Chapter 9: SharpTalon
I snorted and jerked awake from a restless sleep. It wasn't even dawn yet. The three rogues conversation was still wring in y ears. What did they want with the clans? Who is SharpTalon? What was my father planning with these cats? I tried to get back to sleep but couldn't. i groaned and staggered out of my makeshift nest. Maybe if i went for a walk I could clear my head then get some sleep. I walked aimlessly, not really going any where. What if those rogues are going to attack the clans? What would i be able to do to help? I'm just an exiled traitor...
I shook my head and dashed after a rabbit. I chased it into a clover patch and leaped on it, breaking ist spine and killing it instantly. My mouth watered as i tore into the rabbit. It was a little scrawny and stringy, but i wasn't complaining. It was the most decent think I sank my teeth in in ages. I quickly finished the rabbit and licked my whiskers, not noticing how familiar the area around me looked. I yawned and curled up in a bush, not feeling like walking all the way back to my nest, and quickly fell asleep.
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I wasn't asleep long. I was woken up by a paw jabbing me roughly in the ribs "get up you lazy stupid fur ball!" a voice hissed. I opened one eye and stared up at a pair of familiar cobalt blue eyes. "Moondust!" I yowled and leaped to my paws and nuzzled her "What are you doing here!?" She narrowed her eyes and drew back.
"I could ask you the same thing! What are you doing in Seaclan territory!? You shouldn't be here!" Moondust snapped, fur bristling. i took a step back and frowned.
"I..hadn't realized i was in Seaclan territory. Aren't you glad to see me?" I touched my nose to her ear. She growled warningly and jerked back.
"Why should I be glad to see you!? You killed Rainwhisper!" she snarled, he beautiful eyes cold and dark. I flinched and backed away, feeling crushed and hurt.
"M-moondust...you really think I killed her?" I stared at her in shock.
"she glared at me "Do you deny it?" I opened my mouth then closed it. I couldn't tell her what really happened. She'd never believe me. I just stared at her pleadingly then looked down at my paws. I flinched when she hissed.
"See!? I knew you would end up just like Scourge! Like father like son! If I EVER see you anywhere near Saclan territory again I won't hesitate to attack!" She snarled and stalked away. I whimpered and shrunk back over the border, heart broken. She hates me. If Moondust believes I killed Rainwhisper then fernshade must believe it to. I cringed and went racing blindly away from Seaclan territory. I ran until my legs and paws screamed in protest. I glanced down and noticed my pads were bleeding.
I sighed and started to clean the blood away, tears threatening to leak from my eyes. I angrily wiped them away and growled at myself. I sniffed and wrapped my tail around my paws, sitting under a pine tree. I had no one now. I froze at the sound of a furious snarl. I spun around an the side of my face met a massive paw. I yelped and stumbled backwards, my face stinging from claws raking across my face. I blinked, blood whelling into my eyes from a cut above my eye brows. I looked up into a pair of blazing sulfuric yellow eyes. A mountain lion. I yowled and turned to run, knowing i couldn't take it on by myself.
It snarled and I felt a pair of thorn sharp claws pierce my back and I was flung to the side. I gasped, the wind getting knocked out of me as i hit a tree. The lion roared and jumped on my, snapping its jaws around my back and its fangs sunk into my side. i yowled in agony as the lion shook my back and forth then tossed me to the side. I landed with a painful thud and didn't move, blood trickling from the corner of my mouth. The lion stalked towards me, teeth bared in a terrifying snarl. I groaned and squeezed my eyes shut and braced my self.
Starclan help me! I begged silently. I heard several caterwauls and the lion roared in rage. I weakly opened one eye to see flashes of white and brown fur streaking by, attacking the lion. My vision was blurry but i could make out three cats, two brown tabbies, and one white pelt. The lion roared in fury and raced away. I groaned and my head slumped to my paws. The last thing I remember seeing was a pair of worried kind emerald eyes before I fell into dizzying blackness.