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'Thoughts' Dreams Memories

Whitestorm led Sandpaw back to the camp, the older tom's ears twitched constantly at every sound and his fur was bristling even after they arrived home. He went straight for the leader, Bluestar's, den and Sandpaw watched him for a moment, the pain of her wounds seemed so far away at the moment.

However, she knew that she would have to get looked at, Whitestorm would only worry if she didn't. With a small sigh, Sandpaw trudged to the medicine cat den where she found Sppotedleaf, the lovely dappled tortoiseshell molly, sorting herbs and muttering quietly to herself. Her ears flicked when she heard Sandpaw push through the ferns to get to her and greeted her warmly before gasping in surprise at her injuries.

The pretty molly stepped closer to Sandpaw to see the full extent of her hurts, but as she did do, Spottedleaf stiffened at the scent clinging to Sandpaw and started to tremble, her claws coming out to sink into the ground.

Sandpaw tilted her head and called out to Spottedleaf, breaking the medicine cat out of her thoughts. The older cat shook her head and took a step back, her ears flat. "I'm...sorry...that scent, it's...Never mind. I'll get you something to numb the pain."

Sandpaw was given poppy seeds and chewed golden rod before being given the all clear by Spottedleaf to go. The ginger molly dipped her hea and turned to go, coming just in tie to see Whitestorm leave Bluestar's den. The blue-gray leader of ThunderClan looked trouble and when their eyes met, Bluestar signaled for Sandpaw to join her.

"Whitestorm was telling me about the demon kit you fought against, Sandpaw. You did well in defending yourself against it. Though it is strange that it was by itself, I thought that they at least stayed with their parents until they were older."

"She was screaming that someone she calls Jake was killed. I would think they were looking after her." Whitestorm replied, coming back in and sitting down, wrapping his tail around his paws.

Bluestar looked from one cat to the other, closing her eyes to think. When she opened them, they were bright with determination. "Demons, however small they are, can grow to be a danger not just for ThunderClan but all Clans. We must go to her, monitor her movements. Perhaps...no. Whitestorm, you and I will go if we can find her. It'll be hard, but we must try to keep her contained as best as we can. Until then, no apprentice shall be allowed anywhere in our territory without a warrior with them. We can't go feeding her. Sandpaw, I want you to stay here. You've had quite the experience and you need to rest."

"But I-" Sandpaw started but was cut off by Bluestar, who narrowed her eyes at her.

"No, Sandpaw! It's too dangerous! We'll be fine, don't worry." The older molly got up and touched noses with her before walking past. Whitestorm followed but not before doing the same to his apprentice with an head bump.

"I'll come back to you, Sandpaw, I promise."

"Okay, Whitestorm. But please, you and Bluestar...be careful!"

xXxX

Deep in ThunderClan's territory, three bodies of cats littered the forest floor. They all had their flesh completely ravaged, their throats shredded to ribbons, paws either broken or torn off entirely. Their bellies ripped and pulled apart, exposing ribs and half eaten organs to the sun. Every one of their faces were frozen into looks of terror and pain.

One corpse even had their eyes ripped out and lower jaw missing. In the middle of this carnage, one hulking, living cat lay in the middle, covered in blood and tearing into what looked like the remains of a heart, purring lowly at the taste as they chewed with relish. They had a scratch here and there and even a bite on their shoulder, but it seemed to bother the large cannibal little as they continued to eat.

The huge cat took another bite of the dead cat closet to them before suddenly getting up while still holding the dead cat in his jaws and dragging it some way further in ThunderClan's land. They stopped near Twolegplace and dumped the body, letting out a soft yowl that hung in the air before the bushes in front of them started to shake, revealing the fire colored demon kit.

Her eyes went right to the corpse, her mouth drooling, she ran for the dead lump of flesh but the bigger cat, a demon like her, chuckled and lifted it out of her reach. The female demon snarled softly but it was clear her earlier tussle with Sandpaw and Whitestorm, plus her own starving state of being left her largely ineffective as a threat.

Still the bigger demon smirked and tossed the meat towards the she-kit, who not caring it was already partially eaten, tackled the corpse with ravenous hunger. Soon her fur was dyed red with blood as her food bringer took to keeping watch, it wouldn't do to be caught unawares.

"Poor thing, I heard that you were all alone. You're clearly starving, and I bet you don't know how to hunt prey just yet. Let's make a deal, I'll bring you food and when the time comes, you help me. Sound fair?"

The kit paused in her eating just long enough to glare at the massive demon, her claws digging into the flesh and fur of the dead cat, tearing it. "I'm not a weapon you can just call on-"

"Fine, starve to death then. Or be killed by ThunderClan. They'll never let you live. See how far you get in your state." the other interrupted, beginning to walk off with a smirk on their muzzle. They stopped when the kit, ears flat and eyes locked down at her tiny paws, called out to them.

"I...I don't want to starve. Let me think about it."

The older demon continued to smirk but lashed their thick tail. "I'll allow that. Better be quick, I don't like waiting. I'll give you two days. If you're not dead by then, of course." the cat then loped off, into the shadows, leaving the kit behind to think of the offer they had been given.

XxXx

Whitstorm and Bluestar came back late in the afternoon, having not found one whisker of the flame furred demon kit. By now, word had gotten out about her in the camp and quite a few of the younger warriors and the queens especially were worried, there was a sharp tang of fear scent hanging in the air.

Sandpaw sat by the entrance of the apprentices' den, her tail twitching and her paws working the ground. She had been thinking of looking for the kit herself. But if Whitestorm and even Bluestar herself couldn't do it, what chance did she, a mere apprentice, have?

'No, I need answers. And that little kit is the only one who can give said answers.' Sandpaw got to her paws and looked up into the sky painted with the colors of sunset. The pale fur molly stared at the clouds before looking to the camp entrance. she would wait until it was dark, the shadows would help hid her fur and she knew enough to avoid being spotted by the moonhigh patrol...she hoped.

Night had fallen quickly and Sandpaw, though she had planned and planned, sudden;y felt skittish as she pulled herself out of the apprentices' den. Looking around and scenting the air, there were no guards about. At least for now.

Heaving a great sigh, Sandpaw continued on, leaving the camp and entering the dark forest alone for the first time ever. She took a moment to look around, everything seemed so different in the dark! Taking a deep breath, the apprentice moved onward, trying to remember the kit's scent so she would be able to track her.

The pale ginger female eventually stopped, she was near Tallpines but not because of any scent. She couldn't find anything! Not one trace of the little kit! How could someone so small and weak stay under the radar so well?

Shaking her head, Sandpaw scuffed the ground with her claws, determined to find the kit. Slipping under a hollow log, she suddenly caught the kit's scent and pulled herself out from under, glancing around frantically. However, as she tried to locate the little cat eater, she was nowhere to be seen.

That was until Sandpaw felt a weight fall on her from above and tiny yet sharp fangs grip into her throat.

A/N: Here's chapter 3, hope you guys are liking it so far. Soon we'll be getting to the more Into the Wild stuff, I just wanted to lay the groundwork on a few things. Stay tuned for the next chapter~