Chapter 8
I woke up wondering where I was. Then I remembered. It was the second day we had been away from NightClan. We continued at dawn.
We walked a bit in silence. I wondered what our clan was doing. I hope they weren't searching for us.
At the end of the field there was a river. I know I can't swim. I doubt they can either. It's not natural for cats to like water.
"What are we going to do now?" I asked.
"I want to cross this river," Silentstorm said. "I want to put it between us and NightClan."
"There's a twoleg bridge," Songheart pointed out.
"No way I'm crossing that," Silentstorm said.
"If we look for another way across I can't promise we'll find it," I said. "There isn't many trees around."
"The chances of finding another way across is better than the chances of you getting me across that bridge," Silentstorm said.
We headed upstream in search for another way to cross. We passed by an abandoned twoleg nest. A cat was laying by a hole in the side.
"Hi, strangers," the tom said. "What are you doing around here?"
"Hello! We're looking for a way across this river," Songheart said.
"The only way for miles is a bridge that way," he said, pointing in the direction we came with his tail.
"Thank you!" Songheart told him. "I didn't catch your name."
"Craig," the tom answered.
"That sounds strange. Did a twoleg give you that name?" Songheart asked.
"I'll give you a word of advise. There are cats that live on the other side of that bridge that hate the Clans and everything to do with them. Don't say any of those words," Craig said.
"Thank you again!" Songheart said to him.
"My pleasure, young lady," Craig said. "I don't think I caught your name either."
"Her name is Song," Silentstorm said before she could say anything. "I'm Storm and this is Shade."
"A pleasure to meet you all," Craig said. "I hope to see you all again."
"Bye!" Songheart said.
I waited until we got out of earshot. "What was that about?" I asked Silentstorm.
"The names? Those were to keep him from knowing we're Clan cats. If we cross that bridge it would be better if we stick with this," Silentstorm explained.
"Are we crossing the bridge?" Songheart asked.
"Looks like we don't have a choice," Silentstorm said.
"Let's go then," I said.
We went back the way that we came. When we got there there were twolegs covering it. There was no place for us to hide. I saw a place under the bridge.
"We can hide under the bridge," I told them.
"We have to risk it to get there or else some twoleg is bound to see us," Songheart said.
"Let's get this over with," Silentstorm said.
We crept forward, trying not to draw attention. We made it under the twoleg bridge without anyone noticing. The bank slid down into the water. There were a lot of rocks.
Silentstorm was pacing a bit. She stepped on a loose rock. She fell into the river. The current pulled her into the middle. She struggled to keep her head above water.
A twoleg leapt off the bridge and swam down the river. He grabbed Silentstorm and took her to the opposite shore. Without thinking, Songheart and I raced across the bridge around twoleg feet. The twoleg that had saved Silentstorm now was carrying her toward a monster. She was too weak to put up a fight.
The twoleg climbed into a monster. It woke up. We had to do something and fast.
"In there!" Songheart told me.
Against our better judgment, we hopped into the back of the monster. It started down a thunderpath.
"I can't believe I'm doing this," Songheart said. "This is dreadful. Twolegs must be insane to ride in the stomachs of these things."
"No one will believe us if we tell them this," I said.
We were in a twolegplace before long. It was very strange. Twolegs must have bees for brains! These were the weirdest nests I've ever seen.
The monster looked like it was going into a nest! We jumped out before it went through the hole. The hole closed. Silentstorm was trapped in there. We had to get her out.