Warriors Sky Of Dreams
Chapter 24
"Where are they?" Brindlestar growled. Splashheart, Swiftleap and Chestfall had disappeared and no cat could find them.
"I'll go check the dirtplace, again," Wolfheart replied. He had been the first to find out that his brothers and sister were missing, he had seen them leave the camp but not return.
"My poor kits, what happens if they have been attacked by a Duskclan patrol?" Lightwhisker fretted. Wolfheart shuddered at the thought of losing more of his family to the paws of Duskclan.
"We will find them, I promise," Sagewillow's reassuring meow comforted Lightwhisker, while the rest of the clan searched for the missing warriors. Wolfheart searched and sniffed for them in the dirtplace but they weren't anywhere.
"They're not in here," Wolfheart called to Brindlestar, she lowered her head and quickly shot it up.
"Wolfheart, Sagewillow and Birchthorn come with me; we are going to search our territory!" Brindlestar demanded. All three cats ran to her side, Sagewillow left Lightwhisker with Ashclaw to make sure she didn't trying anything to rash. He nodded at the ginger she-cat before following Brindlestar out of the camp.
"I can smell their scent this way," Birchthorn hinted, lifting his paw and pointing where their scent lingered.
"That's headed towards the Moonstream," Sagewillow added, she faced the ground signalling she was lost in thought.
"Well then that's where we're headed," Brindlestar ordered. She looked at each warrior and landed her gaze on Wolfheart, before turning away and pelting off toward the Moonstream. They all followed her. Brindlestar suddenly stopped dead in her tracks.
"What's wrong?" Wolfheart asked his leader. She looked at them with a look of horror in her amber eyes.
"The stream… The stream is black," Brindlestar echoed. All three of the warriors looked at the Moonstream. Brindlestar was right, the once clear gushing water was now black as night.
"What are we going to do now?" Sagewillow asked horrified.
"I am going to speak with our ancestors… If I can," Brindlestar replied sternly, the three warriors nodded at her.
"What do you want us to do?" Wolfheart questioned the she-cat.
"You are going to come with me, you two are going to keep a look-out," Brindlestar advised. Wolfheart stared at her in dismay, while Birchthorn and Sagewillow just nodded in agreement.
"Why am I going?" Wolfheart screeched. Brindlestar stared at him with a questioning gaze.
"They are your family, right?" Brindlestar wondered. Wolfheart gulped down a huge rock-feeling in his throat and leaned down to touch the streams edge. The water was tangy and sour as if it had been poisoned, all around him went black and for a moment he thought he wasn't going to be able to wake up. He would just be stuck in nothing forever…until he saw Brindlestar appear beside him. They stared blankly at each other and then dropped suddenly onto a hard charcoal surface.
"Where are we?" Wolfheart meowed shakily.
"I believe this is the Dark Forest," Brindlestar shuddered. Wolfheart paced around in a circle staring above him, the trees seemed to go on forever and the bark at the bottom of them had been stripped off by many claw marks. The ground below him was stained black with a few tufts of dead grass poking through.
"How could any cat live here?" Wolfheart suppressed a shiver even though the air was cool and dense.
"We should try and find them before it's too late," Brindlestar admitted, breathing a fake sigh of relief. Wolfheart knew that he wouldn't be relieved until he was out of this dreadful place and away from the one cat he despised.
"I believe it's already too late…" A menacing voice sounded from in front of Brindlestar and she jumped back in surprise.
"Who's there?" She growled. Wolfheart could tell she was trying her hardest to not seem weak.
"Why do you have to know me? It's not as if you're going to survive to tell anyone about me," The voice chuckled.
"Tell me your name!" Brindlestar spat. The voice turned into a deep growl. Moments later a transparent cat shot out of the shadows and landed squarely on Brindlestar's shoulder's, it easily held her down as she scrambled beneath its great force. Wolfheart ran toward her to try and help but he stopped midway feeling a deep satisfaction at seeing her helpless beneath a cat that could easily kill her.
"How does it feel?" He growled, The cat above her stared at him in surprise and Brindlestar looked at him with deep horror filling her gaze.
"What are you doing?" Brindlestar shrieked, the cat above her held its grip tighter in her neck and began to dig its claws into her flesh, bright red blood gushed out of her neck. Wolfheart didn't bother to help her, instead he sat and watched as his leader died slowly. He stood up and padded over to her, he leaned close to her ear and began to whisper something to her.
"Now you know how Springpaw would have felt, helpless beneath a huge mass of weight that she couldn't escape from, dying slowly as blood gushed out of her and guess what? It's your fault again Brindlestar, it's your fault that we are here and it's your fault that you're dying," Wolfheart criticized his leader as if she was a piece of prey that was about to be eaten. She stared at him, her helpless gaze beginning to cloud and her mouth began to ooze blood as well as her throat. Suddenly her figure began to cloud up and disappear proving she was losing a life
"Why did you do that?" The transparent cat asked him while cleaning its paws that were covered with Brindlestar's blood; Wolfheart felt a deep satisfaction as he watched the blood of his leader drip down the cats arm and onto the ground landing in the pool that was already surrounding where Brindlestar had lay.
"I don't have to explain myself to you!" Wolfheart growled. The figure shrugged and bounded off back the way it had come from. Wolfheart sat for a bit and stared at the pool of blood that lay beneath his paws, his lip twitched in a half smile before he blinked a few times to wake up, his brothers and sister forgotten.
"Brindlestar, are you alright?" Wolfheart heard Birchthorn's petrified meow as he slowly woke up, he looked at his leader who had filled the Moonstream with blood causing it to turn red.
"Wolfheart, what happened to her?" Sagewillow shrieked. Wolfheart suppressed a smile before he explained what had happened to their leader.
"It was horrible! I fell a little behind because I thought I heard Swiftleap but when I went to find Brindlestar, all I found was a pool of blood," Wolfheart lied. He turned around and looked at his leader who was attempting to stand up but she was paralysed by fear for what had happened, she looked at him with panic-stricken eyes and her whole body was shaking.
"Are you sure that's what happened? Brindlestar is pretty shaken up" Birchthorn fretted, Brindlestar tried to reply but she was too exhausted to protest
"I don't why she is so shaken up," Wolfheart lied again, this time he managed to smile at Brindlestar who stared at him in shock. She collapsed onto Birchthorn who caught her on his side.
"Oh well, we won't know until she is strong enough to speak but for now I think we should take her back to Swamppaw," Birchthorn advised. Sagewillow and Wolfheart nodded their agreement.
"I'll take her," Wolfheart added. Birchthorn nodded and paced ahead so he was in line with Sagewillow.
"You tell them what actually happened and I will personally end you," Wolfheart threatened his leader. She looked at him with drowsy eyes and then collapsed on his side so that she flopped to the ground. Wolfheart rolled his eyes and picked her up so that she was resting on his back.
I'm not the bad guy here. Wolfheart reassured himself but deep down he also doubted himself, he had just watched a life be taken from his leader and he did nothing to stop it.
Hi, Lightwhisker here, this is the last chapter in my third book! My next book is called 'Warriors Escape From The Dark' so keep a look out ;3.