Fallen Stars 11-A Stunning Surprise

Sunset yawned and blinked her eyes open against the golden glow of the sunlight. She stood up and stretched, her back arched and her ears flattened against her head. When she was done, she lifted her head and glanced around the den, a fallen oak that Sunset, Blaze, Crow and the new cat, Ivory slept in.

Sunset saw that only Crow wasn't in the den. Blaze's jaw was slightly parted in a soft snore. Ivory's chest rose and fell rhythmically. His back was facing Sunset, and his face was turned away, his head was curled to his chest and his ears where angled toward the wall of the den. Sunset turned away from the two toms and looked at the entrance of the log. Decaying bark that was half peeled away lined the shear-shaped exit. Sunset pushed herself onto her feet. Blinking, she realized that, absent-minded of it, she had sat down. As she walked out of the log, she felt exhausted, like she needed more sleep, even though she had slept later than usual.

Sunset stepped into the morning light. The sun cast a warm, radiant yellow light over the gray stones the formed the cave where Sunset lived. As Sunset looked up at the cloudless sky, the sun seemed to smile down at her.

There was also something eerie about this morning. Long, dark shadows seemed to hide behind the bushes and trees. Below her, in a valley, everything was at a standstill. It was as if the whole world was holding it's breath, waiting for something to happen...

Sunset pushed the thought away. Why would anything happen? Why here? Why would she eve think that? But still....

*******

After a successful hunt with Blaze, Sunset dragged herself to Lavender and her family's den, half-asleep. Lavender lifted her head as Sunset entered the cave.

"Hello, Sunset. You look tired. Are you feeling all right?" Lavender asked, sounding concerned.

"Hi, Lavender. Yeah, I am a little tired. I'm fine, though. How are you?" Sunset meowed drowsily, sitting down.

Lavender nowowed her eyes and slowly looked Sunset up and down. Than again. Although she still seemed unsatisfied, as if she did not believe her sister's word, she finally said, "I'm fine. Canary is getting be a wonderful hunter. She needs to work on her fighting skills, but I think that she will fit just fine in our little group. Stone and I are very proud. So, I am fine. You?"

"I'm great," Sunset purred, butting her head against her sister's.

A voice called from outside the den, "Hey! Sunset! Were are you? We have to check the boarder! Where are you?"

Sunset sighed, "That's Crow. I'm sorry, Lavender. I have to go now. Goodbye."

"Goodbye, Sunset. I had a good time talking to you," Lavender meowed as Sunset got up.

"Me too," Sunset meowed over her shoulder.

When she pushed herself out of the den, Crow was readily waiting for her, tail lashing. She fallowed him out of the clearing. They walked in silence until Crow spotted something. Sunset ran towards him when she heard him meow for her.

"What is it, Crow? Why did you call m--" Sunset started. That is when she saw the paw print. A fresh paw print. And the black and orange fur caught in the brambles. She gasped, shocked. "Who made that pint? Why is there fur in that bush? Crow, what is going on?"

"I certainly didn't do it. We-we must tell Blaze," Crow meowed, seeming as surprised as she was.

The two stared at the paw print for awhile until they finally darted into the trees toward the cave.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Cove Of Eternal Darkness 2#

IceWhisper awoke bathed in sunlight. Her burns stung. She looked around the cave. Only Fang was still asleep. She looked outside of the den. BlackMagic was sitting on the far side of the yard-long clearing in front of the small cave, washing her front paws.

"Hello, BlackMagic!" IceWhisper called as she walked out of the cave. "How are you?"

"Oh, hi, IceWhisper," BlackMagic meowed. "I am well. How are you?"

"Good," IceWhisper replied. "Do you know where FairyFlame and RockFlight are?"

"They went off to hunt. They should be back soon, though. Why do you ask?"

IceWhisper shrugged. "I just wanted to know."

"Anyway, is Fang awake yet?" BlackMagic meowed softly, peering over IceWhisper's shoulder to see.

"No. He was tossing and turning all night. I think that he's upset about the dragon tribe winning territory from us," IceWhisper said.

BlackMagic nodded her head in agreement. "Oh, look! The hunting party has returned!" she exclaimed.

Then, the pair of she-cats hurried off to greet FairyFlame and RockFlight. But, the two cats had brought only one mouse and where covered in blood.

BlackMagic blinked in surprise. "What happened?"

"The--dragons--attacked--Kai wants--more land!" FairyFlame gasped. The poor cat looked like she was about to collapse.

"Come. Let's go to the Garden. Your wounds need to be treated," BlackMagic meowed, gently nudging to two wounded cats toward the Garden.

"I must speak to Fang and tell him what happened!" IceWhisper meowed urgently.

"Okay. I'll treat the wounds," BlackMagic agreed as she walked off. "Goodbye!"

IceWhisper headed for the cave. "Goodbye!" she called over her shoulder.

FairyFlame and RockFlight flicked their tails in farewell and followed BlackMagic, diapering into the undergrowth. IceWhisper felt the cold stone under her paws. She wondered how Fang would handle this. He was already so stressed....

IceWhisper let out a heavy sigh. She pulled herself together and sat down beside Fang. He was still in a deep slumber. IceWhisper nudged his silver flank. "Fang. Fang," she whispered softly. "Fang, wake up."

After awhile of this, Fang rolled over and muttered, "Huh...?"

"Fang!" IceWhisper exclaimed joyfully.

Fang jumped up on his feet in surprise. "IceWhisper? What is it?"

"Kai attacked FairyFlame and RockFlight while they were hunting close to the new boarder. BlackMagic took them to the Garden to treat their wounds. What should we do, Fang?" IceWhisper meowed.

I do not know," Fang whispered, looking shocked. Then, he shook his head and meowed, "Go help BlackMagic treat the wounded. I will be here if their is any trouble. Also, when you and BlackMagic are finished treating FairyFlame and RockFlight, go and hunt. We need prey. I'm sure that the pair didn't bring back much."

