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p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 9.0pt 0in;" align="center"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #555555;"Chapter 9 Hawkfrost Baypaw Jaypaw/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Hawkfrost./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Awoke from his dream, his heart racing. What happened was heartbreaking. Once more his father is poisoning the hearts of the young cats. Should I tell Stormstar? Let him know of the treachery within his clan? Or should I go to princess and see what her agenda is for being here. His swept his icy blue gaze over the camp, looking for Leafpool. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"He found her by the high rock, with her sister's mate. Eating prey from the fresh kill pile. I felt my belly growl at the scent of the fresh food. I'm glad the hunting patrols found some good prey, a rabbit and four squirrels. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I press my fur against Leafpool drawing in her sweet scent... I can't tell her not yet. Instead I lick her ear. My gaze traveling over her lean beautiful pelt. No I won't burden her with this news./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I want to go out after we eat; just the two of us," leaf pool says into my ear. I purr with happiness./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"**** With Leafpool***/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I inhale the sweet scent of my mate and the green growing smell of the forest as we sit in the cool of the shade. For once in this moment I can feel at ease. I watch the birds picking for seeds and nuts, the grass cool under my paws. The sunlight gleaming of our fur making me fills sleepy. I press into Leafpool, making her shift beside me. Her gaze happy, for once. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I love you Hawkfrost," she looked into my eyes with such warmth, I felt so gay, so uplifted with her love for me. I'm the lucky tom. I licked her ear. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I love you to Leafpool. Always and forever."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"We sit in the warmth of the sun, peaceful and calm.../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"For a few minutes it was easy. Easy to forget the prophecy or the growing tension in the clans now that Sky clan lived among us./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"We need to do something to bring the clans together once more. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""LEAFPOOL! COME QUICK!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The voice is that of Cloudtail, the white warrior was racing to us as fast as he could. Definitely ruining the moment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Leaf pool gets to her paws in one leap. My gaze travels over his bloodstained pelt, now when he stops moving he is not placing any weight on his right paw, blood ooze out from between his claws./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Has here been a battle? I look at leaf pool./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Who attacked us?" I growl at Cloudtail, the scent of cats is on his pelt but is jumbled. I step into his personal space, "Who is it?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Cloudtail, flattened his ears, his tail bushed; Leafpool hissed at me, "Hawkfrost, calm down, please." I unkink my spine, slightly. My mind racing with thoughts of who it was!/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Cloudtail growled at me before turning and racing back to camp. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The sounds of battle reached my ears, as we surged into camp. Windclan! And Shadowclan are in our camp!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The cat are glaring at one another, it seems for now the fighting has stopped, then I see why. Honeypaw is splayed on the ground blood running from a bite in her throat. Her blue eyes stone. My heart dropped. How could the clans kill a medicine cat Apprentice like this! /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I glance over at Cinderpelt. Her blue eyes dark with tears and fear. "WHO killed her?" I growl. Shadow clan and Windclan cats parted to show two cats. A cream colored Tom and a grey with black tipped ears and a mask, hideous orange eyes. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Berrypaw, and Shadowpaw," Stormstar spoke coldly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I can't believe this, the clans are falling apart!/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"***Baypaw**/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I'm sad that my clan went along with Weaselstar plan to attack Thunderclan, I tried not to go but Blackstar ordered all the young cats to join./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"My heart is pounding, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"As I watch the scene before me I see Icestar standing by Thunderclan leader. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"She is angry. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"STORMSTAR began to speak/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Thunderclan, I knew this attack was coming, that's why I posted more guards, in attempt to halt the battle." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Blackstar looked outraged how could he have known? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I don't even know why we attacked them anyway./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Our medic cat came forth, Daisytail, her fur ruffled. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Starclan, spoke not to me, I tried to tell Blackstar, not to attack, I'm sorry that my son killed your young cat, but tell me this, why are you not upset about it?" she held his amber gaze./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Simply, Starclan came to me this morning as I slept they told me you would attack, but I did not know what cat would be killed or who would do the killing," Anger blazed in his eyes. Warned or not no cat should have died. All the warriors here should know that. I dig my claws into the ground, sending small shards of Ice into the stone at my paw./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Easy little one, Icestar says into my mind, I calm feeling my Ice fade for now./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I look for Sierrapaw; I spot her golden coat sitting beside her mother. We are a part of something but what? She looks at me shock and sadness in her brown eyes. But a fire was burning in the back of her eyes, smoke curled from her paws slowly. This is bad; I shake my head at her trying to calm her. It worked for now. The fire and smoke receded./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I must speak to my clan, I will have judgement later for you; Shadowclan. Windclan how could you form a party with them to attack us?"