Chapter 2-
Swiftdapple purred softly as the night wind rushed through her fur. Her feathery and mossy bedding was soft beneath her pelt.She could hear Lionstride snoring in the hollow tree. It wasn't hollow at the roof though. The night sky shone with stars, and the full moon was bright. The leaf-fall tree leaves flapped gently in the leaf-fall breezes. She slowly sunk into sleep as her exhausted body relaxed.
Swiftdapple woke up to prods at her ribs. She groaned. "Stop it, you lump of fur." Swiftdapple squirmed, jumping up. "Well, we're going on an adventure!" Lionstride purred. Swiftdapple groaned, her emerald-green eyes flashing in annoyance. "Okay. Where are we going?"
"We're going to prank kittypets."
"What?! Twolegplace is dangerous!" Swiftdapple was wide awake now. Lionstride nodded. "Exactly. We're going to use some of those battle moves." He bounced off the tree happily. Swiftdapple sighed, shaking her head. "Let's eat first then." She was starving. "I'll hunt. You get some soaked moss." Swiftdapple meowed. There was a stream near their tree, maybe twenty fox lengths away. Lionstride was already off to get moss. Swiftdapple decided to get big prey, so they wouldn't be hungry during their adventure. She was not looking forward to stealing kittypet food.
Swiftdapple crouched, her fur brushing the ferns, the very lightest touch of morning frost. The rabbit nibbled on marigold happily, unaware of the approaching cat. Marigold! That's a big waste of herbs. That made even more reason to hunt rabbits. She leaped, stretching her claws out. The rabbit squealed, alarming Swiftdapple. Swiftdapple reared up, and the rabbit dashed away. She gave chase, racing through the forest, the wind ripping at her pelt. she loved these days, full of wind. The colors of leaf-fall danced as Swiftdapple ran. She was one of the fastest cats. Orange, red and yellow leaves drifted across her every few minutes. The rabbit's brown tail bobbed up and down. Swiftdapple narrowed her eyes, bunching her muscles up to spring at it. She yowled, flying at the rabbit and sinking her claws in. Swiftdapple stood up triumphantly, laying a few leaves over the rabbit.
Swiftdapple caught a goose and a finch after the rabbit. She carried them home, to find Lionstride waiting with the soaked moss. "I thought you'd never come." He meowed drily. "I almost starved to death." Lionstride looked over the prey. Swiftdapple cuffed Lionstride over the ears. "Hmph." Swiftdapple rolled her eyes. Lionstride was already ripping apart the rabbit, gulping it down hungrily. Swiftdapple ate the finch in quick bites, kicking dust over the remains. "Let's go now." she meowed as she swallowed the last morsel of the goose Lionstride had started. He nodded, bouncing off after he sucked in some more water from the soaked moss. "To twolegplace!" Lionstride yowled.
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