"Okay. We will. Goodbye, Fang," IceWhisper said as she disappeared into the shadows.

******

BlackMagic and IceWhisper emerged from the bushes, prey in their mouths. Fang greeted them.

"Hello! Put your prey in the pile with the mouse. I must talk to you two when you are finished," Fang meowed. Then, he sprinted into the log, avoiding any more conversation.

IceWhisper followed BlackMagic to the pile of prey. They placed down their catches and, without another word, they dashed into the log after Fang. FairyFlame and RockFlight were already there. Fang jumped on top of a small, flat stone. He used this rock to announce things to the tribe. His face was hard and serious. IceWhisper shifted uncomfortably.

"Good, your all here. I have an important thing to talk about with you. The dragon tribe is acting very aggressive. They are just asking for trouble with us," Fang meowed stiffly.

"Wait! Are you saying that we are going to attack the dragon tribe?" FairyFlame called up from the crowd. Her voice crackled with tension.

"Yes. We are going to go to war with the dragon tribe."

-KittyLover8
© 2012

Fallen Stars 9-A Sign in the Stars

Sunset crouched in the tall grass, her gaze fixed on a small, stone-gray bird. She tensed, preparing to leap. Then, Sunset heard a meow coming from behind her.

She hissed, immediately thinking, Blossom!

She whipped around, preparing to see the sweet, smiling face of cute little Blossom, but, instead, to her disappointment, there stood Ivory. The voting had led to his staying, so he now slept in the cave that she, Crow and Blaze shared.

"Hello, Ivory," Sunset said flatly.

"Well, then, ahem, what are you doing out here?" Ivory meowed, seeming quite fidgety.

Sunset glared at Ivory. "I'm hunting. What are you doing, Ivory?"

Tension crackled in the air. "I'm just taking a walk. That's a crime around here, I suppose?" Ivory shot back, genuine hurt in his voice.

Sunset felt a stab of guilt for the cat. Who was she to judge him? Who was she to say if he was bad or good? Sunset blurted out, her words tumbling over top of one another, her tone desperate, "I'm sorry. I don't mean to--" Sunset suddenly realized that she'd said too much already. "I mean, okay, then. Carry on with your walk."

"Alright, then. Goodbye, um, Sunset," Ivory meowed. Then, he left, his white figure was swallowed by a thick wall of trees. Sunset walked to the East, walking only about twenty yards behind Ivory. She was heading towards the river in hopes that there would be more prey there.

******

Sunset returned to the cave after an unsuccessful hunt. She had only caught a fish and a mouse. She placed her catches in the small pit that served as a prey pile.

Then, Sunset thought, anger burning inside of her, I would've caught more if Ivory hadn't scarred that bird away. Why did he have to make so much noise? Where was he going, anyway?

Sunset's tail twitched. Then, it occurred to her that Ivory had been away for a while. She decided to ask Blaze if anyone had seen the white tom. As she made her way across the clearing, a little orange ball of fur tumbled into her.

"Canary!" Sunset exclaimed, laughter in her voice. She was quite fond of the sweet kitten. Sunset had always wanted to have kits of her own.

"Hello, Sunset," Canary meowed, trying to sound formal and polite, but obvious joy rang through her mew. Then, the kitten gave up being formal. "Want to play with me?"

"I'm sorry, Canary, but I have to talk with Blaze at the moment. I will play with you afterwards," Sunset meowed. Canary looked crushed. "Maybe Stone or Lavender could play with you while you wait for me," she suggested.

"But I want to play with you!" Canary protested.

"Canary, I am very busy right now. I need to talk with Blaze. I'll play with you when I'm done. Please understand," Sunset pleaded. She needed to speak with Blaze.

"Okay. I hope that you have a nice conversation. Goodbye!" Canary chirped happily, losing all of the heaviness that had hung in her voice.

Then, Canary trotted off. Sunset watched as the kitten headed into the cave where she and her parents lived. Sunset pulled her gaze away from the kitten and walked over to the log that the rest of the cats slept inside.

"Blaze! Blaze, are you in here?" Sunset called from where she stood at the entrance of the log.

"Who's there? Is that you, Sunset?" a voice echoed from the back of the fallen tree.

Sunset immediately recognized Blaze's meow. "Yes, I'm here. I need to speak with you."

"About what?"

"When I went out hunting in the afternoon, Ivory bumped into me. He told me that he was taking a walk and then left. I haven't seen him after that. Now that it's sunset, I was just wondering if you have seen him," Sunset meowed once Blaze came into site.

"No. I thought that he might have joined you," Blaze replied.

"Then we should look for him. He might be in trouble!" Sunset raced out of the cave with Blaze at her heals.

Then, Sunset hit something, large, white, and furry. Ivory! she thought. Sure enough, when she stood up, her ivy-green eyes met Ivory's mud-brown ones.

"Hello, Ivory. What are you doing back so late?" Blaze asked.

"I's sorry if I got you worried. I'm fine. I just needed some time alone," Ivory meowed. Then, the tom brushed his tail pointedly at a small shrew that sat beside him. "I caught some prey," he offered. A few days ago, Sunset had found out that Ivory was a terrible hunter.

"Okay, then. Lets go to sleep now. It has been a long day," Blaze meowed as he ushered Ivory into the log.

Sunset stayed out in the clearing, though. She looked up at the starry, ink-black sky. Then, suddenly, five stars shot downward. They were strangely clustered together. As Sunset gazed upon the colored shooting stars, an image formed in her head. The stars morphed into kits. The one that was light blue turned into a white she-cat with eyes the color of the star that she used to be. The two that were dark orange turned into brown tabby kits, one female one male. The one that was dark blue turned into a pitch black she-cat. And the one that was gray-blue turned into a stone-grey tom.

