My second fanfic. Hope you enjoy it! Remember to review!
Sinking
"Psttt, Poppykit, wake up."
Poppykit felt a paw prod her side. She rolled over on to her side and opened her eyes. Bluekit was crouched beside her with his eyes wide with excitement..
"What is it?" She hissed, feeling annoyed. "This better be good. I was having such a good dream. I was stalking this mouse when..."
"This is more important then some dream." Bluekit said impatiently.
Poppykit twitched her tail, mystified, "Welll, what is it?"
"I found a way out of camp!"
Poppykit stared at Bluekit. A way out of camp? We can finally see the outside world?
"What is it? Why are you staring at me?"
"Nothing, It's just that this is to good to be true."
"I know," Bluekit said, "We just have to find a time when everyone is asleep."
Suddenly, a terrible thought occurred to Poppykit. "What if we get caught?" she whispered
"What?"
"What if we get caught," she repeated, "We might not get to become warriors ." Or worse she thought we might be exiled from the clan
"We won't get caught," Bluekit said uncertainly, "I'm sure other cats have gotten into trouble before us. And I don't think anyone of them are still apprentices."
"You are right." She said, "We just have to be really careful."
"Alright!" Bluekit meowed excitedly. "Let's go next sundown."
"Sure!" Poppykit replied
Just then, the sun rose above the horizon and Goldflower, Poppykit's mother, began to stir. Poppykit shot one last look at Bluepaw, who was bounding back to his mother, before she curled up beside Goldenflower.
"What have you been up to, little troublemaker?" Goldenflower asked affectionately.
"Nothing much." Poppykit muttered, "was just talking to Bluepaw."
"I have to leave for dawn patrol, have a nice nap."
Poppykit flicked her ear in acknowledgment and felt Goldenflower get up and leave.
The next day past like a blur. She spent the day playing Hunt the Mouse with Bluekit and his brother Redkit. By sunhigh, they were all exhausted. Then they spent the rest of the day sunning themselves in the middle of the sandy clearing. As the sun set, Bluekit and Poppykit scrambled into the nursery, their hearts pounding with excitement, ready for a night of exploring. They waited for there clanmates to fall asleep. Only when they were sure that most of the cats were asleep did they crawl out of the nursery.
"The camp looks so much different at night." Poppykit whispered, surprised, "It looks so much more..." she trailed off, not sure what word would be a fitting description.
"Peaceful?" Bluekit whispered back.
"Yeah."
"Bluekit led the way, keeping to the shadow and trying hard to not make any noise. They arrived at one corner of the camp. A patch of brambles occupied this corner.
"This is it." Bluekit said proudly.
Poppykit looked at it, dissapointed. She did not want to lose half her pelt trying to get out of camp.
"This is terrible." she said, "I am not going through that."
"Of course not. We are not going through." Bluekit said, "Just watch."
Bluekit reached out and grabbed a fallen branch between his jaws. Then he hooked the branch on to one of the brambles and pulled. To her surprised, the entire bush came of. What's left was a hole that could feet a small warrior.
"This leads to the outside." Bluekit said, panting from the exertion. "I'm sure of it."
"You," Poppykit said happily, "Are awesome."
"Well, I try to be." He said, chest swelling with pride.
Poppykit dropped onto her belly and crawled through the hole. Before long, she emerged into the forest . It was astoundingly beautiful. She didn't even notice when Bluekit came up behind her and said, "I didn't expect the forest to be this amazing."
"I know." She said in awe.
The forest was massive. Trees reached towards the sky in every way possible, there were at least ten different types of shrubs in this on clearing. The air was cold and refreshing. This was everything and more that Poppykit imagined.
"Come on!"
Bluekit's voice jolted her out of her thoughts.
"Let's go explore!" he called to her.
Poppykit raced to catch up with Bluekit who was trying to climb over a steep hill. Giddy with excitement and adrenaline, Poppykit charged and ran into Bluekit with full force. Bluekit let out a mreow of surprise and just manage to keep his balance.
