What Happened With Bell, Lucky and Their Kits, Chapter One

“Oh, what lovely kittens!” Bell said. “What should we call them, Lucky?”

“I think we should call the pink- oh they’re all pink! I think we should call that one-“Lucky pointed to the kitten in the middle-“Cookie and that one”- he pointed to the one on the outside-“Sunny,” Lucky mewed. “What do you think we should call the other three?”

“I think we should call the one in the middle Star and the one on the outside Smokey. The kitten on the inside seems as mischievous as a lion so we should call him Lion!” Bell said.

“Those are wonderful names, Bell!” Lucky purred. Bell felt a purr rise in her throat. One of the kittens scurried away with its eyes still closed. She wrapped her tail around it and pulled it back.

“Oh what beautiful kittens,” a voice said.

Another cat was in their barn!

“Who’s there?” Bell mewed, scared as a mouse when it’s being stalked.

“Oh don’t be afraid, I won’t hurt your kits. I’m a traveler and I come in peace,” It said. “I am Pearl. What are your names?” Pearl said.

“Go away! I know how to fight!” Lucky growled.

“Relax. I am a friend, your names please?” Pearl mewed again.

“Why do you need to know?” Lucky asked.

“It would make me feel safer than I am right now.” There was a long pause and Pearl said”, if you’re not going to tell me your names then I might as well be going.”

“We are Bell and Lucky and our kits are Lion, Smokey, Cookie, Sunny, and Star,” Bell said.

Lucky gave her a questioning look.  Bell gave Lucky a look that said ‘I know what I’m doing.’ Lucky gave a nod.

“You are welcome to hunt in our barn if you like. It looks like snow’s coming tonight,” Bell mewed.

“That’s very kind of you, but I’m sure it’s not snowing right now and I don’t want to bother your kits and you.”

As Pearl said that, she looked out the window and saw that the ground was already piled with snow.

“Of course I could sleep here for the night I suppose. And hunt,” she said. “So, Lion, Star, Smokey, Sunny, and Cookie, is it?” Pearl meowed.

She took three steps towards the kits and Lucky let out a growl. Pearl let out mrroww of laughter when Bell smacked him with her tail.

“I can see you are very fond of each other,” Pearl said.

“Why do you think we had kits?” Lucky meowed.

“Do you mind if my friend comes here too? He’s with The ones that walk on two right now,” Pearl asked.

“The ones that walk on two? What are they?” Lucky asked.

“I think she means no-furs, Bell,” Lucky mewed. “And yes we do mi-“Lucky was cut off.

“Of course we don’t mind!” Bell said.

One of the kits mewled out loud and scurried towards Pearl. Bell picked it up and started to wash it.

“If you and your friend try to take our kits anywhere….” He trailed off.

“Lucky! What makes you think she would do that?” Bell asked.

But she was beginning to wonder herself whether they and their kits were safe any longer. “What if Lucky is right? What if our kits aren’t safe anymore?” She thought. Pearl tore through her thoughts,

“By the way my friend’s name is-“I’m Taz,” he said from the shadows. Bell held back a scream. Taz’s muzzle was scarred and he had bruises all over his body. Even on his belly!

“Wow! That’s a relief. Most cats scream when they see me. I’m glad you two are different,” Taz meowed.

“What happened to you? Did you attack a horde of no-furs!?” Bell exclaimed.

“What are no-furs?” Taz asked confused.

“What happened to you?” Bell repeated ignoring Taz’s question. “You don’t want to know. Trust me,” Taz said wide-eyed.

“Oh, who are these lovely kits?” Taz stepped forward and Lucky stood in front of Bell and growled. Taz took a couple steps back.

It had been one sky and a half since Pearl and Taz moved into the barn. Bell and Lucky had grown used to them in the barn and asked them to stay, but they said they had to be off. They didn’t tell them why though. “I wonder why they had to go?” Lucky mewed.

Unexpectedly Pearl appeared out of nowhere.

“Oh my gosh! Lucky! Bell! You have to help me and Taz!” Pearl exclaimed wide-eyed. Bell let out a howling scream.

“What happened to you?” Bell yelled.

Pearl was like fur on bones. Her fur was torn, some of her tail was missing, and could easily be mistaken for Taz. She sat down and began to say something.

“It’s time to tell you what happened to Taz. But not yet. First you have to help us.”

