where are we?...i don't even wanna know
The battle of Bloodclan was ending. Bloodclan had lost. Scourge lied there watching the world fade away, he didn't regret anything except his failure. at least they know...I'm powerful Scourge thought, then the world went black. then he woke up in some grass. the grass wasn't stained in blood like the grass he had died on, and it looked very...animated and bright. heaven? he thought.
"e-excuse me. are you guys alright?" he heard someone say.
he looked up, and almost screamed. standing over him, roughly the same size as Brick(he was slightly smaller than normal and Bone was too large) was a horse-like creature with yellow fur and soft pink hair. "um.....what?" he said, with his voice high as a chipmunk.
"s-sorry to disturb you, but you look hurt and you were j-just lying in the grass." the pink horse said in a quiet voice.
"oh, don't mind us, just lost a huge raging battle with crazy clan cats who tried to kill us, no big deal." Bone said, sitting up and looking around.
"Bone, you're here too?" Brick asked, pushing herself to her feet. the gash in her throat that had killed her was still there, all of their wounds were there, but they weren't bleeding as badly, just oozing and painful.
Scourge sat up with them and looked at their surroundings. they were behind what looked like a mini Twoleg(human) den. it was made of wood though, instead of stone and bricks. "ugh, where are we? are we near a medicine den? my neck still has that bite mark in it, you know, the one that should've killed me."
"i can heal you. I'm Fluttershy." the horse said. "and I'm a pony, you probably haven't seen ponies before."
"you can heal us? well please do, all of my numerous wounds from those good for nothing apprentices feel like they did before i blacked out." Bone told her.
"don't be so demanding, we have no idea where we are or if we're alive or dead. the least we can do is not be total jerks to the one who actually tries to help us." Brick told Bone.
"lighten up Brick. we're Bloodclan cats, our name suggests that we're vicious cats who look out for ourselves, and this pony creature is offering us free aid and food, the least we can do is accept it, it's probably the only way we'll survive here, because this isn't the forest, and if it's full of ponies then there's a pretty safe bet that there's no prey, so-" Scourge couldn't finish his sentence. he had spotted a rabbit, not very plump but all food looked good by now. he crouched and sneaked towards it. when he tried to pounce there was a sharp bite on his tail. he looked back to see Fluttershy holding him back by biting his tail. "what gives, I'm hungry." he growled.
"no matter how hungry you are, you can't eat these harmless animals." Fluttershy said in an angry voice.
"but all cats eat are animals, we can't just suddenly start eating apples!" Scourge argued.
"well, Applejack's barn has been having a rat problem, you could hunt there." Fluttershy said.
"point me there, i need to hunt." Scourge said immediately.
"I'll walk you there, i don't think you should go alone, i have to treat your wounds first, though." Fluttershy agreed.
"sure thing, we need our wounds treated ASAP."
"well follow me." Fluttershy told them. she started walking to her cottage door.
Scourge, Bone and Brick followed. they knew this pony couldn't harm them, she had protected an annoying rabbit for gods sake.
Fluttershy was treating the wounds of Scourge, Brick and Bone. they all were really terrible. Scourge had a deep bite mark in his throat. Bone was covered in bites and scratches. Brick had missing fur on her shoulder(but it wasn't fresh and couldn't be helped) and a slash in her throat. they had to be asleep for this so it could be done correctly. Angel was helping Fluttershy heal them so it would go faster. Fluttershy was healing Scourge and Angel was healing Bone. these wounds...they all look like they're fatal...but these cats are alive. Fluttershy thought.
Angel made squeaking noises that only Fluttershy could understand. "can i have some more disinfectant? this guy has the most wounds, he probably got attacked first."
"f course, Angel bunny." Fluttershy answered, pushing the bottle of disinfectant towards him.
it took hours, but their wounds were finally patched up. i think i should show them to my friends. Fluttershy thought.
