Thank you for reviewing, here is the second chapter! The first main emotion was hatred, but there was also grief and jealousy, but they aren't the ones I was focusing on. Also, the first and second chapter are from the perspective of unnamed cats, I just started writing without thinking of who it was. The third chapter is from one of Erin Hunter's characters. Hoepfully that'll be up later today, if not I'll try to get it up on Tuesday. Enjoy!
I am hiding in the shadows; my body is tense, and my muscles are aching with protest at staying still for so long. The only sound I can hear is my heartbeat; it seems loud enough that it would alert a cat on the other side of our territory of my presence. Against my will, it pounds harder against my ribs.
I am frozen; a statue. My eyes are wide, and they do not blink. My mouth is hung slightly open in shock, and my breathing is more like short, shallow gasps of air.
My heartbeat is no longer the only sound disturbing the silence; I can hear rustling, and I shudder involuntarily. My whiskers quiver, and I watch in horror at the scene before me. I am so unbelievably thankful that I stay unseen in the darkness.
I knew they would come, the large, muscular cats that strode toward the terrified felines that were my family. If only I were strong enough to help them, to save them from this dreadful fate. The enemy's eyes and teeth gleam in the moonlight, eerie enough to make my whole body begin to shake. I hit some leaves by accident, but the huge figures are too focused on their mission to notice.
It is a lost battle, but my family is prepared to fight. I remember the instructions given to me that have been shoved to the back of my mind, but they seem more urgent as I am aware of the petrified she-cat beside me. I tear my eyes away from the doomed battle in front of us to study her face. Her eyes are a reflection of my own; horror, loss, pain, sadness, but most of all: fear. It is not only visible in her eyes, but in every hair on her pelt. Her fur is sticking straight out, making her seem twice her size. She is terrified.
I know that for her sake, I have to obey their orders, their final requests. She looks up at me, shock, horror, and agony breaking out in her expression as yowls, screeches, and hissing sounds in front of us. Neither of us look.
I nudge her toward our escape route, but she cannot move. She is frozen as I was moments ago. We cannot afford to react that way. It could cost us our lives. I nip her lightly on the tail, and she jumps, but understands. Adrenaline pulses through our bodies as we flee, flying through the undergrowth as fast as we can.
We are running, but we are not far enough away. We hear a final cry of distress before it gets cut off with a choking, gurgle-like sound. We are scared, but the fear brings with it a desperation to escape, to run away before our fate turns out like our families, and their fight and their deaths are all for nothing. We are still shaking, still terrified even after we know we have made it, the fear is still clutching at our hearts. We collapse into two heaps of tense fur, and we know that sleep will not save us until this horrible feeling of terror is gone.
Unfortunately a bit short, but I hope you liked it. Please review! The more reviews I get, the more I want to write. Thank youu! -Sky
