I have nothing to say here I just want you to waste your life reading this sentance that means absoulutely nothing.
Disclaimer: I thought i (ooo look at the cute I) already told you I would never own warriors?
Rain pounded on a gray tabby she-cat as she came back from a river nearby with water filled moss. She slipped through the reeds and other foliage with ease to come to a den and slipped inside and into the warmth that quickly covered her. She looked down at a spotted golden tabby who's eyes were now closed.
"Mothwing?" she called hesitantly.
"That was her last life." The dappled golden she-cat answered her apprentice.
The tabby dropped the moss and curled up next to her dead leader. Mothwing was silent as she slipped out of the den.
Willowshine didn't fail to notice this and pricked her ears as she heard her mentor's paws head to the warriors den.
"Mistyfoot."
"Wha-what?"
"Can we talk?"
"Of course." Paw steps signaled that the two had exited the warriors den. "How is Leopardstar?"
"She's dead."
"I can't leave the clan tonight though it's the gathering Mothwing."
"I understand and Starclan will too."
"I hope so." There was a long pause. "It is okay if I bring her into the clearing?"
"Sure." Mothwing mewed softly her voice filled with concern for the deputy as she led her to the medicine cats den.
Willowshine eyed the opening and watched as Mistyfoot came though it. "Can I help?" she asked.
"Sure."
Willowshine got up and helped her deputy get Leopardstar out of the den and into the clean rain air. They set her down near the middle of the clearing for all to see.
Cats that had been eating underneath shelter came out to pay respects to the fallen leader. Mistyfoot joined them. Willowshine hung back since she had paid respects to her, she would tell her leader goodbye later. She watched as the cats went back to eating. Warriors and appretnices that had been on patrol before were the next to join Mistyfoot. Time seemed to be passing so slowly until Mothwing came up to her. "Willowshine could you watch over Rushpaw?"
"Sure Mothwing." She mewed and padded off to the medicine cats den. "Rushpaw?" she meowed while entering.
"Hey Willowshine come see what I did."
With a moments hesiation as she thought over if this would be a bad thing he had done or not she walked towards the light brown tabby tom. "What is it?"
Rushpaw held out his paw where there were a few thorns stuck into the pad. "Could you get them out Mothwing had to suddenly leave for some reason."
"Of course I can." she said with a small purr of amusment. "How did you get this many stuck in your paw?" she asked before bending down to pull out the first one.
"I was playing around and accidently stepped in a patch a mouse length from the stream."
"A mouse length?" Willowshine questioned him after the first one was out.
"Yeah near the big rock." Rushpaw mewed.
"What were you doing there?"
"Playing." He repeated.
"You should check around an area before you play next time okay?" She mewed grabbing hold of the second.
"Don't worry I will." he said rather seriously.
She pulled it out from his paw and spat it out next to the first. "Really?"
"Yup. I learned my lesson."
Willowshine grabbed hold of the third and last one and pulled it out easily she put it with the other two before turning back to Rushpaw. "Why don't you come and help me get rid of that pile of thorns?" She mewed while getting some cobwebs. She bent down to wrap them around Rushpaw's paw.
"Okay. It's boring at camp anyways."
"Leopardstar died." Willowshine mewed before she picked up the thorns and padded out of the den and into Riverclan territory with Rushpaw following.
"Yeah I heard about that. It was the illness wasn't it?"
"Yes." she answered around the thorns in her mouth. She emptied the thorns into the stream so they could be washed away and toward the twolegs territory which meant it was out of Riverclans. "Come on let's go." She crossed the river to the opposite shore.
"You sure the cobwebs won't come off?"
"If they do I'll find more. Now come on you need to show me this pile." Willowshine meowed and watched as Rushpaw hesitated a few long heartbeat before crossing over to her. Her gaze moved from the widened river back to the direction of camp while Rushpaw swam. Weird, he was called Rushpaw yet he didn't rush. "Not that bad was it?" she asked when he came out.
"Nope and look the cobweb is still on." He raised his paw to show her the webs still stuck to his paw.
"That's good. Which way?"
"This way." Rushpaw answered and ran the direction the stream was going. Willowshine kept pace easily with the apprentice. A rather big rock came up on her right and she followed Rushpaw past it and a couple fox lengths more downstream. "Right there." he said. She stopped beside him to look down at a pile of thorns. Odd, she thought but anymore thoughts stopped there as she bent down and picked some up before walking back to the river and throwing them in. Too twoleg place you go. When she turned around Rushpaw had also picked some up.
"Be careful." She mewed to him as she passed by him to pick more up. She just saw him nod a little to show he had heard her and that he would be careful. She picked up another bunch and watched as Rushpaw dumped his into the water. She nodded her apporval when he turned back to get more. She stepped forward again and dropped her own. It went on like this for a while before Willowshine looked up to see it was getting dark. "We'll leave the rest for tommorrow. Let's get back to camp Rushpaw. Mistyfoot will be picking the patrol this time."
"Okay."
