Post by Barrenpaw on Jul 14, 2014 19:03:25 GMT -5
Barrenkit grinned as he edged closer. He'd escaped the camp, yet again. He squatted down into a hunter's crouch, his tail sticking up in the air like a pole behind him. He screwed up his face, giving his prey the stink-eye.
There was an owl that had landed to tear up a mouse with it's powerful beak. It was huge, mighty. Bigger than anything most warriors catch. He was going to make his Dad proud.
He crept forward, slowly. He lifted a fluffy mitt and precariously placed it down. On a twig. Snap! Barrenkit took off after the owl as it took flight. But it was too far gone. He kept chase, down the mountain, leaving the safe cover of the trees for the rocky bareness of the crumbling mountain side
The owl was descending above him. It was so close. He would jump up and grab it, pull it down. He was breathless, but kept going, giddy with adrenaline. Then... too late. The owl's claws spread wide, its talons wrapping easily around his torso. And then his fluffy paws left the safety of the ground. He started to squirm, but when he looked down, he froze. The beating wings had taken him to a dizzy height.
He could see so much from here! The hazy, thick ashen air around a blackened mountain was obviously the home of AshClan. He was heading for the elegant waterfalls of LunarClan, grazing past the tunnelling water. He opened his tiny white maw to scream for help, but stopped. No one would hear him over this torrent
He was now thoroughly soaked in mist. He watched the rainbows dance from his pelt. He couldn't wait to tell his Dad about this!
And then they began to descend. Quickly. The owl held on tighter, digging its talons into his ribs. Straight towards the dark crack in the ground.
Eeeep!
He saw the large round bowl sticks. Filled with tiny chicks with beady eyes and snapping beaks. Each one of them twice his size. The owl slowed his descent, and he knew it was his only opportunity.
" Let GO! "
He bit down hard on one of the owl's toes, tasting something warm and sticky and horrid in his mouth. With a loud SQUAWK he was released. And he was flying. No.
Free falling.
He opened his white-now-red maw and squealed. He was falling straight towards the gaping butt-crack of the earth. Into the endless pits of CreviceClan.
Thump. He landed painfully on a ledge within the crevice. His air rushed from his lungs. He lay there until the edge of his little ledge started to crumble. He scrambled backwards.
A single ray of sunlight landed on him, so bright it made him squint. The little droplets at the end of his hair twinkled like diamonds in the light. It took all of his effort to sit up. Every move he made echoed around the abyss
" Hello? "
