A/N: Hello again everybody. Here is another chapter to Nothing but a Monster. If you have time after reading this, please check out Stolen, my other story.
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ON WITH THE CHAPTER
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Snowstrike's pov
It was early dawn the next day. We were at the Abandoned Thunderpath. The usual black and grey on an active Thunderpath was gone, it was now a dusty brown. I sat behind Midnightkit and Mosskit, who were sleepily sitting down. If a strong wind blew by, it would probably knock them down. I purred and nudged both of them gently, making them jump.
We need to wait for Fogclan. I looked over at Whiteheart, who was talking with Bluestorm. He looked at me and he met my glare. It's his fault why I can't meet Fang. He looked away and continued talking with Whiteheart.
I heard a yowl and everyone whipped around to look towards the Fogclan Forest. Icestar stood up and padded to the front of the Hailclan cats. "Greetings Toadsplash," Icestar bowed her head.
"It's Toadstar," he said and swayed his tail. The Fogclan cats came closer together and Specklefrost padded beside Icestar. "My deputy is Shadestone," Toadstar flicked his tail to a black tom with dark grey paws. His green eyes shined with concern and wariness. "Let us cross," Toadstar began padding pass us towards the edge of the Thunderpath. In a few moments, the two clans were in a big group.
I picked up Mosskit and Midnightkit by their scruff and began padding beside Cloudshadow and a black she-cat with white paws and yellow eyes. Toadstar was next to her, their tails twined. Everyone lined up along the Thunderpath and I tightened my grip on the kits.
Nobody moved. I knew we weren't frightened by the Thunderpath, we were afraid of leaving our old homes. The Abandoned Forest was on the other side.
Fang could be there now. I looked towards the forest and flicked my tail. I took a step forward and felt the dusty, yet cold and hard Thunderpath. I looked down at my paws and continued padding to the other side. My paws finally touched the soft, dew-covered grass. I turned around and sat down. I put Midnightkit and Mosskit on the ground. They stood by me and I curled my tail around them.
Leafstone nudged herself to the front of the group and padded across the Thunderpath, sitting next to me. She glanced at me and smiled. I smiled and looked across as well. Toadstar and the black she-cat began padding across.
It took a while for everyone to cross the Thunderpath. Icestar was the last one. "We need to find a place that will be our new camp," Toadstar said and was the first to enter the forest. I padded alongside Whiteheart, Silversnow and Iceflower gathered their kits with the kits from Fogclan.
Flowerpool was the only queen who had kits, two other cats were expecting. We continued padding along until we found a big meadow. I scented the air and I smiled. I scented Fang. I was the only one, because everyone else began gathering bramble bushes and fallen logs. I sighed and helped Cloudshadow, Goldenhawk, and two other cats from Fogclan push a log for the barrier of camp.
Toadstar and Icestar began padding around the meadow, looking for perfect places for the dens. "Mudstorm and Stripesky, go put our scent around the forest, we want the foxes ad badgers to know we are here," Toadstar yowled.
"Snowstrike and Cloudshadow, you go as well," Icestar yowled. I groaned slightly and padded to the two Fogclan cats, who were sitting by Toadstar. Cloudshadow caught up with me and I looked at Mudstorm and Stripeksy. Mudstorm looked similar to Toadstar, but he was just dark brown. He had stormy blue eyes.
Stripesky was a dark grey she-cat with a black stripe from her nose to the base of her tail. She had sky blue eyes. "Let's go," Mudstorm said. "Who put you in charge," Cloudshadow grumbled and padded ahead of us. "He's always like that," I said to the Fogclan cats before following them.
"We should maybe split up; we will cover more ground that way. Or do you have another smart idea," Mudstorm smirked and I chuckled. "I'm only controlling myself for the sake of the clan," Cloudshadow growled before storming off. "He seems nice," Mudstorm chuckled before padding away into the bushes. I padded through the bushes with my ears perked and claws slightly unsheathed.
I rolled around on a small patch of grass and rubbed my head slightly on a tree. I padded up a hill and saw that the land was split by a river. "Guess this will be the border," I murmured and walked alongside the river's edge. The water was a clear blue; I saw big and small fish swim slowly against the currents.
