Cats! The Play! (Just Subtract The cats)

Cats! The play!

(Just subtract the cats)

Characters:

Princess Ginger Rose
Prince Blake Kitten
Queen Rose
King Rose
King Kitten
Queen Kitten

Takes Place: 112 B.M/223 B.D.F

By: Rosie and Daisy

Narrator: once upon a time on a planet called Mewpurrter there lived a princess named Ginger and a Prince named Blake. They were the children of the two ruling families of The Mewpurrter Enchanted Forest…..

(Narrator exits. Ginger enters with Queen Rose)

Ginger: okay so what did you want to tell me?

Queen Rose: your twelve

Ginger: um yeah I kinda already know that

Queen Rose: it’s almost time for you to become ruler

Ginger: well I guess. It's still two months away

Queen Rose: we are deciding to join the two sides of The Enchanted Forest so that we can all live in harmony

Ginger: ….. And how are you planning to do that? (she says worriedly)

Queen Rose: there son in about your age so-

Ginger: NO!!!! I'm not marrying anyone!

(Ginger stomps off angrily)

Queen Rose: Ginger Rose! Come back! YOU HAVE TO MARRY HIM!!!

Ginger: I don't HAVE to do anything! (she yells from off stage)

(King Rose walks on)

King Rose: i assume she did not take the news very well

Queen Rose: i'm not sure what to do

King Rose: don't worry we'll think of something

(King Rose and Queen Rose exit)

Home

Back

(narrator enters)

Narrator: meanwhile over at Prince Blake's castle

(narrator exits. Prince Blake and King Kitten enter)

King Kitten: yeah so you have to marry the princess of the right side of The Enchanted Forest

Blake: WHAT!!!! You don't just say that to someone!

King Kitten: i couldn't think of any other way to tell you. sorry

Blake: who is this princess? I've never even met her

King Kitten: Princess Ginger. You will meet her soon

Blake: whatever

(Prince Blake exits. King Kitten exits from the opposite side)

(narrator enters)

Narrator: meanwhile Princess Ginger is leaving her castle…

(Narrator exits. Princess Ginger Rose enters)

Ginger: i Can't believe her. My mom really thinks that i'm just going to marry this idiot. Yeah right. No thank you! Oh she just expects me to meet this kid like once! And then fall in love with him! I'm never going back to that stupid castle. I'd rather live out in the woods for the rest of my life!

(Blake enters. Ginger accidentally walks into him because she isn't paying attention to where she is going)

Ginger: oh sorry. I wasn't paying attention to where i was walking

Blake: its okay.

Ginger: who are you? I've never seen you before.

Blake: im prince Blake of the left side of the enchanted forest.

(Narrator enters. Scene pauses)

Narrator: Ginger decided that she didn't want to tell Blake who she was because she didn't know if he wanted to marry her or not.

(Narrator exits. Scene unpauses)

Ginger: oh.. Hi Blake. Im… Rose.

Blake: oh cool.

Ginger: wait didn't you say you were the prince of the left side of The Enchanted Forest?

Blake: yeah?

Ginger: then what are you doing on the right side?

Blake: wait this is the right side? I thought it was the left. Oops i guess i just kept walking not paying attention to where i was going. My parents made me really mad so i was just trying to walk as far away from them as possible.

Ginger: how did your parents make you mad?

Blake: they said there was this princess named Ginger that i'm going to have to marry.

Ginger: well do you want to marry her?

Blake: NO WAY!!! I haven't even met her yet!

Ginger: wow. Your parents really expect you to marry someone that you've never met! That's pretty evil.

Blake: yeah really. So what are you doing walking around in the forest by yourself?

Ginger: ran away from home.

Blake: really! Why?

Ginger: my parents

Blake: what did they do?

Ginger: oh… you know… just….. Refused to get me a cat.

Blake: oh…. You ran away because they didn't get you a cat? Isn't that a little dramatic?

Ginger: it was more than just the cat. But it doesn't matter. Soooo anyway i have to go to my tree house and set it up so i can live in it.

Blake: wait!

Ginger: yes

Blake: you said your name was Rose right?

Ginger: yeah

Blake: Rose, can i please come stay with you in your tree house. I want to run away too. But i don't have anywhere to go.

Ginger: …. Um.. well… i

Blake: please!