Sunset's eye lids flew open. The stars were gone.

"It's a sign," Sunset murmured.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Flaming River 5#

Coiled Snake slashed at a stealthy gray she-cat. The cat ducked, but Coiled Snake's claws still cut her ear. Coiled Snake prepared to leap at the gray cat while it was still stunned, but before she could, a large tabby tom leapt onto her to her back. Coiled Snake desperately tried to get him off of her. To her surprise, he jumped off himself. Coiled Snake struggled to her paws, blood welling from a deep cut in her right hind leg. She faced the tabby, her amber gaze challenging. He jumped at her in a flying leap. She, too, leapt, meeting the tom in midair. She sunk her teeth into his fore paw.

Once they landed, the cat kicked Coiled Snake in the belly, forcing her to let go of his paw. Coiled Snake jumped to her feet. She flung herself at the tom. Claws flashed. Soon, Coiled Snake was panting, but triumphant. She had beat the tom, but the attacking cats outnumbered HawkPack. She looked around. She had to find the leader of this group! She had to find out what she was fighting for!

Coiled Snake gave up searching the crowd of cats for the leader of the attackers. Instead she called, "Stop!" all of the cats, even members of HawkPack, stared up at her as if she were crazy. Coiled Snake ignored them and continued. "I am Coiled Snake, the leader of HawkPawk. I wish to see the leader of the attacking cats and find out what you want." Coiled Snake had just finished speaking when a gray tom emerged from the cats. He was slightly limping, had a badly torn ear and had nasty bleeding cuts all over his pelt.

The gray cat bared his teeth indignantly as he spoke. "Hello, Coiled Snake. My name is Shenar. I am the cat you seek. I am the leader of this group of cats."

"Shenar, I do not know what you want from us. Why are you fighting HawkPack?" Coiled Snake meowed.

"Ah, that," Shenar said as if it were unimportant. Then his voice hardened and rose and his claws unsheathed as he called, "There is a cat in this group, HawkPack you called it I believe?" Without giving Coiled Snake time to answer, Shenar continued, "She is unworthy. I am almost sure that I saw her heading this way when she left us. If you have her, then hand her over. We will dispose of her. If you hide her, then we will fight you."

Coiled Snake blinked. Could Shenar possibly mean Neptune? Then she meowed, "We don't have her. I am sorry."

Shenar looked at her closely. Finally he announced, "Fine. But, we will be watching you. Just to make sure that you are being truthful." Then, with a flick of his tail, all of the enemy cats left the clearing.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

Fallen Stars 8-A Sound In The Bushes

"I-I wish to join your group," Ivory meowed.

Sunset flattened her ears and hissed softly. This wasn't natural. She didn't think that this was right. Why would someone what to join the small group of cats all of the sudden? And how did Ivory even know about the cats? Sunset was about to question the cat, but Blaze stepped forward.

"Hello, Ivory. My name is Blaze and this is Sunset. I will have to speak with the rest of the cats before we can allow you into our group," Blaze said. "Come. We will escort you to our home."

Blaze led Ivory to the camp and Sunset brought up the rear. Soon, they where about halfway to the cave. Sunset felt unnerved around the newcomer, but she was quiet. She knew that she would have her say at some point. A loud crunch in the bushes made heads turn. Sunset was still for a moment. Then, she stepped forward. She stalked around the bush in a circle. She knew that the animal that made that sound was bigger then a regular squirrel. Sunset nosed around in the leaves along the edge of the bush. No scent. She sighed and turned away from the leaves momentarily.

"Blaze, I can't catch a scent!" Sunset called. "Should we continue?"

Blaze replied, "Well, yes, yes we should. It was probably just a rabbit or something."

Sunset walked over to him and nodded, although, she knew that he too, was unsure. The rest of the trip was quiet. A bird chirped ever once in while, but that was all. Once they where at the cave Blaze and Sunset parted to tell everyone about Ivory. Blaze went over to fallen tree where Crow, Blaze and Sunset slept. Sunset headed over to the small cave that Lavender, Stone and Canary shared.

"Lavender! Canary! Stone!" Sunset called. Canary and Lavender lifted their heads. Stone appeared from a spot in the shadows of the cave wall.

"Yes?" Lavender answered.

"Blaze and I found a new cat while we where hunting. His name is Ivory and he wishes to join our little group. Blaze says that we should all have a say in this," Sunset meowed. She herself didn't trust this cat, but Blaze seemed conferable enough around him...maybe she was just overreacting.

"Okay," Lavender said, blinking in confusion. Stone nodded slowly. Meanwhile, Canary bounced around the den.

"Ivory! Can I see him? PLEASE mama! Can I? Can I?" Canary begged.

"Honey, this Ivory cat is just like you and me. I'm sure that he is nothing out of the ordinary," Lavender meowed gently.

Canary stopped bouncing and looked up at her mother. Then she said, "But what dose he look like? What color is he? I still want to see the new cat."

"Fine," Lavender sighed. "You can see him. Come along, then."

Canary raced ahead of her mother, talking about how she was going to see the new cat all of the while. Stone followed his mate out of the den. Sunset couldn't help thinking about the strange new cat. Who was he? Where did he come from? Was he going to stay or leave? And what was that sound in the bushes? Questions nagged at her mind. Then, Sunset shook her head. Ivory seemed nice. He was sure not to cause any trouble. As she left the small cave, one more question seeped into her mind. Or was he?

-KittyLover8
© 2012

Long Shadows 3#

Alexia stood up. "Come on, Puff. We've got to pack for the quest."

Puff walked over to the stairs and meowed in agreement. Then the pair raced up the creaky wooden steps. Alexia found herself in the living room. She turned left and walked into the kitchen, Puff on her heels. She glanced around. The only thing that Puff could eat in the kitchen was a large block of cheese. Alexia picked up the cheese. Then, she realized that she had no sack to put the food in. She ran into her bedroom with the cheese still in hand and grabbed a bag of hers that was about twenty feet tall and ten feet long.