Pearl didn’t wait for them to follow. She ran off leaving Bell to look after the kits while Lucky went off to help Taz and Pearl.

“Are you sure you’ll be alright?” Lucky asked.

“I’ll be fine. I promise,” Bell mewed.

Lucky went with Pearl and found Taz on the ground not moving, not even breathing. Lucky could see he few more scars to add to his collection, he wondered what had happened to them. Pearl and Lucky started to lick him and in a few seconds they saw his chest rising and falling.

“Come on, let’s get him back to the barn,” Lucky said. They picked him up and carried him to the barn.

However, when they got there Bell was nowhere to be seen. The kits had their eyes open by now and were mewling for their mother.

“Star, what happened to- Star? Star where are you?” Lucky asked worried.

“I-I’m here. It w-was sc-scary,” Star said with real fear.

“These things with no fur came and took her away from us,” she said.

“No-furs! No-furs did this! Bell!” Lucky screamed out her name and stalked around where her scent was, as he lashed out his tail angrily.

“I’ll flay and mince the no-furs! I’ll do it over and over again to each and every one of them! I’ll be merciless!” Lucky howled.

The kits and Pearl and even Taz seemed to be shocked by his anger. “Come on we’re hunting no-furs tonight,” Lucky said.

“I don’t know, I mean the no-furs that were here didn’t seem hostile, they actually said kind things to her and pet her. They didn’t hit or kick her like some no-furs do,” Smokey mewed.

“That doesn’t mean she didn’t bite and kick them though,” Sunny said.

“Yes. I think they were her old no-furs,” Lion meowed. “I don’t care. I want to see the no-furs dead right now!!” Lucky meowed.

“Bell would hate you,” Pearl retorted. “By the way, I said I would tell you the thing that happened to Taz,” Pearl mewed.

“Not until we have found Bell,” Lucky said.

“We agree. If we have nightmares tonight Bell won’t be here to comfort us like she usually does,” Cookie mewled.

“We’ll help you find Bell, Lucky,” Taz said.

“We will? I mean we will,” Pearl mewed.

“Where should we look first?” Taz asked.

“How about the stoneyard? There are lots of The ones that walk- I mean, no-furs over there.

Or the dirthouse?” Pearl suggested.

“I think we should check where her no-furs used to keep her as a pet. By the blackgrounds,” Lucky meowed.

“Bell! Bell, are you there?” Pearl whispered. As they got closer they heard purring. It sounded like Bell! “What? Huh, it’s just a stray cat being pet by a no-fur!” Lucky thought. Suddenly he heard a hiss and a yowl from a no-fur, it might be Bell!

There it was again. A hiss! “Bell! Bell! Where are you Bell?” The scarred tabby, Taz, asked.

“Huh? Who’s there? What are you goi- Lucky! Pearl! Taz!” Bell said as looked out the window of a no-fur barn.

“How do we get you out of there, Bell?” Pearl asked.

“Ummm…. Let me think. Ohh! There’s a door at the bottom of the barn. If you can get the no-fur to open it up then I might be able to escape!” Bell mewed excitedly.

“How do we do that? Start meowing?” Lucky joked.

“Yes that’s s good distraction for the no-furs!” Bell exclaimed.

They all started to meow. When nothing happened they started again; louder this time. Still nothing happened so they all took deep breaths and screamed the loudest they could scream. That should get the no-furs up and- hey! They aren’t doing anything! Urrggh! Lucky thought.

“Hey I have an idea. What if we pound on the door with our bodies?” Taz wondered out loud.

“Yes that would get their attention! On three! One… Two… Three… Now!” They all slammed into the door at the same time. They all groaned. “Nothing!” Lucky thought.

“Wait! Look it! The window- it’s open!” Taz meowed.

“So?” Pearl asked.

“So we could get something under the window for her to jump on!” Taz said.

“Or she could just jump out of the window,” Lucky retorted making Taz embarrassed.

What Happened With Bell, Lucky and Their Kits, Chapter Two

When they were getting back to the barn Taz let out a choked scream. A no-fur was picking him up! Pearl, Lucky, Bell, and even the kits started to scratch and bite the no-fur. The no-fur kicked one of kits away and that was the last straw for Bell.

“If you knew anything about mother ship you would know better than to hurt my kits!!” she howled angrily.