Ginger: i.. But i don't even really know you. We just met

Blake: yeah… i guess.

Ginger: okay well i have to go now. Maybe we can hang out tomorrow.

Blake: oh okay. Well i guess i'm just going to go back to my castle.

Ginger: okay good luck with your parents!

(Ginger exits)

Blake: great! (sarcastically)

(Blake exits. Narrator enters)

Narrator: Blake went back to his castle to try to face his parents. And Ginger Rose went to her tree house.

(narrator exits. Ginger enters)

Ginger: Yay! I’m finally at my tree house! It seemed as if it took foreverrrrrr. I wonder how Blake is doing. I mean i feel bad for the kid. He had to go back and face his parents. I’m glad I have this tree house to hide in. I hope he doesn’t come back and actually hang out with me tomorrow! If he does I’ll probably feel guilty and be tempted to tell him the truth about who I am. Well I mean I did kinda tell him the truth. I told him my name was Rose which is true. My name is Ginger Rose so Rose is technically my name. Or at least part of it. I wonder what would happen if he found out that I was Princess Ginger Rose. oh i should probably just forget about it, i have more important things to worry about like what i'm supposed to sleep on. I think i've heard of a town near by i think it's called Kitten Town. Yeah! Kitten town! I'll go there and see if any of the stores sell any blankets.

(ginger exits. Blake enters)

Blake: Mom! Dad! Im home!

(king and Queen kitten enter)

King kitten: Where were you!

Queen kitten: we were so worried about you!

Blake: i went out. That's all.

King kitten: fine. Now go up to your room and pick out your best outfit for tomorrow.

Blake: why?

Queen kitten: princess Ginger and her parents are coming over tomorrow for lunch, so that you and princess Ginger can meet.

Blake: fine..

(Blake exits)

King kitten: why is he so against marrying this princess?

Queen kitten: i don't know.

(king and queen kitten exit. Narrator enters)

Narrator: the next day Blake packed a bag and at sunrise climbed out his window and went to the place where he had met Ginger i mean Rose the day before. He hoped she would be there, but when he got there he was alone.

(narrator exits. Prince Blake enters)

Blake: Rose! Can you hear me! Rose!!!! Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose! Rose!

(ginger enters and rubs her eyes)

Ginger: what in Mewpurrter do you want! Its five o’clock in the morning!!!!!

Blake: i ran away from home too!

Ginger: good for you. (ginger grumbles)

(ginger begins to exit)

Blake: Rose, wait! Where are you going!?!

Ginger: to bed. Now bye..

(ginger begins to exit again)

Blake: wait..but...we….i….um…

Ginger: look, i don't even know you, We met yesterday, were not friends, and if you want to run away from home then good for you, but i have myself to worry about. So bye

(ginger exits)

Blake: wait! Come back!

(Blake runs off after Ginger. Enter king and Queen Rose)

Queen Rose: have you seen ginger?

King rose: no… oh no. you don't think she would..

Queen Rose: no she wouldn't.. She couldn't run away!

King Rose: i don't know. She was really upset about having to marry prince Blake.

Queen Rose: lets go check her room to see if there are any clues of where she might be.

King rose: good idea.

(king and queen Rose exit. Ginger and Blake enter)

Ginger: what do you want!?!

Blake: well. You seem nice.. Can you please help me! I need to figure out how to run away. I don't want to go back to my castllllllllllllle!

Ginger: if you don't shut up right now then i will drag you back to your castle.

Blake: sorry.

Ginger: well i guess i could help you a little, but you are not living in my treehouse with me. I know a nice cave nearby…

Blake: you expect me to live in a cave?

Ginger: okay how about this. I live in a cave. You can have my treehouse.

Blake: you would do that!?! But i couldn't let you live in a cave while i was living in a treehouse. I would feel to bad about it.

Ginger: don't worry about it. I was planning to move into the cave anyway.

Blake: okay. Then great! Thank you so much!

(blake is about to hug ginger and ginger pushes him away)

Ginger: dont think were friends or anything.

Blake: oh.. But if we aren't friends then why are you giving me your treehouse?

Ginger: well i was planning to move into the cave anyway so i have no use for the treehouse anymore.and your running away from home too so i feel like i should be nice. If i wanted to run away but i didn't have anywhere to stay then i'd appreciate it if

someone let me have a place to stay. Now let's go. If i'm going to give you my treehouse then you're going to help me move my belongings to my cave.

