Where to go? [Amberpaw]

[Amberpaw]

The scent of blood stung Amberpaws' nose.
She was a loner, a rogue, in the middle of nowhere.

"Where is my mother, my father, my brothers and sister?" she thought to herself.

Amberpaw had been born from to rogue cats which had been killed by a savaging fox. Her litter mates had burst into a run at the moment, leaving Amberpaw, the weakest of them, alone. She had hidden in the depth of a broken tree trunk. Luckily, the brutal animal had left her alone, but where was she to go?

When she was little, she had heard stories of groups of forest cats living together, fighting together. Her mission was to get to them. She was hungry, injured, and starving, and every step she made made it even harder to breath.

[Shadow Spirit]

The flower-marked leader made her way along the slippery rocks that defined the MistClan boundaries. Watching and listening for any signs of danger, she patrolled her lands with acute interest. The river ran cool and fast, fed by green-leaf rains. As she dashed across the stones, she spotted a young cat, clearly injured and standing precariously over the boundary line.

" Oi, youngster, what brings you here?" she called.

[Amberpaw]

Amberpaw stared at the great she-cat in amazement. Her eyes traced the leader's shape, taking in every breath-taking detail that showed she was a clan cat. One of them

Finally gathering up enough courage, Amberpaw puffed out her tiny chest and stepped up to Lillystar.

"I'm looking for a place to get myself some food and shelter. My parents had been killed by some creature, and my brothers and s-sisters r-ran a-away," she started to cry at the closing of her sentence.

[Shadow Spirit]

Lillystar leaped down to the kit's level. Stepping closer to her, she studied the small cat.

"So you were injured trying to escape?" she asked, eyeing the youngster's blood-matted fur.

[Amberpaw]

"Actually, miss, I hid in a tree log when the fox attacked," she said.

"I've gotten my injuries gradually when I roamed around the forests..." the kit answered.

Her talk with the she-cat brought back memories from the past. Sadness washed over her tiny body. It seemed as though a sharp thorn struck her fragile heart. Could she of stopped the fox? Saved her parents? Amberpaw sighed. It was useless thinking of what could of happened. It was time to move on with her life.

[Shadow Spirit]

Lillystar nodded, understanding that the trek would be hard on soft paws that hadn't yet been worn to forest life. The kit seemed forlorn, as was to be expected. The leader hoped there was something she could do to console her.

"Do you need a place to stay?" she asked, swishing her tail.