"Welcome, my dear friend Lionblaze. Welcome back, in fact." spoke an evil voice.
Lionblaze gasped as Tigerstar stepped out of some bushes, Lionblaze knew where he was dreaming!
"Time for your fake grandfather to finish you off, weakling." Tigerstar growled.
"I'm not a weakling! I've fought you before and I'll fight you again!" Lionblaze countered. "I'm stronger than you and you know it, Tigerstar!"
"Ha! You pathetic kit! I've got the entire Dark Forest on my side! You know that's more cats than you can fight off in a moon!" With that, Tigerstar flicked his tail and nine cats and appeared behind Tigerstar on either side.
Lionblaze saw cats he didn't know, along with familar faces- Ashfur. Then Lionblaze saw cat that looked just like Brambleclaw. That must be Hawkfrost. He thought Tigerstar must have practiced this routine to make him look better. Still, Lionblaze wasn't sure he could beat them all, even with his powers. Then he saw a cat that made his heart sink- it was Rippletail. Lionblaze gasped.
"Hello, Lionblaze." Rippletail spoke. "A pleasure to see you die, indeed."
"Ha!" Tigerstar teased. "Traitors to good are welcomed here, Lionblaze. And even if you manage to kill a cat, they will just come back to life!"
Lionblaze realized that there truly was no hope. Could he even escape alive? Lionblaze stepped backwards.
"Lionblaze, would you like to join us?" said Tigerstar.
"Never! replied Lionblaze, still quite loyal.
"Then goodbye, Lionkit. Charge!" Tigerstar commanded.
The army of cats swarmed forwards and looked like a blur to Lionblaze. There didn't seem to be any chance of surviving. Wait- if I pretend to climb a tree and double back, those cats might lose me for a minute! Lionblaze pretended to scramble up the nearest tree's roots, and whipped back behind unseen through the cloud of running cats.
"Climbing a tree? Pitiful." Lionblaze could hear Ashfur sneer.
Suddenly, Lionblaze tripped on a rock and rolled down a hill uncontrollably. He banged through a wide hole in a tree trunk and splashed into a puddle of water. Water? There's no water here! It was true though, and then without warning Lionblaze fell into darkness.
Lionblaze woke up in the warriors den to murmuring of cats around the elders den. Longtail, Purdy, and Sandstorm were bringing a body for burial. Mousefur must have died in her sleep. He assumed. Firestar leaped up to the Highledge and called the Clan together quickly. Every cat quickly gathered together instead of a slow, mourning walk, and were ready to listen as though there was something more to hear. Could this have been a murder?
"This is terrible! Terrible!" Mousewhisker was crying out. Mousewhisker had nothing to do and wasn't close with Mousefur, apart from their names.
There has to be something else.
"It's bad, Lionblaze. Bad." His worried-looking brother Jayfeather padded up and told him.
"Jayfeather, I need to tell you something-" Lionblaze began.
"It can wait a while, Lionblaze. Just listen!"
Soon all the cats were there and Firestar began with few, but scary words: "Mousefur has been killed and Hazeltail has been stolen and taken prisoner!"
Wow- I left you guys with an actual "cliffhanger"- something I'm terrible at. I hope you enjoyed, I'll put up more soon!
Again, reviews and constructive criticism are welcomed!
-ShadowVisions