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Emberpaw's New Golden Eyes

Emberpaw's POV

Emberpaw shivered in her nest and panted hard, flopping over to her other side. In her dream she trained with Snowflame.

She hissed in pain and leaped back as Snowflame's claws hit her face. "Don't fear the claws. In the end they are your best trophies," Snowflame instructed.

Emberpaw shook her head sadly, "I killed a cat with my claws though! Snowflame, I didn't ask to be trained to killed, only to be a better fighter!" she wailed.

"You killed that cat because I taught you to and no other reason!" Snowflame spat.

"No . . . no I couldn't have . . ." Emberpaw broke off. She stared into Snowflame's golden eyes and saw a reflection of her own amber eyes.

Snowflame stepped forward and his bright golden claws glistened.

Emberpaw shrunk back, "Where did you get your golden claws?" Emberpaw challenged, knowing Snowflame hated the subject.

Snowflame's eyes blazed, "I was innocent. Then I was killed, I was blamed for something I didn't do! Now all I need is pure revenge. Nothing else," Snowflame said, smirking.

Emberpaw closed her eyes and urged her body to fade. Fade, fade, fade! She thought as hard as she could.

Emberpaw opened her eyes and gasped, darting out of her nest. She sat in the corner of the apprentice's den, breathing hard, her amber eyes widened.

Lightningpaw stirred in his nest, "You okay?" he asked with concern brimming in his voice.

The rusty brown she-cat shrugged, "Err, fine. Go back to sleep. I just have, uh dawn patrol." Emberpaw lied smoothly.

Lightningpaw let out a long breath and turned away from Emberpaw. He stretched out, his muscles ripping along his pelt. He was made for this journey, Emberpaw thought, I was not.

She watched her brother enviously. Lightningpaw looked powerful and restless, strong and yet small, brave and shining like the sun.

Emberpaw padded out of the apprentice's den, her paws light but her chest heavy with despair and fear. He can't come after me right? He is only in my dreams, he's long dead. Not real . . . Emberpaw thought over and over.

"Emberpaw, want to come on dawn patrol with us?" Cloudshimmer asked. Emberpaw glanced at her friend and nodded then walked out of camp, following Wolfheart and Brackenpelt.

Her patrol broke into a fast sprint but Emberpaw stayed behind a ways. "Intruder!" she heard Wolfheart yowled.

Instantly Emberpaw burst into a run, catching up to her patrol easily. The WindClan cats stood hissing at a RiverClan apprentice. Mosspaw, Emberpaw recalled her name.

"What do you want?" Cloudshimmer asked; her voice was tense and not showing any hint of kindness.

Mosspaw glared with hostility, "I'm staying on my side and I have no intentions of crossing onto WindClan's territory," she growled.

"Make sure you don't," Wolfheart hissed. Cloudshimmer waved her tail sharply and led Wolfheart and Brackenpelt down towards the lake.

"What's RiverClan doing away from the water," Emberpaw asked, half curious and half taunting.

Mosspaw smirked, "When are you and your little group heading towards SkyClan?" She asked.

Emberpaw narrowed her eyes, "The day after tomorrow at dawn, why do you ask?"

Mosspaw's expression turned blank, "Err, no reason." She mewed quickly. Emberpaw stared at her closely, she felt as if Mosspaw had been lying but she didn't chase after the subject because it wasn't important at the moment.

Not important yet, the voice of Snowflame cooed. Emberpaw began to panic. "Mosspaw! What color are my eyes, amber right? Not golden, right?" Emberpaw asked, panic rising in her chest.

Mosspaw snorted and muttered something about WindClan cats being mad, "Their amber. Great StarClan you don't even know your own eye color but you're sent on a journey to save a whole Clan," Mosspaw added.

Emberpaw padded away stiffly, heading down towards the lake to catch up with her patrol that–odds are–they were already long gone.

Once reaching the show Emberpaw splashed into the shallows, the freezing water oddly more welcoming to her paws than the icy ground of snow. She walked along the shore, her paws constantly getting grazed against the sharp lake stones.

