User blog:Cherrykit13/Sphinx's Escape, Part Two

Sphinx padded toward the edge of the clear-stone and looked up. She'd have to jump very far to make it over the edge, and she sighed. Suddenly, Fluffers bowled into her in an apparent dodge from Rosy. Sphinx yelped and squirmed away. Fluffers clambered to the side and hissed. "Hey, watch it!" He snarled, and Sphinx winced. "I was only trying to get up...." She stammered. Fluffers laughed, "You'll never do it by yourself." She looked at her paws nervously. He grinned. "If it means you'll leave, I'll give you a boost." Sphinx looked up, surprised. "Wha.... What?" "I said, I'll give you a boost. Come on." With that, he picked her up and started pushing her up the side of the clear-stone. Sphinx yelped and jumped away, inadvertantly getting herself high enough to climb over. She clung to the edge and looked down at Fluffers. "Tha... thank you." She stammered again. He nodded and padded away to Rosy. Sphinx smiled as she readied herself to jump off. Fluffers had been the meanest, and now he'd been nice. She grinned and hopped off. She was suddenly falling, much farther than she'd had to climb. She clawed at the air frantically, then she hit the ground with a thump. Her paw hurt, and she winced as she stood. She glanced around, relieved that no twolegs saw her. Sphinx padded across the floor, looking around. Several other "dens" of clear-stone held puppies, fish, and even birds. Sphinx padded along nervously, trying to find the Outside. It shouldn't be this hard.... She thought. She listened to the annoying peeping of the birds, when she heard a strange tinkling noise. She looked up and saw a twoleg walking in. Her large ears went back and she darted towards it, intending to go behind it and hide. She dashed past and slipped down a series of stairs, her eyes widening in surprise. As she hit the ground, her fur grew cold and damp. She lifted herself, her side soaking with puddle watwer. She looked around, but she couldn't see very well. Grayness cloaked her vision. Mist, she thought;'' I must have gotten to the Outside! ''She glanced around excitedly, trying to take in everything. There wasn't much to take in; the mist clouded everything, and what she could see was faded and broken. Sphinx turned around and nearly jumped with fright, two twolegs were reaching for her. She leapt to her paws and skidded around, running down the slippery stone. They started following her, and she looked around wildly for somewhere to hide. She sped past a twoleg den and turned around a dark corner. She tripped on a lose stone and fell on her already soar paw, she yowled and looked weakly up at the twolegs. "Come on, take me back...." She mewed dejectedly as the twolegs reached for her. As the twoleg touched her side, a brown tabby streak jumped at the twoleg. Sphinx watched in shock as the sunken-eyed, torn-eared tabby she'd seen earlier clawed the twoleg's cheek angrily. "Go back to you nests, twolegs!" He hissed, and the twolegs ran away, yelping. The tabby turned around and padded up to her. Sphinx shrank back, scared by now of everything around her in the dark alley. The tabby looked her over and hissed to her, "What are you doing in my territory, kit?" She looked up at him, her eyes wide with fear. "Te... territory? I... I don't know... what a territory... is...." The tomcat hissed again and leaned over her. He grabbed her scruff and yanked her back onto her paws. She yelped and looked up at him. "Wha... what are you going to do?" She mewed meekly, crouching down nervously. "I'm gonna get you out of my territory and into the forest! Come on." He pushed her forward, unsheathed his claws, and started forward. She yelped and started forward as well. "Do... do you have a name?" She mumbled after a while. " He glared at her and shoved forward. I can't believe this... Sphinx thought. I got Outside, I made it.... And now this tomcat hates me and he's throwing me into the "forest", whatever that is. Why did I ever leave?

