The sun rose above the campgrounds once again. The warriors left their dens to commence their tasks once again. The medicine cat began to sort through the herbs once again. The elders remained silent once again. The kits of ParsleyClan lay around the nursery, bored out of their minds, once again.

"I'm bored." Pigeonkit groaned, stuffing his face further into his nest.

"Hi bored, I'm Furzekit," Furzekit said, smiling at the younger kit. Pigeonkit scowled at the other tom.

"That's the lamest dad-joke!" Pigeonkit squeaked, fluffing out his fur. "Listen, I'm bored. We gotta do something!"

"Maybe we could listen to everyone and see what they want to do?" Applekit pipped up, her hazel eyes shining jubilantly at the two. "It makes things fair, too!"

"Everything with you is fair so that means everything is unfair," Pigeonkit replied. "But that's the best suggestion we have now. Who wants to start?"

"Me!" Swiftkit shouted, barging into the nursery with energy that could put even the fastest rabbits to shame. "I don't know what is going on, but I want to go first! Let's go!" She roared.

"Swiftkit..." Troutkit mumbled, looking at the energetic white she-kit. "All that you want to do is race us."

"Yeah!" Swiftkit squealed. "If we practice running, it will help us as apprentices! I mean, the prey isn't going to sit around and wait for us to slowly walk up and catch it!"

"But what about fishing?" Pikekit interrupted. "We don't always have to resort to mice or voles. Fish can taste good."

"Ew! The fish are just all squirmy and floppy." Swiftkit wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Not to mention they stink like the elders." Troutkit and Furzekit smiled at her comeback. Pikekit flattened his ears.

"Well, it's just because you don't try the fish!" Pikekit fought back. "Besides! The fish is only floppy and squirmy before it's dead!"

Swiftkit still didn't look convinced. "But the fishy will always be floppy!"

"How is it floppy in your stomach?" Troutkit asked, tipping her head to the side.

"I think---" Furzekit was cut off by another one of Pikekit's outbursts of food.

"Fish is the best thing you can ever taste! The slimy meat swimming down your throat---"

"That just makes eating fish sound worst!" Swiftkit squealed. "Fishing isn't going to help us as apprentices!"

"Is too!" Pikekit fought back. "Who knows? The rabbits might leave one day!"

"They will never! We'll chase them down! That's why running is helpful in this situation! Fishing isn't going to help! That's why rabbits and voles are better than fish!"

"No!!" Pikekit shouted back. "Fish are better!"

"Rabbits!"

"Fish!"

"You're stupid!!!"

"Lamest comeback!" Pigeonkit shouted at Swiftkit. That only boosted Pikekit's ego.

"At least a fish doesn't have to breathe the same air as you! A fish dies if it breathes the same air as you!"

"A fish dies if it breathes the same air as you!!!" Swiftkit fired back.

"Hey! Hey!" Applekit snapped, jumping in between the quarreling kits. "This is supposed to be fair! Not strangle each other!"

"But we never resort to a good, settled debate!" Pigeonkit protested with a high pitched voice. "Making us figure something out with words is like forcing Swiftkit to stop running!"

"Which will never happen!" Swiftkit declared, lashing her tail firmly like it was an angry snake. "I will stop running when my heart stops beating!"

"...um...?" A soft voice whispered from behind Furzekit. The kits turned around to see Cloverkit. "I'm sorry about this... but what if we---"

"You're absolutely right!" Applekit jumped, scaring Cloverkit. "We need to solve it out like how Cloverkit would! We be fair and---"

"Have a food fight! Fish against rabbits!" Pikekit snarled. "The loser will have to say to every single cat in the Clan that the other's food is superior!"

"Deal!" Swiftkit said, clashing heads. "If it's rabbits against fish, rabbits aren't going to lose!"

"Neither are fish!" Pikekit roared back.

"Stop! This isn't fair!" Applekit shouted, trying to tackle them.

"Furzekit!" Pikekit snapped, ignoring Applekit's plead. "Go get a fish!"

"Aye, sir!" Furzekit said, after taking multiple seconds to understand the simple request.

"Hey!! Stop!!!" Swiftkit shouted. "Cloverkit!" Cloverkit shot up, her bright yellow eyes wide. "Grab the best rabbit you can find from the fresh-kill pile! Don't forget to sabotage Troutkit!"

Cloverkit ran out of the nursery in fear of Swiftkit and Pikekit.

"Stop!! Stop!!! This is democracy kits!!!" Applekit screamed, slapping her tail against the ground rapidly.

"Listen!!! Just each side of the party, think of a good argument!!"

"Fine." Pikekit scoffed, still glaring at Swiftkit with his green eyes. Troutkit and Cloverkit came stumbling in with the two prices of prey. Cloverkit also held a bird in her jaws.

"What is that?!" Swiftkit screeched.

Cloverkit jumped back. "I'm sorry! I just thought... maybe a bird could enter? I'm sorry!!! I'm sorry!!"

"Well, whatever." Swiftkit huffed.

