Chapter 4: More cats?!
Dawnflower's P.O.V:
"Where am I?" Dawnflower looks around frantic. The leafbare snow covered the scent a bit but, it defiantly smelled of twolegs and she didn't want to be caught by any of them.
"Hi there." a cat meows. She looked around but didn't hear where the meow was coming from.
"Who are you?" she sniffs the air.
The cat purrs and she tries looking around again, "Was it a kittypet?" she asked herself.
"I'm in the tree." the cat meows again.
Above her was a small pear tree and a brown tabby she-cat was sitting in the tree looking down at her.
"Who are you?" she calls.
She smelled of Mountainclan. "I'm Finchsong of Mountainclan." she jumps down. So she was right... "Are you..." she gasps.
"Echosong told me there would be 2 other cats." she cuts Dawnflower off.
"Hollyflower didn't say anything about this..." she meows uncertainly.
"So are you two the other cats?" a tom meows.
"Hi there. Yes, did Leafdapple send you to bring back Festiveclan?" Finchsong asks politely.
"Yes, I'm Ravenwhisper." he meows.
The black tabby tom had jet black fur, just like Shadowclaw... It hurt to look at him but she forced herself to be polite.
"Hi! When did you guys leave?" she asks. The thing that was bothering her was, how did they all meet up in the same place?... at the same time?...
"I left a couple of heartbeats ago." Ravenwhisper purrs.
"I left at moonhigh." Dawnflower meows. She observed Ravenwhisper closely, he had brown eyes... almost like Shadowclaw...
"I left... during my hunting patrol." Finchsong meows.
"So, should we get started?" Ravenwhisper asks.
"Sure. So, let's start at Moonclan's territory. That's were they left in the first place." Dawnflower meows.
"Great idea. Let's try to be stealthy and sneaky, we don't want to get caught." Finchsong meows in reply.
Dawnflower's pads tingled with excitement, she was part of the trio that would bring Festiveclan back to the forest! The adventure would be hard but, it would be worth it in the end, she'd have a nice story to bring back. If she did come back...
"Come on!" Ravenwhisper calls. His tail twitching in excitement, she wished it were Shadowclaw with her... If only he had said,"I love you too."
She gulped back tears and choked, "Coming..." she padded towards him. "I smell a patrol!" Finchsong gasps getting down. Dawnflower crouched beside Ravenwhisper and crept forward one paw at a time.
"Have you seen Ravenwhisper?" A Moonclan warrior cat snarls. "No! Who is he?!" Stagsoar snarls. "Oh no! Two patrols! We have to leave now!" she hisses under her breath.
"Let's get going, this way." Ravenwhisper pushes ahead, she padded be hind them. Her wings trembled and her fur fluffed up. Ravenwhisper's tail touched her pelt. "Wait, I think we should keep low." he meows.
"Okay, You're the fastest here so get through ahead and Finchsong and I will stay, tell us when it's safe to go." she meows. His gaze burned into her gaze, "Okay, stay safe you two." he pads off.
"Ravenwhisper has a crush on you!" Finchsong teases. They had only met, she's already teasing? "Let her be! It's just part of becoming friends!" she told herself. "He does not!" her ears shot up in the air with embarrassment.
"Sure, right after you two stared at each other for a whole moon!" Finchsong got down. "Guys! Come on!" Ravenwhisper meows.
Finchsong shot an amused glance at Dawnflower and padded after him. She padded after them and they continued journeying through Moonclan territory until they reached the mountain side.
"Finally! Out of clan territory!" Dawnflower fluffed her wings.
"Can you actually fly with those?" Ravenwhisper asks.
"Yeah." she meows. She stretches her wings and runs, taking off. "Cool! I wish I could fly like that!" Finchsong calls from below.
"Nice. Can you smell anything?" Ravenwhisper calls. She could his brown eyes staring intensely at her which made her blush. She tasted the air and could only smell danger... hawk...
"Guys! Take shelter!" she screeches. They looked at her like she was crazy, but obeyed. She saw the hawk coming and she snarled. The hawk screed and dove at her. She used the fighting moves and tactics that Hazelwing taught her.
"Die! You feathered monster! You're the prey not me!" she hissed as the hawks talons scraped her shoulder. She quickly bit it's neck and it fell still. It plunged down as she dove after it.
"Dawnflower!" Ravenwhisper gasps. His pelt fluffed up in fear. "Don't worry! It's dead!" she calls landing on the ground. She prods it with a paw and nudges it towards him. His eyes widened when she nudged it to him.
"Go on mousebrain! Have you never eaten hawk before?" she flicks his ear with her tail. A purr rumbles in his throat, "No, I never thought warriors could catch them!" he meows through his purr.
"Hey you two! Are you going to just going to stand there staring at each other?" Finchsong snorts in amusement. "You know she does have a point. Let's eat." Dawnflower meows.
They crouched down to eat the hawk, after they finished they traveled on into the mountains. "Where do you guys want to rest?" she meows. "S...so..me wh..ere... ww...warm..." Finchsong shivered.
"I'll scout ahead since you two are frozen!" Dawnflower purrs. She leaped ahead of them and raced through the snow. She finally found a cave that was warm and dry. "Finchsong! Ravenwhisper!" she cried.
The two cats purred as they saw the cave. "Shelter... Thank you Starclan!" Ravenwhisper meowed. The three cats curled up and slept.
When she went to sleep closing her sleepy eyes she would have sworn her pelt was touching with Ravenwhisper's.
Shadowclaw's P.O.V
"Dawnflower..." he murmured, he rested in his nest. He wished Dawnflower was here with him. How could he have been so mousebrained?! If only he had replied to her...
"Shadowclaw?" Honeypetal meows. His mother's golden pelt shone in the sun when he looked up.
She looked down at him with such gentle eyes.
"Yes?" he looks up at her with dull eyes. "Oh sweetie... It's alright, Starclan has special plans for her, she'll come back." she meows comfortingly.
"Mom! It's all my fault she left! She told me that she loved her, but I didn't say anything! If only I had replied..." he grit his teeth.
"Sweetie. Remember, Even if you had replied she still would have left." she purrs walking out of the den. Come to think of it... his mom did have a point...
"Oh Dawnflower... I'm so sorry..." he sat down again. He wish he could have told her he loved her even if she was going to leave anyways...
He got up and went to Hollyflower's den. He was going to ask Hollyflower to help him walk in a cat's dream. More specifically Dawnflower's dreams.