Chapter 3

Foxpaw tilted his orange and white head, his ears slightly tipping along with it.
"Who are you?" He asked, his long tail twitching.

The young white she cat giggled, her fluffy tail flicking over her paws, "I'm Mosspaw! What's your name?" She giggled, white paws slightly shuffling across the pine straw ground, probably in excitement.

Foxpaw inspected the she cat a little closer, "Foxpaw." He meowed, looking the white apprentice up and down.

Mosspaw giggled, "Foxpaw is a nice name, did you earn it because of your pelt?" she asked, letting out a yawn.

Foxpaw stopped inspecting the she cat, looking at her big green eyes, "Yeah! What about your's?" He replied, letting his long tail flick against the pine straw.

Mosspaw flicked her ears, "Sister said I got my name because I was born in a moss nest, I don't know." she meowed, her whiskers twitching.

The orange tom nodded, looking up at the starry sky and pine trees, "Is your sister's name Silverpetal?" he asked, turning his head down to continue to look at Mosspaw.

Mosspaw nodded, "How did you know?" She asked, her fluffy tail flicking off of her paws

Foxpaw let out a giggle, "I thought you were there the whole time, I guess not. Silverpetal came to me when I was exploring. Well, actually, I kinda found her leaping across trees. She looked like she was having a lot of fun. Did your old clan like to climb trees?"

Mosspaw shook her head, "Actually, we didn't really use the trees, they were just... kinda there. Silverpetal was the only one who found it fun. A apprentice tried to do what she did and she..." she broke off, looking at the ground, "Died." she muttered.

Foxpaw padded next to Mosspaw, sitting beside her and flicking his orange and white tail over her paws, "It's okay, was this apprentice your best friend?" Foxpaw asked.

Mosspaw flinched, "Yeah, sorta." she muttered. Foxpaw noticed that he probably wasn't making it any better for the apprentice.

"What happened to the apprentice?" Foxpaw asked.

"She broke all her leg bones when she fell. Mintspot had to feed her deathberries because she was suffering." Mosspaw mewed.

Foxpaw licked Mosspaw's head, "What was her name?" he asked. Mosspaw let out a sigh, "Honeypaw." she answered.

Foxpaw nodded, "I see... Should we find your sister?" he meowed, knowing it was probably the best to break off the conversation

Mosspaw nodded, agreeing, "Yeah, which way did she go?" she asked, getting to her white fluffy paws and stretching.

"Over that way." he meowed, flicking his tail towards the east, "I see! Well, it was nice meeting you, Foxpaw. Hope to see you again! Bye, Foxpaw!" she meowed, racing off into the pine forest.

"Bye Mosspaw!"

Foxpaw turned away, scampering out the way he came.

He went faster, racing through the pine woods. A small kit suddenly leaped out infront of him, making him swerve into a tree.

He quickly slipped the the slide, narrowly missing the tree trunk, then falling onto the ground, skidding across it, "Great... Where did that come from?" he hissed, quickly getting to his paws.

"Oh! Sorry, Foxpaw! I was looking for you!"

Foxpaw turned his head to see Beetlekit, who was prancing over to him, "Man, you stirred up a lot of pine and dirt!" he giggled, slapping a pine straw.

Foxpaw bristled his fur, "You almost made me crash into a tree!" he squealed.

Beetlekit frowned, "Oh, Sorry." he mewed, "Anyway, Leafsong and the others are looking for you. Let's go back to our area."

"Our area?" asked Foxpaw, his orange ears twitching.

"Yeah! Stormclan area! Let's go!" Beetlekit giggled, racing off into the woods.

Foxpaw quickly began to race after him, his paws kicking up pine straw.

Beetlekit swerved around a corner, leading them to a clearing.

Not surprising it was in a pine forest.

A lot of cats were gathered around, staring at the cats.

Because they were the "late" ones.

They both quickly padded over to a group of cats, sitting down and looking up.

There was a high rock, which five leaders stood on top of, Foxpaw leaned down and whispered in Beetlekit's ear, "Hey, is this a gathering?" he asked, keeping his voice down.

Beetlekit shook his head, "Not really, more of a 'counting of the cats'" he replied. Foxpaw tilted his head, "What do you mean?" he laid down, getting to his level.

"Sometimes cats will start to go missing over the moons. Some cats say it's just them fading away when the living forget about them. But some new cats will sometimes disappear. Either cats are completely forgetting about them, or something else is happening." he meowed, looking up at the leaders. The cream one, the one in the middle, let out a small sigh.

Foxpaw looked terrified, "You mean... Cats are just... disappearing?"

"Yep."

Foxpaw shivered, his green eyes glancing around at the groups of cats that were gathered together, "So this is just Stormclan?" he meowed, Beetlekit nodded.

The black leader, the one on the far right, sighed, "Four." he meowed.

The leaders slowly lowered their heads, the groups of cats following. Foxpaw and Beetlekit followed, staring at the ground.


Hey guys! I added some more stuff into the story, maybe to make it more interesting. Anyway, love you guys3
By the way, Thanks to those who faved and followed my story, I appreciate it.
Over and out, Mogwai.