One big mistake... - Chapter Six

...how will finch help krampy defeat his own creation? find out in this story...

finch padded toward the town entrance. she wanted to think for awhile, and be alone with her thoughts. her pace slowed as she got further out into the swampland and started walking toward their border.

finch had always been a nice cat, even if she didn’t always show it. but she felt as if in these hard times she might have to break that habit, whether it be good or bad; and turn fearsome and strong.

she hooked her claws into the bark of a great weeping willow and started climbing. she pulled herself up onto one of the higher branches and looked down on the world. she yawned and lay down. her tail flicking from side to side. she felt stronger up here. and safer.

but she could only feel like that for split second, because her thoughts were broken by a flapping noise. her head spun and she glanced at where the noise was coming from to she something whip past her. “what. was. that?!” she hissed. glancing around, she saw only a few leaves out of place, but that was it.

”that’s it. I’m out!” she scurried down the tree and started blundering back toward town. she felt as if something was pursuing her, but nothing was in sight. she hauled herself over and around obstacles on her run, which tired her out more and more every time, but she knew she had to keep running...she HAD to.

she made her way down the slope into camp. “help..I was..was chased and-and...and I...a..ahh.....” she had to pant out every word, her eyes half closed.

”what now?”

asked alisa who is was padding up from a ways away. finch shook her head. “hold...up...I...I...need to..catch my b..r..breath...”

alisa waited patiently beside her as her breathing slowed. “o-okay... I was out thinking and..” she was cut off as alisa tipped her head. “I didn’t see you leave?” finch nodded “I was up early” she told her.

”okay.” alisa sat down and tipped her head as she listened. “I climbed a tree and was just setting there when..when I saw it. the creature! the creature was back!” she yelped. “it swooped into the tree and I was almost scared out of my fur! I ran faster then I ever had before!” the fur rose along her spine as she finished speaking and her tail dropped to the ground.

”gather my cats, we need to talk.”

finch stumbled off and collected cats from their dens, and brought them to alisa. alisa dipped her head to them. she narrowed her eyes.

after explaining what had happened to finch, she flicked her tail, turned away a bit “no cat is to leave town without another cat with them” she meowed firmly, then padded back toward her den. without looking back, she called “you are dismissed” to her cats, before plummeting into the darkness of her den.