"Oh, so this is how it's going to be." Bluekit said, pretending to be angry.
"Bring it on!"
Poppykit braced herself as Bluekit charged towards her. At the last second, she leaped out of the way, imitating the warriors. Poppykit was fast, but Bluekit was faster. As fast as an adder, Bluekit whipped around and swatted Poppykit out of the air with both his front paws. Poppykit landed on the ground with a thump, all the air driven out of her. Taking the opportunity, Bluekit pounced on her, placing his front paw on her chest. "Victory!" he proclaimed.
"Gerrioffme!" Poppykit muttered
"No way!" Bluekit shouted triumphantly, "I won fair and square and now..."
Bluekit stopped in mid sentence when a small speck of white stuff landed on his nose.
"Snow!" Bluekit said, practically bouncing with excitement.
Poppykit looked up in wonder. It looked like Silverpelt was sending these small tufts of fur to make everything look prettier. Soon, it started snowing so heavily that they were both completely covered in snow.
Poppykit shivered. "Brrrr, I'm starting to get cold"
"Yeah," Bluekit agreed, "We should head home."
Poppykit nodded her head in agreement. "Lead the way."
Bluekit set off confidently, trudging through the snow. Once in a while, they would stop to admire the view but they were always too cold to stay for long. After a long time of plowing through the snow, Poppykit collapsed from exhaustion.
"Bluekit!" She called, "We should take a rest."
Bluekit appeared out of the snow, looking equally as tired as Poppykit.
"Alright," Bluekit mumbled, "But only for a moment."
Suddenly, something caught her eye. A dreadful thought struck her. Are we going around in circles? I could have sworn I saw that tree just now.
"Come on," Bluekit got up, "We have to keep going."
Poppykit reluctantly got up to follow. No, it must be my imagination. There are millions of trees in this forest. It must have been another tree.
"Hey! Look! It is the stream we crossed earlier."
Poppykit looked up to see the thin stream of water. It looked a bit different with the top frozen over but it was definitely still the same stream.
"I knew we weren't going in circles!"
Ignoring the confused look on Bluekit's face, Poppykit on to the stream. All of a sudden, the thin layer of ice gave way under Poppykit's weight.
"Poppykit!" she heard Bluekit yowl as she plunged into the ice cold water. Water swirled around her, forcing its way into her mouth. This is it she thought This is not fair! I am not even an apprentice yet...
She started to feel light headed from the lack of oxygen. As she started to fade, she felt someone or something grab her scuff and start hauling her towards the surface. She could not take it anymore. She took a deep breath, but what filled her lungs was air, not water.
"Poppykit! You're okay!"
"Starclan?" she asked groggily .
"No! Its me. Bluekit! Fleetfoot saved you!"
"Are you okay?" she heard Fleetfoot ask
"Yeahh." she managed to say, "I'mmm just colddddd."
"It is okay." Fleetfoot reassured her. "We're almost home."
Poppykit managed to hobble a few more steps before Fleetfoot had to carry her. They managed to reach camp just before dawn. As soon as they entered camp, Goldenflower ran up to them and started covering Poppykit with licks.
"Mommmm." She protested even though she felt like she needed it.
"Get out of the way." she heard Petalleaf say as she reached them. "Help me get her into my den."
Together, they manage to carry her into the medicine cat den. Petalleaf examined her for any scratches while Goldenflower tried to lick her dry. In between licks, she managed to reprimand Poppykit.
"What were you thinking about?" Goldenflower said angrily, "Sneaking out of camp? You are not even apprentices yet. You might have been eaten by a badger."
"Well I didn't. Did I?" Poppykit retorted.
An uncomfortable silence followed. At last, Poppykit asked the question she had been dreading.
"I'll still be able to become a warrior, right?" she asked anxiously.
Seeing the worried look on her face, Goldenflower's expression softened.
"Yes. You will still become a warrior."