Chapter Fifteen

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FLUFFYPELT'S POV

"Heatherfur," Fluffypelt stretches in her nest, "wanna go hunting?"
"Sure," Heatherfur yawns.
They stand up and Fluffypelt stretches again before letting Heatherfur lead the way out of the den.
"How about we do some fishing?" Fluffypelt suggests.
Heatherfur looks over o the river, "too many other cats."
Fluffypelt follows her gaze, there's five other cats over there. Pinestripe, Ceaderstripe, Cocoapaw, Nighteyes, and Iceberry are splashing around trying to catch fish.
"How about in the forest," Fluffypelt nods towards a berry bush.
"Sure, let's go," Heatherfur heads towards the bush, glancing back at Fluffypelt.
Fluffypelt pauses for a moment before quickly hopping to catch up.
"How long until we're home do you think?" Fluffypelt asks.
"Well without kits and elders, five, maybe six days. With kits and elders potentially ten days. We'll have to take breaks more often with the large amount of cats as well," Heatherfur states, "honestly we'd be lucky if we make it back by the full moon."
Fluffypelt glances to the moon faintly showing in the sky, she guessed about 10,11, days until the full moon.
"How's Cocoapaw's training going?" Fluffypelt asks, "I haven't gotten to be around him or Ceaderstripe much these past few days."
"Good," Heatherfur smiles blissfully, "it feels like we've been away for moons, it seems like he's so much older and yet he's only eight moons old."
"Yeah," Fluffypelt nods slowly, "I wonder what's going on back home."
"They're probably doing just fine," Heatherfur looked towards the edge of the trees, "I feel like Grasseyes is either miserable, or having the time of his life."
"What do you mean?" Fluffypelt tilts her head, taking a longer step to match Heatherfur's pace.
"There's so much drama being a mother and a prophecy cat. I just feel it overwhelms him sometimes. I know he loves our family though and we all love him too but I think that this might be the break he needs," Heatherfur admits.
"He still has Whitekit and Treekit," Fluffypelt laughs, "he's not totally living the bachelors life yet!"
Heatherfur laughs, "let's just get to hunting."

"Can you help me carry this?" Fluffypelt asks around her mouthful of rabbit scruff.
Heatherfur nods, "can you hold one of these mice and I'll pick up the back end?"
Fluffypelt nods, the weight of the rabbit making it a bit hard. Heatherfur helps her get ahold of the mouse and then takes up the back end of the rabbit.
They begin padding back to temporary camp quietly.

"Need help with that?" Burntwhisker bounds over as they exit the trees.
The two she-cats nod as best they can before dropping the mice for him to carry. He picks up the three mice and pads along side them, matching their pace as they haul the rabbit.

Burntwhisker's POV

Burntwhisker pad alongside Fluffypelt and Heatherfur, he is carrying their three mice.
How did they manage all this? He asks himself.
He sets the mice on the small pile, only three fish and a shrew. He laughs inwardly remembering Cocoapaw jumping up to grab a fish that had jumped and falling onto his back in the shallows.
"Now if you don't need anything else I think we should go talk to the others about starting to get moving again," Burntwhisker suggests.
Heatherfur and Fluffypelt agree and follow him over to where Ceaderstripe sits beside Cocoapaw while he grooms his wet fur.
"What happened to you!?" Heatherfur rushes over to her kit.
"I fell over," Cocoapaw glares at the river, "in the river."
Heatherfur laughs, "be more careful!"
"He tried to catch a fish that jumped and suddenly he became a fish and the fish became a bird!" Burntwhisker chuckles.
Cocoapaw rolls his eyes, "yeah, yeah."
Burntwhisker sits beside Ceaderstripe, "I think its time we get moving again. We've been gone quite a while."
Ceaderstripe nods, "Froststar," she calls over to the tom, chatting with Seastar.

A/N I totally ship it

A pang of jealously goes through Burntwhisker. He knows she's loyal. He knows she loves him. But something deep down tells him to doubt the truth.
"We're getting out of here," Hemlockheart mews, "tell the others."
Burntwhisker stands, nodding as he goes to spread the word.

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