Chapter 2
Silk
My underbelly ached in pain. That small black apprentice had really put up a fight… I didn't quite know who she was, but it seemed she abandoned her fight with me to save a clanmate. She obviously was new to this whole fight thing, I am at LEAST nine moons old. She seemed more like seven moons old. A newbie of course. Why she had been allowed to fight was beyond me. But I had to hand it to her, she was fast and clever. But that's to be expected of a Noah. I shook dust and debris from my ruffled pelt.
Settling on my haunches, I rasped my tongue over the prickled fur on my chest, smoothing it out to it's natural white form. Then I started on my shoulders, getting the rust and black colored splotches clean and flattened. Mother could probably do a much better job, but I couldn't rely on her forever. I knew I had to be strong. Do things myself. But even a warrior sometimes needs the affection of a mother.
"Hey Silkenpaw!" A tom chirped from behind me. I looked over my shoulder seeing a white fluffy tom, a crimson marking over his left eye looked a bit like a bullseye with lightning jutting from the top and the bottom, a large pentacle at the top of the lightning. His front left leg was jet black with a green glint in his paw. "How are you holding up?" He asked, blinking his strange colored eyes at me. A silvery glint searching my gaze.
"Pretty good Allenclaw," I replied, smiling at the older tom, his slick tail waved like a banner behind him. He was older than me by at least two moons. I had barely been able to see him when I was a kit, he was already a warrior, trained at the paws of one of the harshest trainers, Cross. We kept his name as Cross seeing as nobody really remembered his full name and were too scared to confront him most of the time. The sad thing was, Cross was pretty much the only family Allenclaw had since his foster father died.
"That's good, I'm gonna go check up Lenaleefrost!" He said cheerfully. Ooh somebody's looking for love! I mused with a smirk across my maw.
"Have fun, oh also the Nursery is pretty packed, we don't need anymore kit's in there Allenclaw!" I leered mischievously. Allenclaw's I could have sworn I saw his white cheeks grow a bit red.
"Come on, it's not like that." He protested. "We're just friends. And anyway, you know Komuistar would kill me if I even tried to do anything." Allenclaw grumbled.
"Oh, you want to! And you know it!" I jeered, wrapping my multicolored tail around my white, silky (as my name says) paws.
"We're just friends." The whitette cat repeated, pouting slightly. "I'm just gonna go check on her now." And with that, he trotted away to find Lenaleefrost. Denial. I thought with satisfaction, raising a delicate paw and rasping my tongue over it. He was a nice tom. Though I didn't have feelings for him, it would have been a lost cause even if I did.
I stood up, wincing from the pain on my underbelly where that she-cat had clawed me Starclan, her claws are jagged… I hissed irritably. Trying my best to ignore the pain, I went to find my mother and father to see how they were doing. As I pushed my way through the crowd to see mother, Mirandabloom sitting nervously outside of the medicine cat den where Kloudwing, our medicine cat, was tending to a tom, I couldn't even distinguish who he was anymore, his skin was shredded to the point where I could see his innards. A halo of crimson bubbled from a large fissure across his side, steining his black and white pelt scarlet. His skin was barely attached to his blood ridden body, the metallic scent of spilt blood plugged my nose.
"Mirandabloom?" I asked hesitantly, staring at the sight, "who is that?"
"Arystarswift…" Mother murmured in reply, her eyes wide in shock, her body trembling. My heart seemed to stop for a split second at the sound of the name. Though I did not show it, I started feeling the same fear my mother seemed to be feeling. How could he be alive after this? Kloudwing was pressing clumps of cobwebs onto his fur, laying some kind of herb mixture on his pelt. That smug feeling I had when I was taunting Allenclaw, was gone with the wind. As if it was never there.
"Do you know who did this to him?" I asked, my voice trembling slightly, not with fear. But anger, whoever did this would paw. Fury seethed through my stomach.
"I believe it was Jasdevipaw… From the Noahclan…" Mirandabloom whispered as she stared at her mate. "I used my time record to help him a bit, but I don't think it did much." Time record is my mother's power. She can temporarily reverse time on a certain object or place.
"It's getting too crowded here. Go somewhere else Silkenpaw I don't need you trampling my herbs," Kloudwing said hotly. She was probably tired and a bit stressed with this job.
