Warriors--The Treading Paws

Chapter 6

{Lost and Gained}

Batear bounded up to Snakefoot, who was talking to the healer Marigold. A slightly worried expression on both of their faces. Batear tilted his head in confusion. When Snakefoot spotted him approaching her facial expression changed from worry to happiness that even a coyote could tell was fake. Batear's whiskers twitched in a mix of worry and annoyance. clearing his thoughts, Batear meowed in a friendly way, "Snakefoot, I have GRATE NEWS!" Gradually getting more exited as he spoke, "I herd that there will be an announcement during eating time! I have a strong feeling that it's going to be about us going home!"

Snakefoot's eyes shaded with dread and worry but also excitement, "Home!? We'll be going home!"

Batear nodded, trying to understand what is bothering her. Marigold looked at Snakefoot worriedly and spoke her  worry showing much less, "I doubt that, but it is still likely. Can you tell me WHY you think such things Batear?"

"Well, Lately Alpha has been less on guard with us around. and I heard Collystar and Alpha talking about us earlier when I walked by," Batear explained, remembering there conversation.

"You were eavesdropping on them!" Snakefoot gasped.

"That's agents our pack rules and our clan rules!" Marigold gasped in her informative motherly way.

"Its hard not to over hear with my big ears, and you guys did teach my bark to the best of your abilities," Batear said one of his big ears flicking.

The two chuckled, Marigold looked around than she whispered, "Don't get to over confident, Alpha is hard to fully understand," Batear nodded fully understanding her warning, unlike Star clans warnings. Batear opened his mouth to speak but a explosion of barks stopped him, It was common to hear that many barks because of the dogs, but it was not uncommon to hear loud barking. As they continued the felling of something being wrong slid over the three cats. Batear looked over to Snakefoot who looked like how he felt. The group ran out of the Twoleg nest over into their small field. A cloud of dogs and cats were huddled around something. Batear, Snakefoot, and marigold pushed their way trough the crowd and saw Collystar, Alpha and Rollie. Collie was sat on top of the broken trunks surrounding the small field. Collie raised his tail high into the air, making the pack settle into a hush.

"You probably know the rules, but ima remind you," Collystar announced looking down to the two dogs in the training pit. "In a Rising Duel, the young, if they win, will become a full hunter, patroller, or guard. The rules are simple, don't cause un cure able damage, don't kill one another. What you can do though is bite, scratch, pin, basic fighting. And if you bite the ears and you I don't know... rip it, than you can still go on, but on the other paw if you brake and tare the leg of your opponent that you will be punished by eating last and having to sleep outside near the wolf pack place," Collystar explained in bark and in meow, looking over to Alpha mainly. Next to Batear Jarrico whimpered, his eyes looking like he was remembering something dark. Clearing his thought he continued, "The duel will end if someone makes a move witch would have killed the other or is someone surrenders. With that said, let the Rising Duel start!" Exited howls filled the air and the two circled one another, there lips drawn back into threatening snarls. Alpha leaped at the younger dog Rollie and bit into his neck, his whimpers of pain echoing. Rollie bent down and bit into Alphas leg, but the older dog didn't make a peep only flinched. Alpha shook his head tearing into the Youngs fur, Rollie let out a howl of pain and was thrown to the ground, sand scattering into his black fur. Batear's ears pressed agents his head. Alpha pinned him to the ground, his face stoic from what Batear could tell. Alpha looked up to Collystar who was still paying attention. Rollie thrusted his head upwards, his snapping jaws open. Alpha howled yelped in shock and with a hint of pain as Rollie bit into his neck. Collystar yowled and than the two separated, both painting. "Rollie, you have won this fight. You will now become a full guard of the pack, and the clan. Do you wish to get a new name? or do you want to keep the one you were given by your mother?" collie star said before barking the same thing. Rollie licked his lips and barked. Batear could barely understand what he said. Collystar nodded than announced, "Rollie has chosen to gain a new name, but with respect for his mother she will help choose! Susie, please come forth," Than he repeated it in bark. A black pit bull walked out, her fur was sleek and clean.