My first fanfiction which starts with a rubbishy prologue. But it'll get better later on prommiisseee~
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The sun shone on her silver pelt as she struggled through the twisted paths of the Twolegplace. Her slender paws padded along the gum-covered concrete and her eyes twinkled with the youth of a young cat but the rather unnatural bump on her stomach betrayed her. She had none of the innocence of youth and was instead a mother-to-be. Her name was Velvet and she looked as soft as her name. Velvet was escaping; from her life, which had been a boring thing, sitting and eating rubbish all day and from Domino.
Domino was the father of her kits. But she didn't even know his real name; her sister had started to argue with her one day that his name was actually Scythe and another she-cat told her his name was Riddle. She didn't think about that now; she just kept walking along. Domino had told her that a group of cats had appeared one day near the place of the creatures with thundering paws. He said he'd heard them call it a horseplace, but Domino hadn't really cared about that. He just wanted to soften her up so he could get what all toms wanted.
And now that she was having his kits, he didn't want her anymore. In fact, it was more than that. He wanted rid of her; which happened to be part of the reason she'd finally got up the courage to leave. However, Velvet hadn't counted on how long the journey would be and now she was tiring fast. She felt like she should just lie down and die. But her kits...she had to stay alive, so that they would experience life as happily as she had, before Domino.
So she kept going on, and on, and on and then finally she reached the so-called horseplace. She sighed as she looked at the horseplace. It looked nice and safe and her stomach hurt a lot, presumably from hunger. A faint ripple passed through her but she ignored it, as she thought her stomach was just rumbling with hunger. She knew she had to stay outside by the lake. Domino said the cats that lived by the lake were wild and they'd attack her so she should never go there. But they were her only chance of survival, because there were probably housefolk in that horseplace and they'd force her to live the life of a house cat, and that was something she was trying to get away from.
She passed the horseplace and continued across the moor. She found it a bit strange that she had not seen any other cats yet and consoled herself that she had not managed to get very far into the territory yet. Then her stomach rippled again and the pain worsened. It suddenly dawned on her that she could have been having her kits. She cried out and then flopped to the ground. She could suddenly smell cats; how many, she wasn't sure. But they were coming closer and she could hear them mewing to themselves.
She knew the cats were wild but she was sure that they would at least know about kitbirth. She was scared and alone and weak. So she called out again and again as the ripples rocked her body. She saw one of them peer at her, a scrawny cat with a lot of wiry muscles. He was looking down at her with concern and he was the last thing she saw before she blacked out.
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Velvet woke in a soft bed of moss, nestled round a single kit. She peered at it, a bit confused. She had been sure that there had been more than one moving in her stomach. She looked around her for it and saw only the cat she'd seen yesterday. He looked at her with sadness in his eyes.
"Where are my other kits?" she asked him, sounding panicked.
"Th-they died last night," he said, looking down. "I'm sorry."
For a moment Velvet was silent, overcome with grief. Then she turned to look at her remaining kit, so small and dainty. "I think I'll name her Dainty," she murmured. She turned to look at the tom with her, who seemed a bit surprised, as if for approval. He gave her a nod and came over to lick her forehead. "It suits her perfectly." He did not mention the naming traditions to Velvet; if this kit could prove its worth, it would earn a proper clan name.
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sorry again for this crappy prologue ^^ but this is my first story so don't review me too harsh, please? thanks :)
daintywhiskers~