"Fine then! I will!" I hissed in response, feeling offended. Then I remembered Lavitalen. He was my best friend. He was only a few moons older than me. But we always joked around about his mentor, who was Bookman, an old panda, we always called him. He really did look like a panda too with the black markings around his eyes and on his body. But starclan did he hit hard! I could remember the many times where Bookman had roundhouse kicked Lavitalen across the clearing. Not to mention he's hit me upside the head quite a few times. He was a very strange cat... to say the least. Bookman was definitely someone you didn't want to aggravate.
I began to wonder where he was, he certainly wasn't here. And last I checked he wasn't with Allenclaw or Lenalee… I trotted through the crowd of cats around the camp who were licking each others wounds and sharing tongues.
"Yuu-chan! Don't be like that!" A voice laughed.
"Stop calling me that baka Usagi!" Another voice snarled in fury. Kandastone… I recognized his stone, hard, cold voice which gave him his last name. His name was originally Yuufur, but he changed both parts of his name so now he was called Kanda instead of Yuu. That would mean Lavitalen's there! I thought, relief that my friend was okay washed over me.
"Last time I checked Yuu-chan, I'm a cat, not a rabbit." Lavitalen's voice said matter of factly.
"Che. Shut up baka usagi." Kandastone replied. I trotted in that direction, a snide comment shoveling through my instincts to shut up.
"Hey Yuu-kun," I purred trotting up next to Lavitalen. The dark blue cat death glared me, his razor sharp claws glowing green with innocence.
"The hell do you want?" He snarled menacingly.
"Just wanted to say hi," I shrugged feeling a smirk pull at the corners of my lips, "Yuu-kun…" it was against the code to hurt a clanmate unless it's in training and that he'd be punished if he tried to attack us. Anyway, even if he tried to, his mentor Tiedollbrush would pull him away by the scruff of the neck like a kitten. Tiedollbrush always treated his apprentices like his own children, which meant he was extremely kind and well liked among us. But it was still always hilarious to get Kandastone at this point. Lavitalon grinned beside me with a laugh. The dark eyes of Kandastone narrowed dangerously.
"Oh that's it." He growled, lunging at me and Lavitalon. We both stepped to the side quickly, our first instinct was to dart into the woods where we always lost him when he lost his temper. I leapt to my paws and sprinted quickly, my paws barely touching the soft grass, my tail flowing behind me, I felt the earth brush against the pads on my paws as I ran, the wind tugging at my long fur, I swerved past trees, blood roaring through my ears. We stopped when we reached the clearing we always ran to when Kanda was in a mood. This place was surrounded by rings of oak trees. A patch of moonlight seeped through the thick coverage of the trees onto a lush, green, soft patch of moss where we always relaxed while waiting until it was safe to return home. A small stream trickled around our relaxation spot making it a little island. The two of us sat in the sunlight, panting.
I felt the warm rays heat my pelt. Then looking over at Lavitalen, he had a few claw marks on him and looked a bit tired, nothing serious to my relief. His russet colored pelt looked more like crimson in the sunlight, his green eye looked over at me. When he was very young he lost one of his eyes to an attack, he now wears an eyepatch over his empty eye socket.
"How long do you think it'll take for him to get over it this time?" I mused, soothing the risen fur on my chest with a few licks.
"I don't think I know, might be a few hours," Lavitalon laughed. "The Old Panda's gonna be pissed!" I nodded in agreement.
"What were you procrastinating from this time?" I asked, lying in the soft grass.
"Uh… I may or may not have refused to clean the elders den…" Lavitalen said bashfully.
"I don't blame you for that…. Ugh… They just can't hold anything in can they?" I mused. He nodded, shuddering slightly. I felt myself smile, stretching I allowed myself to stretched out on the moss next to him, feeling the moss against my side.
"Quite the battle, eh?" He asked all of a sudden.
"Ya, the Noah I was fighting fled for one of her clan-mates. I didn't think they actually cared about each other to be honest," I said softly, wondering if they weren't as different from us as I had thought.
"I was fighting one with a great big purple butterfly mark on his chest." Lavitalon said.
"Huh… How did that go?" I asked.
"I totally kicked his ass." The ginger cat laughed. "He never knew what hit him!"
"Hah!" I snorted with a smirk, "we showed those Noah who not to mess with!" I said triumphantly.
"Hey, did you see that cat with the blonde and black fur?" He asked curiously.
"Ya, he was strange… I'm pretty sure it was a he, sounded like it," I shrugged.
"Did you see what he did to Kro-chan?" Lavitalon asked softly. Kro-chan was my father. Lavi had nicknames for almost everyone in the clan.
