Willa To Willowpelt

Chapter 4

Willowpelt fitfully turned in her sleep, her claws unsheathed. "Clawface. Clawface! CLAWFACE!" She awoke suddenly as Thrushwing nudged her. "Oh. Hello Thrushwing." Thrushwing frowned. "It is time to travel to the Moonstone to get my nine lives from Starclan. You are one of the cats to come with me."

They padded over to the Med cat den to get herbs for the journey. Willowpelt choked on them, her fur bristling. "Ugh. I wish freshkill would keep you full for a while. These taste almost like crowfood!" Beside Willowpelt and Thrushwing, two other cats were coming with them. Cobratail and Lostfeather stood up and shook the leaves from their fur. While they walked ahead, Thrushtail turned to Willowpelt. "I heard you saying Clawface in your sleep. Who is he?" Willowpelt blushed. "He was a cat I saw at the battle. I have vivid dreams of him being hit by a monster." "Let us hope that is not true." The four cats walked in silence as they started to the Moonstone.

Soon they stopped to take a drink from a stream. Thrushwing stopped suddenly, and Cobratail jerked his head up. "What is it? A rogue cat?" Thrushwing flattened his ears, his tail twitching. "No. Worse. Twolegs are in this area. We must move as quickly as possible." They hurried along the brambles, not looking back.

But Willowpelt fell, and snagged her leg on a thorn bush. Every time she moved, the deeper the thorns cut. "Thrushwing! Cobratail! Lostfeather! Wait!" But they moved on, not knowing she was stuck.

"And in twoleg area too. Oh the joy of being a cat." She grumbled to herself as she tried to bite through the branch. She tried for a while longer, but her body was too worn. She collapsed onto the ground, her ears flopping down. Then she heard pawsteps.

"Cobratail?" Cobratail was pulling the branch away, his shoulders aching. Finally the bush gave way, and Cobratail fell onto Willowpelt. They laughed as Willowpelt playfully nipped his ear, while he batted her tail. Then Thrushwing walked up with Lostfeather. "Ahem." Both stood up quickly and blushed at Thrushwing.

"Oops?" All smiled as they travled onward torward the Moonstone.