Scourge awoke. he was in much less pain but he was still very hungry. "ugh. we netter get to that barn soon or else I'm gonna have to murder someone." Scourge mumbled.
"take us to the barn or we'll die." Bone growled as he awoke.
"shut up, you're perfectly fine. we've gone without food for weeks before." Brick scolded him.
"well, in case you haven't noticed, death brings up an appetite." Bone argued. "you try being taken down by a bunch of apprentices in less than a minute and tell me how you feel."
"Bone, we're not dead. if we were then we'd be in hell where we belong." Scourge silenced him.
"got it." Bone replied, not wanting to get scratched in the face.
"good. now, Shy. take us to Apple's barn or we'll starve." Scourge said.
"okay" Fluttershy answered shyly. she led them to Applejack's barn.
they didn't really talk much on the way there. when they got there the three cats ran to the barn. Applejack and Big Mac were bucking apples at the time. Bone ran right past Applejack and almost knocked her over.
"what in tarnation?" Applejack exclaimed.
Fluttershy walked up to Applejack and begun to explain. "i found these cats in the grass bleeding, they seem like they haven't eaten in weeks. d-do you think they could hunt the rats in your barn?"
"why, of course. I've been waitin for somepony to get them rats out. they're like parasites, they eat holes in all the apples so we've been leavin em outside." Applejack agreed.
"heck yeah!" Bone yelled, rushing to the barn doors. he couldn't find out how to open them though. he pounded on them, scratched at them, he tried pretty much everything except pulling them open.
"you're so stupid." Scourge growled. "you're lucky you know how to fight, because if you didn't I'd have murdered you by now." Scourge did the one thing Bone didn't try, he grabbed the handles with his paws and pulled.
"wow, you do need help with rats." Brick said. there were rats everywhere. you could see them crawling in the hay and climbing the empty pig pens. they had almost nothing to eat since the apples were gone so they were gnawing on the wood.
the three cats entered, hardly stopping themselves from running like maniacs. Scourge made the first kill, the dog teeth above his claws perfect for killing. "I really hope Tigerstar isn't here." he muttered.
"he probably won't be here, he wa killed by you, not those dirty clan fools." Bone told him while gnawing on a rat skull.
"but, considering our luck..." Brick didn't need to finish her sentence, they were all thinking the same thing.
"we're gonna have to fight him again, aren't we?" Bone sighed.
"soon." Scourge told them. "but not until we're done hunting, i didn't smell his scent."
they hunted for hours. they had cleared the barn of almost all rats. the only ones left were thin, and would either die of starvation or kill each other off. "so, where do we live again?" Bone asked.
"hmm. never thought about it...maybe we could live in the barn hunting rats...no, too easy." Scourge answered.
"why not at Fluttershy's den?" Brick asked.
Scourge shivered. "no. I've had bad experiences in dens.
"well..why not find an alley or something?" Bone suggested.
"didn't see any." Scourge answered.
"you could live at Rarity's place...i-i mean if that's okay." Fluttershy told them.
"what's her place like?" Bone asked.
"well, it's really fancy and she likes decoratio-" Fluttershy was cut off by the three of them.
"NO!"
"wh-why not?" Fluttershy asked.
"she'll try to get rid of our instincts." Scourge answered. "i will not be a kittypet again." Scourge answered.
"she has a cat." Fluttershy told them.
they looked at each other. "another cat huh?" Bone asked.
"well, I'll take it, another cat to torture- i mean talk to sounds great." Scourge decided.
"okay, but you're the size of ponies and she's the size of a normal cat, so- wait, did you say torture?" Fluttershy asked.
"umm, no. i said torch, you know, those things that give you light." Scourge couldn't let this light hearted pony know of his intentions.
"good." Fluttershy said simply.
Fluttershy lead them to Rarity's house. she had described it on the way there, so they weren't so shocked at how fancy it was.
"see you guys later." Fluttershy said as she walked away.
