Chapter 1: Lost
Here I was, alone... No one was near me and i was fine with it. The woods were so nice this time of the year. Of course... It always was this time of the year out here. I liked being alone, it was actually kind of nice. I didn't like being around my owner all that much. I was grateful because they gave me food and all of that. But i didn't really like just sitting around in a little area everyday. I wanted to be out there.
Out in those woods that I always saw, that's what Tristan had told it was called. I missed him, I was tired of being alone everyday, my owners weren't there except at night. And it seemed like they were always fighting, they were so loud. They had bought a kitten, but it had died the first few days of being there. It was lonely.
But the woods out here, they were so nice. Tristan had told me "never go out there, there's dogs, wolves, coyotes, badgers... So many bad stuff that would kill you instantly, you're lucky to be here... Trust me." But i didn't really believe him, how would he know... He had never been out there... He had always lived inside this place.
I saw a mouse scurry by. And i decided to chase after it, but unfortunately it hid itself under a root. But just as i was about to head back i saw a bird just further out, I ran after it. But it fluw up just as i was about to get near it.
Dang it, i can never get any of these. If only i had been born out here. With my mother, I had never even met her... Or at least remember her at all. Much less my father... I would never catch any of these at all more than likely... But it was always worth trying, it was still fun. And I hated the food that my owners always gave me... It was so stale and nasty... I could only imagine the taste of a big juicy rabbit or maybe even a nice little bird or mouse.
Tristan had told me not to go out there, he had told me i would most likely die the first night, or I would die from starvation. "Its good to have something like our owners to realie on. Cats can not go out there by themselves." But something just didn't seem right about that... How would cats have even got here in the first place? Surely we weren't born from our owners bodies. That would not seem right at all.
As i was thinking about it, I had failed to realize that there was a dead mouse sitting there right beside me. Interesting... It had intreged me... I wasn't sure what to do with it, whether to eat it or not. I knew it was a dream. It probably wouldn't taste like a real one at all. I just sat there and stared at it for a while. How did it get there? This wasn't me...
"Eat it... Its dead... Like the clans... It wont bite you back." Said a female cat from behind me. I jumped back scared, what kind of dream was this? There had never been a single thing in my dreams until now. Much less another cat. The cat laughed at me, "Come on, it wont taste as good as a real one, but im sure you'd much rather be having one of these, rather then having that nasty food that those things give you everyday."
I was so lost, what was she talking about dead clans? I had never even heard of that word in my life. And I had no idea why i cat had gotten in my dreams... Much less a cat wish stars on her pelt. I had always imagine of the stars, flying high up above to them one day, Tristan thought it was joke. I cared about Tristan but he did not take anything that I had said to him seriously at all. I knew that somewhere in my heart, one day i would be up there flying high into the skies. The cat nudged me and I woke up from my trance. "Eat... Seriously, it will taste way better."
I sniffed the mouse, wondering if this was a trick. Like the way Tristan had died, he had tried out one of those foods that our owners gave us. And a few days later he was dead. Now i was lonely, but maybe not if I had another cat in my dreams like this. But i knew none of this was real. I shook my head no and she scorned at me. Then dug her claws into my my fur, not really hurting me but i felt a slight piece of pain enter into my body.
"Squirrelflight, be easy on him. He doesn't think any of this is real. This is just another dream to him." Said another cat from not to far away, looking slightly the same as her. She shook her head and then walked back a little.
"Firestar, I cant do this, this cat will never find the clans for us and bring them back. You can try but i just cant... This is a joke he has no clue what we are talking about and never will." The cat hissed at him. All went silent for a few. I was so confused. What kind of dream was I in? Where was I? But then the male cat answered back to her almost as if he was talking to me though.
"Squirrelflight, you may have died long ago but you still don't understand death. It was written in the stars, this was part of your destiny, you must help him. He cannot fail, for the sake of the clans. Please, you aren't alive anymore you can't pretend like you are..." Firestar said to her. There it was, the stars... I had only been told of the word to Tristan, but they had stars on their fur and they seemed to talk about it. The shecat looked back at him then look to me for a moment before turning back around. What was he talking about? Not alive anymore, I was so lost what those 2 cats were talking about. I was stuck in a dream that I had never been in again. And normally when i tried to wake up it would work. But right now it wasn't and it scared me deeply. Why were these other cats here? And what did they want with me?
"Okay Firestar, im sorry i just cant forget what happened. No one believes anymore... Much less this cat, he's never even heard of the clans, and why would he help us in the first place?" Squirrelflight responded looked back at me for a short moment. What did that male cat mean by she wasn't alive anymore? I had so many questions. What was going on? Where was I? I had never seen a place so big with water before. And why was a here?
That was the last thing I had thought of as I woke up from this dream. Shaking my head and then forgetting what had really happened last night besides other cats. My owners were in the other room fighting as per usual, and I just ignored it. They would do this nearly every day. I would just sit back and look outside or go to the stars. There was nothing really to do here and i just liked sleeping and thinking about the stars. That's all there really was to living here as a normal cat.
