Thank you for all the positive feedback and constructive criticism! I am going to continue to write this book and I hope you enjoy. My formatting is at a very moderate level of perfection and I am still trying to figure out how to formatting works, so just let me know if I continue to do the few things I have been called on for. Sorry that it's so long this time :)
Chapter Two
Jinxkit leapt up from her nest, her inside's quivering and her fur sticking out on all sides. What was that noise? She peered around her to see if anyone had woken up.
She heard the clan begin to awaken, the rustling of cats as they quickly shuffled out of their den's to figure out what the morbid sound was. Eye's wide with fear she
crouched low towards her mother, her ears twitching with her new renowned curiosity. "What was that?" she heard Shadowkit squeak behind her.
"It's probably nothing." Frostshade murmured, her vibrant ice blue eye's glittering in the moon rays.
Jinxkit could see that something was bothering her mother. Staying out of her business, Jinxkit skipped past the entrance to the nursery and followed the
line of warrior's poking their heads into the apprentice's den. "Come back here a once!" she heard her mother call sternly behind her, but Jinxkit
seemed to keen on the odd noise's coming from inside then den. She heard groaning and yelping and she squeezed her way between the warriors.
Staring into the dark den she could make out the medicine cat, Grasstorm with his apprentice Flintpaw leaning over and oddly still figure. She got
one quick glance at the cat lying on the ground, before she was hauled back out of the den and into the clearing. She glared at Frostshade as her
mother turned Jinxkit to face her. "How dare you go into that den without my permission!" Frostshade hissed, her tail flicking angrily behind her.
"What was it like?" Shadowkit called, racing up behind Frostshade with Oatkit on her tail. "Did you see what happened?" Oatkit asked eagerly, his
tail swishing from side to side. "That's enough kit's." Frostshade growled, turning to face Oatkit and Shadowkit."Go back to the nursery." Oatkit
hung his head as he turned around to walk away, leaving Shadowkit who gave and indigent snort before whipping around to stalk after her brother.
"Move out of the way!" yowled Sunspot, heaving the unidentified apprentice out of the apprentice's den with the help of Finchflight and Oliveflower.
Jinxkit shuffled to get a closer look at the apprentice. She realized who it was instantly by his bright ginger pelt. Blazepaw lay on his side heaving
and moaning, his breath coming out in rasping coughs. "What happened?" Jinxkit meowed, feeling a stab of concern for the older tom. "I don't
know, but we best be off. If it's sickness then I dearly do not want to catch it." Her mother replied, turning to trot back to the nursery. Jinxkit
followed obediently, her shoulders hunched. She winced as Blazepaw gaze another cry of pain and Jinxkit could hear the medicine cat's eagerly
trying to find a cure. "Get some chervil, juniper berries, and a dab of honey!" she heard Grasstorm yowl to Flintpaw, imagining the young apprentice
scurrying through the entrance towards the herb storage. Noticing the blood flowing out of Blazepaws mouth as she turned around to glance at the
handsome tom made her shudder, bile coming up her throat. Great Starclan let him be okay! Please don't take him! The tension in the camp rose
as the night passed on. Jinxkit lay in her nest, attempting to get some rest as the continued petrified wails came from the clearing.
For what seemed like moons, the crying and howling stopped, sending the clan into silence. Jinxkit froze, wondering what would happen next as she
lay still in her bedding. She realised that the sun was rising and soon it would be time for border patrol's. Nudging Shadowkit and Oatkit awake, she
sniffed the air attentively. The scent of death reeked the camp and Jinxkit scrunched her nose at the horrifying smell. "Eww! What's that awful
smell!" Oatkit cried, covering his nose with his paws and tail. "Let's go see!" Shadowkit turned towards the entrance and called behind her, darting
away quickly. Jinxkit interested, followed her littermate. When she entered the clearing she spotted many cats facing a still Blazepaw, lying in the
center of the clearing, a pool of blood surrounded his body. Jinxkit gaged, and turned away from the terrifying sight, staring now straight at Crowkit
and Flamekit. "Who's a scaredy kit now!" Crowkit taunted, twitching her ears as Flamekit snickered behind her.
Jinxkit ignored them and turned away, still not staring at Blazepaw when something caught her eye. In the brambles behind the medicine cats den
was a lively shadow, gliding around behind the rock cave. Curious, Jinxkit padded over to it, almost as if she were in a trance.
Suddenly, she heard whispering in her head. I light, airy voice was emerging into her mind, edging her towards the walls of the camp.
Willingly, she allowed the voice to overtake her mind, causing her to be lead off into the brambles. Not knowing were she was going, Jinxkit came to
an abrupt stop before she exited the camp, her eyes sliding over the mysterious cat. It was a fluffy white she-cat with glimmering blue eyes.
The voice in her head became louder, and this time her ears began to ring. One word repeating itself.
Hide
Startled by the warning in the she-cat's voice, Jinxkit backed away from the cat but the sound in her head felt like bee's buzzing around in her brain
as the voice repeated the word. Unable to block out the sound, Jinxkit wailed, "What do you want with me!"
The sound stopped, and all was silent. The she-cat was still only a fox-length away from her, sitting with tail over paws.
"Do not be afraid. My name is Cloudshimmer." Jinxkit froze at the sound of the strange cats voice in her head.
"Tell me what you want!" Jinxkit meowed trying to keep her voice from wavering, without succession.
"I do not desire anything from you dear one." Cloudshimmer replied as she stood still, soft blue eyes staring at her.
Jinxkit felt like she was being looked through, almost as if she were a transparent wall. Still standing slightly outside the camp, she could no longer
hear her clanmates speaking to one another from outside the camp. Everything seemed frozen except for her and this glimmering cat named
Cloudshimmer.
"I j-just want to get back to my cl-clan." Jinxkit stammered, shuffling her paws, her eyes not reaching those of the she-cats.
"Our clan" Cloudshimmer meowed gently. "A warning is being sent from Starclan." Cloudshimmer continued, now up and on her paws.
"Something disastrous is about to happen." the she-cat meowed strongly padding closer to her, resting her own tail on the Jinxkit's shoulder.
"A battle? A fire maybe?!" Jinxkit meowed surprised by the she-cats coincidence towards Crowkit and Flamekit's conversation.
She had thought nothing of the conversation, thinking of it as a stupid thought. Maybe she should have listened more closely.
"Not anything of that sort." Cloudshimmer retorted her emotion ebbing away. Jinxkit stifled a yelp, her neck fur rising.
"Be afraid of the Hidden." Cloudshimmer meowed as she began to fade. "Do not let the raging fire consume the falling feather."
Jinxkit cocked her head at the words of wisdom. "Blood will rain over the land and fire will consume to earth. But when the droplets fall to extinguish
the fire all is at risk." Cloudshimmer rasped, as she her body shimmered away.
Was that an Omen? Jinxkit thought, as she glared at the fading she-cat, fear igniting in her mind.
"Don't go!" Jinxkit wailed as she leaped at Cloudshimmer. Jinxkit only hit ground as the she-cat left completely fading away into nothing.
Digging her claws into the earth, Jinxkit snarled at the ground and raked her claws down a pinecone nearby, her anger flaring.
"Jinxkit? Jinxkit!" she heard her mother call from the clearing. All the sounds of the forest came back to her, the chirping of birds and shuffling of
her clanmates nearby. Jinxkit turned back towards camp, nudging aside the brambles.
Looking behind her again to were Cloudshimmer used to be standing, Jinxkit let out a strangled sigh before racing back into camp to find her
mother.