A/N: *Hums the Mission Impossible theme song* I'm such a ninja…*Does random move* HYAH! I actually got another chapter in… ;) Here's Whispering Woods!
The white she-cat looked all around her with yellow eyes full of fear. The woods called her to join them. "Iciclepelt…" The woods whispered. Iciclepelt shrieked in fear and began running. The woods beckoned to her with branches-or claws- outstretched. Iciclepelt cried out in shock. "Help me!" She shrieked. The woods reached towards her with its branches.
"Iciclepelt…join us…" The woods murmured in her ear. Iciclepelt screamed and clawed the branches in vain. The branches grabbed her around the waist and pulled her towards the edge of the trees, where dark shadowy images waited for her.
Iciclepelt screamed in agony and cried out to the heavens. "StarClan help me!" She screamed. The woods called her again. "Iciclepelt…" The shadowy images stood up and reached towards her. "Iciclepelt…" One of them murmured. Iciclepelt gasped at one of them. It was one of her friends that had gone missing a couple of moons ago.
"Dovefeather? Is that you?" She whispered. The image of her friend glanced at her. "Iciclepelt…join us…" Dovefeather whispered. Iciclepelt stared in horror at the woods, fear once again rising in her ragged pelt. "I will never go to that horrible place!" She cried. Dovefeather's golden eyes were now jet black with no pupils in them.
"Then you shall die!" The spirit hissed. Dovefeather dug her claws into Iciclepelt's pelt and drew blood. Iciclepelt screamed and…
"Iciclepelt, wake up! Breezefall wants you on patrol to check out some clearing!" The white she-cat woke to see her best friend Silversong staring at her. "Uh Iciclepelt, are you ok? You were tossing and turning all night!"
Iciclepelt groaned and rolled over. Silversong pushed her with her muzzle. "Wake up! You know Breezefall is going to be mad!" Something dawned in Iciclepelt's mind and she shot up. "Oh my StarClan he's going to be mad!" Silversong rolled her eyes. "You better hurry up. He's in the clearing waiting."
The white she-cat nodded and ran out of the warrior's den. Silversong just sighed and smoothed her silver pelt down with a paw. Breezefall was waiting for Iciclepelt, looking furious. "There you are!" He yelled. "You overslept again Iciclepelt!"
Iciclepelt nodded meekly. "Sorry Breezefall; I had the same dream again." Breezefall glared at her. "If that dream doesn't go away by tomorrow, I'm sending you to Petalcloud for some treatment and poppy seeds!"
Iciclepelt just dipped her head. "Of course Breezefall. It's probably just some tough fresh kill I had. It won't happen again." The brownish tom grunted. "It better not." He muttered. He beckoned with his tail to Ebonywish, one of ThunderClan's best warriors and hunter and also Iciclepelt's friend too.
The pale black she-cat loped forward with her long tail in the dust. "Are we going Breezefall?" She asked simply. The tom nodded. "Go check out that new clearing; I have never seen it before and it sorta creeps me out. We've been here for so many moons and it just appeared a few days ago." Iciclepelt shivered; she started having her dream a few days ago when it appeared out of nowhere. She had heard that some warriors had gone missing from the other clans.
Breezefall flicked his tail, indicating that they could go. As the three she-cats padded off, Iciclepelt heard Breezefall mutter, "What was it that the other clan leaders said…?" Iciclepelt shook it from her thoughts and bounded forward.
The three ran through the trees and finally reached the clearing. Silversong turned around looking at it. "It's actually pretty big. We could use this as another training ground. Right Ebonywish?" The said she-cat nodded and also looked around. "What do you think Iciclepelt?"
The white she-cat narrowed her yellow eyes. "Something's wrong here… I'm not sure what though." Ebonywish rolled her eyes. "You think every clearing we come to is your dream clearing." Iciclepelt glared at her. "I'm serious! I even saw Dovefeather in this exact same clearing last night!" The other two froze at the mention of their old friend.
Silversong shook her head. "Iciclepelt, you know that Dovefeather either went missing or…" She faltered. Iciclepelt knew that she wanted to say she got murdered. She sighed and looked at the trees, shivering at the strange shape of the branches. "They look like claws…" Iciclepelt muttered.
Suddenly a cold wind blew through the clearing, sending all three she-cats shivering. A low hissing and moaning sound echoed through the branches, sending the branches moving like they were alive. Iciclepelt's eyes went wide with horror; it was just like her dream! Silversong looked shocked at the wind. Ebonywish hissed. "What's going on? It was just sunny a few moments ago!" The sun had vanished behind a huge cloud that wasn't there a few minutes ago.
Howls filled the air and Silversong screamed. Shadows began to appear all around the she-cats. Iciclepelt yowled at the other two, "I told you! I told you so, and look what happened! It came true!" Ebonywish glared at Iciclepelt. Silversong's gaze filled with pure fear and horror.
The branches came alive and reached towards the three. The shadows almost floated towards them. "Join us…" They hissed. All three screamed and Silversong almost fainted. Ebonywish hissed at the shadows and yelled, "Stay away from us! We have done nothing wrong!"
One of the shadows padded-or was it floating?- towards Ebonywish and pointed a claw at her. "You," It hissed. "You must join us alone with the white one." Ebonywish glared at the shadow. "You can't make me." She snarled. "And what about Silversong?" She added. The shadow narrowed its pitch black gaze.
