Vipus Trilogy: Darkened Skies
Hello there! I'm Red! I just want to start off by saying, thank you for clicking on this story! As you may or may not know, this is a story about foxes, and not cats, even though it is in the Warrior Cat category. But it is fairly similar to Warriors. There is only a few minor adjustments. But don't worry, you'll still understand. An other thing is, I want to thank all the people who gave me OCs! Without the OCs, I wouldn't of been able to get the story up as fast.
Special thanks to: snowwolf12132 and Cloudjumper Kat! You guys helped me so much with the OCs for this story!
One last thing, I am a sucker for reviews. If I get reviews on the chapters I post it makes my day! I just love hearing your opinions! It also motivates me so so much! So please do leave a review and I hope you enjoy my story! Bye! :)
P.S: Allegiances will be at the bottom. :)
Prologue
The hills were quiet, the wind gently rolling them and the river gently carried a lone brown leaf down some small waterfalls and into a pond. The pond was set in a large sandy pit.
The water in the pond rippled when the leaf wrecked its perfectly smooth surface. There was even more ripples when a small grey fox stuck her muzzle in to have a drink.
"Wind! I'm so glad to see you again." Barked a tall red fox, his yellow eyes gleaming in the slight darkness of the night. The vixen gave the fox a small smile and dipped her head in greetings.
"I'm glad to see you too Flash, but this is not a mentor-apprentice training session. There are dark times ahead. Not only for The Pack of the Forest, for all the foxes of the north." She said in a grave tone, her blue eyes narrowed in seriousness.
"What? But what can be so dangerous that it affects all the packs of the north? What can I do Wind?" Flash asked, all the happiness and excitement gone from his face. He sat down and curled his fluffy ginger tail around his paws neatly, impatiently waiting for an answer from his former mentor.
Wind waited several moments before responding, her face sunken by sadness as she said, "Nothing."
Flash jumped to his feet in protest, "What do you mean nothing! There has to be something!" He objected but Wind just shook her head.
"War is coming Flash, and there is nothing anyone can do about it. There will be death, blood will be shed and new enemies will be made. The only way to end the war is if the foxes of the north find it in themselves to make an important decision. Nothing else. Now Flash, I must leave now, you have more pressing matters to deal with. But remember; be strong no matter what, your pack needs you." Wind warned.
Flash nodded and closed his eyes. When he opened them, he was no longer in a beautiful meadow but in his den. Flash yawned and stretched. Sunlight was gliding into his underground den from the entrance. Morning,Flash thought with a small smile all though his former mentor's words were still floating in his head.
All of a sudden there was the loud boom the Flash immediately recognized with fear. His ears flattened against his head and his eyes widened. Hunters.
Flash leaped out of his den; someone had been shot. His breath was taken away when he spotted Birch, an elder; lying on the forest floor, blood flowing in a single stream down his hind leg. Birch whimpered in pain and fear as a human charged out of the bushes.
"I got it! Ha-ha!" The human yelled. Flash crouched so he wouldn't be seen. Behind the loud hunter was Dawn, a completely red vixen. Flash assumed she had also had the same reaction as Flash. Her and her siblings were the newest warriors of the pack, but she was as brave as any of the senior warriors.
With a fierce growl Dawn leapt at the hunter but just as her paws hit the hunter's left arm there was an other boom and a bullet pierced through the young vixen's back. She fell to the ground, life slowly being drained out of her body.
"Dave, get out of there! We found the nest Carl was telling us about! Soon they'll come out of their hiding places and we'll make tons of bucks if you know what I mean! Ha-ha!"
Flash let out a small whimper and leapt up the Curved Tree, careful not to let the hunters spot him on his way there. There is more than one hunter.He thought.
Flash looked around, trying to locate the other hunter as the first one hustled to the far end of camp. But what caught his eye was Mint, a grey pup with black and silver specks, sticking her head out of her den.
"Mint no! Hunters are invading!" Flash shouted. Mint's once happy look turned into fear. Her green eyes widened in fear and her pointed ears flattened themselves to her head.
Everyone was already awake, the shooting had woken them up, but Flash's yelled confirmed that there was hunters attacking.
Pine, one of the pack's senior warriors, took two steps out of the warrior's cave. "We have to evacuated the camp!" He shouted. Flash caught Pine's eye and nodded.