Blake: okay

(Blake and Ginger exit. King and queen Rose enter)

Queen rose: GINGER IS GONE!

King rose: the note in her room said she's running away. We can just find her

(a telephone rings. King rose answers it)

King rose: hello?

(someone mumbles something from the other side of the phone)

King rose: ginger is missing too. We’ll send all our guards to look for them.

(someone mumbles from the other side of the phone)

King rose: yes. Okay, bye.

(king rose hangs up the phone)

Queen rose: who was it?

King rose: it was queen kitten. Prince blakes mom.

Queen rose: yes, i know who she is. What did she say?

King rose: prince blake is missing too. They are sending all there guards out to look for him and ginger. I told them we would do the same

Queen rose: prince Blake is missing too!

King rose: lets go send out all the guards to look for them.

Queen rose: right!

(queen and king rose exit. Blake and ginger enter)

Ginger: thanks for helping me move my stuff out of my treehouse

Blake: no problem, but it wasn't very difficult. All you own is two backpacks full of clothes and other stuff and a little bookshelf. You could’ve moved it yourself.

Ginger: yeah i could've, but it was easier to let you move all of it for me.

Blake: (rolls eyes) yeah. I bet it was.

(ginger looks up at the sky)

Ginger: oh gosh! It’s getting dark. I've gotta get back to my cave.

(ginger starts to walk away)

Blake: rose!

Ginger: yes?

Blake: uh… i mean. Do you have to go?

Ginger: well yeah... It's getting dark.

Blake: oh yeah.. So we hang out tomorrow. Right?

Ginger: um. Well,don't think were friends or anything, its just one kid helping out another. But yeah, i guess we could hang out tomorrow. It's not like i've got anything better to do.

Blake: yay!

Ginger: yeah….. Well bye

(ginger exits)

Blake: okay, bye!

(After Ginger is definitely out of earshot)

Blake: rose is so amazing! She doesn't even know me and she still lets me have her treehouse! And i even get to hang out with her tomorrow! I know she says we’re not friends, but i think she does want us to be friends. Yay!

(Blake exits. Ginger enters)

Ginger: wow! My very own cave! This place is 10 times better than my treehouse. I was so glad to get rid of that old thing. Oh yeah, and now i have something to do instead of just sit around my cave all day! Instead i get to go hang out with blake. Yay! (she says half enthusiastically) ….i guess. Whatever, he seems kinda nice. I can't believe that i would have had to marry him if i had stayed in my castle. Gross! I don't want to marry that idiot. Well maybe we can be friends, but just friends. Never anymore than that! Oh, i guess i should go to bed now.

(ginger exits. Narrator enters)

Narrator: the next day…….

(narrator exits. Ginger enters with an axe. ginger hums a little song while skipping across the stage. Blake enters)

Blake: ahh!

Ginger: oh. Hi!

Blake: Rose, what are you doing with an axe!?! And more importantly, where did you get and axe!?!

Ginger: i've always had the axe. I took it when i ran away from my castle. And i'm using it to go chop down a tree!

Blake: so you weren't coming to kill me?

Ginger: why would i kill you? You're not worthy of being slain by my axe.

Blake: oh wow, for a second i thought you actually implied that you wouldn't kill me cause were friends. I guess i was wrong

Ginger: oh sorry i wasn't listening. My axe was telling me that we should stop talking to you and go shop down a tree

(ginger smiles and laughs a little bit. Blake rolls his eyes)

Blake: can i help you cut down a tree

Ginger: i guess. Lets go

(blake and ginger exit. Queen and king kitten enter)

Queen kitten: all of the guards are looking for Blake and ginger

King kitten: good. I checked in with king and queen rose again. All there guards are looking for them too.

Queen kitten: it’s almost been two days since Blake went missing. What if… what if he never comes back!

King kitten: don’t worry we will find him. Let’s go help the guards look for him

(Queen kitten nods. Queen and king kitten exit. Blake and ginger enter with stacks of firewood in there arms)

Ginger: thanks, I guess

Blake: for what?

Ginger: for helping me get firewood. You can keep the amount you cut up. Here set it down and I’ll organize it.

Blake: okay

(Blake and ginger both set down there firewood. Ginger takes half of Blake’s stack and puts it on her own)

Ginger: there that seems right

Blake: what! I cut down way more than that!

