"Here, Applestar, eat up," she meowed, dropping them at Applestar's paws. Blinking gratefully at the medicine cat, Applestar bent her head to lap up the bitter tasting herbs. Clicking her tongue on the roof of her mouth to stop the taste, Applestar got to her paws, dipping her head in respect to the medicine cat before padding to the entrance of camp.
"Applestar! Applestar, wait." Bramblefeather's voice came from behind her, and the leader spun around to see the brown tabby looking at her with glazed eyes. "Y-You can't leave for the Moonwater, not without me there. I won't allow it." he meowed stubbornly.Applestar blinked warmly at her mate. "Bramblefeather, you're not going with me, you can't." she meowed, her eyes narrowing.
Bramblefeather let out a low growl. "Oh, yes I am. If you don't let me go with you now, then I'll follow you." he meowed, his neck fur rising.
Applestar looked towards the sky, then back at her mate. "Fine then. Don't get in the way," she meowed, leaping off into the forest. Bramblefeather bounded closely beside her, his paws light on the forest floor.
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Embersky's tail-tip twitched. She didn't like her leader leaving the clan. Yes, they had Flameclaw, but the tortoiseshell's absence still made her fur prickle. In her distress, she hardly heard Flameflick padding up to her.
"Hey, Embersky," Flameflick mewed, snapping the cream she-cat from her thoughts. Embersky looked back at the black she-cat.
"Yes, Flameflick?" she asked, her green eyes narrowing.
Flameflick let out a snort. "I wanted to tell you to get some rest. Flameclaw's told me that your going on the Dawn patrol tomorrow." she meowed, a tone of harshness rising in the air. Embersky dipped her head before padding into the warriors den, curling up in a warm ball.
Embersky closed her green eyes, letting sleep wash over her like a black wave. Embersky awoke in a rocky cave, only a shade of light inside the dark place. Embersky let out a low growl. "Who's there?" she asked, baring her teeth. The only sound inside the cave was Embersky's echo.
The she-cat let out a hiss of annoyance before padding farther into the cave, her eyes not yet adjusting into the dark. Embersky slammed her paw on a rock, a bolt of pain shocking through her. The cream warrior gasped in pain before licking the ruffled fur around the source of the pain.
"Good job, Eaglestorm," an icy, cold voice hissed, slicing through the silence. Though in pain, Embersky limped forward, her fur prickling. Embersky stopped when two shadows plastered against the gray stone wall came into view.
"Poppyclaw was a traitor, I knew it." the same voice chuckled coldly, vibrating the tunnel. Embersky listened closely. "Watching her and Oakfall beg for their lives was the best part, agreed?" it mocked, asking the smaller shadow.
"Of course, Crowstar, sir. Wiping out DustClan seemed to be where she fell. She just couldn't kill that tabby apprentice, right?" the smaller shadow hissed, letting out a laugh.
Crowstar? Oakfall? Poppyclaw? DustClan? What in StarClan's name are they talking about? Embersky thought, padding forward to see the cats who were speaking. One was a smoky gray tom, pelt lathered in scars, with snow-white paws, and icy blue eyes that made Embersky shiver, even though he wasn't looking at her. The smaller cat was a brown-and-white tabby tom with ferny green eyes.
"Eaglestorm, take Poppyclaw and Oakfall's bodies out of here, their starting to stink up my den." the smoky gray tom asked, flicking his tail to the two bodies bleeding crimson in the corner near the entrance to the den.
The brown-and-white tabby named Eaglestorm dipped his head. "Yes, Crowstar." he meowed, grasping the two slaughtered cats scruffs and dragging them from the leaders den.
Crowstar narrowed his eyes. "Everything is going according to my plan," he hissed to himself. "Now that Stonestreak is checking out that clan 'RippleClan' and seeing their weaknesses, once we kill all of them, nothing will stand in MountainClan's way!" Crowstar's eyes narrowed further in pleasure as he went over to a mossy nest and lied down.
Embersky backed up in horror. This 'MountainClan' was going to wipe out RippleClan!
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Berryblossom purred as Amberkit playfully batted Icekit's ears, jumping around. Even though Icekit and Shiverkit weren't her kits, she still cared for them as if they were her own. The she-cat wiped a paw over her ear, her amber gaze scanning the sky. It was almost moonhigh.
"Kits! When all of the apprentices go in their den, come into the nursery so you can go to sleep." Berryblossom ordered.
Shiverkit smiled from her position besides Stormkit. "Okay, Berryblossom." she meowed.
Berryblossom blinked warmly at the gray she-kit before padding into the nursery. Berryblossom curled into her warm nest before slowly shutting her eyes, allowing sleep to give into her.
