Hey, guys! This will probably be the last update for a while, well besides the create a cat thingy. Anyways, this chapter, sad to say, is going to be a little short. But... I don't own Warriors, like I've said a ton. Enjoy!


Waves gentally lapped at Holly's paws. Sunlight, somewhat blocked by trees, fell to the ground. The black she-cat slowly got up and yawned. Blinking away sleep, she stared up through the huge crack in the roof of the cave. Her cave.

She'd been confined to this empty place for as long as she could remember. A river split the cave in two. Tunnels blocked by rocks and mud filled the walls. She'd always wondered where they led, but had never been able to find out. Large dents were present in the dirt walls. She'd been trying to dig her way out for moons with no luck whatsoever. She'd be trapped here forever.

Voices had called to each other from above her home for the longest time. She'd seen cats leap over the gap without even knowing it was there. Not knowing she was there.

"I wonder if my family misses me," she'd said to herself countless times over. "I wonder if anyone misses me," she'd add sadly.

Of course, being alone wasn't all bad. It had advantaged. No could tell her what to do or not to do.

Sometimes small animals would fall through the roof. They were what she'd eat every other day. Even though it would only happen sometimes, that's how she'd stayed alive all this time.

Holly. The name she'd given herself when she'd first woken up here. She didn't know why she'd named herself that. The name had just come to her, and she'd kept it ever since.

Holly, after getting a drink from the river, padded over to a dent in one of the tunnels. She began digging vigorously. "If anyone out there knows me, I have to find them, and you're the only thing in my way."

After countles hours of digging, she'd made a long tunnel that dodged around huge boulders. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough.

"I'll never get out of here!" she screamed, her cry echoing off the rock walls. "If somebody's there, anyone will do, just please help me! I can't go on like this!"

"Did you hear something?" came the voice of another cat. Holly shot upstraight.

"Yes! I'm trapped! Help me!"

There was silence for a while. "Must have been my imagination," the cat decided, leaping over the gap.

"No! Please come back! I'm here! I'm trapped..." No one answered but her voice that bounced off the walls of the cave.

She slumped down next to the river, all of the hope drained out of her.

"Why am I here? Out of anyone in the world, why did it have to be me? I don't even know my own name, for Pete's sake!"

After that, she drifted off to sleep, nothing left to do.


Shadowpaw excitedly followed behind his mentor. The big golden tabby hadn't said a word since they'd left on their hunting patrol.

"Where are we going?" the black apprentice asked, practically skipping beside Lionblaze.

"I was thinking near the Windclan border."

"Why the Windclan border?"

"Because I said so. And will you stop doing that?"

"Doing what?"

"That jumping around! Every piece of prey from here to the forest will be scarred away with you stomping like that all day long!"

"Sorry..." Shadowpaw muttered, slowing his pace.

Suddenly, Sorreltail came running towards them. "Lionblaze!" she panted. "Shadowclan have crossed the border! Go help them while I get more help!"

"Stay here," he meowed to Shadowpaw. "Do some exploring, or something, just don't get into any trouble. I'm on my way!" And the tom dashed off towards the opposite end of the territory.

Shadowpaw looked around. What's there to explore? he thought. "What's that?" A mousetail stuck out of the bushes. "Prey!" Remembering what Lionblaze had taught him, he crept slowly across the forest floor, the mouse before him unaware of his presence. He lept into the air, landing perfectly on the peice of prey.

He buried it swiftly, since not long after he'd caught the mouse, the scent of rabbit hit his nose. He crawled through the bushes when he spotted it. Again, he crept up to it, but at the last moment, it noticed him and dashed away.

Thinking his mentor would be angry with him if he didn't catch it, he chased it through the forest. Just as he was about to stretch out and grab it, he tripped on a rock and went tumbling down a hill.

"Ow," he moaned, getting to his paws. Turning around, he saw it. A huge cave, it's roof caved in. "Wow..."

The sound of scraping came from the other side. "Someone must be trying to dig through! I can help!" He dug with all his might, the dirt falling away in heaps. The sound stopped on the other side. They must have given up, he thought, continuing to dig.

Then he heard it.

"Help... me..."

The cry was weak, and it wasn't very loud, but Shadowpaw's hearing had never failed him yet.

"I'm helping! I'll get you out of there!"

"Someone's...Someone's really here? Oh, thank you, thank you!"

Finally, the last of the rumble fell to the ground. He heard a huge breathe from the other side.

Green eyes met green as he saw the black she-cat.

"H-hello," Holly mewed quietly.


And Shadowpaw meets Holly! I bet you can tell who she is, so...

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