This time, Bumblebounce awoke in a place that was cold and wet. It was closed off. The air was still and damp. Ambereyes was beside him. Her warm pelt mingled with his.
"You're okay. You're fine." she said quietly.
"Why didn't she just kill me?" Bumblebounce whimpered. He pressed a paw where his eyes used to be. Clearly Mosscurl was experienced because the wound wasn't even bloody. It was just a pinched place on his face.
"Did she really give your eyes to another cat?" Ambereyes asked him.
"I think so. I really think I heard them talking before I woke up here." Bumblebounce nodded.
"Well. Just be glad you were out for most of it. I had to see everything in the shed." Ambereyes shuddered.
"In the shed?"
"Where you were. You were in a shed, where Mosscurl worked cutting up dead cats and using their bodies to give makeovers to the rogues in the area. I'm pretty sure she works with that group of cats under the bridge. In the east. Past MistClan."
"Okay."
"Sorry. You feeling okay?"
Bumblebounce didn't say anything. He wasn't in any pain at all. In fact, he was just a little sleepy. He yawned. "What time is it?"
"I don't know, we're underground."
"What? Where are we?"
"Under the shed. There's some kind of, like, a door in the floor. It led to this place. Robinsong called it a storm shelter."
"Robinsong's here?"
"Yeah. I just followed her. I didn't run. Why would I? I just can't unsee what's in the shed above us."
"Damn, that sucks. I feel so sorry for you." Bumblebounce rolled over on the wet ground.
"Sorry." Ambereyes said in the dark.
A long pause.
"Where's that other cat?"
"Which one?"
"The bigger one. I heard a cat talking to Mosscurl. I think?"
"She's sitting on the door. I think Mosscurl's trying to figure out a plan for us right now. They're not saying anything."
"So she's awake?"
"Of course she is."
"You mean Riddle, right?"
"Huh? I thought you meant Robinsong."
"No. Riddle."
"I don't know."
Another long pause.
"Ambereyes?"
"Yes."
"Mosscurl's your sister, right?"
"Technically. She's dead to me."
"Oh. Why?"
"She killed our father. When he was injured in the raid on the MireClan nursery."
"I heard a rumor about that. Sprucefall, Poppystar's mate. No, brother. Wait..."
Ambereyes was quiet for a moment. "Okay, I know you're not really from here, but Sprucefall's not my father. It's Pinebristle." she growled.
"Mosscurl killed Pinebristle, too?" Bumblebounce's head raised in the darkness. If he had eyes, they would be wide. "But that's Robinsong's father."
"Yes, and she knows."
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Valley Cats: Of Sky and Stone 3- Golden Fire
Fanfiction(Book Three in "Of Sky and Stone") Everyone knew of a mother and kit who were slain one night on an uncertain border, but not many knew of the lone survivor. Bumblebounce feels like he doesn't really belong anywhere, but he has bigger things to wor...
