Loud Alarm Clock

The sun barely beating through the crack in the old wooden barn door, birds could be heard chirping in the tree that sat just outside. The nest had been there a while now, every year large blackbirds would claim it as their own and lay their tiny eggs, Finch had been trying for a while now to remove the nest, but to no avail, his efforts were at a loss, the birds just to high in the tree. The faint sound of the waterfall, where the bridge sat marking the border onto clan territory sat neatly on top of the river banks, could be heard in the distance. Mice scurrying across the old decrepit floor every now and then, the faint pitter patter as they ran across to the other side into a dusty hole in the wall, the barn was full of those.

The quiet morning was interrupted as a missive coyote sized Tom wandered inside the crack of the door\, inhaling some air into his lungs before shouting inside- ``WAKE UP``\, The tom yelled loudly\, the cats that scattered around on the many haybales and shelving units that littered the barn jumped out of their skin\, nearly loosing a life. The tom smiled proudly to himself as he pushed the doors open with a swift buck kick from his back leg\, his name was Crow\, he had a pure white pelt with some black splotches scattered around his body\, his eyes an icy blue.

``Do you have a death wish?`` A large tom with a raspy voice hissed from atop one of the shelves\, his large claws flexing out of their sockets before retracting back in followed by a long yawn.

``Don't be so grumpy Finch\, its all fun an' games`` The large tom bellow the shelf grinned up before headbutting the shelving units leg shaking the whole thing like a boa on a stormy ocean\, Finch had grey and white fur with some black scattered\, His eyes a pearly grey. Finch was the second oldest in his family of 4 siblings who lived with him in the barn along with some other cats\, Crow being just under him by a year. Finch flinched as he nearly swayed off the shelf as it shook as he'd just rose to his paws. ``I'm going to kill you`` Finch hissed again\, he wasn't a morning cat like Crow\, and especially wasn't a fan of being woken.

``Ill do it for you`` A voice muttered from the shelf under Finch\, glaring red eyes just peering over the rim of the wooden shelf he was laying on. This was Chrome\, Chrome was usually one for 'fun an' games' but he had stayed up all night guarding the barn with Hound so he wasn't a fan at this pressing moment. Chrome had a crème and white fur pattern and blood red eyes. Hound was fully black\, however\, the whole left side of his body had turned a pure white when he was a kit\, he also had ocean blue eyes.

``Sudden aggression from Tweedle-dee\, now you know you've done wrong`` A chuckle sounded from behind one of the hay bales\, a small tom came jumping out and landing on top of the hay\, This was Alpine\, He was a pure brown Tom with a white underbelly and face mask\, His eyes a beautiful hazel brown.

``I know\, How betrayed I feel`` Chrome pretended to cry holding his paw to his chest as he sat down\, Finch watched unimpressed\, Chrome rolling his blood red eyes however he couldn't help but smile\, and Alpine chuckling his head off on the haybale beside them.

``Cry me a river`` Finch grumbled scratching one of his large ears\, before sharp talon like claws wandered on into the barn\, all eyes now on the Toms in the doorway as they walked in like some sort of celebrities\, This was Hound\, Titan and Koda\, Hound standing the tallest out the of the three as they padded in\, Hound was the oldest of the 4 brothers\, 2 years older than Finch\, He stood taller than Crow and was the strongest in the barn. Titan was a dark grey tom with large Black splotches all over his body\, he was known as the 'Crazy' Cat of the barn\, His hobbies were- Not the most normal\, nor was his mental state. Koda however was a Tom who was the same coloring as Titan however more black\, He was more normal than them all\, thought clearly and was the strategist.

``Mornin' Hound\, where'd you go!`` A small\, young tom bounded over to the muscular beast\, Hound glaring down slightly before giving a smile\, before the younger tom was swooped up in another slightly larger cats paws\, This was Leto and his younger brother Rein\, Rein was a small white and light brown Tom with emerald green eyes\, Leto was the same just with Turquoise eyes. ``I was jus' sayin' hello`` The small tom pouted as he was held in his older brothers arms.

``Hes okay Leto\, you can release your hold on him`` Hound gave a smile over to the Boy with a brief laugh\, the small tom reluctantly letting Rein go.

``I apologize Hound\, Hes very full of life this morning`` Leto smiled over one of his ears drooped over\, Hound nodded before padding round them padding to the back of the barn hopping on the shelf shortly followed by Titan and Koda who sat on the shelf on layer down.

``Its like we're a fucking nursery now`` Finch grumbled quietly just out of hearing distance for Leto and Rein\, Alpine looked up at him with a slight frown before bounding off the hay going to say morning to Leto and his brother Finch watched rolling his eyes before jumping down off the shelf with a thud and stretching his lanky body out.

``They haven't been with us long\, just say hi and actually speak to them\, they're good kids\, Not as annoying as they may seem to the ***** eye`` Chrome punched his shoulder as he hopped down beside him\, Finch grumbled some rubbing his arm.

``Cheer up big brother\, today will be a good day`` Crow pat his brothers arm with a fake empathetic tone before giving a smirk over to chrome and punching him in the same spot with a laugh\, chrome bursting out in laughter too\, Finch unimpressed by the twos childish behavior\, a small rugged Tom approached them with narrowed eyes to the both of them.

``Stop bullying our brother and get to the meeting would you\, Hounds called twice already\, You don't want a third do you?`` The small tom threatened with a smile on his face\, This was Mocking-Jay\, The last brother out of the 4\, he was the youngest out of them and the shortest.

``Thank you Mocking-Jay`` Finch ruffled the kids head fur with a genuine smile\, the two got on  well\, they'd been close since Mocking-Jay was born\, Finch tended to take care of him a lot like a mother and protect him from any dangers\, mostly Chrome and Crow that is. Jay smiled and followed beside his brother over to where all the cats were sitting in front of Hound and the other two\, Shortly followed by Chrome and Crow.

``Now\, the sightings of the 'Monsters' have been more recent lately\, The reason we were out today was because I spotted a monster on the edge of the tree line just west of here over the moor. I need a few of you to go check out the area so ill be arranging a small group now to go out and have a look around for any signs of the two beasts`` Hound spoke clearly\, his deep voice commanding as he glanced over the cats heads bellow pondering on who to go\, after a few moments he'd finally open his maw\, his decision made\, ``Kingsley\, Finch\, Leto and Koda\, if you'd be so kind as to head to the western front\, Koda will show you the way to the sighting\, Other than that I have nothing more to say\, be careful and stay safe\, do not engage in any form of fighting with them unless its DIRE\, Finch I'm looking at you`` He'd point a large paw to Finch who only gave him a grumble in response\, mixed with a large yawn.

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