Clancats : Into the Woods (Fanfiction of Warriors)

Chapter 3 : Friend or Foe?

Hey readers! Hope you'll like this chappie... More interesting hopefully

The cat at the right is Nemo -->

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Holly padded, yawning, from her uncomfortable bed. She slept in an awkward proper position last night making her bones ache. Dawn was just starting to brighten the horizon as she stretched her weaken body. Holly's belly growled in hunger reminding her that she hasn't eaten in a day. She looked at her peaceful sleeping brother and roughly prodded him awake.

"Hey! What was that for? I was about to catch a mouse!" Toffee mumbled and complained, still half asleep.

"Get up, lazy paws and I'll be impressed went you'll actually catch one! Remember? Food?" Holly pointed to her belly exasperated.

"Fine, I'm going, mother!" Toffee groaned and heaved his body upwards. Holly noticed Toffee's bones showing through his unkempt pelt which means that they were getting thinner and scrawnier since the day they left. Whoa, we should eat! But how do we catch prey?

Suddenly, they smelt another musty scented cat nearby. The kits stiffened.

"Who's there? Come out and show yourself!" Holly shouted. The stranger stepped out from the bushes and the kits stared into the face of a fat ginger tom, twice as big as the kits put together.

"Hey, you guys look tasty enough to eat." His voice boomed as he towered over them.

"N-no! I'll shred you and eat you instead!" Toffee begain. He intended his voice to be louder but it came out barely louder than a squeak.

"And me too!" Holly finished.

The tom's whiskers twitched in amusement as he sat back on his haunches and raised his forepaws to reveal a fluffy and fat white belly. "Go on then."

Holly narrowed her eyes. Was this tom mocking us because of our size? We'll show him!

"Charge!" Holly cried. She and Toffee lunged at the tom's exposed belly, paws churning. Thick, soft fur filled their nose and caught in clumps beneath their claws untill heavy paws pushed them gently away.

"Give it up kits. And I was kidding about just now. You guys are so thin that even a fox wouldn't want to so much as glance at you! " The confused kits paused and shook fluff from their eyes. "You guys are wasting your time. By the time you've shredded me, we'll all have missed breakfast."

"Breakfast?" Toffee mewed and he and her sister titled their heads inquiringly. Their bellies rumbled.

"Sounds like you need some." The tom narrowed his eyes. "And as I mentioned earlier, looks like you need some too."

We can feed ourselves, thank you very much! Holly dropped into an attack crouch.

"Whoa!" The tom put up a large paw. "Let's not go through that again. You both have sharp claws."

The tom began to walk away. "Follow me," he called over his shoulder.

"Wait, why should we trust you?" Holly snarled.

"Because I could save you from starving to death and I might know something that you guys don't. By the way, what's your names?"

"Toffee and Holly." Toffee said as they walked through bushes and past trees till they reached a red and white barn with a black roof.

"I'm Nemo and this is where I live." Nemo sat down and licked his chest fur. The kits had never seen a two-leg nest like this before. Compared to the one they lived in, it was more spacious and there were other animals nearby, making noises as if they were welcoming the newcomers. "So, what brings you guys here? Isn't it dangerous for kits like you out here in the wild?"