Chapter #25 The Ghost -

Flowerpaw bounded around in the snow. Her pretty face mrrowing with amusement. When tired, she sat down on what grass was able to been seen, and curled her tail around her paws. The snow stopped falling but clouds still hung around, so it would probably snow later. The brown apprentice licked her paw, and out of the corner of her eye she saw Creampaw. Her white face happy with delight.

"Flowerpaw, Flowerpaw!"

"What?"

"I have wonderful news!"

"Go on.." Said the brown she-cat, continuing to lick her paws.

"I think you guys are going to be made into warriors after the gathering!"

"Really?" Flowerpaw jumped up.

"Yeah, I heard Cloudtail and Brightheart talking about it!"

"I must tell my brothers and sisters! Come on!"

The two apprentices bounded away back to their den to awake the others.

"Mousefur, Blackrose, Flowerpaw, Luxpaw, Stormpaw, Dewpaw, Fogpaw, Thornclaw, Cloudtail, Brackenfur, Goldenflower, and Brightheart." Firestar picked for the gathering.

Buckpaw, Creampaw, Acornpaw and Cottonpaw said good-bye to their companions. As they left for what was left of Four-Trees, each moon the trees got a little bigger, like StarClan was helping them grow. After bounding through the snow Firestar leaped upon the rock and started talking to Onestar. Fogpaw looked for her mother whose gaze was at her paws, under the shadows of some hawthorn. She was talking to Crowfeather of WindClan. Fogpaw walked over to Dewpaw who was alone.

"Dewpaw, what's wrong." The gray tom was also looking at his paws.

"The other cats keep looking at me weird and I don't know why..."

"I've noticed that too. Let's go ask mother."

They both got up and padded over to the two smoky gray cats. They looked almost the same.

"Mother? What is wrong with us?" Fogpaw pleaded.

"Look into each others eyes..." She sighed.

Dewpaw shrugged and looked into his sister's eyes and gasped. Instead of the bright blue eyes that sparked with delight, they were a deep blood red.

Fogpaw looked into her brother's normally green eyes which seemed to turn a bright red.

"Mother, what does it mean?"

"Cedarheart, he wants us to join ShadowClan."

"Who's Cedarheart."

"My father."

"But isn't Rainwhisk--"

"No, Cedarheart is Blackrose's and my father. He wants us to join his old clan, to keep on the Cedarheart tradition or some shit like that." Crowfeather explained.

"Like Tigerstar."

"Sorta." The dark queen thought.

Suddenly ShadowClan came over. Their mass of bodies was frighting. Blackstar leaped upon the great rock and Littlecloud followed.

"Where is Blackrose, Crowfeather, Fogpaw, and Dewpaw?" Littlecloud asked.

The crowds of cats looked upon the four.

"We had a sign from Cedarheart's ghost. You belong in ShadowClan. He said he scared those with red eyes."

They looked up, all with bright red pools of eyes.

Blackstar turned to Firestar and Onestar.

"They are with us now. StarClan has spoken."

Mintfoot ran to the others and some others of ShadowClan lead them back to camp.

"Mother, I'm scared."

"Don't listen to them." Crowfeather said as he slashed his claw out at a warrior, who bit his fangs ito his flank.

"We cannot kill you, but we can can hurt you."

Crowfeather did what Blackrose did in a dream and his wound healed to it's best ability.

"Ha!"

"Shit!" Mintfoot screamed asw the blood flowed back into his veins.

A yowl of cats came from the west. Leopardstar leaped upon the great rock. "What did we miss?"