Total Drama Bloodclan

I thought the first chapter didn't give enough info about the story, so heres the second chapter. This chapter is mainly Courtney talking with her voice of reason and telling how she decided to leave. Don't worry Trent comes in at the end.

Chapter 2: The Runaways

It was a dark and stormy night. Thunder crashed and lightning lit up the sky. Rain poured over everything, soaking it to the core. After TDWT, the total drama contestants had been stashed in the Total Drama Aftermath studio, staying in the extra rooms. Everyone slept soundly through the storm. Well, almost everyone.

In one room, everything was precise and organized. Paper on the desk was all sorted into piles based on what the document contained. Pencils were lined up next to them according to size. The whole room looked ready shown by a real-estate agent. Everything but the bed. Covers were thrown into a messy clump, the sheets hung off the side. In the middle of this mess was an ember-colored she-cat. She tossed and turned, unable to sleep.

Voices kept going through her head 'Courtney! We're just friends!' 'I saw Duncan and Gwen kiss!' The she-cat pressed her paws over her ears, desperate to make the voices stop. 'You just would have been voted out in another episode, no one liked you that much.' 'More like a B-I-T-C-' 'So the Princess has a dark side.' The she-cat yowled with sorrow as the last voice crossed her mind. 'Duncan' she thought miserably. 'Im sorry! For everything! So sorry.' The ember cat could only whimper as the words she so desperately wanted to say flew through her mind. 'But he wouldn't listen, he doesn't love me, he loves that gothic slut!' She silently wailed. But then a new thought crossed her mind.

'Why should I be the one to apologize? What did I do? He's the one who cheated and ripped my heart out. And she's the one who betrayed me and went behind my back.' These thoughts comforted the cat. 'Why should I have to sit here every day and pay for their mistakes?' The she-cat raised her and blinked 'I used to be strong. I used to be powerful.'

'And you still are.' Said her voice of reason.

'So? Its not like it matters anymore. Everyone here will just see me as the poor broken-hearted girl, who let a guy crush her.' She snapped. 'So then leave. If everyone here thinks of you like that, why not go somewhere where nobody knows you. You could have a fresh new start.' Her voice of reason suggested. 'Leave everything behind? You want me to runaway?' She snarled 'I am Courtney! I don't just runaway when life gets hard!' 'Don't think of it as running away, think of it like your escaping, like a challenge to see if you can survive on your own.' Her voice meowed.

'I can survive on my own! ' Courtney growled. 'Then prove it' Her voice challenged. She quickly leapt to her paws. "I will! And no one can stop me!" She yowled out loud. 'at'ta girl Courtney!' Her voiced praised. Courtney jumped off the bed and went over to her dresser and pulled out the bottom drawer. She shuffled stuff around until she found want she wanted. She scooped it up and placed it on her desk. "Might as well leave it here, no point in taking it. And besides, Duncan might want it back" She meowed, smirking at the little wooden thing. "And who knows, he might just give to Gothie."

Courtney jumped back on to her bed and went over to the window right next to it. She stuck her claws under it and pulled. The window make high squeaking sound as she opened it up. She silently slipped out, landing on the ground with a thud. Courtney fluffed up her ember pelt as cold rain smacked her from all looked out to the field that stretched to the forest, about seven or eight fox-lengths. She shivered and started making her way through the mud and grass.

She sighed with relief when she made it to the tree-line, offering her slight protection from the rain. Courtney trotted at a steady pace through the forest, constantly shaking water from her soaked fur. She decided to rest when she came to a small clearing. She spotted a low bush that she could hide under. Courtney was just about to slide under when-

SNAP!

Courtney froze. A twig had snapped behind her. She almost jumped a foot in the air when a voice spoke right next to her.

"Going somewhere?" spoke a clearly male voice. Courtney spun around and through the pounding rain she saw a gray tom with a patch of black on his head. "Trent! Don't sneak up on me like that! You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Courtney hissed. Trent's turtle green eyes twinkled with amusement. "I thought CITs could sense when others were around." Trent meowed, trying to stifle a laugh. "No one can sense anything in this weather." Courtney growled shaking water from her pelt. Trent let out a laugh.

