Chapter 7, Skychaser's warrior ceremony
Skychaser followed Mudfur into the cave where the Moonstone lay.
"What do I do?" he asked.
"You press your nose onto it, and then StarClan will come," Mudfur meowed.
His legs shaking, Skychaser crept up to the moonstone, and pressed his nose onto it.
The ground beneath him lurched and vanished. Skychaser kept his eyes closed. What's going on? He wondered.
"Skychaser," said a chorus of voices, and he opened his eyes. He was at Fourtrees, atop the Greatrock. Many cats sat before him.
"Are you ready to receive your nine lives?" They asked.
Shaking, Skychaser nodded. "Yes,"
Already a tabby cat was padding toward him. It was Dawnfeather.
"With this life I give you judgment," she meowed, "Use it for what you think is right."
Skychaser found himself looking up at…his own face.
He felt Dawnfeather's jealousy and the terrible pain as he killed her.
He opened his eyes, and another cat stood before him.
"Firestar…" he mumbled.
"With this life I give you leadership. Use it to control your Clan."
Skychaser found himself battling with a dark tabby cat. The words came out of his mouth before he could stop them. "You'll never win, Tigerclaw!"
"Kittypet! I've waited a long time for this, Fireheart!"
Soon it was over and Skychaser saw Firestar padding away. Another cat came up, and it was Skychaser's dead sister, Stoutkit. He had never met her, because she had died before she was born.
"With this life I give you happiness." She meowed, "Use it for when you are in pain, or sadness.
Her life was udder blackness. Skychaser opened his eyes.
Blackclaw, the deputy before him padded up. "With this life I give you courage and strength. Use it for when you are in battle."
Skychaser raked his claws down the WindClan warrior's flank. Suddenly teeth fastened in his neck, and every thing began to trickle away.
He opened his eyes. Blackclaw was padding away. Another cat stood before him.
It was Brambleclaw. "With this life I give you skill. Use it when you are in a battle too."
Brambleclaw's life had a fierce ambition in it.
Skychaser opened his eyes. Now Whitepaw stood before him.
"With this life I give you joy. Use it when you need to be happy."
Her life was simple. It was full of friendship and happiness.
Skychaser looked around, and Spottedleaf padded foreword. Skychaser breathed in her sweet sent.
"With this life I give you love. Use it for the cats that are close to you."
Her life was a great jolt of pain. Skychaser opened his eyes, shaking.
Mistystar was next. "With this life I give you passion and power. Use it well to judge the actions of your Clan."
Skychaser drank in her life readily, and when he opened his eyes, another cat stalked up.
"Leopardstar! No! Spottedleaf shouted.
"Shut up," the spotted tabby snarled. She stalked up to her son. "With this life I give you anger, hate and controlling. Use it on your clan…well."
She touched her nose to his. Skychaser screamed as pain lashed through him, and his mind seemed to…join with another cat's.
She walked away, then looked back. "Your mate is Tigerstar's daughter," she spat, "Bad choice."
"I hail you by your new name, Skystar." the StarClan cats meowed, "Lead your Clan well, young one."
"Skystar! Skystar!" the cats of StarClan chanted. Skystar looked up as a hiss filled the clearing.
Shadows began to slink along the edge of the clearing. "Beware or death, Skystar," Spottedleaf whispered. "It is a scary thing."
Bluestar topped back her head and yowled, "Blood will spill again, new leaders will gain power, Water and night come forth, as death joins as the bad."
"Ahhhhh!" a cat howled, and the sound faded into silence.
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