MYRTLECLAN - MOON 1
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.
𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐤𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐩𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡, 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤. 𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦, 𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐤… 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧? 𝐑𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐚 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐲𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐧, 𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬. 𝐇𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐬, 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐞'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲.
"I don't understand!" He cries, unable to keep himself from turning back toward the path, tempted to run out after the direction the monster had gone. "I was loyal! I was always loyal! I was a good cat!"
Rippletuft gingerly wraps her tail around the scraggly tom in attempt to lead him away. "Oh, honey... I'm sorry. Twolegs... they just don't do loyalty. Not to us."
𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐲𝐫𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐧.
ᓚᘏᗢ Left to right.
Rippletuft (she/her), Strayskip (he/him).