This chapter is going to take quite a spin! And sorry for the looooooooooooooong wait! I wrote a longer chapter for your convince!
Chapter 11
Misthawk sat for a heartbeat waiting for her mother's response. As the she-cat turned to look at her she tilted her head.
"Nobody has called me that for moons."
Misthawk's fur felt warm, "Why don't you go by that anymore?" She suddenly felt mousebrained for saying that.
"Misthawk, I left the clan moons ago, for you're protection only. Something is coming for you and you can't have any distractions. You must not see me again after today, I'm sorry but it was stupid for me dragging you on to this." She started turning around when Misthawk flipped her tail around her.
"Wait, I need a mother! I don't have a dad or any family for that matter!" Misthawk turned and too started to walk away. Her mother turned to say something and then continued on walking.
Misthawk crawled into her cold lonely den and tried to fall asleep knowing that there was going to be another gathering the next night. She laid there for many heartbeats until her eye lids suddenly felt heavy. She closed her eyes and slowly drifted into sleep.
Misthawk wondered around looking for any sign of movement. When she was stopped by a falling tree it was then that she realized that she had not been here before. Slowly she crawled over the tree and continued on her way, when she heard another "crack".
Misthawk looked up and saw another tree a foxlength from her head. She whirled away felling adrenaline pulsing through her pelt. She let out a wail of fear to find that no noise came from her lips.
She tried over and over again to let out some noise but each time failed. After many heartbeats of trying she heard a strange growl sound. She snapped her head around to find a small tabby she-cat staring doe-eyed at her.
"Hello there! Welcome, and who are you?" The she-cat stared at Misthawk as she struggled with not being able to speak, "Oh, I see! I forgot that most cats can't speak here."
Misthawk tilted her head in confusion. The she-cat laughed, "I'm glad you're here! Most cats leave about a heartbeat within being here! Will you stay and be my friend? Also, do you know where we are?"
Misthawk still tried speaking but with the failure, she scratched the earth beneath her feet. She looked around again and spotted a small curve in the bushes. Misthawk batted over and stared into the small hole and saw a small clearing with a silvery pond with green grass all around it.
The she-cat started with her words again, "You can go to if you want, and I'll just have to wait till the next cat treads through here! My name is Stone if you wanted to know."
Misthawk ignored her words and then waddled into the clearing. She looked at the shrubs she had just seen and saw that the hole had gone. "Well, guess I won't be going back" she muttered. Misthawk smiled at seeing she was able to talk again.
Misthawk shrugged and felt guilty for leaving Stone behind alone. She seemed so nice! As Misthawk walked closer and closer to the pool she saw familiar faces. They weren't fully saturated cats but they were sort of see through.
The ghostly images of Poppyheart, Soulstar, Lillypetal, and Blazeeyes walked around the small pool. Misthawk recognized others from different clans and others, she did not know. A fiery tom trotted up to Misthawk and stared at her.
She opened her jaws and asked, "Is this Starclan? Am I dead?" she stopped only to wonder who this tom was. "Who are you?"
The tom started speaking clearly, "No you are not dead young one. I am Firestar, I was once the leader of a clan know as Thunderclan. I was told by Sunstar you have been worrying about your prophecy!"
Misthawk sat and thought, she had heard of Firestar but she couldn't remember where. "Yes I am a bit" she sat again and then it hit her! "I know who you are! I got told stories about you when I was in the nursery! I was always told you were just myth just like Brambleclaw, Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, Dovewing, and Jayfeather!" Misthawk sat with her head shaking hoping that this wasn't even happening.
"All of them were my clan mates. They live here too and they will also help with your training!"
Thoughts raced in her head until she replied with, "What do you mean, my training?"
"We have come to help you train for what lies before you. Many moons ago my clan mates fought against the dark forest. Something worse is coming for you and your friend." He stopped to take a deep breath, "Misthawk, You have to leave Moonclan camp, you have to train where you have been going to meet your mother. There will be an invasion in your camp after the gathering and you will be killed if you stay! Soulstar will take care of your clan well!"
Misthawk opened her jaw to reply to find that Starclan was slowly disappearing from her reach.
Misthawk opened her eyes screaming. She found she was alone once again in her den and rested down in her nest hoping that no one had heard her. She could not leave her clan it seemed so unfair! Then again, nothing was fare in her life. What about Flameflight? I can't desert my clan! She paused her thoughts. She HAD to. She had to for her clan and the prophecy!
The next morning everyone was scurrying around camp getting things done before the gathering started. It had been 7 moons since Misthawk had gone to her first gathering and now, she was going to her second, and maybe her last as a warrior! She didn't go to the last one, she knew she couldn't bare hearing Blackpaw's name being called out to all the other clans about his death.
Blazeeyes trotted over to her and sat comfortably by her in the tall grass. He plopped A fat squirrel down by her feet and licked her ear. He had not yet found out that she had already become a warrior and had still been training her. Little did he know that her may never see her again after tonight.
"Thanks Blazeeyes!" She respectfully licked his ear back before bending down and biting into the warm squirrel.
"No problem Mistpaw!" He smiled with his chin held high. A long purr erupted from his throat.
Soulstar broke the silence by calling upon the clan. "I call all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here for a clan meeting."
Many cats scurried around gathering a large oak tree where Soulstar was perching. "We have a few apprentices who have earned their warrior names. Icepaw, please step forward." She stepped forward and held her head high. "Do you Icepaw, promise to uphold the warrior code and protect the clan even at the cast of your life?"
"I do!" she said almost before he had finished talking.
"Then from this day forward you shall be known as Icepelt, Starclan honors your willingness to serve and your strength and welcomes you as a full warrior. Heatherpaw please step forward. Do you Heatherpaw promise to uphold the warrior code and protect the clan even at the cost of your life?"
"I do!" she said boldly.
"Then for now on you shall be known as Heatherfoot, Starclan honors you faith and your enthusiasm and welcomes you as a full time warrior."
Many cats rose to leave but sat back down when they saw that Soulstar had not yet finished. "None of you have yet discovered, but we have also had another apprentice pass her assessment. She has proven her strength and bravery and commitment to Starclan and they have given her the opportunity to have her warrior name.
For the first time Misthawk felt like a normal cat, she felt energy and excitement fill her pelt. "Mistpaw, please step forward! Do you Mistpaw promise to uphold the warrior code and protect the clan even at the cost of your life?"
Misthawk already knew that answer, she was living for not only the clan, but every cat out there. "I do!" she replied.
"Then from this day forward you shall be known as Misthawk, Starclan enters you as a full warrior and is excited for you."
Whispers of confusion echoed through the camp until someone started the welcoming, "Icepelt! Heatherfoot! Misthawk!" When they had finished Soulstar ended the meeting with announcing the arrival of Lillypetal's kits. "They have been named Shimmerkit and Shrubkit! One is a light gray she-cat, the other an orange tom!"
Soulstar jumped down from the tree as Misthawk thought to herself, Will I ever have kits? Blazeeyes trailed close behind his former apprentice on the way to the gathering.
SO…. Did you like it? Just to say I don't own some of the characters in this chapter (All rights go to Erin Hunter) It may possibly be a week or two till I update, but I am open to suggestions! Please review if you have anything to say! Thanks!
-Maroonheart