This is the second to the last chapter of the First Part (Ten years After) of my series! The second part (Ten Years Before) will take place in the old territory, and have little connection to this one until later parts. Maybe an appearance from Fate or Destiny, I'll have to decide. But i have to plots of Part Two and Three planned out, for summarys look in my profile!
I inwardly name this chapter 'Sticks and Stones'
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Brick glanced over at his shoulder, towards Whistlewater, who stared at her brother in horror. Rainpatter touched his muzzle to her shoulder gently, but she ignored him and began padding towards him. Brick flicking his tail for her to stop and smiled.
"It's alright," he meowed quietly, "I have to do this for Split," she felt tears well in her eyes and she turned around, running back to the alcove and jumping inside and to her den. She crumpled down into the nest and a moment later Rainpatter joined her, green fur tingled with confusion and worry.
"It'll be alright, Whistle," he meowed gently, sitting down across from her, "Really, it will." Whistlewater looked up at him with her blue eyes and placed her head at his paws, crying softly. Rainpatter sighed and bent down, licking the top of her head gently.
"You've always got me," he meowed hopefully, and Whistlewater rolled her eyes, batting at his head with a spare paw.
"You're such a jerk sometimes, you know that, Rainpatter?" she rolled onto her back, feeling her sticky tears dry and tangle her fur. Rainpatter grinned, green fur glittering in the white light around them and poked her with his paw playfully.
"Aw, sticks and stones, Whistle," he laughed, "But honestly, Even if Brick forgets you, you're still related by blood, and you'll still be his sister. Now, I on the other hand, am not, and equally care for Split and Brick. However, I just seem to have no beautiful, sleek she-cat to stay at my beautiful and unique side-"
"Rainpatter," Whistlewater sighed, eyes softening, "You know, you can be such a flirt at the worst times, right?" Rainpatter leaned closer to her and touched her nose gently.
"Sticks and stones, Whistlewater," he grinned, "Sticks and Stones."
"Now may I grant your wish?" Wish replied once Rainpatter and Whistlewater had left. Brick sighed and turned back around to the ghost-cat, eyes steady. Falconwing waited at the side, eyes narrowed, as Wish jumped high into the air and hovered. Destiny watched his daughter with cool eyes and kept an eye on both Brick and Splits' body.
"The wish-granting is different from when you last wished," Destiny murmured to Fenseris, "Because the Cerberus was controlling Wish. This is different, and much more spectacular."
Wish closed her eyes and breathed in and out slowly two foxlengths above their heads, a steady white glow appearing around her. She began flicking her tail in different directions and whispering to her as the glow became more and more vibrant. She steadily began speaking louder, and the cats noticed she was repeating the same lines over and over again.
"One I place for my mother, and two I place for my father," her eyes were half opened now as she continued to chant, "Three I place for my mate and four for my self. With the ten I place I call forth my powers, and grant the wish of my friend."
She repeated it slightly louder each time, and the light steadily grew until it consumed her. Taking a huge breath now, she pulled the light into her body until she radiated from inside and swooped down, touching Bricks' forehead gently with her paw and pulling back, taking a long, violet thread along with her and tossing it up into the air, where it turned and fell down into Splits' body, which glowed and slowly began breathing.
Brick collapsed, But Falconwing broke his fall and laid him gently onto the ground, sighing. It was déjà vu to him. It seemed like only yesterday he had given up Woodflowers' memory of him and brought her back to life. However, that time Woodflower had been able to break the seal on her memory because it was hers, and it was still inside of her. Falconwing glanced to Destiny, who shook his head, no matter what, unless Bricks' memory had been in his own body, he wouldn't be able to break the seal.
"Clearly," he murmured, looking back down to Brick, "Memories are very powerful." He looked up to thank Wish and Destiny, but both cats had vanished and the wooden flower pendant had landed on the floor with a clatter. He padded over and picked it up, tossing it into the air where it floated down onto his neck without a problem.
From a distance, Split groaned, and Falconwing pricked his ears in her direction before padding over to her and nosing her gently. Split opened her eyes a crack and sighed, Falconwing smiled, they were able to save her after all. Brick groaned and pulled himself to his feet, shaking himself off and turning towards Falconwing and the scentless she-cat.
"Split? Are you alright?" he whispered, hurrying over, "Who was that she-cat in the room with you?" Split glanced at Falconwing, who gave her a sad look, and swallowed.
"She's Whistlewater, an advisor to the King; she's with Rainpatter now," Split tilted her head to one side, "She's met you before, right?" Brick tilted his head to one side and shook it, obviously confused. Split shrugged weakly and twitched her tail before rolling herself over and staggering weakly to her feet.
"Falconwing…" she whispered, looking at the ground, "Say good-bye to everyone, we're leaving now."
"It's too soon for Split to be leaving!" argued Whistlewater, fur bristling towards Brick, "She's hardly recovered!" However Brick shook his head in contempt and walked away, leaving Whistlewater with Rainpatter by the side of the throne room.
Split and Falconwing were in the middle, and Split wasn't talking to anyone, not even when Falconwing asked her a question. Brick tried to convince her once again to stay behind, but Split shook her head and turned back to Falconwing.
"Woodflower is waiting for you," she murmured. Falconwing gave Brick a comforting tap on the shoulder and he stepped back. Split reached inside her and grasped her power, pulling it out and focusing it to her paw.
"Because I'm traveling with two, it'll be more difficult," she murmured to herself, "But if I can open a direct path to the other dimension, Falconwing won't get lost." She nodded, "Alright then,"
Without hesitated she lifted her paw and plunged it into the air, where her power created a small rip. Normally she would be running during this, and she would jump in as it was held open a briefly. But now she twisted her paw so that the hole wouldn't close, and pushed it in deeper to her destination. She felt it break the other side, and twisted it again, keeping the opening on the other side from closing.
"Get in!" she shouted to Falconwing, who nodded and jumped in, wings pinned to his side. As soon as he was through Split felt pressure on her leg, and she let out a scream of terror. As soon as Falconwing had gone through, she jumped in after him and felt the weight lifted as Woodflowers' sight opened the road wider.
"Keep running!" she shouted to Falconwing as he hesitated, the presence of Woodflowers' Sight causing him to think she was with them. He did what he was told and kept running forward and as they neared the end, Split felt her instincts roar. With a shout she pushed Falconwing the rest of the way through and felt her hold on the exit loosen just as he fell through. The backlash of power caught Split by surprise and she fell backwards, pushed by the power like a leaf in a river, strait back through where she had come where she landed on the marble floor with a crunch.
"Split?" Brick was sitting on the throne, around his head a silver circlet that reminded Split of the one Falconwing wore. His pelt had been freshly groomed, and on his right side were Rainpatter and Whistlewater, who gapped at her in shock. The walls of the castle, however, were blue, not white, and there were several added splinters of crystal growing in the throne room.
"Hey, Brick," she smiled, "What's with the crown and castle?" Brick jumped down from the throne and raced over to her.
"Split, it's been three years since you and Falconwing went back to the other dimension," he meowed, "Why'd you come back? How did you come back?" Split smiled and sat up, keeping her weight off of her right side, which she had fallen on.
"There was a backlash," she meowed, "I didn't make it through. For me it was only a few seconds of being tumbled around, but I guess it landed in a different time period." Brick sighed and rolled his eyes.
"Promise me you won't leave me like that again?" he meowed, smiling. And Split smiled back.
"I promise."
Well that was a little different. The next chapter will take place only at the ThunderClan camp, kudos to all of my reviewers, and happiness to all!
