Ginger padded through the forest, marking the boundries for her and Apple's territory. So far they had thier clearing, a bunch of random forest area, two small clearings, a small fish pond, and several streams. She came to a large tree stump and set a marker there. Even if it's only us here, we need space.
Ginger came across a river and set a marker on its shore. Then she continued following the river for a while, occasionally setting markers. Then she came across a clearing filled with flowers and herbs. Well,I guess Apple will want this clearing,she thought bitterly. She set a marker at the shore of the river where the clearing was, then looked up at the sky to see how long she had been out. She had gone out right before dawn and it was sunhigh. She still only had half of thier territories markers set! She sighed and continued on, setting scent markers at any place of note. Once she turned from the river, she came to a shallow dip in the ground filled with moss. Seems like an interesting place. I'll take it.
She set a marker at the edge of the hollow, but then decided to move it into the forest a bit more. She traveled on for a while, still setting markers, and saw a glimpse of the great oak. After she moved away from her and Apple's clearing a bit, she spotted a mouse nibbling on a seed. Funny that this is the only prey I've seen while I've been out, she thought as she began creeping towards the mouse. She succesfully caught it, and, deciding not to bury it in case she couldn't find it, took it with her. She padded along her way, seeing prey more plentiful, although it was all up in the trees.
After a while, she came across a very large clearing which had many different fruit trees and bushes in it, and Ginger didn't recognize most of the fruits. She recognized an apple tree, a cherry tree, a strawberry bush, a blueberry bush, and a razzberry bush from when her mother showed them to her and Apple. Thier mother had said that she almost named Ginger Cherry, but had decided that the name didn't suit her. Ginger sniffed around the fruit trees and bushes, and ate a mouthful of blueberries. She savored the sweet taste before moving on to set a marker, claiming the clearing. She padded away from the fruit clearing, and after a little walking and a few markers, came back to her first marker and headed back towards the clearing.
Once she got there, she told Apple about where she had been, because she knew Apple wouldn't let her rest until she did. They decided that they would go to the mossy hollow the next day and collect moss, since it was getting dark. They laid down in thier nests and drifted off to sleep.
The next day, Ginger woke up to see some random she-cat staring ay her. She was a calico, but instead of having splotches like a normal calico, she had leopard spots. She had pure white wings and green eyes. As soon as Ginger woke up, she jumped backwards, out of their nest among the roots, and flew off. Meanwhile, Apple was still sleeping peacefully beside her. Ginger prodded Apple with a paw and woke her up. They then went to the mossy hollow to get some moss for their nests.
Hope these chapters aren't too short. I'll try to make them a bit longer in the future. So, what do you think of my newest story so far?