I sat by the river and unsheathed my claws. I lashed my paw into the water, I missed the fish. I tilted my head. It's different than hunting at the Frozen Pond. I growled and flattened my ears. We need to learn how to hunt quickly if we want to survive here.
It took a while for me to finally catch one big carp. I picked it up and began padding along the river again. I turned around and began padding deeper into the forest. I stopped by a huge oak tree. These were common in the Frost Forest, but I never saw them with their leaves, since it snowed all the time at the Snowy Tundra.
I stared up at the tree and saw a brown bird with big eyes on a branch. An Owl. I buried my carp and slowly made my way up the tree. I was out of breath when I was half way there. I'm scared of heights. I sunk my claws into the branch I was sitting on and looked up. Only a little higher.
The owl looked down and hooted. I narrowed my eyes and leapt onto the next branch. It stretched out its wings and began cleaning them, occasionally looking down at me. It would probably fly away when I pounce on it. I leapt to a different branch, one on the other side of the tree. The owl was out of my sight, but I was also out of sight of the owl.
I lashed my tail and continued climbing up. I was near the top and I looked around the tree. The owl was on the same branch, but on the other side. I began making my way to the other side of the tree. Unfortunately, a twig snapped below the branch I leapt on, making the owl fly away.
I growled and quickly made my way down. I slipped off one branch and tumbled down, landing roughly on my belly on the branch below. I groaned and sunk my claws into the branch. I stared at the ground, my eyes wide. I could have continued falling down. I shakily stood up on the branch and began making my way down, slower this time.
I leapt onto the ground and sighed heavily. "Are you ok," I looked up at a familiar voice. He's here. Fang sat on the only patch of grass around the clearing, a warm smile on his face, but slight concern in his amber eyes. "Fang," I said out of breath and shakily.
"I told you I'll be here," he purred deeply and stood up. I ran to him and buried my face in his chest and neck. He licked the top of my head and curled his tail around me. I sat down and he took a deep breath in. His comforting scent surrounded me and I purred loudly.
"Let me ask again," he whispered, "are you ok?" I nodded against his chest and lifted my head, looking into his eyes. He smiled and licked my cheek. "That's good," he purred and buried his nose in the side of my neck. I purred and curled my tail around his. He moved his tail and entwined it with mine.
"I missed you," he said, his breath hitting the side of my neck. It was still cold here, but not as cold as in the Snowy Tundra. "I missed you too," I purred. I don't know why, but I felt like I wanted to cry. We sat I silence, sitting close to each other, for a while. I was surprised nobody came looking for me.
This was perfect. "How was your journey here," he lifted his head and stared at me. "It was fine, not as exciting as I thought it'll be," I smiled and he leaned in, touching his nose to mine gently. I purred and stared back at his eyes, he did the same. "We can meet here, in this clearing," he said after a while.
I nodded and looked down at our paws. "I love you Snow," he whispered in my ear before nuzzling me. "I love you too," I purred and nuzzled him back.
"You have to go back to your clan, will you be here tonight," he said and began slowly uncurling our tails. I nodded and flicked my tail away from his. He chuckled and licked my ear. "It will be a while until they discover my scent, there are a lot of foxes here, so my scent should be pretty tough to find, I know how to hide it," he smiled and I stood up.
I dug up my carp and picked it up. "I'll see you tonight," he whispered in my ear before giving my cheek a quick lick and trotting away. I smiled through the carp and began padding back to camp. I need to get rid of his scent off me. The river.
I nodded to myself and ran back to the river. I placed my carp down and went to the shallow part of the river. The small waves washed up my leg and I crouched in the water, rolling in the fresh water. I stood up after a while and began grooming the water off my fur. It was a little past Sunhigh when I finally made it back to the group.
The new camp was nearly complete, just the med-cat den was needed. A hole was dug up by, what I guess is the apprentices den, for the fresh-kill pile. "Perfect Snowstrike, you'll be the first one to add to the fresh-kill pile," Icestar padded up to me and smiled. I nodded and dropped my carp on the fresh-kill pile.
