Prolouge - Featherwish
Featherwish wakes up in the middle of a blooming field, roses, lilies, and other various flowers of red, yellow, orange, and purple dot the area around her as a small lithe figure slowly shows itself. "Greetings," He says slowly, "I'm Hawksong by the way. Sorry to be a bit of a suprise but...StormClan ain't done with all these prophecies yet." "Great StarClan what now!" She hisses under her breath but doesn't make a direct comment to the StarClan warrior. "Four cats will answer the call, one will rise while one will fall. Through it all, take a breath, Foes bring you closer to the doors of death." A small wince makes it's way out of her mouth at the last part. More cats could die, all because of this. "You fill find in time what I mean, and be warned not to try and interfere, for they must help themselves." Hawksong starts to fade from the field and the she cat wakes up panting.
Ravenpaw stands above her, a look of understanding on his face. "You saw it too, didn't you?" He meows. Her throat feels tight and contricted, so she nods slowly. "We have to tell Beestar.." Featherwish manages. She clambers out of her nest and pads out the den entrance, the small tom following suit. When Featherwish spots the cream colored tom, a small tail flick makes him stand from his place near an old pile of hay. "Need somethin'?" Beestar asks, still chewing a piece of rabbit. Ravenpaw shoots up before the medicine cat can answer though. "More prophecies." He whispers, only audible to anyone near. The leader nods, padding outside the large barn in which they made a camp. The two young cats follow him out into the vast plains.
He stops abruptly and turns his face toward the sky. "What was is?" Ravenpaw takes a breath and states, "Four cats will answer the call, one will rise while one will fall. Through it all, take a breath, Foes bring you closer to the doors of death." "The kits," Featherwish pipes up for the first time. Cinderleg gave birth to four healthy little kits the night before, two toms and two she cats. "But that means.." Beestar interjects, "Her kits are in danger. The cats in the hills. It all makes sense!" He rushes back to camp hurriedly, crashing through foliage as he went.
Beestar
He stumbles into camp, bowling over Rubbleclaw as he passes. "Sorry!" The leader calls and leaps up onto Storm Ledge, a small loft used for meetings. "Let all cats old enough to swim meet here under the Storm Ledge for a clan meeting!" Beestar calls frantically. I won't say anything about the prophecy, he decides, but we will negociate with the cats in the hills. "Cats of StormClan, we are all familiar with the cats up in the hills to our east, and we know they are troublesome. We will not fight them, however, unless they provoke it. I will take.." Beestar pauses and lets out a sigh, "Sweetpaw, Jadepelt, Wildfur, Blizzardwing, Sandyblaze, Heatherheart, and Mintstripe with me. We leave at sundown to speak with them. SPEAK." He repeats himself louder to make sure it was understood.
At sundown, the patrol gathers at the entrance. They, as one, set out to accomplish an unknown task they didn't know about until today. When they reach the hills, they find the cats camped out immidiately. The strongest looking tom, the apparent leader, sits high on a boulder. A lithe tabby she cat sits beside him, her belly swolen with the empty promise of kits.
Final switch I promise - Sweetpaw
Sweetpaw stares at her belly, eyes round with curiousity. She knew about kits, and mating, the usual, but she had often pondered about whether she'd have kits one day or not. If I love the tom, maybe, she tells herself. Beestar and the tom exchange a few words, before the tom yells, "Attack!" The clearing quickly bursts into chaos, except for one thing.
The leader tom, he sneaks away. Toward Sweetpaw.
In heartbeats he has the small she cat pinned. Something feels off but she simply twists and turns to free herself. "You're a lovely little she-cat." He whispers in her ear before releasing her. His words ring in her ear like a bullet, "You're a lovely little she-cat."
