The apprentice continued into the darkness of the forest. As the shadows grew larger, she thought as if she were shrinking.
Where am I?
After a little more of running, the trees started to fade away, but there were still some. It was sunny though. Happy.
Cherrypaw took a deep breath and slowed down. "Shadowstar?" She called out.
No response.
What is with all of these cats? I can never find them!
The light brown cat started her jog once again, glancing at both sides of her to find any sign of a cat.
"Gotcha!" A joyful shout called out.
Cherrypaw's ears perked up. "Hmm?" There was nobody around her...
"Hellooo?" Cherrypaw called out, starting to run once again.
After a bit, she saw a brown feline munching on a great smelling squirrel.
"Are you Shadowstar?" The apprentice asked her.
The cat rose up from her meal. She was big and muscular, it seemed as if she could take the life away from a cat in the blink of an eye. Her claws were sharp like a sword, her dark brown fur was hinting a hue of a dark shadow. Her eyes were a shiny lime green, easy to spot if it were midnight. Her tail was long, and fluffy. Her fur was soft, but the pelt of her paws was ragged and damp. She had several scars spread across her body, but she still looked proud. In total, she was a beautiful but dreadful fighter with pride.
"Who are you?" She asked, her eyes squinting down at the ThunderClan cat.
Cherrypaw noticed the action in the cat's eyes. She was surprised that she didn't do what Windstar did, and launch herself at the young one without a thought of the mind. "My name is Cherrypaw of ThunderClan. I need your help, you are the only one that can."
Shadowstar sat down, and shoved the newly caught prey aside. "What do you need?" She asked with a mysterious but cautious tone, nothing like Windstar's voice.
"Thunderstar has been stolen by a Twoleg!" The apprentice exclaimed. It had felt so nice to let the secret out.
Shadowstar's eyes widened. She got up, and quickly glanced at Cherrypaw. "What happened? Where to?"
The apprentice swallowed before she spoke, "Follow me."
The two started to chase towards the Twoleg.
"He was showing me the Twolegs Place during my tour of the forest, and a Twoleg found us and caught us. He told me to run, so I did. I looked for you, but I ran into Riverstar. Did you know Riverstar and Windstar are mates? Also, Windstar almost killed me!"
"You have a lot to say for such a small cat." Shadowstar responded to the apprentice, giving her a grin.
Cherrypaw smiled as they continued towards the entrance of the Twolegs Place.
"Okay...we are here." Cherrypaw said, getting her breath back once she stopped.
Shadowstar still stood alert, not showing a twitch of relaxation. "C'mon cat, we're splitting up. If you need help, scream as if Windstar tried to murder you again." Shadowstar explained, then pointed her tail to her left. "I'll go this way, you go the other way."
Cherrypaw nodded, and quickly started off, running on the warm pavement, looking for the cat.
Shadowstar started going down the street, looking for the slightest sight of her old friend. After a bit, she saw a Twoleg with something in her arms. The Twoleg was upset, trying to make it stop. Shadowstar froze to look at the scene. She then smiled and ran towards the Twoleg.
Thunderstar was scratching at the Twoleg's face, but he could never get near enough. He scratched her everywhere he could, but tried to aim for the head, but couldn't. Twolegs were idiots.
He then noticed a brown cat...was it...Shadowstar?!
Shadowstar quickly slashed her claws against the Twoleg's legs, making a curved line of red. She then jumped apon her shoulder and started to claw at her side.
"Another one?" The twoleg yelled, dropping Thunderstar. "MATTHEW!" She cried, once she saw a Twoleg running towards her.
Shadowstar and Thunderstar worked together, but in silence, to defeat the Twoleg who started this, before the other Twoleg came.
Soon, dashing down the side road was the little apprentice, Cherrypaw, who had launched herself on the Twoleg with the name of Matthew, and scratched his neck. He shouted and quickly started to sprint away. Cherrypaw clung to his shirt, and dug her claws in through the material of the shirt, to reach his skin. She slowly dropped down, then ran and helped Thunderstar and Shadowstar. The twoleg eventually gave up and got all of the cats off her, before running back to her den.
Shadowstar took in a big breath. "Phew...that was hard." She looked at Thunderstar, "Are you okay?"
Thunderstar nodded. "How did you get here? How did you find out?"
Shadowstar looked at the apprentice. "Cherrypaw, of course."
Cherrypaw gave her leader a little grin before he licked her furry cheek in sign of a thank you.
"Did you know that Riverstar and Windstar are mates, Thunderstar?"
Thunderstar looked at Cherrypaw. Offtopic...but woah. "No." He exchanged a look with Shadowstar, then looked back up at the two cats. "Well, thank you very much. Cherrypaw and I better return to ThunderClan."
"Yeah. I better come back to ShadowClan."
The three cats escaped the Twolegs Place, and not a peep came out of the leaders, but they both were looking at each other from the corner of their eyes, and maybe, just maybe, they were blushing.
Author's Note: Thanks for reading! Chapter Ten, yay! Expect many more chapters to come. Oh yes, a poll! Who do you ship? Thunderstar x Shadowstar or Thunderstar x Cherrypaw ? Post in the reviews!