Chapter 33: A Cat Named Jadepaw
Scarletpaw purred at the praise from her leader. Wolfstar had been so hard to please lately, and it made Scarletpaw feel good for the rare praise from him. "Nice job, Scarletpaw," Wolfstar said roughly, "DeathClan could always use new recruits."
"Thank you, Wolfstar," Scarletpaw replied. But it's not like the cat was the color of the forest. A blind cat could've seen him a mile away! How will such a white cat be any use in a forest jade green like DeathClan's? Scarletpaw couldn't help thinking. Slowly she made her way towards a clump of gossiping she-cats. She eased her way close enough to hear them, but far enough away so they wouldn't notice her. "That cat is so mysterious," one she-cat said.
"I know right!" another said, "but in the same way he's kinda cute!" Her words were shortly followed by a giggle.
"But Lilyspot," another gasped, "you have a mate already!"
Lillyspot rolled her eyes. "Of course I know that! I saw you mooning over a CreekClanner the other day!" Eventually Scarletpaw lost interest. She walked towards the fresh-kill pile and aimed for a small vole; she figured she'd earned it since she found the white cat and hunted 2 birds. Just as she was almost to the vole, she was knocked over with a loud thump. "Hey Scrawnypaw," a voice snarled, "think you're big enough to eat a vole twice as big as you?"
Scarletpaw gazed up at Lightpaw. "You're just jealous I caught two plump birds and found a new DeathClanner and all you did was train!" Scarletpaw retorted. Lightpaw's face paled for less then a moment before he scowled down at Scarletpaw. "Shut your face!" he growled at her.
"Mom said that any mean cat is just jealous!" Scarletpaw growled.
"Hey Scrawnypaw! I thought that bird carried you away! It must have ran into a tree carrying you off!" Woodpaw laughed.
Scarletpaw sulked. I can't beat both Woodpaw and Lightpaw in a fight. Scarletpaw sighed and walked away. "I'm going for a walk," she muttered.
Scarletpaw found herself wandering for a long time before she noticed she was in a new section of territory she'd never seen before. Before the sence of fear came over her, curiosity got the best of Scarletpaw and she wandered farther and farther from the camp. Soon she heard a light sssssh hhhh shhhhh.... coming from behind her. Scarletpaw retraced her steps and followed the sound into a small clearing. A small cat about the size of Scarletpaw was in the center of the clearing, her head on her paws resting. Slowly the cat opened one eye. "Hello," Scarletpaw said slowly and kindly. The cat sprang to her paws. "Get away from my treasure!" she hissed.
"Your what?" Scarletpaw asked curiously, not the least bit frightened. "I just saw you here... I want to be your friend, is all!"
"Oh," the cat said. She slowly rose to her paws and stretched. "In that case, my name is Jadepaw."
End of Chapter 22
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