Chapter 3. Kittypet

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Toeter opened his eyes, his head hurt a lot. He looked around, it looked like he was in a kind of hole in the ground and it smelled very strongly of plants. He heard a lot of voices outside I think they were meeting about... strangers in their territory. They were talking about us! Toeter was panicked by all the cats and smells. Where was Tosti! "Tosti!" whispered Toeter. "Tosti where are you! We have to get out of here before they eat us!" There was a rustle coming from the entrance to the den. Toeters hair shot up. A slender, muscular, patchwork cat stepped inside. "Please don't hurt me!" squeaked Toeter. "Where's my brother! Please don't hurt him either!" Toeter said, upset. "Calm down, but I won't hurt you," the cat soothed. Her loving eyes calmed him. "What's your little kit's name?" she asked. "My name is Toeter..." he said. Shit why did he say that! Who knows, that cat has a bad intention! "Your brother is sleeping safely in the other part of this den, do you want to go see him?" she asked quietly. "I'm HoneyBlade by the way," said the cat. Toeter just nodded and ran as fast as he could to where Tosti should be. When he saw Tosti lying with wide open frightened eyes, he quickly walked over to him. "Toeter is that you?" Tosti asked, trembling with fear. "Y-yes, it's me," he said soothingly.

When Tosti had calmed down, they looked at each other questioningly. "What are we going to do now? I've heard them talk about all kinds of nasty punishments for us...', Tosti asked. "I don't know... escaping is not an option I guess, they can smell us from afar," Toeter said, staring hopelessly at the ground. They were interrupted by a lot of voices, which didn't sound very pleasant. "U oh... I think they're still talking about us and what they're going to do with us!" Tosti said scared. Toeter was curious so he walked to the entrance of the den to see what was going on and what they were talking about. He saw many cats of all shapes and sizes sitting under a large protruding rost, on which (he thought) sat the leader. Toeter heard his brother sneak up to him to listen in too. When Toeter bent over to get a better look, he stumbled and fell to the ground with a thud! All the cats stopped talking and quickly turned to face him. The looks are burning around his fur, he could bite himself to death he was so pissed. "Well well those are the kits that have entered our territory?" said a black and white tom with a grin. "Shut up GooseFeather!" said a reddish-brown cat with a bunch of little kits around her. GooseFeather looked annoyed at her. "Mind your own business FernFur!" another cat shouted on the other side of the clearing. "Enough!" came the roar of the cat on the rock. His scream echoed through the hollow. All the cats cringed or looked guiltily at the ground, it was eerily silent for a while. "That's better," said the cat on the rock. "What's your name?" asked the cat. "I am HawkStar'. "I-I'm Toeter and this is my brother Tosti', he pointed his tail at Tosti, without averting his gaze. He saw that all the cats started to grin and laugh, Toeter winced in fear and shame. Behind him, HoneyBlade came up to them and nudged him gently toward the group of cats. Toeter felt the eyes burn on his fur, he continued his way with his head hanging. "What were two kits doing all alone without a mother on our territory?" HawkSter asked. "We uh ran away from home and now we're looking for our biological father..." Toeter said nervously, shuffling his legs. "Okay, and what's your father's name?" HawkStar asked with a reassuring expression. "EagleFeather', said Toeter. Everyone is quiet now, no one said something. Why did Toeter wondered. Then he see a big muscular tomcat sitting on the edge of the camp, he stared at Toeter and Tosti with his mouth open. All eyes are on him. 'Come here NOW, EagleFeather!'

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