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Post by ;R.o.c.k.y.w.a.v.e; on May 10, 2008 9:39:38 GMT -5
Okay, now for another chapter (tell me if Graystripe seems un-Graystripe-ish)!
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Post by ;R.o.c.k.y.w.a.v.e; on May 10, 2008 10:06:14 GMT -5
Chapter 8
The wind was rustling the moorgrass. The sun was shining down, brightening the open field. I could smell a nice plump mouse. I decided to try to catch it to share with Tangle, and opened my eyes. Instead of in the cozy barn at sunhigh, I was under a bush in a forest clearing during twilight. I blinked, bewildered. Then I remembered. I knew that I had to help defeat BloodClan, but how I longed to be home! The lazy way of life, all you could eat, friends and family beside you always...
"Do you want to help train the apprentices to fight?" meowed a voice behind me, snapping me to reality. I whirled around, to realize it was Graystripe. The icy leaf-bare sun lit up his gray pelt, to make him look like he was of MoonClan or whatever the Clan called their heaven.
"I'll probably need some training myself," I responded. "I only had to fight for a moment, when I was escaping. My virtual uncle Snake attacked me." Graystripes' eyes grew wide with mock astonishment.
"You mean that you've never had to fight much? I thought that you loners had to fight of vicious mice all the time!"
I gave a purr. "Oh, yes," I replied. "I once had a younger sister, you know. The mice got her!"
His whiskers twitching in amusement, Graystripe showed me to what he called the Training Hollow. It was an ideal place to train, with soft sand to cushion apprentices and mentors, providing that they fell. "Now, Raventalon, pretend that I'm Snake. Don't go easy on me, okay?" That last sentence was a cue for me to attack Graystripe with all my fury, except with claws sheathed. As soon as I had him pinned down, he held up his paw in surrender, giving a silent signal to release him. I obliged.
"Okay, maybe you were prepared for that." he admitted. "But let's see how advanced you really are. Jump onto me." I found this request odd, but did it anyway. While I was in the air, Graystripe swiftly dodged to one side, leaving me falling onto the sand. Then Graystripe held me down with one paw.
"Nice move," I mewed. "I just hope you've got some more!" With that, I sprang into the air. Time went on like this, as dawn turned into morning and morning turned and sunhigh. We "fought" through the entire day, but when the sun began to sink into the horizon, all of the apprentices and warriors quickly trotted back towards camp, their tails waving in excitement. I was confused, until I remembered Scourges ominous parting words-"You have until sunset on the third day." I sprinted out of the clearing, determined to get revenge for Violet's near death.
The clearing was completely packed with cats from all of the Clans, anxiously milling about the camp. Firestar was tear up the Highrock, most likely to give a pep talk. "Cats of all Clans!" he yowled, silencing all of the excited murmurings. "BloodClan has invaded our territory. They have brutally murdered Tigerstar and are prepared to kill whoever else dares to challenge their hunger for territory. Just one Clan would undoubtedly fall under the claws and teeth of BloodClan, but together we stand a chance for victory. This is our forest!" Yowls of agreement resounded from the clearing. Firestar leaped down from the boulder and trotted to the head of the group. He was joined by a black-and-white tom, a black spotted golden she-cat, and a white tom with black paws. Together they lead the Clans away from the clearing, into the forest, and into the biggest battle I have ever seen.
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