Happy Sunday! I hope you've all had a lovely week. Have a cookie for being nice! Anyway enjoy the chapter!
Blackpaw followed Mottleheart through a part of StarClan she'd never been before. It had turned to nighttime when they were halfway there, and they had slept. Now, Mottleheart had told them that they were nearing.
"So, were you ForestClan?" Blackpaw asked.
"Yes." Mottleheart replied.
"Were you a runt?"
"No, but I never bullied one."
"What are we going to do at the StarPool?"
"We are going to speak to Stonestar in his dreams and tell him to stop the "runt bullying" like Silverpelt told us."
"But it's still the morning."
"We can hunt, and then make him sleepy at sunset."
"Oh, okay."
They had arrived. Blackpaw looked at the StarPool. It was glittering with starlight, and it emitted a soft white glow.
"Hunt until I call you back. Try for, let's see, a squirrel for me, please."
Blackpaw nodded and trotted off happily. When it reached nighttime, she and Mottleheart would tell Stonestar to stop bullying the runts, and then no one would have to live out her life.
Blackpaw managed to creep up on a vole and catch it, then she pinned a squirrel against a tree. She sat and ate her vole before carrying the squirrel to Mottleheart. She ate it too, and by the time she was finished it was evening.
"Come on, follow me." she said, and walked to the edge of the pool.
"What are we-"
"Just follow what I do."
Mottleheart looked into the pool. "We are ready to deliver our message." she breathed. At one, the pool rippled, and it changed into a familiar map of many trees.
"The territories!" Blackpaw exclaimed. Mottleheart nodded, but said nothing.
She could pick out SycamoreClan's vast sycamore trees dotted around their territory as well as the maze of bushes. There was SpringClan, with its plentiful water and small pool (or springs, as they are sometimes known) as well as the few trees and sometimes reeds. Then there was HollowClan, with its camp located in the center of a dark pine forest in a large hollow tree.
Then Blackpaw saw the thick, multi-shades of green that made up the territory of ForestClan.
"My home." she breathed, "My old home."
Mottleheart's voice snapped her out of her thoughts. "You still feel bonded to them after the life they gave you?"
"Yes, they are my birth Clan, so I suppose so."
Mottleheart nodded. "Now follow what I do."
And with that, she leaped into the pool where her territory was. Blackpaw expected her to land and cause the pool to ripple away from her, but to her surprise, she went right through it. Unsure what to expect, and not wanting to be left behind, Blackpaw leaped in too.
Cliffhanger! Sort of. Anyway hope you enjoyed, thanks for reading and have a good day!
