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(it's fine) I was walking backwards and forwards around the Moonpool, trying to think of a way to make this easier for Duskkit. I didn't realise I was talking to myself, until I yowled, "I've got it!" Iceclaw and Duskkit both turned around to stare at me, and I padded around the Moonpool to join them again. "I know how we can do this." Iceclaw looked puzzled, but Duskkit just looked up at me with his huge blue eyes. "Listen Duskkit. I'm going to have a drink from the Moonpool, and I'm going to talk to some StarClan cats. Now, when I wake up, your going to do the same. Okay?"
(Sorry about that i was really busy) I was sitting on the edge of the Moonpool, staring down into its clear blue water. Duskkit was sitting beside me. I could hear Softfrost pacing behind me and mumbling soomething to herslef. I just didn't want Duskkit to go through what he would go through if he helped us find our father in Starclan. Duskkit looked up at me with his innocent kitten eyes. "Am I in trouble?" He asked quietly under a muffled voice. I sighed. "No. No you are not in trouble." I assured him.
When we reached the Moonpool, Iceclaw sat down at the edge of the clearing with a concerened look in her eyes. "Do you remember what happened last time we were here, or does that not mean anything to you?" She mewed quietly, as if the forest would betray us. I span round, nearly tripping over my own paws. "Of course I remember!" I hissed. "But we HAVE to do this!" Iceclaw looked confused, and tipped her head on one side in a single, unspoken question. Why. "Don't you see Iceclaw? Duskkit is not just an exact replica of Stonpelt. He IS Stonepelt. Look at the way he never gives up, look at the way he's so curious. I may not remember our father myself, but I do know what Mother told us." With that, I whipped round and walked towards the Moonpool.
I looked down at the fluffy grey kit she had put down in front of me. "Why do you have Frostfur's and Ivytail's kit?" I asked her. Duskkit looked up at us with a confused looked in his eyes. "Who does he remind you of?" She demanded. I looked down at Duskkit. He had green eyes just like our father. He also had our father's muscle and size too. He must have inherited a lot of Stonepelt's trates. "Our father, why?" I asked her. "Don't you see?" She meowed. "He is an exact copy of Stonepelt!" She yowled. "So?" I retorted. She grunted. "I'll explain on the way but we need to go to the Moonpool. Lets go!" She mewed.
I gasped again, but this time I didn't ask more questions. Instead, I raced back through the forest, not even looking back to see if my sister was following or not. I reached camp, and leapt over the thorn barrier with such a force that little stones flew up when I landed. I pelted into the nursery, where a few queens were sleeping with their kits. I whispered an explanation to Frostfur, one of the queens, and picked up a fluffy grey bundle, then ran back out again. Iceclaw had followed me, and was waiting outside camp looking uneasy. I set the kit down in front of her and sat down
"I have met him in Starclan only once." I replied. Softfrost gasped. "You talking!" She meowed. I sighed. "I only feel comfortable talking to you." I answered. She nodded her head and her eyes glistened. "Anyway, he was a strong warriors. He had a dark grey pelt with white paws and a white face and he was very tall. He had bright green eyes and a big heart. He loved us all very much. One day, when he was out hunting, he was bit by a poisenous water snake and he died immediately." I explained to her. She nodded. "Do you know his name?" She asked me. I looked up. I could barely manage to say his name. "Stonepelt." I murmed.
"I have met him in Starclan only once." I replied. Softfrost gasped. "You talking!" She meowed. I sighed. "I only feel comfortable talking to you." I answered. She nodded her head and her eyes glistened. "Anyway, he was a strong warriors. He had a dark grey pelt with white paws and a white face and he was very tall. He had bright green eyes and a big heart. He loved us all very much. One day, when he was out hunting, he was bit by a poisenous water snake and he died immediately." I explained to her. She nodded. "Do you know his name?" She asked me. I looked up. I could barely manage to say his name. "Stonepelt." I murmed.
I was watching Iceclaw as I thought about our childhood, imagining us small agian, stumbling over our chubby paws. Then, her eyes filled with sadness, and my sister bowed her head. "What is it?" I whispered. She bounded off through the dripping forest. I followed her, and skidded to a halt when I spotted where she was. The white warrior was stood at the edge of the lake, staring at the water licking at her paws. Then I got it. "You miss Father." I said simply. She nodded, and I padded up to her and rubbed my head along her cheek. "I don't even remember him" I said sadly. "What was he like?" Iceclaw looked up and sighed.
I sniffed the cut. I inhaled the sweet smell of the marigold and immediately felt like a little kit again. Not playing warriors with the other kits, but rather, playing medicine cat with my sister. I chewed up some more marigold and rubbed it on the sister's pretend cut. She purred softly. I could tell she was remembering us as kits too. Always up to mischeif. Softfrost, Ivytail, and I all caught prey before we became apprentices. We were all named as warriors before anyof the other apprentices. So many experiences as young warriors. Both of us were in deep thought in the memories of when we were younger. Now we are the Power of Three. We have come so far. I wished our father was here to see us now.
