Umberwish: Except this time it'll be from... your POV or mine?
Rosethorn: Um... we'll find out? I'm not sure yet, but if you read a little lower, you'll see.
Umberwish: OK. Rosethorn does not own anything involving Warriors.
Chapter 4
Umberwish padded through ThunderClan territory, his senses alert. There was no one else anywhere near him but the cool wind that ruffled his fur as he patroled the ShadowClan border. He placed one paw in front of the other out of habit and memory of the territory, while his mind wandered back to a different time in RiverClan.
No, he had never joined RiverClan. He couldn't find it in his heart to betray his Clan or his sister. ThunderClan had gone to help WindClan fight a battle against RiverClan, and he and one of his friends had been sent to go. At the time, they were both apprentices, and it had surprised them both.
To this day, Umberwish still remembered the look in her eyes. Her clear, bright blue eyes had been filled with wonder and pride as she looked at him, asking if she'd heard correctly. He'd nodded, unable to find his own voice. Umberwish sighed. It didn't matter anymore. He wouldn't be able to see her again until he joined her in StarClan.
"Colbaltpaw." he muttered, unawaringly outloud. He felt the same way everyday when he woke up. Guilty.
Umberwish had gone on to get his warrior name, where as Colbaltpaw died when she was still an apprentice. He smirked, moving his amber gaze up from the ground in front of his paws to look at the clear blue sky above. A few birds flew past, and it was times like that that Umberwish wished he could jump high enough to catch one of them. The fluffy white clouds floated past, dotted all over the sun high sky.
"No." Umberwish corrected himself, "Colbaltsky." He remembered her always claiming proudly that she was going to be Colbaltsky, the best warrior ThunderClan had ever seen.
Umberwish shook his head, snapping himself back to reality. He had wandered pretty close to the edge of the stream, and was close to walking strait into the swirling blue waters. His amber eyes darted across the water to the ShadowClan border, wondering if any other cat was over there. He thought he saw a black figure among the trunks, but when he blinked he was sure he did. Before his eyes the cat, very slim from what he could see, turned and with a flick of their ginger tail tip disappeared into their own territory.
Looking back into his own territory, Umberwish saw a black figure peering out at him from between the ferns near the base of an old oak. Umberwish parted his jaws only enough to get the scent in, but not enough for the other cat to notice. An aroma unfamiliar to him met his scent glands, and he lowered his ears, narrowing his eyes.
"Get out here now!" he hissed, lowering himself so he could easily pounce if he needed to. Before his eyes, a black cat came out, smaller than the one he'd seen just seconds before, and with a small trickle of blood down her forehead.
Umberwish perked his ears instanlty, getting back to his paws. "You're hurt." he said simply, flicking his tail toward her forehead. This is a kit! he thought.
The kit let out a mrrw of laughter. "No I'm not." she said. "If I am, then so are you." With that she pointed a paw at his own paws.
Umberwish sighed. "Who are you?" he asked. He didn't know many cats with the same ginger markings as him.
"Auramist." she replied. "And before you ask, technically my name is Aurakit, but I'd prefer Auramist." Umberwish nodded, his eyes clouding for a second.
"Ok Auramist, why are you on ThunderClan territory? I can tell you aren't ThunderClan, but I can't tell which Clan you're from." Umberwish said.
"StarClan of course." Auramist replied. She lowered her head and gave her chestfur a nervous lick.
"StarClan huh?" Umberwish asked. "Then why are you talking to me instead of Dewwhisker?" The sound of the medicine cat's name brought back a memory from when he was a very young kit. He had heard Dewwhisker ask Hazelstar what his and his sister's name should be. Fawnpelt had been there and named him, whereas Dewwhisker had named his sister Rosethorn.
Auramist looked past him into ShadowClan territory and a glint of happiness and fear escaped from her silver eyes. Umberwish glanced over his shoulder and saw nothing at first. Looking a little more closely, he saw a black cat peering around a tree, their blue eyes narrowed. He turned and padded over to the border, sitting at the edge of the river, a little bit of spray lashing at his paws.
