Hollytuft felt her bruised leg mid-way through the fog, which was starting to feel painful as they edged closer to their first challenge. Hollywhisker was in the front, jumping up and waving through the foggy area. Mintshadepelt was sluggishly padding through the foggy ground, nearby to Silverwind and Skyheart, sharing tongues. Bayberry was next to Hollytuft, her white and brown fur glowing in the only light. Suddenly, the foggy ground dropped suddenly, and Hollytuft cried out as she landed on her bad leg.

"I'm fine," She meowed in pain, "Its nothing."

"Guess this is our first one?" Bayberry sighed, helping Hollytuft to her paws. There were no trees, just a sunny sky with clouds of white. The ground was smooth, but the smell stank with swamp. Flies buzzed around the cats, and Mintshadepelt began complaning.

"I hate bugs! Always biting things," Mintshadepelt hissed, crushing one between her paws. Hollytuft spotted some Twolegs upstream, with their roaring monsters, uprooting trees and bushes.

"Maybe this is mine Mint, not yours," Hollytuft meowed. The Twolegs looked familiar, with that same red truck or extermination. She could remember how they were the ones who killed majority of the animals in the forest near the mountains. They used large stick, that spat out fire, and wooden sticks that they used to hit things with, somee with sharp metal. Her heart began beating faster as she saw them hauling out some of those sticks.

"Please don't tell me its a Twoleg," Mintshadepelt gasped, "Because this will be the hardest challenge yet!"

"Its the one that tried to kill me," She sighed, her eyes scanning the horizon of the fur-less creatures.

"Maybe we just need to scratch them, to scare them off so that the fog can open up again!" Her heart sank as a memory of the Twoleg incident ran through her head. It was moons ago when she was an apprentice, when the Twolegs spotted the Clans. In fury, they shot some cats with the metal sticks, and captured others in cages. Hollytuft could remember the pain as one of them swung its wooden stick, slamming it on her legs, leaving her bruised, battered, and bloody. Some of the cats were drowned in cages in the lake, which was horrifying to watch.

"Hollytuft!" Mintshadepelt hissed, knocking Hollytuft out of her trance, "We're moving, stop lolly gagging!"

"Coming," She shook, her neck hairs bristling with worry. The sounds of the monsters were roaring in their ears.

"We gotta cross this?" Silverwind groaned as they stared at the road where the monsters rolled by on, their huge black paws scarring the surface. The rocky surface shook as a monster, holding a few Twolegs flew by, leaving a cloud of smoke from a metal stick.

"Yuck," Skyheart wrinkled his nose from the smell, "How do they live in a smelly thing like that?"

"Who knows," Mintshadepelt sighed as the rocky road's shaking halted, "Twoleg's are mouse-brained. That's what i was taught!" The medicine cat looked right to left, before she took off across the road.

"Alright, everyone else, lets go!" She called. The ground was still silent, so no monsters in sight. Quickly, Skyheart walked over the pavement. Hollywhisker came next. Hollytuft began to walk over with Bayberry, but they both froze, as the black surface began to rumble.

"Two monsters!" Skyheart cried out, rushing quickly to the other side. Bayberry began to run, but she tripped suddenly, a screech of pain echoing behind Hollytuft.

"Im hurt!" She cried out, a river of blood rushing down his knee. The view of the monsters came closer, and Hollytuft meowed in worry, "C'mon Bayberry!" The she-cat limped painfully as fast as she could, but the monsters were gaining on her.

"I can't!" She cried out. Hollytuft rushed forwards, feeling the ground shaking harder, while pushing Bayberry forwards. Quickly, she grabbed her by the scruff, hauling her over the hard ground, watching as the two monsters began rushing faster and faster, not even stopping!

"They're not STOPPING!!" Hollytuft cried. Within a second, they were tail lengths away. Hollytuft threw Bayberry onto the other side, where he skidded onto the grass.

"Hollytuft!" Mintshadepelt cried as the monsters rolled over. Hollytuft thankfully rushed into a yellow line, avoiding the two monsters. Another bunch of monster began coming up too.

"Help!" Hollytuft yowled, her face nearly getting slammed by a monster. Hollytuft took a step forwards as another monster passed, then ran. But she already was doomed, as the group watched horrified, a monster screeching towards the black she-cat. It began turning to avoid her, but instead landed on its back, a large noise booming before her. Hollytuft closed her eyes, this is my end, here it comes... But before she could come to a fate like that, Silverwind jumped towards her, pulling her back onto the ground using her teeth to Hollytuft's scruff. The monster kept on rolling, then exploding into an orange flame, knocking the group back a few feet. Bayberry cried out as she landed on her bleeding leg. Flames began to lick the walls of the black monster, while Twolegs tumbled out of the belly, hands above their heads.

