Frostpaw woke with a start and looked around, she saw Nightpaw, Skypaw, Emberstream, and two other cats. One was awake guarding the entryway.
This isn't the medicine den. Where am I and what happened?
Then she remembered.
Fallenstar! Is he still alive? He must be worried!
Frostpaw started licking the dried blood off her wounds. She heard movement on the far side of the den, the strange cat was waking up. The tortoiseshell cat looked around and saw that Frostpaw was awake. She walked over to Frostpaw and sat down by her.
"I'm Amberpaw, who are you and where are we?"
"I'm Frostpaw. I have no clue where we are. But, that cat guarding the entryway, see the frostbite on his side? I bit him there."
"You can't give anything frostbite by biting it."
"I give animals frostbite when I bite them, anything else, I freeze. Water is the only thing I can't freeze."
"Then freeze the ground."
"Okay." Frostpaw bent her head down and bit the floor of the den. Amberpaw and Frostpaw watched it as it slowly froze.
"Fine, you can. I dare you to give yourself frostbite."
"Fine, but my fur turns blue instead, except for my ears, my right paw and my tail tip."
"Whatever, do it."
Frostpaw turned her head and bit her side, then her leg, then her belly and so on, until she was blue and gray.
"Cool." Amberpaw breathed.
Frostpaw looked over and saw Emberstream was starting to stir.
"Who's that? He's not an apprentice." Amberpaw meowed shakily.
"Emberstream, he's a pain in the tail. He might be nice to you, but not me."
"Oh. Who's the one missing a paw?"
"That's Nightpaw."
"Who's he?" She meowed pointing at Skypaw.
"Skypaw."
"He looks nice."
"Yes, he does."
"Where are we?" Emberstream demanded.
"If I knew where we were I'd be out of here by now!" Frostpaw snapped at him.
"Calm your tail, Frostpaw."
"Wake up Nightpaw. I'll get Skypaw, we need to get out of here." Frostpaw ordered Emberstream.
Frostpaw walked up to Skypaw and nudged him.
"Not now Frostkit, we can play Cat and Mouse later." He groaned quietly.
"Skykit, is that you?"
Skykit opened his eyes and looked at Frostpaw.
"Finally! And it's Skypaw now. It's been that way forever."
"They said you were dead. I didn't believe it at first, not until I went to that meadow and there was a fox. Then I believed it more, but when I followed your scent someone else's scent was there."
"Goldenpetal." He growled.
"Oh! That makes more sense. Come on we have to get out of here."
Skypaw got up and followed Frostpaw to the others.
"This is Amberpaw!" Frostpaw announced signaling her tail towards the young tortoiseshell.
"Okay, now we all know each other, so let's make the escape plan.-"
They heard barking in the distance, Amberpaw perked her ears and listened intently while the other four stared at her curiously.
"They said that they smelled weak cats. It's the perfect lunch for them. The also said that they have a big cat to eat as well." Amberpaw meowed.
"What?" Emberstream asked bluntly.
I understand dogs.
Frostpaw heard, she looked around and nobody else was confused.
"You do?" Frostpaw meowed.
"Oh yeah, I can share thoughts with others as well."
Emberstream turned to Skypaw.
"Do you have any weird powers?"
"I heal quickly."
He turned to Nightpaw next.
"I'm known to control storms."
"Okay and then, ground freezer and frostbite giver, miss Frostpaw."
"Do you have any weird powers?" Frostpaw retorted.
"I can stay underwater for a long time without running out of air."
"Okay so there's our advantages." Frostpaw announced.
The cats gathered closer.
"So here's the plan..."