Sapphirepaw's heart pounded as she tried to make her way through the tunnels. The giant shards of black crystal made it nearly impossible to go anywhere without slipping. She'd been wandering here since midday yesterday, when Klepto had found her. She couldn't tell where it had taken Diamondpaw, and she didn't know what had happened to Opalpaw. She must be so worried that her sisters hadn't returned. Suddenly, a yelp sounded from farther up the tunnel. Sapphirepaw braced herself for Klepto to come crashing down the corridor at Sapphire finding the exit to the cave she'd been contained to. But nothing happened. "Hello?" she called cautiously. "Is... is someone there? Diamondpaw?" "Sapphirepaw?" someone said back. "Yes, it's me! And Puddlepaw's here, too!" Sapphirepaw cautiously made her way over to the two other cats. "Puddlepaw? How did you get here?" "Me and Opalpaw went out looking for you, along with several other patrols," he explained. "But at the frozen river, we encountered Klepto and he took us here." "Opalpaw? She's here?" Sapphirepaw looked around frantically. "Where?" "We... haven't found her yet." Puddlepaw said worridly. "We've been looking for a long time." "Have you guys... seen any other cats here?" Diamondpaw interjected. "I've heard rumors from other Clans, at the gathering..." "What?" Puddlepaw said, taken aback "No!" Sapphirepaw said at the same time. Diamondpaw sat back on her hind legs and put her paws up in surrender. "Hey, I'm just saying. It's good that you haven't seen any yet." "Why?" Sapphirepaw hissed under her breath, but decided not to argue. Diamondpaw was like this sometimes. She was probably just trying to scare her and Puddlepaw. "Opalpaw?" Puddlepaw called out. There was a faint yowl in response. It sounded like it said, "Puddlepaw! I'm over here!" They all dashed towards the sound (as much as you could dash when the ground was made of pointy crystals) and the sound got louder and clearer, until finally, there was Opalpaw. Opalpaw was stuck between two pillars of black jewels, and she looked like she was getting weaker and losing breath every moment. (as in, suff0cating, it's not magic) Next: not here yet Previous: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1320887457 First: Characters: Collab with
