Abducted

Silverpaw stands there in the sand, unsure of if she should wait for Sandstorm or keep going. She sniffs, trying to keep the tears in her eyes from falling.

"I'm scared," she groans, "I'm supposed to be a warrior, and I'm scared of being alone out here.."

She shakes her head, "I'm pathetic.."

She takes a deep breath and continues walking. Sandstorm will catch up with me, he has to. She looks over her shoulder, hoping to see Sandstorm in the distance. She's waited for awhile, it's almost night. Still, Sandstorm doesn't appear in the distance, coming to help her finish her journey. She swallows and faces forward as she keeps walking. She keeps repeating to herself, "He'll catch up, he'll catch up. I know he will, he's just making sure Russetfur's okay first."

She walks well into nighttime and shivers, squinting, trying to see around her. She looks up at the sky hopelessly, taking note of the lack of moonlight tonight. She sighs and looks around. Nothing but sand for miles. She frowns, "I need somewhere to sleep.. But I don't see anything but sand. I'm also in enemy territory.. Sleeping here would be dangerous.."

She whimpers softly, "Sandstorm would know what to do.."

She shakes her head, "Stop it, Silverpaw! I can't think like that. I have to think like a warrior! What would a warrior do in this situation?"

She sits in the sand, flicking her tail, frowning, "What would a warrior do when their only traveling companion sent them ahead and he hasn't returned? What would a warrior do while traveling through enemy territory at night? Night would hide me better, but.. There's nothing for cover if anyone comes by. I'd be spotted for miles.. So, what do I do here?"

She stands and continues walking, "I could run for SunClan's border leading to the other Clan's territory. Though, I don't know how far away it is, or what scent to follow to end up at the border.. I don't recognize any of the scents around here."

She keeps walking until her paws feel like needles stabbing with each step. She walks slowly, tired from having no sleep. Dawn lights up the sky and Silverpaw can see the start of a forest in the distance. She gasps, the sign of progress exciting her, "That has to be the border!"

She starts running, ignoring the pain in her paws, just hoping to get there unnoticed. Her wish is not granted however as she sees a patrol of four cats, much like Firecry's patrol, nearing her escape route, seeming to come out of nowhere. How did I not notice them before?! Silverpaw skids to a halt, breathing heavily as yowl rings out and the patrol runs towards her. Her mind races and she turns to run back the way she came, but she's quickly surrounded.

She looks around at the cats surrounding her; A pale sandy colored tom with pale brown eyes, a calico tom with dark brown, almost black eyes and white fur with splotches of brown and black on various locations on the cat's body. The third cat is a smaller she-cat with dark blue eyes and dark brown fur, and the final cat, standing directly in front of Silverpaw, is a large tabby tom with piercing dark amber eyes and red and orange fur.

The tabby's eyes narrow, "Little kit, you do realize you're in SunClan's territory?"

Silverpaw nods slowly, "I was just-"

Before she can explain herself, the other three cats attack her. She's beaten to the ground and the attack continues. She's pinned down with the three of them attacking her. They slash her ear, the very same one that Glacierstar had all that time ago. This wound is deeper and hurts more. Blood leaks into her fur, staining the gray an ugly brown by her injured ear.

Another claw slashes her head, she is able to shield her head for the most of it with her front paws. Three claw marks run from the top of her head to the start of her forehead, where her paws take the rest of the hit, cutting the soft padding of the bottom of her right front paw and a small part of the top of her left front paw, leading to where her claws retract. She yowls, shaking.

When another slash is made across her left side, she begs, "Please, don't kill me!"

"That's enough!" the tabby yells.

The three attackers take a step away from the injured apprentice. The tabby walks up to Silverpaw and sniffs at her, "You're lucky you're young. Had you been a warrior, I would have let them kill you. We do not tolerate trespassers, kit. What Clan are you from?"

For fear of endangering her Clan, Silverpaw is silent. The tabby's eyes narrow, "I asked you a question."

The other cats hiss at her and the sandy tom growls, "We should just kill her. It's not like she'd put up a fight."

The calico tom agrees, "Yeah, show the other Clans we mean business. Not even kits can trespass unpunished."

The she-cat smirks, "We'll show them why SunClan's the strongest in the North."

"Enough!" The tabby growls, "We'll take the kit hostage. Her Clan will come for her soon, and when they do, we'll teach them not to let their kits wander so far from home."

He smirks and the patrol laughs. Silverpaw shivers, tears soaking her fur and fear in her eyes. She doesn't say a word as the tabby grabs her by the scruff of her neck in his teeth. She remains silent as she's taken to SunClan's camp. She doesn't get to see much of the camp since the blood from her wounds had run into both her eyes during her kidnapping.

She blinks multiple times and squints, trying to rid the blood from her eyes, but it only makes it worse. All she can see are blurry shapes through a red film. She's suddenly thrown to the ground and she hears a low growl, "What is the meaning of this, Flamedance?"

Silverpaw recognizes the tabby's voice as he replies, "Nothing more than a trespasser. Just keep her alive until her Clan comes for her."

The she-cat replies, "You're making an example out of her."

"Hmph, she'll be imprisoned here until her Clan arrives. You're a medicine cat, I'm sure you know enough to keep her under enough so she can't escape." Flamedance leaves the medicine cat's den and the she-cat huffs before picking Silverpaw up gently. She sets Silverpaw down on a bed of leaves. Silverpaw tries to see through the blood in her eyes to see the medicine cat, but she still can't see clearly.

"Well.." the she-cat clears her throat, "I'm SunClan's medicine cat, Emberdawn. What's your name, kit?"