"Where is everyone," I padded up to Whiteheart, who was beginning to make the med-cat den along with Bluestorm, Leafstone, Goldenhawk, and three cats from Fogclan. "Either hunting or getting more bushes, twigs, logs, or fallen leaves for the barrier of camp," she said and nodded to Leafstone.
"Icestar said if you have nothing to do, to go help hunt and collect herbs," Whiteheart turned to me. "I'll go with you, we can get some herbs, Leafstone told me which ones she needs," she added and began padding to the entrance. I quickly followed her. The camp was protected by thorn bushes, leaves, logs, and branches.
"Do you think this new place is good for us," she asked suddenly while we were collecting poppy seeds. "It could be," I murmured and shook out my fur. She sighed and wrapped the poppy seeds in a bundle of leaves. "I want to go back," she said when we began walking back.
"You have to give this new place time," I said and flicked my tail. "You know you want to go back to see Fang," she murmured and looked at me. Should I tell her? No. "I know," I said and cleared my throat. She rolled her eyes and padded ahead of me. She was mad. We entered the camp and she padded away to Leafstone and the Fogclan medicine cat, Redflower.
They were talking about different types of herbs, and which ones they really needed. I growled slightly and padded over to the other warriors, the fresh-kill pile was a little more than half-way full. I laid on my side, exhausted like everyone else. The kits and queens went to the new nursery den and I smiled when I saw all of them playing with the Fogclan kits.
The leaders den was a hollowed out tree that was still standing. The two leaders padded out of the tree and leapt up the branches. They both ended up on a big branch and padded closer to the edge. Icestar sat down and Toadstar stayed standing.
"Cats of both clans, gather around for a clan meeting," Toadstar yowled. He nodded to Icestar, who stood up and padded up next to him. He backed away a little and looked at everyone. "These next few days will be tough as we get used to our new home," she yowled just as loud as Toadstar.
"Since we are here together, we have decided to take forth a new name for our combined clans," Toadstar added. Everyone looked up at them and I looked around. "We have decided to call our new clan, Stormclan," Icestar yowled and everyone began cheering and chanting the new clan name.
I stayed quiet. Even with the new name, the two clans will always be separate. I lashed my tail and padded over to the fresh-kill pile. Everyone had at least one or two pieces of prey. I sat alone eating a rabbit. "Hello," I looked up to see my brother. "Go away Bluestorm," I growled and took a bite.
"Why are you mad at me," he said and laid on his belly in front of me. I narrowed my eyes. "Who have you told about me and Fang," I said quietly, only loud enough for him to hear. "I only told Cloudshadow," he said. "You're lying to me, you told Whiteheart," I snarled and smoothed down my fur when Mudstorm and Stripesky looked over at me.
I stood up and lashed my tail. "Just stay away from me Bluestorm," I said firmly and picked up my half-eaten rabbit. I padded over to the warriors den and laid on a nest closest to the entrance. The senior warriors will get to choose the nest's at the back of the den.
I finished my rabbit inside here and I looked outside. Goldenhawk and Cloudshadow were talking with most of the Fogclan cats. I only recognized Mudstorm. The Fogclan deputy, Shadestone, padded into the warriors den.
"I thought I'll be the only one in here," he chuckled and chose a nest near the entrance, but closer to the middle than mine. "Daddy," I looked outside and saw three kits running towards the warriors den. "Are those yours," I said and looked at him. He nodded and smiled. "My brother thought I was too young to have kits, but hey, I'm a warrior, not an apprentice," he chuckled and the kits ran inside.
"There you are," the only tom squealed and leapt at Shadestone. "Kits, introduce yourselves to the Hailclan warrior," Shadestone and nudged the tom slightly. "I'm Dovekit," a silver she-cat sat in front of my nest. "I'm Leopardkit," the biggest she-cat with golden brown fur sat next to Dovekit.
The only tom hesitantly sat next to his sisters. "I'm Echokit," he said hesitantly. He had only grey fur. Leopardkit and Dovekit had green eyes, Echokit had yellow eyes. "Nice to meet you, I am Snowstrike," I said and flicked my tail. They giggled and ran back to Shadestone.
"Alright come on, Flowerpool is probably worried about you three, say goodbye to Snowstrike," Shadestone said and sat up a while later. "Bye Snowstrike," they all said in unison and ran outside ahead of Shadestone.