Alexia shot down the stairs and back into the kitchen. She rapped the cheese in a thin napkin. Then, she sliced some bread and placed nine pieces into another thin napkin. She also grabbed three bananas. Next, Alexia rapped seven red apples in a napkin. Then, she rapped a handful of crackers in another piece of cloth. After that, she grabbed several bottles of water and shoved them into the bag.

Alexia walked up the stairs once again, this time she was carrying the heavy sack filled with food. She snatched up the last bag she had and filled it with two blankets, some money and a sweater. Then, she wrote a note to her mother say where she was going and way. Alexia felt tears flow down her cheeks as she set down the pen and walked outside. She knew she would miss her mother so much...but she had to do this for Puff.

As Alexia was walking out of the house, she turned toward the small stable that was in the backyard. She opened up the doors and out stepped a beautiful chocolate colored horse with a black mane and tail and white stockings.



"Good morning, Chestnut," Alexia whispered to the horse.

Chestnut whinnied in reply. Because Chestnut was only a yearling (a horse that is a year old), Alexia decided to let her carry the food and cloths bags instead of her. Alexia placed the bags on the horse's back and scooped up Puff so that he wouldn't wander away from the others. Then, they set off to start their journey.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Flaming River #4

The morning sun peaked over the orange-lined horizon. Most of the cats of HawkPack where still asleep, but Icy River was worried. She didn't fully trust Neptune and she felt like Coiled Snake was too relaxed around the newcomer. She pulled her kits closer to her with her tail. She glanced around, loosening her grip around her kittens. Then, she rose. Icy River walked quietly into the clearing. She walked over to the den that Neptune and a few other cats slept in. She peeked inside. She stiffed a sigh of relief. Neptune was still in the den and was fast asleep.

Suddenly, Icy River heard a small sound. She whipped around, taken by surprise. Then, she heard yet another soft crunch. She narrowed her eyes, trying to see what was making the sounds. When her eyes finally adjusted to the light, she saw the outlines of several cats picking their way down the cliff!

She opened her mouth to scream a warning to her pack, when the cats swarmed around her. She was tackled down by two cats. Icy River screeched in fury, racking her claws across the side of a large orange tom. She saw Shy Fawn peek around the corner of the den that she shared with Icy River. Shy Fawn screamed when she saw what was happening. She called out the packs' battle cry to awaken HawkPack. The battle raged on as Icy River saw her pack mates fling themselves into the fight.

She turned her thoughts back to the battle. She now had the large orange tom pinned to the ground. She hissed and bit his shoulder, hard. He screeched in pain and she let go, letting him flee. She swiveled around as she felt sharp claws rip at her back. Icy River hit the aggressor's head repeatedly, desperately trying to make her release her grip. The new attacker was a beautiful white she-cat with light green eyes.

Icy River shook her head. Stop thinking about unimportant things. Concentrate on the battle! She told herself.

Then, Icy River glared at the white she-cat. She flung herself at the cat, claws unsheathed. The white cat shook her off. Icy River stood still for a moment, stunned. Then, she whipped around and lashed out at her opponent with her hind claws. Turning to face the cat, Icy River felt a pang of sympathy for the she-cat. So, she raced away from her attacker.

Icy River looked around, trying to find someone that needed some help fending off their opponent. Then, she spotted Swift Breeze. Swift Breeze was struggling with two cats fighting her. Icy River flung herself at a golden and white tom. She was poised on his back now. She bit his tail with all of her strength. The tom flipped over, crushing her with his weight. She tried again and again to wriggle out from underneath him, but again and again he stopped her. Finally, she managed to free herself from his grip. She then turned on him, her jaws parted in a furious hiss. This was her home, and she was going to defend it with her life.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

Fallen Stars 7-The Newcomer

Sunset and Blaze walked past a tree. Sunset began to purr blissfully as a cool wind brushed past her. Blaze purred with her and they walked toward the stream. They were going to hunt some minnows there. Crow had seen a large bunch of them in the stream while he was collecting moss. Soon, Sunset and Blaze reached the azurite-blue stream. Sunset sat down beside the sodden bank. She looked at the water watching as a few bits of vegetation drifted by, being puled by the strong current. She scanned the water.

Good. Sunset thought as she saw that the large group of minnows were farther downstream.

Sunset gingerly put a silky white paw into the water, careful not to make a sound. Then, she placed the other fore paw in the stream, and then her chest. Slowly, she sank into the stream, letting the water envelop her. She circled around in the depths of the stream, unsure of where she was.

Then, Sunset saw a flash of silver, followed by a few more, and knew that the minnows were in that direction. She surfaced, taking in a few gulps of air, and then silently slipped back into the water. She swam over to where she'd seen the minnows, feeling the current trying to pull her away from her destination. Sunset swam harder, pushing away water and shooting forward with strong kicks from her hind legs. She finally found herself just a few yards away from the group of minnows.

Sunset didn't realize how far she'd swam until she felt her lungs screaming for air. She pushed herself off of the muddy riverbed with her hind legs. She gasped for air the moment her muzzle left the water. Once she had caught her breath, Sunset dived back into the water and lurched forward. The second she had hurled herself into the group of minnows, she grabbed up a few in her jaws. Then, Sunset surfaced once more, this time with two minnows hanging from her jaws.

Sunset swam over to the bank so that she could place down her catches. She pulled herself out of the shallows and onto the muddy shore. She stalked over to drier ground to set down her prey. She turned around to see how Blaze was doing. She saw that he had caught a minnow and two water voles. She picked up her catches and walked over to him. She set down the prey beside his prey. Suddenly, she saw something dart through the bushes and toward Blaze and her. Once the white figure stopped, Sunset could see that it was a cat.

