Talonstar's Dream
Talonstar awoke with a start. Taking a deep breath, he stood up and looked around. After just a moment for the grogginess of waking to disappear, he realized that he wasn't in his den anymore. He was in a familiar misty meadow, surrounded by a thick woods. Above him were a thousand stars in the moonlit sky and below was fresh dew upon his paws from the soft green grass. He stood still, trying to contain his growing excitement as to what the starry cats had brought him here to say.
After a couple of minutes of just waiting, he figured out that standing there would get him nowhere, and this time he would have to go to them. He padded over to the edge of the forest, and slipped through the bushes. As soon as he entered the woods, he could smell prey-scent everywhere.
Now is not the time to eat their prey…
He told himself as he shook off the urge to hunt and took off through the forest, unsure as to where he actually was going. As he darted through, he could see the forest teeming with life all around, a bird fluttering off a branch, a mouse scurrying along the ground, a lizard climbing up a tree.
What a life they have here…
He thought as he pushed his way through another bush. As soon as he did, he skidded to a stop. Before him was an inclined rock, leading up to some flat ground that outlined a straight-down drop into a moonlit lake. At the top of this rock sat an unblinking figure, staring off into the night. Talonstar took in a deep breath as he padded up to this mystic cat. The cat turned, only slightly, and beckoned Talonstar over with a flick of his tail. Talonstar obeyed as he took a seat next to the brown figure whose pelt glowed with a pale light. Without looking at Talonstar, he spoke.
"Hello son."
"Father." Talonstar responded, showing to emotion whatsoever.
The starry cat, Swiftstar, now turned towards his son, eyes shining like small moons. "You do not know why I have summoned you, am I correct?"
"Correct." Talonstar replied coldly.
Swiftstar let out a small sigh, "Why the hostility?"
"Pass. Now why am I here?"
"I must tell you, the ones closest to you are not who they seem. An old threat has returned to the land, one capable of destroying the whole clan, or even the all of the clans," Swiftstar paused scraping the ground with his now unsheathed claws, "Be on your guard, son."
Talonstar, now confused and interested looked into his father's eyes, "What threat? Who is it and when will I know?"
Swiftstar just shook his head, "This I cannot say." Before Talonstar could ask anything more, he stood up and began to walk away, leaving starry paw prints behind him as he began to disappear into the wind, "I believe you can do this, Talonstar. Good luck."
"Wait!" Talonstar begged, quickly scampered up and running after his father, but it was all to no avail as the world slowly changed before his eyes.
He closed his eyes to reopen them back up a moment later. Out of breath and tensed up, he let himself relax, but only barely as the feeling of impending doom from his father's words echoed in his mind.
The ones closest to you are not who they seem. Be on your guard, son.
After sanding up and stretching, he padded outside to see that the sky was still black with night and no cats stirred. He sighed and went back into his den, hoping to fall back into sleep.
A/N: What is Talonstar's problem with his father? Who is the bad guy? Why am I the one asking these questions? :D Anyway, I hope y'all enjoyed this short little chapter :) Please review!