Chapter 2
Flamepaw was awoken by a jolt of pain running through her body. She opened her eyes to find herself staring at the sky. She got up slowly testing her paws as she stood, but nothing seemed to be broken. "Lesson learned, never sleep in a tree." She muttered. She glanced around to make sure none of her clanmates saw her embarrassing fall when she remembered where she was.
Excitement replaced the pain as she realized she could continue on her adventure. But which way to go? Flamepaw looked in all directions. Shrugging she picked one and started walking. The sun was high in the sky when her stomach interrupted her daydream. She smelled the air to find the scent of prey to be coming from beneath her paws. Strange who would bury all this prey? She wondered. She dug up the pile to find two mice and a vole.
She was just about to bite the first mice when she heard a growl. Turning around she saw an auburn fox with gleaming white teeth. With a hiss of fear Flamepaw turned around and ran. She heard the paw steps of the fox, and felt its hot breath on her tail. She ran right towards a large pine and dodged last second. She purred in triumph when she heard it slam into the bark with a yelp.
Then the menacing creature got back and shook it off as if it was only a bump. Flamepaw raced away again as it continued following her. Suddenly she tripped over a brown tabby. The cat's gaze turned from anger to terror when it saw the fox, but instead of helping Flamepaw it climbed up the nearest tree. "Thanks for the help!" Flamepaw yelled as she ran off again. She knew, just like the cat, she could easily escape by climbing a tree, and yet something held her back.
Flamepaw was starting to slow down and knew she couldn't run for much longer, luckily the fox was tired too. Suddenly the fox seemed to give up and walked back the direction it came, breathing heavily. Flamepaw gave a sigh of relief. She collapsed to the ground, now more miserable then ever. She was tired, hungry, and angry at the cat that had abandoned her. Were all non-clan cats this selfish? She wondered.
She was starting to think she should head home when she thought of all the boring days of training and chores, and all of the stories about Firestar. The spark of adventure rekindled inside her and she stood up refreshed. She wasn't giving up that easily! Now first things first, food. She thought. She sniffed the air and smelled a type of prey she couldn't recognize, and yet somehow she knew it was food.
She traveled towards the scent until she found a silver mesh box with a slab of meat inside. The scent of twoleg and fox was everywhere. What is twolegs giving out free food now? She wondered. She shrugged and walked into it, heading towards the meat. Suddenly there was a snap! And some silver mesh covered the entrance. Flamepaw was trapped.