by marymary663 » Sat Oct 24, 2015 1:14 pm
Silverfeather
It is now sunhigh, and Silverfeather is out hunting. She had asked Mistystar if he wanted to come, but he said no. She stalks a squirrel when a hissing sound makes her jump. The sound comes closer, mixed with the sound of the crackling leaves of leaf-fall. The squirrel, too, hears it, and after standing on its hind legs for a few seconds, it leaps away, but Silverfeather takes no notice. As the noise grows closer, she stands in shock, unable to move. A snake slithers out of the undergrowth, flicking its tongue. She tries to run, but it is as if Starclan themselves have pinned down her paws. She is frozen in terror as the snake slowly slithers closer. Then it raises up its head to strike.
Mistystar
Mistystar sighs. He slowly washes his paws, and then curls up silently. He wants nothing more than his sister to still be alive. After a while, he falls asleep, and a cat meets his troubled dreams. "Frostwhisper!" he calls out, recognizing her. His sister's eyes are troubled, and she whispers to him, "Be careful, brother. Protect my daughter well, for there is a terrible danger in the forest. Be the best leader you can. I have asked Starclan, and they agree. You know that at your leader ceremony, you only had eight lives? Well, I am the one missing cat in that group. I now give you faith, courage, and protection. Use it well to guide the cats of your Clan, especially Silverfeather." She bends to touch noses with him, and Mistystar looks up and sees the pain in Frostwhisper's eyes. Suddenly, an image flashes across his mind of him saying no when Silverfeather asked him to hunt with her. He tears his head away and starts crying. The tears stream down his fur, landing on his paws. "I'm sorry, Frostwhisper," he mews through tears. "I'm sorry." His sister curls around him. "I must go to Silverfeather and release the paws of terror from her shoulders," Frostwhisper mews after a while. "Frostwhisper! Let me come!" he yowls as his sister slowly uncurls herself from him and starts to dash away. But his sister is gone, and he wakes up with a jolt. "What have I done?" he mutters aloud. He leaps to his paws, and, without even shaking the scraps of moss from his fur, he bolts out of the den towards the entrance of camp. Cats stare, amazed, having never seen him run so fast. Foxtail spins around and leaps out of the way as Mistystar hurtles towards him.
In the forest, he runs faster, hoping to get to Silverfeather in time. He breaks through a bush and comes face to face with Jetclaw. "Silverfeather... Danger... Help..." he pants as Jetclaw stares at him.
Silverfeather
She gasps as something lands on her. She then hears a voice in her ear. "Run, Silverfeather," it whispers. "Mother!" she breaths. "Run!" Frostwhisper's voice mews more urgently. She takes the advice and runs. But not fast enough. The snake is catching up.
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