Leaves rustles as a blue-grey she-cat ran through the underground. Its paws taking it as far away, and as fast as they could carry its small body.
Behind the cat loomed a large black hound snapping at the young she-cat as she raced through the forest.
"I can't keep up this way…" the thought of abandoning and letting the dog catch her kept on edging her at the back of her mind. Nagging her, until she was almost tempted to listen to it…almost…
Shadowstrike jerked awake, he'd been having another one of his nightmares. Beside him a blueish she-cat yawned and said in a sleepy voice "What wrong? It's not even dawn yet."
The grey tom stood up and looked down at Blueberry "Sorry," he said "Nightmares"
Blueberry stretched "Nightmares AGAIN?" she said looking up at the exiled warrior "By this rate it almost sounds as if it is warning from Starclan"
The warrior sighed the kittypet didn't have the slightest idea of what was the real sign from Starclan, they weren't just regular nightmare….or at least that's what Shadowstrike believed….
The tom yawned before making his toward the den's entrance where he sat down and starred outside. Stretching fare ahead of them was a large field which was bordered by a thick forest which made the sun that was just peaking over the trees barely visible over the horizon.
When the dreams had just started Shadowstrike had told Blueberry about them, and the kittypet had suggested that they might be omens telling him that his clan might be in danger of dying, but the warrior had just laughed at that proposal. Now that about 10 moons had passed since the two cats had left the twolegplace and returned into the wild, the absurd idea was now starting to make more and more sense, it wasn't just cats he knew who were dying in his dreams, but also those he didn't know, and those dreams where the ones who were the scariest.
Shadowstrike blinked, he'd been so lost in his thoughts that he hadn't noticed that Blueberry had wandered outside of their hiding place. The tom sighed before padding out after her.
The kittypet clearly didn't understand the dangers of the outer world, but a few moons ago she'd saved the exiled warrior from a bunch of twoleg dogs. And after a few days of nostalgic story telling Blueberry had insisted on following him, saying that her twolegs had two other kittypets to take care of, so she could easily leave them in good paws. The warrior had tried to dissuade the she-cat's wild proposal, but after a lot of arguing Shadowstrike had given in. And the next day they'd left the twolegplace to travel around teaching each other (more Shadowstrike teaching Blueberry) how to hunt and fight. And that's when his dreams had begun, dreams that usually ended with death….
Shadowstrike waded through the tall grass toward where the kittypet was sitting. He was slightly annoyed about her wandering away without warning.
Blueberry stood, alert watching the forest for any sign of movement or sound.
"I've been thinking" she murmured "Why don't we make our own clan? I am sure that there are other cats out in the wild who would like to join us!"
Shadowstrike ignored the kittypet, she sometimes came up with wild ideas that would bring him, or both of them, into trouble.
Blueberry's ears pricked up in curiosity at the sound of nearby barking, while the warrior's fur started to fluff up. The memory of the hound chasing the blue-grey she-cat forced its way into Shadowstrike's brain. He immediately understood the danger.
"That dog is chasing something" Blueberry commented, gazing toward the forest that was bordering the field. "A cat…I think"
The warrior nodded, he could tell it was a cat, by the sound of the dog's excitement. "You should go and hide in the den, I'll go and check it out" he growled to Blueberry before running toward the forest, unaware that the kittypet was ignoring his command once again.
The tom raced into the forest, his fur brushing against the bushes the bordered the field.
Shadowstrike halted and watched as a she-cat,the she-cat he'd seen in his dream ran past him…and catching up behind her was a huge black dog.
Before he could react and divert the pursuer's course, a movement above caught his attention. It was Blueberry, who was hoping from tree to tree. The kittypet called out the hunted she-cat, who halted, distracted by the sound…and that was when the canine leaped.
Shadowstrike was quick, he jumped and pushed the she-cat aside, and feeling the warm breath of the dog on is tail.
"Get up!" he yowled to the cat as he turned and hissed at the dog who's attention was now fully on the warrior standing in front of his prey.
Behind him the blue-grey she-cat stood up and raced towards the nearest tree, she climbed up to join the kittypet on a branch, leaving Shadowstrike to fend for himself….