"Ya…" I muttered, a pang of grief attacked me, my father was probably dying in the medicine cat den.
"Don't worry." The russet gave me an encouraging smile. "He's a tough cat. I'm 100% sure he'll be fine. And besides, with Kloudwing treating him he's as good as healed." I nodded slowly, I tried to believe him but the worry I felt for my father stopped me from believing. As if reading my mind he nuzzled against my cheek to reassure me. I relished his comfort, his soft fur brushing against my cheek.
"Thanks Lavi-kun," I said softly.
"No problem." He replied. Trying to lighten the mood I smirked.
"Do you think Yuu-kun has calmed down?" I mused mischieviously.
"Only one way to find out!" Lavitalon laughed, jumping into a standing position. "Onwards!" I laughed and stood up following my best friend through the forest, back towards the camp where a furious Kandastone would most likely await us. When we reached the camp, we saw Tiedollbrush scolding a very angry looking Kandastone. I felt myself burst out into laughter. Kandastone, thankfully, didn't hear me as he was too busy grumbling under his breath. Lavi snorted behind me.
"Looks like Yuu-kun's getting scolded for his bad temper!" I laughed.
"Tiedollbrush is the master of scolding thanks to Yuu." Lavi grinned.
"Ho ya," I laughed.
"God, I'm hungry." He groaned. "Wanna go grab something' before Allenclaw eats it all?"
"Sure!" I laughed knowing the possibility of Allenclaw eating everything was very high. The two of us trotted to the center of the clearing where the fresh kill pile was, the soreness of my wound returned, throbbing at my innards, but I refused to give in to the pain. I picked a squirrel from the mound, I walked over to where Lavitalen awaited my return. We ate together, talking and laughing. It was great, he almost made me forget that my father was possibly dying inside the medicine cat den. Our attention was soon caught by an argument between Cross and Allenclaw. The crimson cat was glaring down at his former apprentice.
"I'm sick of your stupid debts!" Allenclaw shouted furiously at his former master.
"Well how do you expect to learn baka deshi!" Cross spat in reply.
"Learn what?! How to cheat at gambling? Thanks! But I'm good with that skill." The whitette cat snarled.
"You really think you know everything don't you!? Well you don't!" Cross replied. Allen was about to reply when Komuistar walked in between them and separated the two, muttering something to the two of them, this made them both scoff with irritation and stalk off in opposite directions. "Tim! Where are you?" Cross called. At his call, a very strange little creature flew up to him and landed on his head. I felt the urge to hunt it but I kept the urge back remembering it was the golem Cross and Allenclaw shared. Tim was its nickname, its full name was Timcampy. The golden golem was in the shape of a small ball with an intricate cross on its 'face', little legs and horns stuck out of the bottom and top, and long feathery wings and tail fluttered slightly in the breeze. Tim was the last of its kind, so it was very special.
"All cats old enough to catch their own prey, please join here beneath overhang rock for a clan meeting!" Komuistar's voice rang through the clearing. I looked at Lavitalon with a shrug, wondering what this could be about. We got up and followed the other cats to beneath overhang rock.
"Today, one of our apprentices bravely fought during battle and drove away multiple Noah,
Silkenpaw, come forward." Komuistar started. Shocked. I stepped forward.
"I, Komuistar, leader of Soulclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. Silkenpaw has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and you showed bravery and skill today as you battled on the battlefield, and I commend her to you as a warrior in her turn. Silkenpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?
"I do" I murmured, pride swelled in my chest, it seemed like so long I had
been an apprentice, and now, I was a warrior! At long last!
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Silkenpaw, from this
moment you will be known as Silkendream StarClan honors your courage, skill and many other qualities, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Soulclan. Tonight you will stand vigil under Starclan and watch over us as we sleep." Komuistar said. Komuistar leapt down from the meeting rock and touched noses with me, it felt as if my dream was coming true! When he stepped back, the clan started chanting my new name.
"Silkendream! Silkendream! Silkendream! Silkendream!" They chanted. Happiness flooded through me. I could barely keep a straight face! I felt someone nuzzle my cheek, I breathed in the scent of Mirandabloom.
"I'm so proud of you…" She purred licking my forehead. I heard cats swarm me all chanting their congratulations to me, Lavitalon was probably one of the loudest besides Tiedoll who was always happy most of the time. I nuzzled against my mother, grinning happily.
"This is so cool!" Lavitalon laughed. "Congrats!"