"Good day." Umberwish called, curling his tail over his paws. He paid no mind to the fact that he could hear Auramist scuffling her paws in the dirt, a clear sign that she wasn't comfortable.
The black cat took a few steps away from the tree, paused, and continued to the edge of the river. She had a sleek black pelt, and midnight blue eyes. She curled her dark ginger tail tip over her white tip paws, giving Umberwish a curious look.
"Good day." she replied, twitching one of her white tipped ears. "So what are you doing with that kit?" She nodded at Auramist, her eyes showing a gleam of betrayl.
"Oh, her?" Umberwish asked. "She's my sister. Isn't that right Aurakit?" He turned and looked at Auramist, deperately praying to StarClan that she'd follow along. She gave a tiny nod, so hard to see he wasn't sure if he'd imagined it.
"Yep!" she exclaimed happily, bounding over to sit next to Umberwish. "Mama told me not to, but I always wanted to see ShadowClan. She said I could go if I took Umberwish with me!" She used an innocent little voice that made her sound like the excited kit she was acting like. "Are you really from ShadowClan?"
"Yes, I am." The ShadowClan cat seemed to see right through Auramist's act. "Lightningclaw, as you very well know Auramist." Lightningclaw spat out the kit's name like mousebile. Umberwish looked from Lightningclaw to Auramist and back.
"You know her?" Umberwish asked. Lightningclaw nodded.
"Listen, both of you." Auramist said, her voice quiet yet calm and stern. "I'm going to tell you both something that you probably don't want to hear, but listen anyways." She looked at both warriors, waiting to hear any objections. When none came, she continued.
"Umberwish, you were true when you said I was your sister, and I have already told Lightningclaw the same thing." Auramist paused to take a breath. "You are my brother Umberwish, and you are my sister Lightningclaw. You are both my siblings, and you are siblings to eachother."
Umberwish gave Lightningclaw a confused glance, and she returned it with one equally confused. He returned his gaze to the StarClan kit in front of him, his voice filled with doubt.
"But I already have a sister." he started. "That means that one of our parents would have to be ThunderClan, the other ShadowClan. That's against the warrior code."
Auramist simply nodded. She got to her paws and jumped to the middle of the stream, landing on a slippery stone. She slipped slightly but caught herself. "They were neither." she said. "You are siblings. Look into the water."
Umberwish did as he was told, looking into the swirling blue water in front of his paws. He saw his own reflection, and guessed Lightningclaw saw the same.
"Now watch." He heard Auramist utter these words, and could tell she was concentrating on something. He did as he was told and saw the reflection change before his eyes.
He saw his reflection, a black cat with broad shoulders, his emerald green eyes narrowed, with his tail curled over his paws, only just allowing his dark ginger bands around his limbs be visible. It suddenly started to change, like the waves were carrying his image away and replacing it, feature by feature.
The fur remained black, and the shoulders broad. The emerald of his eyes started to grow darker, and became midnight blue, still narrowed however. The tips of his ears grayed and became white, as did his paw tips as he moved his tail away. The tip of his tail was now dark ginger, and he realized that he was now looking at Lightningclaw's image.
"W-we look the same." Lightningclaw stuttered. Umberwish simply nodded, too astounded to speak. He finally found his voice, and looked up to Auramist.
"Y-you said our parents aren't ThunderClan nor ShadowClan, so what Clan were they from?" he asked quietly.
Auramist shook her head. "I cannot tell you right now." she mewed, starting to fade. "Tell your sister nothing." That was directed to Umberwish. "And tomorrow night you'll meet me again, you and all of my siblings." And with that, she was gone.
A/N: Well, tell me what ya think. I'm going to try to post another chpater tomorrow, but no guarantees. And sorry, but I had to add the suspence.