Grainpaw woke up to unfamiliar surroundings, and suddenly memories of being kidnapped by twolegs, and taken to a twoleg den rushed into his mind.

"Grainpaw!"

His eyes snapped open as he looked around, before realizing that his sister, Dawnpaw, wasn't really there, and that he was was simply hearing things.

Looking around, he eventually saw a small silver she-cat, "Um, Hello?," Grainpaw meowed nervously.

The she-cat's head snapped up, seemingly confused, until she saw Grainpaw.

Once she saw him, she smiled and padded over.

"Hi, I see you're finally awake!"The she-cat meowed,"I'm Pearl, You?"

"I-I'm Grainpaw,"Grainpaw meowed.

"Grainpaw? Thats a strange name," Pearl meowed, "Anyways, Spots will want to know that you're awake!"

"Spots?,"Grainpaw questioned, unaware there were more cats in the den.

"Yep, he lives here too!,"Pearl meowed happily, before turning around and walking into another area of the den, beckoning for Grainpaw to follow.

As they walked through the den, Grainpaw observed the strange objects of different sizes filling the den.

Soon, he saw an old white tom with brown spots sleeping on the ground, next to a small, round, silver object, with what looked like rabbit droppings in it.

"Hey Spots!, Wake up, the new cat is awake!,"Pearl meowed, prodding Spots's side with her paw.

The white and brown tom opened his dark green eyes, and stared at Pearl and Grainpaw for a minute, before saying,"So, you're the new cat?"

"Huh?, Oh! Yeah, I'm Grainpaw", Grainpaw meowed, eyes widening, suprised.

"Well then, Grainpaw, you must be hungry, here have some of this", Spots meowed, nudging the silver object towards him.

Grainpaw stared at the pellets for a second, confused, before padding over and sniffing them, not sure how or why kittypets ate what looked and smelled like rabbit droppings.

Realizing Spots and Pearl were staring at him, he quickly took a small bite, and cringed at how bland and un-preylike the taste was.

Taking a few more small bites to fill his stomach till he could escape, he lifted his head, and stepped away from the 'food'.

Suddenly hearing the loud roar of a monster, followed by a strange noise and twoleg footsteps, Grainpaw ran off and hid under one the large objects in a different area.

2 moons later...

Grainpaw had been here for two full moons, he was sure by now his sisters had had their warrior ceremonies, and the three kits in the nursery, Mousekit, Puddlekit, and Moonkit, had their apprentice ceremony.

He had told Pearl and Spots many tales of his life before he was captured, both seeming interested.

Eventually, Spots passed away from old age, But Grainpaw continued telling Pearl the stories.

He still avoided the twolegs, and hated eating the 'food' they gave him.

But he was hoping that soon, he would be able to escape, and go back home.

One day, He woke up, and took a few small bites of the 'food', it seemed like any other normal day.

But, when the twolegs left, they forgot to close one of the windows, and as Grainpaw saw the opening, he knew it may be his only chance of escaping.

He raced to tell Pearl 'goodbye' before he left.

"Pearl! Pearl!, I'm finally leaving this place!," Grainpaw meowed excitedly, quickly telling her about the open window.

"So, you're leaving?,"Pearl meowed sadly, as during the time he was there, she had developed a crush on the tom.

"Yeah, but I thought I should say goodbye before I left!," Grainpaw meowed, so excited that he was oblivious to the sadness in her voice.

As he turned around to leave, she suddenly meowed, "Wait, Grainpaw!, I want to come with you!"

He stood there, shocked, before tilting his head slightly, before deciding to let her come with him.

"Alright, you can come with me, and join the clan!," Grainpaw meowed happily, turning around again, and heading towards the window again.

Pearl turned into a happy mess on the inside as she followed him to freedom...

Fourm: The Four Forgotten

Challenge: Escape

Words: 685