Mosskit Book 2: The Journey

Chapter 9

            When Frosty awoke, he felt much warmer. It had been cold the past few nights, and he shivered from time to time, but tonight he slept in absolute warmth. Frosty yawned and opened his eyes. He gasped as he noticed Rose had been sleeping next to him the entire night.

            "AH!" Frosty screeched.

            "Oh, hey there sleepyhead," she said. "I just decided to keep your bed warm. I was all cold and lonely in my bed. You looked cold too."

            "Why are you doing this to me?!" Frosty gasped.

            "Doing what?" Rose asked.

            "CHARLIE!" Frosty hissed.

            The old tom was motionless on his bed. "He's such a heavy sleeper," Frosty groaned. He padded over to the tom and nudged him a few times. The old cat didn't wake.

            "Food," Frosty whispered in his ear. "That should get him up," Frosty laughed. The old tom didn't wake though.

            "Um, Frosty," Rose said. "I don't think he's breathing..."

            Frosty tilted his head. He didn't notice the rise and sink of his chest like he always had. Frosty gasped. "He-he's dead." Frosty dipped his nose into the old tom's pelt. "Good-bye Charlie," he whispered. His first friend at the twoleg place was gone. Now he would be stuck here with Rose forever...

            Frosty began to mew loudly, so that the twolegs would wake up. One of the twolegs walked out of their room and began to hiss at Frosty. Frosty mewed and nudged Charlie. The twoleg picked up the cat and gasped. A tear slid down the twoleg's cheek and it left the room to get the other twoleg.

            "Well that leaves more alone time with me," Rose laughed.

            "I really need to get some fresh air," Frosty said.

            "Take all the time you need!" Rose called. "I'll be waiting!"

            Frosty sprinted outside into the backyard. He yowled as loud as he could, then sat on the cold, concrete ground. "Momma," he whispered. "Why aren't you here?"

            He gasped as he saw Gloria on top of the fence. "What is with the yowling?! I'm trying to sleep."

            "There's a lot of stuff I need to tell you," Frosty said.

            Gloria hesitated for a second. "Okay, I'm listening."

            Frosty told her everything. He explained about Charlie's death and how about Rose was really creeping him out.

            "I feel so bad for you," Gloria said. "You need to ditch this place. It isn't right for you."

            "I would feel bad leaving you here," Frosty said.

            "I'll be fine here. I don't have a creeper cat following me. I'll just deal with Rose some other time," Gloria said. Frosty laughed.

            "I know why you don't like her," Frosty said.

            "What? What do you mean?"

            "You love me Gloria. I know you do. I love you too," Frosty said.

            "You-you do? Okay, yes, I admit, I was jealous because you were going to end up with Rose no matter what." Gloria shifted her paws.

            "I don't want to be with Rose," Frosty said. "If we did leave the twoleg place, I don't know where I would go."

            "Um, back to your clan? Isn't that the obvious choice."

            "I don't know where my clan is. I don't know where I am," Frosty said.

            "How did you get here?"

            "I-I don't know." Frosty heard a noise. "Mouse-dung! Rose is coming!"

            "Follow me," Gloria said.

            Frosty leapt onto the fence and followed Gloria into her backyard. They came to a tunnel at the front of her fence and slipped through it.

            "FROSTY!" Frosty heard Rose yowl.

            Frosty was relieved when he and Gloria sat in Gloria's front yard. Frosty's front yard stood right next to hers. Cars zoomed on the thunderpath.

            "FROSTY! COME OUT!" Frosty heard Rose hiss.

            Suddenly, Frosty heard a clanking on the window of his twoleg place. Rose stood in the window, yowling.

            "Oh no," Frosty said.

            Rose dissapeared and a few minutes later came rushing towards Frosty. "You scared me to death! Don't ever do that again!"

            "Rose-," Frosty began.

            Rose suddenly noticed Gloria. "YOU! YOU MADE ME GET WORRIED SICK ABOUT HIM!"

            "It's not her fault!" Frosty growled.

            "Yes it is!" Rose hissed. She pushed Frosty out of the way and leapt onto Gloria. The two she-cats went into full battle. The thunderpath was almost silent now. The two began to roll onto the thunderpath.

            "NO! COME BACK!" Frosty hissed. He ran after them. The two were still facing each other when a car came rolling down the thunderpath. Rose froze, as did Gloria. "DUCK!" Frosty hissed. Frosty ducked and became uninjured since he was in the middle. The car had gone right over him.

            "Is everyone okay?" Frosty asked. He noticed Rose's bent leg.

            "MY FOOT!" Rose hissed. Frosty gasped as he saw Gloria. She lay limp, covered in blood.

            "GLORIA!" he yowled. He picked her up by the scruff and pulled her over to the side. The she-cat looked at him.

            "I love you," she whispered.

             Her eyes suddenly looked off into empty space. The she-cat was dead. Frosty sighed and left her by her house.

            Frosty turned to Rose. "YOU! YOU DID THIS!" he hissed. Rose looked shock as Frosty leapt onto his fence and ran back inside his twoleg nest.