Darkfinch's Story - Chapter 3

Soon Darkpaw flopped on his side under the water. He felt the cat's claws snag his pelt, and pull him from the water. "That was to easy, even if I push you, you have to keep swimming. You can't stop swimming just because you change places. Say an enemy was coming at you and you stop swimming. If the water was over your head, you would sink and the warrior would hold you on the bottom of the river, or stream just like I did. You must keep swimming at all times. If your life depended on it." Darkpaw nodded trying to get the smelly water from his pelt. The cat hissed and clawed at his pelt. "Leave it." Darkpaw stared at her." "You deserve it. The water will remind you to never stop swimming." Darkpaw hissed at her. "You think you can fight me?" asked the cat. Darkpaw narrowed his eyes watching her shadowy shape move through the dark gray and dreary forest. "You think you can fight me because you are being mentored by the best cat in your clan. Darkenberry. Let's see if you learned anything." Darkpaw nodded and tensed ready to fight. Darkenberry hadn't taught him much, only how to leap through trees. The she cat gave a yowl and flung herself at him, slamming into his side. He stumbled backwards. The cat gave a triumphant yowl and started battering him backwards towards the water again. He cautiously stayed away from the edge of the water until a lunge from the cat made him stagger backwards. The cat slammed into his side again making him slip backwards over the rocks and into the water. He fell over on his back into the water, leaving the cat standing on the bank watching.