Chapter 3
Sky crouched down low, keeping her black tail just barely above the ground.
"I see you already know how to hunt," Dustpelt huffed.
Sky nodded, but paid no attention to her mentor as she spotted a mouse scuffling around in the thick undergrowth. She pounced on it once she was close enough.
"Impressive," Dustpelt mewed, his tone slightly brightened.
"Why are you so grumpy?" Sky asked him.
"My mate, Ferncloud, died a few moons ago," Dustpelt mewed sadly.
"Sucks, huh?" Sky meowed.
Dustpelt nodded, before inching closer to her.
"But that doesn't mean I can't snatch another one," he whispered softly in her ear.
"Who?" Sky asked curiously.
Dustpelt purred, running his tail along her spine.
"Me?" Sky hissed, slowly backing up.
"Now, now," Dustpelt mewed, his amber eyes lustful.
Sky panicked, then raced back in the direction of the camp, but Dustpelt pinned her down.
"Where are you going, my lovely apprentice?" he hissed playfully.
"Sky!" Brownpaw called from a tree, leaping down and landing on Dustpelt's back.
"Mrrow!" spat Dustpelt, tumbling with the bigger cat.
"What's going on here?" Bramblestar demanded, padding up to them, Squirrelflight and Ambernose flanking him.
Dustpelt and Brownpaw sprung apart, Dustpelt's nose bleeding and Brownpaw's ear scraped and dripping with blood.
"Brownpaw was trying to kill Sky, so I attacked him so I could protect Sky," Dustpelt fibbed, glaring at Sky before unsheathing his claws.
Sky got the message and kept her jaws shut.
"Well, Brownpaw, I'm disappointed in you," Ambernose meowed, shaking her head.
"But I-" Brownpaw began, only to be abruptly cut off by Bramblestar.
"Kill him," he meowed.
Sky gasped, her legs trembling. Brownpaw tussled with the three cats, then Dustpelt joined in, killing him by tearing his throat out.
"No!" Sky gasped, then instantly regretting what she said as it was replaced by hatred when she saw Brownpaw's last glance at her was a furious scowl, his lips drawn back in a snarl.
"It is done," Squirrelflight mewed, signaling for every cat to follow her.
Reluctantly, Sky followed the ThunderClan deputy before snatching one last glance at her deceased Clanmate.
