Chapter 14: Stars/Fawnflower's Errand
"There, out in the darkness.. A convict running, fallen from Starclan!" Eaglestrike said, padding in Breezeclan's camp.
"Fallen from grace.. Ancestors, be my witness! I never shall wield. Til we come face to face.. Til we come face to face!" The gray tabby closed his blue eyes, seeing Clawfall's face.
"He knows his way in the dark! Mine is the way of Starclan! Those who follow the path of the righteous, shall have their reward!" He remebered not only would the convict know his way, he would look like the dark.
"And if they fall, as leaders fell, the flame, the claws!" He meowed, loudly.
"Stars.. In your multitudes! Scarce to be counted.. Filling the darkness.. With order and light! You are the sentinels.. Silent and sure.. Keeping watch in the night. Keeping watch in the night." Eaglestrike looked upon the sky.
"You know your place in the dark! You hold your course, and your aim! And your seasons return and return, it is always the same!" He mewed.
"And if you fall as leader fell, you fall in flame!" He started to thrash his tail.
"And so it must be, for so it is written, on the pathway to paradise! That those who falter and those who fall must pay the price!" He started to thrash it even harder.
"Starclan, let me find him.. So that I may see him, safe as a convict! I will never rest.. Til then!" He continued.
"This I swear, this I swear by the stars!" Eaglestrike swore.
Meanwhile, in the apprentice den, Copperpaw scoffed. "That deputy thinks he's something! But it's me who runs this clan! In my den, you're always welcome, and you can always stay! Trust Copperpaw, have no fear! Don't you worry, my dear, you can always find me here."
As Rainbrook was alone in a clearing, she couldn't get the she-cats face out of her mind; she seemed so familar. Like she knew the cat.
"Hurry Larkwing.." The name.. Rainbrook knew a Larkkit, but they couldn't be the same cat. Larkkit was a dirty she-kit with messed up fur, while Larkwing was a beautiful she-cat. But they were and she knew it.
"Larkwing.. Now I remember! Larkwing, how can this be? We were kits together.. Look what's become of me.." Rainbrook quietly meowed.
Then Sparkheart came bouncing back and she snorted, "Good Starclan! Ooh, what a rumpus!"
"That beautiful she-cat, who can she be?" Sparkheart dreamily mewed.
"That deputy! He'd like to jump us! But he ain't smart, not he!" The blue she-cat wanted to change the subject.
"Rainbrook, who was that girl?" He asked her.
"Some stupid mousebrain!" She snapped at him.
"Rainbrook, find her for me!" Deep sadness burned within Rainbrook at the request.
"What will you give me?" Rainbrook breathed.
"Anything!" Sparkheart promised.
"Got you all excited now, but Starclan knows what you see in her! Ain't you all delighted now?" She noticed he had offered some mice. "No, I don't want your fresh-kill.." She refused.
"Rainbrook, do this for me.. Discover where she lives! But careful how you go! Don't let your father know!" He had a dream-like look in his soft brown eyes.
"'Brook, I'm lost until she's found!" He cried.
"You see, I told you so.. There's lots of things I know.." She meowed as he left.
"'Brook, she knows her way around.." The blue-gray she-cat murmured.
A/N: Red and Black is next!