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Archface walked slowly to Mother-tree, beside him was Greatbeak and Battlecry. He tried not to think of the reason he was here but it was hard, Scourgerain was dead, she had been struck down by Night, luckily his claws were white at the time. Sunpaw had tried to save her, but failed, now it was his turn to follow in her paw steps and become leader.
Archface walked up to the tree slowly, sap trickled from the hole on the side , sap he would have to lick. Not many warriors died during the battle, only millions of injuries. It was a do to Sunpaw that the there were little deaths, he had brought them to life.
He licked some of the sap and lay down as drowsiness overcame him. The only huge death, aside from Scourgerain, that Archface could think of was the death of Sharpetooth, Bloodclan`s deputy, a deep and hard blow for them.
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Archface found himself in a place surrounded by trees, a small pond jumping with fish was put in the middle. "Hello Archface, and welcome to the scared grounds of Ancientclan." Came a she cat voice.
"Mother?" Archface asked as the white cat, Iceflower stepped out. "Iceflower!" He cried happily.
"My son, with this life I give you forgiveness for your enemies, because with great enemies come great allies." She told him, pressing her face against his. He felt a calm sensation flow through him, it was not a good feeling but more of a hurt sensation.
Iceflower stepped back and a small black and white tom stepped forward, "Hello bro." Blackspot smiled. "With this life I give you wisdom, cause that`s smart in battle." He smiled stepping back after giving him his life.
A tiny pale she cat stepped forward, his sister, Dewkit, "I give you compassion, because it brings forgiveness."
The next cat surprised him, but he was semi pleased to see him doing fine. "With this life I give you will, will to live and will to survive." Fire gave him, "Ironic isn`t it?" He smiled with a cock of his head.
"Hello son, I give you the gift of time, time for friends and family." A dark tabby tom, named Gillfish, gave.
"I give you care, for injured and meek." Bluewater, the old medicine cat said.
A small black shape came from the shadows, and for an instant he thought that it was Scourgerain, but instead it was Scourge, the original. "With this life I give you understanding, don`t do the wrong thing."
Then Pigrain came, "I give you power, the power to well… the power of power." He stumbled.
Then finally Scourgerain appeared, as dignified as ever. "With this life I give you protection, you`ll know how to use it when the time comes." She smiled before whispering, "Take good care of our kits."
Archface stared at her in surprise as she slipped back into the crowd of nine. They cheered his new name joyfully, "Archrain, Archface, Archpaw, Archkit, Archface, Archrain!" They shouted loudly and Archrain felt himself blush.
*****
Archrain awoke with a jolt from his dream, he smiled happily as Greatbeak and Battlecry ran over to him. "Well Archface, what`d they say?" Battlecry asked in his high pitched voice.
"That`s Archrain now." Archrain stated sternly, and Greatbeak and Battlecry smiled, a new leader had just been appointed.
*****
It had been two days since Archface had become Archrain, and everything was going alright.
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He leapt up onto the Leaders-fence and Firestar jumped up beside him. "Cats from both clans please come together." Firestar yowled.
When both clans had gathered it was Archrain`s turn to speak, "Today, I have decided to appoint a new deputy and to make a new warrior." Archrain shouted. "Ratpaw, your time to become a warrior has been long past due."
Ratpaw smiled happily from Webtwine`s side and stood up, "Turtleshell, has Ratpaw shown to be loyal and humble to his elders?" He asked, Turtleshell nodded. "Then your warrior name will be Ratwing, in honor of the birds you have befriended." Archrain declared. As the crowd cheered she looked around, Raccoonmask was licking Moonpaw contently and everything was peaceful.
When the cheering died down he announced his new deputy, "Winterchill, will you accept position of being my deputy?" Archrain asked, the mute warrior stared in surprise but nodded his agreement.
Shock rippled through each clan, but Elementalpaw shouted "Winterchill, Winterchill." Which set off a chain reaction through the crowd. Archrain smiled and looked up to the sky, this was his clan, well and Firestar`s, but right now all that mattered was his clan.
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Well that was the end of The Truths, I will make a sequel called New Blood, and I hope you read it too. Here is a little preview.
25 moons after the truths…
A new prophecy threatens to tear the existence of the quarry clans, can they pull through, or will they be pulled apart? Find out in the sequel: New Blood
10 generations before the truths:
The life of the dictator Bristlerain, he wasn`t always evil, some things just happen, and in this case, everything happened to one cat in particular. Prequel: Reasons