Trauma ~ a Brindleface fanfiction

The bloom opened, unfolding its delicate petals and stretching them out towards the sky. Not too far away, a bird sung its dawn chorus, the shrill call echoing throughout the trees. A tiny shrew hurried over the leaf littered ground. A yelp. The shrew paused, its pink nose trembling as it sniffed the air. A cool breeze swept through the forest, every now and then picking up leaves in a small whirlwind. Not too far away, a cat crouched, its light tabby pelt blending in perfectly with the bracken. The piercing "yelp" sounded again. Narrowing its eyes, the cat twitched its whiskers, as if in annoyance. "Dog," she hissed. Silently, she stalked through the ferns, ears pricked. The cold air was damp and a thick cloud hung above the trees. The she cat had barely reached a few fox lengths before she heard a grating voice. "Cats, pathetic, kill." "Good, my dear friends." The she cat came to an abrupt halt and drew in a deep breath. She recognised that second hiss. All too well. "Tigerclaw?" she called softly. ''Who is he with? What do they mean, "cats, kill?"'' When there was no response, she pushed cautiously out into the open. Her breath caught in her throat at what she saw. A massive tabby stood calmly in the clearing. In front of him, a large pack of dogs jostled each other viciously. She gasped. The dogs were huge, their yellow teeth glinted menacingly in the foggy light and their eyes shone with a daunting malice. Slimy drool slid down their throats and their hooked claws grated along the rough surface of snakerocks with a horrid screech. The she cat folded her ears back and stood frozen with horror. "Brindleface?" the huge tabby tom swung his broad head towards her, his eyes lit with momentary panic. The she cat stretched her eyes wide. "What in StarClan are those...those things!" she shrieked, "and what are they doing here?!" Tigerclaw locked his amber gaze with hers. Suddenly he leaped forward, hooking his claws around Brindleface's throat and bowling her over with a tremendous force. Brindleface yowled in shock and her paws flailed wildly as she fought. "What are you doing?!" "Protecting my plan," Tigerclaw growled. He pushed harder and swept the she cats paws from underneath her causing her to land in an angle. Brindleface screeched as Tigerclaw continued batter her with savage blows and she felt her whole body coil in on itself in pain.