"What are you doing out here?" He asked curiously. "I could ask you the same." Courtney meowed. "Hey, I asked you first." Trent meowed playfully. "Therefor you should answer first." Courtney retorted. "You can't argue with that logic," Trent laughed

"Well, I couldn't sleep so i decided to take a walk in the rain. Now what about you?" Trent's gazed held concern. Courtney bristled, she didn't want anybodies concern, especially from a love-sick tom cat. "Well, I'm uh... sorta ... kinda..." Courtney dropped her voice lower and leaned closer to Trent. "Running away." She whispered.

"What! Your running away? From what?" Trent asked harshly. "From what? From everything! I don't wanna be that girl who got her heart broken on international TV anymore, Trent!" Courtney growled. "I wanna be strong again! I can't be that here!" Courtney huffed and turned away from him, lashing her tail.

"Who says you can't?" Trent asked carefully. "No one says it!" Courtney hissed as thunder crashed over head. "Then whats the problem?" Trent growled softly. "Its the way they all look at me." Courtney meowed softly staring at her paws. "They always look at me with pity, they always feel sorry for me," She raised her head and looked Trent in the eye "I don't want that anymore, so I'm running away from here!" Courtney growled before turning away and running into the bushes.

Trent growled with annoyance and followed her. "Courtney, wait." He meowed sternly. "Don't try and stop me!" She hissed jumping over a fallen log. "I'm not trying to stop you!" Trent growled as he jumped onto the log "I want to go with you!" He saw Courtney's ember tail stop amongst the bushes. A moment later, she stuck her through the bushes and looked at him in shock. "What?" She asked, shocked. "I said I want to go with you." Trent answered calmly jumping off the log to stand in front of her. "Why? You have friends here!" Courtney exclaimed. Trent looked at her confused. "You mean Katie, Sadie and Beth?" Trent shook his head "They're not my friends, they're my fans, and I want to go with you because when I go home thats all I'll ever have, fans not friends!" Trent growled.

"No." Courtney hissed.

"What?" Trent meowed. "No, you cant come with me." She hissed coldly " I need to do this on my own." A flash of lightning lit up the trees and Trent saw her face. Her onyx eyes were cold and filled with mistrust.

"You don't think you can trust me!" Trent growled with disbelief "You think I'll betray you!"

"So? Is it wrong to not trust someone after you have been betrayed in the past? Is it wrong to be careful?" Courtney hissed. She knew he wouldn't understand.

"Your not being careful, Your just being paranoid! You think that the moment you let someone close to you, that they're going to stab you in the back!" He hissed,"I won't do that Courtney! Because I have been betrayed before, same as you! Your not the only one that has been hurt like that!" She flinched. She couldn't help it, she had never seen Trent this mad. For a few moments the two cats stood in silence, letting the rain soak them further.

"Fine. If you want to come so badly, then lets go." Courtney meowed, gesturing with her soaked tail to the bushes behind her. "Alright, lets go." Trent meowed walking past her.

"You know," Courtney meowed as she followed him "Once they find out that we're gone, they're probably send a search part for us." Trent looked over his shoulder at her "Then I guess we need to cover a lot more ground so they don't find us." He meowed. "Ha, there is no way they'll be able to catch two runaways like us." Courtney meowed catching up to Trent, her former feelings of anger forgotten. "Runaways?" Trent asked looking at Courtney who was now walking beside him. "Is that what we are now?" "Until we find a new place live, yes we are runaways." She meowed. "I can live with that." Trent meowed causing both felines to burst into laughter.

"Hey look!" Courtney said looking at the sky "The rain stopped, and theres a rainbow!" she pointed with her tail. "Oh yeah would you look at that, I guess the heavens don't mind us leaving." Trent joked. "I guess not." Courtney sighed looking at the colors. Soon the two cats had left the forest and were on their way to a new life.

A.N: Yeah its the second chapter. The first chapter didn't really provide much info, so... yeah. I decided to continue this story even if there is little or no reviews, just so in the future other people can read the whole thing. So review if you want to. Or not. Either way I'll continue the story.

Peace out!

~WhiteTigerStripes~