Chapter two: Fluttershy

Firestar woke up to find himself in an unfamiliar forest with unfamiliar scents.  He looked around to find that only two other cats were awake while the other cats were still knocked out from going through the portal.  Firestar immediately recognized Sandstorm and  Blackstar.

“Sandstorm! Thank Starclan you’re okay!”  Firestar said as he padded over to Sandstorm and nuzzled her.

“Firestar, do you have any idea where we are?”  Blackstar asked.

“No, but as soon as every one wakes up, we need to set up a camp.  For now, we should hunt for the clans.  Blackstar, stay here so you can tell the cats where we are so they don’t worry…  Or accuse us of abandoning them.”  Firestar said.

Firestar and Sandstorm padded away silently.  As they were hunting, they spotted something yellow out of the corner of their eye.  The yellow thing was saying something…  And they understood.

“Okay Mr.  Duck, your wing is all fixed up.  You can fly away now!”  The yellow thing said.

“What is that thing?”  Sandstorm asked.

“I don’t know, lets follow it.  Hopefully it won’t catch our scent.”  Firestar suggested.

The two cats silently followed the yellow bird-horse thing through the forest.  It was a short trip.  They arrives at place that looked like a twoleg nest, but there were no twolegs around.  Only the yellow four legged bird-horse thing…  And animals everywhere!  The fourleg was feeding them.

“They’re like kittypets, except they’re not cats.  They are just…  Pets.”  Sandstorm said and a little white bunny made his way toward them.

“How did this rabbit find us?” Firestar asked.

“I don’t know, but it brought the fourleg here”  Sandstorm hissed.

“Oh, hi there little kitties.  Are you lost?” The fourleg asked.

“Run!” Firestar said.

“Wait! No! Stop! I’m friendly!”  The fourleg said as it flew as landed in front of them.  “Please don’t be scared!  Are you hungry?  I have food.”  The fourleg offered.

“Do you understand us?”  Firestar asked.

“Of course I do!  I know how to talk to animals because I take care of them.”  The fourleg said.  “Oh! And by the way, my name is Fluttershy.”

“Fluttershy?  What a bizarre name.  What does it mean anyway?”  Sandstorm asked.  “For example, Firestar got his name for his flame colored pelt and I got my name for my sand colored pelt.  What does yours stand for?”

“Oh, well, I guess it’s because I could be a little shy at times…  Well actually all the time.  Except for when I’m around animals though.  And the name ‘Fluttershy’ also rhymes with butterfly which is my cutiemark.”  Fluttershy answered.

“Cutiemark?  What’s a cutiemark?”  Sandstorm questoined.

“A cutiemark represents who you are or your special talent.  I got mine for my love for animals.  Although, I don’t know why my cutiemark are butterflies.  Maybe because they were the first creatures I saw when I fell from Cloudsdale”

“About earlier,  did you say you had food?  We could a lot of that right now.”  Firestar mewed.

“Of course!  I have lots of food for cats.”  Fluttershy answered.

“Hold on a second, we’ll be right back”  Firestar said as he and Sandstorm dashed back to the other cats.  By the time they got back all the cat were awake.  Firestar spoke loudly so everyone could hear him.

“Cats of the clans,  Sandstorm and I have encountered a weird yellow four legged creature nearby!  Apparently, she can understand us.  She said she has food for us but this could be a trap.  So if it is a trap, we are sting enough to fight her, but if it’s not a trap then we’ll eat of course!”  Firestar announced.

Most of the cats seemed unsure, but they knew he was right.  The cats ran behind Firestar and Sandstorm all the way to Fluttershy’s ‘camp’ as they would call it.  When the cats arrived they hid behind a bush.

“Okay, everyone stay here until I give the signal.  Sandstorm, come with me.”  Firestar commanded as Sandstorm followed him out.  Firestar padded into the garden of animals.  Firestar yowled and before they knew it, Fluttershy flew and landed in front of them.

“Welcome back!”  Fluttershy exclaimed, clearly excited to see them again.  Firestar and Sandstorm dipped their heads in greeting.

“Hello Fluttershy.  I believe earlier you said you have a lot of food for cats.”  Firestar said.

“Why of course I do.  You two need to eat, you’re as skinny as a twig.”  Fluttershy said in worry.

“It’s not just the two us.”  Sandstorm said as Firestar flicked his tail, signaling the other clans to come out of the bush.

Fluttershy froze and her jaws dropped at the sight.  Her eyes went wide.  There were so many cats.