She stopped suddenly when the air began to twist. Emberpaw stepped back and loud up a gasp, sending a white puff of frozen breath towards the air. The white cloud of breath stuck to the air and formed the muscular shape of Snowflame.

"You do not run from me," he snarled.

Emberpaw's amber eyes widened in terror, "But you're dead! You cannot come to the lakes, the living are here," she shouted, stepping back.

Snowflame smirked, "Wrong! I can take a host in the living world, then I can stay!" Snowflame curled into mist and swirled around Emberpaw.

"No! Stay away from me!" Emberpaw screamed.

"I'll be painless. Just relax and give in. Let me take control," Snowflame cooed and lulled.

Emberpaw closed her eyes and swayed on her paws she crawled numbly to the shore. The black mist was gone but she felt something stirring on the inside of her. She stretched out on the shore, her red tail lying limply in the water. Emberpaw closed her eyes, Hurry. Let's get this over with, Emberpaw urged.

Emberpaw sighed and all her emotions left her. Her vision disappeared, her hearing left, she couldn't smell anything or speak. Emberpaw began to panic as all the feeling in her body disappeared.

Suddenly all the emotions came back to her and she saw everything sharply. She stared at her body, her rusty brown pelt was the same, her tail waved in the air, and Emberpaw felt full of strength and speed.

I feel great! Emberpaw thought. She flexed her claws and stared down at them, waiting to see her pure white claws but instead she saw golden claws. Emberpaw stared in horror and raced over to the water and stared into it. Instead of her gentle amber eyes she had golden eyes, fierce and proud.

"W-what d-d-did you do to m-me?" Emberpaw asked dazed.

Snowflame's voice rose up from inside her somewhere and his words appeared in her thoughts, "I took over. Let me take over now, I will take away all your toils, I can make you run a mile and never grow weary. I can fight for you and come out unwounded."

Emberpaw considered this, "Show me," she whispered. Instantly her paws responded at Snowflame's will. She took off faster than a rabbit. The ground blurred under her paws as she tore through the long moor grass. Within seconds she had caught up to the dawn patrol; who had just reached camp.

"Where did you go?" Brackenpelt asked, gently.

Emberpaw felt obligated to open her mouth and answer but instead Snowflame spoke for her, "That RiverClan cat crossed the border and stole prey. I doubled back and checked and saw her, I chased her off but she dropped the rabbit into the lake and it got washed away." Snowflame answered, speaking in Emberpaw's voice.

Brackenpelt nodded, "Oh. . . Have your eyes always been golden, Emberpaw?" he asked.

Again Snowflame answered, "Yes. They change with the light."

Brackenpelt nodded thoughtfully and padded into camp.

When Emberpaw carefully tested her paws to see if she had control, they moved at will. She took a couple cautious strides then padded into camp.

Emberpaw looked around and saw Lightningpaw and Acaciapaw sharing tongues at the side of the clearing. Emberpaw padded over and smiled sweetly at them, "Hi guys! Want to battle train with me?" she asked.

Lightningpaw looked up, "Sure."

Emberpaw stood and looked at Acaciapaw, generously waiting for an answer. Acaciapaw glanced up and saw Emberpaw's golden eyes and her blue gaze did not move from Snowflame's golden eyes. "Alright," she mewed suspiciously.

Emberpaw's pelt itched under Acaciapaw's icy gaze. "I'll go get Lunarpaw," Lightningpaw offered. Acaciapaw flicked her tail in agreement and Emberpaw nodded.

When Lightningpaw had gone Acaciapaw slide closer to Emberpaw until she was in her face and then she snarled, "I know you are hiding something; and now I know what you're hiding. Your digging yourself into ancient secrets that are better left buried, Emberpaw," Acaciapaw warned.

Ohhhhh such a good cliffhanger right! Anyways, sorry this took two whole days to write, I know it's sad right? SO HERE'S YOUR REWARD FOR STAYING WITH ME FOR THOSE TWO WHOLE DAYS: FIRST 4 PEOPLE TO REVIEW TO THIS CHAPTER WILL GET TO BECOME A CHARACTER IN THE STORY, YOU CAN PICK YOUR NAME AND DESCRIPTION! Cool right? Well then, R&R! Until next time: -Stormfeather