Chapter 3: With Group One At The Mall
"Okay, here are the rules: 1. Apprentices must stay together or with a warrior, no one is to be alone at any time, and if you get lost or seperated meet in the food court. 2. We will all meet at the food court prior to sunhigh to go back home. 3. Have fun and don't hurt yourselves." Coldstar mewed looking at the group one last time before giving the signal for them to go on out.
The cats quickly sorted themselves into groups; Whiteflower went with Thornclaw; Rainfur took her apprentice, Swiftpaw; Stormpelt, Creamcloud, and Coldstar stayed together. The three groups hurried off in all different directions to go find somewhere to go.
Whiteflower and Thornclaw decided to go to the coffee beanery so they could talk over a nice hot cup of, well, coffee. The two cats got their drinks and sat down at a table to talk.
"Nice weather today, don't you think?" Thornclaw mewed.
"Well, I don't know... we are inside a building," Whiteflower mewed swallowing her entire cup of coffee in one gulp. "Wow this stuff is good! I need MORE!"
"Over here Swiftpaw!" Rainfur meowed from the entrance to Hot Topic. "Let's go in here and get spiked accessories!"
Yea! This is so awsome!" Swiftpaw entered the store and both she and Rainfur padded up directly to the chains and spikes as if summoned by a magnet. Both pulling everything off the racks and trying it on or showing something to the other.
Coldstar and Creamcloud looked at Stormpelt with expectant expression. The three couldn't decide on where to shop first so they asked Starclan for advice, and Starclan was sending a message to Stormpelt.
You've got mail," the male voice of the computer announced. Stormpelt smiled as she read the message, giving Coldstar an evil looking grin and Creamcloud a mischivious wink.
"I'll lead the way," Stormpelt meowed, "Starclan gave me directions to where we are destined to go first."
The three cats walked into the store, Coldstar looked around nervously. "Why are we in a girly shop?" He mewed as fear climbed from his eyes into his voice and radiated around him like the sun's heat waves.
"Starclan specifically told me that we needed to come to DEB. And we needed to see how many dresses and skirts fit Coldstar. Now let's get started, this is going to be fun," Stormpelt mewed to Coldstar and Creamcloud.
Creamcloud and Stormpelt nodded in agreement before forcing Coldstar into the dressing room with a couple of dozens of dresses in his paws and as he got in, the two left to search for more to add to the growing pile.
Thornclaw glanced nervously at the exit of the coffee beanery meassuring out his chances of escape.
"I love coffee, coffee is great isn't it Thornclaw? Coffee is good, I think I'll go get some more now!" Whiteflower meowed quickly, the caffine was working wonders for Whiteflower's energy. She got u and started demanding more from the poor guy at the register as he shakily poured her more fearing the consequences of refusal, as he kept a careful eye on the strange hyper cat as she jumped off the walls impatently while the guy worked.
Rainfur and Swiftpaw stood outside of Hot Topic and turned to face one another, clip on piercings all over them and spiked chains clinging to their paws and tails. A serious nod between the two of them and they both burst out in laughter. "Let's go to the food court to relax." Rainfur suggested and Swiftpaw nodded her agreement.
"You've had your fun now Stormpelt, you too Creamcloud! I've modeled all those other dresses and let you laugh, but I absolutely refuse to come out in this one!" Coldstar meowed in a stubborn rebelling was as he carefully examined himself in the dress closely in the dressing room mirror. 'I make this look good!' He thought to himself as he walked ou to get his original clothes back from outside, forgetting that he didn't have any original clothes to begin with.
"Oh! Coldstar! You look great in that dress!" Creamcloud mewed as she helped Coldstar straighten out the pink lace frills and the pink neck straps.
"I don't look good in this dress!" Coldstar hissed, "I make this dress look good!" He complained as he stalked off to the payment counter to buy the dress. Outside of DEB a few minutes later, the three cats looked at one another, "Let's go to Dillards!" Coldstar mewed excitedly having found a love for dress shopping.
"No," Stormpelt mewed shaking her head, we need to get to the food court, it's already moonhigh! We're super late!"
"That's not the moon! It's a disco ball." Mewed Creamcloud calmly, "and besides the point, we only spent an hour of our mall time!"
"Okay! That's great! THat means that we can still do all of the other stuff thet Starclan wanted us to do today!" Stormpelt meowed happily.
" I'm scarred for life! MY EYES! THEY BURN!!" Swiftpaw mewed pathetically covering her eyes and rushing out of the store.
"Oh come on! It's only Spencers! Be a man!" Rainfur meowed
"But I'm not a man! I'm a girl!" Swiftpaw hissed laying on the ground outside of Spencers and covering her eyes to try and forget the horribleness of what she saw.
"Well.. that does present a problem, but that's now what I ment. You know I didn't mean it litterally, and I know you understand what I was saying!" Rainfur tapped Swiftpaws ear with one of her paws, "Right?" She mewed quietly.
Swiftpaw got up to her paws and looked at her mentor, " I DO know what you mean, but what about that rest at the food court?" She mewed desperately wanting to be as far away from there as possible.
"Okay, you are a bit young for Spencers after all... how about an ice cream?" Rainfur asked as they walked in the general direction of the ice cream palor.
"Come on Whiteflower! I want to take you somewhere special." Thornclaw meowed softly in attempt to calm the caffinated-crazy she-cat down.
"Okay!" Whiteflower mewed, "so shere are we going?"
"It's a surprise!" He mewed as she gave him a pleading look he then added, "You'll find out soon, it's not far from here." He gave her an encouraging lick on her ear.
A.N. To be continued later. The story is written, the time consuming part of typing it and getting it up is all I have to do. Review and let me know what you think. Chapter 4 will continue from here. Thanks!