As the Sky Turns Red

~Chapter 1: Territory~

It was the middle of October, and Coldstar, leader of Snowclan, was muttering to herself about what little food they had. She slowly padded out of camp, telling her deputy, Tailwhip, to watch over everyone. With no questions asked, the she-cat left Snowclan.

Coldstar slowly padded down the dirt path, her head hanging low. Her stomach growled. She hadn't eaten in over three days. She left what food they had for her clan. She didn't want to watch them suffer. She would fine, anyways, right?

"Hey! Who are you?!" Coldstar looked up, seeing a white tom sitting there, his red eyes holding nothing but anger. A chill went down Coldstar's spin as the German accent hit her ears.

"I am Coldstar. What's your name?" she asked, her voice soft, not wanting to anger him. He seemed to glare at her.

"Lutz," he replied, ears flattened against his ear before he snarled out: "Jetzt verlassen mein Eigentum, bevor ich dich zu verletzen!"

"I-I'm sorry! I don't k-know what you're saying!" Coldstar cried, backing away slowly. Lutz got up, following her. Before he could get any closer, a gray she-cat jumped in front of him.

"Bruder, halt!" she hissed, glaring at him. "You're scaring her!"

"She shouldn't be on our property then!" he snarled. With a small 'humph', the she-cat turned to face Coldstar.

"Please forgive my bruder for vhat he's done! He's not the friendliest vhen he sees strays on our property!" Coldstar looked at the feline, before glaring at her.

"Wait... your property?! If anything, you're on Snowclan territory!" she hissed, now noticing the sent of her clan. Lutz laughed, unfazed by the she-cat's outburst.

"Are you really vanting to fight? Because if so, I'll gladly grant your vish!" he meowed, showing Coldstar his claws that were stained red.

"Please, just leave! I don't vant to see an innocent cat get killed for making a stupid mistake!"

"Zora, stay out of this!"

"I am not going anywhere! This is my territory! You kittypets leave!"

"Mund halten!" Zora turned around and lunged at Coldstar, her teeth sinking her flesh, blood staining white fur. Coldstar let out a yowl in pain, slashing Zora off her. After seeing Zora fall to the ground, Lutz got involved. He ended fight quickly. He grabbed Coldstar's throat and threw her into a tree.

"Und stay over there, you beknackt!" he snarled. With that, he turned around, helped Zora up, and walked away. Coldstar laid there, feeling ashamed. 'That could've went better...' she thought as she slowly picked herself up.

CRUNCH!

Coldstar jumped back slightly as she watched a blue jay land in front of her. She looked up, seeing a tom jump down. He looked at her, his orange eyes showing nothing but happiness.

"Ahoj~!" he mewed happily, a large smile on his face. "I am Robin, servant of Sparrow! Who might you be?"

"I-I'm Coldstar. Nice to meet you!" she replied, giving him a small smile back. "Um... who's Sparrow?"

"Oh, he's my master! He's very nice to me!" he explained, bouncing up and down. "He always gives me the best food! Takový úžasný pán je!"

"So... a twoleg owns you?" Robin continued to smile.

"... I don't know what a twoleg is!" he laughed, still continuing to bounce. Coldstar sighed.

"Well, he is human, correct?" The tom nodded happily. "Well, he's a twoleg!"

"Oh, so humans are twolegs? AWESOME~!" Coldstar cringed at the tom's loud meow, but continued to smile at him. Though he was a kittypet, he was very nice... and hyper... and loud...

"Robin! Můj přítel, kde jsi? Přijďte Hom!" Robin turned around, looking down the a cement path, his smile growing larger.

"Oh! I have to get home! Goodbye, Coldstar! Have a nice night!" Robin started to trot towards him, tail held high.

"Wait! Your bird!" she called to him, remembering the blue jay.

"That's for you, krásný!" he replied, disappearing into the darkness. Though Coldstar didn't understand the last word, she understood the first three. With a smile, she picked the bird up in her mouth and padded back towards camp. Though she could've done without Lutz and Zora, she had to admit, it was nice to come out.

Returning back to camp, nearly every member greeted Coldstar, happy she was still alive. Whitepool, Snowclan's medicine cat, quickly dressed Coldstar's wounds as Tailwhip took the blue jay and put it in the fresh kill pile.

"Coldstar! What happened?!" Badgerfang entered camp, and rushed over to her leader, looking at her with worry.

"Just a little fight is all," she mewed quietly, a smile on her face.

"Who was it? I'll kill 'em!" she snarled, claws digging into the earth.

"Don't worry, Badgerfang. They aren't worth it!" she replied. The warrior stared at Coldstar before sighing.

"Fine. But I'll find out who it was and kill 'em anyways..." Badgerfang whispered the last part to herself before walking away to join her friends.

"She really is loyal," Whitepool meowed, watching the female warrior chat away to the others. "It's nice to know she would never betray us!"

"Yes, it is," Coldstar smiled at Badgerfang. She could trust her. One hundred percent.

.-'XXX-'.

The night dragged on. One last patrol of the border, and Tailwhip would go back to camp to sleep. He honestly wanted to leave now, but then again, his clan came before sleep.

As he made his way around Snowclan's territory, he noticed movement. Looking closer, he saw it was orange she-cat. She seemed to also be hunting a mouse.

"Hey! What're you doing?!" Tailwhip snarled in anger. The she-cat looked at him, the mouse scurrying away in complete fear. "You can't hunt here!"

"I do what I want, bitch!" she replied, giving him a look that said 'I don't really care'. If she had fingers, Tailwhip thought she would've snapped them like twolegs did sometimes.

"GET OFF SNOWCLAN'S TERRITORY!" he yowled. With that, he lunged forward, tackling the she-cat. She grunted, kicking him off.

"Idiota! The mouse got away!" she hissed, trying to clawing at his face. "Because of you, I'm going to go hungry tonight! Grazie mille, è stupido tom!"

"It's your fault! You shouldn't be here!" he growled, lashing his claws out and hitting her shoulder, making her hiss in pain.

"I can be wherever I please!" And with that, she gave another claw that hit Tailwhip in the face and walked away... well, strutted away. She seemed so... full of herself.

"What's up with Snowclan and getting attacked today? It's like we can't even hunt without finding some cat on our territory!" Tailwhip mewed softly, frowning as he watched the she-cat disappear into the darkness.