"Did i do that?" Hollytuft was startled, but Mint was horrified.

"Run!" Mintshadepelt yowled to the group, "Run up the hill before they see us!" The group sprinted up the hill in horror, Hollytuft slipping on some rocks on the way up.

"Is everyone here?" Mintshadepelt cried. Bayberry turned around and screamed.

"TWOLEG!" she cried jumping to safety. Hollytuft felt herself getting thrown on the ground by the Twoleg's feet, knocking her in a cage.

"GUYS HELP!" She cried, trying to ram the cage entrance, now blocked off by silver material. She felt the cage rattle as it lifted up to the Twoleg's face. Her eyes widened in horror as the Twoleg let out a smile of evil.

"AUGH!" Another cat cried next to her. Holly's eyes widened wider.

"No! Silverwind!" Hollytuft cried before the cage shook hard, knocking her head into the side, until she saw darkness.

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Silverwind's memories rushed back as soon as she felt the cage beginning to move again. Somewhat, she could actually understand the Twoleg's language, which horrified her.

"Alright, we get rid of these cats, then work on the rest of the forest right Tim?"

"Yeah. They plan make this spot a new jogging path and build other houses, maybe a newer boardwalk where the old one is."

"I wonder why there are so much of these cats though. That why tomorrow afternoon, we get rid of the rest after we kill these two." Silverwind's heart lurched.

"We can't just shoot one with these useless rifles! We can't show the public animal blood, or we'll get arrested!"

"That's why we do the opposite. We drown them. Nobody will know!" Silverwind tucked her tail underneath her body deep enough where the tip of it touched her belly. She was frightened enough that she and Hollytuft were in trouble. She spotted her laying down, her back facing Silverwind.

"Holly!" She whispered to Hollytuft, her voice shaking in the air. Hollytuft didn't budge.

"Holly, we gotta find a way out of this, and i know we will if we work together! C'mon what do you say?" Hollytuft let out a sniff.

"Some of my friends were right all along years ago. I'm useless. I lead a path to a dead end. I can't do anything right..."

"What? No that's not true-"

"When was the last time Silverwind that i did something remarkable, something that made me special to my Clan? Name me one!" She hissed angry. Silverwind opened her jaw, but nothing came out. She was right about not being remarkable or even cared about, or even have good friends, actual friends in her clan, aside from others outside the clan during gatherings.

"That doesn't matter Holly. You're smarter than that, i mean, why would StarClan choose you if you weren't who you are today!" Silverwind encouraged. Hollytuft looked up.

"It doesn't even matter if we die or not, you came with us, and we're finishing this together!" Silverwind hissed, "Stop giving up on yourself. I know you can do this." Suddenly, one of the Twolegs stood up, grabbing Silverwind's cage.

"No, Holly! Holly! Don't leave me ok!" She screamed as the Twoleg began walking her down to the lake. Hollytuft's eyes widened, her heart beating faster as the sun began to rise again.

"Ok, Ok....." She began shaking, feeling the cage wobble as the other Twoleg lifted her up, walking her towards the water. She glanced at the other Twoleg with Silverwind, beginning to lower her.

"This is the first time i'm gonna drown something! Its something worth watching!" He said coldly. Anger began to rush into Hollytuft's body, and she narrowed her eyes.

"Ok." Backing up to the edge of the cage, she ran up, slamming her body into the entrance. The Twoleg jolted forwards in confusion.

"Careful Hank!" The Twoleg grumbled, lowering Silverwind slowly.

"NO! NO! PLEASE!!" Silverwind shrieked as her paws began getting wet in the lake.

"C'mon!" Hollytuft cried, running into it again. The Twoleg then tripped, his hand flying off of the cage, while Hollytuft tumbled upside down, the cage crashing and flipping into the lake. Hollytuft took in a deep breath as water slammed into her, her body hitting the top of the cage. Hollytuft's heart lurched, I'm gonna drown! She thought. The enterance wasn't budging no matter how much she tried to break it. The breath was running out of her body quickly, and her lungs screamed. Suddenly, a Twoleg hand reached out, snatching the cage and lifting her up. Hollytuft's mind went into action quickly before she came back into the air.

"I got it back!" The Twoleg moaned, lifted the now algae and muddy cage from the water. Silverwind's eyes went wide when she saw Hollytuft flat on the bottom of the cat, her body lifeless. Silverwind rushed to the side.