"She's too weak to join us." It hissed. A shape also padded forward. Iciclepelt gasped and Silversong again almost fainted. Ebonywish's eyes went wide and she stumbled backwards. "Dovefeather." It came out of Iciclepelt's mouth as a rasp. The sprit nodded. "Iciclepelt…Ebonywish…" She murmured. "You have to join us…it will make us stronger." Dovefeather said.
Ebonywish's eyes went black and she padded forward. "I shall serve the Whispering Woods…" She muttered. Iciclepelt shrieked in fear. "No Ebonywish!" She cried. Suddenly something rang a bell. The last Gathering…
*Flashback*
Iciclepelt looked up at the leaders. "Let the Gathering begin!" Stormstar rumbled. The leader of ShadowClan stepped forward. "Lilypool went missing this morning. So did Coalspot, he went missing a few days ago." Sadness covered Blazestar's gaze. "But the weird thing is that they both went missing in a strange clearing. It had branches that looked like claws, and wind howled through the trees. One of my warriors reported this back to me, a few minutes before he died for some unknown reason."
Everyone was completely silent. Then Tawnystar of WindClan stepped forward. "One of my warriors also reported this. She died moments later after saying it. She seemed insane at the time, and then she died. I have no idea why though."
Rainstar of RiverClan nodded also. "The same thing happened to me too." He admitted. Tawnystar dipped her head. "Then it has happened to all of us." She declared.
Stormstar, Iciclepelt's leader, stepped forward. "We have lost Dovefeather to this also. No one else has though." Everyone murmured in agreement. Rainstar turned to the other leaders. "Then we should watch out for this clearing. It just appeared in the reeds." The other three leaders nodded.
Iciclepelt shivered and looked at Silversong. "Hopefully this will blow over and it would not come here." She said. "Don't be such a mouse-brain!" Silversong replied. "It's not real, ok?" Iciclepelt sighed. "I hope your right…" She murmured.
*End of Flashback*
That had been almost a moon ago. Everyone had forgotten about it and moved on. Iciclepelt stared at the woods. "It was real, and Silversong was wrong." She whispered. Dovefeather glanced at the woods. "Take Silversong…" She whispered to the branches.
The branches reached towards the silver she-cat, who screamed in horror. Iciclepelt stared in horror as the branches grabbed Silversong around the waist and dragged her away from the clearing, screaming her head off.
"Help me!" The she-cat shrieked. Iciclepelt only could stare in fear as she was dragged away. There was a horrible ripping sound in the trees and a blood curdling scream echoed through the air. Dovefeather and Ebonywish padded forward. "Join us…" They whispered. Iciclepelt couldn't take it anymore and screamed, "Fine! Fine! I'll join you!"
Both of their eyes went black and excited. "Well done…" Ebonywish whispered. Dovefeather floated forward and pressed her nose to Iciclepelt's forehead. Iciclepelt let out a scream of agony, feeling her identity flow away. She felt nothing, absolutely nothing. It was…peaceful. The white she-cat felt truly free.
Silversong appeared out of the woods, half of her fur torn off and her legs and paws horribly dislocated. She dragged herself to the spirits. "I-iclepelt…help me…" She rasped. The cat that was once Iciclepelt stared at her, its eyes jet black. "I am no longer the cat you wish I was. I am a spirit, true and free. I am a spirit of the Whispering Woods."
The spirits floated away and the clearing vanished. Only the spirit that was once Iciclepelt stared at her. "You will die when the word gets out." She whispered. "We move everywhere, and nowhere. We take cats to join our power, to serve us and help. We will take over the world. And finally, young one, you are insane. Live to tell your tale, and die when it finishes. You will die." The spirit vanished into thin air.
Silversong stared at the area where it was. "Help me!" She screamed in agony. Breezefall appeared. "Holy StarClan!" He screamed. "Where are Ebonywish and Iciclepelt?" Silversong stared at him. "The woods are alive." She mumbled. The brown tom stared at her. "What woods? Silversong, what are you talking about?"
"They vanished." The silver she-cat muttered again. "Into thin air…the branches are claws." She muttered. Breezefall helped her back to camp.
When the leader, deputy, medicine cat, and a few warriors were gathered around, she began to speak. "The woods…alive…the branches are claws…" Silversong mumbled, her eyes blank. The medicine cat Petalcloud looked at her. "She's gone insane." She mumbled sadly. "Silversong is insane. Whatever scared her was for real."
Suddenly Silversong began to scream. "There real!" She shrieked. "They took them! There dead! StarClan help me! The agony!" Blood began to flow from Silversong out of nowhere. Cats gasped in shock. Silversong screamed one final time and died, her eyes full of fear and horror.
Petalcloud gasped. "She died of fright!" The medicine cat said. Everyone bowed their heads. "Let's hope it doesn't reach us again." Stormstar shuddered.
And no one ever noticed Silversong's brand new spirit besides her body, eyes completely jet black.
A/N: O.O I think I just peed my pants. I'm not even joking. I just meant this as Iciclepelt went into the woods and never returned. This? O.O I have no idea- WTF WAS THAT? I just felt chills down my back…damn…ITS SCARY D=
Also, before I lose my cool and start screaming, thanks to Leopardheart99, for favoriting me and alerting me! =D Plushie for you! Anything from the earlier chapters. =)
And thanks for putting a vote in. You hit the nail on the head. Darkstar was forcing her to do it, thus making her innocent. She had killed on his orders, but it didn't go against her so she went to StarClan. Here's a huge candy bar from the Shop of Epicness! *Throws candy bar*
Review please! Or the Woods will come after you…O.O
CRAP! Another damn chill! SERIOUSLY?
Characters used: Iciclepelt, Silversong, and Ebonywish
