Chapter 5

Goldensky was finding it to be more and more difficult to travel as the sun lowered out of sight. Tigertooth had given her curious glances, not sure of what was happening with her. She kept tripping over things and ran into others.
Tigertooth sighed. Maybe she was just tired. They had been traveling for two days straight with barely any sleep. He felt guilt pinch at him. He shouldn't be pushing her so hard to keep up with him.
He sighed under his breath and slowed pace for his mate to have an easier time keeping up.
Stop.. rest...
Tigertooth froze in his tracks. What was that? Who was that? He turned his ears in every direction in search of sound from possibly another cat. Goldensky stood beside him with worry.
"What is it?" She asked quietly. Tigertooth took a long moment before replying.
"I thought I heard a voice." Tigertooth admitted. The golden she-cat tilted her head at him with confusion. She hadn't heard anything. She was going to speak again, but her mate spoke first.
"We need to find somewhere to stop." He said, resuming to walk forward. Goldensky followed after him, doing her best not to fall behind as she had earlier.
They found a strange tunnel, one that led down into a small but big enough space for the both of them to huddle together in. Tigertooth went inside and sniffed around. Whatever had been their originally had left long ago.
He gave Goldensky the okay to come in and he sat closest to the exit to keep an eye open for potential threats.
His mate curled up beside him and fell into a deep and well deserved sleep.
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Sunscar and Firestar had made progress with their search for the exciled duo. They had slept the night before and were determined to keep traveling throughout the night and sleep the next morning to make consistent progress.
Sunscar kept her ears open and searched with both of her eyes. They had found more evidence of Tigerstar, or Tigertooth, on their journey tonight. Firestar felt more and more determined every time they found bits of Tigertooth and Goldensky's trail.
He knew they were getting close. He could feel it in his gut. Sunscar felt the same way and was a bit conflicted inside.
When they catch up to them she would get to meet her parents, but she had no idea what they were like. She didn't want to believe what everyone said about her father and wanted more from her mother.
But she feared what had been said was true. What if her father was just some tyrant that wanted to rule the clan and Goldensky was only a hopeless romantic? Or even worse.. he tricked her into it.
She also wanted to know why her mother left her with Runningwish and Voleeye. Why couldn't she be with them? Even if they were trying to escape the clans, she would've had her parents.
She shook herself mentally. She had to be passive about this. It might be the best option since she had no idea what to expect. Maybe her father was kind and just lost his grip on reality because of Tigerstar, and maybe Goldensky truely did love her father and was very loyal and faithful to him.. enough to the point where she would leave with him like she did.
She took a deep breath to clear her head. Sunscar had a hard time trying to stop thinking about it but that curiousity always burned in her since she was a kit and now it was reignited since she had the opportunity to meet them now.
Firestar halted and raised his head.
"We've caught them." He announced to her in a hushed voice.

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