Thank you soooooo much for all those reviews. By the way, I just got an awesome new book called The Sight. It's about wolves and it is wonderful! I highly suggest this to teens and pre teens. If you've already read it, please let me know! Anyway, on to the next chapter.
I woke that one glittering morning with a curious feeling.
Sitting up, I listened to the sounds around me.
The soft breathing of my brother...
The gentle sound of the breeze...
The birds that sat in the treetops...
But something else.
I perked up my ears and inched towards the exit of the nursery.
Graypool would flip if she knew I was leaving camp.
Just for a little while.
Something was out there.
And maybe it was waiting for me.
Cralling out into the empty camp clearing, I was aware of a shadow.
It was lingering by the camp, it's shape strangly familiar.
I didn't dare call out to it, for fear I would wake the whole clan.
Instead, I crept forward, keeping my gaze on the shadow.
It moved.
Then it stopped, freezing.
I could feel it staring into me, like a cat stares at its prey.
Then it was moving once more, slowly...
A fox?
No, something worse.
As it stepped from the shadows, my stomach yolted.
A badger!
I was no longer worried about waking the clan.
I screamed.
"Hey! Hey, who's there!?" hissed a voice.
Two warriors charged out of the warriors den.
The badger lunged at me, and I shut my eyes.
"What are you doing, Mistykit? Run!"
But I couldn't.
I was too afraid.
Pain pierced me like lightning piercing a tree.
The badger plowed me over.
I opened my eyes to stare at the horrible black and white face.
It breathed into my nose.
Odd... I thought.
The grunts it was making were turning into words.
"Me Midnight. Me want to play." the badger seemed to grunt.
I perked up my ears.
This was just a baby badger.
Nothing to be afriad of...
"Take that, you mouse-brained badger." hissed a warrior, thrashing out at the badger.
"Midnight" reared up with pain.
She bolted into the trees, blood trailing behind her.
I got up.
I stared.
"Are you alright, Mistykit?" asked a warrior.
I gulped, but my throat stung.
"Who was that?" I asked in a shrill voice.
"Huh?"
"Who was that badger?" I asked again.
"Just a badger- looked pretty young."
"Did you hear it?"
"Hear what?"
"Hear her speak. She was speaking to me." I murmured, half to myself.
The warrior chuckled, then told me to go to the medicine cat for some herbs.
But more then once, I looked over my shoulder at where the badger had dashed.
Midnight wouldn't be coming back.
Midnight had been a one moment mystery.
But now she was gone.
Like the breeze that stirred my pelt.
A mystery to be left behind.
Baby Midnight! Awww.... so cute. All who review get a Mistykit plushie. Next up is Redkit! (Redtail)