Alley Cats.

Dark Dream

As leaves were swishing among the bushes, Joy crouched with her tail moving.A mouse wasn't aware of her presence.Joy slowly walked to it then ran for the catch.The mouse saw her as it ran twice faster than her.Joy tried pick up her pace to catch but the mouse outrun her.

Joy felt darkness lurking around her as she stopped running.She was afraid and scared of what was happening.Suddenly,she saw a black and white tom in the shadows.

"W-who are you?" asked Joy
The tom didn't reply.

"Who are you?!" Joy asked again.
The tom didn't reply no matter how many times Joy called for him.

Then a sudden pain came from Joy's hind paw.

"H-help!"Joy shouted.
"H-help me! I'm hurt! I can't feel my hind paws moving!" Joy shouted for the tom.

The tom didn't react but just watching her from the shadows.Then, the tom let a tear out.Joy had a mixture of confusion and worryness in her heart.

Joy woke up from the confusing dream she had and saw her adopted littermates sleeping soundly below Hazel's body.Then she saw her own birth littermates in a nest nearby them.Joy wanted to taste the fresh air outside but unfortunately, Spott was awake and he noticed where Joy wanted to go.

"Joy?" he whispered.

Mouse-dung!

"Yeah?" she replied with a low voice.
"Where are you going?"
"I-I'm going to get some fresh air outside.."
"Did you had a bad dream?" Spott asked.

Oh no!should I let him know I had a bad dream?
Joy was worried of her telling the dream to Spott since it was just an odd dream.

"O-oh it was just me, chasing a mouse in my dream..."
"So what made you woke up?"
"Some noise from outside.."

"Where did you heard it?"

Joy was a little annoyed from what he said because she already told him about where she heard it.

"Spott why are you awake?" Joy asked curiously, changing the subject.
"W-well I-I heard the noise too"

He's lying! I didnt heard anything! Well... I lied to him too..

"Do you wanna go outside?" Joy asked him.
"Sure!" he replied loudly without remembering that the other cats were still asleep.
Joy hissed at him slowly.
"Oops.. sorry.." Spott apologised.

Joy sighed then led him outside.