Erm...sorry for the spelling mistakes last chapter! VERY VERY SORRY! I was kina in a hurry to finish it since yesterday my internet was shut off...-glares at Time Warner company-MAN THEIR CABLE SUX!
To SFLP: OMG...YOU DON'T PAY ATTENTION T-T!! I wrote, Shadowpaw blinked warmly at her brother. And...Sorrowpaw is in SHADOWCLAN!! Silentpaw and Sorrowpaw are different cats O.O
Angelpaw ran. She ducked and jumped, avoided and rolled...She did everything to dodge and outrun them. But her breath was to short, her speed running low. What could she do!? Then, she saw it. There before her, was a lake! If she could just outrun them and plunge in...
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Shadowpaw nodded towards her brother. "Then let's go." The two of them began to dart away from camp, hoping no one noticed. Suddenly, a golden blur passed infront of them, "Where are you going?" "Shiningpaw get out of the way!" "Not until you tell me where you're going."
"MOVE!" Shadowpaw and Silentpaw yowled, swishing by him in an instant. Shiningpaw was bowled over in confusion as he watched the siblings charge away. They passed bushes and trees, flowers and prey. Both plummeted into the lake, broke surface, and paddled forward.
"Let's wait here."
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Angelpaw blindly tripped on roots and stems, struggling back to her paws and continuing. "I must get far ahead them and go into the lake before they see me!" Although Blotchedsnow was gifted with swiftness, she somehow outran her...only three fox-lengths away.
Angelpaw sighed in frustration, she would never get out of their way anymore! Then she saw something strage, two cats, one a midnight black, another a light tabby. The black one's eyes were a amber-gold(An: I know warriorfreak...its not exact but its close enough and makes it more stunning).
The tabby had eyes of flaming amber. Angelpaw sensed they weren't here to attack her...had StarClan sent them? She found a powerful, extra burst of speed pump her legs forward. Hope began dawning into her depressed thoughts like light in the darkness.
Angelpaw threw back her head in determination and thrust herself into the lake. Almost immediatley, the black she-cat swam to her aid, struggling in the water with her as she led them both to the nearby reeds. They broke surface in the safety of the shadows.
Angelpaw nodded her thanks, but questioningly cocked her head to the side, "I'm Angelpaw but...why did you help me?" The she-cat shrugged, "I'm Shadow. StarClan gave me and my brother a vision and a dream that a cat was being chased."
Angelpaw smiled broadly, so StarClan had sent them. "We figured...that maybe it was happening afterall, and that StarClan wanted us to help you." Shadowpaw explained, as the light tabby tom poked his head out of the water, "Hi! I'm Silentpaw!"
A bit startled, Angelpaw scrambled backwards in haste. "This is Angelpaw." Shadowpaw introduced the two of them, after that though, she asked in full curiousity, "Why were they chasing you?" The silver apprentice took a deep, long breath before replying,
"It is a fairly long story, and very complicated, so this might take awhile...well...I'll start from the beginning..."
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Angelpaw finished by explaining how they wanted to kill her. Shadowpaw and Silentpaw stayed quiet, each in their own thoughts. "You were right...it was complicated afterall." Silentpaw mewed, breaking the ice, "Do you need to stay with RiverClan now?"
Angelpaw had never thought of that. But she would definatley be in more safety in RiverClan then WindClan. "I-I well...um uh errr...h-how are y-you um uh going t-to t-tell your leader-er?" Shadowpaw grinned mischeiviously and brightly and replied,
"I have ways to get you in...but first, you have to tell me if you are really willing to live in RiverClan, being well proteceted. But I know you must be abandoning alot, you mentor, your parents and both sisters--I mean...sister. Decide carefully what you want to do."
Angelpaw opened her mouth, then closed it. She had nothing to say. How come it was so hard to think at the moment!? She should live in RiverClan if she wanted her life. Of course she wanted to keep her life! But then again...Lunarpaw and Orangelight...
