Lilacstream's POV
"The battle begins.." I woke up with a start. "Who said that," I said to myself, sleepily. I had to report this to Bladestar immediately. I jumped out of the den met by a fight. I skidded to a stop. Bladestar hissed at a cat. The base looked empty. But I could see a couple of frightened pairs of eyes in dens. "Who are you" hissed Bladestar, ears arched back. "I am Featherclaw and I warn you of the clan of mine," she said calmly but urgently. "Why are you here?" Bladestar said, crouching down, looking as if to pounce. I looked back and forth, from one cat to another. Maybe I should go back in the warriors den. I started backing away, but stopped when Featherclaw spoke. "Because I have ran away from my clan after knowing what they are planning to do. We must gather all clans to fight back. It will be war, 56 cats in total without me and 3 more counted." Bladestar stood up and opened her mouth to speak but no words came out.
I lept to action when Bladestar was alone. "Bladestar, Bladestar I have news. I heard a voice and-" I stopped when Bladestar shot me the most depressing look ever. She looked more sad in the shadows. "What is it" said Bladestsar. Without thinking I answered. "There was a voice that woke up me up saying 'The battle begins' do you might know what that means?" I asked anxiously. "I am afraid not" whispered Bladestar, looking around as if she was looking for something. My ears drooped a little. "Lilacstream". My ears perked back up. "Go help Quietclaw pack her things and after that maybe help send the message to the other clans." I nodded and Bladestar smiled softly. I walked out slowly. "Psst, hey cat." I looked around and tilted my head. "Yea you, don't get anymore attention."
Featherclaw lifted her paw and waved me over. I followed her uneasily. She nodded her head and sat down. "I thought you might as well know who's that voice was-" I opened my mouth in response but she lifted her paw again. "I did NOT eavesdrop I listened, anyway let me speak. That voice was me and I was talking about the war. Our clan is named Magicclan and you might know what is next. Yea, we have powers. Ours is probably the weakest. By me I am talking about the 3 other cats I metioned about. Since me, Snowseed, and Scarredleaf can only send messages. There is also Scarlettail, but she has more than the power to send messages. Anyways, my leader, Powerstar, is out to take over all clans and I know I should probably tell your leader first, but she doesn't trust me. You trust me right?" Before I could answer she went on. "He has the power of physic and he is trying to keeel us, although I have a feeling he doesn't want to kill his deputy, Scarlettail.. But she ran away with us too!" She didn't seem calm as the first time we saw each other. I answered slowly, "ok... And don't worry I trust you."
Sharpheart and Quietclaw carried 2 sacks of herbs and I carried 1 and followed them. Featherclaw was in the lead with Bladestar following. We met with Cloudstar and his clan. "Featherclaw"said a deep scracthy voice. "Snowseed," before Bladestar caught her Featherclaw lept and was tackled by a white cat. "WHERE were you?" Snowseed said, quieting his voice. "S-sorry, heh heh heh," laughed Featherclaw nervously. I am guessing they are from the same clan. "So, Bladestar I guess you heard of the war" said Cloudstar, sitting down. "Yea..." Bladestar mewed softly.
I trailed behind Stormflower, Featherclaw, and Snowseed. We were hunting. There were 3 other groups that went hunting. Stormflower sighed under her breath. "I can't believe I have to hunt with 2 cats neither leaders trust and a quarter-moon old warrior," she said, mumbling under her breath. I heard her well, but I don't think the other 2 did. They whispered rapidly. I could only make out a few words. "Will you guys just shut your muzzle?! We won't even catch so much of a whisker because of your talking!" Stormflower screeched shrilly. A few birds flied over our heads. "I think your the one scaring all the prey" I mumbled to myself. We hunted till sundown. When we got back Seaclan was already there. Featherclaw and Snowseed met up with a cat I never seen before. I am guessing the other cat is Scarredleaf, guess what? I was right. I dropped 2 mice in the prey pile. I looked over of what we caught. 3 mice, 2 rabbits, and 3 voles. The prey pile was bulging, but I wasn't sure if it would feed all 3 clans. Come to think of it, where was Ashclan. I took a look around and I didn't see even 1 cat from Ashclan.
60 cats of us in total. Yet, I don't think we can win. 4 warriors were sent to retrieve Ashclan, but they came back saying they weren't at their camp. I took a rabbit for me and Featherclaw to share, but she was already eating with Snowseed and Scarredleaf. Sharpheart called me over. "It is a pleasure meeting you" said Budshower. "Thank you, although it is a bit silly, but I can only remember your names and such from the meeting so can you guys help me out sometimes," I asked, worried I already made a fool of myself. Stormflower scoffed, but before she could say anything else Goldenlily answered of course. i sat awkwardly while the other cats talked about things I had no idea about. Foxwing waved me over and I looked at her curiously. "Umm, escuse me, but I am going to sit with one of my friends." "Ok" said Burningtulip not even looking up from her friends. As I passed Stormflower, she said, "our group won't miss you, in fact we won't even think about you". I walked away awkwardly.
Foxwing shoved me lightly. "Hey, hey I've been thinking about it and why don't we be buddies? I mean like we are room mates and stuff," she said. I agreed, I mean, like I don't have anyone else to hang out with. "Sure," I said. She smiled appreciatively. "Ok Lilacstream. Now that I think about it why don't we ask our leader to be in the same hunting patrol next time? It'll be fun, just you and me hunting alone in the-". I interrupted quickly, "I don't think Bladestar would allow us to be hunting alone. I mean, we're only about quarter-moon warriors and we probably get lost or-", this time Foxwing interrupted. "You scared," she asked mockingly, with her eyes and mouth wide open as if she was surprised. "F-fine," I said.
