Chapter 2
"Who are you?" Hazel asked, pushing the dark gray lump off her and getting to her paws.
"I'm Stonepool. Sorry for that."
Stonepool? Weird name... Hazel thought, her green eyes roaming over his pelt. It was messy and unkept, and he had an air of desperation about him. He had friendly gray eyes that sparkled when she looked at him.
Hazel thought for a second.
"Do you have housefolk?"
Stonepool looked confused. "Housefolk?"
"You know... they live in houses... in towns..." But this only seemed to confuse Stonepool more. Then his eyes flooded with understanding as Hazel groomed herself, for her fur had been ruffled when Stonepool had jumped on her.
"Oh! You're a kittypet!" Stonepool exclaimed nodding his head thoughtfully.
"Kittypet?" Hazel asked, pausing in her grooming with a confused flick of her tail.
"Yeah a cat that lives with Twolegs," he paused, glancing towards Hazel's home, "or, as you call them housefolk."
Hazel nodded in understanding.
"Look, sorry but I have to go."
Stonepool meowed, glancing behind him.
"Do you know the way back to the forest?"
Hazel nodded, "Follow me."
She led him back to the outskirts of her Twoleg's town. Stonepool turned to her and gratefully meowed,
"Thanks. I don't think I could've found my way back without you."
Hazel smiled, "Pleasure. By the way, do you live in the forest?" When the slim gray tom nodded she continued, "Also, can you meet me here at mid-day when the sun's in the middle of the sky?" Hazel didn't know why, but it felt like the right thing to do.
Stonpool looked uncertain but nodded slowly.
"Ok. Bye!" He meowed then dove into the bushes. She could hear him racing through the trees to wherever he spent his nights.
Hazel returned home quickly, ignoring her friends continued questions of where she had been. She went straight to her basket, struggling over her weight to curl up comfortably.
DUN DUN DUN!
