Chapter 14: Hunter's Work

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-Curlypelt's POV-

Novafur led us out of camp and into the bushes. I stayed by Rainbowtail, my pelt brushing against hers.

"I am expecting all of you to have two pieces of prey since it is greenleaf. Each." Novafur meowed.

Rainbowtail sniffed the air, then walked away. I decided to follow her.

She was crouched beside a bush.

I came up to her, but she swished her rainbow tail in front of me, signaling me to stop.

I came to an abrupt halt behind it.

She slowly creeped foreward, then pounced into the bushes.

She came back out a few seconds later with a tasty thrush.

"Nice catch." I whispered.

She nodded her head, padding toward where Novafur was.

I smelled the air and listened to the forest for any signs of prey.

Then I saw a squirrel resting on a stump.

I crouched, and slowly padded foreword.

I pounced square on it, and killed it.

"Great catch!" Cheetahpaw yelled from the other side of the bush.

He scared me so much it made me jump. "Gah!"

"You scared me there, Cheetahpaw." I said.

"Harry, I like being Louis instead of Cheetahpaw. When do you think we can have a chance to go to the moonpool?" He asked.

"Pretty soon." I meowed. "Rainbowtail is trying hard to figure out how we are going to get out of Thunderclan and an excuse for going." I added quickly.

"We didn't even have to come to Thunderclan to begin with. We could've gone straight to the moonpool." He said.

"Hey, cheer up buddy. We are in a whole new world. Make it happy while we are here." I said, trying to brighten up.

"Cheetahpaw!" Lynxheart's voice came from a little away.

"I've gotta go! I hope I can make the best of today!" He ran off.

I walked past a pile of kill in my way back. Maybe I could... I grabbed a piece and took it with me to the clearing where Novafur was.

"Great job. You can go find a partner to help now." He said, just before Flowerpaw came in with two pieces of fresh kill of her own, followed by Rainbowtail, who had caught a raven. That was her second piece.

I looked at her. How did she get that rainbow tail anyway? Probably because when she was Ava, she had her hair streaked rainbow.

I never know some things.

Then I look at Mintwhisker, who had just entered dragging something heavy.

She must have caught something really good, like a hawk!

Then I caught the familiar pelt of sandy with orange blotches, and I realized it was Flarepaw.

All torn up and bleeding, Flarepaw was unconcious, and was bruised.

"He was hunting a squirrel on a tree." Mintwhisker explained. "He lost his balance on a branch and fell straight into a bramble bush." She finished.

Rainbowtail was already over there. Hauling one end of Flarepaw on her back, Mintwhisker got the other.

"Take him to Fernspot's den. You go too, Curlypelt." Novafur ordered us.

I trotted to look at Flarepaw. He looked so defenseless. I remember when falling, well, not necessarily falling, through the portal.

We squeezed through the fern tunnel.

I saw the orange tom who was Novafur's friend. He smirked and said, "Of course he's hurt. Everyone gets attacked by preeeeey." Stretching the word "prey".

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