WHEW! I took a long break! Lol So, here I am (even though a lil late) with the 1st chapter of my Warriors story Guided by a Lilly's light! WOOT! WOOT! So, without further ado, please enjoy!
Lilly awoke from her peaceful slumber to the sound of Jace, her housefolk, playing the piano. She watched as his slim fingers danced over the ivory keys, creating a euphoric sound that made her purr with delight. She stretched her limbs, jumped up on the piano bench, and purred loudly.
"You like the song, Lilly?" Jace asked.
Lilly purred again
"That's great!" Jace said, as he grinned down at the tiny ginger kit.
"Jace, Breakfast!" Jace's mother, Mrs. Gordon, yelled from the kitchen.
"Coming, Mom!" Jace yelled back. "Later, Lilly." He whispered to her, while ruffling the top of her head.
While Jace left the room, Charles, Jace's loyal German Shepherd, sauntered in. "Good morning, Lilly." Charles greeted. "How was Jace's piece?"
"It was great, Charles!" Lilly exclaimed, bouncing with excitement. "I feel it could rival Beethoven!"
Charles chuckled. "That's good to hear."
Lilly always admired Charles. She admired his majestic golden pelt with distinct black markings, muscular limbs, and powerful jaws lined with razor- sharp teeth. She also liked his personality as well, even though he was feared amongst the neighborhood dogs, he was always nothing but a gentleman. Why her mother and littermates never liked him, she'd never get.
"I hear Daisy has got a huge crush on Rain." Charles said as he sat near the piano bench.
Lilly rolled her eyes. "Don't remind me, Charles. Besides, her and every other she-cat in this neighborhood is infatuated with him."
"Jealous, much?" Charles snorted.
Lilly was about to speak when her stomach growled.
Charles laughed, as he got up. "Hungry?"
"Very" Lilly answered as she jumped off the piano bench and followed Charles out of the music room.
The house Jace's family, Charles, and Lilly's family lived in was very big. Lilly often got lost when left by herself, and learned to just follow Jace and Charles around the house. A couple minutes later, after navigating through the maze of hallways, Lilly and Charles finally reached the dining room. As soon as they entered, Charles looked at his food bowl and sighed, "Forgot to feed me again" as he padded up to Mr. Gordon's hand and nudged it.
Mr. Gordon looked down, "Oh, sorry Charles," he then glanced up at his son, "Jace, feed him will you?"
Jace got up from his seat, grabbed Charles' food bowl, and walked to the kitchen. Lilly then padded over to her food bowl filled to the rim with nauseating brown pellets. She wrinkled her nose in disgust. 'Man, this crap again.' She sighed, and scarfed he food down so she wouldn't be able to taste it. Done with her "meal", she listened in to her sister, Daisy, talk to their mother.
" Mama, I need more ribbons," Daisy whined, " blue ones preferably, so that way they match my eyes and get Rain to notice me."
Lilly rolled her eyes and turned her attention to what the housefolk were discussing.
"Mom," Jace's younger sister, Leah, said, "I need a new dress, preferably blue, to wear to Chloe's party tonight. If I get it, Austin might notice me!"
'Wow' Lilly thought. 'No wonder they get along so well.'
Lilly sighed in exasperation and stalked out of the dining room. She wandered through the halls until she heard the sound of some good fight scene music, coming from the living room. When she entered, she found her brother, Dusty, curled up on Mr. Gordon's favorite chair watching TV. The tan leather of the chair made Dusty's dark brown tabby fur stick out like a sore thumb. Lilly padded over to the chair and jumped up on the arm rest.
"Hey, Dusty!" Lilly greeted. "Watcha watching?"
"Batman's newest movie 'The Dark Knight'." Dusty replied in a bored tone.
"Oh, that's cool!" Lilly exclaimed with a smile on her face.
"Well, you can watch it if you want to." He responded, while pushing the remote towards her. "I'll be outside, if you need me." He then jumped off the chair, padded over to the French double doors that led to the backyard, and mewed until Mrs. Gordon let him out.
'I'll never get why he's always like that.' Lilly thought, 'but at least, I'll have the TV to myself!' Lilly continued to watch until after the credits rolled, and drifted off to sleep dreaming about how great it would be to be a superhero. She dreamt about having a sidekick, a prophecy, superpowers, and adoring fans chanting her name. Oh! She could hear them now! "Lilly, Lilly, Lilly!" The chanting got louder and louder until she felt someone shaking her. She opened her eyes a bit. "Lilly, Lilly, … LILLY!" the voice yelled, while shaking her even harder.
"What! What's wrong?" she said as she sprang to her feet with her claws unsheathed, fur fluffed out, and a bewildered expression on her face.
"You've got a visitor." Dusty growled.
"Oh, really, who?" Lilly responded as she calmed down and came to her senses.
"Like I know who your friends are." Dusty spat, as he stalked outside.
Lilly stood there on the chair.
"Well, you comin' or what!" Dusty hissed.
"I'm coming!" Lilly huffed before muttering a few choice insults toward her dark- furred brother.
