Chapter 6
For days I watched myself lie down in Cinderpelt's den. That's all I could do. Sit there and hope that Cinderpelt will be able to bring me to life. I was surprised she seemed to see into Starclan's eyes like they where right there. Maybe Cinderpelt could tell that I was waiting to wake up.
Cinderpelt wasn't the only one who was in the den. Cloudtail has lived here at this point. He wouldn't leave my side. I wonder why I was that important to him. Why couldn't he stay out of the den like everyone else? What made me so special? Fireheart was there to, for only this moment. He hasn't been here before… I think.
I hated so much just sitting and watching what was going on. Spottedleaf and Yellowfang would drop by every once in a while. Sometimes alone. This place was so magical. I wished the forest were like this. I suppose the you think everything is great until you see something better then what you have. Then the great things you have now just aren't good enough. Was that wrong?
I learned so much here. I learned so many things just by sitting and listening to the cats talk in Cinderpelt's den. We always try to think of what we are going to say rather then just listening to what someone else has to say. After my silence we could understand the corners of the planet. It's sad such great teachings where lost.
Starclan is the most beautiful clan I have ever seen. No threats of loosing, no deaths, no confusion. Their where no borders ether. It was just so perfect. Only cats, we didn't drink or hunt. We didn't need to anyway. I learned we see everyone's death wounds but our own, but they are there. I learned medicine cats earn the wings of birds when they die. So they have the access to the world I am in now and the ability to fly. How wonderful would it be to fly with the birds?
All of a sudden I looked up to see a cat enter Cinderpelt's den. I shivered, it was Bluestar. The clan leader stood and looked down at me in silence. Cloudtail seemed to have growled at her. I wondered if he was going to accuse her for being responsible for my injuries, but nothing was said. Bluestar didn't even seem to notice his fierce reaction.
Bluestar blinked as if she wondered if I was really there. "Is she dying?"
"That's up to Starclan." Cinderpelt responded.
"And what mercy can we expect from them?" Bluestar growled. "If it's up to Starclan, Brightpaw will die."
The words hit me like thorns. Would I really die? Would all this hope be wasted. Cloudtail looked up at Bluestar.
"Without becoming a warrior?" He asked. His voice now soft and sorrowful.
"Maybe not," Bluestar said, actually seeming to care. "There is a ritual-thankfully rarely used- if a dying apprentice is worthy, she may become a warrior so she may take her warrior name to Starclan."
I leaned in to see if Bluestar would really do this for me. Fireheart seemed to not believe it. However, I did. I could become a warrior right here, right now. Cloudtail seemed to have the same idea.
"Then do it!" He growled. Ok, maybe he didn't have the same idea. At least it was a good one. Fireheart and Cloudtail watched in silence. Sandstorm came into the den just now to witness the ceremony. Bluestar sat up, her piercing blue eyes glowed in the room unlike they have had moments ago. It seemed she has connected with Starclan… that scarred me.
The clan leader dipped her head and began to speak. "I ask my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has learned the ways of the warrior code and has given her life to serve her clan. Let Starclan receive her as a warrior." I couldn't contain my excitement. Now, finally, I will become a warrior.
Then I saw something change in Bluestar's eyes. They now blazed of anger like a cold fire. "She shall be known as Lostface, so everyone will know what Starclan has done to take her away from us." She spat. For the moment all was still.
We all stared at our leader in terror. I couldn't believe it. Was she using me as a part of her war against Starclan? Oh, what is to become of our clan now?
"That's a cruel name!" Cloudtail protested. "What if she lives?"
"Then we will have all the more reason to remember what Starclan has brought us to." Bluestar replied. Cloudtail seemed like he was going to murder Bluestar where he stood. Then he lowered his head, realizing there was no point in fighting.
Bluestar beamed at her victory.
"Let Starclan receive her as Lostface." My eyes glowed in shock. Bluestar touched my head with her nose. At that moment the forest around me seemed to whisper my name over and over.
Lostface… Lostface… Lostface.
I shook to the sight of the cats around my body. I felt like I no longer had a grip. My heart -beat so hard it felt like my chest was going to explode. I felt a tear roll down my cheek and onto the grass below me. The second the cold tear came of my face I felt a flame of frustration come over me.
I opened my mouth to scream, but nothing came out. I tried again and again, finally sound came out. I opened my eyes wide in terror to find I was lying down in Cinderpelt's den, the scream must have woke me up. The cat's jumped back at the sight of me. I started screaming the same thing over and over again.
"Pack, pack, kill, kill!" I gasped. "Pack, pack, kill, kill!"
Bluestar's fur bristled. "What does that mean?" She demanded.
"I don't know" Cinderpelt said. "That's all she will say."
"Starclan told me of an evil force called a 'pack'." Bluestar said. "Is this what it has done?"
At that moment I faded back to sleep. When I opened my eyes I was back to where I stood moment's ago right on the border of Starclan and earth. The cats whispered for a long time. I didn't bother to listen anymore.
All of a sudden I heard a yowl outside of the den. My ghost rushed out to see Longtail and Graystripe carrying Swiftpaw's body into camp. When the limp black and white body dropped Longtail, Swiftpaw's mentor reached down and heavily cried on his shoulder. Swiftpaw's mother, Goldenflower, sat beside him.
I looked down to see Bramblekit and Tawnykit, Swiftpaw's half-brother and half-sister, looking at him with wide, scared eyes.
"The sad thing is, they wont remember him when they are warriors." A old voice spoke softly behind them. I turned to see Yellowfang sitting behind me. I felt a little relieved to see her.
"Come Brightpaw, you were there to his death, you have done your part." Yellowfang nudged me back into Cinderpelt's den. The first thing I saw was myself, dying in the middle of the den. Then I saw Cinderpelt with her head bowed, as if she hade no idea what to do. Yellowfang gazed at her apprentice.
"Oh Yellowfang," Cinderpelt whispered, for a moment I thought she knew we where here. "I'm so confused."
Yellowfang smiled at her apprentice. She loved her so much. I felt pain for Yellowfang, so kind and helpful.
"Cinderpelt is the best person you could be with right now." Yellowfang said. "If you'll pull through, she's the person to do it."
I sat down and lowered my head. Yellowfang sat next to me, perhaps trying to comfort me.
"Did you know I died right where you are lying right now?" Yellowfang said. I looked up at Yellowfang, I could see the burnt marks on her face along with five scares.
"That's helpful." I said sarcastically. Yellowfang laughed. I gazed down at my self on the ground.
"Bluestar named me Lostface."
"That sucks" Yellowfang responded.
"Yeah… but why?" I asked. I looked down at my face. My left side showed fur messed up. Originally I kept my fur well clean, now it looked horrid. I wasn't paying attention to the left side. I looked to the right side of my face. It was covered in thick cobwebs. Cobwebs where used to stop blood.
"W- what's wrong with my face Yellowfang?" I asked.
Author's Note: There! I finished! It took me all week, just joking I only did this today. Sorry everyone. I feel so terrible right now. I lost my computer for personal reasons. The reason I feel terrible is before I lost my computer I looked at my traffic and saw that it was packed with awesomeness! I can't believe I hade so many fans and no new chapter for those fans. So here it is.
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