She jumped up on the no-furs face and started for its eyes; it pushed her off and ran away covering its face.

Blood from the no-fur had stained the ground from where it was standing.

“That will teach you not to mess with my kits!”

She gasped.

“Are you alright Smokey? Did the no-fur hurt you?” Bell asked concerned. While Smokey answered her Pearl and Lucky went to Taz.

“Are you alright Taz?” Pearl said.

“Yeah. I think so. That no-fur was crazy! Well, they’re all crazy, but that one was….” He trailed off. “So, what happened to you and Pearl? Did the no-furs attack you?” Before Taz had time to answer, Bell said something,

“Thank the Sky Spirits you’re okay! What did you do to your selves?” Bell said.

“They can tell us when we get back to our barn. Wait, where is our barn?” Bell hadn’t noticed, but they were in the middle of nowhere.

“Oh, no!” Pearl mewed.

“We’ll never find our way back!” Taz said.

“Maybe not for you, but I think I can smell a bit of

home,” Bell mewed.

She followed the scent trail they had left, but it had started to rain and it had washed away some of the scent. She stopped in the middle of the trail when Lucky asked,

“Which way now?” They either had to go left or right. “Which way should we go? I hope we’re not lost. What will I say to the kits?” she thought.

“I think we should take a chance and go left. What do you know, we might find our way back to the barn,” Taz said. They started to head left although Bell thought she heard snarling, but maybe it was just her imagination. But as she drew nearer she heard it again: a snarl that sounded so evil it would tear her to shreds. She wanted to tell the others but she didn’t get the chance to.

At once a huge figure leapt on Taz, and Pearl tried to get it off of him. Pearl finally got it off of him and got to see what it was that had leapt onto Taz. The shadowy figure let out a gasp of horror. “Bell, is that you? Oh my gosh!” the figure said.

“You two know each other?”Lucky mewed.

“Yeah, we were littermates! Where have you been? Why did you leave?” it asked.

“I left because of the no-furs. If I hadn’t left sooner I would have had my kits and the no-furs would have taken them away like they did with the others. I couldn’t lose my kits,” Bell mewed quietly. “How are you doing these days, Quin?” Bell said.

“You two are littermates? Why did you jump on Taz, Quin?” Lucky asked.

Quin looked embarrassed.

“Sorry,” she mewed softly.

“Come on, if we’re not getting out of here, we might as well hunt,” Lucky said. Bell could smell mouse, squirrel, and something else she wasn’t quite familiar with. She was about to ask Lucky what it was when he her himself.

“What’s that smell?” asked Lucky.

“I don’t know, I was about to ask you myself! Maybe it’s… herbs?” she seemed to ask.

“No.”

“I know what or who that scent is. It’s our other littermate, Benny!” Quin exclaimed.

“Benny?” Bell mewed.

What Happened With Bell, Lucky and Their Kits, Chapter Three

“Hey Quin!” Benny meowed. “Hey Bell! How are you doi- Bell! When did you get here- I mean how- Where do you live now? Sorry,” Benny mewed looking embarrassed.

“I’ll answer your questions when we find the barn. Did you see a big red no-fur place on your way here?” she asked.

“No.” Quin and Benny mewed the answer at the same time.

“Badger breath! We missed it!” Bell meowed in fury. “We went the wrong way!”

They started to head back when one of the kits mewed in protest. Bell looked behind her and saw Sunny had caught her paw in a tree root. Suddenly she heard a noise. A no-fur pet was coming! She raced over to safety when she realized that Sunny was still there, yowling for her mother.

“Mother! Mother! Help me! The no-fur pet is coming, help me!” Sunny yelped.

“Hold on Sunny! I’m coming!” she yowled.

“Bell! No!” Lucky meowed.

When Bell got there, the no-fur pet was already on top of Sunny, and it just barely missed Bell by an inch. She stopped just in time.

“Sunny, nooooo!”she yowled.

It’s a long no-fur pet. There’s no way she could have survived is there? I’m a bad mother.

She ran and ran until she was back under safety. Quin, Benny, Lucky, Pearl, Taz, and the kits hadn’t said anything since the accident. They were walking slowly and it had begun to snow. There was an eerie silence except for the wind howling. The snow was beautiful out at night, but nothing could make her smile now. Not after Sunny was… killed.

