『Dark Dreams ~ Chapter 3』 "Hello?" Weakly, Dreampaw looked up. "Aaa!" she shouted. "You're not a ThunderClan cat!" She sniffed him. "You smell weird." "So do you." The other Clan cat wrinkled his nose. "You must be ThunderClan. I'm Nightpaw. Who're you?" "Dreampaw," Dreampaw answered. "ThunderClan all right," Nightpaw confirmed. "What should we do? Oh- that's right. How'd you get here?" "Well, I was exploring territory with my siblings and my mentor, and we went to Sunningrocks" (Nightpaw snorted at this part) "And then I accidentally fell into the river! I guess I must've followed the river to the lake and washed up here," Dreampaw mumbled. "Sorry." "It's fine. Go now and I won't tell anyone," Nightpaw said. Dreampaw nodded. "Bye, Nightpaw." She kicked off the bank and went under the water, flailing her paws, trying to move. But she found that once she was underwater, she couldn't float. She kept sinking. The water was very deep. Dreampaw felt like wailing out loud and crying for someone to help. She saw fish swimming through the water and underwater plants. The bottom of the lake was shaped like a bowl. It was at least 20 feet deep. She was only about 5 feet down. "Hrrlp," Dreampaw mumbled. (*Help) No reply. She kicked her back legs again and tried to get to the surface. "Strrln hrrlp mm," she tried, just to hear her voice and reassure herself that she was alive. (*StarClan help me) Again, no reply. "A drrk drrm wrrd b nkk nw," she said. (*A dark dream would be nice now) Suddenly she was paddling forward in the water. "I drnt ndd tb nn thhh tp f thhh wrtr tmvv," she realized. (*I don't have to be on the top of the water to move) She swam forward, slowly sinking, toward the nearest bank. "Oh, hello!" cried a gleeful voice. "I'm Mistypaw, of WindClan! You are?" "Dreampaw of ThunderClan. Now I'm assuming you want to know why I'm in the lake," Dreampaw said. "Pull me onto the shore and I'll tell you." Mistypaw sank her teeth into Dreampaw's paw and pulled her up. "Okay," she said. "Why are you in the lake?" "Well, I was exploring Sunningrocks with my mentor and I fell into the river," Dreampaw replied. "Oh no!" Mistypaw cried. "Are you okay?" "A bit cold, but yes," Dreampaw answered, shivering and shaking out her fur. Mistypaw stepped backward. "Hey!" she accused lightly. "Now I'm all wet too!" She approached the bank and splashed Dreampaw. "You didn't fall into the river!" Dreampaw retorted, shaking her fur out again. "Sorry," mumbled Mistypaw. "I'll take you to my medicine cat!" They went into the WindClan camp and met the medicine cat. "Hello," the medicine cat said. "Case of the shivers, this one has." "Dreampaw," Dreampaw said. "Well, Dreampaw, you look fine. Just a bit cold. Here, have some poppy seeds," said the medicine cat, shoving some seeds toward her. Dreampaw reluctantly nibbled up the seeds. "Sleepy," she moaned. She closed her eyes. Another dark dream. Next: Previous: First:
