Tiny heart beating rapidly, a small kitten stepped into a large clearing, shadowed by the yawning forest. Darkness lay like a thick blanket over everything, so that nothing could be seen. The newleaf air was stagnent, with no breeze to ruffle the leaves or cause the ferns to sway. The forest was completely silent.
"Momma?" She asked, her voice echoing in an omnious fashion. She felt so alone, yet she felt as if she was being watched ...or even worse, stalked. It was against StarClan's code for a kit to leave camp, so what was she doing here? This was a place that she had never seen before. I gotta get back to camp ..I'll be okay. She told herself, turning around, but only found herself facing the unforgiving night. Once she entered it, she felt as if she would be swallowed, never to reappear on the other side, wandering forever in the night.
The many-colored kitten turned around frantically, starting to panic. It seeped into her mind, numbing it with a cold sense of abandonment, causing the fur on the back of her neck to bristle slightly. Suddenly, an image appeared. A she-cat very dear to her stood in the distance, daylight behind her. Young legs carried a small body across the clearing as fast as they could, but it seemed for every step she took, the cat moved back that amount, it was useless. Then, without warning, she was engulfed by the bleak ebony despair that surrounded them.
"Momma!" She cried, and awoke with a start. Twitchkit stood and shook herself, trying to be rid of her terrible dream, but the image of her mother being devoured kept popping into her mind. This made her almost sure Spottedfur would never return. Wearily, the tiny kitten sat down and began to sob, alone and scared in the darkness.
Suddenly, she began to shake uncontrollably, and she knew it was happening again, only this time, no one was with her. She felt her mouth dry up and she began to get so cold. Cold, cold, cold, but she could feel the sweat dripping down her body. Her mind became blank, and for a split moment she felt nothing at all. She couldn't see, hear, breathe, feel, think, and felt a blank peace. And then the pain came rushing in, every inch of her body absolutely searing with hot stabs of pain. She did not know how long she was lying there, but she was only aware of how painfully alone she was. And in the night there was no other noise except for her labored breathing, and her heartbeat frantically pacing the name of the only thing she felt. Fear.
A/N: It's short, I know, but I'll update again tomorrow night.
R&R please!