"Thanks!" I said happily. Now me and Lavitalon would be in the same den! The warriors den had so many other cats including Lenaleefrost and Allenclaw. Mamma would be there too! And Cross…. But also basically all the others!
"Congratulations Silken-chan!" Lenalee said happily, walking up to me. "We're finally gonna be in the same den."
"Thanks! I'm so excited Lenalee-chan!" I said, excitement bubbled up inside of me, Lenalee was a great friend, she was very kind to me.
"I can't wait!" The green colored she-cat giggled. I nodded in agreement. The full moon stood in the center of the sky.
"I think we should all go to sleep," Komuistar said then turning to me "your silent vigil will end when a warrior relieves you from it." I nodded in acknowledgement, saying goodbye to my friends and trotting over to the middle of the camp where I sat in the middle and looked up at the moon, suddenly realizing this was going to be the longest night of my life. The sound of crickets rang in my ears, making me feel a bit drowsy. But I shook it off.
The next morning, I was barely awake. It was very hard to keep myself up, at least it was sun up… Now I just needed to wait for someone to get off their lazy asses and relieve me. To my great surprise, Cross was the one that walked up to me.
"I'm here to relieve you." He grunted, Timcampy still sitting on his head.
"Thank you Master Cross," I meowed respectfully dipping my head. He only nodded, sitting on the grass. I stood up and stretched, my claws digging into the soft soil, then I happily trotted into the warriors den and searched for an empty nest. I soon found one in between Allenclaw and Lenaleefrost. Lavitalon's nest was just below that nest so I found that one perfect for me. I crept through the den, careful not to step on any stray paws or tails, and I sniffed the nest to make sure it was meant for me. It smells fresh… and there's no other scent on it… So it must be mine! I thought and crawled into the soft, warm nest. Just as I closed my eyes, I felt a paw prod me awake, it was Lavitalon.
"I see you found the nest we made out for you," he said softly with a tired yawn. I nodded with a smile across my maw.
"Thanks." I yawned. "I really appreciate it."
"No problem, I'll come and get you later when you've slept enough, maybe we can bug Yuu-chan later," the russet tom said with a glint of amusement in his singular green eye.
"That sounds fun. But after I sleep… I'm exhausted," I yawned. He nodded with a kind smile.
"Sweet dreams Silkendream," he purred before letting me drift to sleep.
I was surprised that I didn't dream of anything, it was just dark, silent, and peaceful. I enjoyed the sweet serenade of the darkness that kept me asleep and well rested for what lay ahead. That is until my friend woke me up…
"Silken-chan!" Lavitalon whined "wake up!" I groaned in response not wanting to wake up, I wasn't exactly an early bird as the expression says, in fact, I hate waking up in the morning. I didn't even know how much time passed.
"Let me sleep..." I groaned loudly.
"You've slept the whole day Silken-chan!" Lavi groaned I could tell he had rolled over onto his back and was looking at me upside down. "I'm booorrreeed….." He whined.
"Go bother Allenclaw or something." I suggested, opening my eye a sliver to look at him.
"But he's flirting with Lenalee-chan again! It's soooo boring…." Lavi groaned.
"Then go find Yuu-kun." I said afterwards.
"But I get lonely annoying Yuu-chan without my partner in crime!" The russet tom complained, a smirk cut across his lips.
"Oh fine…" I sighed opening my eyes and sitting up and stretching.
"Yeah!" Lavi whooped in triumph. I yawned tiredly and stood up shaking my pelt free from tiny scraps of moss. Lavi bounced on the balls of his feet excitedly. I felt myself chuckle in amusement and follow my friend from the den, light blinding my tired eyes for a moment.
"So where is Yuu-kun?" I asked as my optics adjusted to the light.
"With Noisepelt." He replied.
"Perfect!" I mewed. We soon found Kandastone and Noisepelt sitting and talking. I knew they were both Tiedollbrush's apprentices, so they were very familiar with each other.
"Yuuu-chan!" Lavitalon called, stressing the name 'Yuu'. The blue cat twitched, glaring over at us.
"Yuu-kun! The elders den needs cleaning Yuu-kun!" I called knowing clearly well it was one true. Two it was terrible in that den.
"Why is that my problem?" He growled back.
"Because you're supposed to be a devoting loving warrior that looks after the elders," me and Lavitalon said in complete unison, before smirking at each other and adding "Yuu-kun"
"Like hell I am. Now get lost." Kanda hissed.
