Blossomfur's Life - Chapter 3

"Darkfinch," hissed Blossom. She slowly started backing away.  Berry copied her. When she had felt the ground start to give way beneath her paws she stopped. Signaled with her tail to Berry he padded to her side and crouched. Darkfinch let out another hiss. Blossom turned tail and raced into the tunnels. She felt Berry at her heels and raced onward. She came to a cave with 3 other tunnels and tried to remember what she had learned about these tunnels. "That way, follow me!" called Blossom. She raced off again.  They popped out of tunnel and into the sunshine. "That way," she said raced toward the sunset in the horizon. The two cats raced away and ran until the sunsets. Then they scrambled up a tree and got some sleep. In the morning Berry was gone. Blossom tracked his scent towards a human home. She heard him talking to another cat in a garden. "Bye Berry see you tomorrow," said a cat. "Right Cherry, tomorrow." Suddenly the cat named Cherry turned her head and said, "I heard a cat hissing. Some cat must be angry. Who though no other cat lives around here. It is only me and my human. Come on in. You can't stay out here with an angry cat around," Cherry invited. Berry turned his head and got a whiff of Blossom's scent. I know that scent he realized. Never mind he told himself and he padded into the house behind Cherry. Blossom leaped up on the fence and she saw Berry's waving tail enter the house. She let out another hiss. Suddenly Cherry's head popped out of the house again. "Who are you?" asked Cherry cheerfully. "Blossom," said Blossom slowly. "Where do you live?" asked Cherry. "In the forest. Cherry gasped. "Then you are one of those evil forest cats. Stay away from me and my Berry." "Your Berry?" Cherry nodded. "Berry is a brown cat who is living me. He moved in a few days ago." Blossom stared. She started to jump down from the fence when Berry came out of the house. "Hello Blossom. BLOSSOM!" "Yes it is me." snapped Blossom. "What are you doing here?" stuttered Berry. "I could ask you the same thing," said Blossom. "I-I-I I live here now. I live with Cherry. Her housefolk take care of me." "Housefolk? You accept food from a pet-owner? What are you? A dithering human cat or a free wild cat?" asked Blossom.