"NO! HOLLY!!!" She cried out, feeling the water reaching her shoulders.

"Hey hey, we got one!" The Twoleg cried, pulling the keys from his pocket to unlock the door. He pulled Hollytuft by the scruff all wet and soggy, and placed her on the grass, where she laid limply. Silverwind's heart shattered when she saw her friend's body. Suddenly, her heart came back when Holly's eyes opened up, winking towards Silverwind.

"She's playing dead!" She meowed smiling. As soon as one of the Twolegs went to touch her, she awoken, snatching the keys and bodying the Twoleg that held Silverwind. The Twoleg's yelped in horror and surprised, but dropped Silverwind into the water. Hollytuft slashed a Twoleg in the legs, then attacked the other one, forcing them both to sprint away up to the hill. Hollytuft turned, watching bubbles pop on the surface.

"Silverwind!" Hollytuft cried, jumping back into the water. I can swim, she thought, pushing her body deeper underwater, C'mon! She saw the cage bump the lake floor, which turned the world around them brown and dirty. Hollytuft saw Silverwind scrambling into the front, her eyes wide in happiness. Quickly, she took out the keys, but horror grew into her chest. There were more than one.

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Silverwind felt the air in her chest floating away, and her lungs were burning. Hurry! She wanted to scream, but her voice died underwater. Hollytuft slammed another key in, but it wan't the right fit. Silverwind's lungs were burning up more, and she felt like screaming, her head on fire.

"Please!" She cried out, slamming her body into the cage entrance. Hollytuft slammed another key in, but it didn't work. Her breath was fading away too, but it wasn't as bad as Silverwind's.

"Silver, stay with me!" She meowed underwater. Silverwind's eyes were dropping, her body shaking. Hollytuft jammed in a yellow key, which wasn't right either. But then it got stuck. Hollytuft desperately jerked the keys, but it didn't budge.

"SILVER!" She cried, watching her friend jerk in the water. She's suffocating! She pulled again, but the key jerked out, floating away into the darkness. One last bubble slowly drew away from Silverwind's mouth, and she collasped onto the bottom of the cage. Hollytuft slammed her paws onto the cage.

"NOO!!" she yowled. She felt her breath beginning to drip silently away from her. Her claw! She didn't realize! She jammed her claw into the key, trying to hit something that'll click. A click sounded in the deep water, and the cage popped open wide. Quickly, Hollytuft ran inside, pulling Silverwind's body up, and swam to the surface. Seconds later, Hollytuft cried out, air rushing into her lungs, which hurt a lot. She swam to the edge of the beach her body sliding onto the grass. She pulled Silverwind's body onto the grass too, then looked at her. Her eyes were glossy when she lifted them, which scared her.

"Silverwind!" Hollytuft cried shaking her. The she-cat was silent. She squeezed her chest, feeling water deep in her lungs. Quickly, she pushed continously, shaking her.

"Silverwind, you promised me never to give up, now wake up! Don't give up yet!" She yowled. She kept pushing, then let go. Her ears flattened, her tail dropping on the floor in horror. She's gone, she thought, trying not to think about it. Relief spread into her as Silverwind suddenly jolted up, coughing up some lake water.

"Silver! Oh thank StarClan!" She cried lifting up. Silverwind stood up, coughing some more.

"Did i die?" She muttered. Hollytuft purred.

"Thank you," Hollytuft meowed.

"Thank you too!" Silverwind dipped her head, "Now, we gotta go back to our friends."

"Oh yeah," Hollytuft mewed, shuffling her paws. Together, they both trekked into the forest, where the Mists began to open up.

"It finished!" Silverwind cried joyfully. Hollytuft kept running, until she stopped abruptly. Silverwind turned around, noticing her friend freezing.

"Holly? Is everything ok?" Silverwind wondered. Hollytuft narrowed her eyes.

"It smells like those sticks, those things that hurt my leg-" Hollytuft cut off, turning around in horror. Suddenly, in two seconds, a gun shot sounded behind them. Hollytuft jerked violently, landed on her side with a thump. Silverwind shrieked.

"HOLLY!" Another gunshot sounded, hitting Silverwind in the shoulder. In pain, she pulled Hollytuft and herself behind a fallen tree. Tears began rushing though Silverwind in pain and for her friend. Hollytuft was either dead or unconscious. Blood was rushing though her ribs, and her breathing was slowing down, until it stopped completly.

"HOLLY!!"