/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Weaselstar glared at Stormstar, his growling could be heard by all./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Because, you have let the clans become full of Loners and Kitty pelts. Windclan is sick of it! we need Pure clans, not rogues and loners. Or cats attempting to be a Clan!" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"He must mean Skyclan! Thought Baypaw./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"With that Windclan turned as one and fled back to the Mooreland. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Silence greets my clan and Thunderclan. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"In the silence, Foxkit and Icekit came from the nursery, they looked at the clans, there fur ruffled. "Momma, why are Shadowclan, still here, why Honeypaw, not getting up to play with us like she said she would," Icekit asked Ferncloud./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Blackstar cleared his throat, "we will leave you, for now, Stormstar."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Shadowclan turns to leave when Icestar speaks to me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I will show you what is happening in Thunderclan, for it are important. So act calm./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"OK Icestar. I trust you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"As we walk back my mind is filled with Thunderclan camp like I'm there. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"*at Thunderclan seen in baypaw.*/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Leafpool, sits in the medicine cat den with a sadden, Cinderpelt. Oddly Stormstar looks happy. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Starclan spoke to me, Cinderpelt, Leafpool, honestly! He meows happily, Cinderpelt on the other paw is not happy. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I will not make a new medicine apprentice right now. I need to speak with Starclan on this matter. No Stormstar, Jaypaw is not right!" With that Cinder pelt turned to leave but Stormstar, stepped into her path, barring her way from. Leaving the den./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""What is the meaning of this?" Leaf pool snarled at her leader. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Starclan told me that Jaypaw is to be yours or Leafpool's apprentice." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Cinderpelt, looked Stormstar in the eyes, her gaze hard, "THEN he shall be Leafpool's I will not be training him. I'm retired from now on,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Silence. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The connection breaks and Thunderclan fades for a moment. Baypaw snarled in anger!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Bring it back, I need to see what I'd happen! She shook her head, trying to bring the image back. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Then she saw the medicine den./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Blood was on the floor, but who's blood? She could not see who it was but Horror was filled her bones, the clan is yowling, demanding to know what happened why more senseless death./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"What happen?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"A paw jolted her body, sending the image away. Icestar left her consciousness. Angry she snarled at the offending paw./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Green eyes met her own. Tawnypelt. She looked around to see where she was. She was in the Warriors den. Alone. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""What happened Baypaw, you cried put in your sleep. Is Icestar talking with you? " /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The scent of blood was still in her nose, should she tell Tawnypelt?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"She focused on her mentor her belly swollen with her kits. No I can't tell her not yet. She shook her head, "I have received no word yet from Icestar, but I'm soon to meet with Ebony paw of Riverclan/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Tawnypelt nodded then backs out leaving her alone with her thoughts, once alone Baypaw leaves the den with a surge of speed; she raced back to the Thunderclan Border. She had to find out. Soon she reached the boundaries line. She sat trying to still her breath. The plants around her frosting. What I'm I doing? I can't find out this way. Besides I must meet with Ebonypaw. Baypaw turned away from the Border when she spotted a flame colored cat, its icy blue eyes stared at her, and she froze. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Hello, Baypaw." She tilted her head at this tom. "Who are you?" The blue eyed Tom chuckled, "I am your friend, I watch out for you, but hurry you must go to see Ebonypaw, he is waiting for you. I also bring you a message. Beware of shadows, they hide the truth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Baypaw shivered at this Toms words. He then started to leave her. She sprang to her paws, "Wait! What is your name?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The Tom stopped, his tail twirling, " All will be reveled in time little one," then he was gone. Poor Baypaw. She is more confused than before, but she rushes off to the meeting./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"*Jaypaw* /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The camp is in chaos, Honeypaw is dead, Good riddance I say, a cording to Tigerstar, I need to be the next Med cat in training. Its fun using my new powers, cats think I'm blind but I can see more than they do. I knew Berrypaw and Shadowpaw were going to kill Honeypaw, I saw it in their minds. I also saw that Tigerstar told Shadowpaw to do the killing. I scanned the gathered cays for my brother and sister; I find them in the back. I make my way to them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Lionpaw looks at with narrowed amber eyes, Hollypaw is bristling. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""What is the meaning of this? Why did shadow clan and Windclan attack?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I sigh, poor Hollypaw so naive to our plan. I poke her with my paw, pricking my claws into her. She yelped, "Keep quiet! I can't hear!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Holly paw frowned but fell silent. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I look at the cats the cats from the other clans are in are camp. I feel the shock and sadness the death of are medicine cat Apprentice was shocking enough but now Shadowclan is threatening to destroy us. Or so I thought at first. I draw my "sightless" gaze over the cats. I scent Windclan, and Shadowclan, in fact they are gathering to leave, Windclan leader howls at Stormstar. I disregard his words, instead I focus on Leafpool, her mind numb with shock, and Stormstar has lost his mind! I send myself into her mind and memories. She is enjoying her time with Hawkfrost, when Cloudtail comes rushing over. I skip the part of the attack I was there once more I slow her Memories until I see inside the medicine cat den looking at Stormstar. I hear Mapleshade voice I'm my head in this moment. Try your new powers look into the mind of the clan leader, now./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I jump from Leafpool mind into Stormstar's./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"In the back of the clan leaders mind is chaos, his mind is fighting the desire to battle the other clans and trying to figure out why he is happy about the death of Honeypaw. His emotions are being manipulated by someone else! ! He is struggling to not feel happy about her death. I scan his mind I since someone is here but I don't know who it is...I sniff drawing in the scent of the other cat...Mapleshade yowls making me break contact. I turn to her with a snarl. But she is smiling, "the cat is being mind controlled by your sister! Young Jaypaw." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Ice cold feeling surged through him. How? Tigerstar did not speak with our sister! I break contact pulling out of the minds of the cats. I look over at Hollypaw, her bright green eyes blazing a luminous green, I poke her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"She looks at me the bright light dimming from her eyes, the blue ring of color fading from her eyes. Green and blue makes yellow. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""You have a power also!" I whisper to her as we all slip back into the Apprentice den. Away from the chaos. Of Thunderclan/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"This will be interesting times, may Tigerstar rule and reign swiftly. Soon Starclan Chosen will fail or be killed. With holly paw power we can really control the clan, starting with the Clan leader!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 9.0pt; text-align: center; line-height: 27.0pt; mso-outline-level: 2; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #DDDDDD .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 9.0pt 0in;" align="center"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; font-family: 'Helvetica','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; color: #555555;"Chapter 9 Hawkfrost Baypaw Jaypaw/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Hawkfrost./span/p
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p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Awoke from his dream, his heart racing. What happened was heartbreaking. Once more his father is poisoning the hearts of the young cats. Should I tell Stormstar? Let him know of the treachery within his clan? Or should I go to princess and see what her agenda is for being here. His swept his icy blue gaze over the camp, looking for Leafpool. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"He found her by the high rock, with her sister's mate. Eating prey from the fresh kill pile. I felt my belly growl at the scent of the fresh food. I'm glad the hunting patrols found some good prey, a rabbit and four squirrels. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I press my fur against Leafpool drawing in her sweet scent... I can't tell her not yet. Instead I lick her ear. My gaze traveling over her lean beautiful pelt. No I won't burden her with this news./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I want to go out after we eat; just the two of us," leaf pool says into my ear. I purr with happiness./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"**** With Leafpool***/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I inhale the sweet scent of my mate and the green growing smell of the forest as we sit in the cool of the shade. For once in this moment I can feel at ease. I watch the birds picking for seeds and nuts, the grass cool under my paws. The sunlight gleaming of our fur making me fills sleepy. I press into Leafpool, making her shift beside me. Her gaze happy, for once. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I love you Hawkfrost," she looked into my eyes with such warmth, I felt so gay, so uplifted with her love for me. I'm the lucky tom. I licked her ear. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I love you to Leafpool. Always and forever."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"We sit in the warmth of the sun, peaceful and calm.../span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"For a few minutes it was easy. Easy to forget the prophecy or the growing tension in the clans now that Sky clan lived among us./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"We need to do something to bring the clans together once more. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""LEAFPOOL! COME QUICK!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The voice is that of Cloudtail, the white warrior was racing to us as fast as he could. Definitely ruining the moment./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Leaf pool gets to her paws in one leap. My gaze travels over his bloodstained pelt, now when he stops moving he is not placing any weight on his right paw, blood ooze out from between his claws./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Has here been a battle? I look at leaf pool./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Who attacked us?" I growl at Cloudtail, the scent of cats is on his pelt but is jumbled. I step into his personal space, "Who is it?