Shadow Ascension

By Catgirl the Crazy

Chapter 7: Questions and Council

Brambleclaw padded quietly over to his sister. "Tawnypelt," he mewed quietly, "Could I talk to you for a second? In private?"

She looked at him oddly, but agreed. When they were just out of earshot of the other cats, he quietly asked her, "Tawnypelt, before the Dark Shadows attacked your camp, did anyone mention having a strange dream last night?"

"What do you mean, strange dream?" she asked, eyeing him suspiciously. "Why do you ask?"

"Well," Brambleclaw shifted uncomfortably. "Last night I had a dream where Bluestar told me 'A terrible darkness' was coming. I think she meant the Dark Shadows. And," he continued, "I overheard Stormfur and Feathertail saying that Feathertail had had the same dream, except it was Crookedstar who spoke to her, not Bluestar."

A troubled look came into Tawnypelt's face. "This is very strange," she almost whispered. Brambleclaw had to lean over to hear her. "I had the exact same dream."

"Well, come on," Brambleclaw mewed heavily, "we need to tell Stormfur and Feathertail."

Tawnypelt looked wary. "Are you sure we can trust them? Two RiverClan cats?"

"They are half ThunderClan."

"That doesn't mean a thing. If I had to choose between fighting for ShadowClan and fighting for ThunderClan, I'd fight for ShadowClan. They're my Clan now."

Brambleclaw bristled for a moment, but then settled down. "I see your point," he mewed. "Who's to say I wouldn't do the same? But," he continued, "I overheard them talking about the dream earlier today, and they didn't know about it. I'm sure we can trust them."

Tawnypelt sighed. "Fine. Let's go." The brother and sister padded over to where Stormfur and Feathertail sat restlessly.

Feathertail gave Tawnypelt a wary look. "What'd you bring her here for?"

"Tawnypelt had the same dream as us," Brambleclaw replied steadily. "We can trust her."

"Now that we know our dreams aren't the result of too much freshkill," Tawnypelt mewed dryly, "What do you propose we do next?" None of them anything.

"I'm not sure," Stormfur replied finally. "I mean, there's no point in telling our leaders, because it's nothing they don't already know." There was nothing any of them could say to that.

"Well," Feathertail mewed slowly, "if one cat from RiverClan, ShadowClan and ThunderClan each have had the dream, it stands to reason that a cat from WindClan will have had it too."

Tawnypelt nodded. "Feathertail's right. I say we try to find out who."

Stormfur looked skeptical. "And how do you think we should do that? Go up to every WindClan cat and ask 'Did you have a strange dream last night?' You might wanna get your ears clawed off, but I don't."

Brambleclaw sighed. Stormfur had a good point. "Well then, I guess we'll have to wait for another sign from StarClan."

"But the Dark Shadows could've wiped us all out by then!" Feathertail protested.

"If you've got a better plan, I'd love to hear it!" Tawnypelt snapped.

Feathertail opened her mouth to reply, but a call from Leopardstar cut her off. Stormfur sighed. "We've got to head back to camp now," he mewed. "We'll let you know if anything else happens."

Brambleclaw nodded. "We'll do the same," he replied. Firestar summoned the clan to come back to camp a heartbeat later. "Come on," Brambleclaw mewed, "Let's head back to camp and tell Firestar your story."

A/N: Sorry for such a long update, I sort of had writer's block. Please review! You're reviews inspire me to keep writing. More reviewsfaster/more frequent updates.