This idea has been bothering me so much, so I'll probably end up updating it a lot XD I know I should be working on other stuff but…well, what can I say?
This sentence serves as a line. Apparently, doesn't like straight things.
The sun shone brightly in his fur, gentle and pleasing after the morning's cold rain. Two cats, a scruffy golden tom and a long legged brown cat jumped around in a mock fight in front of him.
"Yugi!"
The apprentice's ears perked. As he turned, a pretty brown she cat bounded up.
"Hi Anzu!" the short, tri colored cat purred. She smiled sweetly back at him then turned to her rough-playing friends.
"Jou! Hiroto!"
The two tom cats paused mid swipe. "Huh?" The golden cat turned, maneuvering around his companion's tail to see who was speaking. "What is it, Anzu?"
"Stop fighting, you're going to get dirt all over the fresh kill pile!" The she cat spat sternly. The two toms separated, Jou padded over to his short friend.
"Hey, short stuff!" The nickname got him a cuff over the ears by Anzu, but Yugi just smiled.
"Hi Jou! How is your first day as a warrior going?" the apprentice purred. He was a lot less powerful than Hiroto and Jou, so he'd been held back from his warrior ceremony for a while, much to his dismay.
"He's acting more like a kit than a warrior!" Hiroto spat playfully.
The golden cat bristled. "You started, you stole my mouse!"
"See! Ki~it!"
Yugi rolled his eyes as the newly initiated warriors began their fight again. The forest loomed just beyond the ravine, tempting him. Apprentices could not go into the forest without their mentors unless sent by their leaders on a border patrol or hunting party, and Yugi's mentor was off on patrol. He sighed softly.
Anzu's ears perked slightly. "Hmm? Yugi, what's wrong?"
"Oh, nothing." The apprentice murmured. His amethyst eyes strayed back to the scent filled trees. "I hope Yami sends me out on a hunting patrol today."
A brown tail flicked across his nose. "Yugi, you know your brother has a duty as deputy to protect and feed the clan. It wouldn't be responsible to send you out-"
"And why not?" Yugi spat harshly. "Because I'm the runt of the litter?"
Anzu was only trying to help…why did he yell at her? Guiltily, Yugi bowed his head to the warrior. "I-I'm sorry Anzu, I don't know what came over me."
"It's alright, Yugi." The she cat murmured quietly. Taking a quick survey of her surroundings, the mouse colored cat leaned in to whisper in his ear. "I'll take you out into the forest today."
This isn't the greatest line in the world. It's only a tribute.
Despite the gnawing of guilt in his belly, Yugi couldn't deny going out into the forest with his friends. Hiroto and Jounouchi had tagged along with him and Anzu, putting them back together again like they had been when they were all still training.
The strong scent of squirrel wafted from the trunk of a birch tree. On one of it's gnarled roots, the bushy tailed piece of prey sat nibbling on an acorn. Yugi stopped as his friends trotted on. He was downwind of it…
Perfect opportunity for a catch.
Only a mouselength away, the tri colored cat lunged. His friends turned just in time to see him.
"Yugi, wait!"
And they also saw the badger on the other side of the tree.
The squirrel hopped away, and Yugi was left straight in the path of a frightened, aggressive badger. Yugi yowled as the badger lunged at him, hot, stinky breath right on him. He jumped away from it's snapping jaws, momentarily struck with fear.
'Come on Yugi, think like a warrior!'
He slashed the badger across the muzzle, kicking out at it's left side with a kick and an angered hiss. Jou bounded forward.
"Yugi, run!"
Pain coursed through him as teeth sunk deep into his leg. He lunged at the lumbering animal, sinking his teeth into it's scruff and shaking. He could feel the badger swipe blindly at his leg, claws nearly hitting his leg.
'What have I gotten myself into?'
The badger let go of him. Yugi fell to the forest floor, blood oozing from his leg as he struggled to get up, to help Hiroto and Jounouchi fight. He wouldn't let his friends get hurt when this was his fault!
Suddenly, through all the noise and pain and confusion, Yugi could clearly see the tri colored look alike fly out of the trees, tackling the badger with a tremendous amount of force. Yami!
With the weight of three toms on it, the badger squirmed, throwing them all off before lumbering away. Yugi's head spun, and he couldn't make out one thing from another, just the eyes of his savior and his friends boring down on him before the whole forest turn black.
This line is much bigger than yours, this line could walk right through that door!
Violet eyes looked down at him, two pairs so opposite yet burning the same- with violence and passion, hatred and anger, fear and sorrow.
Drowning.
His paws flailed, but these shadows were unlike others- they had weight, crushed him, forced him down into the cold, murky water, yet the haunting eyes still stared into him.
Drowning…And Starclan's light didn't shine here.
This was the end, and his soul wouldn't be at peace.
"Rishid!"
He jumped up with a snarl. Slowly blinking his eyes, they narrowed to slits, adjusting to the sun directly in front of him as it set over the gnarled trees.
Malik moved to the front of him, tail lashing. "Rishid, you fell asleep! You can't sleep during a ceremony!"
"I'm sorry Master Malik." The older tabby stammered softly. He stretched out his legs, trying to shake the tiredness threatening to overcome him. This wasn't just a piece of moss he could flick off his pelt. He needed sleep…
But Malik needed him.
A massive black cat stood tall across the fallen stump, apparently already having called a meeting. How had Rishid slept through Zorc's deep, bellowing voice?
"In the event of Anubis's death," growled the leader emotionlessly. "the time has come for the new deputy of Shadowclan to be chosen!"
Beside him, Malik stiffened, though Rishid was sure the whole clan was. Unable to concentrate, the tom let his olive drift across the camp, surveying the growing shadows cast by dens and the trees surrounding them, shrouding them in darkness…
Suddenly, something dawned on the older cat. He could always be seen doing one of two things- clinging loyally to his Master…
Or fighting his brother.
Mariku was no where to be seen. Usually, the bigger yellow cat would sit right behind Rishid and Malik, close enough that they could feel every twitch of his tail, and the dangerous, violent mauve eyes glaring at them.
But those eyes weren't on him tonight. Rishid looked around, the nervous feeling rising as bile in his throat. Mariku was not sitting next to Isis, or any of the few companions he had made in his lifetime…
"This cat has been chosen for his cunning and strength, just what we need to make Shadowclan great!"
'No!' Malik took notice that Rishid stiffened, but the tabby didn't care. Soon enough, Malik would know…
"The new deputy of Shadowclan is Mariku!"