The tom lifted his head and meowed, "Hello. My name is Ivory."

-KittyLover8
© 2012

Valentines Day With Frost

Frost curled up, grateful for her sister's warmth. Cupcake, is Frost's older sister (Cupcake looks like Gemini except she has green eyes instead of blue). Frost lifted her head as she heard her owner talking to his metal mousie toy that he holds to his ear. She walked over to her, then Frost looked up at her and meowed. Her human looked down at her and continued talking to his metal mouse. But, Frost wanted his attention, and she was going to get it. Frost jumped up onto the counter and put her face near her ear. Then, she meowed loudly. Her owner jumped in surprise. Once she recovered, Frost's human plopped Frost off of the counter.

Frost wasn't going to give up so easily. She leapt onto the counter once again and walked up to her owner, who was still talking to his mouse toy, maybe trying to console it after what happened. Frost lifted her paw and unsheathed her claws, a mischievous glint in her blue eyes. Then, she smacked her paw on her owner's furless paw that was holding the mouse toy. The human screamed and dropped the toy.

Frost heard metal mouse toy then say, "Call ended."

Frost thought, I wonder what the mouse said. I think that it was speaking in the human tongue. Then Frost shrugged. It doesn't matter. I must finish it off quickly, before my human gets it!

Frost leapt off of the counter and hit the metal mouse toy, hard, repeatedly. Her paw hurt more and more with every smack. She hissed and gave up. Then, Frost remembered her first goal, as she walked past her owner. She butted her head against her owner's chin, Frost's front paws on her knees. Her owner sighed and lifted her off of her legs. Then, Frost's owner walked over to the door as the doorbell rang. When the door opened, a tall, lanky man with a bunch of roses and a red, heart-shaped box was revealed. Frost saw her owner smile and talk in her strange language. Her owner opened the heart-shaped box and lifted a small brown thing from the box. Frost watched as her owner popped the thing in her mouth. Then, Frost's human grabbed the roses and happily hugged the bunch to her chest. Her owner then set the roses down on the counter and walked out of the house. Frost watched the door slam shut behind her human. Frost leaned down and sniffed at the heart-shaped box, realizing that the small brown lumps that it contained were chocolates.

Uninteresting. Frost thought.

Then, Frost turned toward the roses. She reached up and grabbed a lovely rose with delicate crimson petals. She lifted the rose by its fragile green stem. Then, she walked into her owner's bedroom. She leapt up onto the bed and plopped the rose down on the blankets and lied down, the rose held tightly between her paws. Then, she purred. This was the best Valentines Day ever.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

Long Shadows 2#

"P-Puff? Is that really you, Puff?" Alexia managed to say, still shocked at the presence of her deceased cat friend.

"Meow! Purr purr purr!" Puff chattered as he jumped off of the cardboard box that he had been sitting on top of.

"Did you really tell me to meet you down here in the cellar in my dreams?" Alexia asked Puff. Puff circled around her legs. For a moment, Puff looked like he always had looked before the accident. She felt his fur press against her, he was solid! Then, Puff turned back into a only halve-visible cat-ghost again.

Alexia leaned forward to hug her sweet little kitty, but her arms went right through him. Alexia gasped in surprise and jumped backward. Puff was transparent? The thought of her friend being transparent was slightly frightening, reasonable, for he was a ghost, but frightening.

"Meow! Mrow mew! Purr Purr!" Puff said happily.

Alexia sighed. "Puff, you're so sweet." she said dreamily.

"Mew! Mew mew!" Puff meowed. Then, Puff curled up beside her he flashed as a whole for a second and then he was once again back in his ghostly form. Alexia easily slipped into a deep sleep.

She was standing on a beach with wonderful, rolling waves crashing down on the edge of the beach pulling sand and seashells back into the sea from witch they had come. Puff walked out of the water.

"Hello, Alexia!" he called to her as he emerged from the waves.

"Puff!" Alexia cried joyfully.

"I have a mission for you. You must find the Quinonon Stone. This will enable me to talk to you and be solid for as long as I want instead of just wishing for a short flash of life. This way, I can help you along on your other missions," Puff meowed.

"The Quinonon Stone-wait....other missions? What do you mean?" Alexia was very confused.

"You will find the Quinonon Stone in the Cave Of Fading Echoes. That is all I know, and all I can tell you." Then, with a wave of his tail he meowed, "Farewell, Alexia," Puff then faded away.

"No! Puff!" Alexia called.

Then, Alexia jumped awake, finding that Puff was still purring by her side. She looked down at her loyal little friend, smiling. Then, she thought, I must find the Quinonon Stone. She was going to go to the Cave Of Fading Echoes.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Cove Of Eternal Darkness-Meet The Tribes

The Dragon Tribe

Kai is the leader of this tribe, he is always on a greedy search for more land. Kai is a muscular red dragon.
Shetii is a gray and blue dragon with dark purple wings and light blue eyes. She is BFF's with Fawnia.
Fawnia is a beautiful light green female dragon with dark green eyes and a soft heart. Her to-be mate is Gomatii. Fawnia's best friend is Shetii.
Gomatii is a brown dragon with deep brown eyes. He is very loyal, but most of the time she shows no pity to any of the other tribes.
Gerog is a gruff, muscular dragon with black scales and dark green eyes. Gerog is the dragon tribe's second in command, after Kai, of course.

