Shaded Twilight
Summary
Stormpaw is a young medicine cat apprentice of SnowClan, but the young she-cat feels like an outcast in her own Clan. And when SnowClan's deputy, a cruel and heartless she-cat named Cinderfrost, exiles both Stormpaw and her mentor, Nightsong, without any reason whatsoever, Stormpaw and Nightsong flee to MoonClan for safety.
Escape To MoonClan
As we kept on walking to the borders of MoonClan, I sighed and leaned up against Spottedkit. I wanted some of her warmth. There's a heavy wind. It comes through strong, even with the trees keeping it at bay. The night was cold and my teeth were chattering.
When we finally reached the borders of MoonClan's territory, we all stopped and opened our jaws to scent the area. We didn't want to be attacked by any MoonClan cats or any other Clan cats for that matter, we just wanted to find a safe place to stay.
"Nightsong, are you sure this is a good idea? We are going to be in so much trouble if we get caught by a MoonClan patrol." I meowed, staring up at my mentor with nervous amber eyes. Nightsong was about to open her mouth to say something, but someone else beet her to it.
"What do we do if MoonClan's leader doesn't let us stay?" Spottedpaw meowed, staring nerviously up at Nightsong, who just flicked her tail and gave a soft sigh.
"I don't know Spottedpaw, I really don't know. I just hope Shatteredstar will let us stay, if she doesn't, then we must ask one of the other Clan's." Nightsong meowed, flicking her tail and staring into the thicket of dark trees.
"Will we have to cross the Thunderpath to get to MoonClan's territory?" I meowed, gulping nervously as I stared down at my paws. Nightsong nodded and brushed her tail over my shoulder comfortingly as we slowly made our way across the Thunderpath.
Once we had all sadly crossed to the other side of the Thunderpath, the 8 of us slowly made our way through the fern tunnel that served as the entrance to MoonClan's camp. But before we could take another pawstep forward, we were stopped by two ThunderClan warriors.
"Hay! What are a group of SnowClan cats doing on MoonClan territory?" A black she-cat hissed, her green eyes narrowing into slits as she flexed her claws, ready to fight if need be.
"We want to speak with Shatteredstar." I meowed, raising my head and staring directly at the black she-cat, who nodded, and lead the way to Shatteredstar's den. Surprisingly, the older black and white molly was awake and was quietly talking with two cats.
"Shatteredstar, sorry to interrupt but you have visitors." The black she-cat meowed, ducking her head to Shatteredstar, who simply nodded her head. My eyes landed on the two other cats, one was a ginger-furred tomcat with wide emerald green eyes, and the other cat was a pretty dark tortoiseshell molly with kind amber eyes.
"Thank you Moonflower." Shatteredstar meowed, nodding her head to the black she-cat, who now had a name to match the face. Moonflower was a fitting name for her, it suited her well.
"Hello young ones, why have you come here?" Shatteredstar inquired, tilting her head to the side in curiosity and flicking her ears.
"Well, you see... It's kind of a long story, Shatteredstar." Meowed Nightsong, digging her paws into the dirt and flicking her tail back and forth as she looked up at the MoonClan leader.
"Go on, we have time." The MoonClan leader meowed, nodding her head for Nightsong to continue speaking.
The story took a few hours to tell and by the time Nightsong had finished explaining everything that had happened not only a few hours earlier, the MoonClan leader's eyes narrowed into slits and she lashed her tail angrily.
"WHAT? Only the Clan leader has control over things like that! Was Brightstar there when this was all taking place?" Shatteredstar asked, and we all shook our heads. Shatteredstar sighed and began to pace in circles, her tail still lashing and her amber eyes were as cold as steel.
"All cats old enough to catch their own pray gather here beneath the Highrock for a Clan meeting." Came Shatteredstar's yowl from the Highrock, we all stood to our paws and made our way outside.
"Cats of MoonClan, it has just been brought to my immediate attention that these SnowClan cats have left their Clan due to one the apprentaces being banished by SnowClan's deputy." Shatteredstar meowed, and yowls of outrage rang out and some of the MoonClan cats turned to stare at us with Sympathetic gazes.
"Does Cinderfrost have bees in her brain? Why in the name of StarClan would she banish a newly named apprentice?" Moonflower yowled, lashing her tail and narrowing her eyes.
"Yes, our mother has bees in her brain. She's a crazy and power-hungry she-cat who has a grudge against young Stormpaw, and for no apparent reason whatsoever. Stormpaw and her mentor, Nightsong, were both banished from SnowClan." Mistyfeather meowed, turning to look at both me and Nightsong as she spoke.
"Nightsong was SnowClan's only medicine cat, and Stormpaw is her apprentice." Rosepetal chimed in, flicking her tail at me and Nightsong.
"Cinderfrost made a HUGE mistake, now they don't have a medicine cat to heal their wounds." Another MoonClan cat yowled, I turned and stared at Nightsong with a horrified expression on my face, whoever that MoonClan cat was, they were right, SnowClan no longer has a medicine cat.
"These poor SnowClan cats have traveled for long enough, these cats will stay here MoonClan where they will be safe and well cared for." Shatteredstar meowed, and all of the MoonClan cats began cheering in excitement and with those final words, Shatteredstar ended the meeting and leapt down from the Highrock.