~Turning To Savagery~ (Mods Please Lock)

[EnochianGhost]

It is up...o-o Please do not yell.

[Flightstar]

Sorry!

[EnochianGhost]

Poll time! First of all please vote on the poll at the top of the page. Also, please let me know from this.

Would you rather I:
Update less often with full chapters.
Keep updating as I am now.
Stop updating for a while and spend the time editing past chapters.
Stop updating for a while and spend the time illustrating past chapters and making character sheets.

And another thing. Would you guys enjoy it if I turned this story into a comic, or should I just stick to writing?


Edit: If I were to make it into a comic, I would be doing that AFTER I finish writing it, so it wouldn't change anything with the updates. :3 Just thought I'd add that.

[Flightstar]

Keep updating as I am now.
just stick to writing.

[EnochianGhost]

Chapter Seven
Rescue
Unedited

"Caw! Caw!" Mr Crow cried out of the darkness. Stone looked around wildly for him, but it was to dark to see.

"Mr Crow? You came back!" Stone giggled "You silly old bird, cats are suppose to eat crows! You should stay away!"

"Caw!" Mr Crow called again, though he sounded farther away this time. Stone looked around through the darkness, searching for anything to see.

"Am I blind, Mr Crow?" He asked when he spotted nothing.

"Haha! No, you are not blind, little one." A deep voice came from right beside Stone, and he jumped. "You have yet to learn to see without light, is all."

Stone felt the familiar shock of fear shooting through him at the sound of his voice. He slowly looked over and saw two bright blue eyes that were glowing red. "Where are we?" He asked, trying to keep his voice from shaking.

"We are in your dreams, of course. Such a dark place in here. That's good. You'll definitely fit in well." A smiling mouth appeared under the eyes, the red light shined off of the sharp teeth, making them look like they were cover in blood. The sight made Stone shudder, and back away.

"F-fit in? Where?" Stone asked, stepping away as the face moved closer.

"With the savages, of course!" The voice answered. "Time to become who you were always meant to be."

"Oof!" The breath was suddenly knocked out of Stone's lungs as Thorn and Badger dropped him. Where ever that had taken him it was dark, though there was light streaming in from around a corner. Like a den.

"Oh great, he woke up. I was kinda hoping he wouldn't. Go get him some prey, Thorn. Make sure it's nothing we'll miss. He doesn't deserve more." Tooth muttered, not trying to hide his annoyance. Thorn nodded and left the den. Badger sat down and waited for orders.

"Mmf, what happened?" Stone mumbled, he was still very dizzy, and now his chest hurt, too. He didn't remember falling asleep, so how could he have woken up?

"You fainted, stupid. Now shut up, I'm trying to think of how I can get rid of you." Tooth said.

Stone wasn't planning on speaking, anyways. Moving at all gave him another wave of dizziness, so he tried his best to not move, even in breathing. He kept his eyes fixed on Tooth, who was sitting in front of him. There wasn't much he could do if he were to attack, but it wouldn't hurt to know if was going to.

Thorn returned a minute later with a small bird hanging from his mouth. He set it in front of Stone then stepped back and sat by Badger.

Stone looked down at the food, and felt his mouth water. He hesitated for a second, wondering if it was even safe to eat, but then he couldn't resist. He quickly snarfed it down like any cat who hadn't eaten for more than a week would.

Tooth watched him eat with a look of disgust, then he turned his gaze to his two followers. "We've done as Savage asked, let's go." He ordered, before leaving the den. Thorn and Badger followed without a word.

Stone watched them go while chewing on one of the feathers. His stomach felt overly full now, even though he hadn't eaten much. The feeling made him sleepy, but he didn't dare sleep. There was something strange about this group of cats, and he didn't want to be here. But if it means I'll get something to eat...I doubt I'd even survive if I left. He sighed, knowing this was his only choice. He still didn't trust them enough to sleep, though.

Stone hadn't been sitting in there long before a grey tom with golden eyes poked his head in. He was covered in scars and wounds, some of them were still bleeding, but he didn't seem to care. He looked Stone up and down for a moment, then turned around to leave.

"Come" He called back as he began to walk out of the den. Stone got to his paws and followed. He was still pretty shaky, but after getting a bit to eat he could now walk by himself.

"Uh..who are you? Where are we going? Where am I now?" Stone asked, looked around as he walked. This place was filled with cats, more than any clan he knew of. All of them were covered in scars, and the few who took any notice to him glared and put their ears back. They all seemed to be just waiting for a fight.

"You'll call my Sir. I am your trainer. We are going to training. You are in Savage Territory." The grey tom said in a monotone, almost as if this was all rehearsed. Stone glanced at him, then went back to looking around.

"Savage Territory?" He asked, but this time he got no answer. Sir just kept on walking.

They passed cats who were fighting, viciously slashing at each other, and they passed cats who were chanting, and cats who were sitting down to eat, growling at anybody who came near, as if afraid they would steal their food. Stone watched them all in wonder. "Is this some kind of clan?" He asked.

Sir let out a laugh "Those pitiful things? No! We are The Savages, kit."

