Cause: Ugly Beauty

by Birdflame

I wanted love. I wanted to be the best warrior in RiverClan. I received no mercy, I gave none back. I was not only a pretty little she-cat, the daughter of the leader, but the fiercest and most dangerous cat the four Clans have ever seen. Read and review. First of the Cause Trilogy.

1. Shellstorm's Introduction

I know, staring yet another story. I've had this in my head for ages, though, and I need to get it out. I don't own Warriors.

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Gather round, young one. Let me tell you my story.

Where is this place? This is what is called the Dark Forest. It's where all the best cats go after they die. Our deeds are so brave that those StarClan weaklings won't accept us, so they send us here, which is their fatal mistake. If they knew what went on here, they'd call us rogues, but we work only to protect our honor. I can see your future here in the Pool, and I know you will join us here one day.

Back to what I was saying before. My name is Shellstorm, the fiercest cat the Clans have ever seen. You may know me as Shellstorm the Murderer, but you don't know what happened. My story down with the living, like every other cat's who've died, has been exaggerated in one way or another. For example, have you heard of Greenstar? They say he was a brave leader, doing what was right constantly, but he broke the warrior code several times. They say all I did was break the warrior code, but all this began because I wanted love. When my story is through, I'll let my son tell you his.

It started many moons ago. . . .

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RiverClan:

Leader: Poppystar - tortoiseshell and white she-cat with blue eyes

Deputy: Greenstem - brown tabby tom with green eyes

Apprentice, Birdpaw - black tom with blue eyes

Medicine cat: Fallenstream - blue-gray tabby tom with dark yellow eyes

Warriors:

Blackstone - black tom with amber eyes

Reedstem - white she-cat with green eyes

Icypelt - black she-cat with pale gray eyes

Sundapple- dappled ginger tom with green eyes

Apprentice, Shellpaw - pale cream she-cat with gray smudged spots and green eyes

Cricketleap—brown tom with amber eyes

Apprentice, Patchpaw - white tom with brown patches and yellow eyes

Furyheart - black tom with a cream chest and dark blue eyes

Foxclaw—russet tom with green eyes

Leafnose - small swirled brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Ashfeather -silver tabby she-cat with yellow eyes

Deertail - brown tabby tom with pale amber eyes

Milkleaf - white she-cat with green eyes

Queens:

Vineshade - brown and white she-cat with green eyes (permanent queen)

Brightfeather—golden she cat with white tipped tail and ear with leaf green eyes (Foxclaw's mate, expecting kits)

Elders:

Meadowsong - white she-cat with blue eyes (half deaf)

Wildclaw - black and white tom with green eyes

Shadowfang - black she-cat with green eyes