Chapter 4

Okay! It's time to find out what Shadowpaw had to say. But first: Updated Allegiances.

Also, I accidentally missed out an apprentice. Rainpaw is ever so slightly older than Shadowpaw, and became an apprentice the day Whisperpaw, Dreampaw and Rosepaw were born.

Leader: Firestar - Ginger tom with green eyes.

Deputy: Brambleclaw - Brown tabby tom with amber eyes.

Medicine cat: Frostdapple - White she-cat with silver-grey spots on her belly and blue eyes.

Apprentice - Rosepaw

Warriors:

Foxfire4040: Foxfire - Ginger tom with amber eyes.

Apprentice - Whisperpaw

Dawncloud - Tortoiseshell she-cat with one black forepaw and blue eyes.

Apprentice - Pinepaw

Sunheart - Golden tom with green eyes.

Apprentice - Shadowpaw

Smokecloud - Smoky grey tom with blue eyes.

Apprentice - Dreampaw

Willowpelt - Very pale grey she-cat with unusual blue eyes.

Cloudtail - White tom with blue eyes.

Apprentice - Goldenpaw

Graystripe - Grey tom with stripes down his body.

Apprentice - Rainpaw

Apprentices:

Whisperpaw - White she-cat with black spots and green eyes.

Dreampaw - Black she-cat with white spots and amber eyes.

Rosepaw - Light ginger she-cat with amber eyes.

Shadowpaw - Black with dark grey spots on his belly and blue eyes.

Pinepaw - Brown with dark brown stripes down his back and blue eyes.

Goldenpaw - Gold she-cat with amber eyes.

Rainpaw - Fully light grey she-cat with blue eyes.

Queens:

Mothstar: Shinefeather - Pale gold she-cat with yellow eyes. Graystripe's mate.

Mothstar: Hollystem - Jet black she-cat with drak grey paws, belly and tail-tip. Green eyes. Heavily pregnant with Foxfire's kits.

Elders:

Mothstar: Birchstripe - Light grey tom with visible dark stripes and green eyes.

Mothstar: Snowsong - Once beautiful pure white she-cat with blue eyes. Deaf.

Specklefeather - Grey she-cat with dark speckles. Blue eyes. Tells great stories.

Okay, now on to the story! Also, Mothstar was the only one to get the question right.

"What is it Shadowpaw? What do you need to tell me?" Whisperpaw whispered. (Haha!)

"Look, I love you Whisperpaw! But I love Rainpaw too. And no matter how much I feel for you, Rainpaw is the one for me." Shadowpaw told her, his blue eyes clouding.

"Oh, um, ok. I'll-I'll see you later them." She ran into the apprentices den and curled up into a tight ball. Oh, how she wished Rosepaw was with her now! But no, Rosepaw was in the medicine-cat den sorting out herbs.

She got herself together and padded slowly out the den. She decided to hunt to get her mind off things.

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Once out in the forest, she started to relax. The scents soothed her. Soon she had self-consioucly caught three mice and a squirrel.

She carried the fresh-kill back to camp, taking the three mice to the elders and leaving the squirrel on the fresh-kill pile.

When she arrived at the elders den, all the elders were awake. She padded in and Snowsong greeted her.

"Whisperpaw! What's that you've got?"

"I brought you some mice, Snowsong."

"What?" Snowsong asked. Then Whisperpaw remembered. Snowsong was deaf.

She shook the mice as a signal.

"Oh!" Snowsong interpreted. "Well, thank you." Then she sighed. "I remember when you were a kit. You and Shadowpaw used to come for stories all the time."

Suddenly 4 kits ran into the elders den. Whisperpaw put the mice down.

"Hello Flowerkit. Hello Pebblekit. Hello Larkkit. Hello Magpiekit. How's your mother?" Specklefeather asked. Whisperpaw realised she was talking about Shinefeather. She had recently given birth to Graystripe's kits.

She said goodbye and backed out of the den. She headed for the apprentices den. Just outside the leaders den she heard Firestar and Brambleclaw talking. She tried not to eavesdrop but she couldn't help herself.

