Tale number 3!!!
SO YOU THINK YOU'RE TOUGH, HUH?
"Bramblepaw, Larkpaw, go on ahead and hunt around Twolegplace," Lionclaw instructed. "Raincloud and I will hunt around here."
Feeling energy burst through him, Bramblepaw nodded and raced down the slight slope towards Twolegplace.He and his brother were finally old enough to be trusted to hunt without a warrior with them! He purred as he galloped ahead of Larkpaw, who was struggling to match his brother's pace.
"Wait up, Bramblepaw!" he called. Bramblepaw sighed and waited for his brother to catch up.
"You run too slow." Bramblepaw turned and pelted away, weaving through shady oak trees, feeling the soft grass beneath his massive paws.
Once the two toms reached the fence that divided the forest from Twolegplace, Bramblepaw meowed, "You go over there." He pointed his muzzle toward ShadowClan territory. "I'll hunt over there." Then he turned his head and motioned his tail on the opposite end of where Larkpaw would hunt.
They split up, and Bramblepaw quickly and easily caught a field mouse and a robin. Suddenly he spotted a brown creature moving along the base of a tree trunk. Bramblepaw inched himself toward it, and was about to pounce when a flash of black and white fur landed on top of the mouse, swiftly killing it with a bite to its neck.
Bramblepaw hissed. "Who are you, and what are you doing on ThunderClan territory?" He unsheathed his claws and flattened his ears.
"Sheathe your claws," the black and white tom meowed, jumping down from the pile of soil that lay at the base of the trunk, the dead mouse in his jaws. "I saw it first."
"This is my territory! Get away, kittypet!"
"Kittypet? Oh, you are so mousebrained!"
"You are a kittypet!" Bramblepaw felt fury rise from his claws to the tips of his ears and he kneaded the ground with his claws. "Get off ThunderClan territory! I'm not afraid to fight you!"
The cat sat down and groomed his paw. "You look so tough. If I had no sense, I would be running right now like a mouse from a cat."
"I am tough!"
"Really?" The tom glanced up at Bramblepaw, looking a bit sly. Suddenly, he bowled him over, pinning him down easily. "Who's tough now?"
"I am!" Bramblepaw flung himself at the cat, raking his thorn-sharp claws down his flanks. The black and white tom swiftly slipped out from between Bramblepaw's grip and clamped his jaws around his tail. Bramblepaw hissed and snapped his teeth at the cat, trying to at least nip him on his own tail. Finally he yanked his tail out from the cat's clutches. It stung and was missing a clump of fur on the tip, but didn't give up. He was tough, whether the cat thought so or not! Bramblepaw leapt again, but the black and white cat slipped under him and tripped him with his forepaw. Bramblepaw crashed to the ground in a dazed heap.
"Well, well, well." The cat paced around Bramblepaw. "Do I seem like a kittypet to you now? Clan cat?" He spat the word "Clan" like he was saying "crowfood".
"Clan cats have much better comebacks than that," Bramblepaw muttered, loud enough for the cat to hear him. He heard the tom growl, and he flung himself on top of Bramblepaw; his claws raking down his spine. Bramblepaw yowled in agony, feeling searing, burning pain ripping through his back. The cat sank his teeth into Bramblepaw's ear. He was shredding him to bits!
Finally the black and white tom sprang off of Bramblepaw, who gave a tiny whimper and rolled onto his back. Blood from his torn ear trickled into his eyes, staining his eyesight with scarlet. The tom padded over to him and placed a paw on his throat. "So you think you're tough, huh?"
Well, this was poorly written and probably very boring. Sorry about that! It was also extremely short! Oh well, onto the next chapter!
xx-Starfall-xx