Important Note: This story doesn't really take place at any particular time, maybe sort of after Omen of the Stars.. I've only read the first one and some things about the other ones on wiki.. (I plan on reading them though) So this is just a sort of random fan .. writing.. i mean.. look at the site title! yeah... enjoy ..? erm. anyway.
The Flutter of Destiny is rated T for violence.. and.. whatever
I do not own Warriors, Omen of the Stars, heck, I don't even own this computer. The rights of the books belong to the Erin Hunter people and this computer belongs to my mom.
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Prologue
A strange she-cat with a dappled brown tabby coat and green eyes sits flicking her tail patiently. Jayfeather looks at her from a distance with uncertainty. She beckons with her tail for him to come closer. He slinks over to her, but doesn't sit down.
"Who are you? And what do you want?" He asks sharply. She doesn't flinch.
"My name is Tansydapple," she speaks in a soft, but stern voice,"Listen Jayfeather-"
He cuts her off, "How do you know my name? I've never seen you before!"
"I am part of starclan, my great great grandson, but a very quiet part. I have a prophecy-" She explains.
"Does it involve me, Lionblaze and Dovewing?" He asks in annoyance, but slightly hoping he'll find out more information.
"Yes, but you are not the base. This is a different prophecy," She purrs. His shoulders slump in disappointment. Tansydapple's eyes shine and she gets a far off look.
"Darkness floats on a breeze, rustling the ivy and awaking the tiger.. but the fluttering leaf will quiet them." She meows in a distant voice.
"What does that mean? Breeze? Ivy? Tiger? What leaf?" He meows urgently.
"You must find out, Jayfeather," She answers.
He thinks for a second. The words breeze, ivy and tiger bring images to him, of cats he knows. Breezepelt, Ivypool and Tigerheart. Could she mean them? What is the darkness? There's one thing that confuses him is the last part.
"Can you just answer one question as best you can.. does the last part.. the flutter of a leaf will quiet them, refer to another cat?" He asks.
Tansydapple stares at him for a moment, trying to decide whether or not to answer. Finally she responds.
"Yes."
"Has he or she been born yet?"
"She," Tansydapple utters accidentally then answers,"No.. but soon, by late Newleaf I believe." She twitches her tail nervously, wondering if she gave too much away. She would feel bad though, not answering the questions from her kin. She always knows more about prophecies than she should, definitely more than other cats. It's why they always kept her quiet.
Jayfeather opens his jaws to ask more, but Tansydapple swipes her tail across his ear as she rises to her paws.
"That is all I will tell you."
With that, she disappears. Jayfeather jolts awake and is struck with the piercing cold of leafbare. At least he knows they may have new kits to look forward to. He hears a moan and looks over at his patients. Squirrelflight, Hazeltail, and Berrynose have all come down with serious greencough. Squirrelflight rises to a sitting position and looks better this morning. Hazeltail is still laying down, but breathing steadily. She appears to be awake, but for some reason she's tucked into a ball.
"Hey Jayfeather," Squirrelflight greets. She still sounds tired and a little weak, but at least she can talk.
"Feeling better?" He asks.
"Yeah," Squirrelflight replies before wrinkling up her nose suddenly. That's when the smell hits him and he understands the way Hazeltail is laying. He steps toward Berrynose cautiously. He knows even before he presses his paw onto the warrior's flank to find that it no longer moves with the rise and fall of breathing. He sighs, knowing that Poppyfrost will be heartbroken, and her kits, Molepaw and Cherrypaw, will be upset he won't be there to see them become warriors in a moon.
He drags Berrynose's motionless body into the clearing, to relieve his living patients of the smell. He rubs nice smelling plants on him like routine. He sits there and waits until the other cats start to come out. His ear flicks as he hears pawsteps. He picks up Hazeltail's sadness before her smell. He assumes that she has sat down by her brother.
Daisy pokes her head out of the nursery and is about to go back inside away from the cold when she sees Berrynose. Leafbare chill forgotten, she runs out yowling, causing Jayfeather to flinch. Warriors come rushing out of the den to see what's up. Poppyfrost is there first and yowls in dismay. For some reason the sound wrenches Jayfeather's heart, though Daisy's only annoys him. He shakes his head. Molepaw and Cherrypaw are soon out of the Apprentice's Den and by the side of their mother, Poppyfrost. Cherrypaw screeches but Molepaw only stares quietly.
Firestar sits in front of his den, watching the cats shiver. He looks at the Fresh Kill Pile to see it painfully low with only two scrawny mice. He sighs. This has been a particularly tough leafbare. Brambleclaw plops down beside him. They are quiet for a moment until Jayfeather pads up to them.
"This is a harsh leafbare.." he sighs,"We lost Purdy, Mousefur, Brackenfur, Ferncloud and now Berrynose!"
Firestar nods,"We may have to send Sandstorm, Graystripe, and Dustpelt to the Elder's Den when Newleaf comes.. they are barely able to hunt well but they insist on it so they won't feel like they're just laying around uselessly."
"I agree," Brambleclaw meows,"Let's just hope the apprentices make it."
Jayfeather speaks again,"Since Blossomfall has become mates with Toadstep, we may be looking forward to more kits soon."
"Hopefully after Leafbare is over," Firestar meows sadly.
Jayfeather remembers the prophecy in his dream. How the strange Tansydapple told him there would be a new kit that the prophecy circles around that will be born in Newleaf. He finds it hard to believe that two cats that are of course important, but insignificant in his opinion, could have a kit that means so much to the forest, and them all. He purrs at a sudden thought that makes Brambleclaw and Firestar glance at him.
Maybe Lionblaze and Cinderheart will make up? That's about as likely as Brambleclaw and Squirrelflight having their own kits after all this nonsense.
So will they? That would be nice. ;)
I wonder who the special kit will be? o: Oh.. I already know.
Sad thing about Berrynose.. at least he can be with Honeyfern now. He can watch his kits from Starclan ^_^
The underlined parts are like hints.. foreshadowing/important things... kekekeke
Coming up: Warriors ceremony and new kits!
There will be some new (kind of random) pairings in this story, hopefully they aren't related. If there are protests against any of them.. (though i don't see why) I may change something.. but i already have the kits' names so it's unlikely xD
So, who is Tansydapple? Private Message any guesses. (there's a big three-word hint)
REVIEW PLEASE! Be critical ;\