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Chapter 1: Moonpaw's Decision
Prologue
There she sat as she groomed her soft pinkish white fur. She remembered her medicine cat Bluefire telling the terrible news of Silverhawk’s death. She dreaded telling the clan especially his mate Whitestripe who had just kitted his newborn kits Sagekit and Moonkit. But it had to be done after all she was the clan leader and they needed to sit vigil for him so Starclan could welcome him. She finished grooming her fur as she strolled out of her den as the vines hit her fur she could hear cat
She jumped to the high stone as she declared “Clan meeting!” She saw cats coming from their dens curious to see what the meeting was about. “ As we all know the battle that took place with the rouges.” She started as she heard someone shout “ Are we going to battle them?” “ Finally we can teach those rouges a thing or two!” “We will show them that the clan is not weak!” “A Fight?!?!” “Enough! She shouted. As they looked stunned but kept their muzzles shut. “As we know many warriors were injured however Silverhawk is dead.” She stated. There was a long pause until she heard a cry from the nursery “No! It can’t be!” Whitestripe said as Blackwhisper hurried to her side “Shh everything will be okay, focus on your kits. That’s what Silverhawk would’ve wanted.” He said as his soothing voice said as he whispered into the queen’s ear. “O-okay,” She said as she walked back into the nursery to her mewing kits.
19 moons later,
“They're beautiful aren’t they?” She said as she looked fondly to her mate Blackwhisper. “There beautiful Whitestripe.” He said as his eyes full of love looked at his mate. “Can they come in?” Whitestripe asked her eldest daughter Creamnose. “Yes, they can I’ll get them,” Creamnose said as she walked out of the nursery. Her green eyes scanned to find the silver she-cat and her black and white patched sister. She then found them as they shared a rabbit. “Hey, Creamnose want some of this rabbit?” Sagepaw said as her baby blue eyes looked up to see her. “No thanks, Sagepaw. I came to get you your mother just kitted.” “Really!” Honey-green eyes looked up. “Yep! Let’s go meet our little sisters.” Creamnose said. They hurried along as they pushed into the nursery greeted by a milky scent and 5 new scents. Sagepaw eyes gleamed as she saw the hairless creatures mewing and drinking their mother’s milk. Whitestripe looked up “Your here dear. Where's your sister?”
“Here, Whitestripe.” Said Moonpaw as she caught up to Sagepaw. “So what are you going to name them?” “Hmm, I was thinking of Blackkit for him since he looks so much like his father.” She said her voice full of love as she looked up to her mate Blackwhisper. "And this one can be named Whitekit since she looks beautiful just like her mother" he replied as he gazed at her and his mate. "Do you have any other ideas for names Sagepaw?” Whitestripe asked looking at her daughter. Sagepaw pondered before meowing " This one can be named Fernkit and that one can be named Rosekit!” She said her voice giggly with joy. “Can I name one?” “Of course, Moonpaw.” Said her mother. “This one can be named Snowkit, oh and that one can be named Softkit for her soft fur!” She said. “Those are wonderful names,” Blackwhisper said as he started grooming Sagepaw. “Hey don’t do that dad. I’m a grown enough cat!” She said with an angrily as she started grooming herself. Blackwhisper’s eyes were filled with guilt as well as Whitestripe as they looked at each other. Moonpaw looked at the puzzlingly wondering if she saw it correctly or it was her imagination. She didn’t bother as she looked at her newborn siblings purring.
Chapter 1:
Moonpaw walked into the dark forest filled with plenty of scents. She didn’t recognize where she was and she was pretty sure she was dreaming. She looked to see a ginger-she cat. She realized it was Petalflame the former medicine cat her honey eyes glowed as she walked towards her. “Welcome dear.” She said with her sweet kind voice. Moonpaw eyes widened “Am I dead?” She said with a scared voice. She shook her head “Of course not! You see I have to tell you something.” “What is it.” “Follow me,” She said as she walked into the forest. Moonpaw walked with her as she saw the sky with a few glowing stars and the tree being strangely thick and dark. “Here.” She said as her paw pointed to a small pool.
Moonpaw looked to see a silver tom with amber eyes as he looked at her mother with eyes full of love to see two kits mewing resembling her and her sister Sagepaw. “Who is the silver tom?” She asked Petalflame. “That your father Silverhawk.” Moonpaw gasped she thought Blackwhisper was her father she then remembered all the looks and guilt they would share when she and Sagepaw would call him father. “Why are you telling me this?” Moonpaw said. “Because Moonpaw you needed to know the truth. “But-but why would she do this?” “She did it only for her happiness she killed your father Silverhawk.”
Petalflame said as her tail wrapped around Moonpaw protectively. “No!” Her eyes widened “She couldn’t have! Why would she killed my father!” “Look into the pool.” She looked to see her mother mourning as Sweetstar announced Silverhawk’s death as Blackwhisper hurried towards her to comfort her. “Now let’s see what happened before that.” She then could see Whitestripe cheating on Silverhawk with Blackwhisper. She could see them sharing prey, sleeping together, grooming each other and showing other signs of affection. She gasped she never realized her mother wasn’t faithful to her father Silverhawk as she saw Silverhawk giving her so much attention as he was one of the greatest warriors in the clan.
“So she cheated on him and wanted to be mates with Blackwhisper and decided to kill him and not admit to what she’s done?” She said as her blood boiled and as she scratched her claws onto the ground. She started scratching the ground more and more until she woke up to see her nest in pieces with the soft moss nest being ruined.
