Prologue
It was a cold, snowing winter night. I should have been looking for shelter or a high tree, but no, I wasn't. I was in the middle of the Dark Forest! I just, somehow, appeared here. First second- striding through the leaves, then the next moment I fell and landed here… The dark Forest reminded me of being blind. I stood up and padded towards the darkness. After a while I stopped and sat down by a tree to rest for the night, knowing that there was no prey here. Then I heard pawsteps nearby. I thought about fighting for a moment, and then ran away. Anyways, I had a broken paw. I didn't want to risk more than that, then I searched for my telepathic connection with one of the StarClan Council Members. There wasn't any. They must be having a meeting to discuss the Problem with the Poisoned Prey-(PPP). Guess I should try again later.
I just went past a tall rock by a river with dark, silvery black water, then I saw a glow inside.
Could it be one of the Exits? I crept closer. Then I saw a silvery Aura on it-Must be something special. I dunked my uninjured paw in and felt to the glow. It was a Rock. I fished it out on the surface. On the top was a picture. It showed the entrance of a tunnel and an arrow showing to the right. On the backside was a picture of an exit of the tunnel with a cat coming out. The cat had stars in its pelt. Then, suddenly, the rock turned into ash.
I turned then, and went in that direction…
It started to snow again. But, it wasn't just a little snow, it was a whirling snowstorm. I ran somewhere, startled and bumped into a tree. I tried to climb up, but the trunk was icy, I couldn't get a grip with my claws. Just in that moment a lightning bolt fried the tree. It creaked and fell down. I ran away. Then I saw a tree stump, it was nearly closed with all the snow, but I dug the snow away, ran inside just as a tree blocked the entrance. I was trapped. I laid down and examined my injured paw. It was bluish-silver from the water. Also the other was the same. I gathered some leaves and bits of moss and made a make-shift bed. Then I fell asleep...
I opened my eyes. I was in somewhere in the earth, surrounded by leaves and moss. There was not much space inside- about three mouse-tails. I lifted my left paw. It was silverish and glowing. Then I looked in a small puddle nearby. I looked inside. A cat looked out of it. It had stars in its pelt and had a scared expression on its face. Its paws were glowing silver….
I stared at it in utter shock. It was my reflection, but, why the stars? Was I dead already?
The cat in the puddle looked at me with a calm gaze. Then, I heard it speak…it was a faint voice saying something that I couldn't hear so well. Then it yowled something and a dark shape went in the space and pinned the reflection on the ground, grinned curtly, then everything went dark.
I woke up. A yowl sounded in the distance, and somecat screamed somewhere. Something at the edge of my eye caught my attention; it was a silvery trail on the ground. I stood up and stretched myself, then padded to the line. It was going to the darkness. I followed the trail to a gaping hole.
