Featherlight's lover

Hostage

       She shivered as she sat on the cold stone floor in her prison. Viper's camp was bigger than ThunderClan's because of the amount of rogues that slept here. Clara's prison was somewhere father away from her's but Featherpaw knew where it was. This was worse than she thought. Just then, Ajax, one of Featherpaw's prison guard, brought a tiny mouse. "This is what I'm going to eat for one meal?" she exclaimed. He dropped it on the ground. "For one whole day." he corrected. Her jaws gapped wide. "I wouldn't survive just eating a puny piece of prey for one whole day!" she hissed. Crusher, another one of Featherpaw's guards lunged at her prison, making it shake. "Be respectful will ya?" Ajax snarled. He dropped the prey on the ground. "You must say 'I will respect Viper as my leader for my stay' as what Viper ordered." Ajax said. Featherpaw flattened her ears. "All that for a tiny mouse?" she yowled. "Say it or no food!" Crusher hissed. Featherpaw sat back and stared at the mouse. "I will respect Viper as my leader for my stay." she muttered. Crusher's eyes went into a glow mischievously. "What did you say?" he sneered. "I couldn't hear it." Featherpaw swallowed a growl in her throat. "I will respect Viper as my leader." she said, this time a little bit louder. "Better." he smirked.  𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒏, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒔𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒍 Featherpaw grunted. Ajax tossed the scrawny prey through the sturdy brambles. She snatched it, tossed it in the air, and ate it in one mouthful. 

     A while later, Viper visited her prison. "How's the den?" he sneered. "Good riddance, you know already how it feels in here." she muttered. Viper just smiled evilly. "Just how I feel when I escaped that hollow stump. Clearly you guys were dumb not to notice how high a cat can jump." Viper grinned. Featherpaw's fur bristled. "At least we gave you good prey and bedding!"she hissed softly. "And what you gave me, no bedding and a tiny mouse!" Viper rolled his eyes. "Get her out of there." he said to Crusher. "I want her in my den." Viper walked away with his minions stalking behind him. Crusher clawed at a specific spot on the root of the tree above her. He sticked his paw inside something Featherpaw couldn't see and pulled at a bunch of thorns stuck in a clump of brambles. It made a small opening for Featherpaw to jump out. She leaped gracefully and followed Crusher out with Ajax behind her. She caught Ajax staring at her. When he noticed her looking at him, he licked his chest fur to hide his embarrassment. 𝑾𝒆𝒊𝒓𝒅. The camp was in a big carrion place next to ShadowClan's border. When they went inside the leader's den, it was much different than the one in ThunderClan's. Instead of a cave where the rock was cut out, Viper's den was dug out in a small hill. In there, Viper was sitting, waiting for Featherpaw with Clara in there too. Clara looked starved as she looked at Featherpaw. "Finally you're here." he meowed. Ajax and Crusher walked out and sat at the entrance. "Why do you bring us here? What do you have to do with Featherpaw?" Clara mewed. Viper licked his paw with claws unsheathed. "Oh, you know very well why I brought you here Clara. For my revenge of course." he grinned. Both of Featherpaw's and Clara's pelts bristled with anger. "What does that have to do with Featherpaw?!" she yowled. Featherpaw never seen Clara this angry before. Viper flattened his ears. "Crusher, Fang, Jaws, Scar, come get these two minnow-brains to the river. "River? What are you-" Clara stammered and stumbled to her paws as Fang shoved her to Crusher. 

     When they reached a strong, washing river, Jaws and Scar forced her to go in. Her paws touched the water and it felt like ice that it made Featherpaw flinch and grit her teeth as she walked in. "What are you doing to her?" Clara asked worried. Viper went in the water with a few rogues with him. Jaws and Scar slightly pushed Featherpaw's belly in the water. Viper looked at Clara evilly. "Clara, do you still perhaps want to be my mate for any chance. Clara stared at him sternly while Crusher and Scar held her down by her scruff. "Never." she growled. Viper chuckled softly and looked at Featherpaw. "I know we have a special connection between each other. Isn't that right Featherpaw?" he grinned. Featherpaw huffed and didn't speak back. Viper slammed his paws down on Featherpaw's head, so did his companions. Featherpaw struggled under the cold water. She heard muffled screeching from Clara. Her ears burned, desperate for air. The rogues hold her head down the river until she hit bottom ground. Then, paws pulled her head up. She gasped and panted. Her whole head was drenched and felt dizzy. "You load of fox-dung! You could have killed her!" Clara yowled angrily. Viper ignored her harsh comment. "I'm giving you your last chance Clara. Be my mate or Featherpaw and your clan will die." he eyed her violently. Clara looked around desperately and looked at Featherpaw, worried. Featherpaw knew she couldn't make a decision so she knew what she had to do. Featherpaw noticed that Jaws was slowly relaxing his grip on her so she caught him off guard. Featherpaw ducked under the water and knocked his paws down, making him lose balance. She tried her best to wade out of the river quickly. "Get her back!" Viper yowled. Jaws, Crusher, and a black tom chased after her. Her water-soaked pelt slowed her down. 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒖𝒓? She growled under her throat. Featherpaw began to panic when she felt cat breath on the tip of her tail.  𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒑 𝒎𝒆! Featherpaw prayed. She turned to a forest which was full of brambles and bushes. Featherpaw ran and ran until she lost the rogues. When she thought she did, the rogues burst out of a bush in front of her. "You haven't lost us." Jaws snarled. Featherpaw started to back out when a group of unfamiliar rogues appeared behind her. She growled at her failed escape. Featherpaw sheathed her claws to show she surrendered. "Get her back to her prison." Jaws scoffed. Featherpaw was grouped by the rogues. She growled quietly at herself. It will be hard to escape this StarClan cursed place.

                                                                    ty for 100 reads! <3