A Perfect Octave - Chapter Five

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A Perfect Octave - Chapter Five Tansysong awoke. Excitement flared through the young warrior. The Clan Prom was tonight! She ran to WindClan Camp to pick up a dress from Birdbird. She ran the the she-cat's shop and told Birdbird to pick out a green dress with darker green swirls on it. Instead, she rushed over to a rock and put it in Tansysong's hands, then grabbed the dress. Tansysong gave the she-cat some prey and left. She headed back home and put on makeup, which she never did, but wanted to for Brownpaw. It felt wrong. She rubbed it off and washed her paws. She brushed her fur and put the bludgeoning rock in her pocket just in case someone at Prom went crazy and hurt another cat. Once Tansysong was ready, she played games with Perfectheart until nightfall. Mintstar then lead the cats out to the island. The leaders shared news, and all five announced, "Let the dancing begin!" Tansysong ran towards Brownpaw, but saw him dancing with another she-cat. The she-cat licked his cheek and purred. Tansysong's eyes widened. She yelled. "What are you doing, Brownpaw? Weren't you supposed to dance with me?" "No, hah! I'd never dance with a fat, ugly cat like you. I never asked you out, and it's Brownclaw now!" He chuckled. Tansysong began to run away into the corner and sob. She pulled out her rock, but didn't throw it. She couldn't. Fat? She looked down at her dress, it must have made her look big. She sobbed and took it off and ripped it to shreds. Ugly? She growled. Brownclaw would look ugly from a hit with a rock! She thought of a plan. She could throw the rock into Brownclaw's hand, and it would slip onto the she-cat's foot, and she would think Brownclaw had thrown it! Tansysong threw the rock, and it all went out perfectly. Brownclaw came towards her and hit her on the face. He dug his short claws into her left eye. Tansysong screeched, and kicked the tom off of herself. "That's how my eye feels whenever I see you! That's how my eye felt when my date left me!" Brownclaw growled and ran off. Saffronpaw of WindClan ran towards her. Tansysong braced herself, expecting a bite on the neck or a claw on the belly, but neither happened. "Are you alright, Tansypaw?" Saffronpaw asked her. "I-I'm fine. And it's Tansysong now." Tansysong said, ignoring her stained fur. "I can see what happened, Tansypa- I mean, Tansysong. He tore out you're eye and made you feel terrible! You can't just let that go!" He told her. "Tell me about what happened. It'll make me feel better." "He called me fat, and ugly, and that I'm an eyesoar to him.. And he scratched out my eye." Tansysong sobbed. Saffronpaw put his arm on Tansysong's shoulder. He told her he'd talk to Brownclaw about it. "What was your warrior name again? Mine is Saffronstep." The tom asked her. "Tansysong." Saffronstep smiled and pulled Tansysong up. "If Brownclaw won't take this gorgeous she-cat dancing, then I will." Saffronstep glared at Brownclaw, who was trying to convince his date he hadn't tried to injure her foot. Saffronstep and Tansysong began to dance with eachother. She felt comfortable between the handsome tom's arms. A vision came over her. Saffronstep and her sitting in a meadow with two kits, one was a fluffy brown she-cat with a gorgeous tail, and another kit, a skinny ginger tabby she-cat. Another came running by, who was also a she-cat. Saffronstep reached over to Tansysong and licked her cheek in the vision, and there was a ring on his finger. Tansysong snapped out of the vision. Could it really happen? Saffronstep licked Tansysong on the cheek and continued to dance until dawn. Prom king and queen were announced, it was Houndfang and Monarchwing. who became king and queen. As Tansysong headed back to camp, Saffronstep began to walk with her. The two shared a nest in the warrior's den. As she dreamed, she saw the strange she-cat again. She seemed angry. "Why, why, why? Why can't I just have Tansykit?" She growled. She then spotted Tansysong and smiled. She slammed her paws onto the Tansysong and neared her neck. Tansysong yowled. "Saffronstep, wake me up!" She waited. Saffronstep didn't wake her up. She yowled louder, and just heard cats groaning. The she-cat placed her teeth on Tansysong's neck and bit down. She felt something shake her, and she woke up. Saffronstep and Perfectheart were above her. She sobbed, trying not to sleep. Perfectheart sat next to her. "It's okay, I'll protect you wherever you go in your dreams." She believed the tom and closed her eyes. She saw the cat again, but this time, Perfectheart was with her. "Let's face her!"