“Mama! Mama!” the wind seemed to howl. Wait that isn’t the wind it’s… no it couldn’t be!

“Do any of you guys hear that?”she asked.

“Hear wha” Taz started to say but he was cut off by Bell.

“Shhh!” she whispered. “Listen.”

“Mama! Father!”someone mewed.

“It’s Sunny!” Bell exclaimed.

What Happened With Bell, Lucky and Their Kits, Chapter Four

“Sunny! Sunny, where are you?” Bell called.

“Mama! Mama, I’m here!” Sunny cried.

Bell couldn’t see her, but she could hear her. She followed her voice and soon she could see the outline of Sunny through the fog. Her eyes lit up and she raced over to her kit. Sunny had managed to get her paw out, right before the no-fur pet was on her. Of all the worst injuries she could have gotten, only her paw was bleeding. It was twisted where the no-fur pet had ran over her.

“Oh Sunny! I thought I lost you!” Bell mewed softly.

C-Can we go home n-n-ow?” she stuttered in the cold air.

“No sweetie, we better make camp for the night and fix you up too.” Directing her attention to Lucky, she asked”, Where should we camp for the night dear?”

She had told Sunny to stick her paw in the snow to get the blood off. It was torture to watch her little kit wince with pain. Quin had helped deal with wounds, sprains, twists, broken bones, and delivering kits. She said they couldn’t find any dock, for sore pads, comfrey, for flesh wounds, white oak bark, for pain, thyme, for shock, or yarrow, for swelling, until the snow had stopped.

She was just beginning to dose off when she heard an ugly scream. Sunny! She got up and raced out of bed to find the others waking up.

“What’s going on?” Pearl asked.

“Did you hear Sunny scream?” she asked them.

“What are you talking about? She’s right there,” Lucky mewed sounding concerned.

He was right. She was still there fast asleep. It must have been a dream, a horrible dream.

She went back to her nest and fell asleep waiting for darkness to take her. She woke up the next morning to find a prey-pile at the edge of the blackgrounds. She took a squirrel for herself and a mouse for Sunny. She followed the scent trail to where Lucky was.

Sunny was still walking on three legs since they hadn’t found any herbs to cure her injury. They really needed to find dock and comfrey. Bell had been carrying Sunny, most of the time, and Lucky had been carrying Lion. Pearl and Taz had been carrying Cookie and Smokey, and Benny and Quin had been switching off Star.

The snow had finally stopped by the time they crossed the blackgrounds. Sunny had started whimpering because of the cold, so Bell put her on the ground and started to rub her with her paws; it was an old technique that supposedly mountain cats did to warm up their young.

They started to walk again after Bell was finished warming up Sunny. The rest of the kits had been asleep since they had started moving. They all woke up and Star asked where they were.

“We are close to the barn. I know we are, we have to be or else we would be in trouble, right?” Lion said confidently.

“Yeah. Plus if anything scary comes out me and Lion, Lucky and Taz will fight it off. Don’t be scared,” Smokey said bravely.

“Don’t forget me!” Benny meowed.

“Can you smell that?” Lucky asked. “It smells like the barn!”

The barn! Yes, we’re- what? It’s just an old stray cat sleeping! Hmmm… maybe we could have some fun with him?

“Hey! You seen a barn… uh, punk?” Smokey said as though he read Bell’s thoughts.

The cat just smiled and went back to sleep.

“Did you see a barn that’s red and abandoned?” Lucky asked.

“No, I did not, although I saw a stoneyard,” The cat mewed.

Bell gasped.

“A stoneyard? Where?” asked Taz.

“I saw it a couple paws down there. It should be there,” the wise old cat said.

“What should we call you if we run into you again?” asked Pearl.

“Ummm… Tiger!” he said thoughtfully.

“Tiger? He’s almost 114! What a funny name for such an old cat!” whispered Cookie.

They walked down the stonestrip all the way down to a blackground. They scurried across it when there was an opening through the gaps. They came to another stonestrip. After they walked all the way down, they saw some grass. They had decided to make camp there for a meal or two.

Bell couldn’t help to think that she had seen Tiger somewhere. Even his name sounded farmiliar. She decided to go check on Sunny. When she got there she noticed it was finally starting to warm up. She gave Sunny the mouse and shared the squirrel with Lucky.

