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“Don’t be afraid, Berry!” A loud familiar voice came from the side of him, having his ‘I am alone’ thoughts disappear. BerryPaw looked over, his confused face slowly turned into a smile as he saw a friend’s face. “MULCH!!”

He happily shouted at the orange and brown spotted she-kitty. Sure she spooked him, but cats always randomly appear. Berry was pretty much used to this. Didn’t matter anyway, he enjoyed her around.. A little too much. “How have you been, BerryPaw? Okay from the fire-“ Mulch’s check-in was rudely interrupted by another shout from.. Someone? “AHH!! MY NEW FRIEND!!” The shout echoed, but no one else was seen. BerryPaw’s eyes immediately went off of Mulch and looked for whoever spoke. Mulch grunted. “He ain’t your friend, kit. And why are you even here anyway?” Mulch narrowed her eyes as she spoke with her ears in ‘airplane mode’. Her voice filled with annoyance. “Why am I here?” The mysterious speaker repeated before laughing hard, making the echoes louder. A star appeared infront of them, flickering. It soon shifted into a black she-kitty. She was near the size of a warrior and also looked like someone familiar, someone he’s seen before.. But he couldn’t put his paw on it. Definitely had maybe a different fur color but she looks so familiar!

This mysterious cat suddenly looked absolutely pissed. “WHY AM I HERE?” She repeated again but louder and angrier. “YOU AREN’T SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, MULCH. HE IS.” Mysterious cat raised her paw towards BerryPaw as if she was pointing at him.

Mulch took a deep breath before she spoke “Kit, we’re just here to talk.” Trying to seem as calm as she could be. “OOHH!! SO YOU USED MY PLACE TO TALK? MY TIME TO TALK TO HIM.” The mysterious cat rolled her eyes. Though possibly ignoring all of the clues that it wasn’t smart to approach the angry cat, Mulch walked towards her. The hissing and yelling that came from this cat wasn’t enough for our “smart” gal here. BerryPaw only watched, feeling a shiver run down his spine. This didn’t feel as if it could go well. “Mulch…?” BerryPaw whispered out her name, hoping that she would hear him. She didn’t and even if she did she wouldn’t stop walking towards the cat.

Once close, Mulch smiled. “Hollow-“ then she gasped. The cat raised her paw, her claws unsheathed as she slashed Mulch’s face. Mulch yowled and took a few steps back, her paw holding where the scar was. It took a moment before she started to scream “IT BURNS” which is what she could only say as one side of her face began sliding off her skull like a burning candle. She dropped her paw, it was steaming. Slowly her leg melted into thick liquid too. Up and up till her torso was next to fall apart. Her fur moved like debris in a mudslide, mixed with the flesh and dropping down to the grass. Soon, her screams turned into gargles. What an unrecognizable mess she was.

Mulch collapsed in the crimson puddle. She tried reaching for the black cat, who watched with thrill in her eyes. The cat lowered her head to get the same level as Mulch, whispering, “Nighty night, Mulch.” Chuckling as she lifted her head up once Mulch went silent and her body no longer shook. “Well, with Mulch gone.. Now we can talk!-“ BerryPaw was gone. He had ran into the mirror and out of the world, returning to the night. Running faster than he ever thought he could. The black cat ran after him. She wasn’t the fastest, I guess you wouldn’t expect a boulder to move fast. BerryPaw didn’t look back, not to check if she was actually chasing him or if she didn’t chase him at all.

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BerryPaw’s pain and exhaustion slowly slipped away once he tilted his head. He didn’t even realize the pain was gone! He was too busy looking at this strange thing with confusion and a bit of curiosity! Suddenly, he felt the urge to walk closer and go through… Whatever this is! He walked towards it, his paw lifted once he was close enough. He wasn’t thinking of possible consequences of this. His body seemed to be pushing him, slowly putting his paw into the strange world. BerryPaw’s eyes widened. He couldn’t stop his body from there, even if his mind was finally screaming at him to stop. He kept slowly going in. His whole leg, slowly to his face. He felt as if he was in danger, but his body refused to listen to the mind. Finally, he stepped and walked into the mysterious new world.

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Chapter I: Mirror, Mirror

The rain is over, the fire is out. It was dead silent. Almost half of the forest gone, animals either died or ran away from the disaster other than the surviving cats that lived there. Most of the cats were dead or horribly injured, causing the large numbers in the clan to drop. Everyone was deeply exhausted with all that running and yelling they did. They couldn’t leave their home, the forest. It would mean that the leader, MistStar had fought for nothing to them. So, the deputy, LightLeopard tried to find where their camp could possibly be.

He tried all his best as he limped due to falling and injuring himself trying to run from the hungry flames. Refusing help from the healer, MossSpeckle. Though, they begged to do more than just look at it, LightLeopard either simply said “no” or nothing at all. He tried all his best as he limped due to falling and injuring himself trying to run from the hungry flames. Refusing help from the healer, MossSpeckle. Though, they begged to do more than just look at it, LightLeopard either simply said “no” or nothing at all. As the cats kept moving, one cat kept walking behind. Obviously, it being BerryPaw. He could only walk so far, since his head was pounding. Everything was loud, blurring out. His eyes were glued to the ground. MossSpeckle could only do so much with moss and cobwebs for him.

BerryPaw winced as he continuously tripped over his paws. Soon, he just stopped walking. Leaning on the oak stump beside him. He couldn’t walk any further. His head was too heavy for his body and yet still no one had noticed him. Not his siblings that were by him, not HollowBelly that seemingly forced herself to walk with him. They all were far ahead of him now. His thoughts were too loud and his exhaustion was too heavy for him to call out. His eyes slowly shutting, his thoughts quieting down once a new voice came. It was unclear of what it could’ve said, but it startled the apprentice into looking up. Once he did, his clanmates had disappeared. No voices, not even paw prints. There was no trace of them. Around went from large broken trees to just skinnier trees. Gave alot of space than before. The ground was strangely dry, how could it be? Where was the oak he leaned on? Where were his clanmates? Did he fall asleep? How long has it been?

Yet, his mind couldn’t stay just on the trees and how long he slept. There was also something infront of him. Nothing anyone could ignore.

Beauty’s Painful Picture.

The flames still danced through the night. Rain falling hard, the thunder and lightning scaring the poor kits who’ve lost their mothers. Warriors who were burned severely were prayed for and put to rest as the clan rested in the water. The rocks were uncomfortable, but anything to save their lives. When everyone was prepared, they all stood up and moved further from the fire.

A vitiligo she-kitty was the last to move. Her eyes widened, yet she didn’t look afraid. But, her body said different. The fur on her body was up, her claws unsheathed, and small smile was on her face. “HollowBelly!” A lilac dark golden warrior called for her. She didn’t turn, not even a bit from the sight. “Sorry, LichenTangle.” She finally spoke. “It’s just.. Beauty can be so painful, yet so.. amazing!” LichenTangle slowly backed away, not wanting to disturb her peace much longer and muttered under his breath, “before she starts going insane…”

HollowBelly stayed where she was for a moment, before walking off with the rest. Looking surprisingly better than anyone else with fear. She walked with the three apprentices left alive. Her eyes slowly dropping down to look at one of the injured apprentices. He was bleeding, but not too much. Good the healers brought all what they could HollowBelly thought to herself. He’ll be fun to toy with when it’s my turn to— her thoughts were interrupted. “What are you looking like that for?” The apprentice asked, slowly down his walk. “Oh, nothing, BerryPaw!!” She responded, slowing down too.

Feels suspicious..

Ignore it. Let it go ||