Ranking of teams at the beginning of the 3rd leg:
1. Bramblestar and Squirrelflight
2. Reedwhisker and Mallownose
3. Tigerstar and Scourge
4. Crowfeather and Lionblaze
5. Tigerheart and Dawnpelt
6. Leafpool and Hollyleaf
7. Millie and Blossomfall
8. Jayfeather and Willowshine
9. Leafstar and Echosong
10. Nightcloud and Breezepelt
Ireland to France: Part 1
We see briefly at the mandatory rest period that everyone is ignoring Tigerstar and Scourge and also glaring at them. It is now 2:45 AM in the morning and Squirrelfight and Bramblestar are given their clue and $200 and they read it. We see Autumnsplash saying, "Teams must travel back by their rental car to the Dublin airport. They will return their cars and look for a flight to Paris. There are several flights they can take but they arrive at different times. When they get to Paris, they must find the Route Marker at a statue of a cat located next to the Focault Pendulum (it is not noted that there are are two Focault Pendulums in Paris and they must find the right one).
Squirrelflight and Bramblestar are going to the airport. Squirrelflight asks to drive this time because she thinks Bramblestar drives too slow. But Bramblestar says that she is a better navigator. Squirrelflight says, "I can do both at the same time. I just need a few minutes to look at this map".
"Doesn't that time looking at the map and the time it takes me to drive balance things out"? said Bramblestar.
"Okay. Next time if they have a computer available at our mandatory rest stop, I will look up directions ahead of time", said Squirrelflight. Bramblestar realized they only had a 10 minute lead over Mallownose and Reedwhisker but even if they caught up to them it is possible the ticket booths were not going to be open for another hour or two. It turns out they were right. "From what I see, it looks like Terminal 1 has more flights. Let's start there", said Bramblestar. It was about 4 AM. They found out it opened at 5 AM. So they found an internet station and were able to look up and buy tickets there. It turns out the earliest flight was from RyanAir (in Terminal 1) at 7:30 AM. They saw there were only a few seats left. They quickly bought the tickets. Reedwhisker and Mallownose saw them in the internet station and asked them which flight did they book? Bramblestar was wondering if he should help a Riverclan team. He looked at Squirrelflight and she nodded her head no at him.
Bramblestar said, "Sorry but we got to run so we don't miss our flight". Meanwhile Mallownose had already gotten on a computer and found the same flight and were able to book the tickets. "Looks like they were not really in a rush. I see what they were about", said Reedwhisker.
"Yeah I get you there", said Mallownose. While Reedwhisker and Mallownose were leaving the Internet Station, Tigerstar and Scourge were returning their car and heading towards Terminal one. It was 4:45. "We should go to the ticket booth", said Tigerstar.
"Why? It doesn't open for another 15 minutes and if there is limited tickets, they may be sold out by then", said Scourge. "Wait, here is a map. It appears that the Internet station is down over there so by the time we get there, it will be approximately 4:52", said Scourge. "I think we can make it before the ticket booth opens".
"I am right you are wrong", said Tigerstar.
"I'm not arguing with you. I'm just going to the Internet Station. You can join me or wait here. I don't care", said Scourge.
"You are being a jerk", said Tigerstar.
"Really? You are going to say that"? said Scourge. "You don't want to argue with me". Before Tigerstar could say anything, Scourge left. Tigerstar ran to catch up with him.
Crowfeather and Lionblaze walked to the Ryanair ticket booth. They inquired about the earliest flight and it was said to be at 7:30 AM and they were lucky that there were only 2 tickets left and they booked them. It turned out that Tigerstar and Scourge had scored the second to last batch of tickets when they went online to explore flight options.
Tigerheart and Dawnpelt had quickly checked the board and saw there was a flight to Paris on Ryanair but they only had 45 minutes. When they went to the booth, the ticketing agent said that there were no seats left. They could either try standby or go to the Aer Lingus flight, but they had to go to the other terminal. The flight was at 8:55 AM, so they had enough time to do so. If they waited to try to get on the RyanAir flight and there was not any seats, they would have just enough time as long as they purchased the tickets before. They decided to put their name on standby and purchase the tickets for the Aer Lingus flight online.
Leafpool and Hollyleaf also discovered that the RyanAir flight was the earliest flight. It was 7 AM. They learned about the same options that were offered to Tigerheart and Dawnpelt. The only problem in their case is that if they left to buy the tickets for the next flight now, they might not make it back in time to find out about the standby. If they waited until 7:30 and bought the tickets online, they would just make it to the 8:55 flight. They decided to also try standby. They went to the gate and saw the first 5 teams and learned that the first 4 teams were on that flight and Tigerheart and Dawnpelt were also on standby.
Meanwhile Millie and Blossomfall came in. They knew they could not make the RyanAir 7:30 flight even if there were tickets, so they saw the next earliest flight was the Aer Lingus one at 8:55 and made their way to Terminal 2. Millie was annoyed at Blossomfall because she was so tough on her. She was claiming that she was very slow but the truth was she might be slightly slower than Blossomfall because she was a little older but she really thought Blossomfall was giving her a hard time because she was still mad at her regarding Briarlight. So they had argued in the car all the way here. Now they just stared at each other every once in a while not saying a word.
Tigerstar was saying to Scourge forgetting that Scourge was still annoyed at him, "What kind of name is Squirrelflight? Who wants to be named after a Squirrel? Being named after a tiger is better".
"That's my kin you are talking about", said Scourge.
"Lest you forget you wanted to kill your own kin along with their clanmates", said Tigerstar.
"Point noted", said Scourge.
They were calling standby and both Tigerheart and Dawnpelt and Leafpool and Hollyleaf made it on the 7:30 flight. They quickly boarded the flight with the others. So Flight #1 left with:
1. Bramblestar and Squirrelflight
2. Reedwhisker and Mallownose
3. Tigerstar and Scourge
4. Crowfeather and Lionblaze
5. Tigerheart and Dawnpelt
6. Leafpool and Hollyleaf
As Millie and Blossomfall arrived at the booth in Terminal 1, Jayfeather and Willowshine were on their way to Terminal 1. Millie and Blossomfall booked their tickets and Blossomfall asked, "Are there still a lot left"? "There are probably 4 tickets left", said the ticketing agent. About 10 minutes later, Jayfeather and Willowshine arrived at the Aer Lingus ticket booth and were also able to book tickets on the 8:55 flight. Leafstar and Echosong realized they would have to run to Terminal 1 to make it in time to buy tickets and get on the flight. They were able to do that and they got the last set of tickets.
Nightcloud and Breezepelt got there in just enough time to maybe make the 8:55 flight. When they got to the ticket booth, they were informed that the last tickets were sold and they can go on standby. They also looked up the next earliest flight which happened to be the 10:25 Ryanair flight from terminal 2. They waited and found out they could make the 8:55 flight. Millie was surprised that Nightcloud and Breezepelt were able to make their flight. Therefore on Flight #2 was:
7. Millie and Blossomfall
8. Jayfeather and Willowshine
9. Leafstar and Echosong
10. Nightcloud and Breezepelt
You can start voting for the team you want to be eliminated from this leg. I will make a new poll called "Who do you want to be eliminated from the second leg". Or you can PM me. The poll should be up shortly. I did not pick the team the 2 people voted for the second leg but it is possible I could this time. So please please vote. I would love to have more than 2 people vote. I would greatly appreciate it. Also please review if you can. If you have any suggestions or any ideas for the story please please let me know.