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Cloudtail, flattened his ears, his tail bushed; Leafpool hissed at me, "Hawkfrost, calm down, please." I unkink my spine, slightly. My mind racing with thoughts of who it was!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Cloudtail growled at me before turning and racing back to camp. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The sounds of battle reached my ears, as we surged into camp. Windclan! And Shadowclan are in our camp!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The cat are glaring at one another, it seems for now the fighting has stopped, then I see why. Honeypaw is splayed on the ground blood running from a bite in her throat. Her blue eyes stone. My heart dropped. How could the clans kill a medicine cat Apprentice like this! /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I glance over at Cinderpelt. Her blue eyes dark with tears and fear. "WHO killed her?" I growl. Shadow clan and Windclan cats parted to show two cats. A cream colored Tom and a grey with black tipped ears and a mask, hideous orange eyes. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Berrypaw, and Shadowpaw," Stormstar spoke coldly. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I can't believe this, the clans are falling apart!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"***Baypaw**/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I'm sad that my clan went along with Weaselstar plan to attack Thunderclan, I tried not to go but Blackstar ordered all the young cats to join./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"My heart is pounding, /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"As I watch the scene before me I see Icestar standing by Thunderclan leader. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"She is angry. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"STORMSTAR began to speak/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Thunderclan, I knew this attack was coming, that's why I posted more guards, in attempt to halt the battle." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Blackstar looked outraged how could he have known? /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I don't even know why we attacked them anyway./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Our medic cat came forth, Daisytail, her fur ruffled. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Starclan, spoke not to me, I tried to tell Blackstar, not to attack, I'm sorry that my son killed your young cat, but tell me this, why are you not upset about it?" she held his amber gaze./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Simply, Starclan came to me this morning as I slept they told me you would attack, but I did not know what cat would be killed or who would do the killing," Anger blazed in his eyes. Warned or not no cat should have died. All the warriors here should know that. I dig my claws into the ground, sending small shards of Ice into the stone at my paw./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Easy little one, Icestar says into my mind, I calm feeling my Ice fade for now./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I look for Sierrapaw; I spot her golden coat sitting beside her mother. We are a part of something but what? She looks at me shock and sadness in her brown eyes. But a fire was burning in the back of her eyes, smoke curled from her paws slowly. This is bad; I shake my head at her trying to calm her. It worked for now. The fire and smoke receded./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I must speak to my clan, I will have judgement later for you; Shadowclan. Windclan how could you form a party with them to attack us?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Weaselstar glared at Stormstar, his growling could be heard by all./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Because, you have let the clans become full of Loners and Kitty pelts. Windclan is sick of it! we need Pure clans, not rogues and loners. Or cats attempting to be a Clan!" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"He must mean Skyclan! Thought Baypaw./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"With that Windclan turned as one and fled back to the Mooreland. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Silence greets my clan and Thunderclan. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"In the silence, Foxkit and Icekit came from the nursery, they looked at the clans, there fur ruffled. "Momma, why are Shadowclan, still here, why Honeypaw, not getting up to play with us like she said she would," Icekit asked Ferncloud./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Blackstar cleared his throat, "we will leave you, for now, Stormstar."/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Shadowclan turns to leave when Icestar speaks to me./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I will show you what is happening in Thunderclan, for it are important. So act calm./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"OK Icestar. I trust you./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"As we walk back my mind is filled with Thunderclan camp like I'm there. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"*at Thunderclan seen in baypaw.*/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Leafpool, sits in the medicine cat den with a sadden, Cinderpelt. Oddly Stormstar looks happy. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Starclan spoke to me, Cinderpelt, Leafpool, honestly! He meows happily, Cinderpelt on the other paw is not happy. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""I will not make a new medicine apprentice right now. I need to speak with Starclan on this matter. No Stormstar, Jaypaw is not right!" With that Cinder pelt turned to leave but Stormstar, stepped into her path, barring her way from. Leaving the den./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""What is the meaning of this?" Leaf pool snarled at her leader. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Starclan told me that Jaypaw is to be yours or Leafpool's apprentice." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Cinderpelt, looked Stormstar in the eyes, her gaze hard, "THEN he shall be Leafpool's I will not be training him. I'm retired from now on,"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Silence. