Aghhh. It's been forever since I've uploaded something on here. Before we get to the actual story I would like to say a couple things. For starters, I won't be uploading as much due to school and other life things, which caused the huge gap since my last upload in the first place. Secondly I know I was in the middle of writing a story "A Burning Hope", but it just wasn't going anywhere I wanted it to. It just wasn't what I was hoping for so I've abandoned it for the time being. I might head back to it and change it up in the future, but until then I will be working on other stories. Anyways, here is what I've come up with so far for a new story.
An unrelenting darkness filled the frigid night air, leaving little light remaining amongst the trees. Rain spattered down hard onto the undergrowth below, soaking everything to their cores. With the tap tap tap of the rain and the boom of thunder overhead, the night seemed alive as ever. Flashes of lightning erupted overhead as everything huddled up in their dens, keeping themselves warm and dry despite the conditions with a few brave birds cawing into the stormy night air. The ground below the trees quickly became covered with wet, sticky mud that seeped into every pore and crack it could find. Everything was peaceful in its own chaotic way.
Yet that peace quickly disintegrated, washed away along with the rain. A sharp panic flashed through the air and a clutter of noise broke out among the dark shadows. The bracken swished as a lithe shape darted through it, not showing much care for the amount of noise that was created in the process. The leaves and undergrowth swooped past the creature's gaze as it hurried through the rough terrain. A second, bulkier shape swiftly moved after the first, picking up speed as it made up the short distance separating them.
The fast, panic-stricken breathing of the slender shape increased as it heard the sounds of pursuit gaining on it. Using all of it's energy it pushed itself forward, hoping to leave the pursuer behind. Instead it met itself face down in the dirt as the pursuer slammed into it, knocking it with great force onto the ground. After a little roll, tumbling over a few plants and a root or two, the shape landed in an open patch of moonlight revealing the slender body of a tortoiseshell she-cat, eyes wide in a panic.
Stepping out of the cover of darkness, the second shape unsheathed its claws as a beam of light exposed the pursuer. A large, muscular tom with a dirt colored pelt padded slowly towards the downed she-cat. His eyes darted back and forth as he bared his teeth menacingly, the moonlight reflecting off of them exposing their sharp tips.
The she-cat, in a state of panic struggled to her paws as she darted away from her attacker. Not thinking of much besides steering clear of the tom she almost ran straight off the edge of a steep cliff, a few rocks being sent tumbling down the edge, only stopping when they reached the bottom. A low growl behind her forced her to turn and face the tom, a dark ferocity deep in his eyes.
"W-Why are you doing this to me? After all we've been through this is what it has come to?" The cat's voice shook with fear as she gazed at the tom "Is this what you really want?" Not giving a response, the tom just continued in on his target, showing no care in the world at what she was saying. Paw slipping, the she-cat barely managed to keep herself from falling over the edge into the dark shadows that awaited below. "Come on now, w-we can work something out, c-can't we?"
After a short attempt of talking her way out of the situation, she gave it up. Seeing as she was making little progress, the tortoiseshell lunged at the tom in a last desperate attempt of escape. She managed to deal a strong swipe on the cat's ear, but with a powerful blow to her side, she went tumbling down the cliff following after the earlier rocks. Her loud screech was quickly cut off as her body slammed into rock after rock, the life being smashed out of the small body. Coming to an abrupt stop as it landed with a loud crack on the ground below, the now motionless body stared blankly into the dark undergrowth, the dark eyes of the murderer still showing brightly in their deep depths.