After a minute or two, the rain eased off. The sun came up, and the marigold sparkled in the weak light. Iceclaw was still looking at me, her eyes filled with relief and happiness. Then, in silence, I picked some of the marigold and chewed it up. Then I leant towards my sister and began licking the pulp into her soft, white fur. Iceclaw jerked back, and I sat up and tutted. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. We'll never get this cut healed if you don't sit still." Iceclaw's eyes lit up, and she lay on the floor, as still and tense as if she was really in pain. I licked the rest of the marigold on her 'cut', and then sat back.
I couldn't say anymore but Softfrost deserved to know. I began pawing at the soft, wet earth. Softfrost tilted her head. I yowled a pitiful yowl to the sky. I wanted to talk to her so much but I couldn't find the words to describe my feelings. Then, I knew exactly how to tell her. I began to run. Softfrost followed and I could feel the sting of the raindrops as I ran. Finally, I stopped. I found a patch of marigold and sat down next to it. As kits, we used to pick it and chew it up and pretend to play medicine cat. We would treat each others pretend wounds and have a blast. Sometimes I wish we could go back to that time. I saw Softfrost catch up and I began to pick the marigold. She saw me picking it and she immediately understood. She nodded her head in acknowledgement and I breathed a heavy sigh of releif.
(O thats okay. Happy late birthday!) It was late at night and eveyone was asleep. I walked over to where Softfrost was sleeping. I prodded at her and shook her until she finally awoke. She groaned. "What do you want Iceclaw?" She growled. I shook her and began to walk away. I flicked my tail to indicate her to follow me. She got up and padded over to me. "What is this about?" She asked. I gave her a look of amusement and then took off at full speed. Softfrost followed close behind. Finally, we came to a small creek and I sat down on the bank of the water. "Okay seriously Iceclaw, talk to me or I'm leaving." Softfrost mewed. It started to rain and thunder. "We have to go Iceclaw!" She yowled. Then, before she could leave I put my paw on her shoulder so she coudn't move. "What?" She meowed. I took a deep breath and leaned in close, "I miss you." I whispered under the pounding of the rain drops and roar of the thunder.
(Sorry I haven't been on, I was busy with my birthday) I stared with awe at Iceclaw, then she began padding away again. "Iceclaw!" I yowled, getting angry now that she wouldn't even talk to her own sister. "If you can't be bothered to talk to anyone, not even your own family, then I don't want to even look at you! I can't believe that you can just walk away like that!" I was panting for breath, but my eyes were burning with pain and sadness. I turned round and walked away, my tail thrashing and my heart breaking. I was devastated, and I just wanted to get home and see Greystripe again. To see my kits again. To get back to normal Clan life again.
(Sorry it got cut off.) I ran to the forest and came back with a mouthful of horsetail and cobwebs. I began to chew up the horsetail. "What is she doing?" Ivytail asked Softfrost. My sister just gave him a look of confusion. I spit out the horsetail and began to rub it over Skypaw's gash. Then I wrapped it up with cobwebs. I finished by licking the wound gently. Everyone was silent.
I haven't talked to anyone in days. None of the cats know why. I don't even know why. Softfrost said I've gone mute. I just don't want to talk anymore. Even though Tigerstar did wrong things, no cat deserves to die. I always felf bad when I ate fresh-kill. I stood up from the rock where I was laying and decided to go for a walk. "Where are you going?" Softfrost asked me. I remained silent and kept walking. "Come on, you have to talk to your sister." Softfrost mewed on. I glared at Softfrost and continued to pad along the shore of the sun-drown place. She followed close behind me. Then, without warning Ivytail called from the top of the rock, "Skypaw is hurt!" He yowled. My sister and I looked at each other and then raced back up to the rocks. When we arrived, we saw Skypaw sprawled out across a rock with her hind leg bleeding. "Can't you do something?" Ivytail frantically mewed to me. Skypaw howled in pain. I looked down at her leg. Then I had an idea. I ran to
Everyone reacted in different ways to Tigerstar's second death. Scourge went home silently, Ivytail slept, Iceclaw couldn't speak and the apprentices floated round like ghosts. We had decided to stay at the sun-drown-place for a few days. I reacted in a completely different way. I learnt to swim. Everyday, I spent hours kicking and splashing in the salty water, until I could swim as quickly, easily and silently as a RiverClan cat.
Finally, he was caked in mud and there was no hiding now. He growled and howled in rage and anger. Then, I flung a big pawful of mud, right on his face. He looked over at me. He bared his teeth and came charging at me but Scourge pinned him down just before he got to me. "Help me hold him down!" Scourge called. With all seven cats, we held him down. I nodded at Scourge to do the deed. He looked over at Tigerstar, struggling to get free. "I'm so sorry." Scourge mewed gently before thrusting one of the sharp spikes from his collar into his neck. It was like seeing him die at the war of BloodClan all over again. He bled out all nine lives. He closed his eyes and that would be the last of Tigerstar.