I sighed and rested my head on my paws. I looked outside and saw Whiteheart and Bluestorm padding to the warriors den. I groaned and shifted around, so my back was facing the entrance. I closed my eyes and steadied my breathing, pretending to sleep.
"If you had let Foxlight be with her, she would have never been with that monster," Whiteheart said and Bluestorm sighed. I curled my tail around me. "I know, but honestly, I think Fang is better than Foxlight," Bluestorm growled. "You are really comparing a clan-mate to that monster," Whiteheart said.
I flattened my ears and unsheathed my claws. "That day I found out, he truly seemed sorry for killing Whiteleaf, he seemed scared," Bluestorm said and I sheathed my claws. "He could be lying, he will turn Snowstrike into a monster as well," Whiteheart said. That's enough. I stood up and snarled. "He isn't a monster," I narrowed my eyes at Whiteheart.
"Stop calling him that, you don't know what causes him to attack," I snarled and unsheathed my claws. "Oh and you do," she narrowed her eyes. "Yes I do," I lashed my tail and Bluestorm stood between us. "Stop it," he said and looked outside. "Somebody could have heard you," Bluestorm lowered his voice and looked at me.
"Let them know," I snarled. "Because of you, they'll find out sooner or later," I glared at him. He stayed silent and so did Whiteheart. I flattened my fur and sheathed my claws when I heard someone coming. Almost all the warriors padded inside, each going around looking for a nest. I sat down and closed my eyes.
"I'll be back," I said quietly to Bluestorm, who was the only other one awake by the time I was going to see Fang. "Where are you going," he said and lifted his head. "I need you to not tell anyone, if someone finds out, I will kill you," I said and looked around. I went close to his ear.
"I'm going to see Fang," I whispered and backed away a little. "He's here," Bluestorm whispered, shocked. I nodded. "Don't tell anyone," I snapped. He sighed. "Fine," he said. I narrowed my eyes. "I promise you I will not tell anyone unless you say it's ok," he added.
I gave a small nod before padding outside into the empty camp. Nobody was standing guard, since there were at least two or three warriors in every den besides the warriors den. I ran out of camp and ran through the forest. I was at the river in a few short moments and I began trotting towards the clearing I was supposed to meet Fang.
I entered the clearing and looked around warily. I sat by the big tree and looked around. I was pinned down on my back and I looked up. "Glad you could make it," Fang whispered in my ear. I laughed slightly and nudged him off. He nuzzled me and I purred loudly.
"Did I hurt you," he chuckled. I shook my head and licked his cheek. "This tree is hollowed out at the roots, come here," he said and flicked his tail for me to follow. We circled the tree and showed mean entrance to a den. "After you," he purred and flicked his tail. I brushed pass him and entered the den. The tree was surprisingly spacious and very hollow in the inside. "What do you think," he tilted his head and smiled.
Near the tree bark on the ground, small flowers were sprouting. There was a hole higher up where moonlight poured inside, lighting up the den. "It's perfect," I purred and looked over at him. "Good, it was by luck that I found it," he chuckled and nuzzled me.
I sighed and leaned against him. "Did you come alone," I looked at him. "No, Smoke came along," he said and made me lay on my side. He began grooming my fur down. He began licking gently behind my ear and I purred. I sighed and yawned soon after.
"You don't sleep before coming here do you," he chuckled and licked my neck. "It'll be a little weird if I slept during the day, I do have stuff to do you know," I looked at him and smiled. "You're right," he purred and licked my cheek. He curled up next to me and wrapped his leg around me. He buried his nose into my shoulder and nuzzled me.
"I love you Snow," he purred and twined our tails together. I scooted closer to him and sighed. I felt breathless suddenly and I smiled. He licked my cheek and I purred. "Let's see how long it'll take your clan to find out I am here," he purred quietly in my ear.
I hope they will never find out. Was it a mistake telling Bluestorm?
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A/N: YAY! FangXSnow is back again! 3 I couldn't keep them away forever.
QOTD: Do you think Bluestorm really believes that Fang was a better choice for Snowstrike than Foxlight? Or do you think he was just saying that.
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