The Alpha and the Gem

One day, all the alphas were planning an event to determine the next main alpha. They would gather together lots and lots of animals to all sleepover at Peck's den, all in different beds with one thing under each of them... a single gem under 25 mattresses.

"It'll be easy to find the next alpha," explained Liza. "Only an animal with amazing senses could be able to sense that gem!" Sir Gilbert nodded in agreement. "They'll never sense it unless they were granted the gifts to. It makes perfect sense!" "Guys," said Greely, is his monotone emo voice. "Don't you think this is a little-" "Oh be quiet, Greely," said Graham. "My plans never fail!"

And so the alphas called lots of different animals to Peck's den. "When do the tests begin?" asked an eager looking fox dressed entirely in bright pink clothes. "Tomorrow," said Peck. "But for tonight, you'll all sleep in these beds!" Sir Gilbert rolled out 16 beds, all of them with 25 mattresses and a gem underneath. "Those look like really strange beds," said the fox, but Peck shook her head. "I assure you that they're all perfectly normal!" she said. "NOW GO TO SLEEP!!" "But it's only 3 o'clo-" "I DON'T CARE,"

And so the animals all went to sleep.

In the morning, they all got up. All of them seemed happy to begin the tests, except for the fox. Her hair and clothes were messy, and she had huge bags under her eyes. "Ugh," she groaned. "I couldn't sleep at all. There was like, a rock or something in the mattresses..." "HOORAY!!" cheered the alphas. "What?" said the fox. "But I couldn't sleep! You mean to say that that's a GOOD thing?!" "You've passed the test," hooted Cosmo. "You felt the gem under all the bedsheets! Now you can live here forever and be the newest alpha!" The fox gave everyone a disgusted look. "What the heck! I feel terrible! So you just put us all through some dumb test without telling us?!" "Yes..." said Graham slowly. "You guys are terrible at this! I'm leaving." The fox stomped out and slammed the door, soon followed by all the other animals. "Told you," said Greely.