"Everyone, filng the mud into the air," Scourge said calmly. "He may be invisible, but with dirt all over him he won't be able to hide. Then I'll strike." We did as he said, and began to throw large amounts of mud into the air. Sometimes the mud fell straight, but then we began to see a huge shape. A cat shape. Tigerstar was twisting and turning, trying to find out what was happening. "Keep going!" Scourge yowled.
We stared in aw at the sheer mass of the water. As we were sittting, admireringly, we heard a voice saying, "Leave. You can't defeat me." It said. We all looked around to see where the voice was coming from. "What? Who said that?" Scourge mewed. I rolled my eyes. "It was Tigetstar. He said that." I retorted. Then, a huge paw swept down and nocked me right into the water. I let out a loud meow as my body hit the freezing cold water. "Iceclaw!" Everyone except Scourge howled. I desperatly clawed at a branch on shore. Finally, I got a good grip on the branch and pulled myself on to shore before the current swept me away. I lept onto the ledge where everyone else was. Then we heard the voice again. "See? You cannot defeat me. Now leave." I wasn't ready to give up yet.
That morning, everyone woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed. We set off at a brisk pace, and everyone seemed happy. The sun had just started to dip below the horizon when I tasted salt on the air. I bounded across the field we were on and leapt onto the fence bordering it. Everyone else followed, and we looked out onto the huge, blue grey mass of the sun-drown-place (I was thinking about WatershipDown and i was gonna say Biig water!:D)
"Well?" I hissed at Scourge. He finished licking his paws and looked up at me. "For now." He replied. I snorted and we kept walking. We we still had about a days worth of walking left to do and all three apprentices were getting tired. We decided to stop at a place nestled in the forest floor. It was starting to get dark and we were hungry. "I'll take the apprentices to go hunting." I mewed and we set off to look for something to eat. We came across seven plump mice, scurrying around the forest, looking for seeds to eat. I pounced on two at a time and killed them. I brought them over and set them down. "Your turn." I mewed to them. Treepaw was the first to catch one. Then Skypaw and Birdpaw caught on and each brought one back too. We all ate and then went to sleep.
I sat down with a thump, panting from all the effort it had taken to kill the sakes. Then we turned around to see Scourge sat down washing his paws. "Well, we have rid your clan of the snakes. Is that not enough payment?" Ivytail mewed. Scourge carried on licking his paws. (Sorry it's short I have to go to school)
Softfrost had killed the first one. Four more to go. I saw a black rat snake creeping up on Skypaw. "Behind you!" I yowled. She turned around and jumped back as soon as she saw it. I rolled my eyes. She needs to learn to be more alert. I jumped on the snake and held its head down with my paw to keep it from biting me. I killed it with one swipe of the paw. Softfrost and Birdpaw had each killed one. Now there was only one left. A huge black water snake. Overly sized and highly venemous. I looked at my sister. She nodded her head and in unison, we leaped onto the snake. It hissed and thrust itslef around. I saw its open mouth getting ready to strike at Softfrost's paw. "Oh no ya don't!" I growled. I batted at its head and gave it a hard blow. I pinned it down and Softfrost leaped onto its neck, sufficating it, and it died. I breathed a sigh of releif. Glad that was over.
Softfrost had killed the first one. Four more to go. I saw a black rat snake creeping up on Skypaw. "Behind you!" I yowled. She turned around and jumped back as soon as she saw it. I rolled my eyes. She needs to learn to be more alert. I jumped on the snake and held its head down with my paw to keep it from biting me. I killed it with one swipe of the paw. Softfrost and Birdpaw had each killed one. Now there was only one left. A huge black water snake. Overly sized and highly venemous. I looked at my sister. She nodded her head and in unison, we leaped onto the snake. It hissed and thrust itslef around. I saw its open mouth getting ready to strike at Softfrost's paw. "Oh no ya don't!" I growled. I batted at its head and gave it a hard blow. I pinned it down and Softfrost leaped onto its neck, sufficating it, and it died. I breathed a sigh of releif. Glad that was over.
I looked at Iceclaw, then at the rubbish in front of us. I was about to warn my friends, when Iceclaw beat me to it,=. "Snakes!!" She yowled. My sister was just in time, as the snakes were coming out of the dark to meet us. They slithered along, some with their mouths gaping and showing their fangs, the others with their forked tongues sliding in and out of their mouths. I started backing away slowly, but then thought better of it. I leapt into the air, straight over the snakes. They carried on forwards, not noticing me. Then, I leaped on the biggest one, a large black water snake
"What do you want?" I asked him. "Well, we don't really have much to eat at BloodClan. So maybe you could catch everyone in BloodClan a mouse to eat." He mewed. I sighed. "Alright, done." Ivytail answered. Now lets get going." We kept walking. Then I tasted the scent in the air. I could smell something approaching us. It was danger. I knew exactly what it was and I could tell Softfrost could too. Snakes!