“Do you think she’s awake yet?”Cookie asked.

“I don’t know, let’s find out. Pearl! Pearl!” Lion yelled in her ear.

“Lion, don’t do that. She’s probably still tired,” Lucky said.

“Tired from what?”asked Bell.

She had just walked in to find everyone surrounding her.

What Happened With Bell, Lucky and Their Kits, Chapter Five

“Kits? Well, who’s are they?” she asked.

“They’re mine!” Taz said over protectively.

His? When did it happen? How many are there? Move over, Taz! I can’t see them!

“What are you going to call them?” Bell asked.

No one answered her. She sighed.

Everyone’s ignoring me. When are they going to tell me anything?

She went to the prey-pile and got a rabbit for Pearl and Taz.

“Thanks Bell! Pearl? Do you want some rabbit?” Taz asked her.

When he said that, Pearl’s eyes lit up and they shared it together. Pearl and Taz went somewhere else to eat the rabbit, while Bell got to look at the kits. They were beautiful! One kit was blue-gray with silver stripes coming up from either side of her belly, another was just the opposite: silver with blue-gray stripes coming up from either side of her belly, and the last one was a tom and a mix of silver and blue-gray.

She went over to Pearl and asked her what she wanted to name them.

“I want to name them: Shine, Stripes, and Night. Do you like them?” she asked.

“Yes, I love them! They’re beautiful!” Bell yelped happily.

“The kits or the names?” she asked nervously.

“Both of them!” she said.

Bell walked over to the prey pile and noticed that it was gone, so she went to go hunt.

While she was hunting, she caught a rabbit and three mice. She buried them all together and went to explore. She came to an old oak tree and thought she’d gather some white oak bark for Sunny’s pain. She went to gather her prey, and she went back to camp.

She gave Sunny the white oak bark and she started a new prey pile. Pearl was with Night, Shine, and Stripes while Taz was with Benny and Quinn. She went over to Lucky, who was sunning himself and mewed,

“I think we should get going to the barn, don’t you? Sunny’s paw is better and Pearl is okay. Let’s go.”

“I think we should, Bell. Let’s tell everyone and go back to the barn,” He said.

They announced the message to everyone and they were on their way. They came across the old blackgrounds. They crossed it cautiously and someone had to carry Sunny because now she wouldn’t even look at a blackground. After they crossed it they ran into Tiger again.

“Well, hello everyone! Nice to see you again!” Tiger mewed.

“Tiger. Did you feel a bond with me when I met you?” Bell asked Tiger.

“Why yes, I think I did. I just kept it to myself though. I ignored it,” He said.

“I know who you are!” Bell exclaimed.

She ran over to everyone.

“Guys! I’d like you to meet my dad.”

What Happened With Bell, Lucky and Their Kits, Chapter 6

They were on their way back to the barn as usual, when suddenly a disc like object flew over their heads and onto the ground in front of them. All the kits and Lucky went up to sniff it. A no-fur started running towards them, so they scattered into the woods. Bad idea.

Where is everyone? Well my kits are still with me, but where is Taz?

Pearl started walking up a dirtpath to find all of her companions.

“Come on kits! Let’s go find Taz-I mean Dad!” she encouraged her kits to get up, but they were still pretty young.

One of the kits mewled out loud and started to catch up with her mom. Soon Stripes did this too. Then Shine did this. They all followed their mom and hoped for some prey to run by her paws so they could eat.

Are we ever going to find the others?

Where is everyone? Should I call for help? No, the no-furs might come looking for me. I wonder where Pearl is.

Taz was walking up a dirtpath in search of his companions. He could not see up ahead, but he could smell up ahead. Prey! I get to eat! He found the scent of prey and followed that particular scent and found it lying dead on the ground, freshly killed.

The prey was enclosed in a cage, so he figured no problem it’s already killed for him. He went inside and the cage closed suddenly. He meowed in terror which signaled the no-furs, and they came out running.

Where are we? Where’s Bell?

Bell’s kits were on their own and they were completely lost, and they had been wandering for hours. They were now on a stonestrip. They were about to cross the blackgrounds when suddenly they were ambushed by a bunch of other kits.

“Go back to your stinking home! We don’t want you here!” One of the kits mewed.

