Hiya my name (username that is) is Petaldawn; you can call me Petal or even Dawn if you want to though.

This is my 3rd Warriors story that I'm doing so I hope you like it :)

Hope peeled her eyes away from the long grass to the trees and looked anxiously back across the grass. No one, should I go? Taking a deep breath Hope dived herself into the trees.

The first thing she did was take in her surroundings, mostly trees, and leaves scattered the wet ground under paw. There were patches of fern or bracken and bramble bushes. Hope also smelt something quite sweet but was unable to identify it.

Thinking about it, Hope really should have informed someone she was leaving but it was too late now. Scampering across the ground, Hope went further into the forest. She looked up, the sun was setting, it would be night soon but Hope wanted to carry on further into the forest.

Soon a small stream was in front of her and suddenly Hope realised how dry her throat and mouth were. She leaned down and gulped down mouthfuls of icy cold water hurriedly. Hope then carefully padded through the small stream and started trotting down a dirt path.

Time went on and soon sunset turned into darkness, and Hope thought it would be best to turn back now. She turned around but stopped suddenly in slight fear.

There was barking, lots of barking and Hope looked around wildly at the forest that continued to get darker. She couldn't see a dog and Hope really hoped that she wouldn't have to. The barking was coming from behind and Hope spun around.

Louder and louder, that's how the barks were picking up volume. But Hope couldn't move, her paws were planted to the ground in terror.

The barking stopped and Hope relaxed a bit but then she heard growling, a low snarl, Hope's fur stood up but still Hope was too scared to run.

All of a sudden there was a loud BOOM of thunder and rain poured down violently, Hope looked up but was suddenly thrown off her paws. Quickly Hope scrambled back to her paws to see a huge black dog staring down at her with cruel brown eyes.

Behind the dog, lighting struck, and the dog lunged.

Yeah, I know, this chapter is REALLY short but I promise u that they will get longer :) Plz review :D

~Petal