Rippleshade's Hope Chapter 1
Nov 27, 2019 16:52:11 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2019 16:52:11 GMT -5
Rippleshade slipped out of the warriors den. The sun was just above the tree tops. She could detect a faint scent of mouse from where she was standing. She fluffed out her fur against the leaf-fall chill.
The only other cat outside was Nightstar, who was grooming his fur on Highledge. Rippleshade waved her tail at him before padding away. She wandered around until cats started leaving their dens. A few others said hi to her before attending to the day's agenda.
Rippleshade beckoned Dapplemoon, her best friend, and asked her to go hunting with her. Dapplemoon agreed and they left camp. They headed towards where she had smelled the mouse scent. Rippleshade dropped smoothly into a hunting crouch once the mouse was in sight. One, two, three, pounce!
She captured it beneath her paws and then picked the fresh-kill up. Rippleshade dropped it beneath a tree and scraped earth over it to collect it later.
"Nice catch." Dapplemoon said. "I caught a sparrow while you got that." There was, in fact, a sparrow in her friend's jaws. She dropped it with the mouse and reburied it.
They returned to camp around sunhigh. Rippleshade held the mouse and a rabbit, and Dapplemoon held the sparrow and a couple shrews. They dropped them on the fresh-kill pile. Just then, Dapplemoon's sisters, Crowtalon and Mothpool, padded up to them. "Dapplemoon, Grayfeather wanted you for the dusk patrol..." Their voices faded as they slipped away.
Rippleshade had just remembered that tonight was the gathering. She leapt up to Highledge to ask Nightstar who would be going.
"Oh, yes, I need to announce that." Nightstar said. He padded up and yowled the words to call a clan meeting. "All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath Highledge for a clan meeting!"
Rippleshade slipped back down the tumbled rocks. She sat down for the meeting next to one of the other warriors, Iceclaw.
"The cats that will be going to the gathering will be..."
The only other cat outside was Nightstar, who was grooming his fur on Highledge. Rippleshade waved her tail at him before padding away. She wandered around until cats started leaving their dens. A few others said hi to her before attending to the day's agenda.
Rippleshade beckoned Dapplemoon, her best friend, and asked her to go hunting with her. Dapplemoon agreed and they left camp. They headed towards where she had smelled the mouse scent. Rippleshade dropped smoothly into a hunting crouch once the mouse was in sight. One, two, three, pounce!
She captured it beneath her paws and then picked the fresh-kill up. Rippleshade dropped it beneath a tree and scraped earth over it to collect it later.
"Nice catch." Dapplemoon said. "I caught a sparrow while you got that." There was, in fact, a sparrow in her friend's jaws. She dropped it with the mouse and reburied it.
They returned to camp around sunhigh. Rippleshade held the mouse and a rabbit, and Dapplemoon held the sparrow and a couple shrews. They dropped them on the fresh-kill pile. Just then, Dapplemoon's sisters, Crowtalon and Mothpool, padded up to them. "Dapplemoon, Grayfeather wanted you for the dusk patrol..." Their voices faded as they slipped away.
Rippleshade had just remembered that tonight was the gathering. She leapt up to Highledge to ask Nightstar who would be going.
"Oh, yes, I need to announce that." Nightstar said. He padded up and yowled the words to call a clan meeting. "All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath Highledge for a clan meeting!"
Rippleshade slipped back down the tumbled rocks. She sat down for the meeting next to one of the other warriors, Iceclaw.
"The cats that will be going to the gathering will be..."