Never Ends
(Yeah, I know a cat won't know what an Angel is. But they have a lot of other names in this they wouldn't know what it means.)
Stormstar walked to the medicine den. It wasn't the original medicine den used back when this was Thunderclan; the nursery had caved in over time, so the dens had to be changed a bit.
The prophecy was driving him crazy, he knew if there was one cat he could talk to about it, it was his medicine cat. And his medicine cat wasn't just any random cat, she was his sister. "Angelwing?"
Angelwing turned around. She smiled when she saw it was him. "Stormstar!" she ran over and put her head into his pelt and purred. "I'm glad you came. But wait, why did you come?"
Stormstar sighed. "I got a prophecy from Starclan."
Angelwing gasped. "What did they say?"
"They said. . ." Stormstar strained, trying to remember the exact words. "Darkness and death are near. The shadow is far, but the 'night' will save the clan."
Angelwing gave him a thought full look. "Say, wasn't the old leader of the rouge group named Death?" Stormstar nodded. "Then it might be him."
Stormstar gulped. Then his eyes widened. "And he's in Dark Forest! Darkness."
Angelwing looked afraid. "Oh Stormstar. This is bad, really bad."
"Well, don't forget they said the 'night' will save us. I think they mean Nightwind."
Angelwing gave a thoughtful look. "Yes, that does make sense. And it would confirm Nightwind was a good deputy choice."
Stormstar nodded. Wondering about the prophecy never ended for him. It was nice to be able to talk to Angelwing about it.
Wingshadow led her patrol to the border. The one with Moonclan. They also shared a smaller border with Fallenclan. "Alright, let's check!" she called out. The cats spread out and started checking the border. The downside of having more territory than the old clans, was it was harder to have border patrol. Fortunately nothing had changed with Moonclan.
They walked to the Fallenclan border. Wingshadow sniffed. She didn't smell any trespassers. "Hey! Wingshadow! I smell something weird over here!" Zipfoot called out.
"Is it Fallenclan?" she asked.
Zipfoot shook his head from where he was. "It doesn't smell like a cat. Doesn't smell much like any animal I've smelled before either."
Wingshadow sighed. Zipfoot was a good warrior, but a bit dim in the head. She walked over and took a sniff. She brought her head back up and looked around in panic.
"What is it Wingshadow?" Rainfall asked.
"It's a badger." She said. Blazepelt looked properly afraid, but the other two just looked confused.
"What's a badger?" Zipfoot wanted to know.
Wingshadow looked at the two. "You don't know?" Zipfoot and Rainfall shook their heads.
Wingshadow looked off in the distance. "A badger is a very danger predator. They kill us." She turned to the cats on her patrol. "We should report this to Lightingstar." They nodded in agreement.
The four cats started back. Wingshadow stopped part way back. There was a hole nearby. She poked her head in. It went back a ways. It must be part of that tunnel system we found Fallenstar in. She thought.
"Wingshadow?"
Wingshadow blinked and turned. It had been Blazepelt who had called to her. The other two stopped and turned around. "Oh. Sorry." Wingshadow apologized, feeling embarrassed. "Let's go." They walked back into camp.
Lightingstar wasn't back yet. "So, now what?" Rainfall asked.
"We could play with the kits." Zipfoot said. Rainfall laughed and the two ran off.
Wingshadow made an amused purr.
Those two acted like kits themselves sometimes. As soon as Lightingstar came back Wingshadow told her about the badger scent. Lightingstar looked troubled. She jumped up the ladder. "All cats! Listen up!" Everyone became quiet. "Wingshadow's patrol picked up the scent of a badger in the territory! I think we should avoid this badger, and try not to do anything to anger it. With any luck it's already left. But everyone be careful anyway." She jumped down and walked away.
"Wow, that's probably the first time Lightingstar has acted concerned about us." Ashpelt said.
"She cares! She just has a different way to show it!" Wingshadow screamed angrily. How could Ashpelt doubt their leader?
Ashpelt crouched, looking afraid. "I'm sorry. It was just a joke."
A joke? Wingshadow backed off. "No, I'm sorry. That was stupid." Why can't I do anything right? She thought hopelessly.
(Because of the first part of the chapter, I'm making it clear you can still guess on what the prophecy is. And at some point I might skip a clan in my chapter sequence, that's just because nothing is happening in that clan.)