The Cat Tribe
Fang (see "The Cove Of Eternal Darkness-Introduction" http://thepurplepaw.blogspot.com/2012/01/cove-of-eternal-darkness-introduction.html)
BlackMagic is Fang's second in command.
FairyFlame
IceWhisper
RockShadow

The Hydra Tribe
Cåwii is the leader of the hydra tribe. She is a slender light gray Hydra with deep blue eyes.
Arimotii is red with dark brown eyes. He is Cåwii's second in command. Arimotii likes to use his nine heads for killing his enemies. Cåwii only chose him because the dragon tribe's leader, Kai sneered that the hydra tribe was weak under a female's rule. Afraid that Kai might attack her tribe, Cåwii decided that she should chose this muscular hydra as he deputy. Arimotii is Cowa's mate.
Cowa is a kind and motherly blue hydra with green eyes. Her young are Fekoi and Jetii, Jetii is a male, and Fekoi is a female.
Kemor is a muscular female hydra that is brown with golden diamonds down her back. She is the sister of Cåwii and is often Cåwii's adviser.

The Felisdraco Tribe

Pepper is the leader of this tiny tribe. He is black with one dark brown foreleg (his right one) brown eyes. His mate is named Christel.
Cloud is a cream she-cat with a dark gray tail and amber eyes.
Christel is all white with a silver triple triangle on her forehead and blue eyes. She is pregnant with Pepper's cubs.

-KittyLover8

© 2012

Long Shadows 1#

Alexia is a 10 year old girl with dark brown hair the color of espresso. She had a cat named Puff who died at 7. Puff had been a sweet white long haired kitty with a patch of gray on his back who had always been there when she needed him. Alexia missed Puff so much...she had had him ever scene her mother had found him on the streets as a tiny little kitten.

Seven years later, Alexia found herself crying in bed at the loss of her kind best friend. Alexia saw something out of the corner of her eye. The she recognized it! Puff! She turned toward him, only to realize that it was only a white book that had been blurred by the tears pouring down her cheeks in a steady stream. Alexia burst into tears once again, the book being a reminder that she would never see her gentle little kitty friend ever again. Soon, she had cried herself to sleep only to find herself staring at none other then Puff in a dream. Although, Alexia noticed that he looked somewhat faded.

Surprisingly, Puff opened his jaws and meowed, "Alexia! Hello, friend."

"Oh, Puff! I thought you died when the car... I remember... Puff, how I missed you!"

Puff purred. Then, he opened his eyes, Alexia noticed that he looked distant as he meowed, "When you wake up, you must go down into the cellar."

"Why?" Alexia asked.

"Just remember, go into the cellar," Puff said.

"But why, Puff?" Alexia repeated. But before she had even finished her sentence, Puff had diapered. A moment later, Alexia was lying awake in bed. She got out of bed. Then, she walked down the stairs and into the cellar. A few cobwebs were attached to the stairwell, their dull white strands quivering as Alexia whisked by. She shivered at the site of them. Alexia didn't like spiders. Finally, Alexia was in the dark cellar. Her hand searched for the light switch. Soon, she felt it. She switched it on with a soft click. Then, she looked around the cellar. To her utter surprise and amazement, she saw Puff! He was slightly faded, like he was in her dream, but there he was, sitting there on a large box in the corner.


"Meow!" he said.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

Fallen Stars 6-All Is At Peace

Brown early-winter maple leaves slightly lifted in the breeze. Canary walked closer to her mother, Lavender, shivering as some cold wind buffed her fur.

"Are we almost home, mama," she complained.

Lavender opened her mouth to say something in reply, but Stone spoke first."Canary, you need to practice hunting crouches and fighting moves. You know, you are 5 months old."

Canary sighed. Then she thought, grudgingly, You're no fun. This just isn't fair! Then, Canary meowed, "I just don't see why we have to do training in such cold weather. I don't even see or smell any prey. Plus, even if anything was out, the leaves make to much noise. The prey would simply run away."

Suddenly, Canary realized how rude she'd been. "I'm sorry," she meowed in a tiny voice.

Lavender glanced at Canary and purred, "It's okay. We're all very short tempered in the cold."

Stone purred playfully, "Everyone changes from joy to impatient, except Crow. He changes from impatience to even more impatience!"

Mrowing with joy, Canary hurtled herself at her father, paws first with her claws sheathed, and raked her paws across her father's flank. Lavender happily flung herself at Canary.

"No fair!" Canary cried in mock anger as Lavender pulled her off Stone's gray tabby pelt.

Then they all shook themselves off, and walked home.

******

Together, they all slept, Blaze, Crow, Sunset, Stone, Lavender and Canary, all of them sleeping in the peace, the peace that seemed it would last forever, but, would it?

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Adventures Of Dew, Storm And Star 7#

Dew crouched in the grass, her gaze fixed on a robin. She leapt but, she accidentally pushed off on a patch of dry leaves and the red-chested bird quickly flitted away. Dew hissed in frustration underneath her breath.

Dew looked around for some more prey. She sniffed the air for what seemed like forever until she finally caught the strong scent of vole. She swiveled her ears, trying to pinpoint where the vole was. She heard a flurry of scratching that sounded like the vole's claws on stone. Then silence. Dew thought that she should look for it over by the stone pile over to her right, although, she was doubtful that she would find it. The frantic sound of the claws told her that the vole had probably gotten frightened and hid.

Dew crept over to the rocks and looked around. A small black thing on the largest stone caught her attention. She opened her jaws to scent the air the air. The powerful smell of mouse hit the back of her mouth. She leapt high up into the air. Her paws landed directly on top of the mouse. Then Dew swiftly bit the back of its neck. She sighed. Finally, a successful kill. She picked up her catch and walked over to the small cave that Jinx now lived in. She came into the cave with the mouse in her mouth.

"Hello, Jinx! How are you today?" meowed Dew, trying to sound cheerful.

"I'm good. How are you?" Jinx croaked meekly.

"I'm great! I brought a mouse for you to eat," Dew said as she shoved the mouse into Jinx's face.

"I'm not hungry," Jinx muttered.

"Come on, eat. Please?" Dew pleaded desperately.

"Alright," Jinx sighed.

Jinx took a bite of the mouse. Then, realizing how ravenous she was, Jinx scarfed down the rest. Dew quietly purred with amusement as she watched.

