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Chapter 18
Snowpaw opens his eyes to sun streaming in through large glass squares inside a twoleg den. Where am I? Snowpaw wonders jumping to his paws and surveying his surroundings. He's sure he's in a twoleg den...but how?
"Hi there!" A new voice makes Snowpaw spin around, a tortoiseshell she-cat is behind him her green eyes sparkling with friendliness.
"Err...hi?" Snowpaw mumbles, adding. "Where am I? Who are you? And how in StarClan's name did I end up in a twoleg den?!" The she-cat cocks her head to one side, eyes gleaming with amusement. Snowpaw flicks his tail crossly, he doesn't like it when cats make fun of him. He opens his mouth to snap but the she-cat gets there first.
"My name is Minny, you are in my den! I don't know what StarClan is so how would I know their name and if by twoleg you mean no-fur then you wound up here because my twoleg found you laying outside. He thought you were dead, brought you to the cutter and they fixed you up...now your here!" Minny explains, Snowpaw frowns trying to remember these strange events.
"OK...then...can I leave?" Snowpaw bites his tongue, I sound like such a mouse-brain! He scolds himself silently but Minny doesn't seem phased she just shrugs.
"I'm not sure to tell you the truth. I'm sure once you get better my master will let you leave-oh there he is now!" Minny jumps from the hard surface she and Snowpaw are standing on down to the ground below. Snowpaw backs towards the corner at the sight of the large male twoleg approaching him. "Don't be afraid! He won't hurt you!" Minny meows before sticking her head into a dish of rabbit droppings. Eww why would she eat that? Snowpaw wonders but his mind is quickly back to the approaching twoleg or no-fur.
"Get away from me!" he hisses, the twoleg looks shocked he turns and runs from the room bawling. Snowpaw watches him in satisfaction, Minny growls from below.
"Now look what you've done! You've scared him, he's only a boy and after all he and my other masters did for you! You should be grateful." she snaps, Snowpaw just flicks his tail. Minny narrows her eyes, continuing. "You really are one nasty cat...are you from the forest?" her blue eyes grow wide. Snowpaw shrugs,
"So what if I am? What are you eating anyway...rabbit droppings? They don't look as good as the bones I eat!" Snowpaw meows remembering a story Cloudfoot once told him about how kittypets think Clan cats eat bones and kill their own kind. Its Minny's turn to be frightened,
"Get away from me!" she exclaims lashing out a paw. Snowpaw just rolls his eyes and heads from the direction upon which the twoleg kit ran off in. Minny steps in front of him, "Don't go out there! You'll only make him madder...come on you need to rest." her anger and fright gone Minny leads Snowpaw towards the back of the room towards a fluffy nest of pink feathers. Snowpaw takes a large bite of some spitting them out a moment later,
"Yuck!" he exclaims. Minny rolls her eyes,
"Sleep in them! Don't eat them!" she meows her whiskers twitching in amusement. Snowpaw sighs settling into the feathers, embarrassment pricking his pelt. I can't believe the kittypet saw me acting like a kit...
Snowpaw takes a wary bite of the disgusting smelling rabbit droppings-or as Minny likes to call them cat food. He sits back and crunches down the pellets wincing at the taste.
"Eww!" Snowpaw exclaims spitting out the chewed rabbit droppings. Minny takes a step back amusement sparkling in her blue eyes.
"Nice going Snowpaw..." she grumbles though she doesn't sound that mad. She bends down and laps up some water before taking a large bite of rabbit droppings. Snowpaw strews up his face and Minny laughs nudging him affectionately with her shoulder. "Its not that bad!" she exclaims, Snowpaw rolls his eyes.
"Just wait until you've tasted mouse! Its way better than this twoleg-no-fur slop!" he mutters, Minny's eyes flash and Snowpaw's afraid he's gone to far but Minny doesn't look angry instead a look of challenge crosses her face.
"Oh yeah! Then come on, show me!" she meows, Snowpaw frowns.
"But how-?" he starts breaking off as Minny pads towards what she said is a door and enters a small green square at the bottom of it padding through. Snowpaw follows and gasps as me stares around a twoleg garden. He turns on Minny hissing. "You said I couldn't get out! You lied!" anger pulses through him, Minny's eyes darken sadly.
"I didn't-" she starts, Snowpaw cuts her off with another hiss.
"You did! I've been stuck here for three sunrises thinking I couldn't leave!" he stalks over to Minny. Minny takes a step back her eyes showing fear and also another emotion. A strong yet guarded emotion.
"Snowpaw...I'm sorry...but I-" Snowpaw cuts Minny off once again.
"My Clan is probably worried sick about me and to think I could have left much earlier! I could have gotten out of this ugly den, and been back with my family, my friends and with Sorrelpaw." Snowpaw meets Minny's eyes. The tortoiseshell she-cat looks pained.
"Sorrelpaw?" she cocks her head to one side her voice becoming calm yet strained. Snowpaw nods,
"Sorrelpaw..." he echos voice wistful. He looks back up at Minny, part of him wants to forgive the kittypet and go back into the twoleg den and lay in the nest of feathers with Minny forever. But thinking of his Clan has reminded Snowpaw of Sorrelpaw and how much he cares for her...and Frostpaw. He can't help but think of the white RiverClan apprentice. "Goodbye Minny, you were a good friend. Thank you." Snowpaw meows through clenched teeth before turning jumping up on the twoleg fence and racing towards the forest he can already smell ThunderClan's border.
"Snowpaw wait!" Minny calls, Snowpaw skids to a halt but he doesn't look back. He can hear Minny's pawsteps racing towards him, taking a deep breath Snowpaw continues running. He now knows what the emotion was coming from Minny. The guarded emotion was love, Minny had loved him.