Willowshine began to run but stopped almost instantly when Rushpaw yowled in pain. she spun around claws unsheathing in case it was an intruder. It wasn't. Her gaze dropped to his paw. The cobweb had fallen off and he had just stepped on a sharp rock. She drew in a breath and sheathed her claws before padding back to him. "Stay right here okay?'
"Okay." he repeated again.
Willowshine disapeared into the surrounding growth hunting for cobwebs. She snatched thick parts of small webs before trotting back out to Rushpaw. "Raise your paw." she mewed through the webs. He did and she wrapped it back around. "Now come on and be careful where you step."
"Got it."
The two went back to running upstream and crossed the river quickly where they had before. Willowshine swam next to him this time to make sure the cobwebs stayed secure. When they emerged on the other side they walked the rest of the way to camp.
Willowshine pushed through some reeds to get to camp faster. she heard Rushpaw followed her and gave a quick glance over her shoulder to check his paw. It was fine. She turned back as she stepped into the clearing.
Mothwing trotted over. "Where were you?"
"Getting rid of the pile of thorns Rushpaw stepped on."
"Oh. Well go join Mistyfoot and the others."
"What about you?" Willowshine asked.
"Petalfur's a little ill herself." The golden she-cat replied.
The only golden cat now in the clan Willowshine reminded herself. "I'll see you when we get back then." she mewed before going to her new leader.
"Reedwhisker, Icewing, Minnowtail, Robinwing, Beetlewhisker, Hollowpaw, and Mossypaw." Mistyfoot called for the cats that would be attending the gathering. Willowshine stepped forward to join the group as they padded out of camp.
Willowshine padded up to Mistyfoot while the group walked towards the tree that would take them to the island. She was about to speak until she spotted Thunderclan crossing the tree ahead of them. There was something different about them, something that was off. The cats looked unsettled. Willowshine forgot of what she was going to say to Mistyfoot as she focused on Thunderclan. When her clan got to the tree she waited slightly impatiently to cross over herself. She hurried over to where the medicine cat's gathered but slowed down when she noticed Kestrelflight was there and sat down half a mouse length away not in the mood to make conversation.
She watched as Shadowclan joined the rest of the clans and looked up at the leaders. She couldn't read Firestar's expression until Mistyfoot made her way up the tree and surprise flashed across his face. She pointed her ears in their direction.
"Mistyfoot?"
"I'll wait until I can tell everyone." The new leader replied camly.
The ginger tom just nodded before going back to looking at the gathered cats.
Willowshine's tail flicked as Blackstar jumped into the tree and started the gathering with the usual ceremony words. He told them little that Willowshine was certain but she was hardly hearing him since she was paying so much attension to the Thunderclan cats. They're not normally like this, she thought silently as Onestar gave a similar report to Blackstars.
Her attension went back to the leaders as Mistyfoot spoke. "Leopardstar went to join Starclan earlier today." Shock rippled through the crowd of cats. Mistyfoot went on from there as keeping her report short. Even shorter than Blackstar's which Willowshine had thought impossible until now.
Firestar reported that prey was running well and the meeting drew to a close. Willowshine narrowed her eyes wondering what the leader was holding back from saying. As the cats started to leave Willowshine got up and quickly blocked Jayfeather's path. "Can I speak with you?" the second she asked those words the tom just inclined his head in a yes matter and padding into the undergrowth around them.
Jayfeather stopped walking after they were out of hearing distance from the other cats but didn't say anything. Willowshine got this odd feeling that he knew what she was going to ask. It almost always seemed that way with Jayfeather.
"What's Firestar hiding?" she blurted it right out just wanting to know the answer to her question right away so she could go back to her clan before they noticed she was missing.
"Poppyfrost died." Jayfeather answered simply and turned to leave but Willowshine blocked him off again.
"Then why didn't Firestar say that?"
"It's none of your concern."
"How so?"
"You're not in Thunderclan. Are buisness isn't yours. Can I go now?" His voice she noted was started to sound anoyyed. Good maybe she could get the truth out of him.
"How did she die?"
"Drowned."
Her tail tip twitched not convinced that was the answer. "Tell me the truth."
"Why does it matter to you?" Aha! He had just admitted she hadn't drowned.
"Hollyleaf talked of her." she responded without hesitation she had stopped thinking about him and his feelings since she tried to help him and he hadn't accepted it all those moons ago.
Jayfeather's furr seemed to puff up slightly. "That doesn't mean you were her friend just because you know of her from Hollyleaf." Willowshine was surprised he said her name so simply as she would sometimes still miss her friend not matter that she had made that big scene at the gathering before she died.
"Fine. I'll figure it out." she vowed and turned and walked off. She heard Jayfeathers paws head straight for the tree and headed towards the clearing in response. At least now she knew somewhat of why Thunderclan was acting the way they were but she wouldn't stop until she had uncovered the truth. With that vow in mind she followed the rest of the Riverclan patrol back to their territory.
Hey, I got a question for you readers.
I'd like to know what couples you want in this story. It can be anything except slash simply because I don't believe cats would actually be like that. So tell me some ideas. Who says you can't have romance in a mystery horror without it ending badly?
Review please.
