"Thornstar?" Skyblaze meowed outside of the leader's den. Her and Cloud were anxiously padding back and forth, waiting for him to finish discussing matters with Liontail. They decided to tell Thornstar about last night, and now that it's about to happen, Skyblaze's heart was pounding like crazy. What would he say? They snuck out at night!
"Yes, come in." He meowed from inside the den. Cloud padded next to her, and together, they squeezed through the narrow entrance. It was dim inside, and she could just make out Thornstar's outline.
"How can I help you?" His eyes flashed in the dim light
"Well..." She started, but Cloud interrupted
"We need Lilyripple here."
Thornstar's eyes widen. He was obviously also not used to an agitated Cloud.
"Okay," He cleared his throat "Go fetch her, Skyblaze."
She half sprinted out of the den. Cloud was acting extremely strange ever since last night. The medicine cat was out in the clearing, picking through the fresh-kill pile.
"Lilyripple!" She shouted "Come here! We need you!"
The medicine cat looked up in annoyance.
"I need to eat, you know!"
"Too bad," Skyblaze meowed "We need to talk."
Feeling Lilyripple's eyes burning into her back, Skyblaze padded back to Thornstar's den.
"Here," She announced their arrival to Cloud and Thornstar
"Cloud told me already," Thornstar started, eyes flashing with anger "Don't ever run off like that again, especially not with the rogues."
"Why did you call me in?" Lilyripple meowed, irritated "You're done discussing anyways."
"No." Cloud stared at her "There's one more thing"
"What?"
Skyblaze met her eyes, she knew what it was
"Hold on," she interrupted "Shouldn't I tell them? It's about me."
"I guess..." Cloud looked disappointed. Why'd she want to tell them?
"That thing happened again." She meowed quickly, hoping no one would understand her.
"Again?" Lilyripple's eyes grew wide "What happened?"
"The rogues tried to kill Cloud!" She wailed "I was scared, and angry. Just like last time."
"So," Thornstar meowed evenly "This happens every time you're in panic mode..."
"I guess..."
"You need to learn to control your feelings." He meowed evenly "Every time you, well, go mad," He winced at the glare Skyblaze shot him "This happens. Who knows what else you can do when you're, like, bursting mad?"
"I don't, so don't ask me." Skyblaze meowed gruffly. She was annoyed. Why was this happening? She was scared, of herself!
"Calm down," Lilyripple soothed "We'll find out. StarClan will let us know."
Skyblaze took deep breathes. She was so terrified, it felt like she was about to burst.
"Fine," She finally meowed "I'm gonna go now." The den suddenly felt very tiny, and she couldn't breathe. They stared after her.
Skyblaze took gulping breathes outside. She couldn't stand this. Looking around, the camp seemed deserted. She noticed Stoneheart staring at her
"What?" She meowed
"Nothing," He replied curtly "Nothing at all."
"He's acting strange lately, don't you think?" Cloud padded up to her, eyes narrowing
"Yes..." Skyblaze stared at him. Stoneheart seemed extremely distant today...
"Come on," Cloud flicked her tail "Let's go hunting."
She followed Cloud outside of camp. The trees were still bare, and the ground frozen. Every step she took seemed to drag her deeper into dread. The sick feeling in her won't go away.
"Watch it!" Cloud snarled. Skyblaze had run into her, scaring the squirrel
"Sorry.." She stuttered. The angry light dimmed from Cloud's eyes.
"You should go back to camp." She finally meowed. Cloud turned around, and left Skyblaze in the trees. Everything was going wrong today.
"Darn it!" She growled, a bird fluttering away. Her world was turning upside down, and no one could help her...
(BreezeClan)
"I'm sorry! I had to go," Deadheart meowed, exasperated "You know how important it is."
Featherstar whipped her tail. "So? We need you in camp!"
"No, you don't" He retorted "There are so many warriors around."
She ignored him "Just don't! I'm your leader, thank you very much!"
Windheart chose to arrive right then. "What now?"
"Deadheart snuck out last night!"
He sighed "I know, I caught him last night."
"And you didn't tell me?" She screeched
"We've discussed this earlier, didn't we? Deadheart can do what he needs to for the prophecy."
"No, no he can't." She growled "This is like exchanging information with the enemy!"
Deadheart rolled his eyes "I don't tell our clan secrets to them. We don't even have any secrets!"
