Chapter One
Ice gazed sightlessly over the field. She smelled a mouse. Her first instinct was to was to go hunting, but her brain told her that she wouldn't be able to find her way home again. Why? Ice was was blind, she was also the runt of the litter but that didn't matter. She was teased constantly.
"Hey look! It's Blindie, taunted a voice from behind her. It was Apple. Apple always hung out with the same group of cats: Violet, Candie, and Snickers. Violet didn't like what they did but she went along with it anyway. Candie absolutely hated Ice for no reason. And Snickers just loved to be mean. But Apple, he was a different story. Apple was Ice's brother. He hated the attention that Smoke and Willow gave Ice. Smoke and Willow were their parents, the most respected cats in the whole neighbourhood.
"Leave me alone," whispered Ice, the other cats laughed. Then the teasing began. Ice tried to block it out, but unfortunately for her, she wasn't deaf. She screamed out in frustration. Why wouldnt they just leave her alone?
Ice jumped off the fence, un-aware what direction she jumped in. She ran straight ahead. As soon as the voices stopped she realized that she was in the field. To make it worse, it started raining. Ice couldn't find her tracks and wandered mindlessly ahead.
An owl hooted in the distance, sending Ice propelling forward as fast as she could. Something rattled beside her, and she ran faster. Soon she went SMACK into the side of a mountain.
"Ow," Ice murmured to herself. Her head hurt so badly she thought she would pass out. In order to keep herself standing she used the mountain side as support. She made her way along the side of the mountain until she found a path. She turned and walked along the mountain path, her pelt keeping in touch with the side of the mountain.
Without warning, Ice fell down through a break in the path. Her body tensed as it wacked each cliff. Her tension eased when she finally landed in a pool of water. She had passed out on the way down.
Tawnystar walked up the path to Moonpool. She needed to speak to StarClan, to find out what the strange creature was that attacked her cats. She feared the creature might move into ThunderClan and kill her brother, Bramblestar. During the full moon she had warned the other clans, but she feared that a warning was not enough.
Tawnystar needed answeres. A way to fight this thing, whatever "this thing" was. Finally, she arrived at Moonpool. She gasped in surprise at what she saw.
A small white kitten lay un-moving in Moonpool. The water was blood red. The kitten's fur was flat and wet, it seemed she had fallen from the cliff. Tawnystar ran up and picked her up by the scruff. She dragged the limp body away from Moonpool. She dragged the white kitten down the mountain path into ThunderClan camp. They would help.
Jayfur walked out of nowhere with a mouth full of herbs. He started treating the cat right there and then.
"It will be afew days till she fully recovers," murmured Jayfur, breaking the silence, "even then she might not be fully recovered." Tawnystar nodded, she feared as much. The questions that kept going through her head were: Who was this cat? Where was she from? What happened to her?
"Im taking her to my camp. I wish to find out more about this cat," meowed Tawnystar in a serious voice. Jayfur only nodded. It would be better for the cat to just rest, but even Jayfur knew she couldn't just lay out here without protection. ShadowClan might not exept her, but they strongly believed in their leader's choices.
Jayfur helped Tawnystar carry the cat to ShadowClan camp. The clan surrounded the three.
"Out of the way! This cat needs some room," howled Jayfur. The cats cleared out of the way as Jayfur and Tawnystar carried the broken cat to the medicine den. Littlecloud and his aprentice Applepaw walked out of the den. Littlecloud's face darkened when he saw the limp body of the young cat. Applepaw wailed out her sadness. This cat was no older than her.
"What happened to this cat," asked Littlecloud. Then he shook his head in sudden realization, "who is this cat?" Tawnystar shook her head.
"I don't know, I just don't know," muttered Tawnystar. Littlecloud was as curious as she was. It was no surprise though, every cat should be curious.
"I will be leaving now," murmured Jayfur. Everyone had forgotten he was there, "my clan needs me, you can handle this." Tawnystar nodded. It would be better if he stayed, but it was true, his clan needed him. Jayfur walked out of the den as soon as she nodded.
As soon as Jayfur was gone Tawnystar spoke up, "she's a kittypet, I can smell it." Littlecloud nodded, every cat should be able to smell it. In fact, they all smelled it the second the cat was carried in to camp. No cat would exept her, but they would treat her with kindness because their leader does.
"I have to go," announced Tawnystar, "I have to tell the clan of the new arrival." With that Tawnystar walked out of the den.
Outside everyone was in little groups talking of the new arrival. When Tawnystar walked out of the medicine den, the murmuring got louder.
Tawnystar jumped up into High Tree to adress her clan. "Cats of ShadowClan," she howled over the noise. The clan quieted down almost immediately. Tawnystar hesitated for a moment, she wasn't sure what to say next. "We will allow this young cat to stay with us for the time being. We are not sure who she is or where she comes from, but we will show her all our respect. I ask you not to disturb her for the time being, she needs to rest."
The clan came right out with the questions all the way from "what is her name?" to "where did you find her?" Tawnystar sighed and jumped out of the tree without another word. She padded over to her den. She needed to sleep.
That night the moon shone brightly. An owl hooted in the distance. Ice dreamt she was in a forest. In this forest she could see. It was nice to be able to see how things look. The forest looked so beautiful to Ice. She walked deeper into the forest.
"Hello," greeted a voice. Ice was about to turn around to see who it was when the dream ended and she slipped back into unconciousness.