Day nine
Cats remaining
Honeyfern
Rowanclaw
Ferretkit
Barkface
Mossykit
Minnowtail
Mossykit's POV
We didn't find anyone yesterday, but we found Barkface today. We will kill him tonight.
We hunt frogs and fish by the lake. Ferretkit chases a frog into the water.
"Ferretkit!" I dash in to save him but am too late. I groan as the cat screech rises. I pull Ferretkit from the water and bury him on the shore.
That night we went for Barkface's bush. Barkface is asleep.
We have a quick silent agreement on who will do it. Rowanclaw goes for it. He springs out and throws the branches aside.
Barkface's eyes start to open, but he doesn't see Rowanclaw sink his claws into his throat.
I cover my ears to soften the sound of the cat screech.
Rowanclaw turns to us. "Let's sleep."
Honeyfern's POV
I am about to sleep when I hear another cat screech. I get up and make a twentieth claw mark. Two to go.
Mossykit's POV.
I hear a cat screech and immediately jolt awake. Did Honeyfern find us?
I sit up in the moss. Blinking, I make out Rowanclaw standing over the bleeding body of Minnowtail.
"You killed her!" I scream.
Rowanclaw turns and lunges at me. I feel his claws connect to the side of my throat. I hear the start of a cat screech, then the blackness takes over.
Honeyfern's POV
I make two more claw marks. There is only one other cat left in the games. It's either me or that cat tomorrow. For now, I need to sleep.
END OF DAY NINE