As they stepped outside, Lilly saw Rain perched on top of a tall oak fence. Rain was a close friend of Lilly's and lived right around the corner. He was a very handsome tom and sought after by many she- cats; including Lilly's sister, Daisy. "Thanks for getting her Dusty." He mewed with a slight bow of his head.
"Whatever." Dusty responded as he padded towards an oak tree that was nearby, climbed it, and settled down for a nap in one of its branches.
'No wonder he was so short with me,' Lilly thought. 'Rain must have interrupted his nap! I'll get him back for sure next time I see him!' Lilly vowed, already coming up with a few plans in which she would use to exact her revenge.
"Well, Lilly, today is your lucky day!" Rain exclaimed with a cheerful grin on his face, while unknowingly interrupting Lilly's vengeful thoughts.
Lilly cocked her head to the side. "Really, how so?"
"Because I found something cool yesterday, and I deem you worthy enough to be able to see it!" He boasted.
She jabbed at him with her paw. "You're so full of it, Rain!"
"If you mean full of awesomeness, then yes, yes I am." He smirked, giving her a wink.
Lilly rolled her eyes and jumped on the fence next to him. "Well, lead the way."
As they leapt off the fence and landed on the street below, Lilly looked up at the bright blue sky and frowned as she noticed puffy dark grey storm clouds drift across. 'I hope it doesn't rain today' Lilly hoped as she followed Rain to whatever "cool" thing he wanted to show her.
"Hey, Lilly, did you know this place was once a forest?"
"Well, I suppose it was at some point in time." She replied.
"Do you know who the inhabitants of the old forest were?" Rain ventured with a sparkle in his dark blue eyes.
"Wild animals?" Lilly guessed.
"Wild cats." Rain corrected. "They were called 'Warriors' and had an insatiable lust for blood and violence. They hunted for food, and fought for survival. My uncle, Smudge, told me all about them."
Lilly scoffed at Rain's gullibility. "C'mon Rain, you honestly believe that? I think your uncle must've confused these so- called 'Warriors' with some mangy alley cats that rummage through his garbage. You know he likes to hear himself talk."
"I don't know, Lilly." He continued. "It sounded pretty legit to me. He even said that his friend, Rusty, became the leader of some clan!"
"Tch. Fine, believe what you-" Lilly stopped midsentence as she felt tiny droplets of water on her nose. Rain and her looked up as they heard the loud boom of thunder and lightning clash over their heads. A heavy pour of rain crashed down upon them.
"Aw, shit." Rain cursed as his smoky dark grey coat become plastered to his body.
"C'mon let's just go home." Lilly offered.
"No were almost there." He shouted over his shoulder, as he dashed off.
"Damn it!" Lilly hissed, feeling her thick ginger pelt become heavy.
A strong wind picked up as Lilly followed Rain past houses, making it very hard for the two young cats to see.
"We have to pick up the pace!" Rain yelled as he sped up, lengthening the gap between him and Lilly.
Lilly grunted her response as she too hastened her run, with her tail streaming out behind her and eyes stinging from the icy rain. The road beneath them soon became very slick, and Lilly could feel herself slipping. She unsheathed her claws so she could get a better grip on the pavement, but her action was in vain as her paws slipped out from underneath her as she fell.
Rain sprinted back, when he noticed his friend fall. "Did you hurt anything?" He mewed his voice full of concern.
'Does my pride count?' Lilly thought sarcasticly. "No, I'm fine."
"That's good to hear." He replied, helping her up. "Now come on we're almost there!"
Lilly continued to follow Rain for some distance until she noticed there weren't anymore houses. "Rain, where exactly is this place?"
"Right there on the horizon, Lilly." He answered. "I know it's still a bit hard to see, but if you squint a bit you'll notice it."
Lilly then looked up and noticed a small rise on the otherwise flat plain. "You wanted to show me a mound of dirt!" Lilly shouted, indignant at the thought that Rain made her endure a heavy pour with strong winds jus to see a pile of dirt!
"No, no, no." Rain said. "It's a cave, but most importantly its what's inside the cave that matters!"
"Hmph."
Lilly and Rain sped up towards the cave and dove in, glad to find shelter from the storm.
"Now that we're here," Lilly began, shaking the excess water from her pelt. "you can explain to me why you brought me to this cave."
"Sorry, Lilly, but it's a secret."
"Secret?" Lilly echoed.
"Mhmm. I want you to be surprised." Rain clarified.
"Why's that?" Lilly inquired with one brow raised in suspicion.
Rain licked his right forepaw. "Because you look cute when your surprised." He said between licks.
Lilly blushed. "Whatever."
He chuckled. "Anyways let's begin the tour, shall we?"
WOOT! WOOT! 1st chappie done! Thanx for reading! Anywho, I'd really appreciate it if you lovely fanfic readers out there could review my not-really-that-lovely fanfic! It'd mean the world to me, really would anywho srry for the wait, but the more reviews I receive the more motivated I am to update!