BlueWhiskers; The Beginning Of A Journey |✔ [A Cat Story \ A Cat Book]

Chapter 24

We walked for about twenty four hours. I thought about the new clan we were traveling to. I couldn't remember its name.
"So, what's this clan called again?" I asked, nobody in particular.
Everyone was practically sleep walking. "I think it was called The Peace Clan" Backstab answered in a sleepy tone. "How far away do you think it is?" I asked. I often spoke a lot when I was tired, but couldn't sleep. Like now. Backstab began to snore while he was walking.
"Backstab!" I whisper- yelled, to wake him up. "What?" He asked in a half asleep tone. "Uh...how long until we get there?" I asked again.
Again I heard Backstab begin to snore. "Backstab!" Again I whisper yelled. "What?" He asked again, but in a frustrated sleepy tone.
"Never mind..." I sighed. It was almost pitch black darkness. The only light was the moon. There won't many stars either. Nobody spoke for about ten minutes. It felt like everyone was sleeping. I guessed Ra was wide awake. You'd have to be, to lead a group of cats. Maybe I could ask Ra?
He might not have been in a great mood with me, but curiosity runs in the blood of every cat.

"Ra?" I said. But there was no answer.
"Ra?" I said again. But again, no answer. I decided he didn't want to talk. But than again, third times a charm. "Ra? When do you think we will be there?" I asked. But still, he didn't answer. I sighed, and continued walking in silence.

Uni coughed suddenly, making me jump. After a few moments, I relaxed again. But again, I heard a cough.
Frustrated, I sighed. And again a cough. I decided to check what was up. I turned around, and walked over to Uni. She looked much better now.
She looked young again. She was about one year and three months old from the looks of it. And cats are very good at guessing ages. Its rare that they will get it wrong.

"Are you alright, Uni?" I asked.
"Yep...I'm okay" she swallowed.
I shrugged and looked ahead of me, as I continued walking.

Suddenly, we came to a stop.
"Is everything okay?" I asked.
But again, nobody answered. I walked to the front of the group, and saw waterfalls. They were in a bowl shape, and at the end of them was a small river. In the bowl, there was sand, rocks, and grass. It looked almost identical to the other one we were at.

I wondered why I didn't hear the sound of the falls before. But I decided I was just tired, and so I didn't hear it.

"Are we going in circles?" I asked.
No answer. Everyone had fallen to the ground, and fell asleep. Except Ra, who stared down the waterfalls for a few moments. "Alright group! We're sleeping down there tonight!" He said, loud enough to wake everyone up. He walked to a part of the bowl, with no water. It was just rock.

"Please tell me we're not just going to somehow walk down this completely flat stone wall?" Backstab asked, in an unamused, and tired tone.

"No" Ra said simply. Backstab sighed in relief. But I knew Ra wasn't going to come up with an easy plan to get there. "We're going to jump" Ra said.
I knew he was crazy...
Backstab laughed a little with Snicker. "Wait? Are you serious?" He then asked.

Ra rounded everybody up. We all stood around the bowl.
"Are we sure there aren't any rocks in the water?!" Backstab asked through the sound of the falls. We were standing right at the edge of the bowl. "The water could be very shallow?!" Better added, trying to change Ra's mind.
"And remember how hard it was to get out of there last time?!" Snicker asked. "Remember how many claws you'se lost?!" Gentle added.
"I'm not sure I have the strength to get back out!" Uni meowed in worry.
"You know, dogs are much heavier, so I might not be able to climb out" Blackhawk said.
"Birds can't climb!" Alex added.
"This isn't a good idea!" I meowed.

"Jump on the count of three!" Ra said, ignoring us. Everyone swallowed, or took deep breathes, preparing to jump when Ra says three.

"One!" Ra started. I took a deep breath, preparing myself for the jump, which I'd do in only two seconds. "Three!" Ra pushed us all off, then jumped. I screamed as I fell.
"You missed the two!!!" I managed to say. I slammed into a large rock, that stuck out from the waterfall.
"Ugh!"
As I fell, my injured hind leg got caught in between two rocks. Gentle slammed into the rock too, but only her right paws did.