"Let it go, Featherstar." Windheart soothed "I'm sure StarClan wants them to meet for a reason."
She shook her head "Fine, only this time though. You must tell us next time! Now get out of here." She shooed him out. Deadheart, again, ran out, glad to be glad of her mouse-brainess. Windheart exited after him.
"Alrighty, tell me what happened." He meowed
"Well..." He started
"Don't lie."
"Okay, jeez... I snuck out, and found Cloud and Hawkfeather. They told me Skyblaze was missing, and we set off to find her. She was outside clan territory, and the rogues attacked us. Then Skyblaze screamed and..." He trailed off
"Tell me, now!" Windheart growled
"She opened up the ground!" Deadheart finally confessed after a little while.
"What?"
"She opened up the ground." He repeated, emphasizing each word
"That's..." Windheart couldn't say anything.
"I'm confused too. I'm pretty sure this has happened before." He admitted
"Well, it's up to her to figure it out..." Windheart shook his head "Don't be troubled with this, I'm sure she'll tell you all is something's wrong."
Deadheart nodded. Skyblaze didn't seem like the kind to hide things from others...
"Okay," He meowed "I'll tell you if anything goes on."
Windheart grunted, then padded away to his den. Deadheart wandered around camp, not knowing what to do.
"Hey you!"
He turned around, seeing Swiftclaw padding towards him.
"What are you doing?" He meowed gruffly "Nothing, I suppose you're going to tell me."
Deadheart looked at him in confusion "I am doing 'nothing'."
Swiftclaw shot an annoyed look at him. "All right then, you can go on patrol with Stripeheart and Barkwing."
"Um... okay." He padded over to Barkwing, who was at the camp entrance.
"Something bugging you?" He meowed to him, eyes opened with concern
"No, I'm fine." Deadheart lied. He didn't need to pour his life out to Barkwing... It's not going to do him any good.
"Okay, there's Stripeheart. Let's go." Stripeheart padded towards them, and they went out of camp. The day was clear, with few clouds. So unlike what I'm feeling... A warm breeze blew across the moors, ruffling his fur.
"Come on! Don't get behind!" Stripeheart meowed
"Coming..." He chased after them, placing scent marks every so often. He just past a dead tree when he detected a strange scent.
"Hold on." He shouted to them. Opening his jaws to get a better whiff, a nasty, rotting scent filled his mouth. The rogues! What were they doing here?
"What happened?" Deadheart whipped around, not knowing whether to let them know or to hide it
"Do you smell this?"
"Smell what?" Barkwing opened his mouth to taste the air, then wrinkled his forehead in confusion
"There's nothing here..." He announced
"What do you mean, nothing?" Deadheart gasped "It's so obvious! It smells like rotting flesh."
"Are you okay?" Stripeheart asked "There's nothing strange..."
Deadheart opened his mouth. He was so shocked. How could they not smell the horrible, wrenching scent?
"Let's go, we can't hang here all day." She meowed, annoyed. Deadheart stared at them as they padded away. He followed them, shaking his head.
(RippleClan)
Hawkfeather sighed. Another evil eye. Someone had overheard his conversation with Wetstar, and told everyone in camp how he had met with 'the enemy'.
"Traitor." Someone hissed
He tried to ignore them. Wetstar had told him that they will forget about it soon or later. He hoped it was soon, because this was extremely agitating.
"Hawkfeather! You want to go hunting with me?" Mudwhisker asked him eagerly
Hawkfeather narrowed his eyes "I thought I was a traitor?"
"No," He meowed simply "I don't care about the crap they say."
He followed Mudwhisker out of camp, surprised at what he had said. I guess I do have true friends... They crouched by the river, the cool water rushing by the rocks. Silver fishes darted past like shooting stars. They hunted for an entire afternoon, splashing each other with water.
"Let's go back." Hawkfeather panted, dripping with water. Mudwhisker nodded in agreement. They carried their harvest in their mouths. While they were walking near the BreezeClan border...
"Hawkfeather!" a whisper came from the reeds. His ears perked up, and looked at Mudwhisker. He didn't seem to have heard anything...
"I need to make dirt." He lied "You go on ahead."
Mudwhisker nodded, mouth full of fish.
"Who's there?" He whispered back
"It's me..." Hawkfeather took a step forward. It was Deadheart. Covered in blood.
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