A/N- This is my new story, Silverpool of Starclan, as told by Silverpool herself. I know this first chapter & prologue skips POV a bit, but the rest should be in 1st person. I always love to read and write about Starclan, because i find it absolutely fascinating to see everyone's different take on the cats. So here's my first attempt, i hope you'll enjoy it!
Oh, and please review when you've finished reading, i would really appreciate constructive critisism, especially on this story, as i want to get my portrayal of Silverpool and the Starclan cats just right. Thanks!
Disclaimer- I don't own warriors, okay?
Silverpool of Starclan
I'm Silverpool. I used to be a Thunderclan warrior, a Thunderclan queen. I had three kits with my mate, Icefur. Two of them are warriors now, Mistyfur and Frostleaf. The third kit, Featherpaw, died as a young apprentice, killed by a fox. She's with me now. My mate is still down there with my surviving kin. At least he can still look after them.
I myself perished in the jaws of a badger, trying to drive it off our territory. I remember it well.
This is my story, from life, to death, and after.
Prologue- Living In The Past
Silverpool leapt, landing on the badger's back. It growled and swung around, trying to shake her off. She dug her claws in and clung on hard. Sootcloud leapt too, clawing at its hind legs.
The badger swung around and batted the black she-cat with a massive paw, sending her flying into the bushes.
Twigpaw, the apprentice medicine cat who had found the badger, raced over to her and checked her over. Injured, but alive.
Suddenly, Silverpool saw her opportunity. Clawing her way forwards, she aimed to bite down on the back of the badger's neck.
She never got that far.
The badger leapt back from an attack to the front by Ashclaw, a fellow warrior, and reared up with its back to a tree, crushing Silverpool into the trunk.
She dropped to the ground like a stone and the badger swung around, ignoring Ashclaw's attack on its flank.
Here was prey.
It picked up Silverpool by the neck. She was too weak to resist. It bit down hard on her neck and what little struggles she had made, ceased. She went limp.
Silverpool was dead.
An Interlude from Silverpool
It pains me to think about that. It's still too fresh in my mind, I suppose. I do also remember what happened to me next. How could I forget? It's not every day you go and join Starclan. Also, I would just like to mention that the rest of this story will be from my perspective, what you twolegs would call the 'first person', if that's alright with you.
So, on we go, deeper into my past…
Chapter 1- Waking the Dead
I woke up in the clearing I had been in before, the pains of battle mysteriously gone. But the fight still continued. We seemed to be winning now; Ashclaw was driving the badger back. I leapt forwards to help, but a cat held me back.
I turned around to see Hollystar, the former leader of Thunderclan, staring sadly at me. It was then I realised what must have happened. I looked down to see a body lying between her and me. Its silver fur was stained with blood and deep bite marks were visible in its neck.
It was my body.
"You can't help them," Hollystar said.
I looked at her imploringly, grief setting in.
"I can't die! What about Icefur? What about my kits? I can't leave them!"
"They are warriors, Silverpool, they will cope. But your time to join Starclan has come. Don't you wish to see Featherpaw again?"
I looked back behind me. The badger had gone and now the other cats were coming over to my body.
Sootcloud was on her paws, Twigpaw helping her over. Ashclaw was approaching from the other side.
All three cats were stained with sadness.
I stepped back as Ashclaw stood beside my body. I felt strangely numb. Hollystar walked around the grieving cats and stood beside me, looking on.
"It's time to go," she said.
I couldn't quite believe what had just happened to me; what was going on.
"Don't I get to hear their final goodbyes? See them share tongues with me for the last time?"
"You may do that from Starclan, Silverpool."
In my heart, I knew it was time to go, but I lingered just for a moment, as Ashclaw pressed his muzzle into my flank and murmured,
"Goodbye, Silverpool."
Ashclaw and I had been good friends since we were kits, and it pained me to see him so sad. I almost cried, but managed to hold back. I didn't want to cry infront of Hollystar.
As they picked up my body and began to leave, I nodded and said to the ginger Starclan cat,
"Let's go."
Hollystar nodded back, then turned and began to lead me out of the clearing. I glanced back just one last time, and saw a small pool of blood where I fell. It had also smeared the tree trunk behind it.
I looked wistfully back at the living cats, leaving back towards the camp, then looked back ahead and followed Hollystar.
"Now where do I go?" I asked, "Where is Starclan?"
"Just, follow me," Hollystar replied, "We are heading to the sky."
I looked up above me, but could not quite believe I would now live up there. I also couldn't figure out how we would even get there in the first place.
Hollystar must have sensed this, for she said,
"You have doubt?"
"I just don't get how we are supposed to get there," I replied.
Hollystar stopped and looked at me, her green eyes blazing with intelligence and frustration.
"Silverpool, many cats before you have joined Starclan, even me. They have all made this journey. Do you think you are the first? Trust me. We shall arrive. Then you may learn the wisdom and secrets of Starclan, your warrior ancestors."
I looked at her, doubt still showing in my eyes, but I said,
"Very well. I trust you. I was only a kit when you died, but I wondered what would happen to you. I always wondered what happened when cats join Starclan. I guess now I get to find out."
Hollystar nodded, and then continued to guide me. I followed her through the forest until we reached the border.
But this was not the border onto another clan's territory, it was the uppermost border.
Hollystar crossed it, and I followed her.
The trees began to thicken and a slight mist hung in the air.
I knew I was now in Starclan.
