Cinder and Holly Book #1: The Wrong Path

Prologue

It was a dark, gloomy forest, with red tint everywhere, wind rushed through the trees, making the pine trees rustle, a crack was heard from a bush, and then, suddenly, a silver she-cat padded out of the bush, and then gazed around the forest, a chilly breeze swept through the cat, making them shiver, her ear flicked as they felt wind rush through, and she glanced at the sky, sniffing the stale, cool air, the she-cat's tongue stuck out as they sniffed the stale air, and then she gazed around the dark, gloomy forest.

"Hello there," Meowed a familiar voice, the silver she flinched with fright, and then crouched down with her claws unsheathed, "Who's there?" They growled, "I swear, I can chop you into pieces."

"You don't remember me?" He mewed, with a slight growl, and then padded out of the shadows, on top of a high-rock.

The silver she-cats eyes widened with surprise, and fury at the same time, her tail gave a sharp flick, "You," She hissed, "I knew you were here."

He was revealed to be a brown tom, with anger in his yellow eyes, with a huge torn out right eye, with a huge, bloody scar in his front neck, "What a surprise," He mewed sarcastically, "I should've known you'd try to find me."

The brown tom then mrrowed with laughter, "But, then again," He added, "You are obsessed with me."

The silver cat narrowed their eyes at the brown tom, "I am not." She hissed with a sharp flick of her tail, "Shouldn't you go back to that... Dumb, happy-go-lucky place?" He meowed, with a smug grin on his face.

"StarClan is not dumb," She protested, "And it's not happy-go-lucky, it is actually cautious of the future, you fish-brain."

"Fog-brain, if you're trying to insult me, do it right." He hissed, with a sharp flick on his tail, "I am not from FogClan," She mewed to the tom, "I am from FlameClan, I never use fog-brain."

"And, you are a fish-brain, unlike StarClan, you can be happy-go-lucky." She snapped, while she flexed her claws, the brown tom narrowed his eye, and his claws unsheathed, "You'll regret that," he hissed, "I am not teasing this time."

The silver she sweated, was he really going to attack her? The brown tom leaped down the high-rock, and then slowly padded to the she, "Stay back," She growled, flexing her claws, and then crouching down in fright, he snarled, then he crouched, and he leaped to the she-cat, the silver she-cat pinned her ears, and then darted away from the tom's attack, she stopped her tracks once she heard a thud, she gazed at the tom, he slid through the dry dirt, the silver she-cat breathed a sigh, and then she spun straight to the forest, and she darted down the gloomy forest, the brown tom gritted his teeth in fury, and he stood erect, dashing down the forest after her.

The silver she-cat glanced behind, and noticed the tom the tom chasing her, she pinned her ears, and continued to dart faster, her claws slid through the dirt as she kept on running, and suddenly, her claws hit a pebble, and she slipped, hitting the ground, and rolling down a hill, she rolled near a high cliff, though, she didn't notice, she stood erect, and then crouched in a fighting position, she gazed straight, and then noticed the tom padding from the shadows, on the top of the hill, he gazed at the she-cat, and then he slowly padded to her, she flattened, her ears, making her right leg step back, though, it entered the dark cliff, making her other leg enter alongside with it, she panted heavily in a panicked manner, and she dug her claws into the ground so she couldn't fall into the dark, and narrow cliff, the tom approached the she, and he sat down in front of her, giving a smug smile.

"Looky-looky here." He mewed smugly, "Looks like the StarClan cat is going to fall to her doom!"

The silver she hissed, but her claws were sliding through the dirt, so she pushed her frontpaws further, and she sunk her claws in, she winced in pain as she felt the pain of her paws getting dragged further.

The brown tom glanced at her, and he raised his paw, shoving it onto the she's right paw, with his claws sinking into her paw, she pinned her ears in fear, knowing what he was going to do, she had to do something, or she'd die.

"I wonder what will happen if I, well," He mewed, sinking his claws deeper into her paw, making blood spill out, "Make you fall to your doom."

The silver she widened her eyes in fright, he really was going to do it, she glanced back, looking at the deep, dark and narrow cliff, she glanced back to the tom, and shook her head, "Please, don't do it," She mewed in a panicked voice, "Please, please! I'm begging you!"

The brown tom gazed with his eyebrow raised, he was thinking about it, "I'll never bother you again!" She begged once more, he gazed back at her, and then smiled, "How about," He mewed, hesitating, the silver she-cat knew he couldn't do it, she was his friend.

"No." He finally mewed, making the she-cat narrow her eyes, she didn't think he had good in him anymore, she thought he was a monster, a traitor, he raised his other paw, shoving it to her left paw, "Goodbye," He told the she in an unsympathetic tone, "It was nice knowing you."

He pushed her paws away from the ground, and he took one last look at the she, he frowned, "I would've never done this if you knew, if you knew I was the warrior who fought you." He stammered, he wept tears from his one eye, and he released his paws away from the she, and she fell down, in the deep cliff.

The silver she-cat never knew that the last cat she'd see would be her former best friend, but she didn't complain about it, she sealed her eyes shut, and she smiled, almost looking as if she were in peace.