Chapter 17

      When Wintertail awoke, she saw the river. That was good. She stood up and accidently hit her back on the top of the cage. Wincing, Wintertail walked out of the cage, shook herself, and started looking for the others. All she saw was Tommy, and he was talking to a boy she had never seen before. Tommy turned around and saw her."Hey kitty! You're awake!" he said. Tommy picked her up and let the other Cloudwalker pet her. "So Tommy, what are we doing today?" asked the boy. "Well, Mike, we're going all the way upstream." said Tommy. So the other boy's name is Mike, she thought. Tommy let her drop to the floor. When she hit the ground she scampered off. After a little while, she saw Frostglory. "We are heading upstream." she said to Frostglory."Look!" yelled Dotfur coming around from the corner. Wintertail looked she saw what Dotfur was looking at. A big Cloudwalker monster was in the river plugging it. Right then, the thing they were riding on jerked as it stopped. Dotfur rounded up the other three cats and they jumped off the machine. When Wintertail approached the river, a face appeared. It kind of looked like a cats face. Puckleclaw's, to be exact. Wintertail's foot slid into the water. The face opened it's mouth and inside was a small whirlpool that her foot had tripped into. The mouth closed and the teeth pierced her skin; not enough to cut it, but enough to bruise it. The now swirling face had disappeared."The second sign." said the same mysterious voice from before.

Chapter 14

          The next day at dawn the four cats met."Time to go now." hissed Pebblefoot. Wintertail peeked through the bushes and saw the Cloudwalker. Only the two big ones were out, but she could hear the two little ones in the big den.
         The cats headed out in front of the Cloudwalkers. First Dotfur, then Pebblefoot, Dusktail, and last her. "Meow." they all meowed. They had a plan. Dusktail and Pebblefoot would try to befriend the one with long fur. Dotfur and Wintertail would try to befriend the one with short hair.They headed toward their Cloudwalker. "Aww, how cute." said the female Cloudwalker. She knelt down to pick up Pebblefoot and Dusktail. The male Cloudwalker didn't seem that interested. Dotfur frowned, then hopped onto the Cloudwalker's lap while Wintertail followed. The other Cloudwalker stooped down and grabbed them ,too."Let's keep them, Len." said the female Cloudwalker. "Fine." said the other. She brought them into the house. "Tommy, Dian look what we found." said the female Cloudwalker, Jayne.Wintertail could here the pitter patter of the Cloudwalkers feet. The female quickly swung them behind the her back. "Yes, Mommy?" "As a 'good job' present for school, we have a present for you two. Dian, since you got 3 E's you get to pick first." she said. She quickly swung the cats from around her back. The Cloudwalkers gasped. "Oh, Mommy, cats!" said Tommy. "I want the pure white one and the Pebbly dark one." said Dian pointing to Wintertail and Pebblefoot.
"Yay, the ones I wanted!" squealed Tommy."Let's have naming ceremony.We'll take pillows, then stick poles into the sides of the couches and make a blanket attatch from the ends like a curtain." said Dian. "Sure. Come on let's do it." said Tommy.
          The two Cloudwalkers first took Pebblefoot and put the rest of them on the ground. They gently pushed Pebblefoot through the curtain."All their names should do something with their color or personalities. So let's name this one Rocky."said Tommy. Pebblefoot flinched at the name. Next Dusktail was shoved up. "Let's name this one Night." said Tommy. Then Dotfur was shoved up. "Let's name you Dotty Wotty." said Dian. The other cats burst into peals of laughter while Dotfur looked embarassed. "I think the other cats like it." said Dian. Last Wintertail was put up. "Let's name you Snowy."said Dian. Wintertail put her paws over her head. What had she gotten herself into?