Hi everyone! This is the sequel to Raven, incase you didn't know. Yeah, I know Raven was pretty bad, but this one will be better. If you are a character in the story, your character will have a big part in this one. After I finish this, I'm going to write like a new prophecy, in Shadowkit's POV, well, and a few more kits, POVs too. But I won't start it like a year later like in the real books…Hope you like!
Chapter
one, Leader?
Tiny whispers filled the air. A dark tabby moved to the corner of the camp, where the sun bathed everything in bright light.
The elders dragged Firestar's body through the crowd of cats. Ravenflight watched with tears glimmering in her eyes. Sandstorm was sobbing.
Firestar was curled in his grave, then buried. Some cats dropped flowers on the grave. Ravenflight walked over to the fresh-kill pile to eat.
"Ravenflight!" Leaftail called suddenly, "What about your leader ceremony?"
"Oh…what? Oh yeah." Ravenflight dropped the mouse she had been holding.
"You lead the way," she instructed the medicine cat.
Leaftail scrambled out of the camp. They crossed their territory quickly, and after emerging out of ThunderClan territory, were on the WindClan uplands.
Instantly two warriors raced over, one of which was Owlfeather, and the other Tornear.
"I'm getting my nine lives. Firestar died last night."
"What? Oh…congratulations…we'll miss Firestar…" Tornear looked quite confused as he stepped aside, letting the two pass.
Leaftail now followed Ravenflight. The medicine cat shivered in the cold wind. She saw the cave loom ahead.
By now it was sunset. Ravenflight sat on the rocks while Leaftail hunted.
Ravenflight's belly growled with hunger, but she ignored it. She could not eat any prey.
I'm going to be leader, she thought. It was so strange. She used to be a little Kittypet, hiding under bushes, but now she was…leader.
"It's time," Leaftail mewed, plunging into the gaping mouth of Mothermouth.
Ravenflight followed. She had made this journey once before, so she understood about the cold and darkness.
They came into the cavern. Ravenflight sat down by the rock, waiting for it to light up.
All of a sudden, it became bright and blinding. Ravenflight stepped foreword and pressed her nose to the rock.
The ground beneath her vanished, and she was floating in darkness.
She opened her eyes after several minutes of waiting. She looked around.
She was still in the cavern of the Moonstone. But it was bigger, and filled with golden light instead of silver. The Moonstone had been pushed back, because sitting in front of it were, many, many sparkling cats.
"Welcome to StarClan," the cats chorused. "Are you ready to receive your nine lives, Ravenflight?"
No, Ravenflight thought. She shook. What would happen? "Yes," she murmured, her voice cracking.
Already a cat was padding over to her.
"Cinderpelt…" Ravenflight trailed away.
Cinderpelt touched her nose to Ravenflight's. "With this life I give you faith. (AN: just the thing Cinderpelt would give.) Use it to do what you think is right.
Ravenflight felt her self vanish into another cat's body. She was running, running, there was a screech, and she was filled with unbearable pain.
She opened her eyes, her legs shaking. Cinderpelt was vanishing into the crowd, And now another cat had took her place. It was Spiderpaw.
"Spiderpaw…" Ravenflight whispered as the tom touched his nose to hers. "With this life I give courage. Use it when you are afraid."
Ravenflight yowled and lashed out as water covered her head. She felt tiny teeth prick the back of her neck. There she was, hanging, before she was suddenly running downstream. She hit a boulder hard, and yelped with pain. She whirled farther and farther down the river.
Her lungs screamed with pain. She dragged herself out of the water and lay on a tiny ice-covered bank. She took gasps of shuddering breath, and then let the darkness come and engulf her.
Ravenflight opened her eyes. She remembered that point of her life well, but she had been living it in Spiderpaw's point of view.
Another cat waited patiently in front of her. It was a tiny grey and brown kit.
"Larchkit?" Ravenflight asked.
"With this life I give you kindness. Use it when you are happy."
His life was quick and terrifying. When Ravenflight opened her eyes, she was shaking.
A dark tabby tom padded to her, his yellow eyes glowing.
"Brambleclaw!" Ravenflight yowled happily.
"With this life I give you mentoring. Use it for all the young cats of the Clan."
Ravenflight felt claws pierce into her and she was shook hard. Her sensations faded away fast, and she opened her eyes.
I have to handle five more of these! She thought wretchedly.
A snowy white tom appeared in front of her now. It was Cloudtail.
"Oh…Cloudtail!" Ravenflight gasped.
"With this life I give you strength. Use it when you are in battles."
Ravenflight was hit with a blow from a claw, and darkness engulfed her. She opened her eyes.
Splashpaw stood before her. "With this life I give you love. Use to all you love-especially Hawkstar."
Ravenflight crouched on the ice covered bolder. She looked up at the next jump. She leaped quickly, and was pulled to safety by Smokepaw.
When she opened her eyes, Splashpaw was padding away, and in her place stood Firestar. His pelt was alive with flame.
"With this life I give you intelligence. Use it when you are stuck."
Ravenflight jumped foreword. She was hit by claws, and was plummeting to the ground, she smashed onto it hard, and all her bones seemed to shatter.
She opened her eyes, feeling sad for Firestar. That had been so painful!
Another cat was standing up, but there was a shout, and a cat prowled into the clearing. The other cats shouted and yowled at him.
"Tigerstar!" spat Cinderpelt.
Tigerstar smirked and strolled up to Ravenflight, who stood on shaky legs.
"With this life I give you ambition." He snarled. Ravenflight was blasted with pain nine times. She opened her eyes. Tigerstar was still standing there.
"You can do many things," he snarled, "If you want to," he added as he padded away into the darkness.
The StarClan cats shook, and suddenly a cat, white and slender bounded over.
Ravenflight's fur rose and she snarled. "No!"
Surveillance crossed over to her with a smirk on her face. "Brat!" she laughed, "Complete brat!"
"With this life I give you hate. You know when to hate a cat, Ravenflight."
Ravenflight looked away as Surveillance's life filled her. All ambition, that all it was. Ambition and hate.
She opened her eyes Surveillance strolled away, her tail in the air.
Firestar looked up, his eyes filled with fear. "Ravenflight, you are now the leader of ThunderClan. I hail you by your new name Ravenstar." A small smile appeared on his lips. "Take care of your Clan.
"Ravenstar! Ravenstar!" the crowd cheered.
Ravenstar dipped her head at the cats. They disappeared, all but Splashpaw, who sat with her head raised a shrill wail came from her throat, forming words.
"The white and red has returned, one is yellow, one is blue, two more are plain. Sky and Star must defeat it, and the last trouble will be fixed."
There was a screech, and a cat thundered into view. It fell down, off something, and the cry rung around the clearing.
Ravenstar shrieked with fear, and dashed away.
Then she woke up.
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