Snake Bite

== Prologue ==
"Get off me!" she yelped, her short ragged pelt fluffing up. She was a lithe russet female with piercing amber eyes and a dirty pelt. Atop her was a larger male with long cream colored fur and empty blue eyes. Claws dug into the scruff of her neck, blood beginning to well at the areas his long claws sunk into her flesh. She let out a yowl lashing out at the larger male atop her, missing with a clear lack of experience. He simply dug his claws deeper into her neck as a response, pinning her to the forest floor. She struggled below him, yowling out threats like, "If you kill me, my clan'll find you!" and "StarClan forbid your existence!". He pressed his paw against her muzzle, shushing her.
Soon afterwards, she collapsed, her smaller frame falling into a pile on the floor. The large cream colored male let out a chuckle, "Snakewing, always so determined that your clan and this so called 'StarClan' actually care what happens to you," he spat out the word you hard with hatred, his eyes turning into slits as he looked at her limp body. The only movement from her was the particularly slow rise and fall of her chest. He quickly padded away, not bothering to cover his tracks, all they would smell is kittypet, not a threat, and they would just assume that this barley six moons old medicine cat just couldn't carry herself on her feet any more.
== Chapter One ==
"Snakewing!" yelled a large brown female with grey speckles along her back legs. She quickly leaped forward, landing with a thud next to the body. She quickly pressed her paw against Snakewing's chest, feeling her slow breathing. Her fur slowly began to flatten before she turned her over, seeing the still bleeding mark in her neck, "Who did this to you?" she meowed, so quiet it almost sounded like a whisper. She lifted one of her limp paws, the claws still out in a state of defense. She felt the paw twitch lightly in her own, her heart leaping in excitement, "Snakewing come along, lets get you back to camp," she meowed, beginning to drag the body into the trees.
When she arrived in camp with Snakewing's limp body in her jaws, gasps came from all around camp, "Fangstar, help!" she yelled out of desperation, her legs trembling. She glanced down at Snakewing, burring her muzzle into her neck, exhaling softly as she waited for Fangstar to come. Soon after, a large russet tom with brown stripes along his muzzle approached them, his large intimidating frame towering over the two small females,
"Oakspots what did you do?" he asked, attempting to sound calm, though his voice was laced with anger and worry. She glanced from the limp body to Fangstar,
"I found her like this, in the middle of the woods, there are claw marks on her neck and-" she mewed before being cut off,
"Do you know who did this?" he asked, his voice loud and accusing, as if he was trying to get her to admit to murder,
"I don't know sir, though there was a strong scent of kittypet in the area," she meowed, his gaze making her body crumple like a leaf.
"Kittypet!" he spat, "How horrible, Brownnose, send a patrol to the borders to check for any signs of kittypet," he hissed, "bring the kittypet back, dead or alive," his voice was dark and angry, his gaze ripping through anyone who dare meet it. Brownnose quickly nodded before gathering up groups of warriors, "Bring her to the medicine den until she wakes up," Oakspots quickly headed of to the med den with the body before ordering a small male, Palepaw, to watch after her.
She headed back out to the prey pile, picking up murmurs of conversation like, "Poor Snakewing, she was hardly a apprentice when Foxcloud died, and she was a full medicine cat before she could get proper training," and "I don't trust Oakspots, she probably did this, like what Tigerstar did to Redtail, we don't need traitors in Thunderclan," All of Oakspots limbs felt like they would collapse below her, her eyes glazing over with pain and sadness. She quickly snatched a squirrel from the pile before heading to the Medicine den,
"You can go Palepaw, I can watch over her," she mewed, not allowing her emotion to peek through. She sat beside Snakewing before shoving her nose into her pelt. She soon lied down next to her before drifting off into sleep.
== Chapter Two ==
She awoke to the sound of coughing beside her. She quickly jumped up, watching as Snakewing's pelt began to rise. She jumped up before yelling, "Where's Joseph, I need to kill him!". Moss fell off of her pelt and back onto the stone floor. Oakspots looked at her, puzzled,
"Who's Joseph, you're in Thunderclan camp," she said, watching Snakewing as her pelt began to fall. Snakewing looked dazed, her eyes confused her claws going from sheathed to unsheathed over and over again,
"N-nobody, I-I'm fine," she managed to get out between hasty gasps. Oakspots was extremely curious, but she saw how scared her friend was. She simply began grooming her neck and putting cobwebs on the wound. She had asked Snakewing what calms cats, "Poppy seeds and thyme- OW!" she cried lashing out as Oakspots pressed more cobwebs onto the wound, "That's not how you put cobwebs on, mouse-brain!" she spat before applying pressure to it herself, not looking anymore comfortable.
Oakspots let out a sigh before saying, "Wait here, I'll go tell Fangstar you're awake," she didn't wait for a reply, quickly heading outside the cave. She padded to a large rock mound with a hole in the middle, she used her tail to swish the moss blanket covering the entrance away before meowing loud and clear and confident, "Fangstar, may I come in?"
"Yes Oakspots, is everything okay with Snakewing?" he meowed in a deep and calm voice that was laced with panic. She gave a quick nod before stepping in,
"Yes Fangstar, she is doing well, she woke up," she meowed, hoping her voice wasn't wavering and that it sounded smooth and confident. Fangstar gave her a stare before simply mewing, "And?"
She froze, could he tell that's not all I came here to tell him? She took a deep breath before letting out a loud meow, "She was talking about someone named Joseph, saying how she had to kill him," She met Fangstar's deep and calm gaze, though a tinge of worry shone in the depths of his amber eyes,
"I see, so I shall assume this is the kittypet filth that harmed her," Oakspots shifted on her paws, should I tell him that's what she said? She glared at Fangstar, "Yes,"
THIS STORY WILL BE ON HOLD UNTIL FINCH'S TAIL IS COMPLETE
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