The kits had seen their parents fight, and they knew how to, so they stood their ground. The other kits started to run towards them. Sunny and Star stayed in the back while Smokey and Lion were up front and Cookie was in the middle. Lion jumped on the first kit that ran past him and Smokey jumped on the second. Star and Sunny took on a big kit and Cookie fought the fourth kit.

Lucky groaned. Where am I? At least Bell’s with me. What happened?

When he jumped out of the way of the flying disc, he bumped his head on a tree along with Bell, and they were both knocked out and were just beginning to wake up. Bell was thinking the same thing when she woke up, and right when she woke up she fell unconscious again.

We gotta get out of here. He picked Bell up and they headed along the trail. They had walked so far that he was sure they had crossed into another cattown by now. The sun was beginning to shine and hit on his black fur, threatening to burn him. Finally, unable to walk any longer Lucky and Bell fell to the ground, motionless.

Where are we? Why are we so close to the barnplace?

Quin and Benny were lying on the ground, and they were bleeding. They sat up and began to lick their wounds.

“Why are we bleeding?” asked Quin.

“I dunno,” answered Benny.

They were on the dirtgrounds, and the sun was boiling them into the ground. They got up and padded to the nearest puddle because they were really thirsty and they hadn’t had a sip of water anywhere for a few days. After they were done taking a long sip of icy water, they started onwards. Suddenly a fox darted out of the bushes and growled.

“Get behind me Quin!” Benny yelled.

The fox leaped and Benny waited for the severe pain to happen.

It had been hours since Pearl and her kits had found any food, and they were very hungry. Earlier Pearl had heard some cat screaming its head off. They had begun to follow it to see if they could help it. They had barely begun to smell it and they hoped they could find food there.

Taz had been captured by the no-furs and was locked in the no-fur barn. They gave him disgusting slop for food. He wouldn’t dare eat it, but he was beginning to go hungry, so he ate some of it and tried to keep it down. He was beginning to think he could smell Pearl, and he almost called out her name, but he figured it was just the slop called food getting to his head.

“It’s horrible here isn’t it?” someone mewed.

“Who said that?” asked Taz.

“Surely you wouldn’t forget your own sister.”

Sunny, Cookie, Lion, Smokey, and Star were still fighting the kits that ambushed them. Star and Sunny were still fighting the kit; Star swiped at him and missed.

“That all you got kitty?” he sneered.

Suddenly, Sunny jumped on him and had him running away.

“Don’t talk to my sister like that! Don’t talk to her at all.”

They went to help Cookie with the kit she was fighting, but when he saw Sunny coming he ran away with the other kits. They started to walk again and they stumbled across some cats sleeping on the ground. They got up and saw that it was Lucky and Bell. They started licking them to wake them up and when they did, they walked onward.

At once Benny felt agonizing pain that was unbearable.

“Benny! No!” Quin yowled.

She jumped onto the fox and writhed around on the ground with it until it had had enough. She had the fox running away in the end of the fight, and she went to go tend to Benny’s wounds. After all, she was handy with medicines. You could practically call her a medicine cat. As Benny woke up he mewed,”Thank you Quin.”

What Happened With Bell, Lucky and Their Kits, Chapter Seven

Pearl had now found Taz and she had an idea on how to get him out. He would act like he had to go to the bathroom, so the no-fur would open the door and they run away. The only problem was how could she get his attention? She began to tap on the window and soon Taz’s face appeared.

She told him to open the window with sign language. They had learned it, in case of emergencies, and this was definitely an emergency. He nodded and he opened the window with his paws with the help of Bell. She just realized, now he could jump out of the window.

Just then, the no-fur started shouted and startled Taz into jumping out the window.

“Hold on! I’m coming too!” it was Taz’s sister.

They ran off into the woods in search of their companions.

“Kits! I’m so glad you found us!” Bell yelled.

“Do you smell that? It smells like Taz and Pearl!” Star mewed.

She was right. There was scent of Taz and Pearl. They peered out behind a tree and saw Pearl and Taz and someone else.

“It is them!” Cookie purred.

They met up with Pearl and Taz and talked for a while. They figured out that the someone they had seen was Taz’s sister.

What’s that? Who’s there?

Bell thought she heard someone. She was right.

“Do you hear that?” she asked.

Quin and Benny stumbled out from behind the trees and they smelled of fox. They had been in a battle with it too! They were brave! At least everybody was here again.

