Sorry if it took a long time for me to update. I have been busy with stuff. But don't worry cause here is another chapter.
I don't own Warrior Cats cause it belongs to Erin Hunter.
GrassClan: Trouble Within
Chapter 3: Fox!
"It's so peaceful." Auroarashine murmured as she and Owlstar walked through the forest and back towards the camp. The walked at a leisurely pace to enjoy their surrounding and listen to what was around. Around the forest the calming sounds of birds chirping, filled the air, as the cool breeze blew through the trees and towards the cats. Auroarashine closed her eyes to enjoy it finding it calming and at the same time relaxing.
"The forest is always a place where you can relax and enjoy your surroundings." She told Owlstar who only nodded, because he carried the rabbit in his moth, in response. Although he agreed with her, he also knew that the forest is not as peaceful as it looked like. There was usually someone lurking in the shadows ready to pounce.
Just as he thought about that, they suddenly heard some rustling on the bushes to their left. It looked like that the forest was about to prove his point, so he immediately got low and prepared himself to fight by unsheathing his claws.
Soon the creature hiding behind the bushes came out and once Owlstar saw it immediately relaxed.
Instead of a bigger and deadly predator who could have easily killed both of them, Owlstar and Aurorashine saw Thicketclaw and Silvermoon, who both had mouse in their mouth, walking out of the bush.
Silvermoon walked next to them before putting the mouse down next to her paws. She then looked at Aurorashine and slowly shook her head.
"I don't meant to eavesdrop, but I couldn't help but hear you say that this forest is peaceful." She told her.
"Well yeah…" Aurorashine said. "…how could the forest not be peaceful with its calmness an…" But Aurorashine was immediately cut off by Silvermoon.
"The forest is never peaceful." Silvermoon said sternly. "It may look calm and tranquil but that is just a facade. It is filled with evil creature that lurk in the dark"
Aurorashine looked at her intently and wondered why she could think of something like that. Through her life she has never seen a more peaceful place than the forest, her home. So she was curious to know what would lead Silvermoon to think like that.
By now Thicketclaw was sitting next to Owlstar who were both listening to Silvermoon intently. They were also curious to know why Silvermoon sounded like she hated the forest so much. Although Owlstar agreed that the forest was dangerous, he didn't hate nor think it was evil.
"I tend to stay up late at night…" Silvermoon continued. "…and I know what happends then. When the moon is up high and when most cats are asleep, foxes roam around the forest hunting for prey. They stay close to shadows and keep quiet, stalking any unlucky cat who happens to be around. Then once they are in the right position they strike, catching the cat off guard and killing them. That's what they do, that what they did to my sister. We tried to fight one, but we couldn't win. She lost her life and I gained this scar. So from that night I swore I would have my revenge on that fox."
"I'm sorry to hear that." Aurorashine said sympathetically. "I never knew that you had a terrible past with the forest and foxes."
"No need to apologize." Silvermoon said licking her paw. "It wasn't your fault. Besides we all have different opinions on the forest. Who am I to convince you that it is terrible, for all we know I could be wrong. But isn't that how the universe works."
"Yeah…" Aurorahine said nodding, feeling that Silvermoon could be right on how the universe works and its mysterious ways.
"Well we should get back soon." Owlstar said standing. "It's going to get late and we still need to find Hawkfire and Ravenshadow."
Thicketclaw nodded agreeing with his leader. "Maybe we could run into them if they haven't decided to go back to camp yet." He said.
"Yeah…" Owlstar said nodding. "Now lets go." He then took the rabbit and motioned with his tail for the other to follow them. All three cats nodded and soon followed their leader.
The four cats walked through the forest still looking for Ravenshadow and Hawkfire. They still couldn't see them, but they could smell their scent nearby and knew that they were going in the right direction.
"They're somewhere here." Silvermoon said following the scent.
"Yes…" Thicketclaw said nodding. "…I can scent them, but I can't see a thing through this bushes."
"Well, we'll just have to be patient. We'll find them sooner or later." Owlstar said before scenting the air around them. He could scent his two clanmates, but also scented something foreign. At first he didn't realized what it was, yet it was very familiar to him. He closed his eyes to concentrated trying to remember what it was.
Suddenly his eyes shot open in panic as he finally figured out what the scent was. He turned around to look at his clan mates who now had their full attention at him.
"Fox!" He said plainly, yet that one word was enough to send fear throughout their bodies. Everyone knew that foxes were much stronger than cats and it usually took a lot to bring one down. To have a fox roaming in their territory was dangerous enough, but to have one near their camp was deadly. It could walk in their camp and terrorize the place, endangering kits and queens alike.
Owlstar looked at each cat in the eye and saw fear in almost every one of them Everyone except Silvermoon. She had the look of anger and he thought that he could see flames in her eyes.
"Then we must kill it!" Silvermoon shouted. "For all I know that could be the same fox that killed my sister!"
"Now Silvermoon we can't be sure about that." Aurorashine said. "There are many foxes in the for…" But Silvermoon didn't listen to what Aurorashine was saying. She immediately bolted off trying to find the source of the scent.
"Silvermoon come back!" Owlstar shouted but it was too late. She was already out of sight. He growled in frustration and looked at the remaining two cats.
"I want you two to look for Hawkfire and Ravenshadow and immediately head back to camp." He said. "There you would make sure no one leaves."
The two cats nodded and began standing up.
"Now go!" Owlstar said. "We don't know where that fox is." He said before moving to the opposite direction where they were going.
"Aren't you coming with us?" Aurorashine asked with concern in her voice.
"No…" He said shaking his head. "…I got to go look for Silvermoon and make sure she dosen't do something mouse brained."
With that he bolted through the forest following both the fox's and Silvermoon's scent.
Another chapter done once more. If you liked it let me know in the reviews. Also I might not update a lot because I'm getting a little busy with some stuff. But once I'm done with that I'll be able to update regularly.