Storm trotted into the cave with Cocoa, Chip and Star trailing behind him.

Storm looked at Jinx and purred happily, "You have visitors!"

"Hi, Jinx," Chip said politely.

"Hello," Jinx meowed.

Everyone greeted Jinx in the same way. The Cocoa announced, with a hint of laughter in her voice, "I brought enough prey for every cat here to stuff his or herself silly!"

The cats erupted into cheers. Then, they all ate their fill.

******

Dew slept, cuddled up with all of the cats that she knew. She was grateful for them all. They are her loved ones, her friends. They are her family.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Flaming River #4

Coiled Snake led her search party along the edge of the border. Then, Coiled Snake let out an exited cry. She had spotted three small shapes walking in the direction that the scent trail was going in! Those little figures might be the missing kits!

"Mew!" cried a very startled Hissing Snake.

"There! The kits are over there!" called Coiled Snake to the search party. The cats circled around the confused kits with anger in their eyes.

"You made us all get worried sick!"

"What do you think you were doing?"

Coiled Snake waved her tail in the air to silence the voices of her cats. Then, when they were all quiet, she called, "Lets ask the kits only the impotent questions and give them time to answer." Then she paused to catch her breath. She spoke once more as she walked toward the trembling kittens. "Now, what were you three doing, exactly?" she asked, her amber eyes piercing the kits' eyes.

"W-w-well, we wanted t-to chase a-away the stray cat..." said Singing Jay, her voice shacking.

"What? You kits wanted to chase down the cat that is on our hunting grounds? Are you kits crazy? You could have gotten yourselves killed!" Coiled Snake spat, enraged.

"No cat can scare me!" Summer Storm piped up bravely.

Coiled Snake purred. "Come on then. Let's go home." Coiled Snake admired the kit's strength in the situation but, decided not to say anything.

******

Soon, Coiled Snake, the search party and the kits were quite close to home. Coiled Snake shot into the clearing, calling to her cats to announce their arrival. But, then Coiled Snake stopped in her tracks. A vaguely recognizable scent hit her nose and a strange pelt came into site. The stray cat!

Coiled Snake resumed her dart forward to address the new cat. "What are you doing here?" she asked the gray she-cat with a white splash on her chest.

"I-I was just passing through...I wont do you any harm," the cat meowed, fear in her eyes.

"We wont do you any harm, as long as you leave!" Rock Shadow spat.

"Silence, Rock Shadow! Everyone, give the newcomer some space!" Coiled Snake called to her cats.

"Can I leave now?" the she-cat asked.

"What is your name? Mine is Coiled Snake. I am the leader of HawkPack," Coiled Snake meowed, waving her tail over the many curios faces watching the stray cat, ignoring the cat's question.

"My name? My name is Neptune," Neptune mewed in a soft voice.

"Pleased to meet you, Neptune. I know that this is a little uncalled for but, would you like to join HawkPack?" Coiled Snake asked.

"W-well, of coarse," Neptune meowed, surprise filling her eyes.

"Alright, then. Everyone, introduce yourselves to Neptune," Coiled Snake called.

"Hello. I'm Icy River. These are my kits, Summer Storm, Singing Jay and Hissing Snake. This is my mate, Rock Shadow," Icy River meowed to Neptune, pointing out the cats that she was naming as she went.

"Hi!" Neptune purred.

"My name is Shy Fawn," Shy Fawn called to Neptune.

"Hello, Shy Fawn," Neptune called back.

"My name is Maple Leaf," Maple Leaf meowed, dipping her head to Neptune.

"Hi!" Neptune said.

"I'm named Soft Breeze," Soft Breeze meowed, gazing happily up at Neptune.

"Pleased to meet you," Neptune said.

"I'm Casting Shadow. Hello, Neptune," Casting Shadow called to Neptune from the far side of the clearing.

"Welcome to HawkPack," Coiled Snake meowed.

-KittyLover8

© 2012

The Cove Of Eternal Darkness #1

IceWhisper skidded to the side as a brown dragon breathed fire at her. The dragon king, Kai, wanted more land for his dragons to hunt in. Kai had decided to target cat territory. Now there was a battle occurring. All of the cats dragons lives were at stake.

Then IceWhisper saw Fang cornered by three dragons. She "screamed" at them, allowing her and Fang to tackle down the two biggest dragons. IceWhisper chained down the one dragon that wasn't being fought with her ice breath.

While she was doing this, the dragon that she was holding down jumped to its feet and blew fire at her. Pain griped her pelt. Knocked down by the force, IceWhisper was now unconscious.

FairyFlame, meanwhile was stumbling toward a dragon, Fawnia. She leapt onto Fawnia's scaly green back, claws unsheathed. Fawnia thrashed around beneath her claws, until the dragon finally managed to pin FairyFlame down. Her teeth bared, Fawnia prepared to bite her neck. Then, FairyFlame saw mussy in the dragon's brown eyes. Fawnia loosened her grip and jumped off of FairyFlame and flew away in search of another enemy to fight.

FairyFlame stood there, stunned. She had just seen the other side of Fawnia. FairyFlame had always thought of the dragon tribe as enemies and no more. Now, she realized that they were kind. She picked herself up. She had to fight for her tribe, though. Then, she jumped into the fray.

******

The end of the battle had come to an end. Kai had won.The cat tribe now had lost several acres of land to the dragon tribe.

Fang, enraged, called after the departing dragon tribe, "This isn't the last you've seen of the cat tribe!"

The wounded cats began to lick their scratches clean. Fang shuffled into his den. "It isn't the last they've seen of us," he echoed.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Cove Of Eternal Darkness-Introduction

Fang is the leader of this small group. He has two tail fangs at the tip of his tail.


BlackMagic can make whirlpools leading to other places and carry objects up to twice her size with her mind.

FairyFlame can make a fire burn and she can fly.