“So what’s your name again?” Lion asked.

“I’m Taz’s sister, Monkey,” she meowed.

They had been traveling for two hours now with sign of food or water at ALL. The air was dry which had no water in it, and the tree- their leaves were on the ground, giving no protection of prey, so they knew there wasn’t any prey in that tree- or any of the trees for that matter. There were clouds coming into the sky warning them for the coming storm.

“We ought to make camp and get shelter. There’s gonna be a storm. Pearl and Taz- find as much leaves as you can. Bell and Lucky- if you can find any long twigs, bring back as much as you can. Kits? Do you want a job?” asked Monkey.

“Yeah!”

“Yeah!”

“Yeah!”

“Kits- if you can find any really tall- and I mean tall- trees, then come back and tell me, and I’ll follow you to the tree you saw. And I will see if I can find any prey and make a prey pile. Go!”

“Alright, let’s find some leaves! Ooh! There’s some!” Pearl meowed.

“Lucky look how many twigs-huh! How can you have that many already? If you want a competition, you’ll have one!” Bell mewed mischievously.

“Hey guys! Won’t all the trees look big to us? Haha! Hey, look at that one! That one is huge! Let’s go tell Monkey!” Stripes mewed.

By the time everyone had gone back to camp, under the tree the kits had found, there was a big prey pile and a pile of herbs in case of injuries. Monkey was sitting by both of them and grooming herself.

“I wondered when you guys would get back to camp.”

By the time they had finished setting up camp, it had started to rain, and they were all exhausted and tired. Pearl and Taz ate a squirrel, Bell and Lucky ate a blackbird, all eight kits ate a rabbit. Even though they had all eaten, the prey pile was still plentiful. After they ate, they were really sleepy, so they said vopho-ala to the sky spirits, and they slept till midday.

“’Morning! Wake up sleepy heads! Time to go to the animal shelter!” Monkey meowed. “We slept past midday.”

“Who said animal shelter! I’m not going back there!” Taz said bristling.

“Oh Taz. Would you rather go with your sister or your mate.”

“Sorry Monkey, but when I was there, they treated me badly and gave me slop for food. They are like the tacis!” he mewed.

“What’s the tacis? What are you talking about, Taz?” Bell asked him.

“I’ll tell you when we get back to the barn, Bell. Just stay out of this for now, okay?” Turning his attention over to Monkey, he meowed angrily, “Who are you to tell me what to do, Monkey! You’re not my mom, you’re not my mate, and you are most definitely not my sister!” he spat in her face and stalked away, tail up.

Monkey looked furious, but then her look softened, and she started to cry. Soon, everybody followed Taz, and stayed silent.

“Alright everybody! We’re going to cross the blackgrounds right now, so someone carry Sunny!” yelled Bell.

Earlier in the month, Sunny had had her paw run over by a no-fur pet, while she was stuck on the blackgrounds, and broke her paw. Someone always had to carry Sunny across the blackgrounds because she couldn’t even look at one.

“Aren’t you sorry for what you did to your sister? You were kind of harsh, and I think-“

“You think I was harsh? Bell, she’s made me do awful things throughout my life. Stop acting like you know my life, because you don’t!” Taz walked away leaving Bell lying on the ground crying.

“Hey! Taz you come back here and apologize to Bell. She didn’t do anything to you, so stop taking your anger out on everybody else!” yelled Lucky.

Taz sighed. He’s right. I’ve no right to take out my anger on other cats, and…

“I’m sorry Bell. I understand if you want me to leave. I hope you forgive me, and I do suppose I was a little harsh on Monkey, but please don’t ask me to go to Monkey and apologize to her,” Taz replied sincerely.

“Oh do you mean it, Taz? It’s okay then,” Bell mewed softly.

“Are you sure you can trust him, Bell? I mean- he yelled and spat in your face. Are you sure?” he whispered.

“Yes! Of course!” she mewed.

They were padding up the trail and they started to smell a bit more of home. They followed the scent and it led them to the cat town they were in before. They were home!

