The Sun Trail/Bonus Scene

Chapter Summary
Petal's PoV
 * The badger snarls at Petal and her brother Fox, jaws stained with blood, since it had just finished killing their mother. Petal cries out in anguish for her dead mother, seeing her torn fur and mangled, bloodied corpse, whilst Fox tries telling the huge badger off, brown fur bristling. A chilly breeze blows through the woods as she asks her brother what they are to do now, and he reassures her, stating they can look after themselves, touching her ear comfortingly. Petal doubts it, because their mother didn't teach them how to hunt, although she follows Fox as he covers their mother's body with dead leaves.


 * The yellow tabby kit wonders who'll take care of her and Fox, feeling as though she's drowning, having trouble breathing, and her heart feels empty. She wishes her dead mother to be safe, and suggests go hunting with her brother. The siblings walk together through the woods; Petal is frightened by every noise, and despite Fox's attempts to mask his, she can sense he feels the same as she does.


 * Her stomach growls with hunger, so she tries to taste the air and pick up prey scents, but cannot, and doubts her ability to do so. Fox sniffs around tree roots, causing Petal to remember how their mother caught some mice at the trees, but the dark brown tom turns up with nothing. Her brother says the prey is all in their dens and burrows, asking how they can find food with the weather being cold.


 * As the sun begins moving down the sky, Petal spots a bird, perched above in the branches, and notices a squirrel that hides in its tree hollow, and thinks they must not be frightened by them. Just then, the golden-yellow tabby scents cats, excitedly telling Fox, so they set out to find the source of the smell. They find a gray-and-white she-cat, but she glares at them with hostility. Petal explains her and her brother need to eat and have shelter, yet the strange rogue coldly regards them threatingly, telling them off.


 * Petal and Fox leave the strays, ignoring their snarling, and the two siblings make their way through the woods. She notices a squirrel chewing on a nut, but as they approach, a gray-and-white cat stops them, while a tabby catches the prey swiftly. Fox protests, and ends up being cuffed around the ears for speaking up; the gray-and-white rogue threatens them, telling the kits if they don't learn all prey is theirs, they'll be hurt badly.