Chapter 24: Ewww...
Cherrypaw nearly leaped back in horror, grimacing at the sight in front of her eyes. It smelled terrible, and at that moment she would rather of been staring at a zombie than staring at this. "Y…you expect us to eat this?" Roo snickered and nodded. "Unless you would rather go hunting out there with the zombies…" Cherrypaw thought to herself I would almost rather…
Mossypaw, who had just bounced up beside her along with Fin and Hailpaw, didn't look nearly as horror-stuck as Cherrypaw did, and giggled at her look. "Come on- it can't be that bad!" They watched as Roo hopped up onto the top shelf and kicked another container down; it splattered on the floor and thousands of tiny little kittypet food bits spilled out. The Refuge cats ran up to it, and after a moment of hesitation, most of the clan cats followed. Cherrypaw carefully walked up to it, eyeing it like it might come alive and bite her or something. She carefully took a bite- and she was right. It was terrible. But at least it was food…
After a few bites, her stomach seemed full enough; she couldn't stand another bite of that foul stuff. All around her, the cats were still eating. They were all gulping down the food, sitting in a wide semi-circle. Roo and Foxleap were laying down together, while Fin was sitting next to Hailpaw, discussing the best tasting piece of prey. Then there Mossypaw, who had already finished, was bouncing around in excitement, wanting to do something. Cherrypaw walked over to her. "Hey… you want to go exploring?"
Mossypaw looked at her happily. "Sure, let's go!" She replied, and excitedly ran off to the back of the store. Cherrypaw sighed, and then yelled out "Hey, wait for me!"