"Kainalu slow down!" A young mollykit squealed to her brother who was charging straight for a palm tree.
"Trust me Heli! It'll work!" Kainalu chirped, getting ready to headbutt straight into a palm tree. Right at that exact moment, a beautiful molly leaped in the way of Kainalu. He yelped, slamming straight into her legs.
"Ow! What the-" he immediately stopped talking as soon as he recognized who had stopped him. He looked up with an awkward smile, his tail twitching nervously "Hi mom..." He mewed nervously. Danu stood over Kainalu, her gaze blazing with rage.
She didn't say a word to him, just angrily glaring at her son. Danu turned to Heli and Varuna, who both flinched at her angered gaze "All of you, in the den, NOW." Danu snarled, walking past them with her tail flicking with irritation.
Kainalu gulped nervously, getting to his paws and following his siblings. They all reeked of fear, and Kainalu swore he could hear Varuna's heart beating out of his chest. They slowly entered the den, where their enraged mother sat close to the back.
They stayed a few crab-lengths away from her, their ears flattened against their head. Danu glared at them with narrowed pine-green eyes. Kainalu could tell she was really pissed off and tried to lighten the mood by saying something stupid like:
"So, how was everyone's day?" Danu immediately focused her attention on him and her usually silky fur was now fluffed up in rage "Do you think this is a joke? You could've gotten a concussion!"
"It's not like I was gonna hit it that hard! Have you seen my weak legs?" He retorted, flopping his legs around to show her "Your 'weak legs' are about to get even more weak by the time I'm finished scolding you!"
"What is all the commotion about in there?" A voice asked from outside the den "Wade, get in here!" Danu hissed at her mate before getting to her paws. Kainalu's father, Wade, poked his head inside the den.
Danu whisked Varuna and Heli away from Kainalu, her eyes blazing with rage "Go have a talk with your oh so funny son." She snarled, padding out of the den with Kainalu's littermates by her side.
Wade watched her leave before turning to Kainalu. He gulped, turning to face his father. Wade sighed, moving over to sit next to Kainalu. He plopped down and gently curled his tail around Kainalu.
They sat in silence for so long that Kainalu couldn't take it anymore "Look, if you're going to scold me, you might as well do it now," he blurted out, growing irritated "Why would I scold you if you're simply not going to learn from it?"
Kainalu glanced up at his father, confused "What do you mean?" He asked. Wade glanced down at his son "Do you listen to your mother when she scolds you?" He asked calmly. Kainalu shuffled his paws, trying to think of a good response.
"Sometimes I do," he replied silently "Exactly, you only listen to her sometimes. So why should we scold you if you clearly aren't going to listen to us?" Wade questioned. Kainalu grew more desperate for an answer, but he could hardly think of any sort of response.
Finally, he found the perfect response "I just want to have fun like we used to," he lied, putting on a sad, pitiful little face. Wade gave him a look over and let out a sigh "We can't have fun if you keep getting in trouble all the time."
"It's not my fault! Besides, shouldn't you guys be happy that I didn't hit the tree?" Kainalu demanded, growing impatient. Wade's usually calm jay-blue eyes showed a glint of anger "That's only because your mother was there to stop you."
"So? I still didn't hit the tree!" Kainalu insisted. Wade glared at his son, his shoulder fur rising "Do you not understand that you could've been sent straight to the sky?" Wade demanded, his voice rising.
"Over a charge at a palm tree? Oh please, Dad, you act like I'm going to die!" Kainalu hissed, standing to his paws and glaring at his father "You could've without even realizing it! You could've been dead or sent straight to the medics den!"
"You and mom are always so dramatic! You act like the tiniest little scratch could kill us right then and there!" Kainalu argued "That is enough!" Wade yowled, slamming one paw down hard on the ground to silence Kainalu.
Wade glared down at his son with disapproval and anger "You'll be grounded for a quarter moonfall," he meowed after a few moments of silence. Kainalu stared at him in disbelief "You can't just ground me!"
"Yes, I can! Now you better stay here and listen to your mother or else I'll add more to that grounding of yours," Wade threatened, beginning to walk past Kainalu "But that's not fair!" Kainalu protested.
"Well too bad! Life isn't always fair, Kainalu. You've brought this on yourself." Wade growled, exiting the den before Kainalu could say anything more to him. Kainalu let out an enraged hiss, slashing at a few strands of stray moss.
"This is so unfair! They can't just ground me like that!" Kainalu snarled aloud, continuing to lash out on the mosses. After a few moments, he stopped and laid down in his nest. He faced the wall, curled up into a tiny ball.
The day continued on as Kainalu laid facing the wall. He didn't know how late it was nor did he really care. He was so upset and angry and unhappy that he didn't care "Kainalu? Are you still in there?"
"Go away," Kainalu hissed at the cat "Please Kainalu, I just want to talk," the cat pleaded "Go away!" He snarled, his pelt spiking up. It grew silent outside, and Kainalu assumed that the cat had left the den entrance.
Don't cats know the definition of "leave me alone?" He thought angrily. Today wasn't such a great start for Kainalu, and part of him hoped things would be better tomorrow. He grew drowsy with sleep by dusk, and slowly closed his eyes to sleep.
Things aren't going to be so bad tomorrow, right?
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{~Over the Horizon~}
Action"Someday, we will all figure out our destinies and find out what our ancestors have in store for us." -Sedna A large group of cats were shipped to an island by humans. They were used as a science experiment, but the humans soon forgot about them ove...
