Chapter 2

The Search for Whitestem and RiverBell

CloudStar sent several patrols to look for the two missing cats. WillowWind had caught the sent of Whitestem and was leading a patrol to

where she first spotted the scent. The patrol was made up of VenomPoppy and RaggedFrost. EaglePaw was coming along for training. "Ok EaglePaw what do you smell?" EaglePaw opened his jaw to smell in the scents around him like VenomPoppy asked. "Vole, but stall. I also smell some of the other cats that visited here on last patrol, and-" He stammered. "I smell Whitestem! He's been here!" WillowWind was relieved they where going in the right direction. They had lost the scent for a very long time.

As every cat continued following the scent WillowWind smelled something very weird. It was the smell of a dead animal, but she couldn't tell what it was or where the smell was coming from. She began to pray in her thoughts StarClan tell me thats not Whitestem! The smell soon drifted away but came back again. This time it smelled a bit ignored it hoping it was a old fox or left overs from a vole or mouse.

CloudStar paced around her den waiting for the patrols. Again and again each patrol came back empty handed. She wished she had more kits then just that one. To be honest she didn't think her son would ever be the leader of a clan, not any clan! She hoped Whitestem. As the first sights of SilverPelt came in to view WillowWinds patrol came back. "Find anything out there?" CloudStar was very clearly terrified they would say no so WillowWind didn't tell her about the rotten smell. "Well we found Whitestem's scent but not him. We'll head back there when fireblaze hits." Fireblaze is now what the cats called the sun and some times it means the afternoon. CloudStar went to sleep that SilverPelt extra late.

Whitestem ran as fast as he could to catch the CharClan member to take him down but soon he grew tired. He stopped to catch his breath for one second when another cat jumped on his back and ripped in to sides taking him down. Before he could get up his neck was slit wide oped and started to drift off in to deep sleep. When he woke up. He was with SwiftStar in StarClan. Tangle-eye woke up in a shook. StarClan sent her this message and she had to warn CloudStar.

WillowWind was at the fresh kill pile eating a pigeon when she heard CloudStar running to the moss cover entrance to the camp. She had to know what was happing. She finished the pigeon and followed her scent. She soon smelled that rotten smell again. She knew now what it was. She couldn't go any farther. But she stood hidden away to hear CloudStar mumble to herself. "EmberStar you will pay. You whole clan will pay. Watch me burn your part of the forest to the ground! Wait. Even better. Now all I have to do is find some everist." WillowWind was shocked to her the word. Everist was a new plant that the twolegs planted. The mutated plant had a bad effect to it. It could easily be made in to a paste by smashing it with rocks. If consumed that cat would go in to frenzy of pain for two SilverPelts until it finally died. She never expected to hear such a thing from CloudStar.

It was a very long time until CloudStar returned to camp. She called a meeting to the whole camp. She announced her idea about the foul plant. They where all shocked. But they agreed to do it. WillowWind had to stop this! This was against all the rules of the Warrior Code! Or at least the newest rule. In war you play fair. Paw to paw. Even if its war there are rules to it. She never really like these rules but she wasn't about to break the Warrior Code!

WillowWind knew one thing for sure, if she was to stop this crazy idea of CloudStar she would have to take down CharClan. She had a idea but it was a wild one. She was going to lead dogs to the CharClan territory. Its technically 'paw to paw' combat. It had happened once before in the history of the cats. But this would be harder. She had to get the dogs to follow her in to CharClan territory. There was a dog pack in another forest about two ThunderPaths away. It would only take eight SilverPelts to make the trip there and back.

WillowWind woke up extra early to begin her walk to the dog pack. It would be easy. She had been around there before to go to RockClan since the clan is in a forest right near by. There where many places where the dogs would have a easy rest that they couldn't give up. She would use those stops to hunt and to sleep. The first part in her plan was to run past the first ThunderPath on to the plains. This plan didn't work as well as she hoped.

She made it half way in to the ThunderPath before one of the monster smashed in to her gnawing on her bones. She scrambled to the side she came from. She couldn't feel her back legs but she was able to drag herself back to her clans. She knew it would take moons to heal this! Only a miracle from StarClan could help her now!

It had been three moons and yet she still didn't have any Everist to smash in the horrible paste. It would at least be two moons before they would even start to sprout. All she could was wait. But she had things to do to occupy her. She visited WillowWind every Fireblaze. She was getting much better. She would be able to completely walk in about one moon. But not only that but very soon EaglePaw was going to have his warrior ceremony. Not only that but only one more SilverPelt before the next gathering. She wanted to see EmberStar's face before he saw his untimely death.

"EagleGaze! EagleGaze! EagleGaze!" All the cats chanted as the apprentice EaglePaw recived his warrior name EagleGaze. But it wasn't as important as the up coming gathering for CloudStar. She had invited EagleGaze, VenomPoppy, DappleDust, and Tangle-eye to the gathering as well. She relized something. All this time she was to involved in getting that Everist to take her revenge on CharClan but there was more they had done. RiverBell had been killed to. Her body had been on Whitestems so CloudStar suppected she had tried to help. CloudStar had even more reason to be mad at CharClan now.

The same night CloudStar left for the gathering WillowWind had gotten better and had set off on her journey again. That was such a waste of time! It wasted every cats time! To save her clan she had to do this. What a waste. She past the ThunderPath and to the first of her stops. A old broken down barn. Many stories where told about this barn but the only one that was true was that it had been rebuilt here from some where else then went empty one day. But the cats didn't call it a barn they called it OldRed.

She went inside and sniffed around. She soon found some mice, cuaght them, then ate them. She went to sleep on a full belly on a nice flat of hay that they now call yellgre. That night she dreamed of of this journey done. Willow trees blowing in the wind. The clan at peace. Together as one clan. StarClan. But it was shattered by lightning and all burst in flames. Then a flood. The gigantic twoleg monsters stomping on the forest crushing it all. She was rembering the cat histroy of the cats.

(Sorry for the short chapter but the its just really hard for me to keep

a chapter going on for to long. Hope you guys understand.)