"We have to do this fast!" Flash barked thinking as fast as he could. "Half the warriors cover and help the queens and kits! I need two warriors to go help the elders. Shade, are you there?" Flash cried out.
Shade was the healer of the pack. She stuck her head out of the hollow tree trunk and nodded.
"Good! I need you to get some herbs then go get the apprentices! They can help carry some herbs! The rest of you, help were it's needed! Utopia, as deputy I need you to lead the pack to the Pack of the Plains Border while I'll go try to retrieve Dawn and Birch!" Flash ordered.
"On go! One, two, three go!" Flash howled. Three warriors, Cherry, Apple and Pine raced over to the elders' den. Shade, the healer sprinted over to the other side of the camp to get the apprentices, her jaws filled with herbs.
Flash leapt from the tree branch he had been hiding on and dashed towards the center of camp, were lay Birch and Dawn. There was a boom and Flash turned to see Shadow, an apprentice, being shot in the front paw.
Shadow whimpered in pain as an other apprentice, Key, leapt to his side, letting Shadow have someone lean on.
There was a second boom as Flash got to where Birch and Dawn were lying. Flash crouched low as he pressed his ear against Dawn's chest, listening for a heartbeat. But there was none.
Flash turned his attention to Birch. Birch was alive, but in deep pain. The old fox was panting, his breath coming quickly and short.
"Come on. Birch I'm going to get you out of here." Flash promised. By now, the apprentices and Shade were already out of camp and probably waiting for the rest the warriors.
Half the warriors and pups were already out of the camp. Which was good news. The elders were also no were to be seen. Flash did a quick scan of the camp, and spotted Snake lying dead on the ground. Flash flattened his eyes to his head and grabbed Birch, trying to desperately drag him out of camp.
"Birch!" Cried out a pup's voice.
"Night no!" Flash recognized his mate's gentle but urgent voice. Flash turned her head just in time to hear a boom and see his mate fall to the ground. Flash's eyes widened and filled with panic and sadness. He tugged Birch all the way to the side of camp, handing him over to two warriors.
"Bring him to Shade!" Flash hissed to the two. Flash then raced over to his mate, Swan, her usually pure white pelt now tinted with a crimson red, blood leaking from her neck and mouth. Flash's eyes filled with tears.
"I'm sorry our pups will never live like we planned them to and that I won't get to be there for you for your whole life like I told you I would... But Flash, whatever anger and grief you feel, you need to push it aside... Your pack needs you... Don't come back to camp, there will be too many hunters... They know this is our home." Swan told him. Her voice was rough and thick with pain. She coughed and then took her final breath.
"Is there any more?" One of the hunters asked. "Over there!"
There was an other boom, a bullet making a small cut next to his ear. Flash whimpered and stuck his tail between his legs. He turned and ran, being the last one left in camp. He zigzagged to the exit, trying to dodge bullets as the hunters all desperately shot at him.
Allegiances
Pack of the Forest
Leader: Flash- tall and muscular red fox with piercing yellow eyes.
Deputy: Utopia- russet vixen with blue eyes, a fuzzy tail and one white paw.
Healer: Shade- black vixen with a white tail tip and piercing amber eyes.
Warriors:
Pine- large, light ginger fox with thick, pine brown paws and amber eyes.
May- creamy coloured vixen with speckled splotches.
Snake- dark grey fox with yellow eyes.
Bright- very light ginger vixen with white stockings, white muzzle, a white tail tip, bright amber left eye, and blind right eye.
Crane- large black fox with grey eyes.
Grass- bright russet fox with white paws and tail tip, green eyes.
Torch- slender dark russet vixen with yellow eyes.
Moss- pretty white and black vixen with pale blue eyes
Apple- apple red fox with a white tipped tail and dark brown eyes.
Cherry- cherry-red vixen fox with a black tipped tail and dark brown eyes.
Dawn- dark red vixen with bright green eyes
Apprentices:
Icicle- quick albino vixen with pink-red eyes.
Feather- light brown fox with a red undertone and yellow eyes.
Shadow- large cherry red fox with a black underbelly and muzzle and amber eyes.
Queens:
Owl- light dusty brown vixen with a white underbelly mother to Pine's kits, Fang, Key, Scales and Bunny.
Hail- silver vixen with a white underbelly mother to Night and Mint.
Swan- pure white vixen with pale sky blue eyes, expecting Flash's kits.
