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I have always felt at home in the forest. It soothes me with the constant sound of branches swishing overhead, and the crackling of leafs underfoot. But this peace was shattered by something that sounded like,
"WOW! WHAT IS THAT! IT LOOKS LIKE A - oh, wait. False alarm. Just a mushroom."
I growled under my breath. Even in cow form, he still managed to be annoying.
Let me explain. Kayla is a Clouded Lepored, I'm a wolf, Aiden is a cow (Don't ask me why.), Victor is a tree frog, and Avery is a Mircat. (Again, don't ask me why.) Well, tenancy, we are all Shape Shifters. You would know that if you PAYED ATTINTION in the last chapter/prologue.
We were in the forest for reasons unknown, to all but Avery. She still wouldn't tell us why. I was getting kinda annoying.
"Ok, guys. You all need to change into cats." Avery told us, as she herself changed into a cat.
The change isn't painful or gross in any way. Just a pop, and boom. You are whatever animal you want. The only thing you need to make sure of is to concentrate. If you don't, you could fail to make the change, or worse, be stuck half animal half human for a month or more. That happened to Aiden once. He became a human with cow ears, hoofs, and fur. He could still stand, but it hurt, and he could still talk, but it looked really weird. He had to make up a story about going to the Bahamas for a month, because he couldn't go to school.
Anyway, we all turned into cats, and then asked why.
"Because." Avery said simply. I sighed. We weren't getting anywhere with her, so we just followed her.
In cat form, I was a gray cat with a black tail tip and a black paw. Kayla was a brown cat with a black tail and a black leg. Aiden was black and white. Avery was completely brown, and Victor was completely black. My eyes were still silver, Kayla's still gold, Avery's still brown, Victor's still green, and Aiden's also still green.
We followed Avery a little ways, before she turned around, causing us to all bump into one another.
"Ok, from here until we change back to something other than cat, Aiden, your name is Cow, Victor, you name is Gizmo, I'm Grass. Kayla, your name is Fire. Ivy, your name is fine." She told us steadily.
"Umm… Ok? Why are we changing our names?" Aiden- I mean 'Cow' asked. "Because, silly, we are going to enter the world of the Clans."
We got to a hollow in the ground and what we saw there shocked us. Cats. All over the place. But they weren't just milling around. They were moving as if they had a job to do. They moved with a certainty that we had only seen people use.
We hesitantly walked over to the thorn barrier. Avery- or Grass, walked confidently over and into the hollow.
"Umm… correct me if I'm wrong, but are we following a crazy phyco into an unknown place." Victor, or Gizmo, asked. "Yep." Fire, AKA Kayla, confirmed. "Ok. Just making sure."
We walked in, and resived a lot of stares. I felt hostility burning off more than one cat.
We walked quicker, to catch up to Grass. "Avery-" "Nope. I'm Grass. Remember." I sighed, "Ok, Grass why are we here, and why do they look like they want to kill us."
"Ivy, they do not want to kill us. This is Thunderclan, the clan of the forest. There is also Riverclan, Windclan, and Shadowclan. Riverclan is the clan of the river, Windclan is the clan of the moors, and Shadowclan is the clan of the pines. Or shadows."
"Gizmo! Get back here right now!" A yowl from Cow brought us back to reality.
Gizmo was trying to make a brake for the thorn barrier, but Cow had grabbed his tail in his teeth.
We ran back to help. I helped Cow keep Gizmo in place and Grass went up with Fire, to try and calm him down.
Whatever they did worked, because Gizmo calmed down, and we let go of his tail. He shakily got back o his paws, and walked back over to us. "Sorry. I just don't like big crowds." He explained.
"It's fine. No damage done." Grass said soothingly.
"Now. Its time to meet the leader."