Not It

Chapter 14

"The nursery is getting too small for all this playing." Brightdust complained awkwardly as the kits wrestled at her paws. None of them had come up with an idea until--

"I've got it!" Swiftkit exclaimed, dashing out of the nursery. The others followed her as she was looking at the warriors, who were mainly just lounging around the camp, currently off-duty. "Why would we try to come up with something when the warriors can?"

Pigeonkit rolled his eyes, "that makes it boring..." he muttered.

"I think it's fair," Applekit nodded in agreement with Swiftkit, "we've been coming up with so many ideas that maybe we should be able to enjoy our days now."

"I-I think it's a good idea." Troutkit stammered, while the rest of the kits just laid down in the dirt. "Wh-which warriors?"

"Hmm.." Swiftkit looked around the clearing before pointing her paw towards a bored looking tom-cat, "you!" she exclaimed joyfully. It was Brindleswipe, he jumped up in excitement as she called his name before Swiftkit shook her head, "and... you!" She nodded towards a warrior beside Brindleswipe, who was named Amberpelt. "Now what to do with you two..."

"I feel like we need more than two." Furzekit muttered, Cloverkit nodding in agreement.

"Then we'll take Littletail and Frognose too," Pikekit called, the two mentioned warriors looking up, confused. 

"No," Littletail frowned before being dragged towards the kits by Brindleswipe. "Fine!" he growled, "what are we doing?"

"Romeo and Juliet!" Cloverkit exclaimed, "I mean..."

"No, we can do that." Applekit nodded, "it's only fair if everyone thinks of something!"

"Then I want Hamlet afterward," Troutkit muttered.

"Hamlet?" Furzekit asked.

"The Lion King," Swiftkit informed him.

"If we get there." Littletail muttered again, "who will be who?"

"Amberpelt will be Juliet, obviously," Pigeonkit replied, "Brindleswipe can be Romeo, then Frognose can be Romeo's friend, and Littletail, you'll be the one to eventually kill Frognose, causing Brindleswipe to later kill you in revenge!"

"This sounds like a fun show," Brindleswipe bounced in excitement while the kits got settled to watch, "I think we know what we're doing."

The warriors shifted, Brindleswipe and Frognose standing together while Amberpelt and Littletail stood near to each other, yet a spread apart.

"Come on, please, help me out here. I love her." Brindleswipe looked at Frognose.

Frognose looked away, distracted. "Bad idea."

"Why?" Brindleswipe shifted his paws in the sand. 

"Because she's a bad idea. I'm your best friend and that is my reasoning." The other tom replied with a bored stare. 

"You're bad at this." Brindleswipe pouted for effect, "I'm going to find someone else to fall in love with," he whined. 

"You have really bad taste, so let me help you." Frognose and Brindleswipe shifted closer to Amberpelt and Littletail.

"Oh boy, a beautiful she-cat. I love her!" Brindleswipe exclaimed, causing Amberpelt to turn towards him. They were looking at each other awkwardly while Frognose and Littletail sat close behind, seemingly unsure.

"I love you too!" Amberpelt cried out.

"You both have terrible taste!" Littletail and Frognose exclaimed at the same time, eyes rolling.

"Cut! This is boring! You're all horrible actors." Pigeonkit muttered.

"This is essentially how the story goes. Unless you change it." Littletail responded, before clearing his throat, "I mean, it's a terrible and cliche story," he pointed out.

"Like your acting?" Furzekit spat sarcastically.

"Well if you're such an expert, got any tips?" Brindleswipe swayed on his paws.

"Move over." Cloverkit stood, setting her paw on her forehead, "Oh, Romeo!" She pretended to faint, falling flat on her side.

"Why did we ever think Romeo and Juliet was going to be fun to watch? Do something else like Stranger Things." Swiftkit frowned.

"Uh...Oh no!" Brindleswipe turned and pushed Frognose, "He's disappeared and monsters are appearing! She's got powers!" He pointed at Amberpelt who seemed to shrink.

"What even is Stranger Things?" The warrior asked, causing Swiftkit to let out a gasp of hurt.

"Only the best show ever!" She declared.

"American Horror Story isn't that creepy, but it's good," Pikekit mentioned while Littletail poked Brindleswipe in the side. The tom jumped, beginning to shake before frowning.

"Like that?" Littletail asked, Pikekit only shrugging.

"How about The Office?" Furzekit wondered. When no one responded, he turned his head to look at the reader- the camp wall.

"Fr-Friends?" Troutkit stammered. "N-no?"

"Sorry, Troutkit, that ended a while ago." Swiftkit waved the suggestion off with a huff.

Troutkit murmured sadly to herself, "who knew life was going to be this way?"

"Glee?" Cloverkit hopped back up to her paws before a paw from Brindleswipe stopped her.

"No, honey, just no." He shook his head as Cloverkit sat back, embarrassed.

"Supernatural is wonderful," Amberpelt smiled, "really long though."

"Destiel for lifee." Swiftkit winked, Amberpelt winking back.

"Netflix itself just has the best shows." Brindleswipe shrugged as the warriors and kits settled in a nice circle.

"It's fair for everyone since it has things that interest everyone." Applekit nodded approvingly, "I like using it."

"I definitely watch the most shows." Swiftkit puffed out her chest fur because she probably watched the episodes the fastest. ...however that worked.

"It also has a lot of fun movies!" Cloverkit exclaimed, "I like the Disney movies the best."

"What if we acted some of them out?" Brindleswipe asked, once again tipsy with excitement.

"No, please don't ruin the shows." Swiftkit rose to her paws, quickly begging, "Please, let them stay good, and let them stay something that I actually want to watch again. I beg of you, just, leave my shows alone."

"That's not fair! He'll ruin ours!" Applekit shouted, "if he ruins our shows, he ruins yours too!" she stomped.

"I just won't ruin the shows at all!" Brindleswipe said immediately, attempting to save himself, though Swiftkit wouldn't stop her whining. Applekit then continued trying to get her to see that her shows weren't more important than that of anyone else.

"What are you guys doing?" Coppercloud stormed over before a sharp yowl made the kits jump.

The warriors shuffled off, summoned to a patrol while Brightdust was frowning. "Don't distract the warriors when they have work to do. Play your own games!" she scolded.

Pigeonkit rolled his eyes, "Watching the warriors was boring anyways."

"I-I agr-ree, it's m-more fun to p-play ourselves." Troutkit stammered.

"It's time to sleep anyways," Brightdust instructed, herding the kits into their nests while ignoring most of their complaints.

Within moments, they were asleep, but not without more ideas coming to their minds, through magnificent dreams, on how to entertain themselves in the future.

Written by Saturn! 
Revised by Moon