Warriors: OverCastings

Chapter 11

LynxPaw stood calcified, unable to wake herself out of the ploy her mind was plotting against her. The pads of her paws were prickling with an eerie sensation.  Terror help her like a vice-like grip. RoseWhisker prowled closer toward the apprentice, her claws glissading outward. Those death-like eyes devoid all emotions. LynxPaw's mind raced with sudden thoughts. She needed a tactic to avoid this hostile she-cat without getting her ears sliced off. LynxPaw's mouth gapped open, beginning to reason with RoseWhisker.

"You wouldn't possibly hurt me would you? I was just passing by, in fact, where am I?" LynxPaw let out a slight whimper as RoseWhisker curled her lips, exposing her sharp row of canines. "Don't try to squirm out of trouble by making small talk." She hissed, crossly. "You ain't getting pass me, Kitty." She sneered at LynxPaw's trembling hind and forepaws.
Why am I so afraid all of a sudden, she's just bluffing.. LynxPaw thought, trying to assure herself that everything was going to ok. A quick blur of ginger and orange flashed across the area, pounding into RoseWhisker.

Everything went quiet, expect the distance roar of the waterfall in the background. The ginger tabby broke the silence between the three. "What in StarClan are you doing?" The blue-eyed she-cat swiveled her ears in LynxPaw's direction. "Whose this RoseWhisker?" LynxPaw stiffened at the fiery tabby's crystal-clear glare. Her gaze shifted over toward RoseWhisker, after a quick examination.  

"An Intruder." The mattled tabby retorted flatly.

"Swaggy." The blue-eyed cat's voice dropped into a monotonous mew. "Anyway," She began, a low sigh escaping from her lips. "I'm ClearGlare, fancy meeting you here.." There was a slight pause. ClearGlare's eyes traveled down LynxPaw's torso. "You seemed lost."  LynxPaw seemed taken aback by the crystal-eyed she-cat.  How in Starclan did she know? "

I'm not lost you beetle-brain!" The apprenticed spatted. The starry-eyed feline blinked, not affected by LynxPaw's rude retort. ClearGlare chuckled, her whiskers quivering. She exchanged a curious glance with the irritated RoseWhisker behind her. "In cause you were wondering, this is Steamclan. Home of the bayside" The feline leaped into the the fog surrounding the undergrowth. "Hurry up Slowpokes!" RoseWhisker growled at ClearGlare's childish behavior. "What about this intruder?" ClearGlare's bright ginger head peered behind a blob of green leaves. 

"We'll give let her see StreamStar, she'll know what to do." RoseWhisker's subdued hiss was interrupted by ClearGlare's cherry mew. "C'mon don't be a Foxface!" LynxPaw's lips parted into a heavy frown. Her heart ached with regret. DawnRunner...

Her mourning was halted by ClearGaze's flaming orange tail sweeping across LynxPaw's muzzle. "Are you coming or not?" LynxPaw blinked in surprise, then followed behind the delighted cat. The ferns spread outward, revealing a broad estuary. High and graceful mangroves stood clear and telescopically defined. The shore glimmered with yellow sand exposing small clumps of weeds poking from the forest area.The water's edge was flecked with rubble and algae. Fiddler crabs sputtered in their holes in the sand. A copper haze hung over the water, and the hot morning sun bear on it, making it vibrate blindingly.  

ClearGlare leered over at the apprentice, her eyes twinkling with a malicious spark. "Say, you look a bit like this rat-tail over here." 

RoseWhisker huffed, clearly not amused by ClearGlare's snarky comment. A soft purr escaped between the cracks of LynxPaw's lips. Things were going great, what could go wrong?