Chapter 3, Life in ShadowClan
Demonshadow awoke in the ShadowClan warriors den.
She crawled out into the clearing. There was no sunlight streaming through the trees.
"Rainy day!" an apprentice announced, coming to stand beside her.
Demonshadow raised an eyebrow. No rain was streaming through the branches.
"The trees hold it in," The apprentice said. "What's it like in WindClan?"
"Awful," Demonshadow said. Man, this apprentice was noisy.
"My name is Sunpaw," She meowed. "What's yours?"
"Demonshadow," The black cat answered. She turned to face Sunpaw.
She was a fiery red she cat with blue eyes. She had one white paw and a white-tipped tail.
"Oh!" Sunpaw exclaimed when she saw Demonshadow's face for the first time. "Where did you get…those eyes?"
Demonshadow realized that she was talking about her green and amber eyes. "Oh…they were there when I was born."
"You have an amazing face," Sunpaw said. "It looks kinda…evilish. The stripe and the circles, I mean. You look like a …demon!" She burst out laughing.
So that's why Rainfeather named me Demonkit, Demonshadow thought. She looked down at her one white paw. What do I really look like? She wondered.
She walked over to the corner of camp, Sunpaw was not far behind her, and looked in a puddle of water that had gathered by running down the muddy slope.
She did look evil. Demonshadow stared at her face for a long time. "Sunpaw, do I look more like a ShadowClan cat to you, or a WindClan cat?"
"Because of the shape of your body you look more like a ShadowClan cat," Sunpaw said. "Do you have any kin in ShadowClan?"
Demonshadow thought for a moment. Tigerstar didn't have ShadowClan blood, nor did Hawkfrost, Mothwing, Brambleclaw or…
"Tawnypelt!" She exclaimed suddenly. Tawnypelt was a ShadowClan cat!
Sunpaw seemed to be thinking about something. "You have some kittypet blood. Rainfeather's mother, Leafpool was half kittypet, because of Firestar. So that means you have a tiny bit of kittypet blood in you."
Demonshadow growled, and unsheathed her claws.
Sunpaw didn't notice. "I'm going to become a warrior tomorrow nigh-,"
"Someday," Demonshadow snarled, "I will be as good a warrior as Hawkfrost. Someday, I will be the leader of all the Clans. Someday I will be the most powerful cat in the forest!" She stuck her face right up in front of the terrified Sunpaw. "And you," Demonshadow snarled even louder, "Will not get in my way. You will NOT!"
Sunpaw was quaking in terror. "Ah- I-," she fumbled.
"You ever say I have kittypet blood again, and you will get it! I am not a kittypet!" Demonshadow lowered her voice to a terrifying whisper. "I follow in Tigerstar's footsteps. Not Firestar's. Tigerstar's."
"I…like…Firestar." Sunpaw stumbled.
"Good. I like Tigerstar."
"Oh no, you won't!" Sunpaw spat suddenly. "I won't let you follow Tigerstar! If you try that, I will kill you! Kill you!"
"Don't…get…in…my…way!" Demonshadow snarled.
A steely glint got in Sunpaw's eyes. She launched herself across the ground and landed on Demonshadow.
Demonshadow flipped over onto her back. She kicked Sunpaw off her and then jumped, with the speed of a snake onto her underbelly. She kept her claws close to Sunpaw's neck.
"I won't stop you," Sunpaw gasped when she saw the long, hooked claws. Demonshadow released her.
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A group of WindClan cats sat together. Weaselfur, the boss of the group whispered.
"We need to get Demonshadow back. I like her. She could give excellent kits to WindClan. A cat like her is very valuable to any cat. Especially a tom."
"She's very attractive," Woodheart, a young tom said.
"True," Weaselfur commented. He grinned. "Come on, let's make a plan. How 'bout, at night we sneak in and steal her."
"No way!" said a brown cat. "Have you seen her claws? Those could easily tear into us. Kill us. She would fight all of us if that happened. What we have to do is…" he trailed away.
"Hurry up!" Wetpaw snarled.
"I have an idea!" Freckleface said suddenly. "We attack ShadowClan. Then we steal her when all the cats are tired and bloody. We could stun her and bring her to WindClan. We run away after that, otherwise we would be banished because of going against the warrior code anyway. We go away, and live with her. She will bear our kits, and we can start a Clan of our own."
The idea seemed well thought out, so they all agreed. "Tonight," Weaselfur said, at midnight."
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Demonshadow circled the moss in the warriors den. She had adjusted to ShadowClan well. The Clan seemed to like a cat with a dark heart.
She lay down, placing her head on her paws. She watched shadows move outside of the den, and heard the voices of Cedarheart and Marshlake talking outside. She looked around at the den. Ravenshadow was snuggled up to Tortoiseshelltail. They were grooming each other.
A strange flame of jealousy burned in Demonshadow's belly. Suddenly she wanted to be the one snuggled up to Ravenshadow. She wanted him to be licking her on the head.
She didn't do anything but scoot a little closer to the two cats. Tortioseshelltail gave her a hot look through narrowed misty blue eyes.
When Ravenshadow had fallen asleep, Demonshadow walked over to Tortoiseshelltail.
"Tortoiseshelltail," she growled, "Ravenshadow doesn't love you."
"Of course he does!" The tortoiseshell spat.
"No," Demonshadow growled, "he loves Moonhowl. Not you. Moonhowl."
Tortoiseshelltail looked at her with eyes round with shock. She stood up and left the den. "He doesn't love you either," she hissed.
Demonshadow just watched.
A strange feeling was filling up in her body. She had no idea what it was. She lay awake for several hours.
She wanted Ravenshadow to love her.
I don't know what to do about Demonshadow's love life. Ravenshadow is temporary. I need him for Moonhowl.
