Oh, double chocolate, Oreo ice cream cake is THE best ice cream cake EVER! And that is why I love going to my cousin's house! ^^ Hey! You! The one who's reading this right now. I'm talking to you! Come on, who else would I be talking to, a StarClan cat? Yeah you! Hi!
Sparkflame scanned the crowd for Pebblefur's grayish brown, black spotted pelt. She wanted to talk to him so badly. It'd been three moons since they last saw each other. Sparkflame didn't know what was happening to her. She felt like she needed to hear Pebblefur's voice, to smell his scent, to…
"Sparkflame!" She turned around. Pebblefur was padding toward her, a smile on his face. "It's been so long!" he greeted her, purring. "I know!" Sparkflame responded, a purr escaping her throat as well.
Pebblefur looked up at the leaders. "Did something happen to Vinestar?" he asked cautiously. Sparkflame looked down. "She died." When she looked up again, Pebblefur's eyes were shining with regret. "I'm so sorry." he whispered. "It's okay. I'm over it now." Sparkflame meowed, but then seeing the confusion flooding Pebblefur's face, she quickly added, "But I still miss her a little." That was true. But she tried not to think about. Blazeclaw had told her that there should be no distractions.
Pebblefur nodded. Before he could say something, Sparkflame heard Dashstar's meow. She looked up. Dashstar was standing face to face with Hailstar, her tail tip twitching, then her whole tail lashing. Sparkflame could tell she was trying to keep her cool. "I'm not giving it up Hailstar." she growled. "You gave me until the Gathering and I decided I'm keeping it." Hailstar twitched his ear. "We need it." he meowed simply. Dashstar rose up to twice her normal size. "It's greenleaf!" she nearly yowled. Mintstar raced over to break the two apart, but it didn't help much because she was smaller than the two.
"Dashstar, Hailstar! We mustn't anger StarClan!" she raised her voice to be heard. Dashstar stopped and then turned around. "We shouldn't be arguing over territory on a Gathering." she meowed. Hailstar sighed. "You're right, but mark my words, I'll be coming soon." he growled. The leaders began the Gathering.
Sparkflame woke up to Goldheart's wail. "My kits are gone!" Sparkflame scrambled up from her nest and made her way towards the nursery. Goldheart sounds more like an old queen instead of a young warrior! The kits are 5 moons old! But she's still my friend. We'll find them.
Sparrowfeather and Sunfern were also in the nursery. Goldheart was pacing back and forth in the den. "I'll go look for them if you like." Sparkflame suggested. Goldheart stopped and stared at her. "You would? Thank you!" Goldheart gave her a worried smile. "Of course, you're my friend after all." Sparkflame replied. "There's no need for anyone to go with me." she added to Sunfern. "We need warriors to do patrols." Sunfern nodded.
Sparkflame padded out of camp and tasted the air. The kits! It was fresh and it seemed to be headed by the Higher Ledges. Sparkflame followed the scent trail and tried not to be worried. They were her friend's kits and she wouldn't want Goldheart to bear the pain of losing one of them. Suddenly, a scent flew by her. Blazeclaw!
"Why are you so worried about the kits?" he growled. "They're Goldheart's kits. My best friend's. Why wouldn't I be?" Sparkflame retorted. "Why are you here?" she added, suspicion in her voice. She couldn't see him, but his scent was close by and if he'd been visible, she'd guess that he was walking right alongside her. "I'm here to look for Amberkit. To make sure nothing will happen to him." Blazeclaw admitted. "What's so great about Amberkit?" Sparkflame asked, feeling relief when she saw the kits had veered off from the Higher Ledges, but it faded once she realized they were heading to RainClan territory.
"Amberkit is the one. We need him and then we will be able to attack." Blazeclaw answered. "He has the potential. He is the last one. Amberkit needs to survive!" Before Sparkflame could respond, she could smell the scents of the kits strongly. "They're here!" she exclaimed but Blazeclaw's scent faded away. Sparkflame noticed they were dangerously close to the border. Then she saw them.
Amberkit was leading the group and was proudly stepping onto the border, much to Sparkflame's horror. There's no reason to be horrified. she told herself, I'll just get them, then go home! "Amberkit!" she called. "Come back here!" Amberkit stopped and turned around. "Wha-" his mew was cut short just as Shadestripe appeared.
"Kits?" she meowed. She looked up and saw Sparkflame. "Oh, are they SwiftClan's?" Shadestripe asked innocently. Sparkflame growled. Specklekit and Orangekit crouched down in terror, but Amberkit nudged them back to their paws. "Yes, they are what were you doing, sneaking out of camp?" The last part was directed at the kits, and the moment Sparkflame meowed it, she regretted it. Shadestripe padded slowly around the kits. "So you were sneaking off were you? We don't let our kits do that." she sneered. Amberkit was the only one who didn't seem affected by her words.
"We came to teach HailClan a lesson!" he mewed fiercely. Shadestripe seemed taken aback for a moment. "Ha, SwiftClan kits don't even know where the other Clans are!" she twitched her whiskers. Sparkflame narrowed her eyes. Shadestripe was clearly enjoying this.
Amberkit tilted his head to one side. "What are you talking about?" he asked, oblivious to Shadestripe's mocking. She crouched down to meet Amberkit's eye level. "A curious one aren't you?" Shadestripe's sweet tone almost made Sparkflame want to get sick. "This is RainClan. HailClan is all the way to the other side if I remember. But, how do I know, I was never in SwiftClan's territory." Shadestripe looked at Sparkflame at the last part and a jolt of alarm ran through her. Did she see me? The night I went to see Pebblefur? Amberkit looked puzzled. "It is?" he mewed, his voice rising in a squeak. "Yes, little one." Shadestripe meowed still in the same sweet voice.
Sparkflame felt rage course through her. She wanted to pounce on her; she didn't change at all, even when she was announced deputy. Sparkflame looked at Shadestripe through narrowed eyes. "Give the kits back." she growled, picking her words carefully. Shadestripe's eyes widened in surprise. "You don't think I would give them back?" her voice was still sweet and innocent, despite the hatred thrown towards her, coming at her every which way.
"You could be planning something." Sparkflame replied. "I could care less about SwiftClan's kits! They'd be useless to RainClan anyways, and it's not like we steal kits from other Clans." Shadestripe meowed, the sweetness and innocence in her voice gone. "Amberkit, Specklekit, Orangekit! You can come back here now." Sparkflame called. The kits scampered over to the other side of the border. In a low voice, Shadestripe let out a growl. "You better watch out, Sparkflame. Don't think you won't see me again. In fact, it'll be long time 'till that happens." she turned around, and padded away.
Ooh! That was fun! Ugh, school tomorrow. At least I got a chapter in before it starts. But don't expect anything too soon. I need to see how everything's gonna turn out first. Taking two honors classes and no study halls. Hopefully I won't have a lot of homework! But that's an understatement. R&R!
"It's a jungle out there."~
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