A/N- ok, so this is my new story. I just couldn't wait to post it. Thanks for commenting SwiftStar1. I had too many ideas in my head to just finish the other one first. I will continue that one, but I will add this one too. I thought of this with my friend a while ago and never really wrote it down. Now, I am finally posting it! I hope you guys like it, and please review. =}D
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Thunderclan
Leader: Silverstar (Friendly tom with silvery-grey fur and blue eyes.)
Deputy: Snowbreeze (kind-hearted she cat with snowy fur and light green eyes)
Medicine Cat: Rainwhisker (impatient tom with hazel fur and blue eyes)
Warriors:
Sunpelt (tom with golden fur and brown eyes)
Mousetail (she cat with brown fur and green eyes)
Willowheart (she cat with grey fur and blue eyes)
Lightningfur (tabby tom with blue eyes)
Flashpelt ( tom with orange fur and brown eyes)
Shineheart (tabby she cat with golden eyes)
Pineshadow (tom with black fur and green eyes)
Apprentices:
Lillypaw (she cat with grey-blue fur and green eyes)
Bristlepaw (brown tom with grey eyes)
Gentlepaw (she cat with white fur and brown eyes)
Joypaw (she cat with golden fur and brown eyes)
Elders:
Littlepool (she cat with grey fur and bright blue eyes)
Thrushfur (tom with light brown-tan fur and dark brown eyes)
Nightfall (tom with black fur and blue eyes)
Queens:
Brightflower (she cat with white fur and brown spots and green eyes; mother of Whitekit and Hazelkit)
Robinsong (she cat with dark orange-red fur and brown eyes)
Prologue:
Everyone in sight is running past me, as I am going unnoticed by them all. I try to call out for help, but all that comes out is a croak. They were all either too busy to notice, or too selfish enough to care. They are coming soon, and I can't hold on much longer. I watch for a long time, just looking at the water rise tail length by tail length. It is getting too close; I have to get out of here. I try standing, one shaky paw at a time. But all I manage to do is fall back down.
Even just that little effort exhausts me to helplessness. I lay there, fighting unconsciousness, trying to stay awake. Everyone was gone, and I was the last one, left there to die. 'Starclan, why is this happening? Am I destined to die, right here and now? Please give me a sign, and I will be so grateful.' I feel something cold strike me in the paw like a thorn, looking down to see that the water has already risen to the point of no escape.
I lay there, wishing for the sun to come out and warm my now freezing fur. 'What did I do to deserve this?' I think to myself, as my eyes start to droop with tiredness. Then, something steels my attention. I hear something faintly, through my clogged ears. I can just see a blur coming quickly towards me as I slip into oblivion.
"Bightflower…..Brightflower, can you hear me?" I hear voices all around me, hushed and urgent. However, I can't distinguish who the voices belong to, no matter how hard I try. I was starting to get very irritated, I just want to go back to sleep. But it is impossible with all these cats around. And then I hear a voice, above all the others. "Brightflower! You need to wake up! I can't lose you like this."
It is clear and understandable so that I knew what it was saying. The voice is hurried and begging, I feel so bad that I don't know who it is. I try to open my eyes, but all I can see is darkness. And then it strikes me. How could I have not known? It is Pineshadow, my mate, the only cat I want to see right now. I try again to open my eyes, now having a reason to put more force into it. Slowly, I start to see blurs of fur. I can't quite make out who each of them are yet, but I know exactly whose glistening black pelt is right in front of me.
Oh how glad I am to see him. I thought that I would never see him again, until he came to join me in Starclan. My vision starts to clear all in an instant, washing over me like the flood that almost took my life. His face is the first thing I look at, clear as Sunhigh to me now. He is looking down at me with such a somber expression, that I want to close my eyes again, pretend like I never saw it in the first place. All in a flash, his face brightens extravagantly. "Brightflower! You are awake, I thought I would lose you forever!" he purrs so happily. I lean up and he meets me halfway, as we brush each other's cheeks.
"I thought that I would be gone too. I just thank Starclan I am still alive and with you." I meow. Then, I slowly take in my surroundings. For the first time, I realize that we aren't in the camp, far from it in fact. The clan is camped out on a grassy hill, open and vulnerable. "Where are we? This isn't Thunderclan… is…is this Windclan territory?" I ask bewildered. Pineshadow opens his mouth to speak, but is interrupted when Silverstar walks up from behind him. He looks down at me with a pleased expression.
"You have finally woken up. You were out for quite a while, Brightflower. We had to move the whole clan as fast as we could to get out of the flood." he pauses to look at my mate, "Pineshadow carried you the whole way, determined to get you somewhere safe. You are very lucky to have him as a mate." He says proudly. Pineshadow is Silverstar's son, and he loves him very dearly. I look over at Pineshadow, so grateful for him, and that he is my mate. "Thank you Pineshadow, you are the gre…." I start to say, but overwhelming pain strikes me.
I yelp in pain, not knowing what's going on. Alarm registers on Pineshadow's face as he screeches, "Rainwhisker! Something's wrong with Brightflower, come quickly!" Everyone is alerted instantly, frozen with fear. I squeal again, the pain growing more and more intense. Rainwhisker rushes over to where I lay, trying to comfort me and examine me at the same time. He glances over at Pineshadow, a worried expression glued to his face. Something has gone wrong…
A/N- Please review if you liked it!