A Red Journey

Part 6

"Don't worry," he murmurs into my ear, " It's unlikely that they will figure it out anytime soon" I nod at his reassurance and I feel better. If they figure out about this prophecy, they will kill me without a doubt or question. They could also kill who ever knew about it because they were saving them. Shard walks over to me and nuzzles me. With his fresh scent washing onto me and into my nose I calm down and let out the breath that I didn't even realize that I was holding in. He gets up and gets the thrush I killed so that we can enjoy the meal together.

" What side do you want?" he asks dropping the prey

" Um, it doesn't matter," I murmur my reply he looks at me and says;

" Fine, let's just share it then," he settles down across from me and we start eating the thrush that I caught earlier that day. The other fresh-kill is in pile. After we finish we curl up together to keep each other warm and comfortable. He tilts his head and licks my ear and nuzzles close to me. I smile and curl up closer to him for his warmth and accidently let a purr fall from my mouth. My eyes instantly widen as he does it again but on my cheek. My ears pin back, hot with an embarrassed blush. He smirks and nuzzles closer to me and falls asleep. I listen and focus on the rise and fall of his flanks with every breath until I fall asleep.

As I walk in my dream, I see two toms with dark pelts and I know from the looks that they give me that they are AshClaw and HawkEye. I pad towards them I am sure by AshClaw's gray and silver pelt and HawkEye's brown and white under-belly. They greet me with a flick of their tails and I dip my head in return.

" We saw the hunting that you did earlier today," Ashclaw says looking down at me approvingly, " Just try to act like a normal cat, cats are already starting to talk" I nod " Also, it's nice to know that you have met Myrix" he adds.

" Yes, we have known each other for a while now" I reply they nod. We had a great journey with her other brother Arch but I like to call him Archie just for fun. We used to race each other in the clearing when we were younger. He left and went on his own path just as Blizzard did. I shake out my pelt and come out of my daze.

"Alright," AshClaw mews, "Let's train some-more, we need to practice your battle skills. I nod and train on HawkEye.