The sun rose on the next morning as the cats padded along to see what was going on. Stormfur was the first to wake up as he began to remember what Midnight had told him, he knew they were no time to waste. Midnight padded over sensing the cats have rested up and ready for the journey back.
"Well looks like you're awake." Midnight said as Stormfur stretched out his legs. Soon the other cats began to wake up.
"We need to hurry back to the clans; we sense their destruction is upon us." Stormfur mewed to Midnight. Midnight pondered for a moment before coming to a conclusion.
"I'll start the leg of the journey back but you will have to continue on yourselves." Midnight responded. They soon exited the cave as they began to pad out back up the easy path they came down on; they soon reached the forest as they began to head back as the sun was rising opposite of them. They soon came across a familiar face.
"Did you find the place that you were looking for?" Purdy asked. Stormfur responded.
"Yes, yes we have." Stormfur mewed as he responded. Soon he noticed Squirrelpaw barking at Littlefoot over nothing. He soon turned back as Purdy responded.
"Good, now you must go back the way you came." Purdy responded as he wanted to them to take the route they came. Stormfur looked over as he had some moment of clarity.
"Can't we try to take a faster route to get back; it took us days to get here?" Stormfur asked as he wanted a faster route to get back to the clans. Purdy began to instruct on why they should head back the way they came but he ignored them. Littlefoot padded past Stormfur as he turned his head to see the three cats socializing and organizing a plan.
"Hey Feathertail, want to come hunting with me?" Crowpaw asked. He was in the mood for some alone time with his two friends.
"Sure but we need to make sure that all plans are set." Feathertail responded. Soon he spotted Crowpaw hanging out with Feathertail upon which he was against.
"Hey! Why are you talking to my sister? I will not let the both of you hang out together." Stormfur snapped at Crowpaw. Soon Littlefoot came to their defense.
"Stormfur, Crowpaw and Feathertail should be friends like how the rest of us are. We shouldn't be tearing each other's throats out over who gets to chat with whom, we can just be friends." Littlefoot mewed to Stormfur, it was clear that Stormfur made a mistake that he shouldn't be talking to a warrior like that. Feathertail soon stepped forward.
"Sorry Crowpaw, I can't hunt with you and your friend, Stormfur is kicking up a fuss that we shouldn't be together." Feathertail mewed with somber to Crowpaw, She turned as she went to have a private conversation with Stormfur.
"It's all right Crowpaw, maybe we'll hunt together another time, we can still play right?" Littlefoot mewed trying to keep his spirits up. Soon Brambleclaw padded over to talk with Crowpaw as Littlefoot went to Midnight. "So, have you thought of a quick root that we can get back to the clans?" The badger looked at the tom.
"Yes I have, it's going to be going over this steep set of mountains, I think you should be able to cross it in a day or two." Midnight responded as Purdy stepped to defy Midnight.
"The mountains are not safe, there are birds bigger than what I've seen and big cats that would eat even the most skilled fighters." Purdy warned them as he expressed that his plan was better. Midnight hissed at him seeing that his route would eat away more time, time they didn't have. Soon Littlefoot came to a conclusion as he decided.
"Okay, over the mountains we go." He mewed. Stormfur and Feathertail soon popped out of the bushes. They were frightened by something.
"Two foxes coming to us." Feathertail mewed. Soon the foxes peeked out of the bushes. They soon licked their lips ready to attack as the cats formed up.
"I think we should take these two youngsters head on, it would remind me of the good old days." Purdy mewed as he began a story as the foxes drew closer.
"Purdy, even though you are crazy, attacking those foxes would be a very dumb decision you will make." Squirrelpaw warned him not to attack the foxes. Soon Midnight bursts through some bushes blocking the cats.
"What are you two doing here?" Midnight growled at the foxes warning them not to take another step forward.
"We've been alerted to the presence of cats on our beachside territory and we want to drive them away." One of the foxes growled.
"They will be leaving soon so be patient. No need to attack." Midnight warned the foxes as she calmed down.
"Fine if those cats aren't gone by sunset, we will attack." The fox responded, they soon bounded back into the bushes. Midnight soon turned to the cats.
