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Chapter 19: Song's Story (Thank you LakeStream! :D)
Song was an average she-cat. She grew up in a family of six; her three siblings and parents, in a community of loners who lived separately but would help each other in times of need. Every half-moon and full moon they would meet up, and exchange news. It was on one of these Meetings that she met Infinity.
Infinity was a black and pale gray muscular tom that all the she-cats had a crush on. Well, all except Song and her sister. Infinity was convinced that he was in love with Song, but she though otherwise. This is how they met.
Song wove through the crowd of cats, leading her sister by the tail. Light looked at her nervously. "Should we stick with mother?" She asked. The normally bubbly she-cat looked small and frightened.
Song sighed. "You can if you want. I'm going to meet some other cats," She flicked her tail and headed toward the center of the group, where most of the cats were huddled up in conversation. Light scampered behind her, glancing nervously at them.
Finally Song stopped beside a cluster of cats about her age, twelve moons. One of them, a handsome black and gray tom, was speaking. "And then I jumped on top of the dog. He didn't even see me and yowled like a kit, then ran off. His twoleg came up and put him on a leash, and dragged him off whimpering. I'm sure he's still scared! I was too strong for that dog. I'm amazing."
A ginger she cat sighed dreamily. "Wow, Infinity! You are sooooooo amazing," Her voice lifted in the 'so' part. All the other she-cats smiled sweetly at Infinity. Song shuddered, wondering how a she-cat could fall for such an arrogant tom.
Light seemed to think the same and stifled a grunt of disgust.
"I know, we should all try to be like you." Song mewed sarcastically.
Infinity snapped his head around and started, "What?!" But stopped abruptly as he saw Song glaring at him. "Woa," He breathed. Song looked around uncomfortably. "You're..."
"I'm Song."
"I'm Infinity."
"I think I know that; all these she-cats are mooning over you."
"You're cute."
Song took a step back. "What?"
Infinity shuffled his paws, embarrassed. "I said I think you're cute."
"Oh... Okay?" She backed away. "I'm going to talk to someone over... There. Bye," Song turned around and sprinted away, feeling awkward. She ducked behind a rose bush and peeked out, seeing Light join her.
Light got right to the point. "Infinity likes you."
Song flicked her ears, annoyed. "So? I don't like him. I think he's an arrogant, stuck-up, pigeon-brained furball."
Light nodded. "So do I. He was... nice enough?"
Song snorted. "Really? Nice? Are you going to moon over him too?"
"No!" Light snapped. "I'm just trying to find good in him."
"Whatever," Song mewed. "Let's find Dancing Willow and get out of here."
From that day on, Infinity would always seek out Song at Meetings, and Song would try to avoid him or stay away from the Meetings. On one occasion, Infinity came to Song's parent's den looking for Song. In the community, kits usually stayed with their parents until they were sixteen moons, and would go find a den of their own once they reached that age. Song was only a few days away from becoming sixteen moons, and Infinity had heard that a few toms liked Song, and were planning to ask her to be their mate. Infinity wanted to be at the front of the line. Song's parents were the leaders of the community, and she was considered royalty. "Suitors" would ask her, but she would refuse.
For all Infinity's planning, he ended up being the last one to ask her. He overslept in his den, and when he reached the line, it was already long enough. If three toms was long. Infinity was a cat of impatience, and was always trying to get things done fast.
Song rejected each tom that asked her. She didn't like any of them, they all tended to brag about themselves too much. Infinity watched each one come out with a heartbroken expression on his face, and his hope grew. Maybe she wants me to be her mate so she is sending them all away!
His hopes were soon diminished. Song liked him the worst. As soon as he walked in and asked, she said no, but was careful. Even though she had a temper, she didn't want any tom to be devastated.
"Song, would you like to be my mate?" Infinity boomed, his loud voice carrying easily.
Song looked at him. "Infinity, listen," she mewed firmly but not unkindly, "I know you think you like me. But I just don't feel the same for you. I'm sorry, but I wish not to be your mate." There were no more words spoken between them after that.
Infinity was heartbroken.
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One day, a few days after Song reached eighteen moons, a strange tom showed up in the community. Song was charmed by him. He was so mysterious, and she could not get him off her mind.
Song was enjoying a stroll through the forest. She sniffed the warm greenleaf air, and a sudden playfulness came over her. She leaped into the air and rolled down a grassy ledge, purring loudly. Suddenly she saw a clump of bushes in front of her, and tried to scrabble to a halt, but skidded straight through and crashed into something. It fell to the ground and let out of yowl of alarm. "Ambush!"
