Lost Light: Battling Darkness

by Rainpool of WaterfallClan

"Have you ever been looked down upon because of how you look or the strange things you could do? Having to carry the burden of knowing you killed all those closest to you. Having to wander the world, searching for that one place where you belong. Being called a freak, a misfit, a mistake. It's not easy living with this..curse..and it never will be."-Shadowfire (Next Update:?/?/17)

1. Prologue

Prologue

It was a cold, leafbare night. The wind blew hard and strong. The forest seemed asleep. Everything was quiet until a small light peered through the trees. It had a bright, yellow hue and it seemed to be running through the forest. Soon the light started to consume the forest as sounds of panicking cats filled the cats scrambled to escape the fire as it burned around them. In the middle of all this, there was one small warrior sitting in the middle of all the chaos. A small black tom with red flame like markings on his paws. Frozen to the ground where he sat. Unable to move. Horrified by the events he was witnessing.

A reddish-brown shecat with dark blue eyes was running by when she noticed the young warrior. As she stopped, she noticed a large tree beginning to fall above the black warrior.

"Shadowfire, look out!" She shouted as she ran to him. Suddenly, something in the young warrior's mind snapped as he looked back at the falling tree coming toward him. At that moment, he felt himself being pushed out of the way and onto the ground. Feeling a little dazed, he stood up and was horrified by what he saw. The reddish-brown shecat had pushed him out of the way and was now laying under the fallen tree.

"Mother!" He yelled as he ran over to the crushed shecat. He brushed his head against her's as she layed there barely breathing. She tried to lift her head to speak.

"Shadowfire...listen...you have to run...*cough*...before they...*cough*" The shecat began to cough up blood as she spoke. "Just remember...*cough*...I love...you..." Suddenly her head dropped to the ground like a pine cone falling out of a tree. Shadowfire continued to lay next to her as she lay there lifeless. Soon a white tom with brown paws ran by. As he did, he happened to look over and stop in his tracks.

"Applesky..." He whispered as he rushed over to them. As he approached them, Shadowfire stepped away as tears began to run down his face. The white tom brushed his head on the fallen shecat's head then he looked over at Shadowfire and glared.

"How could you...how could you kill your own mother?" He hissed. Shadowfire backed up with his tail between his legs.

"I didn't...I didn't mean to-"

"Don't give me that crap!" The white tom yelled as he stepped closer to Shadowfire.

"Eaglewind...I'm sorry." Shadowfire meowed as he continued to back up. Eaglewind unsheathed his claws.

"You monster!" Eaglewind hissed as he charged toward Shadowfire.