Suddenly as i was just thinking about it the male had ran into the room yelling. I went back a little, scared even though i knew he wasn't going to do anything to me. At least that's what I thought. The female ran into the room yelling at him from the top of her lungs. Almost even crying, and shedding some tears. I was almost tempted to scratch the male. What had he been doing to her from the other room? I had remember a few times of him scratching at her and then hearing a loud pop and then hearing her cry. I knew what was going on, but at the same time... I really didn't understand.
The male was running right over to me. What was he going to do to me, I hissed at him which sent him back a little. Then he looked back at the female and then yelled to her. Scratching her again. Why was he doing that and what was he planning on doing to me? I hope he didn't try to scratch me. That thing was way bigger than me and that would hurt.
Instead he ran back over to me and then picked me up, i scratched at him. Thinking to myself, that might be a big mistake. He could scratch back and he was way bigger and way stronger than me. But he just yelled... He was running to the door, he wasn't going to shove me into that was he? I yelled at the top of my lungs... So scared, I could here the female crying from the other room. The male didn't hit me into the door, instead her opened it and then threw me out of it. As soon as i hit the ground i turned back around, ready to scratch at him. But he had already closed the door. Now i was extremely scared, I heard dogs barking from not to far away, and I just thought of these horror stories that Tristan used to tell me.
I just sat back near a bush, just hoping that they wouldn't come after me. And if they did, I just hoped that they wouldn't see me. At some point they would have to open the door, the couldn't leave me out here all day, and besides, i knew everyday they left early in the morning and typically didn't come back until later at night.
But there I was... Just waiting and waiting, for what seemed like eternity... Hoping that at least the female would let me in, and the dogs seemed to stop barking besides a few times that they did for just a few seconds when one of those big machines would go by. Finally i heard something from nearby moving, it sounded like the female was going to be opening the door to let me back in. But instead i just heard her from not to far away. She was crying and then i ran out to her, but she had already closed the door to her machine. And i did not want to go anywhere nearby that. I just sat there and looked at her through the mirror, hoping she would notice me and then let me back into the house.
But she didn't even seem to look in my direction and then the machine started... That loud noise that i would always here from afar. Meaning she was about to leave, and i meowed at the top of my lungs hoping she would here me. But i knew she wouldn't the machine was too loud to here me and she was behind the mirror which lowered the sound frequency a ton.
She then began to drive off and it hurt me so much, i could understand the male not caring about me at all. But shes the one that brought me in from that terrible place I was in when I was so young. I didn't even dare to go try and scratch at the door to try and get the male to let me in, I knew that if she had not let me in, then he definitely would not. It just hurt me, what if it was her idea to through me out here in the first place.
I tried not to think about it, if they hadn't let me back in at this point then they never would. I just sat there for a few moments thinking about all the good and bad that had happened to me... Mostly the bad, because there was nothing good to really think about in that moment. That when I heard the shecats voice from last night. I had almost forgot what had happened to me, and it all seemed to be rushing back into my head so quickly.
"Go, they wont let you back in. You don't want to be back in there. Go be free, now is your chance don't waste it, you will die out here, there wont be a new owner for you." She said to me quietly through the top of my head. Almost as if I hadn't heard it at all, I was almost tempted to shake the thought from off my head. They'd bring me back in, surely they couldn't let me just die out here.
But I wasn't the sure, the male owner was always so mean and I knew that he didn't care about me or her. All I could think about, was the fence... I could get out. But could I really? That was so high up, the highest id ever gone was just up to the counter. That was nearly 3 times further then where id gone before. But I knew, that was the only way. Surely there would be another cat out there. Surely it would help me, give me food for a while, teach me how to hunt maybe even. Hunting was something cats did for sport Tristan would always tell me. He said there were cats that used to come by his old place and brag to him about how good they were.
But I knew I wouldn't be getting food from any other source. At least for a long time. It was worth a shot, I could at least give myself a chance. Rather then sit out here and starve to death. And I had this bad feeling that the female wouldn't be coming back tonight. Even if she did, the male would not let me back in...
I ran up over to the fence, ready to jump at any second. I stared at it for a while. Not really knowing what to think, I could at least try. There was no harm in doing that. I lower the back side of my body, ready to jump, higher than i ever had before... I knew what was behind that fence, I had seen it through the windows, the woods, I had seen something, that I thought might even be another cat out there not too long ago.
I closed my eyes, I couldn't think about it too much. That would be my downfall. I kept my eyes closed... Ready to jump at any second. Then i jumped as high as i could, not feeling a thing as a whizzed by. I had done it! I knew it. I opened my eyes, but was shocked and sad at the same time to see that i hadn't even gone in the right direction towards that fence. Time to try again, I thought to myself. This time id leave my eyes open that way i could see which way I would be going. I was ready, it was time. I hopped as high as id ever gone, trying my best to get to the top. But I was close but close enough, my claws scratched into the top part of the fence and then fail down. I felt emence pain and then looked down at my paws. There was a spot of blood as I notice a piece of one of my claws was slightly bleeding. The pain had healed pretty fast but the bent claw didn't give me any real help.
