Yup, new chapter! ^.^; This one isn't all THAT exciting - mostly just filler, and an introduction to the next chapter. :3 But I have plans for character growth (ooh, and maybe even death! *spoilers*) in the next few chapters, and I'll suggest that you read this, review (please!)), and then eagerly wait for the next chapter! ^.^; Thank you. :3
Chapter 10
Breezepaw's POV
I padded after the other she-cats towards the little area I'd found earlier. It wasn't that long of a way to walk, but it was still surprising to see how huge our den actually was, compared to the little hole we thought we'd only had earlier. I glanced around in the darkness, realizing that I could still see; there were obviously some light sources or something back here. It couldn't be coming from our den, since the hole was covered up, and the only way to get to here was by going into the little tunnel in the darkest corner of our prison. Since there was absolutely no way that light could get into here from there, obviously there must be something in here that produced light, like maybe something that seemingly glowed.
I had heard about glowing moss, phosphorescent pale green stuff that glowed even in seemingly pitch-blackness. It wasn't exactly a common thing in my Clan, but I had heard the stories of the ancient Clans and SkyClan and how Firestar had helped save SkyClan, and bring them back to life. For some reason, although many very important details never made it this far, and were forgotten over time, this one miniscule, rather unimportant in the grand scheme of things, this one miniscule little detail that was so trivial and really didn't mean much at all, had survived. I didn't know why, and I didn't know how, but it certainly gave me something to think about, and… now I was curious! A lot of Clan cats I knew didn't know, either, although I knew that some of the medicine cats speculated that it must mean something medicinally, and StarClan had urged the leaders to keep that part of the tale alive, or something. Sounded rather farfetched to me, but, hey, what did I know? I wasn't a medicine cat, and I certainly didn't communicate with StarClan!
I made sure to cover our tracks by swishing over the ground with my tail, and then even turning around every few seconds to see how our progress was going. It was going quite well, actually, and I was pleased when I saw the telltale glowing lights up ahead.
"Almost there!" I meowed enthusiastically. Socks ran up ahead of the group excitedly, making us all laugh as she skidded to a stop in front of the water.
I glanced around. The water seemed to glow, and all of us stared in amazement at it.
"Wow," Witch said softly.
"Nice!" Pansy nodded at me. "Good find."
"Well." I shrugged modestly. "What can I say? I was bored."
Socks, meanwhile, was sniffing around the edges of the little underground clearing. Her tail suddenly shot straight up. "Hey!" she announced. "Guess what; I've found a little bit of a hole!"
I scampered over to her. "Think it could be an opening to the outside world?" I asked to no one in particular, scrabbling around it and sniffing a little bit.
"Hmm, dunno." Pansy had come up behind us. "It doesn't really look like it, no…. See how there's rock right around here?" She dabbed at it with a paw. "We would never be able to widen the hole, and even if we could, we could probably never get up to the outside world!"
I sighed. "Yes. You're right."
"Yo…." Witch was looking around the clearing rather fearfully. "It's… it's been a little while since we first started walking. Think we should go back?" She paced around, glancing at the water. "Hey, umm, Breezepaw. You know that the water has to be coming out of somewhere, right? I mean, it can't just… be there."
I gasped. "Hey, you're right! See, look, there's a little hole or something in the ceiling!" I nodded. "It's… it's like… a tiny, trickling waterfall! I mean, we might be able to get out there!"
Pansy gasped. "You're right. If we could widen that little hole up there, then we could totally make it out!" She was displaying a sort of kitlike enthusiasm that I hadn't seen in her since, well… ever.
"Think we can do it?" I asked.
"Why not?" Witch suggested.
"We can sure try!" Socks yowled.
So, with that kept in mind, we all set to work.
After a little while, we had gotten the mud from where the river ran out of the rocks out somewhat, but not quite enough to really be of any use. I sat back on the ledge, and sighed.
"Well, that went well," I remarked sarcastically.
Witch shrugged. "Well, we tried, right?"
"Right!" I agreed, nodding. "Let's go."
We headed back to our den, where we would have to wait for Scarlett.