(Ginger moves one price back to his stack)

Ginger: there. Does that seem better?

Blake: yes, much better. Anyway, what are you even going to do with the firewood?

Ginger: burn it. Obviously!

Blake: that’s not what I meant

Ginger: (laughs) it gets really cold in my cave overnight so I’m going to make a little fire to make the cave warmer.

Blake: oh okay, that makes since. It doesn’t get to cold in my treehouse so I won’t probably really use the firewood that much

Ginger: oh okay. Then can I take all of if?

Blake: no! I get what I cut down. That’s fair.

Ginger: but your not going to use it. So….

Blake: well I could use it right now…

(Blake walks over and starts making the wood into more of a campfire kind of shape so he can start a fire)

Ginger: what are you doing?

Blake: um. Making a fire.

Ginger: I see that. But why?

Blake: because I have no other purpose for the wood…

Ginger: okay, well I’m going back to my cave.

Blake: oh, but, I,we...nevermind

Ginger: what did you expect. For me to sit next to the fire with you and hold your hand?(she says teasingly)

Blake: um… maybe….

Ginger: maybe one day. But you shouldn’t start a fire out here. All the guards from your castle are searching for you and a fire would probably make you just get caught.

Blake: oh okay. Wait.. did you just say that maybe we could hold hands one day?

Ginger: maybe.. I’ve gotta get back to my cave. I’ll see you tomorrow.

Blake: does that mean we’re friends?

Ginger: no. Not yet. Bye

Blake: bye

(Blake and ginger grab there fire wood and exit from opposite sides. Narrator enters)

Narrator: and so ginger went back to her cave, and Blake back to his treehouse. But in the night something unexpected happened…

(Narrator exits. Blake is lying on a little makeshift bed thing on the ground. Guard one and two enter)

Guard 1: (whispering) we puns him!

Guard 2: (whispering) one, two, go!

(The two guards rush over and grab Blake’s arms, lift him up, and put his hands behind his back)

Blake: get away from me!!! Leave me alone! Rose! Help!

(The two guards drag Blake off)

Blake: ROSE!! (Offstage)

(Narrator enters)

Narrator: the next morning..

(Narrator exits. Ginger enters into the tree house)

Ginger: Blake! Where are you! Hmmm… I wonder where he is…

(There are two people taking from outside the treehouse)

Ginger: oh no!

(Ginger runs and hides. Guard 1 and 2 enter)

Guard 2: why did prince Blake have to leave his backpack here! Now we had to come all the way back.

Guard 1: well we did drag him out of here with no warning..

Guard 2: oh yeah. We did.

(Guard 1 grabs Blake’s backpack and guards 1 and 2 exit. After she is sure they’re gone ginger comes out from her hiding spot)

Ginger: oh no! Blake was taken back to his castle!

(Ginger runs off in the direction Blake was taken)

Ginger: Blake! I’m coming!(offstage)

(Blake enters)

King kitten: stay in there until we can figure things out! (Off stage)

(Blake runs over and starts hitting the door. He slowly falls down and starts to cry and then sits with his back on the door)

Blake: why! Why did this happen! But rose will come and save me. I know she will! Right? ...well, she did say we weren’t friends. Oh cats! I’m such an idiot! I should of just told her that I like her. Now I will never get the chance. I’ll be stuck in this stupid room for days! And then I’ll have to marry that stupid princess ginger kid.

(He hits the back of his head on the door)

Blake: dang it!

(Queen kitten enters)

Blake: what do you want?

Queen kitten: I just wanted to ask you why you ran away?

Blake: because. I don’t want to marry some idiot I’ve never met.

Queen kitten: well now you don’t have to.

Blake: what?

Queen kitten: princess ginger ran away too. And they haven’t been able to find her yet! i don't think they will find her. She's known as the best hider in the kingdoms. If she wants to disappear then she can.

Blake: yes! I don’t have to marry her! Wooooo!!!!!!

Queen kitten: it’s not good. Her parents are very worried. For all we know she might not even be alive. She could never come back!

Blake: well I didn’t want to come back. I liked my little house. And I liked my new friend. But you took all that away from me!

Queen kitten: new friend? What new friend?

Blake: her name is rose. She’s really nice.

Queen kitten: yeah, you stay here. I have to go look into something

Blake: okay. Bye.

