Contains spoilers...
I'm updating again! Yay! This chapter is about Cloudpaw and when he was 'captured' by the twolegs. I enjoyed writing this chapter, it wasdifferent from what I usually wrote about. I didn't proof read it so there may be some typos... enjoy!
Between two lives
"Hey, wake up. I want you to work on your hunting." A voice sounded.
A young white tom yawned. "But it's so early. Can't I sleep for a few more moments?" he whined.
"Cloudpaw, you're training to be a warrior and good warriors get up early to hunt for the clan. Don't act like a kittypet." The orange tom spat. "C'mon, let's get going." The tom turned away and slowly trotted towards the gorse tunnel. He looked back and waited for Cloudpaw.
Cloudpaw glared at his mentor, Fireheart. I'm no kittypet! I'll be the best warrior ever! The young white tom stood up and shook off the moss clinging to his fur. He stretched his legs and slowly made his way towards the gorse tunnel.
Fireheart and him padded up the ravine and made there was to Sunningrocks.
"Okay, remember what I taught you. You have to crouch down and-" Fireheart began.
"I know, I know. Ugh, you repeat this everyday day. I know how to hunt." Cloudpaw rudely interrupted. Fireheart glared and Cloudpaw and flattened his ears.
"Listen to me. I am your mentor and you must obey me. Do not interrupt me. I'm trying to explain these things so it'll be clear to you and so you'd remember." Fireheart explained. Cloudpaw pretend to listen but he was really just day-dreaming about sleeping longer.
"Okay, fine." The young tom mumbled. Fireheart rolled his eyes and sniffed the air.
"What do you smell?" he asked Cloudpaw.
Cloudpaw raised his nose and took a few sniffs. "I smell vole, mouse and stale scent of fox." He mewed.
"Good. Now let's do some hunting." Fireheart crouched down and slowly crawled towards a small mouse that was chewing on a berry. Cloudpaw sat there lazily staring at Fireheart, still only half awake. Fireheart noticed and tured facing him. "Why don't you catch this mouse." He whispered.
Cloudpaw shrugged and crouched down. He quickly pounced and caught the mouse. He could tell Fireheart was proud.
"That's very good." He mewed. Cloudpaw nodded happily and the two continued with their hunting.
On their way back Cloudpaw was ready to get some more sleep. Once they got back to camp, Fireheart instructed him to go give his prey to the elders. Cloupdaw reluctantly made his was to the elders den.
"Finally! Something to eat." Smallear rasped. All the elders gathered around and began to eat the mouse and squirrel Cloudpaw caught.
"I hope you all enjoy it." Cloudpaw meowed. Then he took off to the apprentices den but he accidently bumped into Darkstripe. The dark tom stared at Cloudpaw for a moment.
"Bluestar said you have to get those ticks off the elders." He meowed.
Cloudpaw flattened his ears. "What? But I was just about to take a nap."
"Don't be lazy, kittypet. It was Bluestar's orders. Now go!" he hissed menacingly. Couldpaw cursed under his breathe and trotted to the medicine cat's den. He saw Cinderpelt sitting there alone organizing the herbs.
Suddenly he saw Brightpaw at the apprentices den. He trotted over to her and licked her ear affectionately.
"Hey there, Brightpaw." He mewed. "Could you do me a favor?"
Brightpaw blinked then licked her chest. "What's the favor?"
"I need you to get rid of the ticks on the elders." He whispered. Brightpaw's faced jolted back and her nose wrinkled.
"Eewww, but I hate doing that. Why won't you do it?" she meowed.
"Fireheart said that…" he paused to think for a moment. "I can go on a solo hunt so I need to go but Darkstripe doesn't know that. If the elders furs aren't clean Darkstripe will get mad at me. I can't be at two places at once. Darkstripe's on patrol so he won't know I'm gone. By the time he gets back, I'll be back." Cloudpaw explained.
"Why can't you do a solo hunt after cleaning the elders?" Brightpaw asked. Cloudpaw's tail twitched nervously.
"Please Brightpaw. I really want to impress the clan with my hunting skills." He begged. "Please let me go. Please?"
Brightpaw stared at him for a long time, finally she sighed and nodded. "Okay, I'll the job for you."
"Thank you!" he meowed happily. "I owe you one." Then he dashed over to go hunt.
As he was alone in the forest he couldn't help but chuckle. "She fell for it." He mewed. "Now I have time to take a nap. But first I have to catch something." He saw a blackbird nearby and caught it. He set some dirt on top of it and went to look for a spot to take a nap in.