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The connection breaks and Thunderclan fades for a moment. Baypaw snarled in anger!/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Bring it back, I need to see what I'd happen! She shook her head, trying to bring the image back. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Then she saw the medicine den./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Blood was on the floor, but who's blood? She could not see who it was but Horror was filled her bones, the clan is yowling, demanding to know what happened why more senseless death./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"What happen?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"A paw jolted her body, sending the image away. Icestar left her consciousness. Angry she snarled at the offending paw./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Green eyes met her own. Tawnypelt. She looked around to see where she was. She was in the Warriors den. Alone. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""What happened Baypaw, you cried put in your sleep. Is Icestar talking with you? " /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The scent of blood was still in her nose, should she tell Tawnypelt?/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"She focused on her mentor her belly swollen with her kits. No I can't tell her not yet. She shook her head, "I have received no word yet from Icestar, but I'm soon to meet with Ebony paw of Riverclan/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Tawnypelt nodded then backs out leaving her alone with her thoughts, once alone Baypaw leaves the den with a surge of speed; she raced back to the Thunderclan Border. She had to find out. Soon she reached the boundaries line. She sat trying to still her breath. The plants around her frosting. What I'm I doing? I can't find out this way. Besides I must meet with Ebonypaw. Baypaw turned away from the Border when she spotted a flame colored cat, its icy blue eyes stared at her, and she froze. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""Hello, Baypaw." She tilted her head at this tom. "Who are you?" The blue eyed Tom chuckled, "I am your friend, I watch out for you, but hurry you must go to see Ebonypaw, he is waiting for you. I also bring you a message. Beware of shadows, they hide the truth./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Baypaw shivered at this Toms words. He then started to leave her. She sprang to her paws, "Wait! What is your name?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The Tom stopped, his tail twirling, " All will be reveled in time little one," then he was gone. Poor Baypaw. She is more confused than before, but she rushes off to the meeting./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"*Jaypaw* /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"The camp is in chaos, Honeypaw is dead, Good riddance I say, a cording to Tigerstar, I need to be the next Med cat in training. Its fun using my new powers, cats think I'm blind but I can see more than they do. I knew Berrypaw and Shadowpaw were going to kill Honeypaw, I saw it in their minds. I also saw that Tigerstar told Shadowpaw to do the killing. I scanned the gathered cays for my brother and sister; I find them in the back. I make my way to them./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Lionpaw looks at with narrowed amber eyes, Hollypaw is bristling. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""What is the meaning of this? Why did shadow clan and Windclan attack?"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I sigh, poor Hollypaw so naive to our plan. I poke her with my paw, pricking my claws into her. She yelped, "Keep quiet! I can't hear!"/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Holly paw frowned but fell silent. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I look at the cats the cats from the other clans are in are camp. I feel the shock and sadness the death of are medicine cat Apprentice was shocking enough but now Shadowclan is threatening to destroy us. Or so I thought at first. I draw my "sightless" gaze over the cats. I scent Windclan, and Shadowclan, in fact they are gathering to leave, Windclan leader howls at Stormstar. I disregard his words, instead I focus on Leafpool, her mind numb with shock, and Stormstar has lost his mind! I send myself into her mind and memories. She is enjoying her time with Hawkfrost, when Cloudtail comes rushing over. I skip the part of the attack I was there once more I slow her Memories until I see inside the medicine cat den looking at Stormstar. I hear Mapleshade voice I'm my head in this moment. Try your new powers look into the mind of the clan leader, now./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"I jump from Leafpool mind into Stormstar's./span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"In the back of the clan leaders mind is chaos, his mind is fighting the desire to battle the other clans and trying to figure out why he is happy about the death of Honeypaw. His emotions are being manipulated by someone else! ! He is struggling to not feel happy about her death. I scan his mind I since someone is here but I don't know who it is...I sniff drawing in the scent of the other cat...Mapleshade yowls making me break contact. I turn to her with a snarl. But she is smiling, "the cat is being mind controlled by your sister! Young Jaypaw." /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"Ice cold feeling surged through him. How? Tigerstar did not speak with our sister! I break contact pulling out of the minds of the cats. I look over at Hollypaw, her bright green eyes blazing a luminous green, I poke her. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"She looks at me the bright light dimming from her eyes, the blue ring of color fading from her eyes. Green and blue makes yellow. /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';""You have a power also!" I whisper to her as we all slip back into the Apprentice den. Away from the chaos. Of Thunderclan/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';" /span/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"This will be interesting times, may Tigerstar rule and reign swiftly. Soon Starclan Chosen will fail or be killed. With holly paw power we can really control the clan, starting with the Clan leader!/span/p