Maze of The Corrupted

Chapter One (Holly)
"Glade?" Called a she-cat. Gladerunner, a ginger she-cat, looked toward her mom. "My name is not Glade. Stop calling me that," Gladerunner hissed, annoyed at her nickname.

"Don't call me Glade, I'm to good for that." Her brother Mazehunter tried to imitate her in a squeaky voice. "Glade, Maze, come with me," her mother meowed, ignoring her complaint. "Stop," Gladerunner hissed under her breath. She hated the nickname Glade! What a dumb name!

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Gladerunner, full grown now, ran through a moor-like place. The wind felt good on her pelt. Suddenly, she heard shrieks and agonized calls. She turned, seeing a maze. "What?" She couldn't help saying. She tried to take a step, but her paws were frozen in fear.

More shrieks rose. She ran away, turning her back. She didn't want to hear these calls. "I'm sorry, other cats," she whispered, "I will save you one day." She settled in her den, and sleep pulled her away.

She had terrorized dreams of the shrieking, and agonized calling. "Help us," cats were whispering. "You are one of us. Don't you love us anymore?" She woke up. She realized it was the middle of the night. She heard a huge wail, and shuddered as it was cut off. "No..." Gladerunner whispered.

"That will be called the Maze, after my brother, and around it, will be called the Glade, after me." She rose to her paws. She had to go in! Otherwise, she would be betraying her own kind! She didn't want that. "No." Another part of her held her back. Her paws were frozen again, her paws making it almost impossible to move.

"I will be like them. They're probably dead now. There's nothing I can do," she whispered to herself. She curled up in her nest again, and slept. The morning came, almost in a heartbeat.

The shrieks were not heard. Gladerunner relaxed and stretched. But then, she heard the most horrifying thing ever. A raspy voice could be heard. It sounded like it had not been used in years. "You are next. Be one of us, the Corrupted. Or save your pitiful friends. Try. You can't." Then it faded, and she was left, stunned.

"Am I hearing things?"

She went out to investigate, making sure nothing was making the voice just to scare her. A huge shiver went down her spine when there was nothing. It came from the Maze. Mazerunner gasped in horror, and ran off, somewhere far. Or just back to her den?