Moon 14, part 3
Tw: Animal injury. Iâm also trying to write a disability I donât think I have.
Lightclan sent a border patrol to the wooded areas where Zinniaclan stayed. Not for anything harsh, just to see what they were doing. Zinniaclan was strangely quiet for a clan as large as they were, so Vortexcurl went alone. It shouldnât be too bad just to check, right?
He did see a Zinniaclan cat after a short walk. She had a pitch-black pelt, piercing yellow eyes, and a bird right by her side that he thought was easy prey. Vortexcurl lowered his body into a hunting crouch, and-
âWAIT!â
The cat arched her back, and Vortexcurl stood up. Was she⌠protecting the prey? After a moment, the cat calmed down, though she still looked a little tense.
âSkipâs my friend. He helps with my feelings.â
ââŚWhat? I think I need a bit of⌠explanation. Who⌠are you?â
The cat awkwardly shuffled her paws and twitched one of her ears. âIâm⌠Iâm Cricketstar. I still have all of my lives, and Iâm just⌠listening to the sounds of the trees. Leading⌠stresses me out. Thereâs always so much going on at once. Thereâs been a strange creaking noise in the branches recently. I hope itâs not a badger.â She twitched her ear again as she finished speaking.
Vortexcurl sat and listened. There was a creak, but also the sound of cats running⌠and then⌠a snap. No, a crack. Lots of cracks.
SMASH!
Vortexcurl almost thought it was a trap as he felt the branches fall on top of him, but as he saw Cricketstar look at him with pain in her eyes, he knew it⌠probably wasnât.
Vortexcurl tried to move from underneath the branches, but he found out something terrible.
He canât feel his back legs.
Vortexcurlâs back was broken on patrol.
(Vortexcurl: A medium-furred white and striped orange tom (PC: Body Biter))
(Cricketstar: A short-furred black she-cat with a pet magpie (PC: Prismatic Mind))
Cricketstarâs officially autistic.













