Attempting to interpret a prophecy
Like wow, I wasn't expecting zero responses on A03 for last chapter. Well that was depressing. Thanks to all the people who reviewed over on fanfiction though.
I'd still like to see ideas if anyone has anything! I've gotten a lot of good stuff so far.
Also I realized how much I hate Fanfictions way of editing a chapter. You made a mistake and have to fix it? Go to Doc Manager, find the chapter, fix it, go to Manage Stories, go to your fic, and finally update the chapter. I can't just edit it right away? Super annoying.
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"We need to talk."
Jayfeather and Lionblaze waited for Dovewing to bring over Ivypool outside of camp. Lionblaze and Dovewing were surprised by the sheer urgency in his voice, but complied anyway. Something really spooked Jayfeather, and if Jayfeather thinks it's something urgent to talk about, it was better for them to quickly convene and get everything out there.
Dovewing pushed herself through the undergrowth, Ivypool in tow. Ivypool also had a startled look on her face. "I've got bad news if anyone wants to hear it," she grumbled.
"So who goes first?" Lionblaze asked.
Jayfeather shrugged. "Whoever has the least worst news I suppose, and I doubt you have something as bad as what I've got to say."
She cringed. "Maybe you'll change my mind when you hear what I've got to say."
"Well don't leave us in the dark; what's wrong? Tigerstar planning something big again?" Lionblaze meowed.
She flicked an ear. "Something like that."
"When doesn't Tigerstar have a big plan?" Jayfeather rolled his eyes.
Ivypool had a sour look on her face. "He's been bringing cats to the crash site. That stone that turned Firestar into what he is now? Tigerstar's looking for more. He and the other Dark Forest cats seemed pretty excited at the prospect of turning into the same thing Firestar turned into."
The other three cats gave shocked hisses. "But if Tigerstar gets his paws on a stone like Firestars, there's no telling what he could do!" Dovewing fretted.
Ivypool shook her head. "Thankfully it seems as though there aren't more stones. At least, not on the outside. If there are any more, they've theorized that they're all inside the big rock."
"Which they have no means of breaking it open," Lionblaze chortled. "Doesn't sound like anything we need to worry about."
Jayfeather contemplated his brother's words. There would be nothing to worry about until Tigerstar actually found another stone to give him wings and scales like Firestar, and then they would be in real trouble. "Even so, you should keep on the lookout and alert us if they come close to even remotely finding anything," he meowed, giving a grimace.
"You really think this is something to worry about?" Lionblaze asked his brother.
"Do you fancy the possibility of Tigerstar ending up like Firestar?" Lionblaze thought about it, and he gave a shake of his head, not sure if he wanted to test his invincibility against something like that.
"Thought so."
Dovewing gave a swish of her fluffy tail. "So what news do you have to share Jayfeather, that's so much worse than what Ivypool just told us?" she gave a shaky meow. Tigerstar trying to find ultimate power was pretty bad in her opinion. So if Jayfeather believed he had worse news...
Jayfeather shifted on his paws, trying to get comfortable. "I had a dream." He paused, remembering the events in his head clearly, and it wasn't something he liked remembering. "I was onto of a hill overlooking the lake. Everything around me was set ablaze. I could see dark shadows of cats running away from the fire, but I couldn't get a good look at who they actually were though," he admitted.
"Dark shadows of cats..." Lionblaze contemplated. "Maybe the Dark Forest?"
Jayfeather gave a shrug. "Maybe. Could be. They could have also been clan cats for all I know. It was in the lake territory."
Ivypool gestured for him to continue. "That was when I received a prophecy," he closed his eyes, remembering it word for word. The other cats gave him startled looks.
"Another prophecy?" Dovewing gave a dismayed whisper.
"We still haven't found the Fourth either!" Lionblaze exclaimed.
Ivypool just gave an enraged hiss, not wanting more to deal with on top of the Dark Forest.
"Are you guys going to let me finish this or are we going to be here all day?" Jayfeather grumbled. They quieted down, and he took it as a signal to continue. "When the leaf falls from the tree and withers, the King's flame shall be unleashed in full."
