(A/N: Notice- this is a new and improved introduction, posted on April 16, 2014. Minor changes have been made.)

Episode 1: Introduction

A crowd of cats gathered in a familiar auditorium, sitting in rows of seats in front of a well-lit stage. The show they had once come to see here had ended, but a new one was just beginning, and the stage had been redecorated by the host. The back wall of the stage was now painted a pale pink, and had a giant red heart painted in the center, with several small hearts painted around it. In the center heart, written in yellow paint, was the new show's title: Win a Date with Nightcloud. On the center of the stage floor sat three green plush chairs, with a red plush chair off to the side. A familiar black she-cat sat in the red chair, bouncing slightly, barely able to contain her excitement. On the left side of the stage sat a large, ragged-looking brown tom wearing a sparkly pink sweater and a blue security guard vest. A ginger she-cat sat in front of the stage, holding a brand-new, state-of-the-art camera. When the ginger camera-cat waved her paws, the black cat on stage began her new show.

"Welcome to Win a Date with Nightcloud!" she meowed happily. "I'm Nightcloud, the beautiful, talented, amazing, sweet, lovely host of this all new show, but you all already knew that. I'm sure you've all seen the show I was previously on- The Yellowfang and Nightcloud Show- but now I have a show of my own! I don't have to share the stage anymore! Anyway, now I'm running a game show. I'm sure you all remember that Crowfeather and I are finally done, right? He's back with Leafpool permanently, so I'm single and ready to mingle! This game show is basically a way for me to meet cute toms that I can date. So let me explain how this show works- on each episode, three toms will answer a series of questions, written by me, and I judge their answers based on how awesome they are. The toms are competing for the grand prize- a date with me!"

The ginger director padded up onto the stage to add some more details. "Any tom could appear on the show- ThunderClan, RiverClan, WindClan, or ShadowClan. They could even be from SkyClan! They don't even have to be alive. Seriously, any canon tom has the chance to appear on the show. So, all you toms out there- beware, you might be forced to compete, even if you already have a mate. The only toms that will never be competitors are Crowfeather and Breezepelt- literally any other canon tom can be on the show."

Nightcloud nodded. "Tansy's right. I just don't want a bunch of WindClan toms that I already know to appear. I've already dated most of the living ones. I need more! The toms that do compete on the show will be randomly selected by my scorekeeper, my security guard, and me. The more random the toms, the more fun the show will be!"

"Nightcloud will also be writing her own questions to ask the toms," Tansy added, "and they will be random, too. She's never going to ask 'What's your favorite kind of freshkill?' I told Nightcloud that she can ask anything at all, so long as it's appropriate for our younger viewers. We don't want to scar apprentices and tear the innocence away from kits."

"That's my job," the brown tom in the pink sweater meowed.

Nightcloud glared at the security guard. "No it isn't, Brokenstar. Your job is to keep crazed fans from interrupting the show, dragging unconscious cats off stage, and stopping any fights that break out."

"Do I get to murder anyone?" Brokenstar asked.

"Maybe, if they deserve it," the host meowed. "If Crowfeather interrupts the show, I'll allow it."

Tansy only shook her head, amused by Nightcloud's bitterness toward her former mate. "In conclusion, this is supposed to be a fun show, and Nightcloud and our hostages- I mean contestants- make it fun! Hm...I don't know where 'hostages' came from. We plan on keeping the toms in very nice luxury suites while they wait to appear on the show. We most certainly don't hold them hostage or anything evil like that."

Nightcloud smiled. "This show is going to be awesome, so I'm sorry for the lame pilot. Tansy said there had to be an introductory episode where we explain all the boring stuff. Now that that's all done with, we can finally get on with the game. Let's play Win a Date with Nightcloud!"