(Queen kitten exits)

Ginger: hey! Blake! Over here!(she whispers from outside a window)

Blake: rose! I’m in here!

(Ginger enters from window)

Ginger: you okay?

(Blake runs over and hugs ginger)

Blake: I thought you weren’t coming! I thought you were gonna to leave me here!

Ginger: well why would I do that?

Blake: I don’t know. You said we went friends. So...so I thought you wouldn’t come and rescue me..

Ginger: don’t worry I’m here. Now let’s go. You coming?

Blake: course I am!

(Ginger takes his hand in hers)

Ginger: let’s go.

(Blake and ginger start to walk toward the window. Queen kitten rushes in)

Queen kitten: okay Blake rose is actually.. Wait! What are you doing?!

Blake: rose! Run!

(Ginger and Blake start to run toward the window)

Queen kitten: wait Blake! That’s the girl who-

(Blake and ginger are gone out the window by now)

Queen kitten: (lowering her voice) that’s the girl who you’re supposed to marry… GUARDS!!!

(Queen kitten exits. Guard one and two enter)

Guard 1: okay, queen kittens orders were to find princess ginger and prince Blake. They couldn’t of gotten that far. So where are they!

(Blake and ginger enter)

Ginger: oops…

Guard 2: get them!

(Guard one and two chase ginger and Blake around the stage. Ginger and Blake run off after a minute and guards 1 and 2 follow them)

Guard 1: come back here! (Offstage)

(King and Queen rose and king and queen kitten enter)

King rose: have your guards found them yet?

Queen kitten: no. Although if they don’t find them I don’t think we ever will.

Queen rose: how come?

Queen kitten: because Blake likes ginger.

Queen rose: then why won’t they just get married then?

King kitten: ginger likes Blake and Blake likes ginger. The problem is that only ginger knows Blake is the boy she is supposed to marry. Blake has no clue that ginger is princess ginger.

Queen kitten: he even thinks her name is rose. Instead of ginger

King rose: oh no! If they don’t find them now and then they never will! Ginger has always wanted to live in the woods and now Her chance. She’s even found someone who wants to live with her in the woods

Queen rose: and ginger is the best hider in the kingdoms. If she doesn’t want to be found, which she doesn’t, then she won’t be. This is awful!

King kitten: well think in the bright side! At least… there still alive! That’s positive!

Queen kitten: you’re right! We can’t give up!

(Guards one and two enter)

Guard 2: I’m sorry

Guard 1: we lost them.

Guard 2: there gone

King rose: nooooooo!!!!

(King rose runs off)

Queen rose: what happened?

Guard 1: we were chasing them. And then they ran behind some trees and were gone.

Guard 2: we scoured the area. But there’s not even a trace.

Queen kitten: there gone.

King kitten: yep. We can’t find them now. Let’s go back to our castle

(King and Queen kitten exit. Queen rose exits. Guard one and two exit. Blake and ginger enter into gingers cave)

Ginger: yay! We’re finally back to my cave(panting)

Blake: that was a lot of running(panting)

(Blake sits down in the corner)

Ginger: you okay?

Blake: why did you save me?

Ginger: oh..I..well.. I guess because… you seem nice?

Blake: is that really your reason?

Ginger: ..(admitting defeat) no. I came to rescue you because I care about you. I know I haven’t known you long, but the fact that you were in danger or that I would never be able to see you again.. that sounds awful. I don’t want that to happen

Blake: (smiles a little) I don’t either

(Ginger walks over and sits next to him)

Ginger: don’t worry, I promise we will stay together.

Blake: hey rose?

Ginger: yeah?

Blake: where am I going to live now?

Ginger: I guess… you could come live with me.. only if you want of course.

Blake: yeah. I’ll come stay with you.

Ginger: let’s go get your stuff from the treehouse.

Blake: what about the guards?

Ginger: trust me. They’ve given up already. They know they can’t find me. I’m too good at hiding.

Blake: okay.

(They stand up and exit. Narrator enters)

Narrator: well… that was… interesting. I guess the two kingdoms never got joined together.. and ginger and Blake lived in that cave together for the rest of their lives… and Blake never found out that rose was actually ginger rose, the princess he was supposed to marry..

Well, that was a plot twist.

(Narrator exits. Everyone comes out and take there bows)