Chapter 12

Crowpaw awoke to swirling blackness. He looked at his fur, which was a pale black, almost grey, with his paws slightly see-through. I have to find the others! He stood up and leapt forward. He landed on the ground that he couldn't see, and shook his head at how nothing was different, just swirling misty blackness. There has to be light in here.. I can see.. I must find them! Crowpaw ran as fast as he could in what he thought was a straight line, but he couldn't tell. He stopped when he heard an ear splitting screech. He ran towards it and saw a strange swirling wall that he could see through, but couldn't get through. He gasped. There was, bleeding badly, was Volepaw, fighting strange black cats with no pupils, just red. Crowpaw tried to break through the wall, but failed. His fur was blown around by a strange wind that had picked up. He saw Volepaw sitting there, fur blowing in the strange wind, with starry cats surrounding her. Crowpaw was astonished. His sister looked to be muttering something rapidly while the starry cats attacked and overwhelmed the shadow cats. A shadow cat leapt over the chaos and sliced Volepaw's throat. "Volepaw!" Crowpaw screeched. Everything faded, leaving Volepaw, lying on the ground, bleeding out. He an over to his sister, horrified. "Starclan. No!" He yowled. Her body faded, leaving to Starclan. Or so Crowpaw hoped. He ran off to find the others, mostly Firepaw, his only sister now.