The Forest Games

A few patches of sunlight filtered through the thick leaves of an oak tree. Ferretclaw blinked open his eyes from his first night of sleep since the games started. He had wandered into a peaceful looking valley with a river and a forest. The forest had little food and his stomach rumbled. He stalked through the thick undergrowth and spotted a vole searching for food next to a beech tree. He stalked forward, trying to remember what he learned about hunting in Thunderclan. When he was a fox length away he heard a crack beneath his paws. He had clumsily stepped on a stick. The vole scuttled away and dove into its hole.

Suddenly, a leaf wrapped around something fell in front of him. Ferretclaw jumped back, startled, and cautiously pawed at the leaf until it opened to reveal fresh kill. There was a robin, a shrew, and a squirrel. There was a message scratched into the leaf, "Good luck." ~Olivenose. He purred as he read the message and picked up the fresh kill. He buried it at the base of the oak tree and ate the shrew. When his hunger was satisfied, he looked up to see a cat moving through the trees. Should I try to kill? Ferretclaw thought. He stalked over to where a cat rested on a branch.

He recognized the cat to be Grasspelt, the only other cat without a team. He had no bone claws or tail slashers and would be an easy opponent. Ferretclaw jumped up and bit Grasspelt's tail, throwing him off balance. He fell to the ground and landed with a thud. Ferretclaw jumped on him, but was tripped by Grasspelt. He was pinned and tried to free himself. "Well tried to catch me by surprise, didn't you?" Grasspelt sneered as Ferretclaw struggled under his weight. "Looks like it didn't wor-" Grasspelt abruptly stopped talking and an explosion sounded from the distance. Heart racing, Ferretclaw looked up to see his clanmates standing over the dead body of Grasspelt, who was laying in a pool of blood. They each had their own set of bone claws, tail slashers, and seemed well fed. "T-thank you." Ferretclaw stuttered, hoping that his clanmates wouldn't kill him. He was shaking with fear. "No problem. You are our friend and clanmate, it's our job to protect one another." Dawnpelt meowed. Ferretclaw stood up and shook himself. They are doing so well. Should I join them? Will they accept me? his mind filled with question after question. Eventually he asked, "Can I join your team?" Starlingwing and Applefur looked happy to let him in. Dawnpelt seemed to consider it for a moment. "Yes you can join us." she eventually meowed. He graciously joined his clanmates, after he brought his fresh kill over.

They lead him to a place near the Cornucopia. It was a clearing surrounded by dense trees. In the middle was a pile of fresh kill, bigger than the fresh kill pile in Shadowclan during greenleaf. There was a dip near the middle full of moss for their den and there was a cave not far from that. Applefur explained that's where they keep their herbs. They set up brambles around the clearing, preventing any intruders from breaking in. They supplied Ferretclaw with a set of bone claws and a tail slasher. I was mouse brained not to team with them! We are now the strongest cats in The Forest Games!