Guess what? I did it. I wrote a seven paged on Microsoft Word chapter. I feel very happy. So, behold, the eigth chapter, and hopefully I can be posting more on a regular basis.
Chapter 8
The sky was darkening as the elders made their way into Fortrees, which had magically appeared next to the lake. A large stage and seating arena thingy had appeared too.
“I like it when things magically appear.” Longtail mewed.
“Stat the obvious…” Mousefur muttered, marching over to the bench and sitting down.
Goldenflower and Longtail joined her, seating themselves down.
Silence. One of those hay-ball-things that the authoress can’t remember the name for rolled across the stage. Mousefur frowned as Morningflower rushed in.
“Hi guys!”
“Hello Morningflower. Did you make the posters?”
Morningflower frowned.
Mousefur headdesk-ed.
Goldenflower groaned.
Longtail had a nervous breakdown.
Morningflower suddenly leapt up.
“Just kidding! Everyone will be here in exactly one minute!” She mewed.
Mousefur glared at Morningflower. She was becoming very annoying.
The elders twiddled their invisible thumbs for 59 seconds.
“So where is every-”
A ear-splitting scream echoed around the arena-thing. Longtail hid his eyes, even though he didn’t need to.
“WE LOVE YOU LONGTAAAAAA-” A large group of she-cat squealed, advancing dangerously quickly at Longtail.
Mousefur seized the megaphone.
“SECURITY!” She screeched.
Two anonymous cats ran onto the stage and hauled the she-cats to their seats.
“Is is starting yet!?!” Someone yelled from the audience.
“NO!” Goldenflower yelled back.
Angry mutters sounded from the crowd, growing louder. Mousefur couldn’t take it.
“SHUT UP!” She bellowed through the megaphone, freezing every cat in terror.
Mousefur smiled and sat back down. She could hear the contestants fussing about behind the stage.
“I’m excited!” Longtail mewed, attempting to start a conversation.
A squeal sounded from his fans.
Mousefur growled at them.
“I’m, not. Are we starting yet!?!” She wailed at Morningflower.
Morningflower didn’t reply, she was busy fending off cat without tickets.
“We are full! Watch it on your televisions! Or youtube.com! Or-”
“Let us in!”
“I want to see the Thunderkits!”
“I want to see Cloudtail! He’s cu-”
“GO AWAY!” Morningflower yowled through the megaphone, which she had snatched off of Mousefur.
The cats muttered between themselves about watching it on TV, then walked away sadly.
Morningflower wiped her sweatdrop away and put the megaphone down. She quickly checked to make sure her microphone was working, then climbed up onto the stage.
“Were on in one minute! Everyone shut the-” She began, but was interrupted by Longtail’s fans.
“SHAAADUP!” Morningflower roared.
Then, there was silence.
Morningflower smiled. This was a rare time where she got to say more than ‘Next up is…’ and no one would take the time from her, for they would be killed by the hamburgers who live in the London Underground.
“Thirty seconds!” One of the camera crew cats shouted.
The air was tense with excitement. Mousefur and the rest of the judges, which was only two, were busily applying make up to their faces and making sure their noses weren’t too shiny.
“Twenty seconds!”
The murmuring grew louder, Longtail’s fans grew louder, Mousefur grew angrier, Morningflower grew nervouser and Goldenflower grew frownyer.
“Ten seconds!”
Longtail bit his claws and mumbled something about stage fright. Mousefur became impatient.
“Is it starting-”
“FIVE! FOUR! THREE! TWO! AND WE’RE ON!”
Morningflower plastered a dazzling grin to her face as the Cat Factor theme tune started.
“Hello, and welcome to the Cat Factor, where nine acts compete against each other to win the title of the Cat Factor champion! The theme for toning is…” Morningflower mewed, nodding towards the orchestra, who played a drum roll.
“…American singers! Even though us cats have no idea what ’American’ means, the contenders will be singing American songs! To start off the show, we have Russetfur singing Britney Spear’s Break The Ice!” Morningflower announced, and was drowned out by Russetfur’s screaming fans.
“And she’s not even a main character…” Mousefur whispered to Longtail, who sniffed.
“She’s mine. Ha. Ha.” He muttered, taking a sip of his bottled water,
Mousefur frowned.
“Who’s Britney Spears? Is she even, this thing you call ’American’?”
“I looked her up on Wikipedia, and yes, she is.” Goldenflower replied as Russetfur glided onto the stage.
“Oh. Right then.” Mousefur leaned back in her chair and prepared to watch.
Russetfur looked very pretty with her glossy red fur and sparkling [insert colour] eyes. Clutching her microphone, the music started:
“I know it's been a while
But I'm glad you came
And I've been thinking 'bout
How you said my name
Got my body spinning
Like a hurricane
And it feels like
You got me going insane
And I can't get enough
So let me get it up,”Several cheers sounded from the crowd and the spotlight randomly changed colours.
“Ooh, looks like we're alone now
You ain't gotta be scared
We're grown now
I'm a hit defrost on ya
Let's get it blazin'
We can turn the heat up if you wanna
Turn the lights down low if you wanna
Just wanna move you
But you're froze up
That's what I'm saying,”The spotlight had seemed to stay blue.
“Let me break the ice
Allow me to get you right
Won't you warm up to me
Baby I can make you feel
Let me break the ice
Allow me to get you right
Won't you warm up to me
Baby I can make you feel
So you warming up yet?
You got me hypnotized
I never felt this way
You got my heart beating
Like an 808
Can you rise
To the occasion
I'm patiently waiting because
It's getting late
And I can't get enough
So let me get it up
Ooh, looks like we're alone now
You ain't gotta be scared
We're grown now
I'm a hit defrost on ya
Let's get it blazin'
We can turn the heat up if you wanna
Turn the lights down low if you wanna
Just wanna move you
But you're froze up
That's what I'm saying
Let me break the ice
Allow me to get you right
Won't you warm up to me
Baby I can make you feel
Let me break the ice
Allow me to get you right
Won't you warm up to me
Baby I can make you feel,”
Everything went dark and the spotlight brightened. Russetfur stopped her well planned dance sequence for the dramatic part.
“I like this part
Feels kinda good
Yeah
Let me break the ice
Allow me to get you right
Won't you warm up to me
Baby I can make you feel
Let me break the ice
Allow me to get you right
Won't you warm up to me
Baby I can make you feel!” The music stopped and roars of cheers and things like that erupted from the crown. Russetfur murmured a ’thank you’ into her microphone, then padded off the stage. Morningflower stepped back into the centre.
“And its time for a break, don’t go anywhere!” She mewed cheerfully.
“We’re off!” A camera crew cat yelled.
Mousefur wondered how long this torture lasted.
I'm pleased with myself ^^