Chapter 5 Part 2
Stormstar looked away from his kit's cold gaze. He then remembered the copperhead in the camp. He felt his musles ripple under his sleek, ginger pelt. He leaped off the edge of the ledge of his den. He felt slick scales below his claws. A sudden sharp pain seared his foreleg. He looked down to see a bleeding bite right above his paw. He yelped in pain as Shimmerwillow and her sister, Shinningtail both tackled the snake. Shinningtail pinned down the tail of the copper snake while Shimmerwillow slammed her out-stretched claws into the snakes head. Stormstar felt dizzy and fell onto the stone ground. Black spots danced at the edge of his vision. Then all he saw was black.
"Is he okay?" The voice sounded familiar, but very distant.
Lilacpetal... his fogged brain was able comprehend the she-cat's voice.
His whole body seemed to start to be rejuvinated, he managed to get to his paws. He watched as a trail of starry mist appeared before him. Before he could even begin to move, his body was running up the trail. His head turned around, and he saw the once gigantic ravine, look smaller than an ant. He saw many star-pelted cats surronding the end of the starry pathway. He reached the top, and recognized the cats waiting for him.
"Shardpelt! Pearlpaw! Sagekit, Rootkit, Spicekit!" He ran over to his deceased siblings and former mentor.
"Stormstar!" The three Starclan kits ran over to their living brother.
Shardpelt stepped forward when a Starclan she-cat he knew came to usher the kits away from their living brother.
"Now come along, Fernflower going to tell you about when your brother's kits were born," It was the sweet voice of Blisspaw.
"Blisspaw, Bushpaw and Dovepaw dearly miss you, remember that." Stormstar commented to the young pale yellow she-cat.
Her blue eyes still looked like the shimmering water they were when she was alive and well in Skyclan's ranks.
"Tell them I wish them well," Blisspaw replied.
A cat appeared from the starry field.
"Stormstar, you may know why you're here. If not, you are here becasue of the snake. The snakebite's venom quickly made you lose a life. The snake bit an important part of your body, you couldn't stand because your musles were paralized from the poision that spead through them. Use the remander of the courage I gave you, to rid your clan of this immediate threat." It was Sripestar, his predesesor of leadership.
"I will, Stripestar, I won't let you, Starclan or Skyclan down." He vowed.
"But if you say Skyclan, is Mistkit not one of them?" Stripestar asked. "This kit holds Skyclan on her shoulders. She has tryed to please you, but you have forgotten. Vows to your clan, vow to her."
"Stripestar? Where are you! What did you mean?" Stormstar felt himself come back to reality, confused at Stripestar's words.
"Stormstar, thank Starclan. For a minute I thought it was your last life." Lilacpetal meowed with relief.
"Dont worry." He replied, "I have 5 more to go." He added, whispering in his mates ear.
"Oh," Lilacpetal nodded.
Stormstar stood up, he felt dizzy and weak on his paws. He remembered what Stripestar told him.
The snakebite's venom quickly made you lose a life. The snake bit an important part of your body, you couldn't stand because your musles were paralized from the poision that spead through them.
He saw the copper figure stand out like a twoleg pelt-den. He felt the strength of Stripestar's life of courage rejuvinate his musles. He bounded down to the floor of the ravine. Bounding once again, he leaped up to the over-hanging rock, Skyrock.
"Shimmerwillow, Shinningtail, and Nightfall! Stay where you are, but listen to my instuctions. Shimmerwillow, you take the tail of the copperhead. Nightfall, take the left side and Shinningtail, you take the right. I'll take it head-on." Stormsatr called from the tip of the cliff-hang.
"On my call," Stormstar yowled. He waited as he saw the 3 she-cats pressed down in a leaping-crouch on the ledges of their dens.
"Attack!" He yowled as he jumped down from the tall overhang.
He spotted the black and gray warriors doing the same. The copperhead snake sensed the charging attackers, and coiled up. It's body looked like a spring. It would seem natural for a cat to feel afraid charged head-on at a venomous snake that could charge and kill him with its poison. And Stormstar was, and that's what courage meant. It meant not to be fearless and reckless, but to brave your fears, keep them alive, to keep you going strong.
"Shinningtail! Look out!" Her sister, Shimmerwillow yelled out.
The snkae had whipped it's head around and nearly got the light gray she-cat.
The hissing then died out and the once threatening creature, looked weak and limp as it's corpse thudded to the rocky bottom of the gorge. Silence was all you could hear.
"May all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather in Skyshadow at Skyrock for a clan meeting!" He yelled as he padded over to the cliff-edge.
