Autumnsplash: "The race is about to begin. We are in cloudy London, the capital of the United Kingdom and the beginning of this special edition of the Amazing Race. We have all 12 teams here ready to begin. When I give the word, the teams will start the race. They will run to the first clue box and follow the directions on the clue. "Ready go!"
The teams run to the box. Tigerstar and Scourge get their first, followed shortly behind by Bramblestar and Squirrelflight. Behind them is Crowfeather and Lionblaze, then Reedwhisker and Mallownose. We see Bramblestar and Squirrelflight opening the clue and we see Autumnsplash saying, "This bridge is falling down falling down. Which one is it? Find it and your clue will be here". All four teams are running to the street, but both Tigerstar, Scourge, Bramblestar and Squirrelflight get there first. They see one cab, so Tigerstar decides to trip Bramblestar so they can catch the first cab. Squirrelflight yells at Tigerstar and says, "That was a cheap move to trip your son to get a cab. Karma will get you later". But Tigerstar does not hear her because Scourge and Tigerstar are already in the cab. By the time Bramblestar gets up, he sees Reedwhisker and Mallownose, Leafpool and Hollyleaf running by them. Squirrelflight and Bramblestar quickly catch up and run with the teams down two blocks where they see 3 cabs. Luckily then all 3 teams are able to take a cab. At this point the standings are: #1 Tigerstar and Scourge, #2 Reedwhisker and Mallownose #3 Squirrelflight and Bramblestar and #4 Crowfeather and Lionblaze. By the time Millie, Blossomfall, Jayfeather and Willowshine, Leafpool and Hollyleaf catch up, they see the cabs are gone. They walk two blocks and see a convenience store. Willowshine and Blossomfall have the idea to run in and ask the worker where is the best place to catch a cab. The worker says, "I can call you guys a cab. How many are you"? Willowshine looks at Blossomfall (she knows she can get a lead if she just asks for one, but she does not want to alienate anyone this early in the race). "Three cabs please", said Willowshine. "Thank you", said Blossomfall to Willowshine and the worker. They all wait outside for their cab. Then Tigerheart and Dawnpelt come by and say, "Did you guys find a cab"? Blossomfall decides to run the favor and explains how they went inside and the worker called them cab. So Tigerheart goes inside and asks for a cab. At this time 2 cabs arrive. Millie and Blossomfall go in one and then Jayfeather and Willowshine take the next one. That makes #5 Millie and Blossomfall and #6 Jayfeather and Willowshine and Leafpool and Hollyfeather #7. About 10 minutes later, Tigerheart and Dawnpelt's cab arrives and makes them #8. Leafstar and Echosong had seen the cabs and just was able to catch the number on the cab before it leaves. They see a pay phone across the street and grab some pence. They call the cab company. Brokenstar and Yellowfang see them doing this but don't get their in time to ask for them to call a cab but are able to get the cab company phone number from them and call a cab too. So ten minutes later, Leafstar and Echosong's cab arrives which makes them #9. Another 5 minutes later, the cab for Brokenstar and Yellowfang arrives which makes them #10. Breezepelt is yelling at his mom because she is walking so slow. He says, "Look Sandstorm is walking faster than you and she is older than you". That made Nightcloud angry enough to have them rush past Sandstorm and Brackenfur. They were lucky to find their own cab at the street when they got there, so Nightcloud and Breezepelt get the cab and are now #11. Luckily another cab is not far behind and Sandstorm and Brackenfur catch it to become team #12.
Karma does get Tigerstar and Scourge because their cabbie does not know where the bridge is and to top it off, he is very slow. Scourge yells at Tigerstar, "I told you that you should not do that. Now Karma got us". Tigerstar yelled, "What do you want to do about it now"? "Look there is a hotel here. Let's stop and get proper directions and have them call us a new cab". Tigerstar said, "Or we can threaten this cabbie with bodily harm if he leaves, get directions at the hotel and threaten him if he does not speed up". "I heard that," said the cabbie. "Well do you want our fare or not"? said Tigerstar. "Fine, I'll wait", he said. They ran inside and found out that the bridge is London Bridge and get directions. They run back to the cab and Tigerstar yells, "Move it". Not only does the cabbie speed up but he is going so fast he makes Scourge dizzy. Still after all this, the first team to get to the bridge is Reedwhisker and Mallownose. Mallownose also figured out the clue and they had a cabbie who knew how to get here. They run to the clue box and open the clue. We see Autumnsplash again say, "This is a detour. There will be 12 in this race. 6 must be done by one teammate and 6 by the other. This detour will require one teammate to climb up London Bridge using support wires and zipline down to the platform on the Thames River, where they will get their clue".
Part 2 soon...