Stardream: well, here's chapter 6
Tigerclaw: yay!
Stardream: (rolls eyes) weirdo
Chapter 6
Tigerclaw sighed as he gazed out of the rocky overhang were everyone had taken shelter when the eagle attacked. He could still remember the flashback, it was so vivid that Tigerclaw had felt as if he was experiance the flashback instead of fighting that eagle. He had a flashback back to the Riverclan battle where his first life self had killed Redtail.
"Tigerclaw, are you alright?" Squirrelpaw meowed, coming to stand beside her brother.
"I'm fine," Tigerclaw meowed, looking up at the darkening sky, "we should stay here for the night. It's getting to late and we don't want to risk walking off the ledge."
Feathertail's only reply was a yawn and she curled up in the back of the overhang before falling asleep. Solar, Ferret and Sparrow were already asleep next to Feathertail and Stormfur looked about ready to fall asleep.
"I'll keep watch," Stormfur suggested.
"You're look like you're about ready to topple over," Squirrelpaw purred, "I'll take the first watch."
"Alright," Stormfur meowed before curling up beside his sister and instantly falling asleep. Tigerclaw padded over and sat down beside Feathertail stirred before blinking open her eyes.
"You should get some sleep, Tigerclaw," she murmured in a voice thick with sleep.
Tigerclaw sighed, "alright," he murmured and laid down next to Feathertail who purred and curled back up before falling asleep. Tigerclaw looked at her before resting his head on his paws and closing his eyes.
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For the second time since they neared the mountains, Tigerclaw woke up to find himself in a dream. In front of him was a river, flowing swifty with trees surrounding it on each side.
"The time has come for a telling," a voice meowed and Tigerclaw looked over his shoulder in time to find a blue gray tom pad toward the river. He looked down into the river and Tigerclaw saw his eyes closed and he let out a sigh.
"What did you see, Streamteller?" a voice called behind him.
The blue gray cat, Streamteller, looked at the white she cat that stood behind him, "It is just as it has been but something has changed. A golden cat, a flame colored cat or a silver cat will save our tribe and they will arrive before the moon wanes," he meowed.
"But doesn't the moon wane in three days?" the white she cat asked.
"Yes, and that means the three cats are somewhere in the mountains already," Streamteller meowed.
Tigerclaw was startled, a golden cat, a flame colored cat or a silver cat? he thought, are they talking about Solar, Squirrelpaw and Feathertail? Tigerclaw shook his head to clear it and when he looked back, Streamteller and the white she cat were gone. In there place was the blue gray shape of Bluestar.
"So you have seen what you needed to see," Bluestar meowed.
"Is it true that Solar, Squirrelpaw and Feathertail might have to save this..." Tigerclaw broke off, "but why would they say three?"
"The tribe's ancestors don't know who is going to save them," Bluestar replied, "they only know that three are going to come and one of those three are going to save them."
"Is this tribe what Spottedleafe meant when she told me to 'beware the starlit waters'?" Tigerclaw asked.
"In a way," Bluestar meowed, "but the fate of one cat that travels with you will be decided with this tribe."
"Would it have been better if we went back the way we had come?" Tigerclaw asked.
Bluestar shook her head, "no, it is just as Solar had told you, her former leader is returning that way and if he find you, he will attack you without mercy. At least this way, only one of you will be joining us," she meowed.
"So it's true, one of us is going to die," Tigerclaw murmured.
Bluestar nodded sadly, "I am afraid so," she meowed.
"Will you please tell me?" Tigerclaw asked suddenly, "how are things back in Thunderclan?"
Bluestar purred, "they are fine, Firestar and Sandstorm are still worried about you and Squirrelpaw but I will tell them today that you are alright, for the time being," she meowed.
"What do you mean for the time being?" Tigerclaw asked.
Bluestar shook her head, "I am sorry, if I told you what I meant, I might change what is about to happen, goodbye Tigerclaw and good luck," she meowed and was gone.
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Tigerclaw gasped when he woke up, his eyes adjusting rapidly to the sunlight that streamed into the overhanging rock. Feathertail sat beside him, watching him with concern in her eyes, "are you alright?" she asked.
"Yes, I'm fine," Tigerclaw muttered, sitting up, "is everyone else up?"
"Just about," Solar's voice sounded muffled and when Tigerclaw looked toward her, she put down the mouse she was carrying before pushing it toward the dark brown warrior.
"Thanks," Tigerclaw mewed before looking at Feathertail, "do you want to share?"
Feathertail purred, "thanks," she meowed before crouching down and taking a bite of the mouse.
"Ugh, just five more minutes," Squirrelpaw's meow sounded and Tigerclaw looked tover to where his sister was sleeping. Stormfur stood above her, prodding her gently in the side.
"It's time to wake up," he meowed.
"Ugh," Squirrelpaw groaned and blinked open her eyes before scrambling to her feet, "is there anything to eat? I'm famished."
Solar purred in amusement, "while you were all snoring like hedgehogs in winter, Ferret, Sparrow and I went hunting," she meowed, gesturing toward the pile of fresh kill in the center of the overhang.
"How do you hunt in the mountains?" Squirrelpaw meowed as she got to her paws and padded toward the fresh kill pile. She chose a mouse for herself and started to eat it, Stormfur sat beside her, eating a vole.
"The same way you hunt in the forest, it's just much clearer out here," Solar replied.
"So when are we suppose to leave?" Ferret asked.
Everyone looked expectantly at Tigerclaw as he finished off his half of the mouse and swiped his tongue across his jaws, "we'll leave at sunhigh," he meowed.
"Alright," Sparrow meowed before padding over to Solar's side and drawing his tail along her flank. Solar purred and sat down before choosing a vole for herself and starting to eat.
"They must really like each other," Stormfur commented.
"Like Feathertail and Tigerclaw," Squirrelpaw added after she swallowed a bite of her mouse.
Tigerclaw and Feathertail looked at each other before looking away, should I tell her that I love her? Tigerclaw thought to himself.
When he looked up, he saw Stormfur's eyes darken but he didn't say anything as he finished his vole and got to his paws, "I think we should leave now," he meowed, "that eagle might return."
"You do have a point there," Tigerclaw meowed, getting to his paws, "alright, lets leave now."
The rest of the group nodded and Tigerclaw led them out of the overhang. The day was slightly chilly and Tigerclaw expected that was because they were much closer to the sky than in the forest. The peaks rose high above them as Tigerclaw led them alonge the ridge. Feathertail padded at his side and Stormfur and Squirrelpaw brought up the rear.
Beware the starlit water, Spottedleaf's message repeated itself in Tigerclaw's mind and he couldn't help but wonder if he was going to find out the true meaning of that omen soon.
a/n what do you think?
Stardream: I know it's short but I thought it was good
Tigerclaw: bleh
Stardream: shut up Tigerclaw (puts muzzle over Tigerclaw)
Tigerclaw: mmmm!!!!!
Stardream: what? I can't hear you
Tigerclaw: mmmmmmmm!!!!
Stardream: strange cat, please review, next chapter as soon as I can
