Desperate For Freedom

Swiftheart padded mindlessly around the cave she grown familiar with, the humid air, the stink that smells like dirtplace was dumped into the river and the water flooded into camp... She turned her head towards the mist that stayed in one spot, an ever-changing figure. She came up behind the mist and saw a tunnel that was barely visible, she could barely see it, her eyes adapted to the light never touching it. Now she knew how a ShadowClan cat feels. She walked on, the tunnel getting narrower and narrower, until her whiskers brushed against the walls. The tunnel started to widen, and she saw something over in the distance. Her eyes grew big and she broke into a run,a smile on her face with the thought of getting out, she could almost feel it. The thing she saw grew close and touched her nose for a split second, and she let out a yowl, but then all her hope shattered and died. She put her paws forward to halt. She was back at the cave? How? She didn't recall any turns, just a strait line. Her hope was replaced with despair, as she thought if she really believed escape was that easy. She laid down on the cave floor, wanting to just cry.

"Hey..." The golden apprentice approached the warrior slowly. "Are you okay?"
Her once-bright fur was dull and disheveled, and her bones stuck out. The darkness had taken a toll on the apprentice.
She nudged her gently. "We'll get out of here." She mewed confidently. "They're probably making a plan right now."

Sunpaw sat down next to the cat and began to groom her fur. "We've got Crowstar to guide us."

The apprentice had completely given up on trying to escape. She had run down that tunnel countless times, walking until she collapsed, and she had dug at the stone walls of the cave until her pads had bled. But still, someone had to keep up the morale of the group.

Umberflame padded over. "Were working on something. Swiftheart stay together panicking won't help you it will only make you more distressed and your likely to hurt yourself." The she cat meowed.

Swiftheart looked at the apprentice "I'm fine. she answered, somewhat a lie. She blinked as Sunpaw sat down beside her and started grooming her. She didn't look over as Otterleap came and spoke. "I was the first to come here, I'm wondering how RiverClan's doing, I wanna see them, but I'm not going to become some crazy elder who'd hurt themselves." she meowed, before hearing that they were working on something, that was when she looked over. "What are you working on?" she asked with curiosity.