User blog:AdorableEspurr193/The Challenges (Season One)

Pilot Episode
“All students of Night Wing High School,” said the principal into a megaphone. “I would like to announce that our school, along with another school, Bengal High School, will be participating in a sort of game.”

The students exchanged glances.

“This game is a competition. Ten students from each school will be chosen, according to how well they’ve done in school, to participate in this competition to win themselves $150,000.”

There was a mild buzz along the line of students as they all looked at each other and whispered, their eyes round as dinner plates.

A porcupine raised her paw.

“Yes, Stephanie?” Stephanie fiddled with her claws nervously, casting a nervous glance at the mouse standing next to her, smiling encouragingly. “Can you choose not to be pic-“

“No.” answered the principal, looking away. Stephanie started to talk again, but then stopped as the principal glanced at her sternly. “Any more questions?” Nobody made a sound. “Good.”

A bear began to yell out “Wait! I have a question!” The principal looked at her. “Will this be deadly or have a catch? Are you making us play the Hunger Games?”

The principal laughed, then turned away.

And Sarina the bear stared at her, looking puzzled.





“I’m going to call out the names of the ten students who will be facing this challenge, all in alphabetical order. These students have been chosen ahead of time.”

Nearly everybody began to break into a nervous sweat.

The principal didn’t speak as she put on her thick glasses and stared at her list.

There was silence.

<p class="MsoNormal">“BAILEY WELCH!” A beaver pushed through the crowd, frantically waving her paws above her head. “That’s me! That’s me!!” A small mole who was squealing in excitement tried to follow Bailey, but was held back by an emperor penguin. Bailey seemed to have light shining in her eyes. The principal handed her a ticket. Bailey stared at it before saying to herself “This must be a dream.” She changed her mind, leaped up in the air in utter joy, and ran into the crowd where she was swarmed by lots of other animals.

<p class="MsoNormal">The principal sighed and waited for everyone to quiet down so that she could call out the next name.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Ahem.” The room went dead silent again.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Next is… BATSHEVA KESSLER!” A soaking wet crocodile was pushed forward by a few of her companions. She looked like she was going to be sick. “What? What’s going o-“ A tiny weasel darted forward and grabbed her tail, pulling with all her might and yet not succeeding to pull the huge reptile. “Batty, you got chosen!! You got chosen!! Go on up there, you fat lizard!!”

<p class="MsoNormal">At this statement, Batsheva got reasonably enraged and attempted to claw the rodent, who, upon seeing Batsheva’s angry expression, rushed away between the legs of two buffalo. The crocodile straightened her robe and walked up to the principal, who handed her a ticket. She held the tiny thing in her huge claws and gave an involuntary look to her friends, then put the ticket into her robe pocket and walked away. A few animals ran up to try and talk to her, but she pushed them aside and sat on a bench, sipping a can of coke.

<p class="MsoNormal">“Alright, let’s see here…” the principal took off her glasses and looked closely at the paper. “KATIE MCGUIRE!” A swan lightly walked over to the principal, proceeding to tuck her ticket into the feathers of her tail. She battered her eyelashes in gratitude and sashayed back to her seat at the back of the animal crowd.

<p class="MsoNormal">More animals were called up, one by one. Lauren White, a nervous snake who slithered along, appearing depressed. Lia Gustafson, an owl who flew over without a sound, snatched the ticket in her beak, and flew back, resting on the bleachers and studying the engravings on the slip. Quinn York the sea lion, who ran happily over to get her ticket and ran back to her seat, trying to arrange her makeup perfectly. Sarina Garcia also got a ticket as well, apparently for winning a national football championship. She was still wearing her gym uniform. Shaindy Gleason the weasel was eager to run up and get her ticket, but then asked the reward. After hearing it, Shaindy tore the ticket from the principal’s paws, almost ripping it in the process, and ran back to her seat, muttering plans on how she was going to spend the money. The porcupine Stephanie Ziegler was given a ticket, which she accepted, noticeable surprised. The last animal chosen was a german shepherd named Zoe Patrick, who was so excited that the principal had to make her drink some water to stop her from breathing so fast.

<p class="MsoNormal">And thus, the ten animals of Night Wind High School had been chosen.