Battle Of Anacondee - Morgan N. (read full novel txt) 📗

behind him. He looked around the den and saw DarkFlame and LunarStar sleeping. He looked back out the window at his sick father walking back into the vast, frigid, woods of the winning clans' dens' once again. The Great Freeze was finally letting up and you can actually see the sky now. LunarStar stepped out the door as snow fell softly now to the ground. He looked at the hidden sun behind the clouds. “lunch time”, said LunarStar as he walked inside again. DarkFlame and Magger slowly stood up and stretched themselves. They wiped their tired eyes. LunarStar walked out the door and Magger and DarkFlame followed. Magger convinved them to let him go to Fire clan. So they took him to Fire clan and then went to the canyons. They went to the pond which had a thin sheet of ice on it. DarkFlame drew with her sharp claw in the ice the Shadow clan symbol. She then pushed out certain parts and made it look like a master piece by using blackberry juice to add the black. For the gray she faintly wiped off some black. A few feet away LunarStar grabs his knife and gently tapped the ice three times causing it to break open and allow water to be reached. He lapped up water slowly. DarkFlame did the same, another few feet away from her work on the opposite side. She lapped up water also, but fast. They stood up and walked to their own dens without a word. While they were at their dens fog formed around the symbol DarkFlame drew. A nearby River clan warrior was walking by and noticed the odd fog. He glared at it suspicously. He watched the Shadow clan symbol slowly form into a Moon clan symbol. The fog disappeared. He knew about SunCloud and her great powers so he just stayed away looking at the symbol. “SunCloud?”, said the warrior. The clouds above his head shrunk and the sun peeked out. He looked around and walked over to the symbol. He noticed in small print it said SunCloud under the symbol. He gasped. He padded away back to his den. The snow had stopped falling and the sun was fully showing now. The ice had almost melted completely. The symbol sank to the bottom of the lake and melted. The River clanner returned to the lake and looked for the symbol. While he searched another warrior of his clan came by and said,” where this symbol, man?” “i dont know. I cant seem to find it. It melted.”, said the other warrior. They both left the canyons. A hawk peered down at the empty canyon pathways. A small woodchuck came out from behind a bush. The hawk dove instantly at the woodchuck. The woodchuck barely escaped by scurring to the bush. The hawk missed and hit the ground. The hawk regained energy and confidence and got on his feet he flew up back into his tree. He soon flew off into the deep dense forest. It was quiet in the canyons. SunCloud appeared where the symbol was. She peered down at its old location. She closed her eyes and mumbled very quiet words. Her eyes opened and she
vanished. Back at DarkFlame's den everything was quiet also. She was sleeping until the sun light gleamed through the window onto her eyes. She woke up and walked to the forest. The trees had very little leaves from the Great Freeze. They would be normal again by the increasing temputures though. DarkFlame was going to hunt but she forgot her weapons. So she sharpened her claws and looked around for possible prey. She spotted a small rabbit scampering around near the bushes. She creeped up behind the rabbit slowly. She leaped and dug her claws into the rabbit's back. The rabbit died instantly. She picked the rabbit up in her mouth and carried it to a small fire pit. She used two sharp rocks and made a fire. She used her teeth to remove the rabbit's fur and skin. Once that was done she put the rabbit over the fire to cook. While it was cooking she used the fur, but not the skin to make a small mat. She dug into the ground and pulled out small roots from weeds. She used the roots to sew the fur pieces together. By the time she finished her mat her rabbit was done cooking. She put out the fire with some damp leaves and twigs and took a deep bite out of the rabbit. The bite went to the spine. She removed it's spine and kept the meat in front of her. She grabbed/rug a rock and used it to sharpen the bone. When the bone was sharpened it can take place of a knife for now. She used the bone knife to slice the rabbit into pieces. She ate the pieces fast, but carefully. Before she put the meat in her mouth she checked to see if there was any bugs in it. She only found one piece like that though. After that she carried her mat back to her den and placed it in front of the door inside. She closed the door behind her and sat down on her small rug/bed/rug and fell asleep. Over at LunarStar's den he was just looking out the window silently. Thinking. He then stood up and walked outside. He walked to SunCloud's secret den. He knocked on the wall of her cave like den because she had no door. SunCloud trotted out to the opening and invited him in. He entered her den