Rose waited in the loft of an old barn, awaiting her mate, Darkclaw to return. The dark warrior was out hunting, and would return sa pamamagitan ng twilight. Rose layed in the warmth of the sunset rays that spread across the loft floor. The she-cat snuggled with her newborn litter under the last warmth before nightfall.
Rose thought of her mate, Darkclaw out in the forest, and hoped he would make it back to her safely.
Right then a pair of glowing amber eyes shown in through the darkness. Darkclaw stepped into the light. His lovely dark tabby pelt was covered in dirt, and a tick crawled behind his ear. His hunt was successful, and he dropped a plump vole at her paws.
"Darkclaw, you came back!" Rose purred, and gave him an affectionate lick on the nose.
"I brought you dinner," sinabi Darkclaw. "So how are they?"
The dark warrior nosed the two furry bundles sleeping against Rose's belly fur. He especially liked the one that shared his tabby pelt who slept on tuktok of his sister.
"They are sleeping right now. Thanks for the vole." Rose kalapati into it hungrily, finishing it in a few enormous gulps.
Darkclaw unsheathed his claws, and tore at the woodwork under his paws. "We may have trouble."
Rose's balahibo bristled, and her green eyes widened in terror. "What is wrong?"
"Please. Just relax, Rose. I am sure it is nothing. Just go to sleep. I will keep watch over the loft for the night." Darkclaw sat at the edge of the loft, leaving Rose in her protected nest in the center of the hayloft.
Rose did not ask any questions. She already knew. They were coming for her, to find her, to kill her. Were they following Darkclaw's scent right now in the night? She shivered, and layed her head down in the straw. Sleep did not come to her though. The very thought of danger creeping around outside made her far from sleepy.
The loft was silent for awhile. The mga kuting were sleeping soundly, and Darkclaw kept a silent look out over the edge of the loft. What Rose did not expect was a blood-curdling screech from below.
The air was suddenly full of yowls and caterwauls from the Pusa below. Rose leaped to her paws in an instant. "Darkclaw, what is going on?" she wailed frantically.
"We are being attacked. Run! Get the kits to safety. I'll hold them off!" he hissed. His thick-striped tail lashed angrily.
Rose scooped up the two mga kuting who squealed in protest, and made it a few steps before looking back. "Darkclaw, I can't leave you. What if I never see you again?"
"I will be fine. Now go! There is no time to lose." Darkclaw then vanished from sight, and his bravo yowl chorused with the others.
Rose hurried as fast as she could to the back of the loft where she could slide through a hole in the side of the barn. She licked the two mga kuting comfortingly although she had no comfort to give to them.
Suddenly there was the sound of a cat in pain behind her. Rose whirled around to see her mate, Darkclaw, surrounded sa pamamagitan ng two warriors. The dreaded scent of Shadowclan came over her along with the smell of blood. Darkclaw was bleeding from claw marks running down his back, and his ear was torn badly. Still he stood bravely, hissing threats at the attackers.
"Darkclaw, no!" Rose wailed.
She could only watch as the attackers pinned Darkclaw to the ground, and with a killing bite to his throat Darkclaw was dead. Rose felt tears stinging in her eyes at the sight of her beloved Darkclaw die before her. She wanted to avenge his death, and kill all the maurading Shadowclan warriors, but she remembered Darkclaw's last words before he sprang into battle. She had to get his kits to safety.
Rose did not look back again. She carried her kits through the hole, and ran away from the kamalig into the forest. She did not dare look back. She had to keep running or they would find her. And kill her. She was not ligtas anymore.
She stopped in a clearing deep in the puso of the forest. She was tired, and the mga kuting had to nurse. She stopped for the night in that ligtas spot as far away from the kamalig as possible. She tried to banish the memory of Darkclaw's death from her mind, but it stuck there and played repeatedly in her mind.
"Oh Darkclaw. What will I do without you? Where will I go?" Rose meowed softly. Only her dark tabby kitten would ever remind her of his face again. Out here in the forest she was vulnerable with everything to lose.