Suddenly I saw the cat from last night, she was looking right at me. "You have to do it just like this." She stepped way further back then I did. How was she possible going to make it from all the way back there, I thought to myself again. But then she ran, her acceleration was insane, I had never seen Tristan run as fast as her and get there as quick as she did, and Tristan loved running around, playing with the toys that our owners had given us one day. I didn't really like them but Tristan had seemed to love them so much.
She hopped over with room to spare. How did she do something like that? I tried jumping just normally again, she looked back at me and then scoffed from the other side of the fence.
"I just showed you how to do it, now do it just the way i showed you." She told me. There was no way i could do that, and surely running and then jumping would just slow me down. She was just way better at jumping than me, it would make sense I was way younger than her... Barely not even being called a kitten anymore.
I ran back a bit, and then thought to myself as a was getting ready to go. There's no possible way i can do something as crazy as that. But i told myself quietly inside of my head to just stop thinking about it, and just do it. I ran, faster than I had ever done before. Then is I neared the edge I jumped, I jumped so high, i nearly felt like i was going to get near the clouds in the sky.
I looked down on my way up, I had gone way over the fence... Now I was on the other side.
"Thank you-" I began to say to Squirrelflight. But then I noticed sadly that she was gone. I was alone again. I almost wanted to just fall back down for a little while, but if what Tristan had said was true then that would be my downfall. So what I decided to do was just head around to the right side of the fence.
I wasn't ready to go in to those woods out there. But I knew at some point I would have to. Just as I was thinking about it i heard dogs from just about a few tailengths away from me... I jumped scared. I wasn't ready to die like this. But then as i looked through a little crack in the wood of the fence i noticed that they were behind it.
"Ha, you cant get me now!" I said to the dogs. But I immediately knew that it was stupid of me to say something like that. I heard a little crack in the fence. And then at the last second i fail back just close enough so that the fence didn't fall into me. As the pile of just disappeared I looked right into the dogs eyes.
"Run." Squirrelflight's voice said from inside my head. Immediately spun around and then ran towards the woods. That would be the only safe area. I couldn't just run around the fences. They were way bigger than me. They would catch up to me in a heartbeat. I just had to go as fast as i could and dodge around the trees.
I was doing pretty good at it, keeping a steady tailength between me and the dogs. But then i began to here them draw close and closer.
And i was beginning to wear out a little, I had to find some way to get them off my trail, but there was no way around me nearby besides a bunch of trees.
"Climb!" Squirrelflights voice said again to me from inside my head. What did she mean by climb? But then I realized what she had meant by that. I had to climb up the tree, through the branches and all of that other stuff. The leaves or whatever they were called. I had just thought about what Tristan used to tell me what they were called.
But then i shook Tristan from out of my head. I had to jump or they were going to catch me and I was going to die. But where? If i jumped on one of those small branches it would most likely fall, or I would and then i would be dead. Those dogs were in no means friendly to me.
That's when I saw it, there was a tree, with a bigger branch about as high up as the fence was. But i knew there was no slowing down and getting a good shot at it... The dogs were right behind me and they were ready to kill as soon as they got the chance.
They were only a few tailengths behind me and i could feel their breaths and my tails. I didn't dare turn around to see, as soon as i got within distance, I jumped. But i jumped a little bit too early... I was scared, that was my downfall, but i had gotten just close enough that i pulled my claws into it. I knew that wouldn't be enough i would be hanging there for a few more moments, then i would fall. The dogs were jumping almost to my tail. And I just thought out loud to myself, "welp that's the way to go..."
But then I felt something, I looked up and saw Squirrelflight... But she wasn't alone, I saw Firestar... And so many other cats I had never seen before. But as a I looked i saw him. "Tristan!" I said. He was smiling at me...
"This is not the day you die my old friend." He yelled to me over the barking that the dogs were giving. Then at once every single cat near me began to pull. They pulled me up, all the way. I was on the branch with them. It was a strong branch but i knew with all of them on it, it would fall within seconds.
"Thank you... All of you! How can I repay you all?" I said to them. But then they were gone as if they were never there in the first place. No Squirrelflight, and no Tristan. I felt sad again, I felt alone, the dogs were still yelling and barking but less loudly then they were before. I was alone out here, lost...
No one was ever going to find me out here. The dogs had been just barking for hours but they couldn't get near me. I knew it... But they were still trying, they were stupid, and soon they would be starving. I wasn't hungry but I sure was thirsty. I could really use a nice bowl full of water I thought to myself. It was already dark and my eyes were beginning to drift off. I couldn't though... They might get me... I might fall...
But I was just so tired, running... All day it felt like... I just wanted to sleep...
Those were my last thought as I woke up in the same area near the lake as before. No one was near me but there was a river... It was full of water... And I was so thirsty... I ran over to in and began lapping up as much water as I could. That's when I heard the same voice that I had been hearing all day...
"Moon, its time to eat now."
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