Chapter 7, empty victory
The body of Blackpaw was dragged away to be buried the next morning. Rainpaw helped dig the grave.
Rainpaw walked away finally, after her friend was covered.
Onestar jumped onto a stump. Rain was falling heavily on the ground. Rainpaw glanced back at Blackpaw's grave. There were a few paw marks on it, where Rainpaw had just walked. The earth was freshly turned.
Rainpaw looked at the grave a long time. She broke her gaze and dashed into the camp, where all the cats had gathered around Onestar on the stump.
"It is time for Rainpaw to be made a warrior," he said. Rainpaw could hardly see him through the driving rain. There was no stir of excitement through the crowd. Blackpaw and Puddlepaw were dead, and the Clan was terribly scared.
Onestar raised his voice. "StarClan, it is time for an apprentice to become a warrior. I call upon you to listen and approve of my choice of name. Rainpaw will protect this Clan with the cost of her life; therefore she will now be named Rainfeather. We honor her for speed, and agility, and she is now a full WindClan member."
"Also," said Onestar softly, and his voice wavered with grief. "If Blackpaw had been alive, she would have become a warrior too. Therefore I will name her Blackhawk, and let us remember her as a warrior, in StarClan."
There was no cheering for either warrior in the crowd. The Clan was an unhappy mess, and nothing could make then smile again.
Rainfeather slipped out of camp, and raced across the wet moor, and onto the rocks. She avoided the cliff, and scrambled down to the wolf camp. She stayed on the edge, watching until she knew that every wolf was in the den.
All but Stone.
Rainfeather slipped silently into the camp. Stone was just vanishing into the den. He turned back when Rainfeather called his name.
"Hi Rainpaw!" he called.
Rainfeather didn't stop for formal greetings. "Why did you let me go?" she demanded.
"I think that the cats are pretty cool. I never knew that another animal could live in a pack."
"We live in a Clan," Rainfeather corrected in a growl.
Stone looked nervous. He glanced around. "I know that I am betraying my pack but…Star and Lupin want to attack the cats."
"But we couldn't stand a chance against you guys!" Rainfeather exclaimed. "The wolves are way bigger and stronger then us!"
"I know. I don't think it's fair."
Rainfeather imagined lithe bodies being tossed in the air, huge teeth easily snapping a cat's neck, huge paws pounding into the peaceful camp, tearing cats apart… She shuddered.
"If they attack us, which side will you be on?" she asked Stone.
His eyes blazed with sudden anger. "I will fight for my pack of course!" he snarled. "No matter what I feel for the Clans, I will stay loyal to my pack!"
Rainfeather arched her back. "I better go," she decided. Better do my best to avoid any kind of fight. She thought.
She left the camp, and walked silently back to the WindClan camp. Little did she know that that whole time she had spoke to Stone, she had been watched, by a silent pair of eyes. The watcher slipped away when Rainfeather was gone, and vanished into the dreary wet forest.
OoOoO
Moonpaw followed her mentor to the Moonpool. Today she would get her full medicine cat name, because she had done excellently on healing the wounds of many cats after the battle with WindClan.
They reached the little pool. Littlecloud and his apprentice Nightfoot were already there. Mothwing and Willowflower were there too. So was Sharpfang, the grumpy and young medicine cat of WindClan.
The cats crouched down by the pool, and lapped up a few icy drops.
Everything around Moonpaw vanished in a swirl of blackness. She opened her eyes, and saw that a cat was approaching her. Spottedleaf.
"Hello," Said Moonpaw she dipped her head.
Spottedleaf stepped foreword. Her face was grim, and she did not smile or speak to Moonpaw.
Another cat stepped out from behind Spottedleaf. It was Onestar. He was covered in fresh wounds, and one side of his face was mangled beyond repair.
"What happened?" Moonpaw gasped in shock, unable to look at the dreadful sight.
"Moonpaw," said Spottedleaf, and her voice wasn't soft and kind as it usually was. "This is what happens to cats that venture to far from WindClan territory. There is a terrible threat over there, and they will attack The Clans…soon."
Spottedleaf and Onestar both faded into mist, leaving Moonpaw in a scary black forest.
"Spottedleaf!" she yowled in terror, wandering through the darkness. It was raining heavily, making it worse.
There was a terrible snarl from above her. Moonpaw looked up. Something was climbing onto a jutting rock.
A huge creature stood atop it now. It was bigger then a cat, or even a large dog. It was a pearly white, with broad, muscular shoulders. It looked like a dog, but it was much, much bigger, and its legs were much, much longer.
It turned its head to where Moonpaw crouched in terror, and Moonpaw saw that its eyes were red.
It drew back its lips and snarled, and its teeth were so big that it could eat a cat's head in one gulp.
It saw her.
With a terrified squeak Moonpaw turned tail and ran, crashing through the underbrush and falling over roots. She knew it would out run her, and she would be its prey.
She glanced around and was met by two rows of gaping jaws right in front of her face.
It was much, much to scary to be a dog.
Moonpaw let out a terrified scream.
It was a wolf.
Yipes! A wolf! Any idea who it is? Not Stone, he is much smaller. Also, who was the one that watched Rainfeather and Stone? Please read and review!