Okay. Getting chapter 2 out immediately, YAY! So, I started writing chapter 2 after just starting my story. As I was sitting here I thought, Well, I have a ton of free time after publishing this, and I don't feel like waiting for reviews to do the second chapter, since I have some ideas already, so why not start chapter 2? So here we go. Silverpaw has just ran away from ShadowClan.
Tired didn't begin to describe how Silverpaw felt. His throat hurt from the attack, he was emotionally exhausted after leaving his father to fend for himself, and he was physically tired after running all the way across the woods to the ThunderClan border. Sitting at the border, staring across it, and wondering whether or not he should cross it, he saw something in the trees far away. It was white, pure white, and it blinded Silverpaw, both the eyes and the mind. He did the only thing he could do. He followed it.
As he got closer, he made out more features of the light. It was actually in the shape of a cat, but it seemed to constantly be shifting, changing. The ears would change shape, the tail would go from long to short. Nothing stayed constant. As he got even closer, the strange cat moved farther away. He realized it was leading him somewhere. He bounded over fallen logs, ran through caves, and crossed rushing streams until he realized he had no idea where he was, only that it was a flat clearing, with pure grass. The light was sitting at the center.
Silverpaw moved closer to the light and immediately felt a sense of danger.
"What are you!?" he whispered.
No response from the light. Then, all of a sudden, another light entered the clearing. This one was blue, and didn't have the shifting, changing features of the white one. Silverpaw felt a sense of friendliness, closeness, to this light.
That was until three more lights entered the clearing. All three were deep red. The four lights, blue and red, clashed together and swirled around each other as if in a battle. In the end, the red lights engulfed the blue light, and Silverpaw felt an immense sorrow. He knew that his father had fallen.
Silverpaw turned to leave the clearing, and he felt something. The white light was telling him not to, that there was more, and as Silverpaw turned around, several more red lights entered the clearing. They all headed for the blue light, his father. Silverpaw couldn't bear to watch anymore. The protests of the white light were not enough this time to stop him from leaving the clearing.
Silverpaw awoke. He was still at the ThunderClan border. It had all been a simple dream, nothing more. But his situation quickly became a nightmare.
Standing before him were three cats, all ThunderClan, by the smell of them.
The first, a pure black cat with four white paws and a white tip to his tail, who was obviously leading, looked down on him with contempt.
"Well, guys," he said "what do you think is a good way to celebrate our warrior ceremony? I've been itching for a battle all day." The cat unsheathed his paws and advanced towards Silverpaw. "Same here" said the second, a striped tabby with an orange-and-brown pelt. "Maybe we should have a little practice session." He too unsheathed his claws. As the third was about to express his desire to tear Silverpaw to shreds, a voice rang out from behind the three cats.
"Hey! What are you three doing? I should think newly named warriors would have a bit more respect and dignity. Especially you, Breezesong. We don't need a battle "
The third cat looked down at his paws in shame. "Yes, BlazeStar."
Blazestar? Leader of ThunderClan? Thought Silverpaw in alarm and wonder. What will he do with me?
"Why, if it isn't Silverpaw." Blazestar looked upon Silverpaw with a hint of recognition in his eyes. "What are you doing so far away from camp? And so close to our border?"
Silverpaw was about to reply when he collapsed from exhaustion.
Well, there it is! Pretty short, I know. I was going to add this to the first chapter, but I didn't feel like it fit. But, I also felt it was too short to make it its own separate chapter. So, there you go. Chapter 1.5ish? Maybe? We'll see when I publish it, I guess. PLEASE give me ideas and advice. I NEED IT!
P.S. SO sorry for that random line. My computer was being weird.