"I was never your real father, nor is Orangelight your mother..."
Angelpaw was once again, struck by those strange words. If that was so..."Then who's my real mother? No no I must not think about it...I have a decision right between my paws!" Her midn got confused and frustrated, mixed emotions twisted her expression.
Shadowpaw seemed to notice, and quickly suggested, "Why not stay a day or two in your Clan? Maybe telling your family--except Pureheart...that you will go and live in RiverClan until its safe. Does that help?" Angelpaw nodded thankfully, red with embarresment,
"Thank you guys for your help. I'll be heading home now...May StarClan bless you!" Shadowpaw and Silentpaw dipped their heads in a good-bye and yowled after her, "May StarClan bless you! And I hope Pureheart and the rest will not cause you more trouble!"
Angelpaw flicked her tail to let them know she had heard. With a sorrowed, heavy, broken heart, she padded homeward. Homeward to doom? Or homeward to peace? She would have to find herself. As the river that began from the lake drew into sight...
A foreboding chill began to fill her thoughts.
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Angelpaw wearily took a step into camp. Immediatley, Lunarpaw bounded forward, anxiety flickering in her eyes, "What happened!? Where were you!? You're wet and--and bloody!" It was then she noticed that dried blood stains still clung to her fur.
Angelpaw shook her head in dismissal, "It's nothing...I'm fine, just maybe a little tir-ACHOO!" She sneezed hard and loud. Her sneeze brought Stormingstar running out of his den, "Angelpaw! What happened!? Where were you!?"
He repeated all of Lunarpaw's questions. "And...where's Pureheart?" Angelpaw looked at him in shock, "I thought Pureheart was home." "Why? Did you see him?" Lunarpaw piped up, too curious and worried to stumble over her words.
Angelpaw bit her bottom lip, "Not good." "Er...y-yeah! I s-saw h-him." "Where was he?" "Think think think Angelpaw THINK THINK!" Her heart was racing until it seemed it might trip over, her blood was probably as cold as ice now.
"BEHIND SOME PINES!" Angelpaw blurted out the truth. She gasped in frustration, wishing desperatley for a badger to come into camp and roll her into the river. Stormingstar's leafy green gaze nearly bore a hole in her forehead as he stared hard at her.
Lunarpaw's exact pair of eyes copied him. "Since when did we have pines?" Angelpaw sighed heavily, she was just going to have to tell the truth, "I followed Pureheart's scent...into the pine woods. We never explored that place since the days of Brambleclaw."
Stormingstar raised a brow, but nodded all the same, "Thank you for the information...just one more question." Angelpaw nearly wailed aloud. "Where's Butterflypaw?" Those words seemed like fire about to light up her heart and burn it to dusty ashes.
Angelpaw's icy pools widend to the shape of full moons. "Wh-what's wr-ong?" Lunarpaw asked, regaining her stammer. Stormingstar looked down at the gray apprentice and back at the silver one. She opened her mouth, but nothing came out.
"St-stormingstar...what-t do y-you think happ-pened?"
"Butterflypaw is dead." Angelpaw managed to squeak in a barely audible whisper, surprising both her leader and her sister. "I think sir, that I cannot get out of this without saying the whole truth." She swallowed down the enormous lump in her throat.
Tears began to well up inside her eyes and pour out in a river. Stormingstar tried his best to keep his appearence calm as he shakily replied, "Then, I suppose...you must come into my den, and tell me the story." Lunarpaw followed her sister and leader inside.
She was in a frozen, iced, shock, as well as Stormingstar. "Please, tell us what has happened. It must be quite some news..." He meowed trying to lessen the tension. With a long sigh, Angelpaw began with the most hated word she'd probably ever know,
"Pureheart."
OH NOOO! SHE HAS TO TELL THE TRUTH NOW! WHAT WILL THEY THINK!? WILL THEY BELIEVE HER!? You'll have to read the next chapter to find out. Sorry it came so late too...
