I do not own Warriors, Erin Hunter does.
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Chapter II
The sun was high in the sky before the two cats met each other beside the tree, each carrying their prey in their jaws. In Sunlight's case, that is. A sheepish Moon was ambling up to the tree, going up to his companion.
Sunlight grinned.
"Where's your catch?" he asked mischievously, his tail flicking in amusement when he saw Moon with no prey in his mouth. "A mouse? A bird?"
Moon made a face.
"I don't know...nothing. I just couldn't keep the twigs from snapping under my feet. Everything I tried to get head me coming,"
"Oh, really?" Sunlight meowed tauntingly. "Are you sure? Not even a shrew?"
Moon sighed.
"I'm sure."
Sunlight got up, revealing a small pile of fresh-kill that had been concealed behind him.
"I, on the other hand, had great luck in hunting," he meowed pompously. "I have here a mouse, a thrush, and another mouse. Easy as...anything."
Moon looked down, dejected.
"I guess I'll just eat berries or something then," he meowed, trying to sound exited. "At least I don't have to chase them,"
Sunlight looked down, then back up, a little guilty he had teased his friend.
"Don't worry, Moon. I won't let you go hungry." he mrrowed, slightly embarrassedly. "You can have some of what I caught. And, you know, if it makes you feel any better, I didn't think I'd catch anything, either. But it turns out I can be pretty quiet when I want to be..."
Moon smiled with the same touch of embarrassment. "Thanks..." he meowed, trailing off. "I appreciate it. You really are my best friend, you know."
The awkwardness of the usually nonexistent sincerity made both quiet for a second.
Then Moon spoke up.
"What are we waiting for?" he meowed. "I'm hungry!"
Not too long after, the two had finished the prey, and with their bellies full, were now discussing the direction in which to go.
"I think we should try and go deeper into the forest," Moon meowed, trying to wipe off some dirt he had gotten on his paw by rubbing it on the tree. "We might find another place like this one--" he gestured towards the tree, "and then we can just keep going from place to place. It'll be fun!"
Sunlight frowned.
"But what about finding a place to stay...with other cats?" he meowed. "And the forest gives me a bad feeling...I already scented something strange while hunting...and it smelled big. We can't just keep wandering on forever. We need to settle somewhere. And the forest is too huge."
"But there's so much prey! And you can teach me how to hunt your way, you know. And we've been okay so far, haven't we?" Moon protested, still rubbing his paw.
"Moon..." Sunlight mewed, deciding to voice a concern he'd had ever since he'd decided to run away from his former life, "There are some things out there that are dangerous, you should know that. And, well, you know, I don't really think we can face them. Not how we are now. Our claws are clipped--they won't grow back for a few weeks. And...face it, Moon, there are only two of us. Somewhere out here there's going to be something that can take us on...and win."
Moon looked at Sunlight oddly.
"It can't be...too bad, though, right? Other cats can do it, I've heard of them."
Sunlight sighed.
"That's what I've been thinking about." he replied. "Those cats have lived outside all their life, though. They're used to it. But we...we've always lived inside with our owners. They've always protected us. And I don't think we really know what danger is. I mean, who knows how many things we've overlooked because we've never had to face them before."
"You sound really different from when you said you wanted to leave," Moon meowed.
"I know, Moon. But then...it was a fast decision. And it really hadn't all soaked in until now...that we could be in real danger out here."
Ah, it ends on a serious note. Sunlight is doubting...oh dear. Please, to everybody who reads this, review! I've gotten 30 hits...and 2 reviews. Imagine if the rest of you reviewed...even if they were anonymous, I wouldn't mind. Imagine me getting 30 reviews with two chapters...it would be wonderful!