"Diesel!" My mother yells out into the woods. My mom never liked the forbidden woods. She never told me why though. She just says that I'm not old enough to know. She sighs. "I really don't want to do this…" She pauses. "But it's for Diesel." She trots off into the woods.
I stare off into the opening the left from. I could still see the sun reflecting off her beautiful orange coat. "Thistlekit wait!" I try to catch up but my paw feels like a bee sting. "Wait…" I stare at the orange cat as she became smaller, and smaller, and smaller. "The first friend I could have had and she runs off as soon as she meets me…" I whisper to myself, on the verge of tears. Just then I hear a rustle in the bush. My ears perk up. I slowly turn to see the rabbit I chased all the way down here. Then I realized that I had to get home. "Oh, mom's going to be so mad!" I look up the hill I fell down. That's way too steep to climb! I thought.
She runs through the woods. She stops to see a bird. Her stomach growls. " I have to keep going." She told herself. She walks a little bit slower this time. "I really should have eaten before I left…" She looks back at the bird. The bird is looking at back at her. " What are you looking at bird…" She yells. The bird flutters away, startled. She slowly walks farther. " I have to keep pushing…" She says weakly.
I look at the bush that Thistlekit left through. I slowly limp over and squeeze myself through. I start slowly making my way down a path. "Hmm... So if I fell that way I should be going…" I try to see myself falling. "Well, I must have hit my head pretty hard… which way did I fall?" I ask myself. I look around. I start to walk forward when I smell something. " Scent Markers!" Just then I heard a voice. I jump into a bush. "What do you think we should do Cloverstar?" A cat says. "I think we should search everywhere. We can't have a rouge wandering around our territory!" "Are you sure, Cloverstar? He's just a kit." The cat protests.
" Poppypaw! You listen to me and only me. Get the patrol and tell them to watch over the border. We can never be too careful."
My mother keeps going. She doesn't stop even for a breath. She hears a rustle in a bush. She stops. Just then she gets pinned to the ground by a black figure. What are you doing on Moonclan territory!" The figure says. She looks up and realizes… "Shadowpaw!" She hisses. "Welcome back old friend. Have you finally decided that being a rouge isn't the better way! Or are you just too scared in the woods on your lonesome." He mocks. " And wheres Swift? Or should I say… Shadowdust?" "Shut it, Fox dung! I'm only here to find my son." She yells at the cat. "Aww, you're such a bad mother that you lose your son? How cute." The cat lowers his voice. "Are you ready to come back?" She stares at the cat with an angry look. " Leave me be. I'll find my son and you tend to your clan."
I'm very still. It feels as if I'm not breathing. "Fine Cloverstar… I'll get the patrol." He starts to walk off. "And once you find him," He pauses. " KILL HIM." He growls.
