I feel I may be taking liberties with what would be done with Jayfeather in the race. However since this whole story is a fantasy anyhow. Who could really imagine cats racing around the world doing two legged activties? Thanks for your patience with me and hope you enjoy this.
The group from the second train arrived in St. Petersburg at 1:40 and all were scrambling to figure out how to get to the Great Park (Peterhof). Jayfeather, Willowshine and Reedwhisker and Mallownose, Tigerheart and Dawnpelt decided to take the mini bus and Millie and Blossomfall and Lionblaze and Crowfeather decided to take the train and catch a bus near the Great Park. Again because of the possible difficulties in catching a bus from the train station that goes to the park, Jayfeather, Willowshine and Reedwhisker and Mallownose, Tigerheart and Dawnpelt got there 10 minutes earlier than Millie and Blossomfall and Lionblaze and Crowfeather. They missed the bus they needed when they got there because they had a difficult time trying to communicate what they wanted and then they had to wait an extra 15 minutes for the bus.
We see Squirrelflight and Bramblestar arrive at the Ice Palace hockey arena. They suit up and Bramblestar decides to go first. "Look Bramblestar, these jerseys have our names on the back with a number on it. I'm 6 and you are 3. I wonder why they picked those numbers. But I love these jerseys. Do you think we get to keep them"? said Squirrelflight.
"Sounds great, but I think I must go and get started", said Bramblestar.
They had to block 5 shots each. It took Bramblestar 8 tries to get the 5 shots blocked. Then it was Squirrelflight's turn. As she went out into the ice, she had a little trouble at first with her balance but she quickly recovered. That was also the time that Tigerstar and Scourge arrived. It took her 15 shots to block 5 shots. At that time Tigerstar had blocked 3 out of his 7 shots. Tigerstar and Scourge also loved the jerseys but Tigerstar was upset that his number was not 1. Scourge just rolled his eyes at him. As Squirrelflight got the clue, Tigerstar had finished and Scourge started. It took him 10 shots to get the 5 blocked. Then they got the clue. As Scourge was finishing up, Leafpool and Hollyleaf came in.
Leafpool and Hollyleaf were not sure if they would have good balance on the ice. It turned out Leafpool, like her sister gained her balance quickly but Hollyleaf had some trouble. So even though Leafpool finished quickly, it took her 12 shots to get the 5 blocked, it took Hollyleaf a lot longer. First she had to gain her balance and then it took her 20 shots to get the 5 blocked. Luckily the other teams were further behind and would not arrive for another hour at least.
Jayfeather and Willowshine talked the two tasks. The hockey one would be too dangerous for Jayfeather. They would have an additional crew member help them through the dance task, so they decided on that one. They found a cab and asked for the phone to get directions to the stadium. They were able to get the address and give it to the cabbie. They got there in good time. They found the woman in charge of the task and the crew member assigned to help them. They had a choice of Ball or Ribbon. They thought the ball, since it was made out of rubber would be easy to work with.
The woman demonstrated the routine and they practiced with another lady who was also a teacher of rhythmic gymnastics. Finally 20 minutes later, they tried their routine. The crew member gave Jayfeather clues on when to catch the ball and where to move. It took them 3 tries to get it right. So they left about another 30 minutes after that. Jayfeather was very quiet.
Willowshine asked, "Jayfeather. What's wrong"?
Jayfeather said, "To be honest, I'm upset and worried. First I had to wear this stupid outfit. Thank goodness I did not see what it looked like. Then I embarassed myself out there. And because of me we are probably last".
Willowshine said, "You could never embarass me. I am very proud of you and there is no way of knowing we are last".
Reedwhisker and Mallownose arrived at the hockey arena about 7 minutes after Jayfeather and Willowshine arrived at their task. But they finished about 20 minutes before Jayfeather and Willowshine. It took Reedwhisker about 8 shots to complete the block shots and Mallownose about 10 to complete the blocked shots. When Mallownose began his shots, Tigerheart and Dawnpelt arrived. Tigerheart completed his part of the task in 8 shots and Dawnpelt in 9. They finished overall about 10 minutes before Jayfeather and Willowshine completed their task. Lionblaze and Crowfeather walked in about 10 minutes after Tigerheart and Dawnpelt left. They both took 9 shots each to finish the task. They finished about 40 minutes behind Tigerheart and Dawnpelt and 20 minutes behind Jayfeather and Willowshine.
But what happened to Millie and Blossomfall. They were not having a good day. Between missing that bus and not being able to find a cab right away they fell behind. Finally they found a cabbie but argued over what task to do. Blossomfall really wanted to do the dance task because of her cheerleading background and Millie thought overall they would do better on the hockey task. The cabbie was ready to dump them back out on the street and yelled at them in Russian. Millie and Blossomfall got scared and Blossomfall finally relented and they did the hockey task. They were wondering if they should use the Express Pass, but remembered they still had a roadblock task. When they got to the hockey arena, Lionblaze and Crowfeather were long gone. It took Millie 11 shots and Blossomfall 12 shots to complete the task.