chapter 2!!
the cats walked up from the grass to face the warriors. “Who are you?!” greyvine snarled, shadowstrike scrunched his nose up in disgust “so, you lived huh?” he hissed at echo “yes I did father, why are you here?” she lifted her head in defiance. She bared her fangs in a snarl lashing her tail viscously. “What, is this your new home? Or are you living with twolegs?” he snickered pawing closer “I chose my path father! I clawed my way up to survive for moons!!” she yowled with pure rage, hawk stared in amazement, echo had a temper but this…this was a whole new level of anger. “Let me at him, I’ll make him wish he never lived!!” ice growled digging his claws in the earth “no” echo mewed coldly lifting her chin and glared at shadowstrike her eyes blazing like a forest fire. “Ice, hawk. Take these cats back to our cave, make sure they get enough food, and make the elder, queen and her kits a soft enough nest” echo meowed not taking her eyes off her father, with eyes of stone. “But…” ice started then trailed off looking at the trembling and hungry cats “now ice!!!” echo snarled whipping her head at him. the tom nodded and looked at the cats, their eyes full of worry but they all nodded and followed hawk and ice to the cave. Echo watched them and then when they were gone into the distance, she snarled glaring at shadowstrike who just grinned, “let’s see what you got echo” shadowstrike laughed getting into an attack position, echo snarled lashing her tail and bared her fangs, and her eyes became slits, she leaped at him with a battle cry, taken by surprise shadowstrike leaped back splattering snow from behind him, he then leaped at her, claws unsheathed, and they battled young and old, grey and black, amber eyes blazing with the hunger of battle. Echo gave a grin seeing shadowstrike getting worn out. “Had enough you old bone bag?!” she spat proudly with a sneer on her face “never!!!” He yowled leaping at her and clawed her back, she yowled with pain then she snarled and then she bared her teeth and he yowled with pain as her fangs met his shoulder and claws raked his stomach, she kicked him off her with her hind paws. Shadowstrike leaped off her blood dripped from his wounds that echo had inflicted, and the blood dripped onto the snow turning it a scarlet red. “I am not a monster, so I will give you once chance, you may join my tribe, and live healthy, or be our enemy and be killed on sight when seen. I am sure you will make the right choice” she mewed blood was dripping from her sides, and her back slightly, her ear had been torn as well, she turned around and walked towards the cave, she cast a glance at shadowstrike who looked weak, and starving. She sighed. Has she made the right choice? Even though he was her blood he had put her through a lot of pain when she was in the clan.