The Wanderers

Chapter 4

Seabreeze sighed and laid down. "You really went and fucked things up, didn'tcha?" Frostcloud murmured, looking sideways at him. Seabreeze opened his mouth to say something, but soon shut it. He buried his head in his paws, and great sobs wracked his body. Frostcloud stood on, astonished. Her paw hovered hesitantly over his shoulder. "Don't...don't touch me..." Seabreeze muttered. Frostcloud laid a paw on his shoulder anyway. "DON'T TOUCH ME!" Seabreeze flung Frostcloud's arm away. Blaze perked up instantly, but Seal continued snoozing. Lines of wet fur covered Seabreeze's face. Blaze looked upset. "Seabreeze, it's..." Blaze looked away. "it's fine." Seal opened one emerald eye. "I'm alright." Seabreeze sat down, distressed, and hung his head. "I can't bear the thought of any of you dy..." he whispered, trailing off the last word. Blaze sighed heavily, loping over to Seabreeze's side. "Neither can I." He laid a russet head on Seabreeze's shoulder. "You can't let your anger control your actions." Seabreeze chuckled wearily. "Maybe...maybe you sh-should be our leader..." Blaze snorted in laughter. "That's silly. I could never lead them. Frosty wouldn't listen to me." Both cats chuckled good-naturedly. Seal suddenly appeared behind Seabreeze and tousled his fluffy turquoise fur, grinning like an idiot. "It takes a little more than a pool of water to kill me." Seabreeze's face darkened. Seal's expression turned from happy-go-lucky to worried. "I didn't mean it like that. I meant that you shouldn't worry about me. Just don't push me into deep puddles anymore, mkay?" Seabreeze smiled weakly.

"O-Okay."