As he looked he got closer and closer to twoleg territory. He crept to a nice flower patch and smelt very peaceful and calm. He decided to take a nap there. Once he settled in he heard a noise from on of the twoleg nests. The twoleg started to make noise but it was unclear. Cloudpaw strained his ears to listen.
"Sasha! Sasha!" the twoleg called. Cloudpaw cocked his head.
"What does 'Sasha' mean?" he asked himself. He wasn't sure if the twoleg was really saying that, its words were unclear to him. "Maybe it's a name…" he mewed. Then he noticed that twoleg pouring some brown pellet type object into a bowl.
"Eewww… is that rabbit dung? Kittypets eat rabbit dung?" he screwed his face up at the thought of a cat eating dung. Then he recalled his mother explaining to him once was 'cat food' was. It only looked like rabbit dung but it really wasn't. He watched as the twoleg left the bowl of food outside and walked back into its nest.
Cloudpaw yawned and curled up into a tight ball. He only slept for a few moments before he heard his stomach growl. The young white tom woke up and licked is chest.
"Food…" he mumbled. He thought about eating that blackbird but he was too lazy to go back there and look for it. Then he remembered the cat food left out. He was curious to see how it tasted like. The young apprentice got up and trotted over to the bowl of food. He sniffed it and sneezed.
"Hmm…I wonder what it tastes like." He mumbled. He lowered his head and took a bite of the cat food. It was crunchy and a bit dull tasting but other than that Cloudpaw seemed to fancy it. It was convenient and he didn't have to go hunt. This isn't so bad. He thought.
After he was done he realized that the twoleg was watching him the whole time. Cloudpaw backed away in fear. There's nothing to fear. My mother is a kittypet and they're nice to her. He heard the twoleg speak a few words but he couldn't understand.
Cloudpaw was just about to run away when suddenly the twoleg poured more food into the bowl. The twoleg is giving me more food? Cloudpaw took a few more bites, a bit nervous. The twoleg went back into its nest. I guess it likes me. Once he was done he quickly rushed back to camp.
He had the blackbird in his mouth and set it in the fresh-kill pile. Oh fox dung! I never got my nap. He spotted Darkstripe returning from his patrol. As Darkstripe entered he glared at Cloudpaw who was sitting by the elders den. The white tom waved his tail as a greeting and Darkstripe just turned away.
"Whew, that was close." He whispered to himself.
"Finally you're back." A voice mewed behind him. "I got all the ticks out of all the elders."
Cloudpaw turned back and saw Brightpaw. "Thank you so much!" he mewed happily.
Brightpaw didn't seem to be too thrilled. "Well… You're welcome. But I'm not doing that again, now I have mouse bile all over my paws." She complained.
"Let's go to the river." He mewed.Brightpaw nodded and the two cats trotted off.
The next day Cloudpaw returned to the twoleg nest. This time he snuck away from camp, he didn't want to train with Fireheart because he figured he was a good enough hunter already. I wish Fireheart would just give me a break. The whole StarClan thing is getting old. Just the thought of Fireheart and StarClan made Cloudpaw's claws sheathe and unsheathe.
He went up to the twoleg nest and sat by the door. He waited there for awhile but no twoleg came. Where is that twoleg? He wondered. Maybe I should call him.
"Hello!" He meowed out lowed. A few moments later a twoleg came and grab the bag of food. It mumbled a few unclear words and pat Cloudpaw on the head. The young tom flattened his ears and wanted to bite the twoleg but realized that a pat on the head wasn't threatening. Twolegs are so weird…
Then the twoleg left some food and walked back into its nest. Cloudpaw ate the food again and made his way back to camp. He quickly caught a small mouse and carried it back to camp. Once he entered he was stopped in his tracks by Fireheart.
"Where were you!" Fireheart asked with a panicked voice.
Cloudpaw dropped his mouse and flattened his ears. "Can't you see? I was hunting!" he hissed. Fireheart glared at him.
"Don't run off like that without telling me!" he growled. Cloudpaw rolled his eyes.
"Fine!" he meowed then he picked up his mouse and trotted to the fresh-kill pile. Fireheart shrugged and went off to go talk with Sandstorm.
Everyday Cloudpaw would sneak away from ThunderClan camp and eat the food the twolegs gave him.
