Autumn Cat

by Luna-Claw

Deer is a cat that has lived in a twoleg place all her life, but soon she has to run away from lurking dangers. In her panic she could only think of one place to go. The forest. She soon becomes a apprentice of Sandclan. During her time as a warrior she discovers a lot about herself, and her history. Rated T for gore.

1. Prolouge

Prolouge-

WHAM! The squirrel stood no chance against Deer's lethal paws. "Did you see that LightLeaf? Did you see it?" Deer asked eager to know. "Yes, that was great, you are turning into an amazing hunter." LightLeaf purred softly, her dark cream fur nearly glowing in the light of the sun. "Yeah! And-"she stopped half mewl as she noticed the fattest pigeon she had ever seen. It was crossing one of the many thunderpaths that crossed the twoleg place that they lived in. Stupid bird. She thought. "Might as well get it." She mewed under her breath.

Her stalking was perfect, she made sure none of her paws touched a leaf, her body was low enough that the pigeon didn't see it and high enough that she just skimmed the top of the leaves. She was so close now. Just another paw step and she could pounce. And… Now! She yowled in her head. One of her paws landed on its neck and the other on its head, it was instantly dead. It was weak but plump for this time of leaf fall. "GET OFF OF THERE!" LightLeaf yowled from the side of the thunderpath. What happened to her? She asked silently. Deer swerved left and then right. "I don't see a-"Her mew dropped dead as she saw a monster racing towards her.

Her paws froze to the ground.

She was going to die.

This was the end to her short life.

Silence.

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Deer's paws flailed in the air as she was pushed off of the thunderpath. She hit the ground with a thud and blacked out.

Deer's vision was blurred. She barely remembered a thing. A monster was heading towards me! She jerked her head up immediately as the thought crossed her mind. "Ouch!" she meowed, I'm moving to fast. She thought to herself. She slowly stood. Her feet were wobbly from when she was pushed off the thunderpath. Pushed off! She nearly mewed out loud as she remembered what happened. She was confused but she knew one thing for sure, somebody was hit by the monster and it wasn't her. The only other cat with her was… "No!" she yowled at the thought of her mother as she jerked her head to face the thunderpath. And there was the exact thing she hoped not to see.

LightLeaf's corpse laid on the thunderpath, her body was crushed. A few of her ribs were drenched in blood as they poked out of her chest. A small trail of blood trickled from her mouth. "LightLeaf!" Deer's yowl ended as a sob as she bounded over to her mother.