Blood and Secrets: Chapter 2

Blood and Secrets: Chapter 2
Chapter 2:

Pinepaw padded into the Apprentices Den, with her head held high.

She felt her paws prickling with anticipation.

"Um, hello!" Pinepaw mewed shyly.

Flamepaw, Fishpaw, and Spottedpaw where all sitting together.

It was Fishpaw who spoke first.

"Hello, have me met y-"

Spottedpaw had interrupted` Fishpaw.

"Pinepaw? I haven't seen you since the nursery! Remember? We played outside all the time, along with Brakenpaw!"

"Oh yes. . . I remember now. Hello Spottedkit. I. . . mean Spottedpaw.

"Hello, Pinepaw. These are my friends. The one with the brownish pelt is Fishpaw." Spottedpaw mewed.

"And the one with the light orange pelt is Flamepaw."

Pinepaw felt her paws prickle when Spottedpaw introduced Flamepaw.

"Hello! It's nice to meet you." Fishpaw mewed.

"Hi. . ." Flamepaw mewed with a crack in his voice.

"Hi. . . Nice to meet you guys.." Pinepaw mewed.

"Do you know Crowkit?" Pinepaw asked curiously.

"Yes! Crowkit is my and Fishpaw's sister. She is five moons, so she will be named as an apprentence very soon." Spottedpaw mewed.

"Oh, okay. Well, it was nice to meet you guys." Pinefur mewed shyly.

"You aren't leaving yet are you? You just got here!" Fishpaw exclaimed.

"Well, I don't have to leave. This is the den i sleep in anyways. And plus, it's already dark."

"Flamepaw!"

It was Blackpelt who spoke.

"What the mouse dung are you doing? You're supposed to be going on the moonhigh patrol.

"I know. There's no need to get scornful. Just because you're my older brother doesn't mean you get to harass me." Flamepaw spat.

Pinepaw felt a pang of anger towards Blackpelt. The way he treated Flamepaw was unacceptable.

"Hey! Don't talk to him like that! You're not even an apprentence. Why the dung are you even in here? He knows about the patrol. It's not like he's a helpless kit!" Pinepaw hissed.

Blackpelt curled his lip back in a snarl.

"It's okay Pinepaw. He's just foxhearted. I should go on patrol now. I'll see you later. Happy to meet you." Flamepaw mewed.

"Bye. . . Flamepaw."

Pinepaw felt a strange feeling around Flamepaw. She didn't know what that feeling was, and she was kinda frightened by it.

"Well. . . I'm going to go to sleep now."

Pinepaw felt exhausted. She staggered to the tunnel that leads her her part in the den.

She flopped down, closing her eyes.

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"Pinepaw. . . . . "

"Pinepaw. . . . . "

She heard a voice calling her. She opened her eyes to find herself in a forest of overgrown pine trees.

"Pinepaw"

She follows the mysterious, but familiar voice through a path in the pine needles.

"Who's there? What's going on?"

"Pinepaw"

"What?"

. ..

"What in the name of StarClan?"

What stood in front of her was a wounded cat, with blood flowing from its heart.

"Pinepaw... I am you... 4 moons from now... Please, be careful. Don't end up like this. I'm not a cat from StarClan... I'm a cat from the Dark Forest. Don't end up like this! Keep a lock on your heart, Pinepaw. If you don't, you'll be a very sorry Pinefur.

"What? How did this happen to me?"

"I can't tell you, Pinepaw. All I can say is, keep your love contained. Don't let it show! PLEASE!"

Now Pinepaw's future self was starting to disappear, her fragile and bloody body fading in mid-air, the blood like red mist.

"Please, Pinepaw! Err.. I mean Pinefur! Please, come back! Tell me how I become like this!"

Pinepaw was terrified. How did she end up here? She had heard about receiving messages from StarClan, but not the Dark Forest! Is this a dream? Or is she stuck inside of her own head?

Her heart started beating faster.

"How the StarClan do I get out of here?"

She pelted the way she had came, running through the blood of her own body.