"But the elders asked specifically for you," I said, widening my eyes to make them look larger and cuter.
"They are asking for you, Kandastone, it's the polite thing to do," Noisepelt said softly.
"Stay out of this." Kanda said to Noisepelt.
"Noisepelt's right Yuu-chan, it's the polite thing to do," Lavitalon said softly a small hint of mock in his tone.
"Baka usagi…" Kandastone growled at Lavitalon as he gave in and stalked indignantly into the elders den. Lavi and I laughed in unison, the exhaustion I felt a while ago completely forgotten. He always seemed to know how to wake me up and make me feel better.
"Wanna hunt?" I asked him, the urge to run through the forest and hunt was powerful.
"Hell yes." He grinned in reply. I grinned at him and bounded towards the exit of the camp. We ran into the forest to our usual hunting area, where we found most of our prey.
As a tag team, together we stalked a squirrel keeping quiet. Plans nagging at our brains. This is how we always hunted when we were together unless we were competing. He was like an older brother sometimes. I never had a brother, I guess I used to have a sister but she didn't make it… But it wasn't really much of a loss when I have Lavitalon to hang with. We stalked slowly and silently towards the rodent, the scent of prey wafted in my nose. Our plan was to have me dive for it and scare it into Lavitalons paws, that tactic usually worked quite well with the two of us. I leapt forward using my powerful paws to stomp inches from the squirrel, it squeaked in alarm and ran in a blind panic, right into a trap. Lavitalon pounced at the right moment landing on the plump squirrel, he pinned it down and I quickly snapped its neck with a quick bite to the throat. Happy with our catches, we decided that we should go back to camp with our prey.
Proudly we trotted into camp and dropped off our fresh kill into the fresh kill pile for the kits, elders, the sick and injured, etcetera. I looked at Lavitalon.
"What do you want to do now?" I asked.
"Don't really know…" Lavitalon replied. I looked up into the sky, it was turning to night again.
"Hey uh… How long was I asleep?" I asked.
"Like most of the day," Lavitalon shrugged. I felt my stomach grumble. "He looked up at the darkening sky for a moment, "let's eat," he said looking at the pile and picking himself a rabbit. I picked myself a mouse and sat next to him digging into my fresh kill as he did the same beside me. Suddenly, Allenclaw ran up to me.
"S-silken...dream..." he gasped. "You need to... come with me..."
"W-what's wrong?" I asked, panicked at once of what was wrong.
"It's..." Allen took a deep breath. "It's Arystarswift. Come on, you have to come." He said urgently. I nodded and followed after Allenclaw, how could I have forgotten about my father? Starclan I'm an idiot! I thought miserably. We trotted up to where my father was and saw my mother and Kloud there as well. Mother looked up when I came up to her.
"Oh, Silkendream. It's good you came." She said.
"W-what's wrong with Dad?" I asked worriedly..
"Um... I never said anything was wrong." Allenclaw said sheepishly.
"He woke up. I thought you'd like to see him." Mother said, smiling slightly.
"You made it sound like something was wrong!" I exclaimed with an exasperated sigh to Allenclaw.
"Sorry." He muttered.
"It's okay," I sighed, brushing his shoulder gently with the tip of my tail. Then giving him a warm smile then looking down at my father. He was breathing calmly as he lay on his side. His left eye opened a sliver to look at me, a small sleepy smile pulled at the corners of his lips, he didn't say anything, he just closed his eye again and drifted off to sleep.
I smiled happily, then feeling a tail brush my shoulder. I looked up surprised, the tail was a dark russet, very soft, and familiar. I glanced into the emerald eye of Lavitalon.
"Hey," I said grinning at my friend.
"It's night," He said with a small smile. I nodded in acknowledgement.
"Okay," I said, then turning towards my mother, "I'm gonna go to sleep mom, I'll see you later." I purred and rubbed my cheek up against Mirandabloom's shoulder.
"Alright Silkendream, good night," she meowed softly and nuzzled my cheek, I felt her whiskers tickle my skin gently as they prodded through my thick fur. I smiled at my mother and turned and trotted beside Lavitalon as we both headed to the warrior's den. I didn't realize how exhausted I was until I looked at my warm nest. Lavi trotted ahead of me and practically collapsed into his own nest in exhaustion. I yawned and curled up in my nest in front of him.
"G'night Lavi-kun…" I muttered.
