CHAPTER THREE
"I mean, only a true descendant from Riverclan could swim!"
"My mother was a true descendant of Shadowclan. She mated with a true descendant from Shadowclan."
"Obviously, you were destined to join Earthclan, the new Riverclan! I mean, look at you! You have wits, speed, agility, and charm!" Fossil froze up at charm.
"Charm…?" Zodi asked curiously.
"If we ever have trouble with the others, you could, you know…"
"Flirt? That would never work."
"Oh, so sure, are we?" Fossil asked with a cocked head and a smile. Zodi felt as if he was trying to flirt with her.
"How about a trial run, then? Like Microsoft?" Zodi thought for a minute.
"I'll give your clan a week. If I'm sure, I'll join. You might have to wait a few days," Zodi purred with a chuckle. At least it's a week, Fossil thought. Three days would not have been enough! Zodi stared, as if she was confused. She was confused, though.
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"First time raiding a base?" Discovery asked.
"Oh, uh, yeah!" Data purred nervously.
"Don't worry about it! I was even more nervous than you, and I was great at it!" She was relieved. If she showed even a BIT of suspicious sweat, her remains would never be found. No, they wouldn't slaughter a kit, but she was still wary of her own actions.
"You'd never kill a kit, right?" Data asked.
"What makes you think that?"
"Oh, just in case I accidentally blow our cover when we're sneaking, that's all."
"I've blown a cover before, lemme tell ya."
"How many times?"
"Oh, tons!"
"And you don't stop hunting?"
"Nah, lil' worrywart!" Data wondered how a cat could blow her own cover many times and still raid a base. I would've stopped, she thought.
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"Somebody will raid our base!" Lumina raved. Though she was a cat of seven years, she could dart fast. The other cats knew of this as normal, because she was always "predicting" the future. That time, she spoke the truth.
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Ice was wandering along the rails that he had wandered earlier that day, when the stars were obscured by the blazing sun. The full moon would shine about three days later, and the full moon truce would begin again. As he tiptoed along the rails, he saw two cats, side-by-side, walking in the opposite direction, towards the Earthclan pod. He immediately caught a whiff of the one cat.
"Zodi?" Zodi was startled, but she soon realized who it was and nodded towards the empty spot next to her.
"Oh, Fossil, this is Ice, from Nebulaclan. Ice, this is Fossil, from Earthclan." The two males seemed as if they were about to fight, both in pouncing stance, but Ice rolled over on his back and smiled.
"Nice to meet you." I don't believe this, Fossil thought.
"Fossil, he means no harm. He's an old friend of mine."
"Are you sure?" Fossil asked, still crouching, but before they could say anything else, a hovertrain was rushing at ludicrous speed. Using maternal instincts, Zodi quickly pushed Fossil into the grass, and grabbed Ice by the scruff, all three tumbling to safety.
"Zodi, I'm not a kit, you should know better!" Ice moaned.
"I saved your life, you stupid puddle!" Ice flopped down, because he felt like a puddle at that moment.
"Zo, you don't just call a Warrior stupid puddle," Fossil whispered.
"Oh, what, is your deputy gonna come back and attack me again?" Zodi asked with a playful flicker of her tail. Fossil's eyes flickered to the left nervously, and he let out a nervous laugh.
"No, Rock was just restless…"
"Cats don't just go restless."
"Well, he snuck into a Twoleg pod, and he found this strange herb…"
"Catnip?"
"Exactly! Wait, how did you know?"
"Former kittypet," Zodi said with a shrug.
"Kittypet!?" Ice jerked upright as he hissed. Zodi then remembered exactly what her mother told her not to do, or the others would kill her.