"It's not over yet though.../I'm/ not over." TW: Blood, violence, animal death TW for the art: Blood, implied violence ~The Approaching Darkness Bonus Prequel (WRITTEN)~ Sometimes tales of before are better told in words. See what happened to the cats before we plunged into darkness in a new written form. ~Shadowed End~ Alligatorpaw's eventful day. ------------------------------------- Alligatorpaw stepped out of the apprentice den. He smelled the air. “Greenleaf is nearing its end. I should hunt.” The young tom went to the warriors den. Only to find his mentor missing. “Out to see Silverflight again I presume.” He purred with amusement. He saw two kits bound toward him. It was Rainkit and Tigerkit. “Hi Alligatorpaw!” Rainpaw bounced and yowled cheerfully. “Hey little dudes! Come for another fighting move?” Alligatorpaw said with a smile. “Yes yes! Show us!” The two kits chanted and bounced. Alligatorpaw made sure the kits were watching. Tigerkit had a curious look on her face, waiting in anticipation. Rainkit’s fur was beginning to grow over his eye but Rainkit was completely focused on Alligatorpaw. Alligatorpaw put a fat twig on his belly to represent a cat. Alligatorpaw pretended to fight back the twig a bit and then rolled away and kicked the twig. Tigerkit pounced on Rainkit. “Dark Forest scum!” She teased. “Oh no!!! TigerClan is attacking me!!! Whatever shall I do?” Rainkit retorted with lightly kicking Tigerkit off, rolling away, and pretending to claw her. “Oh no!!!! It looks like the rain was too strong for a mighty tiger.” Tigerkit flopped limp. “Nice job, kits! And I love the acting too.” Alligatorpaw purred. “Let’s go teach that to Wildkit and Hailkit!” Rainkit said with a excited lashing tail and ran off. “Thanks, Alligatorpaw!” Tigerkit purred and joined Rainkit. Alligatorpaw turned around and bonked into Shadowspirit, a fearsome, loyal, warrior. “Oops! Sorry, Shadowspirit.” Alligatorpaw apologized. “Ah, Alligatorpaw. I was just looking for you. Would you care to come for a hunt?” Alligatorpaw didn’t even realize Shadowspirit emphasized hunt and nodded. ••• After catching some prey, Alligatorpaw sat down “Whoof! What a great hunt! This’ll start us off in leaf-fall pretty good!” Alligatorpaw purred happily. “Yes. Very nice.” Shadowspirit muttered. “Come with me. I know a great place to hunt.” He started walking away with a flick of his tail. Alligatorpaw followed. ••• The two toms had found a rock, shaped like a den. It smelled too much like herbs to make out any animal scent. Alligatorpaw assumed the best. /P-perhaps a healer in a rogue group lived here?/ Alligatorpaw padded into the den and spotted a small pile of kill. But when he picked up a hole and recognized something. Claw marks, the scent, the black tufts of fur shedded. “S-Shadowspirit?! Why is your scent-“ Alligatorpaw turned around and saw…”FOXES!” He yowled. he foxes began to attack. Biting, clawing, snarling, all with a foul scent. Alligatorpaw tried to fight back but he was very outnumbered. “SHADOWSPIRIT!!! HELP ME!” Alligatorpaw yowled as he fought and watched Shadowspirit get a small regretful look on his face and walk away. “Shadowspirit? Shadowspirit?! SHADOWSPIRIT!!!” Alligatorpaw yowled vengefully as a fox tore open his throat. Alligatorpaw gasped before collapsing. He made out Bronzefur and Silverflight’s scents and voices. “SHADOWSPIRIT WHAT HAPPENED?!” Bronzefur yowled. Alligatorpaw closed his eyes and opened them back up periodically, hearing voices. “I CANT BELIEVE YOU DIDNT HELP HIM!” Silverflight. “It’s gonna be ok, buddy! Hold on, you’ll be fine. It’s gonna be ok.” Bronzefur. “ALLIGATORPAW!” Rainkit and Tigerkit. All the voices of the cats of his life swirled in his mind. He heard Shadowspirit scoff, the clan panic, the medicine cat comfort. Alligatorpaw had opened his eyes one more time to his mother, Frogpaw; letting out a deafening screech. He took a second to silently thank the cats who made him the warrior he would’ve been. He closed his eyes for one last time. /It’s not over yet though. /I’m/ not over./ Then darkness, as the scents of those around him left him.
Hoping to actually make progress on the buffer soon lol So have a filler bonus Oh btw, if y’all want it, I can make an audio version of this May need a voice actor or 2 though, my voice can’t be that different lol Tigerkit is taken Shadowsight and Bronzefur mostly needed