Stone cocked his head. If they aren't a clan, then what exactly are they? He wondered.

Sir suddenly stopped in front of yet another den. Stone looked at the den, then back to Sir. "Why...where...?"

"You'll have time for questions later, just listen. Now, sit over there" Sir interrupted, then pointed with his tail.

Stone padded over and sat, glad to have a chance to rest. He was still very worn out.

"In that den is where you'll eat, sleep, and rest. Your caretaker savage will make sure you do as you're told. You're not to leave unless I come to get you. When I come to get you I'll be training you about The Savages, and how to fight. First lesson. The Savages are a group of cats lead by a cat named Savage. We have strict rules, and if you don't follow them, you'll be eliminated. Savage will decide what he wants you to do when he decides your training is complete. Now go into the den and stay there till I come to get you."

Stone looked into the den hesitantly, but he knew he had no other choice. So he stepped into the darkness, having no idea what was to come.

As Stone slipped through the darkness, he noticed the scent of many cats coming from inside the den. This wasn't very surprising, but the fact that their scents were that of kits that made him wonder if he'd been lead to the wrong den.

When he came to an opening, he noticed it was much larger than any den he'd seen. It was more like a cavern with many ways leading off into smaller dens. A small pile of fresh kill sat in the middle. As he looked around he noticed tons of kits. They were play fighting, eating, sleeping, or just staring at his curiously. None of them could've been older than 4 moons old.

"Hey! What're you doing here?!" One of them hissed. He was fluffy, and had a flat face. One of his ears had been torn off, and a scar scratched across his face. The skin around it was pink, and his eye was puffy and unseeing.

"Um..." Stone looked taken aback. The fact that a kit would act and look so hostile surprised him.

"What's the matter, tiny! Rat got your tongue?!" The kit smirked. The other kits gather around him and giggled at his lame joke.

Stone put his ears back, but was to tired to deal with pesky kits. He merely flicked his tail at them, as if flicking away an annoying fly, then walked away to find himself somewhere to lay down.

"Freak!"

"Did you see how tiny he was?"

"Is he dead?"

"No, he's not dead! Dead cat don't talk!"

"Well, he didn't talk!"

"Oh no! He is dead! A spirit come back to kill us all as revenge!"

"Shut up, scaredy! I doubt he can hurt us. Can dead cats fight? No!"

Stone rolled his eyes at the kit's gossiping about him. As if he couldn't hear their every word. A small smirk appeared on his face as he imagined giving them more evidence that he was indeed there for revenge of his death.

"Whacha smirking for?" A small voice came from a den Stone was peeking inside. He spotted a couple of bright green eyes, and he gasped. They looked exactly like Dovepaw's. "Oh, sorry. Did I scare you?" The cat stepped into the more lighted area. She was gray and black, not white.

Stone felt like he'd been kicked in the stomach. Of course Dovepaw's not here. How could she be?

"Um, hello?" The darkly colored she cocked her head at him. Stone noticed she was older than the others. Probably about five moons old.

"You're older than the others." Stone said stupidly, unable to find anything else to say.

The she chuckled. "Yes, I am. I'm Adira, the caretaker savage. Though I suppose you wouldn't know what that means, yet. My only job is to keep these trainies from attacking each other." Adira gave him a smile.

"They're apprentices? But they're still kits!" Stone looked around at the other kits in the cavern. They were still whispering to each other about him.

"What's an apprentice?" Adira asked, looking confused.

Stone just shook his head "This is bad. I can't stay here, this is against the warrior code?"

"The what now?" Adira was beginning to look at him as if he were crazy. "Look, you can't run off. You'll die. Have you seen yourself lately?"

Stone opened his mouth to protest, but then he realized she was right. He hadn't made it long on his own. Plus, what use is following the warrior code is Starclan hates you? He thought, frowning.

Adira frowned back when she saw his expression of such grief "Hey, why don't you tell me your name?"

Stone looked up at her. He saw in her bright green eyes something he hadn't seen in any of the other cats. She actually cared about others, not just herself. "Stone." He muttered quietly. "My name is Stone."

Adira smiled "Well, welcome to the savages, Stone! Now how about tell me about this apprentice and warrior code you're talking about?"

Stone looked away from her "I'd rather just find somewhere to rest." He didn't want to talk about the clans.

"Oh..." Adira looked a little rejected for a moment, then pointed with her tail to a den across the cavern from the entrance. "Nobody really goes over there. You can take a nap in that den, and no one will notice or bother you."

Stone walked away to where she was pointing. His head was held low and his tail dragged along the rocky floor. Adira cocked her head as he left. Strange cat. I wonder what he's doing here...and what he was talking about earlier.

[Flightstar]

AWESOME!

[Mrs. House]

Amazing! I wasn't on yesterday or earlier today 'cause I had to do school.

[EnochianGhost]

Heh, glad you guys like it. :3

[Diddy2]

I think you should keep writing it as you are. It's great and I don't think if you changed it too much it would be totally different

[EnochianGhost]

Editing it would change nothing to do with the plotline, just add more details to what's happening and making it have better grammar/spelling. :3