Skypaw's Fury

Chapter 24

Skyleaf and her brother set off into the forest quietly. The illness of Spottedpaw has silenced the siblings, making the air between them cold and bare. Snowbreeze sighed, his breath floating through the air. Skyleaf sped up her pace. "Wait for me, Skyleaf!" Snowbreeze called. Skyleaf waited for her brother to catch up to her. "Sorry," she breathed, "I'm just really worried, and I want to find warmth for Spottedpaw." Snowbreeze nodded in agreement and started walking again.

"Look!" Skyleaf called for her brother and stuck her nose in the snow. Snowbreeze quickly appeared beside her. "What," he asked, "feathers?" Skyleaf nodded. She pawed the snow and pulled out gray-blue feathers. Only a few though. Snowbreeze sighed and walked away and dug in the snow again. Skyleaf huffed and shook out her fur, flinging snow everywhere. She gathered the feathers in a small pile. Skyleaf turned around to dig some more, but she bumped into Snowbreeze. "Oh sorry..." she began. She looked at Snowbreeze and squinted. "Whats wrong?" Skyleaf whispered. Snowbreeze's eyes were wide open and his jaws were clenched shut. Snowbreeze flicked his eyes from Skyleaf to a bush. "What?" she asked. But, she suddenly saw what Snowbreeze was looking at. Blue eyes nervously stared back at them.

A skinny gray cat limped out of the bush and lowered it's head. Skyleaf growled with fury. "Get away!" she snarled and leaped on the cat. The cat widened his eyes in fear and shriveled to the ground. Skyleaf landed squarely on the cat and stuck her face in front of his. Snowbreeze squinted angrily at him. "Skyleaf, get off of him." he sighed. Skyleaf looked back at her brother and growled. "Fine!" she hissed. She crawled off of the old cat. "Gorsetail... what are you doing here?" Snowbreeze rumbled. Their father flicked his glance between the two muscualr cats. "Uhh..." Gorsetail said shakily. "Speak!" Skyleaf snarled. Gorsetail jumped and spoke quietly. "Okay... I need your help," he began. "you have no idea whats out there-" Gorsetail flicked his boney tail towards the forest. "-dogs, rogues, and twolegs!" his eyes were wide with fear. Snowbreeze rolled his eyes. "Well, yeah, but you should know that," he said. "you've lived in the forest your whole life!" Gorsetail lowered his head in embarassment. "I know... but I don't have anyone to protect me," he groaned. "please help me." Skyleaf and Snowbreeze glanced at eachother and snorted. "You were kicked out of the clan," Skyleaf remarked. "maybe ThunderClan will take you in... those soft hearted weasles." Gorsetail nodded and then shook his head. "No," he said hesitantly. "They will look down on me and think of me as weak and leisurely."

Snowbreeze and Skyleaf looked at eachother again and sighed. How are we going to get rid of him? Skyleaf thought.

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