What Happened With Bell, Lucky and Their Kits, Chapter Eight

“We’re home everybody! Aren’t you excited?” Bell yelped with joy.
But as she looked around, everyone was falling ill. They were too weak to stand up and they were moaning. Their fur was falling off, and they were coughing.
“Guys? What’s happening!” she screamed out loud.
“Oh for fur’s sake! What cat can get a wink of sleep around here if you’re thrashing around in your sleep! Honestly! What’s wrong, Bell?” Tiger meowed.
“Sorry. I had a nightmare. It was horrible. You guys were just walking around and out of nowhere, you guys just started to fall ill. You were coughing and- and your fur was falling out! Oh it was horrible,” Bell cried, burying her face in Lucky’s fur.
“It’s okay Bell,” he mewed comfortingly.
“What if it comes true?” Smokey asked.
When Bell heard that she cried even harder and louder.
“That’s not gonna happen Smokey!” Taz mewed.
All this talking left Bell wondering if it was all going to come true.
Would it? I mean come on would that honestly happen? What is that? What is tha-
Bell was left unconscious. She didn’t see what hit her either.
When she woke up she was walking with Lucky, Taz, Pearl, Shine, Night, Stripes, Benny, Quin, Tiger, Smokey, Lion, Star, Sunny, and Cookie. They all started to fall ill, and their fur was falling out. They were coughing up blood, and she heard a voice, “Seek the one who will help you and you will find the way.
Apparently she wasn’t awake earlier, because she bolted up and screamed so loud she was sure everyone in the world could hear it.
“What’s wrong! What’s wrong!” Tiger yowled.
“A- a- a pr-pr-proph-prophec-prophecy! The prophecy! Ahhhh! Oh it was hor-horrible!” Bell screamed and writhed around on the ground.
Why did she have to suffer? She heard it again.
Seek the one who will help you, it will be someone you know and hate, and you… will… find… the… way.
Ohhhhhhhhhh…. Ohhhhhhhhh… ohhhhhhhhhhh…..ohhhh

What Happens with Bell, Lucky, and the Kits, Chapter 9

They had all started to travel and be aware of any strange things around them that would make them cough up blood or lose their fur. They had all started to take Bell seriously now. They bristled when they touched plants or anything, or when they heard strange things.

Tiger was especially careful because in Bell’s dream he was the first to get ill. Everyone was looking after him because if he got sick, all of them got sick and Bell would be the only one.
“I don’t need any help!” Tiger lied.
He just couldn’t admit that he was weaker then the others and get the sickness first.
“Of course you do, Tiger. Remember Bell’s dream? It’s a prophecy from the sky spirits! We have to hail them,” Pearl mewed soothingly.
“You’re right. I should be more grateful towards them. Thank you for reminding me about the- gagggk akk! Bleh!
Bell stared in horror at the blood he was coughing up.
“No!!! Destruction for us all! Scatter!” Benny yelled.
Just as they were beginning to run away, Bell said, “No! You have all heard about my dream. Yes? Well, there’s a prophecy too. It says, “Seek the one who will help you, it will be someone you will hate, and you will find the way. Do any of you know what that means?” Bell asked hopefully.
“No, I’m sorry Bell.” Quin said, with a few licks on her chest.
Two cats(that would be Benny and Lucky)had to carry Tiger because he was too weak to walk. She heard that awful noise: bleh gakk! Bargh!
What would happen to them?

What Happens with Bell, Lucky, and the Kits, Chapter Ten

By the time they got to the stoneyard, Tiger had started to lose his fur and Quin had gotten worse and was still coughing up blood. Bell and Lucky still had to push them on though.They really had to find the cat who will help them, or they would be doomed.  
“Ahh!” someone screamed.  

 Bell looked around, but didn’t see anything.  Something rammed her in the stomach and winded her.  As soon as she got her breath back, she looked up and saw a fox baring its teeth at her.  

“The fox! It didn’t go away!” Quin said.  

The fox reared up, but Bell had just enough time to move to the side as the fox landed right where she would have been.  It tried to ram her again, but she jumped to the side.  The fox jumped in the air, but Bell was quick; she ran under the fox and hooked his paws out from under him so he landed on his paws awkwardly.  The fox barked loudly, rested a moment and got up.  It was clear that the fox had given up and was walking away awkwardly trying not to step on his front paws. Everyone was looking at Bell as though she had taken on three bare-skin pets at once.  Bell felt a strange sensation in her as though she was invincible.  As though she could sprint through 100 cattowns and not be tired.  It scared her a little.

How could she be afraid of herself?