Poppymoon and Snowfire

Poppymoon sticks his head into the warriors den. He sees his sister,Snowfire,cleaning herself.

"Hey Snowfire! You want to go hunting?"

Snowfire looks up.

"Sure Poppymoon! I'll be right there!"

Snowfire gets up and follows Poppymoon out of the camp and into the forest. Snowfire sniffs the air and smells a mouse. She goes into the hunting postition and slowly moves forward. She pounces and kills the mouse quickly. She walks back to where Poppymoon was. She saw him coming out of the bushes with a vole in his mouth. She put her mouse down.

"Good catch Poppymoon!"

Poppymoon nodds.

"You too."

Poppymoon then pads back into the bushes. He scents the air and smells thrush and............other cats. Poppymoon quietly hissed. But before he could run back to Snowfire, 7 cats come out of the undergrowth.They see poppymoon and smile. Poppymoon yowled as they leaped at him. He could faintly hear Snowfire rushing through the forest. He desperatly tried to yowl to Snowfire. To tell her to stop.But nothing came out. The 7 cats looked up when they heard Snowfire. They dropped Poppymoon and went into the undergrowth. Poppymoon was slowly dying. Then he saw Snowfire rush to his side. She started to speak quickly. But he couldn't hear a thing. All he could hear was the light breathing of the seven cats. Poppymoon tried to whisper to her. But couldn't.He tried harder.

"Snowfire. Run. Leave. They're here. Please. Leave. Or. You. Will. Die. Too. Please leave!"

Poppymoon tried to yowl out the last sentence.Snowfire started to back away. But a cat leaped out at her. The cat quickly slit beside her throat. Trying to make it a slow death. Snowfire gasped and fell to the ground as other cats rushed out and cut her body. They dragged Snowfire over to where Poppymoon was slowly dying. Then they left. Snowfire and Poppymoon looked at each other. They knew what the other was thinking without words. They slowly left this world.

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Nightfall

Spiritsky was leading a patrol. He sniffed the air.He smelled unknown cats. But it was stale. Then another scent hit his nose. Blood. Spiritsky followed the scent. He gasped when he saw Snowfire and Poppymoon brutally killed. He told the other warriors to help him carry Snowfire and Poppymoon back to camp.

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Later

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the River Rock for a clan meeting!"

Most cats were already outside. Scared and upset.

"We have just found out that Snowfire and Poppymoon were killed! It is not known by who! But we will find out! But from now on I want no cats to leave the group to go hunting or to look at something on a patrol!  All cats will hunt in pairs! Not leaving the other cat!

We shall mourn for Snowfire and Poppymoon! They were brave warriors! And will be greatly missed! That is all!"

Dreamstar leaped down from the River Rock and went to lie beside Poppymoon and Snowfire.