Chapter 21: One against Two Clans
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The sky was filled with bright stars that night. It made Darkpaw feel as if Starclan was watching down on her clan. She wished that they would forgive her clan for destroying Swiftclan. She glanced at Swiftkit who was running around with Thunderpaw. His orange pelt was glowing like fire while her younger sister was chasing after the very young tom. The young kit was now her adopted nephew…she just hoped the tom would understand and forgive her sister when he finds out that they had killed all his clan members. She looked away from the two kits and glanced at Echostar who was sitting on the high rocks with her head high, it was finally the day for the gathering.
"All of you. Tonight we shall be happy and proud that we have destroyed Swiftclan. We will not be sad or guilty for killing off the clan. If any of the other cats ask or insult, ignore them and raise your head high in the air. I will be choosing Rainmist, Whitefire, Bolttail, Snowpaw, Darkpaw, Bladepaw, Barkstalker, Ravenflight and last but not least Snake."
Darkpaw felt the familiar bushy fur brushing against her. She purred as she noticed it was Greytalon,
"Too bad you're not coming with me. I wish you were coming."
"Same. Be careful and don't get into trouble."
Darkpaw smiled as she begin to dash across the new territory with her other team members. Barkstalker had told her that they would be getting to the gathering quite soon because Swiftclan territory was very close to the gathering spot. She noticed that her deputy was running side by side with her,
"Hello Barkstalker. You seemed worried, what is it?"
Darkpaw asked as she noticed how her mentor was frowning. He looked back at her and meowed,
"You and Snowpaw will be becoming warriors very soon…less than a moon now."
"I'm very excited to get my warrior name! I promise you Barkstalker, I will be the strongest out of all the clans. Mark my words for it. You won't be disappointed!"
"I know I won't…it's just that…Darkpaw, I have a promise for you to keep."
"Oh…ok, sure. Tell me."
"Promise me you won't try to kill off cats just for the fun of it, the most powerful cats turn out to be vicious monsters that are sent to the Dark forest. And…tell Snowpaw that I love her."
Darkpaw narrowed her eyes when she noticed her mentor saying this. She didn't react or say something however for she knew her mentor didn't want her to argue with him.
"You keep those words to yourself. The moment I leave, tell her that."
Darkpaw only nodded in response to her mentor who quickly took in more speed and begin to run side by side with Echostar. She only hoped that her mentor knew what he was doing.
"Darkpaw, what did my father tell you? You seemed a bit frustrated."
The black she cat noticed Snowpaw who was running next to her, her blue eyes glowing.
"It's nothing much. He just told me not to harm Dark again like that."
"Oh. Well I have to admit you did hurt him quite bad…but have you noticed something strange about him?"
"Strange? Of course he's strange. He's a rouge."
"No…not that. Don't you notice he's been glancing and staring at you ever since…well, he got to the clan?"
"I did…I just noticed it this morning."
"Huh?"
"He admitted that he had feelings for me. I don't know how to react to him…he's a rogue for star clan's sake! I'm in love with Greytalon."
"Who's in Frozenclan and now is a prisoner to Stoneclan."
Snowpaw added to her friend's sentence which Darkclaw made an annoyed look. She giggled,
"What? It's true."
The gathering was busy and Darkpaw noticed the murmuring cats that surrounded her clan. Whenever she took a step forward the cats would take a step back to get away from her. Her ears flatten, were they afraid of them now? Icestar seemed to be the only one who was brave enough to shout at Echostar,
"I noticed Breezestar is late…he was always the first one to come to the gathering. My warriors have been smelling blood and Stoneclan scent in Swiftclan territory. What have you done to the clan and my son?!"
Echostar only smirked while the other cats were hissing at her to stay back. Snake and Ravenflight hissed back at the cats, making them whimper in fright. Echostar turned to face the two leaders that stared at her with shock eyes that were afraid to know the truth,
"Well…seems like your warriors are afraid of my clan now…I knew your clans had nothing but cowards."
"Answer my question, fox dung!"
Icestar yowled at Echostar who only looked back at him uninterested. Seastar was trying her best not to tremble in front of the insane Stoneclan leader.
"I killed them. Every. Single. One of them."
Echostar meowed calmly with an ugly grin. Seastar's bright green eyes widen and yowled,
"This is insane! You are a monster! You went against the warrior-!"
"Shut up. I am sick of the warrior code…while you mouse brains listen to the warrior code I have found something else. You NEVER listen to the warrior code...unless you want to see your clan starve!"
"Do your warriors agree with this?!"
Echostar smirked as she nodded towards Rainmist who stood her ground,
"My most trusted warrior Rainmist, you may speak your opinions about my techniques."
Rainmist got to the high rock to see all of the cats' faces. Not too far she noticed Amurtail who was frowning and shaking his head in disbelief. She frowned and wanted to tell him that she never liked the idea of killing off Swiftclan but she meowed,
"I thought it was a great idea. We received more food and shelter for our warriors. We are now strong and healthy from the food, if we had listen to the warrior code…we would have all been dead."
There were yowls of arguments that were shot at Rainmist but Echostar gently pushed her away and yowled at the top of her voice,
"You have heard my warrior! Our clan is stronger than any of you two! And now…any of your clans that try to destroy us…we'll destroy you first!"
Seastar hissed at Echostar,
"Easily said than done! You try harming any of our clans…you'll get what you deserved a long time ago! We'll destroy your clan for the rights of Swiftclan!"
Icestar chinned in with his claws flexing dangerously,
"I'll like to see your throat being ripped to pieces…and this time Breezestar won't be risking his lives to save your little pathetic life!"
"I would like to see you try,"
A cold voice meowed calmly at the tom. All the cats turned their attention to Ravenflight who only smirked,
"You think you're the only cat who knows how to fight? Well you got me to deal with to even think on destroying my clan. I might have hated my clan…but after getting power, I think I might as well enjoy killing off some of your warriors. I enjoyed killing off the weak Swiftclan cats and admit it Icestar, you are happy that Breezestar is dead. Don't act that you're a pair of good paws in front of your clan. Admit the truth."
Icestar hissed at the black tom who only smirked back at him, amused at the sight of the angry leader.
"You make me sick."
Icestar spat at the black tom.
"Meeting dismissed!"
Seastar hissed as the Waveclan cats and Frozenclan cats were beginning to disappear out of sight. Rainmist quickly got up to Amurtail who glanced at Rainmist with a sad gaze,
"It's over now…we can't be together no matter how much we want it to be."
"Amurtail…please! What I said earlier wasn't true…I never wanted to kill off Swiftclan! Please just don't-!"
"I'm not angry about that. It's my fault. I should have just treated you like a normal Stoneclan cat. Because of me we've grown attached like this. Forgive me Rainmist."
"I love you no matter what Amur! Just be with me!"
"We're in a war now!"
Rainmist couldn't help but let the tears that she was holding back pour down her cheeks. Amurtail also begin to cry but he didn't sniffle, he padded slowly after his clan members, his head down and depressed. He was gone, forever now.
"So you were in love with him."
Rainmist turned and noticed Bolttail frowning with narrow slits of amber eyes. He looked away quickly from Rainmist who opened her mouth to explain but he interrupted,
"No, don't talk. First it was Foxstrike…now it's a Waveclan bastard!"
"Bolttail, please! Don't tell this to anyone, I'm begging you!"
"Fine…meet me in the near the Frozenclan territory tomorrow night…we'll talk about this."
"Ok, but if I do you promise you'll never tell anyone about him?!"
"A promise is a promise."
"Thank you so much Bolttail!"