The Nightmare of a Pumpkin

I was stalking a little, black mouse, almost ready to pounce when Jagtooth said, “Oh you silly furball. You will never catch the mouse like that Cheetahflame.”

The mouse noticed me and ran to the mouse hole.”Arrrgh! I almost had it! Next time, be a little more quiet you mousebrain!” I hissed.

“Sorry, sheesh! I just wanted to let you know that the Twolegs are going to carve pumpkins tomorrow,” Jagtooth replied.

“Thanks for letting me know because I will see to them tonight for myself,” I said.

“You’re welcome. Hey, say “hi” to the pumpkins for me, Cheetahflame,” Jagtooth said.

“No, you are coming with me. Wait, are you scared?” I teased.

“No! I am not scared of pumpkins! Although, they are kind of creepy,” Jagtooth mewed defensively.

Then, I was dragging Jagtooth by the tail all the way to the pumpkins with him pleading to let him go. I said, “Are you a cat or a mouse?”.

“I-I-I’m a-a-a c-c-cat,” Jagtooth stuttered.

“Then, start acting like one Jagtooth,” I snapped.

We finally arrived at the place where the Twolegs put the pumpkins for the night.

“Okay Jagtooth, you can open your eyes now,” I purred.”It’s not so scary, I promise you,”.

“I’m trusting you. Please don’t pull any tricks on my tail at all. Please Cheetahflame, please!” Jagtooth wailed.

“You can trust me Jagtooth, I’m not pulling any tricks. Plus,I have been dragging you by the tail in order to get here right by the pumpkins.You have also been wailing like a lost kit which stressed me out. I’m in no mood to pull any pranks. Open your eyes now!” I growled.

Fury was burning in my eyes so much that I had to hold it back. I was within a heartbeat away from slashing his muzzle.I ended up sinking them into the shaggy carpet. I thought how the Twolegs would react if I got in a fight with Jagtooth. They would take me to the vet and put me down (A gentle way of them saying “to kill an animal”).

“Okay, my eyes are open. Wow! These pumpkins are huge!I still think pumpkins are kind of creepy.” Jagtooth said in awe.

I stood there giving Jagtooth a funny look for a minute. After we exchanged glances, I thought we were going to check out the pumpkins. He was giving me the look that he was hungry. I scanned the room for an easy meal,

“Hey Jagtooth, come here. I found food! It’s called ‘catnip’,” I yowled with delight.

Jagtooth bounded over to me and said,”Wow! Food for us! Uh Cheetahflame, will this taste the same as fresh kill?”.

“I dunno, but it says it is for cats anyway. We can eat it but not all of it, we need to save for later Jagtooth,” I replied.

We ate for a few minutes then, we looked for big pumpkins. Purposely, Jagtooth hid behind a pumpkin and when I wasn’t expecting it, he jumped out from behind it and said, “Boo!”.

“Aaaaaahhhhhh!” I screamed,”You are such a mousebrain! You almost made my fur fly off!”.

“I’m just having a little fun Cheetahflame. Keep your fur on,” Jagtooth mewed.

“J-J-Jagtooth, t-t-the p-pumpkin is m-moving. L-Let’s g-get out of here,”I stuttered.

“What do you mean by the pumpkin is moving?” Jagtooth asked.

“The pumpkin with the evil, glowing eyes and opening and closing it’s mouth and is coming right for us. Jagtooth, I think we should run,” I said.

“No, we should just stand here and get eaten Cheetahflame,” Jagtooth said.

We ran as fast as we could,but the pumpkin was too fast and hit me.I fell to the ground hard and couldn’t get up.Suddenly, Jagtooth jumped up to fight it. The pumpkin bit him. He yowled with pain and blood gushed from his underbelly.

“Cheetahflame,I know we from different clans but, I love you. I always have and will never stop. You walk in my dreams, and now I will walk in yours,” Jagtooth rasped.

After saying those words,his breathing stopped, his fur got cold, Jagtooth was dead.

“Nooooo!! Jagtooth, why did you have to die?!! He risked his life for me and he died. I have always loved him too. He is now on his way to Starclan. I will miss you Jagtooth,” I mewed with a voice filled with despair.

“Cheetahflame! Cheetahflame, wake up, you’ve been asleep the entire morning! Firestar is choosing cats to go to the Gathering. Are you going?” Panthercloud said, “I heard you scream, are you okay?”

I opened my eyes and saw myself in Thunderclan camp. I also found out that every cat was staring at me in the warriors’ den.

“Hey, where is Jagtooth?” I asked with curiosity.

“Jagtooth? Oh, he is in Riverclan. Really Cheetahflame, are you okay?” Panthercloud asked with concern.

“Yes, I’m okay, just let Firestar that I’m going, okay?” I said.

“Okay, I’ll tell him. Just calm down, it was only a nightmare,” Panthercloud said.

That is when I was relieved that it was just a bad dream.