Here it is... Chapter 2...
~Cherry
I looked around at the apprentices, and one of them I didn't recognize from the descriptions in the warriors series. It was a green eyed scruffy black she~cat with three legs. She kind of reminds me of my cousin's cat, Peg... I thought, studying her.
"Strawberrypaw! C'mon! We have to go on another hunting patrol!" Brightheart called to the she~cat.
I bounded up to her," Hey! Mind if i join you?" I asked Brightheart.
"Sure kid... But we gotta get going now! Or else the patrol will leave without us." she said.
" Thanks!" I said bounding along side Strawberrypaw, who surprisingly, didn't limp, wobble, or hop.
As we were walking, I decided to start a conversation with her "Hi! I'm Tenderpaw!" I said.
"So I've heard..." she mewed foggily.
"Strawberrypaw, is it?"
She nodded "Yeah..."
"Nice to meet you! By the way, you can call me Slick!"
I suddenly caught a glint of remembrance in her eye. She slowed her pace, and looked at me.
"Cherry?" she asked
"TINA?! Oh my God! Is that you?!" I asked.
She nodded.
"How did you end up here?!" i asked
"Catch up you two!" Squirrleflight called back to us.
We quickened our pace, and our voices were just whispers now. "How did you end up her?" I asked.
" Well... I fell asleep after reading, The Last Hope, and woke up here!" she said "And everyone kept on saying, 'Hey, Strawberrypaw! Why are you acting so strange?' and, 'Hey, Strawberrypaw? Are you okay? You seem different.' and the strangest thing is that Leafpool and Squirrlefight keep on calling me 'Lil Sis, and saying that it's a shame our brother went missing! I never read in the series about them having a little brother! Let alone a little sister!"
" Hey... At least you didn't wake up with a collar on!" I responded "If they saw me with the collar on- it would've been even more likely that they would chase me off the territory!"
We both laughed, right when a yowl sounded." MAPLESHADE! ATTACK!" A sudden pain, then nothing.
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I woke up in a dark forest. WAIT! - DARK FOREST?! I'm in the Dark Forest! I thought frantically.
Then a handsome dark tabby with a stake thru his throat came out of some brambles. "Hello, beautiful..." he said casually in a Scottish accent.
" H-Hawkfrost!" I stammered. "W-what do you want?!"
" Nothing dear... Tender, is something wrong? You seem troubled. Is it because you're torn about my death still, and are trying to find a new mate?" he asked "I-I don't mind if you take Ashfur... He was one of my allies of course... And I'v seen when you look at him in that one way..."
I was stunned. "Why are you here any ways? I thought that you didn't like coming to the Dark Forest, unless it was important..."
"I didn't come here on purpose, Hawkfrost..." I said. He stalked up, sat down next to me, and licked my ear. "Then it is time for you to go back to Thunderclan, my love..." he said vanishing.
I woke up in a soft nest. The sweet musty scent of herbs confined me. There was a seering pain in my left hind leg. I tried standing up, but that only lasted for a few heartbeats (seconds), then I collapsed. A grey atbby came in," Don't you dare try to stand up again!" he snapped "Your leg is covered in scratches, and out of place!"
"J-JAYPAW!" I gasped.
His ears perked up, his head tilted to one side"How do you know my name? We've never even met before..." he said
"I-I heard s-some cats talking about a-a blind apprentice!" I stammered.DAMN IT! I thought, I'm not supposed to mention that he's blind!
" How do you know i'm the blind apprentice?" he asked
Damn IT! Think Tenderpaw! THINK! " Uh... Well... Your eyes didn't focus on me completely, and it looks like your staring right through me..." I said
He shook his head, "Whatever..." he said, putting my leg back into place.
I didn't flinch or hiss in pain, because I was so used to putting things out of place, and getting hurt, and stuff like that, because I was a skater.
He "looked" at me and twitched his whiskers, "Doesn't that hurt?" he asked
" Yeah... But I'm kind of used to it..." I said.
"Y'know... You're a little big to to be an apprentice." he said, pushing some herbs up to me.
"Yeah, you could say that..." I responded, realizing that I must be at least thirteen moons old as a cat.
I lapped up the herbs, the bitter taste filled my mouth. Jaypaw was about to leave the room, but I called out to him before he left. "Hey! Jaypaw! I need to speak with you, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw! I have something to discuss with you three!"
