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Prologue - New Life

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  The air was hot and stagnant this morning. There was no wind to cool the many thick pelts of the clan. Many preferred to remain in the cavern due to the heat, the cool shadows and the sweet stream providing a comfortable place to hang out. Laziness seemed to be more desirable over the dry heat of the outside. Even prey was lying low, small critters and birds choosing to hide in their burrows and nests instead of coming out to face the incessant sun. Who can blame them?

  Silentstar was an ever gracious leader. Deciding that her clan members deserved a break, she ventured out herself to patrol and maybe even catch a crab or two. Pantherstar was at her side as always, stoically taking the lashings of the sun against her dark pelt. Redraven and Smokebreeze trailed behind their leaders.

  “There is something in the air today,” Silentstar muttered to her mate as she turned her gaze towards the sky, squinting against the brightness.

  Pantherstar eyed her mate from where she walked beside her. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Instead she raised her nose higher, tasting the wind. “There is,” she mewed ultimately. “Someone’s around here. Or been here, at least.”

  The grey tabby returned her gaze to Pantherstar, a little surprised. Her feeling of something off had just been a feeling, she didn’t expect there to actually be something wrong. She sniffed the air too and discovered a lingering sweet, citrusy scent.

  “Pretty recently too,” she noted with an edge of worry in her tone. Smokebreeze, who had been walking closely behind them, glanced at them curiously. The deputy was about to ask if something was wrong when a yell rang out from behind them. The three mollies turned around, only to find Redraven gone.

  No further command was needed, the three of them bounded towards where the shrill yell had come from, streaking through the hot sand. What they found was unexpected for the entire patrol.

  Redraven stood atop a small, ginger-furred cat, writhing on the ground beneath her claws.

ART CREDITS: Moonwyll/Moonzeal & Pingusus

CHARACTERS IN ART: Silentstar [NPC] , Pantherstar [NPC] , Redraven [NPC] & Orangepaw

Description

Prologue - New Life

you are here

  The air was hot and stagnant this morning. There was no wind to cool the many thick pelts of the clan. Many preferred to remain in the cavern due to the heat, the cool shadows and the sweet stream providing a comfortable place to hang out. Laziness seemed to be more desirable over the dry heat of the outside. Even prey was lying low, small critters and birds choosing to hide in their burrows and nests instead of coming out to face the incessant sun. Who can blame them?

  Silentstar was an ever gracious leader. Deciding that her clan members deserved a break, she ventured out herself to patrol and maybe even catch a crab or two. Pantherstar was at her side as always, stoically taking the lashings of the sun against her dark pelt. Redraven and Smokebreeze trailed behind their leaders.

  “There is something in the air today,” Silentstar muttered to her mate as she turned her gaze towards the sky, squinting against the brightness.

  Pantherstar eyed her mate from where she walked beside her. She opened her mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Instead she raised her nose higher, tasting the wind. “There is,” she mewed ultimately. “Someone’s around here. Or been here, at least.”

  The grey tabby returned her gaze to Pantherstar, a little surprised. Her feeling of something off had just been a feeling, she didn’t expect there to actually be something wrong. She sniffed the air too and discovered a lingering sweet, citrusy scent.

  “Pretty recently too,” she noted with an edge of worry in her tone. Smokebreeze, who had been walking closely behind them, glanced at them curiously. The deputy was about to ask if something was wrong when a yell rang out from behind them. The three mollies turned around, only to find Redraven gone.

  No further command was needed, the three of them bounded towards where the shrill yell had come from, streaking through the hot sand. What they found was unexpected for the entire patrol.

  Redraven stood atop a small, ginger-furred cat, writhing on the ground beneath her claws.

ART CREDITS: Moonwyll/Moonzeal & Pingusus

CHARACTERS IN ART: Silentstar [NPC] , Pantherstar [NPC] , Redraven [NPC] & Orangepaw