A Time To Travel/Chapter 3

A blinding,searing light made Stormwind flinch.He huddle closer to his littermates and wormed his way into a morecomfortable position.He heard Mother yowling,and he lifted his head to see her,but then cold,never ending darkness consumed him.

Mosspaw opened hs eyes to find Poppypaw leaning over him.His head throbbed,and the same scene played over and over in his head.

“You're awake,"Poppypaw mewed in relief.Mosspaw narrowed his eyes in confusion.

“What do you mean?I only closed my eyes for a moment."

Ivypaw exchanged a glance with Poppypaw,then mewed,“Mosspaw,you've been asleep since this morning."

He looked at the sky to see that it was nearly sunhigh.“It was all a dream,"he said,half to himself.“The thing and -"he stopped as the thing caught his eye.“It's real...."

Poppypaw nodded.Mosspaw could see the fear on his brother's face,and his heart nearly stopped.Heaving himself to his paws,he closed his eyes as the pain in his head doubled.

Ivypaw was looking a little weak,and was breathing strange.“Are you okay?"

“I should be the one asking you that question,"she responded,looking embarassed.

Poppypaw looked into the woods.“We need to get home.Quickly."

“Why?"Mosspaw didn't see any immediate danger.

Poppypaw glared at him,the padded over to the cold box.“This is what brought us here,"he said,half to himself,“So maybe it can take us home."

“That makes sense,"Ivypaw said slwly,“But that awful spinning..."she shuddered and looked sick.Mosspaw thought she looked way worse than she was letting on,and the sooner she admitted it,the better.

Poppypaw looked at her in sympathy,and Mosspaw realized that he was thinking the same thing.“It will be fine.We're alive,aren't we?We have a plan to get home.Things are getting better."He managed a weak smile,but it was obviously forced.

Mosspaw tasted the air.“Someone's coming!"he hissed,“Hide!"

They scrambled to some bushes,downwind from the hollow,and hid inside as four cats came into the hollow.