Me: Hi everone! Here is chapter two of my story. Not many people have reviewed, but at the bottom of the story you shall something very important.
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Moonfrost yawned and opened her eyes and looked at the sky. It was a bit past dawn and Wolfheart, Blazingspirit, Badgerstripe and Rabbitpaw were gone.
Probably hunting. she thought.
She glanced at the three kits and queen. She knew Dreamfeather needed food for the kits, but there was so little. Foampaw was curled up next to them peacefully. She licked her fur wondering if there were any survivors left in any clans. Behind her she heard a yawn and glanced over her shoulder to see Applefur and Twilightsky were awake. She walked over to them and sat next to them.
"Good morning. Sort of." she mewed.
They sat their silently, with the same thoughts of their home, while grooming each other. When dawn was replaced by the blue morning sky the cats came back. Two skinny rabbits, two mice, and a fish. Rabbitpaw padded over to Dreamfeather with a rabbit and began to nudge her.
"Wake up Dreamfeather, kits. We have food."
Dreamfeather opened her eyes and looked at the rabbit. She flicked her ear in thanks and began to eat. All the cats managed to eat a little bit, saving some for Featherstream who went off to find borage. She came back and gave it to Dreamfeather, then let the kits eat.
"Shall we go check the Shadowclan border?" asked Blazingspirit.
"Might as well." mewed Twlightsky.
"Some cats from our clans might be there."
They stretched a bit then walked to the Shadowclan border. The three kits bounded ahead so much the apprentices had to surround them so they wouldn't run off.
When they got the condition was like Thunderclan's. The trees were either burnt, toppled over to the side threatening to break. The air still had the acrid stench of the smoke there. They walked in then, after only a few steps, were jumped on. Moonfrost hissed then slashed at attacker, but was tackled down. Her attacker was a black tom with a silver face. He glared then hissed, "Get off our territory!"
"Get off Hauntedsoul!" she snarled.
Then she used her legs to kick him off. Hauntedsoul yowled as he fell to the floor, then got up and saw who it was. She looked around at the others and saw Swiftpaw and Rabbitpaw were standing over two apprentices; a solid grey tom, and a black tom.
"What are you guys doing here?" he asked suspiciously.
The four apprentices backed off from each other to their respective clans.
"We were making sure Shadowclan was doing okay." mewed Applefur. :Also hoping some other cats were alive."
"We don't need you guys to check up on us!" snarled the solid grey apprentice.
"What Rockpaw said!" snapped the black tom.
"Rockpaw, Blackpaw hush!" said Hauntedsoul calmly.
Then he turned the other way beckoning them to follow with his tail. Rockpaw and Blackpaw ran ahead while Moonfrost followed. When they reached inside the camp they saw some cats eating rats or frogs. An amber queen was suckling a honey colored she-kit ,while a pregnant queen, a dappled golden one, sat their licking her ear.
"Ambercoat, Honeykit!" mewed Badgerstripe, running to them.
"Goldspots!" mewed Foampaw and Dreamfeather.
They ran over to the dappled golden one. Moonfrost looked around to see only a few cats survived here too. Then a large black tome with scarlet streaks stepped forward.
"Moonfrost." he mewed pleasantly. "What are you doing here with Riverclan and Windclan cats?"
His tone was curious and kind, not suspicious.
"Just seeing if any one survived here, and looking for cats from our clans Blackstrife. Just in case."
"All we found was those two queens. Ambercoat was looking for her kit and we had her. Poor thing was scared stiff. Why don't you rest here for a bit while we talk."
Moonfrost nodded and talked with Blackstrife about what happened in their clans. Blazingspirit and Dreamfeather spoke for their clans. Then Moonfrost told them what Fawnstar said they should do.
"Since leaf-bare is so close we should move." finished Moonfrost.
Blackstrife sat their thoughtfully. Before he could answer Hauntedsoul, who was listening, interrupted.
"Brother! You can't be seriously thinking about leaving here! This has been our home for many generations!"
Blackstrife sighed and looked down sadly with a defeated look.
"Think. Leaf-bare is soon, and we have no food, so we need to leave to find food."
Hauntedsoul snarled and began to protest loudly, causing other cats to look at them.
"BE QUIET HAUNTEDSOUL!" he yowled harshly and loudly.
He, along with the other cats, jumped and backed up.
"I am still deputy of Shadowclan, no matter how destroyed it is. So I say we will leave!"
Hauntedsoul looked as though he wanted to protest, but nodded and walked over to Rockpaw and mewed something. He nodded and ran off with Blackpaw.
"Blackstrife?" a nervous mew came from behind.
He turned around to face a small scarlet ginger she-cat with white paws and under belly.
"Yes Scarletpaw?" his deep voice mewed.
"Were running out of marigold, and I don't know where to get some more."
Featherstream, who was listening from afar, padded up to the apprentice.
"I know where to find some Scarletpaw." she mewed kindly. "Come."
Then she walked off with Scarletpaw in toe. Each cat from their clan went to their clan mates and shared tongues. They quietly talked about what's to come and if they'll survive. The Shadowclan apprentices came back a bit later with a little bit of food and gave that to Ambercoat. Then Featherstream and Scarletpaw came back with some marigold, and began to treat the cats with the most injuries. What was left over they saved for later. Moonfrost just sat their staring at the cats knowing they had to band together to survive.
But that's easier said than done. she thought with sadness.
She licked her tail thoughtfully thinking over a plan.
"You'll go bald if you keep licking like that." an amused purr came.
Moonfrost stopped mid lick and looked up to be an amused Blackstrife. She looked at her tail and saw it was sort of bald, and looked down sheepishly. He purred in amusement and sat next to her and quietly talked to her. She purred and talked back as they began making a plan for traveling. Moonfrost felt eyes bore into her and she glanced behind to see Blazingspirit's amber eyes staring at her. As soon as their eyes met he looked away quickly and began to talk to Wolfheart. She blinked and looked at Blackstrife and nodded. Then he stood up and yowled.
"Everyone listen up! We have a plan."
The other cats got up and began to gather around. The kits stayed by the three queens and stared at him with wide eyes.
"For the rest of the day we shall rest, but by dawn tomorrow we shall go past Windclan territory then find a new home."
The cats looked sad, but agreed one by one that would be best.
"Good. Now, since we have to work together everyone would do best to bond with the other cats from clans."
His eyes drifted to the apprentices Rockpaw and Blackpaw. They looked annoyed, but had a "fine" look. The other cats dispersed and hesitantly joined cats from other clans. Moonfrost sighed at the cats and looked at Blackstrife.
"This is going to be hard." she murmured.
Blackstrife nodded and joined the other warriors to get to know them. When night fell the cats ate what food was brought, and others caught different prey and shared them. Then the cats slowly drifted to sleep.
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Me: Well, there it was! Like at the top there is something important. I need you to vote on who will die during the jounery. One cat from each clan. Just not Moonfrost.