They were silent, trying to figure out what it meant. "The King's flame? What does that mean? And what's a king?" Lionblaze asked agitated.
"I have no idea, why are you asking me? I can't even locate the Fourth, what makes you think I know anything about this prophecy in particular?"
"When the leaf falls from the tree and withers..." Dovewing flicked her tail. "Maybe this 'flame' will be unleashed after leaf-fall, during leafbare?" she asked hesitantly.
"When the leaf falls. Sounds like that could be what it means," Ivypool agreed.
"Well, the prophecy wasn't the worse part of the dream," Jayfeather meowed. They all gave him grimaces, though he couldn't see them.
"How could this get possibly worse?" Lionblaze said sarcastically.
"I felt vibrations in the ground. Very powerful vibrations, like something big was walking up to me. I turned around and I saw..." He trembled suddenly, the other giving him concerned looks. He swallowed, this particular part of the dream being the most vivid. "I saw a creature. It was huge, towering over the tallest trees of all the clan territories. It gave the fiercest roar I've ever heard. It was angry, but also it sounded like it was triumphant over something. Then it saw me and brought its claws down on me like I was a bug."
They gaped at him. "Okay, so we have a prophecy and a gigantic creature on top of that. How are we supposed to fight something like that?" Lionblaze said perplexed.
"Maybe we're not supposed to fight it. Maybe it's our destiny to get squashed like Jayfeather did," Ivypool meowed plainly.
"That wasn't even the worst part of the dream," Jayfeather interjected.
"It gets worse?!" they all yelped in unison.
"The creature had four wings, two curved horns on top of its head, a spiked tail with three sharp looking spikes on the tip, huge claws, black scales that looked as if there were ginger underneath, red eyes, and a red looking dot in the middle of its chest. So, who am I describing?"
"Firestar?" Dovewing gave an anguished whisper. "That's not funny Jayfeather. Are you telling us Firestar will destroy us all?"
"I said nothing of the sort! How could you think he would try to kill us?" Jayfeather snapped at her.
"You said his roar sounded angry, but triumphant. Maybe he was getting rid of cats that angered him somehow?" Ivypool said uncertainly.
"What, like maybe he was defeating the Dark Forest or something?" Lionblaze pondered.
"I don't know. It was just something that I thought should be shared with you all." They all looked down, silent, trying to reflect on what was said this day.
Finally, Dovewing looked up. "Are we going to tell Firestar?"
"Absolutely not," Jayfeather said immediately. "He freaked out when Brambleclaw and I told him that he was ready to tear us all apart the night he changed and accidentally spat out a fireball in his despair. Then he told us to stay away from him after that. If he had a bad reaction to being told that, how do you think he'll react when we tell him that he may be the destruction of the clans? Or the fact that he becomes something that's not even a cat?"
"So, we should tell him nothing?" Lionblaze questioned him.
Jayfeather turned his sightless eyes onto Ivypool. "Maybe tell him about what Tigerstar and the Dark Forest are up to, but not one word about the dream. He doesn't need to know that."
She gave him a nod. "If we're done here..." She waved her tail at them and padded off back to camp, Dovewing following him. Lionblaze moved to follow, but looked back at Jayfeather, who was walking away in the opposite direction.
"Where are you going?"
"Going to collect some herbs for the store. Starclan knows we'll need all we can get." Lionblaze nodded, satisfied with his answer and disappeared into the undergrowth. Jayfeather gave a drawn out sigh, wondering if he should have told Lionblaze that he was only collecting herbs to get his mind off the dream.
The very thought of Firestar being the one to cause so much destruction left him rattled.
No Dragon Firestar this chapter either... sorry ;-; He'll more than likely show up next chapter though.
I realized that no one in Warriors is actually good in interpreting prophecies and dreams. "Leaf falls and withers? Must be talking about leaf-bare!" Meanwhile us readers are just like... you all for real right now? It's obviously (insert correct answer here)!
I've got more ideas for my AU Dump, but wow for the first time I'm having difficulty writing them out. :P I wrote like two sentences and decided that I hated where it was going lol.
Tell me how I did.