"So, Firestar. What do you need to talk to me about?" Whisperpaw guessed that was Brambleclaw.

"I need to tell you something. You know that I have 3 lives left."

"Yes?"

"I don't. I have 1. When I lose this one, I won't be coming back." Whisperpaw widened her eyes in horror. She ran quickly to the apprentices den, but got stopped by Rosepaw.

"Whisperpaw! What's the hurry?" She asked.

"I-I overheard Firestar say he only has one live left!" She blurted out. She touched her sister's lips so to say not to tell.

"What? Well, I need to talk to you and Dreampaw. I had a dream. A medicine-cat dream."

As if on signal, Dreampaw wandered up to them.

"What're you talking about?" She asked.

"Rosepaw needs to tell us something. She had a dream."

"And?"

"A medicine-cat dream."

"Oh."

"Ok, well, I got a prophecy. Firestar knows it too I think."

"What is it?" Whisperpaw asked curiously.

"It was:

Whispers, dreams and roses are the secret. The only things that can save the clans are whispers, dreams and roses."

"What? That makes no sense!" Whisperpaw argued.

"I don't know, I just got the prophecy. I can't do any more!"

"Hadn't you better tell Firestar? You know, in case he doesn't know."

"He does. I'm sure."

"Ok, if you say so."

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That night Rosepaw had a disturbed night. She dreamed of a field of roses, with the cats of Starclan whispering about dreams. Why was this prophecy so involved with her?

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Rainpaw lay beside Shadowpaw. She thought he was so brave. So amazing. So-

"Shadowclan, attack!" Came the battle cry. She felt Shadowpaw stir, and every apprentice leapt up for battle. She leapt up too, and got ready to face Shadowclan. Fox-hearted Shadowclan.

"Thunderclan! Defend the nursery!" Firestar called to the clan. The apprentices ran outside. The camp was swarmed by Shadowclan warriors, and the odd apprentice.

Rainpaw ran instinctively to the nursery, helping her mentor, Graystripe, and Cloudtail to defend it. She scratched an apprentice across the muzzle and it ran away screaming.

Suddenly a great black warrior came towards her.

"Darkcloud!" Graystripe hissed.

Rainpaw cowered in front of Darkcloud. He was huge. His paws were the size of her head.

Graystripe growled, and Cloudtail bared his teeth. She let out a small hiss, and tried to stop her fear scent coming through.

Darkcloud padded forward dangerously. Without warning he struck a blow to her head. She toppled over and everything went fuzzy. He looked down on her and dealed the death blow. Then it all went black.

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"Shadowclan, retreat!" Blackstar called above the pained yowls. Shadowclan stopped fighting and ran out of the camp. Blackstar turned and gave a final hiss before following his clan.

Victory howls were heard. But then Shadowpaw spotted a limp body. He let out a long wail. He ran over to Rainpaw, lying on the floor. He nosed her. The cold body flopped over. Her eyes were opened wide in shock. Deep pools of blue stared lifelessly at him. Graystripe stood a little way behind. He turned to face him.

"What happened?" He demanded.

"D-Darkcloud k-killed her." Graystripe stammered. Shadowpaw could see he was in shock still.

He turned back to the light grey body. He nosed into her fur. Already as cold as ice. Smokecloud came up behind him.

"It's alright. She's with Starclan now." He comforted him.

"But she should be with me still! We were going to be mates! We were going to have kits!"

Smokecloud cuffed his son gently.

"What did you do that for?" He demanded.

"To knock some sense into you!"

Shadowpaw looked at his father in dismay.

"Why her?" He whispered. "Why Rainpaw?"

Whisperpaw padded up to him.

"We'll all miss her." She murmured. "But she hunts with Starclan now."

"Go away Whisperpaw!" She shouted angrily. She backed away, visibly shocked and hurt. But he didn't care. She didn't matter. Rainpaw was dead. Nothing mattered anymore.

A very emotional chapter. :,( Bet you weren't expecting her to die so soon after Shadowpaw revealed they were in love.

I need some kit names for Hollystem's kits when she gives birth.

Please review! I must have more people reading than just Mothstar, Firefox4040 and Goldenstar13!