File of Rogues: ShadowClan: The Tale of a Comet

by mavy1

The river tugged at Comettail's fur and sucked at his paws. He was no RiverClan cat, and the river that seemed to go on forever was draining the energy from him so fast... He struggled to breath through his stinging nose... R&R

1. prolouge

The Tale of a Comet

Prologue

The cold, silvery Leaf-bare moonlight filtered through the thick branches of the nursery walls. A small white she-cat had her tail wrapped around two small helpless bundels of fur. The larger one was a ginger tom and the smaller one was a brown tabby with white stripes and a fluffy tail. A young brown and silver she-cat was fixing her icey blue gaze on them.

"It is unlikely that they will make it through the night,Whiteflower. After all, they were born half a moon early." the brown and silver cat mewed.

"Nonsense, Poppypaw, they are strong enough, especially this little one." Whiteflower nudged the little ginger tom with her nose, who gave a small wail of protest.

"Yes, but the other one is weak and sickly. The poor thing will probably die before he wakes, without ever even having a chance to become a warrior." the sad look in Poppypaw's eyes was unmistakable.

Then a wideset tabby tom spoke up, "What shall you name them, Whiteflower? Or, will you name them at all?"

"Of coarse I will name them, no cat should die without a name, Hawkfur. I will name them – Cometkit and Sunkit."

"If they don't make it through the night don't say I didn't warn you." With that Poppypaw strode towards the medicine den without even looking back.