Prologue - Moon 0 - Leaf-Bare
Hi guys, this is by far the longest writing of the series, idk why i started it with BLOCKS of text but here ya go, eat up kids.
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Crack, huff, huff, huff, snap, rustle.
A streak of white bounds through the gnarled forest. Her paws snap twigs. Her breaths are heavy. She catches the scent of wolves again and twitches her whiskers. She makes a sharp turn to the left, slamming through thorned bushes. She has to run far enough that they won't be able to follow her. She has to.
Huff, huff, huff, rustle.
Her warm breath clouds the frosted air. In her mouth she holds two kits by their scruff. She stops running and starts to pay attention to where she steps, trying not to leave a trail.
A howl sounds out behind her. It echoes off the mountains and into the dark night. Its far. . . far enough.
Her silver eyes glint in the dark. There! That will work! She places the two kits into the hallow of a large aspen tree. It's dark markings staring down at her, in the shape of many eyes. This will have to do. The white cat knows she doesn't have much time, but also knows the kits will freeze without a mother. She rips off some branches of a nearby berry bush and places them in the hallow. That should keep them warm, and fed, at least until I come back.
"Galekit, Charkit, you will have to take care of each other for now," Her voice was raspy, partially from the running, and partially from age.
"Silverchill…?" Galekit looks up at the elder cat.
"Now listen to me close," Silverchill said, still gathering branches.
"You will have to be dead quiet until the howling stops. You will have to keep each other warm. And, you should not leave this spot until I return." Charkit nodded, too young to fully understand what was going on.
"You can eat these," Silverchill nodded at the purple berries.
"And…" Silverchill paused, considering her words.
"If I'm not back in three nights, you will have to learn how to survive on your own."
"No! No I can't!" Galekit's eyes started watering. Charkit whimpered. Silverchill curled up to the kits to comfort them.
"Shhh, I'll be back, you won't have to. Its a just-in-case, you remember talking about just-in-case?" The kits nodded.
"Now remember this just-in-case too…" Silverchill started humming an old tune. She would have to change the words a little, but it would work.
"There is a thunderpath to your north, and a creek to your south, and you can learn a lot from nature, even from a mouse," She sang these words, knowing that kits always remember a song better than anything else.
Silverchill got up from her snuggle spot, her time was up. She knew she had to go back and help the clan, or whatever was left of the clan.
"Goodbye my mouses, I'll see you in a few nights." Silverchill walked off calmly until the edge of the clearing, and looked back one last time. I hope these kits make it. What would have happened if I wasn't watching them in the nursery? She knew there wasn't any time for pondering, or wasn'ts. As soon as she knew the kits couldn't see she started running, and she didn't slow down for anything.
Charkit stared up into the patches night sky in the aspen tree's canopy. Galekit cuddled against her trying not to start crying again. They looked at each other, they were alone, but they were alone together.
Silverchill never returned. In the coming days the kits learned from the mice in the area and started to burrow under the big aspen tree. They treated the project like fort building, and though it was hard work for kits they still played in the snow and collected fun-shaped twigs. Since this was their new home they decided to give themselves a name, Mouseclan.
All cuddled together at the end of a long day Galekit looked over to the quiet Charkit, "We did good Mouseclan." Charkit looked up to him in admiration and nodded.
"Can you tell me another story Galekit?" She whispered.
"Yeah! So one time there was this big bear…." Galekit's voice faded into the wind.
End of moon 0, now onto the events as they happen in clangen >:)) PS: Here is Silverchill's sprite.
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