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Luckily, he thought Snowtail would end up joining him, so she had proper training-unlike most. She had a great mentor(who, sadly died after he defied Owlstar), and was a fast learner.
Springing to one side, she then sidestepped his face and raked her claws down his back. Owlstar jumped close to the crowd of cats staring at the battle, and Snowtail stalked closer, hissing. He wasn't outmatched- he could easily call over part of his personal gaurd- but Snowtail was popular in Snowclan. He couldn't kill her...yet.
"You would have been no use anyway," he growled. Then he spun around and left the clearing, now calling the names of a few supporters of him.
End of flashback
Snowtail settled by a fallen pine tree, waiting for prey. Her ears pricked, she crept forward to catch a vole.
Suddenly, a bush trembled by her. "What the-"she gasped, but it was cut off as a shape came out. Then she recognized Bramblepaw.
"Bramblepaw, come back her!" she called as the small brown shape went over the hill.
She turned around and saw Lilypaw laughing as she bared her teeth. "Bramblepaw said I couldn't scare him, so I followed him out here to the hills. And he got so scared when I shot out of the bushes and looked like a fox!" Lilypaw giggled.
Snowtail frowned. "Who sent you out?" she asked. Lilypaw's face darkened.
"Owlstar. He thought you were missing and sent us out to hunt- and find you, of course," she quickly added. "Did anyone else but you and Bramblepaw come?" Snowtail pressed on.
"No. Just us two." Suddenly, Lilypaw jumped onto a rock and screamed. At the same moment, Snowtail heard a shape from above rustle in the trees.
A dark gray shape dove out, tackling Snowtail, and as Snowtail's knees buckled, she thought, We're being attacked!
The cat attacking swung to a side and jumped over her. Lilypaw jumped after it and pounced on the cat. The cat, squirming helplessly below Lilypaw's claws,cried out.
Then Snowtail realized who it was. "Cloudpaw!" she gasped, and dragged Lilypaw off of him. Lilypaw looked confused, then realized who it was. "Sorry, bro. How was I supposed to know?" Lilypaw shrugged.
Cloudpaw, gasping for breath, replied with a "whatever" and a glare in her directon.
Then the first brown cat came up. "Hey Snowtail, weren't you supposed to hunt today?" Bramblepaw asked. "You know, if you just want to stay here and play around while I go and hunt, thats fine. Sure, you'll get a whipping from Owlstar, but..." his eyes sparkled with laughter as he tried not to grin.
Snowtail also tried not to laugh. Even though it was tense inside the camp, it was easy to be completly carefree out here in the hills and woods.
Lilypaw interrupted her thoughts. "Snowtail, come on! Let's hunt together." Agreeing, Snowtail trotted off at a fast pace.
By the time they came back to camp, it was getting closer and closer to sunset. Dropping the food in the food storage, Snowtail noted that is was getting pretty big. They would not go hungry that winter- at least, Owlstar and his cats wouldn't.
The others had already left, going to their dens, so she was alone. As she turned to leave, she saw a shadow come across the small tunnel. The cat came out, and Snowtail saw that it was Owlstar.
"What do you want?" she asked. "You were not in camp today, Snowtail. I needed you for a talk. But, you left."
Owlstar's eyes glittered coldly. "Yes? Well, I was getting prey for winter. It is almost fall, right?" Snowtail shot back.
Owlstar hissed. "Now. To my den." Slowly, Snowtail looked around. She was trapped in the tunnel. If you were to go back any farther, you would crash into the piles. Snowtail wondered if she could instead leap into the piles and hide, but she knew that wouldn't work. Owlstar would call out for his precious body guards, and they would drag her out.
"Fine."she growled as she stalked past him and outside to his den.
