MemeClan

Chapter 3 ~ Déjà Vu

"Let our fight... Begin!" Lananope yowled, and Datboi launched himself onto her back. As she flung him off, the world seemed to travel in slow motion.

Datboi seemed to be experiencing a strange sense of déjà vu. As Lananope lunged for his exposed stomach, he knew what would happen next; he would roll out of the way and claw at her flank before she could react, then he would get a grip on her ear. Grumpywhisker would pull Datboi off before he could do anything, and Lananope would attack while Datboi was still trying to comprehend his mentor's betrayal.

All of this realization struck Datboi within a second, and he didn't have time to wonder how he knew this. He rolled out of the way just in time to avoid Lananope's outstretched claws, clawing at her flank like he knew he was supposed to. He latched onto her ear, and time seemed to slow down again.

He could feel Grumpywhisker pulling him away, but this didn't have to happen as Datboi remembered it happening. In his moment of foresight, he had only lost the fight because he was taken by surprise by Grumpywhisker's betrayal. What if, this time, he didn't hesitate to attack Lananope again?

Datboi pulled himself out of Grumpywhisker's grip, releasing Lananope's ear. Before Grumpywhisker could stop him, Datboi charged headfirst towards Lananope and the GifClan deputy crouched down in preparation for his assault, but it never came.

Datboi jumped over Lananope's head at the last second, landing behind her. She tried to turn around to defend herself, but she was no match for Pepestar's son, who used his small size to his advantage.

He slid underneath Lananope and clawed at her belly, taking out chunks of fur and leaving deep scratches. She leaped away from him, but Datboi followed, battering her flank and weaving in and out of her unsheathed paws. Finally, Lananope was forced to admit defeat.

"GifClan, retreat!" she yowled, and a bleeding Spiderstar was the first cat out of the MemeClan camp, his screeches of "nope, nope, nope!" able to be heard as he ran away.

Lananope looked regretfully at Grumpywhisker before bounding away, with the rest of GifClan behind her. As they left, Datboi turned on Grumpywhisker.

"How could you do that?" he hissed, and Grumpywhisker scowled.

"I couldn't let you hurt my mate, Datboi, and you know it!"

The entirety of the Clan, even Pepestar, turned towards Grumpywhisker in shock. Dogekit was the first to speak.

"Much wow, very betrayal," he hissed at Grumpywhisker, who was cowering underneath the glares of his Clanmates.

"Please, I-" Grumpywhisker began, but Pepestar cut him off.

"You will come to my den and we will discuss this there. The rest of you, have Badluck treat any injuries you have."

As Datboi headed to Badluck's den, he realized how he had known what Lananope was going to do. About a moon ago, he had a dream that MemeClan and GifClan were in the midst of a war, and that MemeClan was losing. But it was only a dream, after all. Wasn't it?

Written by le Amazing Annco. This is the first serious story I've worked on for CG (which is kinda bad because I really don't know anything about memes), so I hope you liked it!