22: Columba


    Brick leaps onto the stage, eyes glistening with excitement. "Hello! It's me, Brick! Welcome back to Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Stars!" He looked around, smiling. "So, today, we will be meeting... Dovewing!"

An iridescent light shone down brightly on a pale gray she-cat, and she walked boldly up to Brick.

Brick nodded in response to Dovewing's action, then he gazed out at the crowd of cats. "So, in a few heartbeats, you will realize how coincidental it was, for Dovewing to present this constellation tonight." He purred, squinting his eyes. "So, Dovewing, why don't you tell this nice posse of cats all about this constellation?"

Dovewing's voice lifted and she instantly took the floor. "Thank you, Brick." She murmured. Then she propped herself up, and waved her haunches excitedly. "Ready!" She exclaimed. "So, basically, this wonderful constellation, Columba, represents the dove. Also known as me. The constellation was obviously named after me!" She declared.

Some annoyed hisses could be heard in the crowd.

"The beautiful constellation was introduced by a twoleg named Petrus Plancius, in the 16th century, which I'm guessing," she giggled, "is many moons ago!" Her tail flicked in amusement, although no cat in the audience was laughing.

"It was originally named Columba Noachi, or Noah's Dove. Thank StarClan it was changed! I like Columba much better..." She batted her eyes, smoothing out her pelt.

"Columba Noachi was in reference to the dove that signaled to Noah that the great flood was receding." Then, her eyes brightened. "That's just like me, how I saved the clans from the drought!"

She pondered about this, and then puffed out her chest. "See, the cats of StarClan liked me so much, they made a star formation after me!"

A cat in the crowd let out an angry protest. "Flea-brain! You weren't even born when they discovered this!"

Dovewing stared intensely at him. "StarClan obviously knew I was going to be born, so they made it a few moons early."

The tom just huffed, muttering absentmindedly to himself. "Okay..."

"Now, I'm going to show you the amazing formation they choose to represent Columba." She purred, and pressed a button.

"Look at that! Look at that!" She urged loudly, pacing around the edge of the stage. "It's so beautiful!"

Cats just stared blankly at it, not daring to say a word that could upset the she-cat.

"Like, StarClan loves me. I'm the perfectest cat for the role of Columba." She mewed, beaming.

Brick quickly padded up to her. "I have literally no idea what you are talking about. You're probably confusing everyone. And perfectest is not a word." He told her, nudging her along. "That's all the time we have cats, good night!"

He ran off the stage, pupils dilating as he noticed Dovewing wanted him. "Wait! Brick!" She called, sprinting madly after him. "I still need to finish!!!"

The fiery ginger tom and the pale gray she-cat raced off into the trees, Dovewing's voice barely audible now that they were so far away. "Brick!"

Done by Animal! :3

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