But one day when he went over there he noticed that bowl of food was inside. Cloudapw meowed and the twoleg opened the door but didn't bring the bowl out. Cloudpaw stared at the food for a long time then finally crawled in and ate it. Cloudpaw meowed to get out then the twoleg let him out. I guess the twoleg trusts me.
After that day Cloudpaw got to enter the nest and eat the food. The he'd go out and catch a small prey and return to camp. Cloudpaw enjoyed the twolegs feeding him and patting him on the head.
One day he went into the twoleg nest and ate the food. He meowed to get out but the twoleg didn't pay much attention to him. Cloudpaw trotted over to the twoleg and rubbed against its leg. The twoleg picked him up and stuck him into a box and locked it.
"Oh no! It's a trap! Hey, let me out!" he demanded but the twoleg ignored him. "Wait! I don't want to be here! Let me out!" he begged. Wait… the twoleg doesn't understand me. It was hopeless. The twoleg lifted him up and started to walk to a large monster. It's going to feed me to that monster!
Suddenly Cloudpaw spotted Fireheart watching him being taken away. Cloudpaw looked into Fireheart's wide eyes. Then he was put into the monster. He could he the monster growling, the young tom closed his eyes in fear. I'll never see Brightpaw again… I'll never see my mother or Fireheart ever again. Where is this twoleg taking me?
The monster's growl was all he could hear. His heart began to beat faster and faster due to fear.
"Mom! Mom! Mom! Help me! Mom!" he cried. Even though he knew that he was helplessly lost in the monster's belly he still yelled for his mom. Even though he didn't believe in anything his clan did he was very scared. "StarClan please help me!" he begged.
Suddenly the monster's growling stopped. The twoleg took him out and set him inside another nest. Cloudpaw slowly crept out of the cage… Where am I?
It had been awhile since the twolegs had him. They got a dog, a small annoying one that made Cloudpaw's head ache. After awhile he got used to its annoying barking.
"Play! Play! Play! ... My food! My food! My food!" The dog would bark to Cloudpaw every time it saw him.
"Oh just shut up!" Cloudpaw hissed. The dog seemed to be oblivious to Cloudapw's hissing. Cloudpaw swatted the small dog's head. The dog yelped and ran off with it's tail between it's legs.
Cloudpaw went to the door and meowed a few times hoping to get out. The twoleg came over and picked him up and set him next to a window.
"This isn't what I want. I want to be outside." He muttered.
Everyday was the same. He ate some food, the dog would bark at him, he'd meow to get out and the twoleg would set him near the window.
"It's so boring." He shrugged. He started to miss that clan life and wished he could be back. And his wish was just about to come true. He saw Fireheart out with Sandstorm and Ravenpaw.
"Fireheart?" his eyes widened with excitement.
Fireheart came to set him free and that's what he did. Cloudpaw dashed out of the twoleg nest and ran off with his clan mates.
"How did you find me?" he asked Fireheart.
"Ravenpaw spotted you." He mewed. "Now let's get back to the clan."
Ravenpaw said good-bye and the other three took off to the clan. Fireheaert kept his eye on Cloudpaw all the way back to camp.
"Now Cloudapw, have you learned you lesson?" he asked. Cloudpaw nodded in shame. "Do you want to be a kittypet? Or would you like to return with us?"
"I want to be a warrior! I promise I won't get near a twoleg ever again." He promised. "I never wanted to live with the twolegs, they made me go into their nests and they stuck me in a box and took me away."
"You and me know that you went into the nest because you wanted too. Maybe the kittypet life suits you better." Fireheart meowed.
Cloudpaw flattened his ears. "No it doesn't!" he hissed. "I'll show you! I can be a clan cat."
"Fine, prove it. Now you must listen to every word I say and do what I tell you. You must obey the warrior code then the clan cats will start respecting you again. You got that?" Fireheart asked.
"Yes, Fireheart." He meowed.
I can't wait to see my friends, especially Brightpaw. I've learned my lesson, Fireheart. I prefer clan life than a kittypet life any day. I'm sorry… I'll try to do better.
I'll prove to the clan that I can be a great warrior!
But that kittypet food was pretty good.
There you have it, Cloudpaw's chapter! Fianlly a chapter that doesn't end sadly... no one dies in this chapter! Let's all cheer! So yeah... Well i don't need anymore suggestions, I've got plenty. Next chapter will be about... well you'll just have to wait and see. Thank you for reading. Reviews are very much appreciated.
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