"G'night," he yawned closing his eye and drifting off to sleep within seconds. I felt the exhaustion take over me and soon I was fast asleep.
…
I woke up starclan knows when, an icy chill set over my body, I felt myself shiver. It was only Leaf-fall… Why was it so cold now? Could it possibly be Leaf-bear now? Well the full moon had been just two days ago I wouldn't doubt it… I looked down at my bedding, frost was building up on the moss. Suppressing a shiver, I brought my tail closer to my body. I looked around the den, shivering cats were sleeping softly not seeming to be bothered by the cold, probably because they were all curled against their siblings and mates… Allenclaw was curled around Lenaleefrost. AHA! I knew there was something between them! I laughed triumphantly trying to make the best of the cold, my jaw clenched tightly and my legs tucked underneath me. The frigid wind blew through the gaps in the bush, ruffling my pelt.
Resting my head on the moss I squeezed my eyes shut and attempted to fall asleep again, but it was just too cold. When I heard someone shuffle in the moss nest behind me, I couldn't help but open my eyes, Lavitalon's green eye was open a sliver, his body was shivering, but he was alone, how could I blame him? I saw him look over at me, he moaned a bit.
"Silk-chan…" He moaned tiredly. I swiveled my ears towards him so I could hear him better.
"Ya?" I asked.
"I'm cold…" He complained.
"What do you want me to do about it?" I yawned in response stretching my legs, I saw Lavi smirk from his nest and stand up, walking over to me quietly. I didn't know why, but I could feel my heart pound in my chest. I felt myself grow a sudden woozy happy sort of feeling.
With a warm smile, he curled around me, wrapping his russet tail around my body, his paws gently holding my cranium. I felt myself smile, and curl up closer to his warm side.
"There… Much better…" He murmured already drifting off to sleep. "G'night Silk-chan…" He muttered, his green eye closed.
"G'night Lavi-kun…" I said softly closing my own eyes, his warmth flooding through my body, my heart fluttered happily in my chest. I felt myself slip away from reality and into sleep, relishing his warmth.
I woke up starclan knows how much later, I felt the warmth of Lavitalons body against mine. So warm… The cold air barely hit me or him. I yawned softly, feeling myself nuzzle closer, his heat fueling me. I felt my heart feel as light and happy as a butterfly. Wasn't sure why.
"Good morning…" Lavitalon yawned.
"Good morning…" I said a bit awkwardly realizing we had slept with each other. Lavi seemed to be just realizing this now and cleared his throat awkwardly, standing up quickly.
"I'm…. A gonna… Go… See if the hunting patrol will take me, I haven't hunted in a while, I feel sorta useless," he said, I could tell he was mustering up a normale grin,. I smiled at him in reply, knowing the awkwardness would fade away later. Stretching I stood, the cold breeze ruffling my fur. He trotted from the den leaving me with a dashing fleeting smile. I followed out of the den but heading towards the fresh kill pile. As I stepped from the bramble barrier of the den, I noticed a white powder blanket covering the ground. It was official. It was Leaf-Bare. I looked around. I knew it was going to be harder to survive. The prey would be few, so I decided to take something small from the pile instead of the usual squirrel or bird I took something smaller.
I picked out a plump vole and settled down on my haunches, picking away at the fur until it was removed. I felt my stomach growl with hunger as the tender, rich, delicious scent of food, wafting in my nose. I felt myself grin and start to tear into it, lapping up the delicious food until it was gone. I didn't leave scraps, knowing I couldn't waste anything.
"Silkendream, would you like to go on the border patrol with us?" A voice called. It was Allenclaw.
"Ya, sure!" I said merrily, just glad to be brought into something that I could be a use in. I nodded and trotted up next to him, Lenaleefrost, and Tappwater. Following the three, I focused on my surroundings, the sunlight seeped through the coverage of the thick branches above me. The cobwebs of sleep still infected my tired brain.
I felt the urge to look up when I felt something, light, cold, and wet land on my splotched nose, the urge grew stronger and I couldn't take it anymore. I looked towards the sky, little white snowflakes sprinkled the skies. They were so beautiful, so light, so… Free… The cold sprinkles littered my multicolored fur. I shook myself slightly to get the snow off, though the cold did help me wake up a bit. Though my night with Lavi was still fresh in my mind. We walked towards the river to check for scents of invasion. Instead, there was the scent of something… a bit salt like… This was our water supply, it was what we used to drink… As I payed closer attention to the scent. I realized this strong putrid scent… Was poison...