Petalflame’s Point of view
She watched as Moonpaw woke up as she ruined her nest. She signed as she looked at the pool as lapped at the cold water. She finished as she watched the pool showing her younger days as she watched her apprentice Bluepaw sorting the herbs to prepare for leaf-bare. She remembered her aching head as she did the deed they asked of her fulled with exhaustion she made herself wake up to help Bluepaw. She looked to see them lacking horsetail and catmint. “Bluepaw finishes sorting the herbs I’ll be getting more horsetail and catmint.” “Okay, Petalflame.” Bluepaw said. She walked out of the camp as she looked
for the horsetail until she saw a tuft of fur. She examined the fur smelling like the sweetest heather she ever smelled she remembered her dream clearly. The she-cat with the black and white spots with her evergreen eyes as she ruled the clan no clans. She gasped as she hurried to the camp with the tuft of fur between her muzzle as her eyes were filled with fear. She could see her clanmates looked at her worriedly as Thislestar came out of his den curious to what all the noise was about. Thislestar spotted Petalflame and hurried to her “What’s wrong Petalflame? Did you get another omen?” He asked his honey yellow eyes looked at her with concern. “I got had a dream yesterday.” She started.
“Okay let’s discuss this in my den.” He said as she followed behind him. “Now can you tell me what this dream is about?” He asked. “There was a black and white she-cat with the greenest eyes I’ve ever seen she smelled distinctly of heather she stood on the high rock. It was like she was a leader and there was a full moon behind her as well as not one but 4 stars in the sky. With the forest divided into fours like there were
not one but four clans.”
“Four clans,” He said in disbelief. “Yes, and this morning while I was gathering herbs I saw a tuft of white and black fur filled with the scent of heather near the horsetail field,” Petalflame said as she looked up to Thislestar’s eyes filled with worry. “All right, tell me when you have any more dreams Petalflame.” “Wait, aren’t you going to do anything about it?” “What’s there to do? There are plenty of cats with black and white fur. Besides, we don’t even know if this is a clan cat” He said. “But but we must find this cat! This cat she’ll rule the forest if we don’t besides it not just a black and white cat she had green eyes and smelled of heather.” Petalflame argued. “That still isn’t enough evidence to find this cat, look the best thing we can do is to wait for another sign from Starclan for more details for this cat,” Thislestar stated.
“What more details do we need. We have a general idea of the appearance of this cat! Starclan is usually vague it’s not like they’ll give us any more clues about this cat, they were very kind this time for me to be able to see what she looked like!” Petalflame said as she moved her tail impatiently. “Fine, Petalflame. Look I’ll let you look for this cat in the clan but if you can’t find anyone who matches the description then we’ll leave it for Starclan alright?” Thislestar finally said. Petalflame’s honey-yellow eyes gleamed with delight “Oh thank you Thislestar!” She said, “I’ll make sure to find that cat.” She said as she hurried out of his den to tell excited to tell her apprentice the news.
“What?” Bluepaw said as she was still preoccupied sorting the herbs Petalflame ordered her to do. “I know right? Well, anyway why don’t you set those herbs aside and help me find this cat after all I told you about my dreams almost every day.” Petalflame said as she started putting the herbs away “Wait are you sure we should do this after all leaf-bare is coming and we need to stock up on herbs.” Bluepaw said. “I know that obviously Bluepaw but this is more important after all it’s a prophecy from Starclan!” Petalflame said. “I guess your right.”Bluepaw said as she signed “Fine, I’ll help you find this cat.” “Great! Now let’s go!” Petalflame said as they hurried out of the medicine cat den. “So where do we start in finding this cat?” Bluepaw asked
as she looked at her classmates to find a black and white cat with green eyes. “ Well we know her description and oh she also smells distinctly of heather so that could help!” Petalflame said. “Well, what does heather even smell like?” Bluepaw asked. “Oh, I forgot you never smelled heather before I know of a patch outside of camp I can take you there to smell it.” “Alright lead the way.” They started walking through cats at the mews and meows of the cats' conversations. Luckily there was still some sunlight out, they kept walking in the evergreen forest with sounds and scents all across the forest.
Patches of grass and flowers bloomed some contain herbs like parsley and juniper berries luckily they had a decent stock of juniper berries so they didn’t have to gather them but Petalflame gave herself a mental note where to find some just in case. “Bluepaw I found them.” Bluepaw hurried to see the beautiful flowers stick out of the bush “Wow they're so pretty!” Bluepaw said as her eyes glowed “Wow they also smell so sweet kinda like honey!” She said. “Yep, that how heather smells like.” “Can we use heather to cure any illness, Petalflame?” Bluepaw asked as she tilted her head. “ It can’t cure any specific illness however it does help with mixtures and to make swallowing herbs easier and sweeten the taste,” Petalflame explained.
“So should we gather some just in case?” “We should since I don’t think we have any heather in stock.” “Okay,” Bluepaw then started gathering some herbs and carried as much as she could as Petalflame gathered some as well. “Alright let’s head back to camp before sundown.” They started walking back until they heard a twig snap. They didn’t think much of it till Bluepaw screamed: “Petalflame run.” Bluepaw dropped her herbs as she ran quickly. Petalflame shocked was about to run till she felt a sharp pain at her flank. She yowled as she looked at a strange creature before she could react she could feel her throat being scratched as she coughed up blood. She felt the animal scratch her more as she felt her tail being bitten off. She could barely feel anything as she felt to lose consciousness as she drifted off to Starclan.