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Chapter 17
Stormpaw instantly leaped up to the ledge Rainpaw had climbed up earlier. He picked his way along the path, anxiety threatening to overwhelm him. He weaved around a boulder and halted as a huge pile of rock loomed in front of him, blocking any path out. Great, he thought, now what am I going to do?
By now other cats had begun to wake; Stormpaw could hear them shifting in their nests. He sighed and tried to block out the other noises, pricking his ears to see if he could hear Rainpaw's whereabouts.
Suddenly he heard a faint scrabbling come from the other side of the rockfall. A waft of her scent washed over him, and he gasped. She's on the other side of the rock!
"Hold on Rainpaw, I'm getting help," He meowed as reassuringly as he could, and heard a muted mew answer him. Turning around, he bounded off the rock ledge and onto the cave floor.
Stormpaw stopped beside Rushingwind, who was awake, but his eyelids were drooping. "Rushingwind!" He started, and turned to face Stormpaw.
"What's the matter?"
Stormpaw took a deep breath. "Rainpaw is in trouble! She's been caught in a rockfall."
Rushingwind's eyes widened. "Great StarClan, what next?!" He sighed, then snapped, "Go get Flowerstem and Pigeonfeather, and ask Moss to fetch Stoneteller. Be quick!"
Stormpaw dashed off, quickly finding Moss among the prey-hunters, then raced over to Flowerstem and Pigeonfeather and awoke them as well. Flowerstem leaped to her paws as soon as she had heard, and darted off, Pigeonfeather and Stormpaw hard on her paws.
Rushingwind was meowing to Rainpaw through the rock.
"Can you hear me?"
"Yes!"
"Are you hurt?"
"No, just annoyed!"
"Do you know what happened?"
"Do mice hunt squirrels? No, what do you think?! Just get me out of here, please," She snapped.
Stormpaw suppressed a mrrow of amusement and padded up to the rock. "Can you move?"
Rainpaw paused for a moment. "Oh, is that you, Stormpaw? Yes, I can move, but only a little bit. Why?"
Stormpaw quickly devised a plan. He turned to Rushingwind. "Rainpaw can start clawing at the loose rocks on her side, and we can try to move them on this side. We should start at the top so that she can climb over."
Rushingwind nodded. "Good idea. Stoneteller, do you have anything to add?"
Stoneteller had just approached, and swished her tail. "Sometimes the rocks are stuck or too large to move by one cat alone, so you may have to take a partner."
"Great. Can we start now?" Apparently Rainpaw had overheard, and she had already started scrabbling at the rock.
Rushingwind rolled his eyes, and started clawing loose pebbles at the top, Stormpaw working steadily beside him. After a while a small gap opened up and Rainpaw peeked her head through, then began scraping again.
Stormpaw's claws hurt and his forelegs were aching, but he felt triumphant when at last the gap widened enough to where Rainpaw could slide out. Suddenly she stopped, half-way out. "Mouse-dung!"
Stormpaw frowned. "What's up?"
She twitched her ears. "I'm stuck. Again."
Stormpaw purred. "You shouldn't be impatient. You could have fully climbed out if you had waited."
"Yes, O wise one." She snorted. "Why don't you help me out?"
He reached out his paw and pulled away a few rocks that were blocking her exit. "Can you get out now?"
Rainpaw slid out easily this time, shaking out her fur. "I'm okay. Thanks," She added, and batted Stormpaw playfully on the nose. "Actually, it was kind of nice back there, without you ruffians disturbing my sleep."
Stormpaw purred harder. "Well this ruffian just saved your life."
"Sure."
Rushingwind, however, wasn't as amused. "What could have caused this?"
The two apprentices stopped purring.
Rushingwind narrowed his eyes at the cave roof as the first light of dawn shone through the waterfall. His eyes widened.
"Look at that! It looks like a spike of rock fell down!" He exclaimed.
Stormpaw glanced up at the ceiling, surprise running through him as he saw a small chunk of broken rock hanging from it. But that was not what shocked him. "But do you see those?" He flicked his tail at claw marks running along the rock. "It looks like something tried to deliberately break the stone!"
Rainpaw's eyes widened, and she hopped back up the ledge and balanced on her hind paws, sniffing as close as she could to the rock.
Her eyes then narrowed, anger filling them.
She growled, cursing under her breath.
"Rogues."
So, did you like? It was a mixture of a rockfall and the rogue's doing. I thought of them breaking the rocks because Feathertail... you know... yeah... Anyways, please review! I feel accomplished; I updated three days in a row! Oh, and by the way, please pay attention to the following sentance.
Attention: I am starting a new story. I know that I said I wouldn't start a new one until I finished this, but I was so excited I could hardly wait. As my loyal readers, you get to hear the summary early :3. By my next update, it will be posted. It is called Rising.
Here is the Summary:
Six cats, all with a different destiny. Six cats, all with the same story. Two fall in love, while one of the lovers is close to death. One will save the Clan, while two others will turn evil and try to destroy the Clan. The last will meet its end if the evil wins. Six cats. Six friends. Two turned renegade.
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