Rose thought of her mate, Darkclaw out in the forest, and hoped he would make it back to her safely.
Right then a pair of glowing amber eyes shown in through the darkness. Darkclaw stepped into the light. His lovely dark tabby pelt was covered in dirt, and a tick crawled behind his ear. His hunt was successful, and he dropped a plump vole at her paws.
"Darkclaw, you came back!" Rose purred, and gave him an affectionate lick on the nose.
"I brought you dinner," sinabi Darkclaw. "So how are they?"
The dark warrior nosed the two furry bundles sleeping against Rose's belly fur. He especially liked the one that shared his tabby pelt who slept on tuktok of his sister.
"They are sleeping right now. Thanks for the vole." Rose kalapati into it hungrily, finishing it in a few enormous gulps.
Darkclaw unsheathed his claws, and tore at the woodwork under his paws. "We may have trouble."
Rose's balahibo bristled, and her green eyes widened in terror. "What is wrong?"
"Please. Just relax, Rose. I am sure it is nothing. Just go to sleep. I will keep watch over the loft for the night." Darkclaw sat at the edge of the loft, leaving Rose in her protected nest in the center of the hayloft.
Rose did not ask any questions. She already knew. They were coming for her, to find her, to kill her. Were they following Darkclaw's scent right now in the night? She shivered, and layed her head down in the straw. Sleep did not come to her though. The very thought of danger creeping around outside made her far from sleepy.
The loft was silent for awhile. The mga kuting were sleeping soundly, and Darkclaw kept a silent look out over the edge of the loft. What Rose did not expect was a blood-curdling screech from below.
The air was suddenly full of yowls and caterwauls from the Pusa below. Rose leaped to her paws in an instant. "Darkclaw, what is going on?" she wailed frantically.
"We are being attacked. Run! Get the kits to safety. I'll hold them off!" he hissed. His thick-striped tail lashed angrily.
Rose scooped up the two mga kuting who squealed in protest, and made it a few steps before looking back. "Darkclaw, I can't leave you. What if I never see you again?"
"I will be fine. Now go! There is no time to lose." Darkclaw then vanished from sight, and his bravo yowl chorused with the others.
Rose hurried as fast as she could to the back of the loft where she could slide through a hole in the side of the barn. She licked the two mga kuting comfortingly although she had no comfort to give to them.
Suddenly there was the sound of a cat in pain behind her. Rose whirled around to see her mate, Darkclaw, surrounded sa pamamagitan ng two warriors. The dreaded scent of Shadowclan came over her along with the smell of blood. Darkclaw was bleeding from claw marks running down his back, and his ear was torn badly. Still he stood bravely, hissing threats at the attackers.
"Darkclaw, no!" Rose wailed.
She could only watch as the attackers pinned Darkclaw to the ground, and with a killing bite to his throat Darkclaw was dead. Rose felt tears stinging in her eyes at the sight of her beloved Darkclaw die before her. She wanted to avenge his death, and kill all the maurading Shadowclan warriors, but she remembered Darkclaw's last words before he sprang into battle. She had to get his kits to safety.
Rose did not look back again. She carried her kits through the hole, and ran away from the kamalig into the forest. She did not dare look back. She had to keep running or they would find her. And kill her. She was not ligtas anymore.
She stopped in a clearing deep in the puso of the forest. She was tired, and the mga kuting had to nurse. She stopped for the night in that ligtas spot as far away from the kamalig as possible. She tried to banish the memory of Darkclaw's death from her mind, but it stuck there and played repeatedly in her mind.
"Oh Darkclaw. What will I do without you? Where will I go?" Rose meowed softly. Only her dark tabby kitten would ever remind her of his face again. Out here in the forest she was vulnerable with everything to lose.
Sweetie-What was dat for?
Dina-Shhh, I is hearing something.
Hazelstripe-I is Hazelstripe!
