Tenth story! *applause* Enjoy! Character descriptions at bottom if you get confused.
"Shatter, where on earth have you been?"
Shatter blinked her amber eyes as she entered the small cave. It was burrowed with twigs and rocks, shading from the light. The sun was halfway behind the grounds, and her brother's gaze was flashed from the orange of the sky. His blue eyes were searching her to find an answer on his own, but she jerked her head away from his gaze angrily.
"Getting prey for us. What does it look like?" She raised her head and revealed the mouse in her jaws, along with a baby rabbit. She turned and set it down in the corner of the den.
"It looks like you're late. We agreed that we all should be back here before the sun touches the hills." He said, eyeing the prey she had shown. He narrowed his eyes, and Shatter became worried he would dissaprove of her find. She quickly shook herself out of her scare and scolded herself. She shouldn't be bossed around by her older brother. She opened her mouth to reply, but she was cut off. "I thought one of those Clan cats went and murdered you in cold blood."
That was when she saw the worry in his eyes. He was tracing his paw against the ground in the shadow of the cave. She wondered if he was embarrased, or scolding himself for worrying about her. After all, she was old enough to go on her own.
"You can stop acting like my father." She retorted, not in the mood for his crap. "I can take care of myself."
"Not when it comes to those Clan cats. Where'd you get the rabbit? WindClan territory?" He replied, lashing his tail. She looked over his shoulder to see her three sisters sleeping behind him in the den. It had been a long day. She hissed and walked right past him.
"You don't have to take care of us, you know." She plopped next to her youngest sister Silence and curled up beside her.
"Of course I have to take care of you." His eyes were glistened with anger, but sorrowful.
Shatter sighed, curling up to a comfortable position. "I'm not a kit anymore, and neither are the rest of us." She jerked her head over her paw and gritted her teeth. "You're my brother, not my father." She growled silently before closing her eyes, and moving her belly so that she looked asleep. She heard her brother's paws scuffling to find a place to sleep, and she sighed. She glanced at her sisters, who were all asleep. Or so, they looked like it. Shatter's memories came flooding in once she closed her eyes again, of her mother and father.
They were killed in cold blood before her eyes. It was... horrifying to even think of how they died, though she could never stop and push them away. They always glued themselves to her mind. She squinted her eyes, trying to rest, but it was virtually impossible for her. Her mother's scream echoed in her ears, causing them to flatten and her whiskers to vibrate. She held back a sob, trying to stay quiet.
Sometime in the night, she had slept, for she awoke to the sound of heavy rain, and complete darkness outside. She hated rain. It was like the sky was crying, maybe mourning, for all those lost on cold nights. She stood up, unable to sleep any longer, and padded across the den.
"Shatter?" Shatter turned her head to see Snow's hazel eyes watching her. She looked tired, but restless.
"What?" Shatter replied blankly, turning back to the rainfall outside the den. She heard her sister's pawsteps approaching her.
"What are you doing up?" Snow asked, being extra careful not to step on any tails or paws.
"Just thinking."
"I heard you earlier talking to Soul." She mewed, and Shatter winced slightly, reminded once more that she was parentless, and living only to survive. "We're all only 7 moons or so old, but I do agree we're not exactly kits anymore."
"Age doesn't matter." Both she-cats turned to see Song approaching them, her lime green eyes flashing, and the rain splashing into the den against her silver pelt. "From what we've seen makes us the experience of a 70 moon old cat. What we've seen is something we should never had laid eyes upon."
Shatter frowned, glancing at her sisters. She glanced at Silence, who was still sleeping soundly. She shushed them and pointed to Silence, and they both nodded. "This isn't fair for any of us. We should be doing what our parents told us before they died." Snow mewed, her white pelt shimmered as she turned to groom.
"No, we shouldn't!" Shatter hissed. "They were wrong. The Clans are not our home. The free forest is where we are, and always will live." She held her head up high as the others blinked at her. They both shushed her, and she casted an uneasy glance to her younger sister's brown tabby pelt, though she was still sound asleep, as was her brother.
"We're hardly old enough to care for ourselves." Song mewed, trying to make a point. "It would be safer for all of us if we just-"
"No. I will not step foot into a Clan's home and beg for them to care for us. We will live together, and we will survive." Shatter turned and walked out of the den, and into the rain as a thunderbolt stripped the sky into two halves. Both sisters looked at her in surprise, and leaped into the entrance.
"Shatter, come back!" Snow called.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Shatter hissed through the rain. Another thunderbolt crackled the sky.
"But Shatter..." Song called, but was ignored as Shatter's black pelt dissapeared into the rain. She hissed to herself and turned back into the den. "She'll get herself killed out there, or she'll drown."
"Do you think she'll come back?" Snow stumbled down the den entrance, attempting to land on her paws.
"She'll come back. Her moods are just, round and round these days." Song replied over the rain, looking over her shoulder. "She has a rebellious heart. One day, I swear It'll be the death of us all."
Hey everyone, Stormy here with an all new story :D This will be only 7 chapters, and it's based off the song Sun Goes Down. Anyway, if you're going to get easily confused by each name starting with S, here's character descriptions.
Shatter- Black she-cat with amber eyes. Ambitious, rebellious, and does what she wants.
Song- Silver she-cat with lime green eyes. Very wise, and trys to always do what she is told.
Silence- brown tabby she-cat with dark green eyes. Very shy, and always tries to stick with her siblings. She never speaks out.
Soul- Ash-gray tom with blue eyes. He's very protective and tries to protect his siblings.
Snow- white she-cat with hazel eyes. She is very clumsy, and always ends up being the one with no prey caught, or no fight won.
Please review! This is only an introductory to the story.
~Stormy:D