Song leaped up. "Where?!" Then she realized the cat was talking about her. She flicked her ears sheepishly and turned around, facing a muscular midnight-black tom who was staring at her, fur on end.
"Sorry," She apologized, "I didn't see you there. I was... rolling down a hill."
He shook his head. "That's fine. Goodbye." He began to pad deeper into the woods.
Song was startled by his abruptness. She bounded forward and caught up with him. "Wait, where are you going?"
He quickened his pace. "Nowhere."
"Of course you're going somewhere. You can't go to 'nowhere!'"
He stopped at a stream, causing Song to almost crash into him again. "Listen, if you really want to know, I'm going back to my cats. We're looking for a place to live. There are many of us, and we need food. Good day and goodbye."
He turned around to dash off again, but Song tried to stop him. "We can probably help you!" She called; he had raced around her and leaped over the stream. As she said that, his ears pricked. "There can't be that many of you, and my parents would be glad to help."
The cat paused. "Really?" He mewed doubtfully. "Everywhere we go, cats turn us away. But I guess it's worth a try."
He started to tread away. Song looked after him, confused about why he would leave. "When can I see you again?" She asked as loud as she could. He kept walking.
"I don't know, meet me at midnight tonight at this stream or something," He answered without turning around.
Song tilted her head. "Okay... Oh, I almost forgot. My name is Song. What is yours?"
He stopped and looked at her. "If you must know, it's Shadow." Without another word, he vanished into the bushes at the other side.
Song thought about him all day. He was so... strange. He spoke straightforward, yet did it with such abruptness that it seemed he was making a riddle out of his words. Is he like this with all cats? Or only with strangers? I wonder how many cats he has? He seems to be a leader of some group.
The rest of the day seemed to go by with a daze, and once she missed a mouse while hunting and it was right in front of her nose. One of her hunting partners and brother, Blizzard, had teased her. "A blind and deaf fox could have caught that! You're more distracted that a rabbit today."
Song had not replied and instead hunted on her own.
LINE BREAK
They had met up for a moon now, and usually discussed topics such as where the best hunting grounds were, the territory in general, how many cats lived in the community and Shadow's group, whether they were skilled in fighting or not. Song answered all of his questions without remorse, and felt the need to somehow impress Shadow. Apparently Shadow felt the same about her.
One day he invited her to come to his camp. "You'll love it," He had promised, leading her past a stack of boulders. He had become less mysterious in that moon, and had started to think very highly of the she-cat.
Soon they arrived- it was a low dip in the ground, very large, surrounded by brambles and ferns. It was packed with cats- more than Song had ever seen in her life. She realized Shadow was right. There were so many cats that a lot of them had their ribs showing through their fur, even in greenleaf.
They looked curiously at Song as she followed Shadow in, but made no move to stop her. Shadow introduced her to the group as he called a meeting, then announced he would ask Song's parents for territory. Song stayed at the camp that night, talking with all the cats. They seemed friendly enough, but there was something strange about them. They would not answer certain questions, but change the subject or make an excuse to go somewhere else. Song dismissed it.
Shadow returned from talking to Dancing Willow and Hawktalon, his expression grave. He announced that they refused to help, and said they didn't trust him or his cats. Song felt a twinge of sympathy for them, and when Shadow announced they would attack to get land she wasn't surprised. She didn't refuse when Shadow asked her to spy for them, but wasn't pleased either.
After a quarter moon of spying, Shadow attacked the cats. Song stayed back at Shadow's camp, reluctant to fight her kin and few friends.
Shadow had not told her he killed cats. He had not showed her how violent he really was, how his devious mind really worked. He said he would go easy on them, and they almost all died. All of them were driven out. Song's family escaped together, but Light received horrible wounds that almost killed her.
During the battle, Shadow revealed that Song betrayed them. Infinity and many other cats were devastated, and Infinity was killed brutally in the fight. When more than half of the community was dead and the rest had run away, Shadow returned to the camp. He wounded himself and had his cats do the same before they returned, to make Song think they had been defeated and were horribly driven out. When she saw the wounds, she felt horrified at her family and said they should leave at once. Shadow 'agreed' and when all the cat's 'wounds' were healed, they headed for the mountains to try to drive them out.
Shadow fed lies to Song the whole time, and she decided to spy on the Tribe. But a certain cat was there, Shauna, who had been in the battle. She pointed out Song's snooping, and Song became a prisoner of the Tribe. And that, dear readers, is where we are now.
Soooooooooooooooo...
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