One word challenge
Autumn was a loner. She never liked other cats, well she id once bu tat's in the past now, right? Today she was out hunting when something caught her eye. She sniffed the air, cat. "Come out where ever you are!" Autumn ordered. Nothing happened after a while so Autumn decided to threaten the cat. "Com out now or I'll hunt you done and rip out your heart!"
"No need to be sour missie." A voice called from the distance.
"I said come out!" Autumn shouted.
A tall thin black tom come out of the bushes. He had orange eyes and he was a bit on the fluffy side. "Who are you?" Autumn asked.
"Grasspaw of Windclan. And you?" Grasspaw asked.
"A cat." Autumn mewed.
Grasspaw rolled is eyes, "I'll call you Missie then until you give you real name."
"Cats have called me worse." Autumn shrugged, "Now, Grasspaw, why are you here?"
"I lost my way way back to camp." Grasspaw answered.
"And that involves me because..."
"It doesn't, Missie, now if you'll excuse me I must be going before it gets dark." Grasspaw began to leave but Autumn decided to stop him.
"What clan are you from?" Autumn asked.
"Windclan." Grasspaw answered obviously annoyed until the question really set in. "Are you from a clan?" he pestered.
"Used to," Autumn sighed remembering her past but stopped. Don't go soft now Autumn. Stay away from the past and it won't become your future. "but that's none of your business." Autumn looked up at th sky. The sun was already beginning to set, "you won't make it before dark so I guess it's best if you come with me fo night. ONLY or tonight. Got it?"
"Of course I do, Missie." Grasspaw smirked. Now it was Autumn's turn to smirk.
She began to walk the way she came. When Grasspaw didn't follow she turned around to face him. "Are you coming or not?" she asked. Grasspaw picked up his pace and tried to walk beside Autumn but she was always one step ahead of him.
Soon they reached a small run down Twoleg shack. "We're going in there?" Grasspaw asked.
"Of course we are! Now hurry up." Autumn answered. She slid in a gap in the shack and Grasspaw wasn't far behind. Inside there two beds of moss.
"Someone is here with you?" Grasspaw asked.
..."No. You take the one to left." Autumn told him. Grasspaw gave a nod of respect and set to walk on his nest. Autumn grabbed a mouse from her fresh kill pile and began to eat. Once Grasspaw was satisfied he lay down and looked at Autumn questionly.
"We're you a warrior?" he asked.
"What?!" Autumn asked almost choking on he mouse.
"Back when you were in a clan, were you a warrior."
Autumn finished the ret of her mouse before answering. "Yes, I was." Autumn answered settling down in her nest.
"In which clan?"
"River, Thunder, Wind or Shadow it doesn't matter. I left and I'm never coming back."
"I'm not asking for you to come back, I was just wondering what tale you have to tell."
"Well, there is no tale to tell. Now go to sleep. You're leaving at dawn." Autun looked over and saw ow scrawny te poor thing was. Stupid code, letting apprentice starve to death while te elders get fat and lazy. "Why don't you get a bite to eat while you're at it." Grasspaw nodded and grabbed he small mouse. "For goodness sake! Just take the rabbit!" Autumn huffed. Grasspaw didn't argue as he trade th scrawny mouse for plump rabbit.
"Thank you." he smiled.
"No ned to thank me. It's my fault you're so scrawny." with that Autumn closed and went into a deep slumber.
...
In the morning Autumn woke to see that Grasspaw was gone. "Grasspaw... GRASSPAW WHERE ARE YOU!" Autumn shouted getting little frighted.
"I'm over here Missie." come a voice. Autunm truned to see Grasspaw with a Jack Rabbit at his feet.
"What's this?" Autunm asked.
"A thank you gift." Grasspaw answered.
"I didn't do much."
"You gave me a place o stay even if you didn't know me."
"You would have been fine on your own."
"I don' know about that. These are dog infestive lands you know."
"Believe me, I know." Autumn snarled remembering the fights she fought to call this place her own.
"Anyways thank you. Now I must go." Grasspaw bowed hs head in respect before starting off. Seeing him go triggered a feeling Autumn hadn't felt for years.
"Did you eat already?" Autumn shouted. Grasspaw turned to face her.
"That wasn't the first Jack Rabbit I caught." Grasspaw smiled. A silence came so Autumn decided to break it.
"Don't tell anyone about me!" she yowled.
"I won't! Will you be here if I ever come back?"
"Maybe, maybe not!"
Grasspaw had come a bit closer so they were a cat away from each other. "It's Autumn." Autumn smiled.
"What?" Grasspaw asked.
"My name, it's Autumn. Now off with you so you can get back to your clan before dark." Autumn smiled.
Greenpaw started off again only tun back once and yell, "You know what, I prefer Missie."
