A World So Cold {open}

Twitch shivered as he padded further and further away from home. The night was cold and the dark clouds threatened to bring rain or snow. Twitch whined loudly as he increased his pace to a run as he searched for a place to rest. The heart-shaped tag smacked against his chest causing jolts of pain to surge through him as he ran.

The young chocolate tom skidded into a place piled high with rubbish that the twolegs had left behind. He gazed at the rusting trash and lowered himself to the ground. The first drops of rain started to fall causing Twitch to run into the twisted scrap metal where he found a tunnel leading deeper into the mound. "H... hello?" Twitch crawled further into the darkness, his body trembling with terror and his fear-scent growing. Something had made this tunnel and the stench of other cats stung at his nose.

Twitch heard a voice and jumped into the air but ended up bashing his head against the top of the tunnel causing him to wail in pain. He placed a paw on top of his head and rubbed at the fur before looking at the cat that had appeared. "Um... hello." Twitch fluffed up defensively out of fear.

Twitch nodded slowly. "Yeah, it's not the first time I've bumped my head." The young tom chuckled but his chocolate fur was still ruffled. "So... do you live here?" Twitch inquired, tilting his head with curiosity.

"Cool..." Twitch replied as he looked around himself again but he could not deny that the forest was still more appealing to this ex-kittypet. "I hope you don't mind me staying here until the rain passes? By the way I'm Twitch."

((OOC: She looks lovely Twitch is chocolate with a white left paw))

Twitch dipped his head respectfully to Shamrock. "So... how did you end up here?" Twitch asked.

"Really?" Twitch was stunned. "It must have been horrible living here. There must be rats and dogs everywhere!" Twitch's ears fell back, he felt sorry for Shamrock.

Twitch's tail fluffed up and he lowered his head. "Sorry, sometimes I forget these things because I was born into a twoleg nest." Twitch knew cats learned to survive in different worlds. He knew that Drazelle, his mate, had been born into the Clans.

Twitch nodded and padded through the shadows deeper into the tunnel. "I can barely see where I'm going..." He mumbled as he went deeper before moving into a larger chamber. He looked around in awe.

"Thanks." Twitch padded around within the chamber until he found what must have been one of the soft things he used to see inside the twoleg monsters. He climbed up onto it and started to groom his matted fur.

"Oh... sorry." Twitch gazed at the kit and pain filled his heart. He had left his mate and his kits behind and he gravely missed them. The chocolate tom stood up and moved and found a cushion that was missing most of its stuffing. It wasn't nearly as nice as the last one but it would do.