Berryblossom woke up only a hour later, to see that no kit was beside her in her nest. Angered, Berryblossom stomped outside the nursery, going to completely forbid the four kits to spend anytime out at night.
Right when the queen was going to open her mouth, she gaped in horror. Shiverkit was gone! Berryblossom franticly looked around camp, and she could see a trace of the gay tabby. Looking at her kits and Icekit, she demanded an answer.
"Where is Shiverkit?" she asked, her amber eyes filling with worry.
Icekit pointed his tail towards the entrance of camp. "A strange tom came to us, he didn't smell of RippleClan or SleetClan, so we knew he was from somewhere else. He said he had a message to give one of us, so he took Shiverkit into the forest." he meowed, looking back up at Berryblossom.
The tabby let out a shriek before bounding outside of camp, her paws smacking against the forest floor. "Shiverkit! Shiverkit, where are you?" she called her head spinning with anything possible that could have happened to her.
Running through a gorse bush, her heart lightened when she saw Shiverkit sitting in a clearing. Running over to check if her kit was harmed in anyway, she hardened. "Who was this cat? Where is he? What did he say?" she asked.
Shiverkit looked up at Berryblossom, her eyes where wide and full of fright. "H-H-He said th-t-that we where all g-g-going to d-die, and then...and then he gave me this..." she mewed, scooting over to show Berryblossom a dove feather plastered with blood.
Berryblossom gaped in horror.
This tom said that they where all going to....die?
{Note: No one can ask Shiverkit anything about the cat, or say that they saw him or anything. Only Shiverkit knows what he looks like, and she can't tell anyone because she's so frightened. Berryblossom can't show anyone the feather, either.
No one can guess anything about Embersky's dream, and she won't tell them. They all think she's having a bad dream.}
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(May I ask who the tom was?)
Shiverkit ran to Berryblossom and buried herself in the brown-grey she-cat's fur.
(Stonestreak)
Blackpaw stretched in the apprentices den, moonlight splashing on his fur.
Embersky's mouth was gaped open in shock at what she had just heard. Her heart pounded against her chest so hard she swore she could see it through her sandy cream fur. She took a quiet pawstep back, sending a puff of sand into the cold air. She tensed up, hoping the cats hadn't heard, but they seemed not to notice as they began to mutter in whispers she couldn't hear.
I have to get out of here! She thought, her fur ruffling. Her breaths became more and more shallow as she thought about seas and seas worth of slaughtered bodies, the scarlet blood matting the once light and grassy ground. A shiver was sent up her spine and she shook her head as if to rid of the thoughts. StarClan take me away from here! But the cold stone walls still surrounded her, their water-glazed walls oozing. She felt so alone here. So vulnerable. Was this how this 'MountainClan' was going to try to make RippleClan feel?
Before she could think any further a burst of sunlight ripped through her vision. She felt the warmth of the sun on her pelt and a cool breeze swirving over her body. She blinked away and gazed around to the pelts of warriors slumped over their nests.
"A-are you okay?" One of the warriors asked. She couldn't tell who, as it was only a blurry figure as she just woke. She blinked a few more times to see Windyleaf standing over her. "You were panting really hard while you were sleeping. We were worried about you."
"We?" Embersky mewed, confused. "Me and Flameflick." Windyleaf informed her with a worried voice. Her silver fur was edged white like a StarClan cat as she spoke. "Oh." Embersky sighed, shaking herself away. "Anyway, Dawn patrol needs you." Embersky gave a brief nod and stood up to pad out of the den. Her paws numb and cold, almost as if she had been in a cave...
{sorry for playing Windyleaf, I just needed to be another cat for a moment ;) }
"SHIVERKIT!" Icekit wailed and sat beside Amberkit and Stormkit. His eyes were wide with fear.
~Icekit
Dovesong padded over and licked Icekit's head, trying to soothe him. Icekit was Dovesong's brother's kit. Well one of them. She wrapped her tail around him. "Shiverkit will be fine, don't worry." Dovesong licked his head once more before padding over to Embersky. "Can I tag along on the dawn patrol?"
~Dovesong
Shiverkit padded into the camp close to Berryblossom, she padded over to Icekit, Amberkit, and Stormkit, but didn't say anything. The tom had scared her and she shook with fear at the memory.
Berryblossom licked Shiverkit hard. The feather hided in her tail, she slipped it under her nest. Stormkit, his eyes full of fear and joy, brushed his pelt against Shiverkit. "What happened ?" he asked. Amberkit sat, her eyes scanning Shiverkit's, looking for any lie.
"N-nothing." Shiverkit looked at Berryblossom for help. She didn't want to tell anyone about what she saw, fear held her back.
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