Here is the sequel to Discovered,
Journey.
Chapter 1
What the heck is wrong with me? I thought.
I then caught my reflection in the pool.
Needless to say, I screamed.
Well, it wasn't really a scream; it was more of a caterwaul.
Now, that would be a problem if I weren't a cat.
But I was.
I was a cat, a cat with short ashy fur to be more specific.
"SHIT!" I screamed, running in circles. "I'M A FREAKIN' CAT!"
"Did you hear that?"
I froze when I heard the voices of more cats coming closer to where I was. I dived into a bush, hoping they wouldn't see me.
"I'm sure I heard someone screaming over here…"
"Dawnstep, your brain must not be working…there's no one here."
I watched warily as a group of six cats came over to the pool of water, dangerously close to the bush where I was watching.
"We're wasting moonlight," a grizzled, blind cat grumbled.
"Relax Jayfeather, there's plenty of moonlight tonight. And not a cloud in sight." A pale tabby soothed.
"It's time," called the cat, Dawnstep?
They padded to the water's edge and lapped up a few drops, then settled down to sleep.
Now's my chance! I thought desperately.
I sprinted out of the bush, keeping close attention to the sleeping cats, though they were too deep in sleep to notice me.
Suddenly, I tripped.
I rolled down the hill, past the slumbering cats, right into the, yes, pool of water with a loud SPASH!
That defiantly woke them up.
They leapt to their feet, hissing and spitting. When they saw me in their pool of water, they exploded.
"What in StarClan are you doing in the Moonpool?" The one called Dawnstep screeched.
"Um…" I coughed. "Drowning?"
"Coldberry, pull her out," Dawnstep ordered. "I don't think she can swim."
It was true. I was one of the fastest swimmers on my swim team, but I wasn't used to this cat body. I flailed my limbs uselessly.
Coldberry sighed and waded in after me. "Keep still," he ordered. "Or you'll take me down as well."
He grabbed me by the back of my neck and tugged me to the shore.
I scrambled to shore and collapsed on the pebbles, gasping.
"Geez, what were you doing in our Moonpool?" A younger cat hissed.
"I already told you, I was drowning!" I panted.
"Sandpaw, be nice," A cream colored tabby scolded. "The poor rogue just fell in, it was just a mistake."
"Sorry Furzecloud," She meowed, thought she didn't sound sorry. "So, what's your name?" Sandpaw meowed, still hostile.
"Yasashii Yoake," I said automatically.
"Whaaaaat?" Furzecloud meowed, baffled.
Let me explain. I've got 2 names – Aylena, and Yasashii Yoake, which means, "gentle dawn" in Japanese.
I sighed. "It means, "gentle dawn" in Japanese," I meowed.
"Hey, come here a minute," the old, grizzled one hissed.
I stood up, but was shoved away by Sandpaw. "Jayfeather means medicine cats," She meowed smugly. "Not loners like you."
I felt my fur bristle. I'm no loner! I thought furiously.
I angled my ears and picked up little bits of Jayfeather's hushed whispers.
"Message. . . StarClan. . . the one. . . time of darkness. . . gentle dawn. . ."
"What the heck are you talking about?" I called coolly. "I'm not deaf, you know,"
Their heads snapped up.
"Look, my name is Yoake, and I don't come from here. I come from a twolegplace. Far from here, there is a freeway. But as I was told, there used to be a forest there."
"A forest!" Sandpaw gasped. "She comes from the Great Forest!"
"There isn't any proof," Furzecloud meowed warily. "There are may forests out there…"
"And four giant trees," I said, warming up. "And a giant rock, and a gorge, and a glowing stone in the highlands!"
"She comes from the old forest!" Sandpaw cheered. "She just described Fourtrees and the Great Rock and the WindClan Gorge and the Moonstone!"
"She has seen much," Coldberry meowed. "Why not incite her into being a medicine cat? I know it is time for you to take on an aprenttice, Jayfeather. This one will learn fast."
"Very well," Jayfeather meowed. "Gentle Dawn, do you wish to join the ranks of us medicine cats?"
"Uhh…" I said stupidly. "Sure?"
I stepped forward and the medicine cats performed a very long, boring ritual that I paid no attention to.
"From this moment forth, your name shall be Dawnpaw. May you find the path your paws take you. Welcome to ThunderClan."
And with that, I was in.