"You cats need to be gone by sunset if you want to make sure that you get a move on you have plenty of time to do so and you will get to your clan faster." Midnight instructed them. "The fastest way back to the clans is over those mountains."
"Can't they take the route that they came; it will be a lot safer?" Purdy asked. Midnight growled him into silence. The cats soon began to say their goodbyes as Midnight spoke to Purdy.
"The way they came is the long way and they don't have the time, Why not travel in a straight line." Midnight suggested soon Littlefoot was the last to say his goodbyes to the cat and badger.
"Thanks for all the help you've given us, I hope we'll see each other again someday." Littlefoot mewed to them. Midnight smiled.
"Don't worry, once you get to the lake, you'll see me every leaf bare when I go there for my leaf bare feeding grounds." Midnight told him. She nuzzled his cheek as Littlefoot turned and bounded after his clan mates, they race to get to the forest has begun.
The cats were soon climbing up a hill as the terrain changed, the rocks were pointing out and sometimes water was becoming harder to find. Stormfur was still thinking about Squirrelpaw and still being incredibly mad that Feathertail hangs out with Crowpaw. Littlefoot was bringing up the rear as he made sure Tawnypelt kept up with the rest of the group. He soon spoke to Feathertail as he had some questions:
"Hey Feathertail, have you seen the lake?" Littlefoot asked her curiously. Feathertail was ahead as she was padding across the rocks.
"No." Feathertail responded. She continued to pad along as the twoleg town vanished below them.
"How do we know until we get there?" Littlefoot asked again while scampering over to Feathertail. She looked at the long legged cat who was even bigger than Brambleclaw at this point.
"Some things, you see with your eyes, others you will see with your heart. Like Silverstream always told me, if you can dream of this place, you will always treasure it and you will find it someday." Feathertail mewed to him as they continued.
"I do not really understand what you are talking about." Littlefoot admitted. He was confused about what Feathertail was saying. "My mother always said that everything was an enemy and only my dad whose collar was full of dog teeth would be there to lead the clan to greatness; he died while I was still a kit. And then there was a struggle to see who would be the next leader and my entire family was ripped apart."
"Wait your father is Scourge?" Brambleclaw asked Littlefoot. He was getting what the large tom cat was saying.
"Yes, he is. Even though he's my dad, why didn't I grow up to be like him?" Littlefoot asked as he was curious about this.
"Listen, we all grow up differently, even if our dads are evil, we will still find some light in our hearts to change and be the good cats that we are. My dad was Tigerstar the most evil cat of the entire forest but did I turn to be like him? No." Brambleclaw responded as he wanted to give the warrior some support.
"It's always good to have loving cats by your side that will guide you to the bright end of the tunnel." Tawnypelt mewed. "I don't know where the apprentices would be going." Feathertail laughed as they had a spoiled apprentice and an apprentice that was slowly coming out of his shell. They soon continued up the mountains seeing that their destiny would be up there soon.
[A/N]: Sorry if this is getting out a little late since I'm still recovering from a sickness I've got a few days back. If anyone is thinking about shipping Crowpaw with Feathertail, no I am not shipping them but I won't be revealing the Leafpaw and Crowpaw ship at the moment even though I've given a couple of hints about it.
We still got a few hours left, we got up to 5 reviews but we still need 250 views for the story. So keep reading onward.
Also another thing, there is a Moonkitti video where the Alpha and Omega pups get abducted by aliens and sent to the moon. And then it's essentially a joke that we will get Alpha and Omega 42, Alien abduction. And then Bobsheaux says the Rainbow faces pretty much go away on their transporter beam wondering if the earth was safe to make contact with when they figure out it wasn't. I wonder if Claudette would start questioning the continuity of all of those sequels and calling BS on the formula.
"As for some reason, for some reason, some of the herd believed in Pterano, he soon led them away from the rest of us. They were sure he had all the answers. They were sure that he wouldn't lead them astray. They were wrong." I wonder if I would reference this one line in a future story where the cats are a lot older and wiser than they are in this story? Let me know about this ramble and the next chapter will be up soon.