Melodypaw hunted just outside StoneClan territory. She walked slowly through the dense undergrowth, careful not to make too much noise, to be sure not to scare away any prey she might find. That was, if she caught any.
She scented the air; she caught the scent of a mouse, which was nearby. She glanced around her area, spotting the mouse nibbling on some small seeds a few feet to her left. She smiled and thought to herself, <Gotcha. This is gonna be an easy one. Yore already mine.< She laughed to herself. She took a few silent steps forward and dropped into a hunter's crouch before checking the wind, making sure she was downwind of the mouse. She was, and she took five small steps toward the prey. She was close enough.
Melodypaw put all of her power into her haunches and pounced. She landed squarely on top of the prey, and she killed it quickly with a hard bite to the back of the neck. It went limp instantly, and she stood up, taking the mouse with her.
"Nice catch!" She complimented herself from around the prey. She laughed and dug a shallow hole, dropping the mouse into it.
Suddenly, she heard a large animal nearby. She dove into the nearest bush for cover, peeking over it. She spotted a large, brown animal a few yards away. It was huge compared to her, and had large, spiky, bone-like things sticking from its head. She gaped at the mysterious creature, which was chewing on a clump of leaves nonchalantly.
She heard voices behind her speak in a foreign tongue. She whipped around to see two Twolegs standing behind her and the creature. They paid no attention to her, at least not yet. They were busy pointing some type of curved stick with string stretched between the two ends, with a straight stick in the middle of the string. The straight stick had a pointy end to it, and the curved one, in her opinion, did absolutely nothing. The bigger Twoleg pulled the straight stick and the string simultaneously. It pointed the stick at the creature's head. The Twoleg let go of the stick, and it flew through the creature's head, knocking it down with a huge thud.
The Twolegs shouted at each other happily(StarClan knows why), then slapped their hairless paws together. Melody shook her head at their strange behavior. >I wonder if that creature is okay..< Wondered Melodypaw, glancing back at the fallen creature.
The smaller of the Twolegs pointed at Melodypaw with a dull claw and said in their foreign language,
"Hey, look, it's a kitty-cat!" Melodypaw shrunk back at its outburst. The other one said,
"I hate cats." It raised its sticks and string, and pointed it at Melodypaw's chest. She looked at the Twolegs curiously before it let the sharp stick fly at her.
Something hit her chest with a powerful force; it knocked her sideways and chased the breath from her lungs. She felt a sharp pain deep within her chest. It burned like fire, and she remembered her nightmare a few days previous. She shook her head to clear the memory. She closed her eyes, shallowly breathing.
The bigger Twoleg laughed loudly at Melodypaw. The other pouted its lip and cried,
"You killed it!"
The bigger Twoleg replied, "No, I did not! See, its breathing!"
The smaller Twoleg sighed as the other rolled its eyes and stepped over Melodypaw and to the creature, who was now lying on the ground, completely still. It pulled on the bone-like things on its head and started to drag the creature away from Melodypaw and the StoneClan territory. The other followed, taking one last glance at Melodypaw, and soon, they were out of her sight. Melodypaw stood up painfully, her chest aching and throbbing. She walked back to camp slowly and painfully, completely forgetting about her mouse.
As she walked back, it became harder and harder to breathe. She walked just inside the camp entrance and collapsed.