quietly. Maple came running out from the back of the den. “mommy! Mommy!”, said Maple loudly. “yes dear?”, asked SunCloud generously. “we are hungry.”, said Maple. Heron and Whisper came runnning out too saying they were both hungry also. “ill get them some food”, offered LunarStar. “no, no. They are going to hunt themselves this time.”, said SunCloud as if she had tought them to already, which she didnt. “ok then”, said LunarStar not believing her. They all walked to the swamp. Fish swam around in the swampy landscape. That would be the pups' target first. Heron stepped up first and waded in the water slowly. He pounced on a fish and picked it up in his mouth. He trotted out of the water and put it on the ground. SunCloud made a small fire to cook the fish. While Heron cooked his fish Whisper got into the water. He saw a small log floating on top of the water. He waded over to the log and climbed on top of it. The log started moving around. It wasnt a log though. It was a crocodile. SunCloud ran into the water and lifted Whisper off the crocodile's back. She took him toward the fish. He caught one fish and sprinted towards the fire. They cooked their fish while Maple caught one too. The three pups ate their fish silently. SunCloud went into the water and used a trident to spear a crocodile to eat. She cooked it by the fire and skined and then finally ate it. LunarStar went into the water with nothing but himself and dove under water. He looked at the crocodiles lurking in the deeper sections of the swamp. He swam closer towards a baby crocodile. It slept in front of him. He open his jaws and clamped down on the crocodile. He swam to land and bit its neck. He made sure it wasnt breathing and skined it quickly. He tossed it over the fire and cooked it. He ate it quite fast. So fast that SunCloud was finishing up herr still. Once they all finished they splashed water on the fire and some on their faces. They didnt drink any though. They all walked to the canyons and sat down near the pond. LunarStar drew the symbol of Shadow clan in the dirt by the pond's edge. SunCloud jumped and splashed in the water. The symbol washed away. SunCloud got out and shook off her fur. LunarStar's fur was still wet from the swamp. He shook off also. Heron, Maple and Whisper were sitting there just watching LunarStar and his facial expressions. LunarStar stared at the washed away symbol. He stood up and started to walk back to his den. He went around the corner and stopped he turned around and hid inside a bush. He watched SunCloud carefully draw a symbol of some sort. Then they all left and walked back to her den. LunarStar walked over to the symbol and noticed it was Moon clan's. He thought for a moment. He gasped and whispered to himself”, the maple leaf whispered in the sunfilled cloud as the shadows appeared. Maple and Whisper and SunCloud against Shadow clan. But Heron. This means one thing. Heron wants Shadow clan to win. The rest want Moon clan.” He couldnt believe what he had found out. He sprinted back to DarkFlame's den and pushed open the door. DarkFlame hopped up and looked at him with a mixed emotion. “DarkFlame listen to me”, said LunarStar. DarkFlame nodded and said in a nervous voice,” i will listen, but why?” “because something horrible is happening. You have to promise you wont say anything to anyone else.”, said LunarStar. “i promise”, said DarkFlame confidently. “ well Heron, Maple, Whisper, SunCloud, and me went to swamp to fish. We had some fish and went to the canyons to get a drink. But it turns out no ended up drinking anything. So i drew the Shadow clan symbol in the dirt by the pond. SunCloud saw that i did and jumped into the water and splashed around. The water washed away the symbol. We sat in silence and i left. I turned around a hid in a bush and watched them. Then...”, explained LunarStar but paused to catch his breath. “then she drew Moon clan's symbol in the dirt and left. I thought back to the note we found of hers and it actually means that Maple, Whisper, and SunCloud are secretly helping Moon clan defeat us and our clan. But Heron is with Shadow clan.” “this...this is terrible”, said DarkFlame. They sat silently thinking. Thinking about what to do or say and what not to. They looked at the floor. They glanced out the window. Then they both said at the same time,” dont trust SunCloud.” Anything was possible now. Moon clan or Shadow clan had equal chances. SunCloud can do many things Shadow clan cant even do together. Shadow clan may lose the Battle Of Anacondee.


　
　
　


Chapter 5

An owl screeched outside in the dead of night breaking the silence that covered the woods of SunCloud's den. The moon shined even brighter than usual. SunCloud tip-toed out of her small room over to the door of her long, old den. She peeked out side at the night. Her yellow-green eyes almost glowed. She howled low and loud. Many howls echoed back. “ perfect”, she said and shortly after laughed evily. She quietly walked back into her den and sat on her bed. She looked down at Heron