"What can I say?" he mewed. "The ladies love me."

"Okay...Tigerstar, do you have any advice for future villains?"

The tom nodded. "Be evil. Think bad thoughts. Think about murder. Remember- murder is fun. Don't listen to Firestar! Don't be a good and moral cat!"

The news reporter gave the villain a strange look. "Thank you...I think. Hawkfrost, what advice do you have?"

"Use Catene Cat Shampoo. It's for the handsome tom."

"I meant about being an antagonist."

Hawkfrost's eyes widened. "Oh. I thought you meant advice on how to be handsome like me. For everyone's convenience, I wrote down all of my advice in a book- How to be Handsome by Hawkfrost. It only costs three murder victims!"

Rosepetal blinked nervously. "What a...bargain. I think I'll go talk to Scourge now."

"Suit yourself," Tigerstar shrugged, turning back to the mass of she-cats behind him.

Hawkfrost flashed the camera another dazzling smile.

A tiny black tom padded up to the news reporter. "You want to interview me?"

"Yes. Would you answer a few questions?"

Scourge nodded. "Just a few, though."

Rosepetal smiled sweetly. "Thank you. First, how many dog teeth are on your collar now? You've added some more lately, I know."

"I now have 19 teeth on my collar- one for every dog I've killed. I've also killed 72 cats."

"That's a lot!"

Scourge smiled. "Yep. Don't mess with me!"

"So, do you think you'll beat Tigerstar and win the award?"

"I don't care whether I win or not. If Tigerstar wins, though, I'll just kill him again. His stomach could use another slice."

Rosepetal glanced at her camera-cat, slightly creeped out. "Maybe this interview wasn't such a good idea."

"Whatever," Scourge muttered. "I'm going to go get some cotton candy. See you later!"

Toadstep turned his camera so that it faced him. "I still think Brokenstar should have been a nominee! How did he not get any nominations at all?"

"Because he's nice now," Rosepetal meowed. "Anyway, we're going to take another commercial break. When we come back I'm going to interview the nominees for 'Best Canon Supporting Character'!"

(A/N: Rosepetal and Toadstep are having a hard time. And what is going on with the hosts backstage? Anyway, if you haven't voted yet, please do! There are some stories/cats that I'm pretty sure will win already, but some of the other categories are super close.

Side note: I've been swamped with homework lately, so Win a Date with Nightcloud will probably be put on hold until the weekend. I don't have time to write an episode write now...this thing only takes about 10 minutes.

Extra Side note: In the bonus scene of 'The First Battle' there's a cat named Tansy! Yay, my name is canon now. :) )