Shinymelon78- Thank you for the OCs. They will be featured in the story!
Flames paws tingled with excitement as he crept into the reeds, but at the same time, sadness. He went out without his parents... What if he never made it back?
He snapped out of such thoughts and peeked between the reeds. He could see a black figure standing in front of him, and it definitely looked like a cat from his mothers story's.
Suddenly, the black she cat yowled out some words. It was hard to translate her meows, but he could tell she was ordering other cats.
"...Get the leader!" The she cat would hiss at a larger cat, and the larger cat would dip his head and run off. Is that cat leader of the group? Flame wondered as she stared at the she. He didn't expect the leader to be so small and lean.
He immediately regretted such thoughts. If she was the leader, then she wouldn't be ordering others to get the real leader.
A sharp pain on his pack threw him off his thoughts, and he whimpered and spun around the meet the attacker. It was the same black cat. He growled and barked and bit her back, blood dripping off his mouth as he let go. The she cat hissed in reply, charging at him. Flame exploded away from the bundle of reeds, and threw himself in the river.
Cats hate rivers! He thought triumphantly, as he paddled in the river from instinct.
Surprisingly, a splash sounded behind him, some of the droplets of the water sinking into his ear fur. He risked to look behind.
The cat!
He began to paddle faster away from the cat, but it would always be trailing behind him. The river would begin to get more rough, and he started to bump into wet rocks. Flame gasped for air as the current pulled him under. "Help!" He meowed, the word feeling weird on his tongue. Instantly, he felt a tug at his tail. The tug pulled him out of the water, and flame coughed out water in thanks. He lifted his head, tasting the scents. He wasn't anywhere near home.
"Who are you, and why are you here?"" A cat hissed. He spun around, water sprinkling the air and then falling down. His eyes widened. Not the cat! "Flaaaammeeeee." He mewled, croaking between the letters. The she's cats ears pricked, and her eyes narrowed into slits. "How do you know how to speak cat?" It demanded with a flick of its tail. Flame wanted to explain, but he wouldn't get the words out right if he spoke cat. "Learned." He finally meowed. The cat cocked her head and then sighed. "You may leave, but don't ever come back." She grunted, her turning back sparkling from the water. "Wait," Flame interrupted, sliding next to the cat. "Whats your name?" There was no use on fighting the cat, so perhaps they could be friends. Guilt flooded him faster than hunger in leafbare. I cant be friends with that thing! Its a cat for goodness sake! He told himself, but his words rejected his mind and spilled out. "Antpaw." The she cat murmured. "Aaaaaannnnntpppppaaaaaaaaaww." Flame repeated slowly, his ears twitching.
Antpaws tail swayed with amusement, and her gaze softened immediately along with her voice. She wasn't breaking the code, was she? Maybe she could learn to like this fox.
A part of her mind slowly regretted it, eating up her kindness quickly. "You should leave." Antpaw suggested with a grunt. The foxes expression soon changed, something she couldn't read. Sadness? Anger?
"Well, my name is Flame, nice to meet you." Flame meowed slowly and strangely. The words hit Antpaw harder than a real claw. Before she could say more, she was interrupted by a breeze.
She blinked. The fox was already leaping over the river, walking away.
Instead of the fox or her talking, it was only the river, gurgling away.