User blog:Cherrykit13/Sphinx's Scar

A half-moon after escaping, Sphinx was doing well. She'd taught herself to hunt, partially, and she was growing plump. She padded through the forest, looking around happily. As she went along, she heard a twig snap. She turned to the noise; her eyes landed on a shrub that was rustling. "Who's there?" She mewed, trying to sound brave as the happiness drained from her, replaced by fear. The rustling noise grew louder, and Sphinx shrunk back. The rustling stopped, and just as Sphinx straightened up, a hissing cat leapt out. Sphinx yelped and rolled backward, her eyes wide. In front of her stood the menacing figure of.... Sphinx's eyes widened. Before her stood the tomcat she'd met when she escaped. He snarled and stepped forward, his eyes blazing. "I.... I left your territory.... Please don't...." She stammered as the tomcat stalked towards her. "Because of you, my territory is gone!" He snarled as he stopped, inches before her. "When you ran away, the twolegs found me again and tried to capture me. Now, I can't go back to my home!" He spat, and he swatted her across the face. Sphinx fell and looked up at him, her eyes wide. The tomcat hissed and unsheathed his claws. Sphinx's ears went back in terror and she kicked out, hitting him in the stomach. He groaned and crouched down, preparing to leap on her. Sphinx yelped and turned to run, but the tomcat grabbed her scruff and flung her over his head. She flew through the air and hit against a rock; she yowled in pained, her cheek scraping across a sharp rock. She struggled to her paws, her cheek stinging and her side aching from impact with the ground. The tomcat glared at her and lunged forward; Sphinx darted to the side and, with a newfound anger, she clawed his eyes and kicked him in the back of the head. He hissed, grabbed her tail, and pulled her under his sharp claws. She yowled, claws raking her back. She wriggled away, and, with one last look backward, she darted through some thornbushes and deeper into the forest. "I'll catch you this time, furless!" She heard the tomcat growl, close behind her. She tried to run on, but her legs gave out and she fell. She yowled in pain and looked up at the tomcat who was now standing over her. "I'm going to make sure you never mess up anything again," he growled, bringing his claws close to her face. She shrank back trying to get away, but he slammed his back paw down on her tail, making her cry out in pain. "Running away won't work this time, furless." The tomcat clawed her cheek, where she had already been wounded. Sphinx screamed in pain, her terrfied and angered voice clear in the still forest. The tomcat stepped back, his eyes gleaming. "Now, even if you keep running away, I'll always be able to tell who you are. And if I ever see that scar again...." He paused, and Sphinx shrank back further. "If I see that scar again, I will kill its wearer." With that, he stalked away, and left Sphinx lieing on the ground, curled up in pain, blood from her cheek staining her skin.