Sweetie-Hazel what da?
Dina-Shhh, let da sexy one speak.
Hazelstripe-I have come to take you to RiverClan.
Sweetie-YAY!!! Wait, what's RiverClan?
Hazelstripe-It is my Clan. Well, da sexy Spiderleg thinks uderwise. You is Sweetcloud, and you is... Er... Um...
Dina-Brightnose?
Sweetcloud-Wow!
Hazelstripe-Now, Sweetcloud, come to meet da sexy Thornclaw.
Brightnose-What about me???
Dragon-I wuv you!!!!!!!!!!
Brightnose-Okay. (Sighs) I hate dragons. I'll have to dump him and find a sexy CAT instead.
To be continued...
"I`m so sorry Spottedflight, Bounceflame is dead"
"Oh, Eaglewing, I know you did your best"
But up in StarClan, Bounceflame was playing happily with his sister, the first time since she was killed sa pamamagitan ng a badger, along with is mother and father.
"Oh, Spottedflight, I`m so sorry about Bounceflame
"Mommy, why is Daddy like that is he sleeping?"
asked Tanglefoot. "Yeah, why is Daddy still sleeping?" asked Quickfeather "Because, my
precious kits, your father has gone to StarClan".
"Will he be back tomorrow, will he play with me?"
asked Ryewind. " uy mouse-brains, Dads not
coming back' answered Pebblestep. "Yeah, Dads
never wakin up again, tonight we`ll sit with him,and
they`ll take him away for good" sinabi Moonleaf.
Even though he was in StarClan,Bounceflame had
watched his boys from up above until they joined him.
"Oh, Eaglewing, I know you did your best"
But up in StarClan, Bounceflame was playing happily with his sister, the first time since she was killed sa pamamagitan ng a badger, along with is mother and father.
"Oh, Spottedflight, I`m so sorry about Bounceflame
"Mommy, why is Daddy like that is he sleeping?"
asked Tanglefoot. "Yeah, why is Daddy still sleeping?" asked Quickfeather "Because, my
precious kits, your father has gone to StarClan".
"Will he be back tomorrow, will he play with me?"
asked Ryewind. " uy mouse-brains, Dads not
coming back' answered Pebblestep. "Yeah, Dads
never wakin up again, tonight we`ll sit with him,and
they`ll take him away for good" sinabi Moonleaf.
Even though he was in StarClan,Bounceflame had
watched his boys from up above until they joined him.
Leafcloud,Windbranch,Splashbreeze,and Twoear are out with their apprentices,Applepaw,Mintpaw, Oakpaw, and Eaglepaw.
Applepaw:" I smell something unusual"
Eaglepaw : " I smell it too."
Oakpaw : "So do I"
Windbranch : " It is probably a rouge."
Mintpaw :" Like the kind of monster ?"
Twoear: " How do you know that "
Mintpaw; " So, I read the back."
Splashbreeze :"YOU CAN READ ?
Mintpaw : "No, the word looked familiar."
All of a sudden a rouge cat jumps out at them,and it is on the Thunderpath, then suddenly a monster roars by, squishing the rouge cat.It is a Rouge car.
Mintpaw : "Well,Leafcloud, I guess you were right in both ways.
Everybody else : "MINTPAW!!!!!!!!!!"
Applepaw:" I smell something unusual"
Eaglepaw : " I smell it too."
Oakpaw : "So do I"
Windbranch : " It is probably a rouge."
Mintpaw :" Like the kind of monster ?"
Twoear: " How do you know that "
Mintpaw; " So, I read the back."
Splashbreeze :"YOU CAN READ ?
Mintpaw : "No, the word looked familiar."
All of a sudden a rouge cat jumps out at them,and it is on the Thunderpath, then suddenly a monster roars by, squishing the rouge cat.It is a Rouge car.
Mintpaw : "Well,Leafcloud, I guess you were right in both ways.
Everybody else : "MINTPAW!!!!!!!!!!"