Yeah, I know that I'm writing really fast. Do you like the name Skychaser? It's not my favorite name, but who cares?
Chapter 8, life or death
Starshine shone silently down on the earth. It was silent in the stars, and only a small group of cats sat in the empty space, their coats dappled with white light. A low call of a distant owl made a blue furred cat open her eyes.
"The time has come," she mewed softly.
Eyelids opened in one swift movement. Like shadows they moved silently into a circle.
The blue furred cat peered into the empty spot inside the circle. The blurry outline of a cat was coming closer. Soon it lay in the empty space.
It was a small black cat. She lay on her side, with her eyes closed. She did not breath, and her heart was as still as ice.
The blue furred cat raised her head and addressed all the cats.
"We are gathered here tonight for the one dead, Shadowpaw. She was an unique cat, and her Clan will grieve her death."
"But what about her destiny, Bluestar?" Spottedleaf asked. "She was not meant to die yet."
All the cats' eyes turned to Shadowpaw, the cat who was lying in the center, but she did not move.
"Her destiny was ruined." Bluestar meowed. A terrible silence fell on all the cats. For the first time in all the lives of the StarClan warriors, a cat's destiny had been destroyed.
"Let us go too the Pool of Life and see what is meant to happen." Bluestar decided. She padded silently over too a tiny silver pool, that glistened with star shine.
A big brown tom with a broken foot carried Shadowpaw to the pool and laid her gently at the bank. He backed away and the cats silently watched the pool. Finally a silvery wave came and swept Shadowpaw, smoothly and silently, into the pool, where she disappeared.
Slowly a picture appeared in the pool. It was of Shadowpaw chasing a rabbit. But Shadowpaw looked older, with muscles etching her skinny flanks. The picture vanished, and Shadowpaw was swept back onto the bank.
Bluestar gazed around at all the other cats. "The message was clear. Shadowpaw was meant to live longer." She raised her voice. "We are StarClan," she yowled, "We have endless power and strength. The destiny of one cat, under the name of Shadowpaw, was destroyed. We will now put her back to life, so she can finish her destiny, and then return to us at the right time."
Bluestar opened her eyes wide, and a pair of red beams shot out from them. All the other cats did this too, but all the beams were different colors. They all closed there eyes, and the beams curved down and sprinkled lightly onto Shadowpaw.
Shadowpaw lay still. An owl hooted softly, and the black cat's eyes flew open.
"She is alive," Bluestar announced, "But she is blind. We cannot. This is as it should be."
So…Shadowpaw is blind. I wasn't going to have her really die of course. I know that was a long boring chapter, but at least Shadowpaw isn't dead. R&R!