"Listen up!!!" Applekit shouted. "Every kit in this nursery will get a say in the matter! That means Troutkit, Furzekit, and Pigeonkit will be the voters! Swiftkit, Pikekit, and Cloverkit will be fighting for their choice of prey."

"Since when did Cloverkit just randomly join!? This is between me and Swiftkit!" Pikekit growled.

"I'm sorry, I'll drop out!" Cloverkit wailed louder.

"Don't you dare!" Pigeonkit said, "you've already gotten your evidence! No backing out now!"

"Sorry..." Cloverkit mumbled.

"Swiftkit! Go!" Applekit shouted.

"Toms and she-cats! Today you feast your eyes on the most delicious piece of prey! The rabbit!!!" Swiftkit held the dead rabbit up high in the air. "As you see, it is already promising us plenty of meat! It can feed about two warriors!! More than a fish or bird!!! Plus! We gain running experience! With more running abilities, it increases our stamina, which improves our fighting, and running skills!!!"

"Okay kits!!! Next!!!" Applekit said.

"The fish is a much superior force of prey." Pikekit started out. "If it's a hot day, you can fish in the river! Not only does it cool you down, but you can hunt! We can also play in the water, and we gain the skills that the fish have! Swimming! What if there's a flood? We don't have wings like a bird to fly away! And running obviously can't help us out. Therefore, the fish is the best kind of prey there is to offer!"

"And... our last one!!" Applekit announced. "Go Cloverkit!"

"I... no... I'm sorry..." Cloverkit said, biting her lip and looking down at her paws. The she-cat didn't say much. "I... a bird... sorry... It... it can fly away from a storm. Also, it trains cats to jump. It's a skill that can help, whether jumping on trees or pouncing on a rabbit, or fish. I know cats don't have wings, and a bird is a smaller creature, but it also is a source of prey we can't live without."

"That wraps it up! Please cast your vote! Tails up for Swiftpaw!" Applekit said.

No cat raised their tail.

"What!?" Swiftkit shouted in disbelief. "This can't be true! We run! Rabbits!!! Meat!!!" She screamed. Applekit dragged her back as she continued to scream. "I demand a rematch!!!!"

"Moving on! Tails up for Pikekit!!"

Like before, no cat raised their tail for the tom. Pikekit's face changed from confidence to utter shock and rage.

"What do you mean!?! You'd pick a rabbit over a fish! What is wrong with you kits fish is good!!!"

"And tails up for Cloverkit!"

The three kits raised their trails. Cloverkit's face lightened up.

"Cloverkit and her bird is the winner!!!" Applekit announced.

"Cloverkit! Cloverkit!" Troutkit cheered for her friend. The skittish kit seemed overwhelmed with the victory.

Cloverkit looked at both Swiftkit and Pikekit who were still fighting each other, even after the argument had died down.

"I... I'm sorry..." Cloverkit said, looking at both of them. "Would it make you feel better if I helped you on your punishment? Sorry for asking..." she said shyly, shuffling her paws around nervously.

"No!" Pigeonkit cried. "What is wrong with you Cloverkit! You don't just ask to join a cat in their punishment!"

"Oh!!! I'm sorry!" Cloverkit cried.

"Now now," Furzekit comforted. Troutkit turned around towards the other two kits.

"It's time for you to do the punishment. Both of you must---" she stopped short, frowning at herself. "Pigeonkit, what was punishment?"

"Of course you forgot," Pigeonkit sighed, "Swiftkit and Pikekit must shout to the whole Clan that bird is better than both rabbits and fish."

"Who said I liked rabbits more than voles?" Swiftkit challenged, an evil smirk flashing across her smug face.

Pikekit let out a screech and tackled the she-kit to the ground. "I had enough of you! Admit that a bird is better than a rabbit or fish first!"

"You just did, fleabag! So you technically did it first!" Swiftkit hollered back.

"This isn't fair!!!" Applekit screamed, trying to control the fight. "Everyone stop fighting!"

"YAH!!!" Troutkit hollered, throwing herself at Pigeonkit. The two kits began to roll around in a wrestle. Frurzekit glanced at Cloverkit very slowly.

"Want to fight?"

"Wha---" before the victor could answer, Furzekit tackled her.

Applekit looked at the mass of fighting kits. Swiftkit and Pikekit fighting over rabbits and fish once again. Troutkit and Pigeonkit just randomly fighting each other once again. Then Furzekit and Cloverkit, with Furzekit already beating Cloverkit, once again.

"If you can't play nice..." Applekit growled, bunching up her muscles to pounce at the group. By now, the fights were like magnets, pulling closer and closer to each other.

"Then I'll have to stop this fighting myself!" She shouted, taking a flying leap into the air. The brown she-kit flopped onto Swiftkit, which only caused another circuit to unleash.

All under the mass of kits, Troutkit giggled to herself. "I'd like to say that mice taste the best..." Her head was stepped on by Pikekit who was trying to nip at Cloverkit's tail now.

"But then the fighting would've never happened!" Just like that, Troutkit was sucked right back into the battle royale.

Written by Solstice

Edited by Lamb