Sorry the update took me so long, between school and track and millions of other things i have to do, it is hard to find time to write the chapters, then have them beta-read after i have typed it, all without my parents finding out that i am 'goofing off' instead of doing homework
Sunkit, now Sunpaw, as she was being trained as a warrior apprentice would, scampered along behind her mother. I had been waiting for this day, the day I would learn to hunt.
A perfect day to be trained thought Sunpaw. The sun was shining through the trees making me shiver with warmth. Icestream had told me about the clans and ever since, I would imagine what it would be like to be a clan cat. Suddenly, jolted from my daydreaming, my mother had meowed, "Watch me".
I saw my mother in some sort of crouch. "This is the hunter's crouch for when you want to catch a mouse. Keep you weight on your haunches so you don't make a sound because the mouse can feel you paw steps before it smells you."
I stood there amazed at what her mother was doing; slinking through the bushes, quietly, not making a sound on the leafy forest floor. "Now you try it." Inquired my mother.
I dropped down into the seemingly, but not, awkward position and slid forward. I found it was much harder than it looked to keep my paws quiet. I wasn't nearly as graceful as my mother, but in time I would get it.
Determinedly, I tried it many times over and over, trying to slide quickly over the wet forest floor, but make no noise. Icestream just sat and watched quietly, occasionally commenting. Finally, near sunset I looked just like my mother, slinking quietly and quickly over the forest floor.
"Great job" meowed my mother, getting up. She tilted her head up towards the sky's fading light. " We should be getting back." Icestream meowed as darkness began to fall and light to fade.
The journey back to our little cave was quick and simple. Once we got back, as soon as I had eaten the small mouse Icestream gave me, I found my nest in the darkness. Then fell into a deep sleep, exhausted.
She did not sleep well. A screech filled the air breaking the silence of the forest. A flash of orange light, fur. Fur whipping around like flames. Then, teeth met the neck of an unknown cat and she screeched in pain. Again, she screeched, chilling me. My vision blacked out. A white flash! Teeth, sharp teeth, snapping…..snapping at me! I yowled in fear and woke. I yowled in fear, waking up.
My dream had been so real. I got up, shaking the moss from my pelt. Then paced around quietly. I didn't want to sleep again. I was afraid. I knew I should go tell Icestream, but I didn't want to wake her. I'll tell her later, I decided. Something caught my eye as I was pacing; a blue gray cat was sitting in front of our cave. "Hello?" I meowed softly. "Take heed in what you have seen, if you do not remember your dream it will impact your life forever." Meowed the cat as it was fading. "Remember….remember….." After walking around more, trying to decipher what my dream meant. I was sleepy so I decided to lie back down on my soft nest of moss. I closed my eyes, willing sleep to come quickly. At once the darkness of sleep swept me off into the land of dreams.
I was standing in a grassy clearing, sun warming my cold pelt. I sighed, would I ever get to sleep peacefully? I looked up, and was startled. The stars were moving! A star started to fall, the color changing from silver to a blue gray. I walked forward in curiosity. The second the star touched the ground it formed into a cat. "So young one, you have not yet learned about StarClan, have you?" The cat meowed seeing the shock and disbelief on my face. "No…" I meowed in curiosity. "What is it?" "StarClan is made up of cats who have died. Clan Cats. They do not control you but give cats prophecies to help keep their clan from harm. Often, they will send us omens to help decided what to do about a battles or sickness, as well. StarClan is always watching over you. When you die you will join our ranks. Do not be afraid of us. We are here to help. Your life will be shaped by an event soon, remember, you can find safety in ThunderClan..."
With that the cat started to fade……wait! The cat wasn't fading! I was! I jerked awake in fear, would my dreams ever stop? Though I knew the answer I wish I didn't. Dawn light started to filter through the opening of the cave. Then smoke…
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