Hello and welcome to Pebblewish's Big Book O' Challenges!
My first challenge, My Loyalties, from BlueClan, is about a Clan cat that is torn between loyalty to her Clan and her sense of adventure. Now without further ado, here it is!
My loyalties
Honeyleaf sat at the edge of FernClan territory, staring out at the large mountains in the distance, wondering what surprises they held. She often thought about going and exploring the mountains, but always chose loyalty over adventure. She sighed, and headed back toward camp after one last glance at the vast mountains. After she entered camp, she settled down to eat a sparrow, the thought of exploring the mountains still stuck in her head. She hardly even noticed her friend Willowsun sit down next to her she was so deep in thought. It took Willowsun asking her what she was thinking about to drag her back to the present.
"Oh, nothing important." She lied. Willowsun gave her a look of disbelief but didn't ask about it again.
"So, did you have any luck hunting?" Honeyleaf asked, trying to change the subject.
Willowsun shrugged. "The prey's beginning to come of their holes." She replied.
"Well that's good." Honeyleaf said, than glanced up at the sky, "It's getting dark and I want some rest." She replied. Willowsun nodded, and Honeyleaf padded away to get some sleep.
Honeyleaf woke up a few days later at the crack of dawn. She had decided that today she would explore the mountains. Today was the day she would figure out what secrets the mountains held. Today was the day she had been waiting for her whole life, and yet she was not sure if she could bring herself to do it. She was not sure she could leave everything she had known since the day she was kitted, friends, family, her clan, could she really leave all of that behind and become a rouge? Yes, she had to; she had been waiting for this her whole life. Honeyleaf took a deep breath before she sprinted out of camp and into her territory. As she reached the boundary, she paused and looked back at FernClan territory and everything she would leave behind before crossing the boundary and walking out into the unknown. After that the journey wasn't as hard. With her territory behind her back she continued toward the mountains, which were getting bigger by the second. She walked on until the sun began to set, and she stopped for the night.
In the morning Honeyleaf stretched and decided to hunt. She tasted the air for signs of prey, and picked up a trace of mouse. She followed the trail until she saw the mouse nibbling on a seed. She dropped into a crouch and slowly padded forward careful not to scare the mouse away. When she was sure she was close enough to the mouse she was about to pounce, but then a voice sounded behind her, scaring the mouse away.
"Honeyleaf is that you?" she spun around to see Willowsun standing behind her.
"Willowsun?" she asked in disbelief, wondering how her friend had managed to find her.
"I saw you leave camp," Willowsun explained as if reading Honeyleaf's mind. "So when you didn't come back after nightfall I followed your scent trail until I found you here. What I don't understand though, is why you left." Honeyleaf was surprised, annoyed, and pleased all at the same time. Yes it was her friend who found her, but she had tried so hard to escape unnoticed and had tried to cover her trail as best she could. Though what really bore down on her mind was what she would say to her friend.
"Umm, I've always wanted to explore the mountains." Honeyleaf confessed.
"Will you be coming back?" Willowsun asked.
Yet another tough question, Honeyleaf thought.
"Probably not," she meowed.
"Then I'll come with you!" The comment totally surprised Honeyleaf.
"Do you mean that for real?" she asked.
"Yes," Willowsun replied.
"Then come on!" Honeyleaf exclaimed. "The mountains are still far away yet!" The two cats traveled farther until they reached the foot of the mountain. Honeyleaf gazed up in awe at the large mountain before her that was so tall it touched the clouds.
"What are you waiting for?" Willowsun said to Honeyleaf, "Lets go explore!" Honeyleaf nodded and side-by-side the two friends began to climb the steep rocks
It had been about two moons since the friends had left their Clan and they knew the mountains very well. Honeyleaf smiled as she thought about how much fun she had had when she and Willowsun had arrived. Life in the mountains had become much more boring now, and as Honeyleaf looked over at FernClan territory from the mountain top she couldn't help felling like she had lost something precious. She was considering either returning or exploring somewhere new. Then she made up her mind. She sprinted down to the camp that she and Willowsun lived in, and exclaimed, "Wake up Willowsun, it's time to leave! It's getting boring here. Come on let's go!"
If you want a sequel say so in a review, and if you do, also say if you want them to go back to her Clan or go exploring a new place you can suggest in a review. Thanks! Hope you enjoyed! :)
