"The time of revelation is almost here," Blazesummer began.
"Yes, in just a few days time, the path ahead will be clear," Jaybreeze added.
"Has anyone seen Winterlily?" Specklevine asked curiously. Both cats shook their heads, their own curiosity beginning to surface.
"I'll check with Featherlily, maybe she's seen Winterlily," Specklevine volunteered, fading into the mist.
"Meanwhile, I think it's time to reconnect the long lost clan," Jaybreeze meowed, also fading, until it was just Blazesummer left.
In a meadow filled with flowers, a beautiful white she-cat with a dappled coat and green eyes stood, waiting. Suddenly, a small tornado appeared in front of the she-cat, still, she stood her ground as the wind ruffled her fur. Moments later, the tornado dissolved, and in it's place was Jaybreeze.
"Greetings Mintdapple," Jaybreeze greeted warmly.
"Jaybreeze," Mintdapple replied, her body tense. "It's been a while, what do you want?"
"Mintdapple, I haven't been in Willowclan's hunting grounds for moons, and all you have to say is 'what do you want?'"
"I'm sorry, but you abandoned us in a time of need. You let the other clans exile us!"
"I'm sorry we abandoned you, but know that hope is on the way."
"What do you mean?" Mintdapple asked curiously.
"When light joins dark, the elements will come together, four will become eight and willow will save the clans." Jaybreeze whispered.
"Four will become eight? The elements will come together? Willow will save the clans? What kind of nonsense are you talking about now Jaybreeze?" Mintdapple demanded.
"Just trust in your ancestors..." Jaybreeze murmured, fading.
"It's hard to trust cats who abandoned you in a time of need!" Mintdapple yowled to the starry sky.
"No, don't hurt us!" Swamppaw yowled as he thrashed wildly in Bone's jaws.
"Swamppaw please, be quiet," Ebonyshine soothed as the cats were all herded out of the den.
"Shut up, all of you!" Scourge yowled. Panting and gasping for breath, all cats were thrown into the clearing while the cats of Bloodclan circled them like vultures.
"What do we do?" Ambercloud whispered fearfully. Skyshadow closed his eyes and imagined what would happen if he raked his claws down Bone's belly.
"Owww!" Bone shrieked. Opening his eyes Skyshadow saw that, much to everyone's shock, Bone was indeed bleeding and it looked as though claws had actully been ranked across his belly. However, when Skyshadow looked back at his friends, he saw none of them had moved. Did I just do that? He wondered.
"Who dare attack my deputy?!" Scourge demanded. Ebonyshine looked at Mistblossom, who looked at Swamppaw, who looked at someone else. No cat spoke.
"Well?" Scourge asked, "no one?" He paused for a moment, in which everyone stayed where they were.
"So be it. Bloodclan, attack!" Scourge cried.
"What do we do?" Ambercloud yowled, again.
"Attack, mouse-brain!" Nightsky spat back. Leaping into battle, Skyshadow pounced on Scarlette and started clawing clumps of her belly fur. Yowling in pain, Scarlette tried to push him off, but Skyshadow hung on to her. Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Spera charging at him. Still clinging onto Scarlette, he imagined Spera getting kicked in the face. Sure enough, there was a yowl from Spera and while she lay, dumbfounded on the ground, Ebonyshine came over and took over.
"Swamppaw! Help!" Flintpaw screeched. Whirling around, Swamppaw saw that his sister was being cornered by Bone and Nix.
"No, get away from her!" Swamppaw yowled, knocking Bone off his paws, but it was futile, for that only landed him right next to Flintpaw. Flattening their ears, the two apprentices crouched down while the Bloodclan warriors came closer. Please don't let them hurt us, the two prayed, closing their eyes. Two yowls were heard and Mistblossom opened her mouth in shock. The two apprentices were standing close together with their eyes closed, and it seemed they had created some sort of force field. It was violet colored and surrounded the pair, shielding them from the two warriors. The two toms tried to push through it, but as soon as their paws made contact with the shield, an electric force shocked them and pushed them back.
"Help!" Nightsky shrieked, shaking everybody out of their trance. Flintpaw and Swamppaw opened their eyes and the force field broke. Mistblossom lept forward to help, but there was no need, for Jaymint and Ebonyshine were already halfway to the apprentices. Turning the other way, she saw Skyshadow and Ambercloud helping Nightsky fight Spera, Scarlette, Kage and Marmalade. However, next thing she knew, Primula had knocked her to the ground and went she began to see red, she knew the she-cat had clawed her ear.
"Mistblossom! No!" Swamppaw, yes Swamppaw, rushed over to the injured she-cat's side and began clawing at Primula's chest.
"We have to get out of here before more come," Nightsky yowled. With a couple final blows to their attackers, the cats sprang to the gorse tunnel.
"Help!" Ambercloud's scream brought them all to a halt. Scourge had the young Shadeclan warrior pinned to the ground, his sharp claws on her throat.
"One more step and your friend gets it," he threatened.
"Ambercloud!" Nightsky screamed, stepping forward.
"Enough!" Scourge hissed, his icy glare giving Nightsky chills. "Say goodbye to your friend!" He laughed.
"Stop!" Aquila snapped, marching out from a bush to the left of the clearing. "Scourge, this has gone on long enough, and I will not let you kill this innocent she-cat simply because you are cold-hearted!"
"How dare you speak to me like that!" Scourge roared, jumping to stand in front of the tom.
"I dare. I used to live here, then you took over. Now it's time for me to get even." With a yowl of outrage, Scourge lept on Aquila.
"Run!" Aquila managed to whispered as Scourge attacked him. The traveling cats didn't need to be told twice as the bolted out of the forest, not stopping until they reached a thunder path.
"It took you long enough," Featherlily muttered as they all stopped at the thunder path, and as Flintpaw noticed, her eyes became red as fire when she saw Mistblossom.
"Let's continued, we've got some ground to make up," Featherlily informed them briskly.
"No," Swamppaw meowed, standing in front of Featherlily.
"No?!" The she-cat repeated in disbelief.
"We've got wounds that need to be checked by Nightsky and we just got out of battle," he took another step so he was nose-to-nose with Featherlily.
"We're making a camp and staying the night," he told her.
"But-"
"Perhaps you didn't hear me? We're staying," Swamppaw repeated, ending the conversation. Featherlily hissed in annoyance, but didn't argue. Instead, she sat back as the cats made camp and got looked over by Nightsky, her eyes burning with hatred.
Wow, this plot is getting good. This is the second to last chapter, just saying, and the next chapter will probably be shorter. Don't worry though, I'm making a sequel that I'll explain next chapter. So if you want to submit a cat for Willowclan, last call, and since next chapter is my last one, if anyone has any questions for me (how I developed the characters, etc) about the book, write in the reviews and I'll respond to the best of my ability's in the next chapter. Until the last chapter- Mallowbloom