Chapter 1-A New Home
Graystripe snarled and resisted as a Twoleg picked him up. "GO! RUN!" he cried to Cloudtail and Brightheart. As the two cats pelted out the door, the Twoleg carrying Graystripe put him into a cage. As the Twoleg walked with the cage Graystripe was forced back and forth as the cage swayed back and forth. Graystripe saw that the Twoleg was taking him into a monster. Seeing the monster, Graystripe panicked. He tried to escape the cage but was soon forced into the monster.
As the monster rolled away, he could see Cloudtail and Brightheart hiding in the bushes. At least Cloudtail and Brightheart are safe. I completed my mission. Oh, Firestar will be very upset. Graystripe looked out an invisible barrier. He saw Cloudtail and Brightheart retreat to safer parts of the woods. Graystripe was lying in the cage for many long hours. He decided to take a nap.
When he awoke he saw it was sundown and he saw some mountains out the window. "That's probably where Brambleclaw and Squirrelpaw went. Hopefully they can handle all that snow."
"What's the pretty, kitty purring about now?" said the Twoleg in a way that a queen talks to her kits. Graystripe hissed at the Twoleg. Graystripe set him head on his paws and fell asleep again.
This time when he awoke he saw that it was about sun down and the monster stopped. The Twoleg got out and took Graystripe with him. There was a nest in front of Graystripe and the Twoleg walked into it.
"Hello. So how was work Kyle?"
"Great, Hannah."
"What's in that cage?"
"A surprise for the family. I found him in the woods. Lisa, I'm home and I got something for you!" A Twoleg kit ran down some weird rocks (stairs) and greeted the Twoleg named Kyle. "Lisa, I found this cat in the forest. I thought you would like him." Kyle opened the cage and Graystripe ventured out into the nest. The ground under his feet was soft like fur.
"Oh daddy...he's adorable. Mommy, what should we call him?" The Twoleg kit named Lisa picked up Graystripe and stroked his fur. Graystripe liked the feeling so he didn't resist.
"You decide."
"How about Winter?"
"Sounds good to me."
"Ok, so Winter it is." Said the Twoleg named Hannah, "Autumn come here." A golden tabby she-cat came trotting into view. "Autumn, this is Winter. Winter, this is Autumn." Graystripe looked at Autumn in awe. He had never seen a more beautiful cat in his life. The way the sunlight hit her pelt, it shone as bright as Starclan in the Silverpelt.
"Try not to drool." Autumn remarked. Graystripe shook his head and walked off.
"I know it doesn't seem so, but I though this would cheer you up, Hannah. You haven't been the same since Rusty ran away, I thought moving here would help. I guess not. But this cat is from the forest Rusty ran away to."
Graystripe's ears perked up when he heard 'Rusty'. That was Firestar's kittypet name! Wait, this was Firestar's Twoleg family? He did mention one time about a tabby she-cat being their new kittypet. What are the odds of this?
"Kyle, Winter is beautiful and I think he will be prefect." Graystripe looked for anything that looked like the dens he was used to. Nothing.
"Hey brainless!" called Autumn, "Your bed is right there." Graystripe looked where Autumn pointed to. It was a white nest. When he felt it if was like a rabbit's soft fur but softer. Graystripe stepped into the small nest and curled up into a ball. The tom was so uncertain of his new surrounding and what dangers lurked there, but tiredness got the best of him and he fell asleep.
Just to let everyone know...just because Graystripe's kittypet name is Winter, I am still calling him Graystripe. It all plays out later on.