Elders:
Birch- pale grey fox with white and darker grey specks and a white underbelly with amber eyes.
Howl- greying, dark ginger-brown fox with bright yellow eyes.
Haven- lanky brown female with dull amber eyes.
Steal- Silver grey male with light ginger mask and paws
Pack of the Plains
Leader: Flame- dark flame coloured fox with dark red-brown tail and legs with a white underbelly and dark green eyes.
Deputy: Swoop- long legged, dark ginger fox with white stocking legs and light amber eyes.
Healer: Dapple- red vixen with white ears and tail.
Warriors:
Kitsune- russet coloured vixen with dark red-brown legs and tail.
Blood- very large fox, has a dark red coat, is blind in left eye and right eye is yellow.
Diablo- red fox with an orange underbelly with yellow eyes.
Heather- reddish-brown female with dim green eyes.
Scamper- Small pale brown male fox with yellow eyes
Dusk- dark grey fox with black dots all over his body and green eyes.
Leap- very dark grey fox with strong back legs, a black underbelly, and dark amber eyes.
Tunnel- dark brown fox with white ear tips and bright yellow eyes.
Screech- bright orange fox with white underbelly.
Apprenties:
Breeze- lithe, lean pitch black female fox with bright amber eyes.
Willow- tall, pitch black male fox with silvery-grey eyes and very dark brown ear tips.
Arrow- pale grey fox with black specks and a white underbelly and yellow eyes.
Doe- pretty pale grey fox with a white under belly and yellow eyes.
Hiccup- Small auburn fox with forest green eyes.
Morning- pale ginger vixen with soft yellow eyes.
Queens:
Ember- jet black vixen with a white tail tip and dark brown eyes mother Raven and Rose.
Heart- average sized, pitch black vixen with a bright ginger-red chest and dark amber eyes mother to Dark and Hope.
Elders:
Fallow- dark brown vixen with white paws and green eyes.
Tall- incredibly tall ginger fox with brown eyes and grey stockings.
Pack of the River
Leader: Torrent- lean, greying-ginger vixen with dark grey ears, two claw scars across her cheek, two slash scars down her back, and dark amber eyes.
Deputy: Flare- large dark russet fox with a torn ear.
Healer: Berry- small, bright red fox with black stockings and blue eyes.
Warriors:
Blizzard- tall, albino fox with pink-red eyes and a slash scar across his muzzle.
Deceiver- large bright ginger fox with black stockings except for his back left leg which had a silver paw and bright yellow eyes.
Lily- light brown coloured vixen with cherry red patches all over her body.
Rowan- dark red fox with a brown tail and feet with green eyes
Amber- dark grey vixen with brown underbelly and tail and yellow eyes.
Tumble- lean pale brown fox with dusty yellow eyes.
Septic- handsome dark russet coloured fox with a white patch over one of his blue eyes.
Spark- fiery russet vixen with lighter spots on her flank.
Scarlet- dark brown vixen with lighter brown underbelly, mask, tail and ears with red paws and amber eyes.
Carp- silvery grey fox with dark yellow eyes and a missing left ear.
Mist- silvery light grey vixen with pale yellow eyes and half a tail.
Apprentices:
Zero- tiny light grey fox with brown paws and tail.
Hook- dark grey fox with pale grey under belly and pale blue eyes and a fishing hook on the side of his jaw.
Quil- white fox with a light grey spot on his back and muzzle and a very long tail.
Whispers- small, light grey vixen with grey-ginger paws and keen brown eyes.
Stalker- small black vixen with pale purple eyes.
Queens:
Reed- tiny, bright ginger vixen with dark grey paws and bright green eyes. Mother to Fallen and Snow.
Flower- Dark ginger vixen with dark grey laws and green eyes mother to Tide, Adder, Fire and Creek.
Fallow- Black vixen with a dark grey tail tip and dark brown eyes plus two claw scars down both her shoulders mother to Soul.
Elders:
Shell- shaggy ginger fox with tufts of fur missing, green eyes.
Pod- greyish russet vixen with one good amber eye.
Silver- large, battle-scarred silvery grey fox with dark amber eyes.
Frost- light ginger fox with a white tail, white ears, white stockings, white belly, and bright blue eyes.
Brave- light ginger fox with bright ginger ears, bright ginger stockings, and bright green eyes.
Chapter one will be going up soon! Make sure to leave a review and I hope you enjoyed the prologue! Bye :)