Disclaimer: I do not own warriors but I own my characters and they are pretty friggin sweet.
Hey it's Jadestar! I'm so excited to finally start writing this! This is a prequel to my other fanfic, Ice Cat. This is about Icepaw's mother and father, Silentwater and Blackheart. Have you noticed that every fanfic starts with a cat giving birth? Well I'm a rebel. Hehehe tehe cackles and then falls on floor choking Darn it I have to stop doing that.
Mapleclaw, the white she-cat thought grimly, the great MoonClan medicine cat. And I shall have to take his place. She shook her head in disgust. He's not going to die! She tried to convince herself, but she knew in her bones that her mentor's death was coming all too soon.
"Silentpaw!" a cat's voice called to her. The young white she-cat flicked her ears in order to hear the call.
"Yes Jadestar?" a big tabby she-cat crawled out of the medicine cat's den. Her eyes were tired, but her muscles were hard and she looked about ready for anything.
"Mapleclaw wishes to see you now." she meowed, her eyes clouding over. Mapleclaw had been Jadestar's brother and great friend. Silentpaw dipped her head to her leader, and crawled into the medicine cat den.
Instantly the sickly sweet scent of sickness crept over her. She felt it was her fault that she didn't know what Mapleclaw suffered from. It was a deadly sickness, she thought. Why did StarClan have to create sickness?
Silentpaw padded slowly over to her mentor, the big red tom-cat who once looked as if he could take on six FireClan cats without getting so much as a scratch. But the once great medicine cat lay crippled on the moss bedding, his ribs popping out of his fur and his breathing short and rasping. His eyes swiveled to meet Silentpaw's gaze, and she was devastated to see how sick and shrunken they looked.
"Silentpaw…" he coughed. The young white apprentice rushed to her mentor's side, her tail waving back and forth nervously. Her big blue eyes were wide with fear for her dear friend.
"Mapleclaw!" she mewed quietly. "How are you feeling now?" The big tom sighed.
"I'm not as young as I used to be, Silentpaw." he rasped. "My time is coming soon."
"No!" mewed Silentpawpaw desperately. She pawed at her mentor's side, hoping his reassuring scent would rub off on her, and make everything better again.
"What am I going to do without you!" she whined, "I'm not ready for this!" Mapleclaw silenced her with a stiff flick of his tail.
"You are as ready as you will ever be." he rasped. He closed his eyes and sighed deeply.
"I have something to tell you now." he said. Silentpaw came closer, her eyes glistening. Her heart ached for her mentor, and she wished for his calm words again, even his scolding for getting herself into trouble. But now it was going to be over.
"Yes Mapleclaw." she whispered. "I am listening." Mapleclaw closed his eyes, taking in a long, shuddering breath. Then he spoke.
"StarClan has sent me a message." he mewed. "You shall fall in love with one whose heart is black." Silentpaw kept quiet, though she knew that medicine cats were never to take mates. She wondered if her mentor was talking nonsense, but felt bad for thinking so. She would take her mentor's wise words to the grave.
"Two kits shall come, one of the mother, one of the father." Mapleclaw went on, his breathing becoming shallow and quiet. "One kit shall carry your soul with her. It shall be the dawn of Ice." Silentpaw breathed in deeply, drinking in the sour scent of death. Mapleclaw touched his nose to hers.
"Don't forget." he rasped. And then his breathing ceased. Silentpaw yowled in distress and buried her head in his red pelt, for she was suddenly alone.
How was that!!! I am such a rebellious person Haha. I was crying just writing that:'( Why do I have to kill off all the cool cats?
Well now you know a bunch of stuff. Think it over.
Jadeclaw
PS: Would it annoy you if I wrote a whole chapter in caps lock? I just thought of that for some reason. But don't worry.