The Twoleg curse of Mapleshade

by Hollypool1999

Takes place right after Hollyleaf announces Leafpool's secret to the Clans. She does not run away in my story. Mapleshade places a curse to test out her new dark powers onto six young warriors : Lionblaze, Jayfeather, Hollyleaf, Cinderheart, Dovewing, and Ivypool. She makes them into twolegs for a certain amount of time, and they must fend for themselves. My first story, R&R plz

1. Chapter 1

Chapter One

Leafpool's POV

I saw my children giving me dirty looks as I padded into the warrior's den. It would be my first night as a warrior, and I am confused, sad, and extremely angry at myself and Feathertail. She was the one that gave Crowfeather and me the blessing to mate. It was her fault that these poor, poor children of mine were produced and placed into this cave of misery. The only empty nest in the den was next to Thornclaw, who slowly shook his head and padded out. I sank to the earthy, old floor, and buried my head into my paws. I blinked once, and promptly fell into a deep, heavy sleep.

Almost instantly, I found myself at Four-trees, the Gathering place, or as I would forever remember it as; the place where Hollyleaf revealed our secrets. On the great rock stood Feathertail, Yellowfang, Bluestar, and Spottedleaf. Starting from Bluestar, they jumped down and padded up until they sat in front of me. Feathertail was last, her tail drooping.

"You!"I hissed viciously. Yowling, I leaped onto her, determined to make her pay for the misery she had brought upon me and my loved ones; Squirrelflight, Brambleclaw, Hollyleaf, Jayfeather, Lionblaze and Crowfeather, Firestar and Sandstorm. As I was about to make contact with her, Bluestar barreled into me, sending yours truly flying across the clearing. I started to sob in grief as images and memories flashed through my head; Crowfeather, then Crowpaw, saving me from falling off of the gorges edge, us foolishly running away from the Clans, Cinderpelt giving her life to the badgers to save Cinderheart, then Cinderkit, my kits are Warriors, Hollyleaf revealing my secret to all four Clans, most important of all; Feathertail giving is the blessing to mate.

"Dear, dear Leafpool - " began Spottedleaf, but I cut her off.

"You approved of Feathertail's blessing! You are also to blame! And here I was, thinking that you actually cared about me and my kin and was my friend!" Then, as all four she-cats gazed at me with sad and loving eyes, I suddenly realized that I was acting like a silly, whiny little kit.

"I'm sorry." I whispered, still not understanding why I was called. "It is my time, isn't it?"

"No, no, not yet dear Leafpool." Bluestar assured me. "We are here to tell you a prophecy, young one"

Young one? I thought I have a mate and three grown kits!

"I am sorry" I murmured in shame and embarrassment. "Please forgive my outburst. It's just that-that I feel so angry at myself, not you, that I was disrespectful to some of the greatest she-cats of StarClan. Forgive me." I repeated as all she-cats looked at me with sympathy and understanding. Only Yellowfang retorted in a tart voice;

"Are you done purring out your little sympathy speech? Because the prophecy is waiting, and so is my stomach and a few juicy mice in the forest!"

"Let's begin then, shall we?" mewed Spottedleaf hastily. They came closer to me, from all four directions; Feathertail from the north, Yellowfang from the south, Bluestar from the south, and Spottedleaf from the west. Their eyes grew brighter and brighter, as the moon faded and darkness reigned. The earth beneath me rumbled and started crumbling and whirling, and I spun through the void, yowling my lungs out. Just as I thought that the prophecy would never come, I heard the whispering, and I strained my ears to hear it.

"When the Lion, the Jay, the Holly, the Cinder, the Dove, and the Ivy will fall into the darkness's grip, and survive the turmoil, peace will be restored to the forest."

I gasped, smashing into a rock, my paws flailing wildly. Then, something sharp prodded my side.

"Get up!" A voice screeched. "Time for training!"

I hissed, unsheathing my claws. And then noticed that the sun was already up, and the temperature was growing warmer every second.

"Coming, coming." I grumbled to Poppyfrost, who had been hastily assigned as my mentor by Firestar last night. I was thankful to him that he let me sleep with the warriors; I think that the apprentices would most likely scorn me even more than the warriors.

She snorted. "Follow me." Was her curt response. When I padded into the camp's clearing, every cat suddenly grew as silent as a pile of dead cats. Only Sorreltail, my good friend since kithood, blinked at me sympathetically as I made my way to the fresh kill pile. I felt uncomfortable as I chose I vole, and sat there eating it, while Brambleclaw, still in shock, padded toward me. I could barely hear him telling me to go on a hunting patrol with Poppyfrost, Mousewhisker, and Whitewing, for the prophecy was still ringing in my ears.