Chapter Two

Pepper perked his ears as he heard a tiny scuttling across the ground. The black and white tom lifted his muzzle and sniffed the air. Mouse! Pepper automatically crouched low to the ground and unsheathed his thorn sharp claws. He silently but quickly stalked the mouse. It was nibbling at a large acorn, not noticing Pepper. Pepper put all his weight on his haunches and took a flying leap, his claws extended. The mouse squeaked with terror as Pepper pounced on it. The mouse darted out from Pepper's paws and scurried away. Pepper leaped to his paws and gave chase. But the mouse was quicker. It scurried away into a small burrow, escaping Pepper's eager claws. The largetom stopped infront of the burrow and shoved one paw into the hole. He felt his claws brush fur but no flesh. With a hiss of frusteration, Pepper yanked his paw out of the burrow and stormed away. The black and white loner had failed once again. His mother never taught him how to hunt. The only thing Pepper ever caught, was a baby starling that had fallen out of it's nest. Pepper, who was only 10 moons old, had killed the bird when it tried to crawl away. It wasn't even enough to fill him up. Pepper trudged on, annoyed with himself. I'll never catch anything! his thoughts snarled. Pepper then heard a water flowing over stones. He followed the sound of the water. Pepper almost fell over the side of a large gorge. Down below was a rushing river, threatening to wash away whatever fell into it's swirling water. Pepper backed away from the gorge. Fish! Pepper's stomach ached with hunger. The black and white loner looked around for a place that could take him down to the river. He saw a spot where it wasn't as steep as the rest of the gorge. Pepper ran to the spot and started to carefully climb down. When he was close enough to the river, he leaped onto a nearby boulder and stared into the water. He saw the slender bodies of fish swimming around. Pepper twitched his whiskers and stayed absolutely still. Then, a large fish swam near the boulder, it's scaly body glistening as the sun hit it. Pepper unsheathed his claws and swiftly swiped at the fish. He felt his claws it flesh and and the tom saw blood spill out into the water. He had hit the fish! Before the fish could swim away, Pepper scooped it out of the water and he flung the fish to shore. Pepper pounced on it and gave it a hard bite to it's neck. The fish went limp. Pepper let out  a yowl of triumph. He had caught his very first prey! The black and white tom knelt down and took a bite. He wrinkled his nose. it tasted like soaking wet meat that was left out in the sun for to long! But it was food so Pepper shrugged it off and ate the fish, trying to ignore the fishy taste. When the last bit of fish was gone, Pepper climbed up the gorge again and followed the direction of the sun, thinking about his sister Snowfall and how she was so eager for him to find the Land of the Clans.

Chapter One

Pepper fled from his collapesing den, his heart pounding in his black and white chest. A huge yellow monster loomed over him, threatening to crush the tom cat. Pepper hissed at the monster and unsheathed his claws. The monster let out a deafening roar and started charging at Pepper, clawing up mounds of dirt. Pepper screached in terror and turned tail. The monster roared behind him, making the tom run faster then ever before. My wonderful home! his thoughts cried. Why did those monsters have to tear it up!? Pepper ran through the woods, his legs leaping over fallen trees. Finally, the terrible roaring died down. Pepper slowed down and and collapsed on the ground, his sides heaving with effort. "Why did you do this to me!" Pepper snarled at the sky. "My home is gone!" The black and white tom cat fell back and lay on the ground, his rasping breath the only sound breaking the eerie silence. He finally closed his eyes and let himself drift into sleep. Pepper snapped open his eyes and found himself back in his small den, beside the Twolegplace. I'm back? How can that be? Pepper looked around, confused at what he was seeing. Was it all just a dream? Pepper stepped out of his den and gasped in horror. A huge yellow monster was coming right torward him! Pepper fled into his den and waited for the terrifying beast to crush him. Moments dragged by. Was the monster waiting for him to emerge so it could pounce on him. Pepper unsheathed his thorn-sharp claws and leape dout of the den, snarling with rage. The monster charged at the black and white tom, but stopped only a whisker away. What the?
Pepper thought. The tom stared in confusion at the yellow monster. Maybe it's scared! Pepper mrrowed with amusement and snarled at the monster. It didn't move. "Foxdung! Mouseheart! Weaselbrain!" Pepper shouted at the monster. The horrifying creature didn't move a muscle. Pepper purred in statisfaction. "It can't touch you, Pepper."
Pepper swung his head around, claws unsheathed. "Whose there?" he hissed, trying to make his voice not shake. A beautiful white she-cat emerged from a bush. She had icy blue eyes that made Pepper fidget uncomfortably. "Who are you?" Pepper snarled. The she-cat purred. "I am your sister, Snowfall." Pepper took a step forward, breathing in her scent. "Snowfall!" Pepper shouted. "What are you doing here?" Then the black and white tom froze. "Snowfall, didn't you.......... die?" The white she-cat gazed at Pepper, her eyes solemn. "Indeed I have Pepper. I have come here to bring you a message." Pepper stared at Snowfall in awe. "A message? For me?"
Snowfall nodded. "Pepper, you must take a hard and long journey. You must march over mountains and swim through powerful rivers. You must find The Land of the Clans." Pepper stared in confusion. "Land of the Clans? Whats that?" Snowfall shook her head. "That is all I must tell you, my dear brother." Snowfall's image became blurrier and blurrier until she vanished into thin air. Pepper stood there, confused and scared. Land of the Clans? What the heck are Clans? Pepper suddenly heard a loud roaring behind him. The yellow monster had woken up! Pepper shut his eyes, waiting to be crushed. The roaring died away and Pepper reopened his eyes to see an unfamiliar forest before him. Pepper sat up and looked around, scenting for anymore cats. Land of the Clans? I have no idea what that is. Pepper got to his paws. Whatever it is, Snowfall wants me to find it. I guess I'll atleast try. Pepper looked around doubtfully and started walking in the direction of the sun. I must find this weird land! The land of the Clans! What a strange name.... Pepper had finally begun his journey.

Hello!

Hi fellow cats! I'm Pepper! I'm a large black and white tom-cat with a bright personality! Sadly, since I am not the greatest hunter, I spend every night raiding Twoleg trashcans to find some decent food. A really nice female Twoleg leaves some milk in a bowl and a small pile of meat out for me now and then. I am very grateful to her. I spend most of the day wandering the Twolegplace and defending my territory from intuding cats. I live a simple and easy life but all of that it about to change. Huge yellow monsters came one morning and started tearing down my home! I was forced to leave, belly empty. I went off to find a new Twolegplace where there was a quieter Twoleg devoloment just like my old home. I didn't know what lay ahead of me. What danger lurked in the unknown forests? Thats when I knew my whole life would change forever!


Here is are some pictures of me....


Here is me waiting by the female Twoleg's den, waiting for another delicous meal.


Here is me hiding from one of the huge Twoleg Monsters.



And here is me fleeing from the Twoleg Monsters :(



I will start telling you my story later on! Check back later!