Disclaimer: I do NOT own Warriors. It belongs to Erin Hunter.
'Thoughts' Dreams Memories
Spottedleaf and Redtail continued to watch the forest, listening to the leaves rustles in the trees and hearing the gentle running of the river nearby. The siblings, in this brief moment, were able to forget their worries and just...be. Spottedleaf herself took in a long calming breath before leaning against her brother and Redtail purred, giving his sister a quick lick on the ear.
However their peace was broken when a few fox-lengths away from them, there are heavy crashing and muttered curses drifting towards them. The pair got to their paws and jumped from Sunningrocks, stalking towards the rustling bush before suddenly, Spottedleaf was jumped on by a burly grayish brown tom with the scent of RiverClan coming off him in waves. He had dropped a rabbit as he attacked and it was clear he was stealing prey. Redtail whipped his head around to help her when his leg was caught and he was dragged back by a dark gray molly who also smelled like the water loving Clan. He turned and used his claws against, scratching her deeply above her eye before following it up with a vicious bite to the shoulder.
The young looking cat yowled then struggled away, Redtail watched her go with a snort. He turned to see Spotteleaf still tussling with the burly warrior but saw her holding her own good enough. He watched for a moment as the medicine cat got out of his claws with a harsh swipe across his muzzle before gaining some distance, moving to stand with her brother.
She was careful to not look him directly in the eyes, not only so that he won't be entranced by her but also because she didn't want the fight to end too soon. The blood roaring in her ears, the feel of her claws tearing into fur and flesh as well as her fangs driving deep into this cat's body, Spottedleaf wanted more of it! It couldn't end with this cat falling into a void, she wouldn't allow it!
With a loud hiss, Spottedleaf ran forward, her claws outstretched when three more RiverClan warriors jumped from the bushes and crashed into her and she went down in a writhing mass of fur. Redtail gritted teeth at that and rushed forward, dashing forward and hauling one of the warriors into the trees above them. Slamming the cat, a tom, into the stout truck, Redtail readied his claws and scored them down over and over into his flesh before dashing away into another bough of branches.
The RiverClan tom regained himself but looked down nervously at the tree branch, he had heard of how ThunderClan used the trees to their advantage to the point where they almost seemed to fly through the trees. He hesitated a second too long and Redtail was upon him again, biting deep into his shoulder and clawing at his face close to his eye. The tom tried to get away but stumbled and fell hard on the ground below. He lay stunned for a long moment before he slowly picked himself up and staggered away, moaning in pain.
Redtail was breathing hard now, his claws digging into the bark. He had a sadistic grin on his muzzle and his eyes, usually calm and collected, were filled with a harsh, unhinged light. He had swallowed a fair bit of blood and as he watched the RiverClan tom limp away, he bunched his muscles, ready to follow and...put the poor cat out of his misery. After all, wasn't he hurt badly, such pain would be too hard to bear. Redtail was only going to help end his pain.
His thoughts shifted when he heard Spottedleaf cry out, and he turned to see his sister pinned by the gray-brown warrior and a smaller cat, an apprentice. Spottedleaf was being pinned by the gray-brown warrior and the apprentice was biting at her foreleg. Just when Redtail was going to help his sister, Spottedleaf managed to bite into the warrior's muzzle and hold onto him, even as he screamed and tried to get away.
Even as she was biting the warrior, Spottedleaf used her hind legs to gore into the apprentice, tearing hard into her belly. Redtail came to help by biting at her ear and yanking hard, nearly tearing it off while his claws dug deep into her neck. And while none wasn't aware of it just yet, the wounds Spottedleaf and Redtail gave would be much too deep for any recovery to be possible.
Finally, the RiverClan warrior tore himself away from Spottedleaf and rushed off, yowling. The apprentice too, feeling beaten tried to wobble away but she soon collapsed, breathing hard. Blood was pooling rapidly under her and the scent of it filled the forest. Spottedleaf got to her paws and looked over to the apprentice but even thought the medicine was bloody and pain sparked with every step, she walked over to the young cat.
She was barely breathing now and Redtail was now at her side, staring down on the dying cat. Yet like her brother, in her eyes there was no sympathy or care for the weakening cat...only cold detachment and...hunger.
As the apprentice took her last breaths, Spottedleaf and Redtail stared at her, a brief moment of horror at what they had done. But soon it was replaced once more by indifference and sudden actual hunger. There was a body, nice and warm, just big enough for them to share. The two half demons only held out for a heartbeat more before falling on the body, savaging it to get the soft organs and cooling blood.
Bones were snapped, fur was torn, and blood was smeared into the ground as Redtail and Spottedleaf gave into their monstrous hunger. The fattest mouse, the juiciest rabbit could not compare to this one meal they shared, Spottedleaf ate the liver with relish while Redtail sated himself kidneys. The lungs they each took one of when the intestines they devoured separately. When it came time to consume the heart, Spottedleaf flattened her ears, but gave it to her brother after much thought in return for helping her with her fight. Redtail purred and rubbed his head against her cheek, a flash of tender, genuine care was clear in the action. The heart was most prized and delicious part to a demon and to give it to someone else was a mark of devoted affection to them.
"Next time, you can have the heart." he promised, twining his tail with hers.
Soon there was little left of the apprentice save for a few scraps of fur and the bloody stain in the earth where she died. Spottedleaf and Redtail then spent time grooming one another, purring together softly as new strength filled them and drove their thoughts. The apprentice was a good enough meal but...how long had it been? The taste of cat flesh and blood still lingered heavily in their mouths, the pair was practically drooling. Perhaps...it would be okay to try and see if they could pick off that warrior that dropped from the tree. Redtail was sure that with his injuries, he hadn't made it back to RiverClan yet. He proposed his plan to Spottedleaf, who smiled and got to her paws, the pain of her wounds leaving her in prospect of a feast.
"Next time, I'll bring Sandpaw too. She's never known how delicious cat flesh can be." Redtail exclaimed, to which Spottedleaf chuckled, adding her own thoughts. "Yeah, we'll have to look for a nice plump cat, only the best for our kin!" The pair then went off, eager to find that RiverClan tom, their hunger not yet sated.
A/N: Well, this has bad written all over it. Redtail and Spottedleaf has gone so long without eating cats that they just can't help themselves. They tried being good warriors, cats of the Clan, but they can't fight who they are. Sooner or later they were bound give in...Poor things...And it's only going to get worse.
