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Golden Dreams

Prologue

Goldie was running. The scent of crisp leaves surrounded her. A mouse scampered near her. All was well.

Until the breeze came. The breeze felt like a snowstorm attacking Goldie's back. Her fur seemed to fluff up, the way it did when and enemy was on her territory.

"What the heck," Goldie whispered.

Snow came down. Goldie's dark green eyes widened in shock. The snowflakes were huge! They came down fast.

"Eek!" Goldie screeched as piles of snow appeared out of nowhere. She ran into her den as fast as she could. The snow came down harder. The snow blocked the entrance of her den.

Goldie was suddenly cold, hungry and tired. She felt like sleeping and never awaken. She couldn't feel her paws. Ice began to form on her whiskers.

More numbness. Goldie felt like she was dying.

Freezing to death.

With a final sigh, Goldie closed her eyes to never open them again.

Goldie's eyes flashed open.

What happened? Goldie thought.

Her sister (who happened to stay for the night), Eclipse was awake.

"Why are you still awake?" Goldie asked her sister.

"It's hard trying to sleep with you having a nightmare," Eclipse retorted.

"Oh yeah…It was terrible! I was like freezing to death in the den!" Goldie meowed.

"Really? What a lame nightmare…Hmmmm the name 'Nightmare' sounds like a nice name, if I have kits, I wanna name one 'Nightmare'!" Eclipse meowed.

"Eclipse! Stay on task! It felt so real," Goldie meowed sharply at her sister.

"Well it wasn't. Freezing to death is too lame for you, even though you are kinda um, lame," Eclipse meowed.

Goldie rolled her eyes and meowed, "I'm seeing Bracken, I mean Joel. He might help."

"Joel? Helping? He like hates us! You really think he will help you?" Cried Eclipse spat.

"But remember? He said he had dreams about that tree falling down on the stream before it happened!" Goldie protested!

"But he's also a coward! When Gray and Acorn told us we had to move out of their territory, he freaked because he couldn't stand finding his own territory, that he turned into a…house-pet!"

"He's still our brother! Maybe I will freeze to death this leaf-bare. You know you are only staying here for tonight! After that I will be alone!"

Eclipse wanted to protest but it was true. She hated the gorge. When a old cat offered her to leave the forest, she agreed. Tomorrow she would leave for out of the gorge forever. She her territory to a young cat and was taking shelter at her sisters.

"Fine. But it's in the middle of the night! Do you really expect him to answer?" Eclipse meowed.

Goldie rolled her eyes and ran out of her den.

"You're just going to leave me? You'll never see me again after tonight!" Eclipse screeched after Goldie.

Goldie ignored her. She ran to the two-leg place as fast she could. She looked for the dark brown two-leg nest where her brother lived in. She ran up the steps and pawed at the entrance.

"I'm outside Goldie," A scrawny brown tom rasped behind her.

"Bracken!" Goldie cried.

"One. My name isn't Bracken anymore. It's Joel. And two, why are you here?" Joel informed.

"I had this dream about me freezing to death. It felt so real," Goldie meowed.

Joel yawned then meowed, "if you have any more dreams about it, it will come true. Our father dreamed about the death of his mother by a monster many times before it happened. Be careful."

"Thanks Brack-Joel, also did you become a house-pet for a different reason?" Goldie meowed.

Joel shifted uncomfortably and meowed, "bye."

Goldie nodded and ran back to the gorge.

By the time Goldie got back to her den, it was sunrise and Eclipse was gone.

Tired, Goldie fell asleep…

And dreamed about freezing to death.