IceWhisper can make anything turn to ice at her will and can "scream" at enemies, stunning them.

RockFlight can fling up to 14 pound rocks at his enemy. He can also fly, like FairyFlame.


Fight beside them, hunt with them, live with them.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Flaming River #3

Icy River watched her little trio of fur balls play with each other, mewling all the while. She was saddened that her kits might have to grow up in a world of fear, grow up afraid of straying, even slightly, away from a group of cats while hunting, she had grown up like that, and didn't want to relive those horrors.

Deep in thought, she had not realized that Rock Shadow, her beloved mate, had joined her side. She slightly jumped in surprise.

Once she had settled down after her little jump, Icy River meowed to him, "Hi there, Rock Shadow. I didn't see you there."

"Hi," was his only reaction. He was acting like his mind was busy with thoughts himself.

"What's wrong? You seem depressed about something," said Icy River gently.

Rock Shadow turned around sharply to look her directly in the face. "Nothing's wrong! Keep your nose in your own business!" he spat.

"What is with you? Do you have ear mites in your ears?" Icy River hissed.

Rock Shadow glared at her and then stalked out of the den. Icy River felt enraged and empty. Whenever she and Rock Shadow had little spats like this, she always wondered what had caused his rage. This time around, she knew that her guess of this cause was at lest close to right: that he was upset about the uproar he had caused at the meeting that Coiled Snake had called about the stay cat scent that she found while hunting.

Icy River was shaken out of her thoughts once more when she went to check on her kits. Then she realized something: Summer Storm, Singing Jay and Hissing Snake were all gone! She screeched a warning to the pack, "My kits are gone! My kits are gone!" she shouted to all of HawkPack.

Quickly, Coiled Snake set into action. She herself went on the search party. Icy River had to stay behind because she was a mother. She sighed, sadness enveloping her. Without her kittens, how would she have?

Shy Fawn pressed against Icy River to comfort her. But, Icy River had to many problems weighing down her mind to be comforted. Where had her kits diapered to? What would happen with the stray cat? And what was it exactly that was troubling her mate? She wished for answers that she knew would come in time, or would they?

-KittyLover8
© 2012

The Adventures Of Dew, Storm And Star 6#

Star watched her father and mother, Storm and Dew, murmurer to each other. Star's gaze quickly flickered from Dew and Storm to Jinx. She felt her eyes water as she saw Jinx meekly lift her head. Jinx had always been kind to Star, and she had been a good friend to every one.

Star knew that Jinx was very sick, even though Dew and Storm didn't tell her. She walked off. She had to share her sorrow with someone who would cheer her up, other then her grieving family. And that someone was sweet little Chip!

******

Soon, Star came to where Chip and his mother, Cocoa, lived. She pitied the pair. They lived in a ditch. The only reason that they would not move is because Cocoa wanted to live nearby where the humans lived. Cocoa liked humans. In the meantime, though, the ditch had no sheltered spot that was out of rain or snow. The ditch was very muddy at the moment because it had rained just yesterday.

"Chip! Chip! I want to talk to you!" Star called.

"Star? Is that you?" a voice asked from the distance.

"Y-yes. Is that you, Chip?" meowed Star.

"No," Star saw Cocoa emerge from a bunch of bushes, covered in human scent.

"Oh. It's you." Star couldn't help but sound disappointed.

"Hoping for someone different, eh?" said Cocoa with a hint of laughter in her voice.

"I'm so sorry Cocoa! I didn't mean to be rude! I-I just need to speak with Chip."

"He's hunting," Cocoa meowed.

"Thank you, Cocoa!" Star called.

Star sniffed around until she finally caught Chip's scent. Quickly, she walked in the direction of his scent trail. It was only a little while until she found him. He was burying a vole.

"Hi, Chip!" Star meowed happily.

Startled, Chip whipped around to face her, wide-eyed. "Wha!..Oh! Hi, Star."

Star told him what had happened in the past few weeks, and he was sympathetic. He cheered her up by telling her to look at the bright side of things.* She smiled at him, and the pair curled up together.

-KittyLover8
© 2012

*If you have lost a friend, look on the bright side. There, there will always be a light to greet you.

Fallen Stars 4-Watching The Sun Rise

Sunset walked past bushes and rocks, unsure that she would find her way back to the cave.

She smelled a faint scent. What is that? she thought.

She thought about checking out the aria around her, but hunger wavered her scenes. She decided to look for some food.

A mouse soon came into site. Sunset dropped into a crouch. But, as she was preparing to leap onto the furry gray mouse, she heard a friendly meow from above. Of coarse, the mouse heard it too, and scampered off. Spitting in fury, Sunset whipped around to see who and what had disrupted her catch. A small, fluffy calico cat, a little under a year old, starred down at her from a large wooden fence.

"Hi there!" chirped the little calico.

"Hi...how are you?" said Sunset, forgetting about being mad at the cute kitten.

"Great!" purred the kitten enthusiastically. "How are you, and what are you doing outside your fence? Everyone knows it's dangerous out there."

Sunset paused in thought for a bit, not sure how to word how she ended up here. "Oh. I'm trying to get back to my home, to a cave. I got captured by the humans when I lived as a stray cat with a group of cats. We hunted for ourselves and fought battles beside one another. Although it might not seem to glorious to you, I loved my life...and the cats that helped me through the tough times," Sunset finally meowed.

The kitten looked stunned for a moment, but then meowed, "I understand. It would be like me losing my humans. I would never want that to happen. I love my owners..."

The two she-cats talked for a while and they learned each others names. The tiny calico's name was Blossom.

Soon, Sunset said, "Good-bye, Blossom!"

"Bye!" Blossom called.

Sunset walked away, and as the sun began to rise, Sunset's hopes began to rise to. She was determined to find her way back to the cave. She would be back there again! Back with her friends at her side.

-KittyLover8
© 2012