Fauna batted at her brother and pinned him down. "I win!" She squealed. Suddenly he surged up, knocking her off of her paws, then he pinned her down. "Got you!" He squealed, letting her go.
"No fair. You always win!" Fauna retorted, then she swiveled her ears to hear what her mother and aunt were saying.
Maple and Silver were sitting by a tree "Are you sure?" She heard Silver hesitantly say.
"Yes, at the age of 6 moons." Maple told Silver, a grave look on her face.
"But that's only 3 three moons away!" Silver said, eyes wide. Suddenly she noticed Fauna watching them. In a lower tone she added, "I don't even believe in your Starclan! Why should I listen to them?" She growled.
Maple looked scared. "I know sister, and it's your choice. I will not force you to do this, but the repercussions of your actions could affect us, as well as the clans." Maple looked over at Fauna.
"Why don't you go and play." She suggested
"What are you talking about Mayma?" Fauna asked.
"Nothing that concerns you, now go and play." Maple told her kindly.
"Okay…" Fauna said reluctantly. "Hey, Saturn, I bet you can't catch me!" Fauna ran up a tree and was soon jumping from branch to branch. Saturn ran after her, but couldn't catch her. The two kits giggled and laughed, until they both jumped down and landed square on their paws. Silver was just returning with a nice fat mouse.
"Mama, did you see how well I did? Saturn couldn't catch me! Can I have first bite of the mouse?" Fauna asked.
Silver laughed. "All right. But you have to share it with Saturn. Maple is going to go hunt."
Maple quickly returned with a rabbit. "Here." She and Silver shared the rabbit.
Fauna bit into her mouse. It tasted good… but she liked milk better. To bad mama said that they had to be weaned off of milk. When she was done she jumped onto Saturn and they played for some time until their mother called for them to go to sleep. Before she went to sleep Fauna noticed Maple scamper off like she often did these days. Fauna fell asleep. She suddenly woke up in a strange place.
"Mama? Mama?" She cried. The cats here had a strange scent. Fauna padded in front of one and jumped up. She ran toward the cat and passed through it. Fauna didn't recognize anyone. A cat with stars in her pelt appeared next to Fauna.
"Don't be afraid. This is simply a dream." The cat told Fauna, before disappearing into the forest that was filled with pines. Fauna ran after the cat.
"Wait! Wait! Please come back!" She cried out. "Please come back!" She felt a paw prod her and she woke up, breathing hard. Saturn loomed over her, a worried look on his face. The sun was just coming up, and Silver was asleep. Maple was back from wherever she had gone and was also asleep.
"Are you okay Fauna?" He asked.
"Just a bad dream. Sorry if I woke you." She said, calming down. It was only a dream. Just like the starry cat said.
"No, it's okay. Now we can go and play!" He replied happily.
"Yeah! Hey… lets go and catch some prey! We can surprise Mom and Mayma!" Fauna suggested.
"Well… I guess so… All right." Saturn said reluctantly.
"Come on!" She said, running off into the forest, Saturn right behind her. She spotted a mouse and stalked it, accidentally snapping a twig in the process. The mouse ran away and Fauna ran after it.
"Fauna!" Saturn cried out in warning.
Fauna tried to make herself stop but it was to no avail. She yowled in pain as she felt her leg being clamped down into some metallic thing. "Saturn, help me!" She said weakly. Maple had been woken up by Fauna's scream and was running toward her.
"Fauna? Saturn? What happened?" She asked, while trying to pull the metal device open.
"Fauna wanted to go hunting, and I agreed. But then we messed up on catching a mouse, so Fauna ran after it, I tried to tell her, but she wasn't able to stop. So she got caught in this thing." Saturn said quickly.
Maple nodded and tried to open the metal trap like device. Suddenly she heard a loud crunching sound and sniffed the air.
"Twolegs!" She whispered. "Fauna, I'm going to leave you here but I will stay close by. I promise." Fauna nodded, a terrified look on her face.
A large male two-leg came up to the trap and then another one followed him. They wore big bulky things on their paws(Boots), and their pelts were forest colors. They exchanged worried glances and wrenched the trap open. The two-legs seemed to talk about something before nodding their heads. The younger one, who came second, picked Fauna up and petted her. He examined her wound and she hissed, trying to get out of his grasp. "Mayma! Saturn!" She called out. When the two legs had turned away, Maple walked out into the opening.
"Saturn, go to your mother. Tell her what happened." Then Maple sprinted away to follow the the two-legs. They climbed into a sleeping monster and then the monster woke up. The monsters must listen to the two-legs… I guess Fauna should be okay in there then. Maple reasoned.
"Fauna!" She said, just loudly enough for a cat's ears to pick up, "I'm still here. Don't struggle in the monster, it'll only make the wound worsen." Maple ran and jumped onto the open back part of the monster(It's a pickup truck). The monsters round paws came to life with a deafening squeal and they traveled along the thunder-path.
Sorry that I didn't update the chapters as fast this time, I was trying to make a longer chapter than usual. What do you think will happen to Fauna? Any suggestions on what should happen to Fauna? Please review! :D