A/N: Hi all, and welcome to the first chapter of my story! My goal is 2,000 words, but let's see how far I can get before I need to end it. Just wondering, do you guys like many chapters published-yet short, or vs. not frequent updates-yet they're longer? You should review and leave your opinion. Anyways, I won't keep you from reading any longer, enjoy! ~starlit
Chapter 1: The Unexpected Journey
I could feel water, rushing below me. This was it. The final battle…the lives of the four clans that have been here for ages was all depending on this. We could not fail. From all the bloody bodies, I couldn't even tell who was who. A large massive tom had leap out of nowhere ontop me. He was huge, and almost double my size. There was no way I could take him on. I needed help, but every singlel cat was having a hard trouble fending for only themselves. From where she was standing, she could see the large massive body of lionblaze, most likely the only cat who was clearly winning. He had pounced cat then cat, as if it was easy, and training, not war. I suddenly realized that it was a bad idea to take my eyes off of my opponent even for a second. Using that moment, my attacker had clawed my stomach. The pain that followed the attack was unimaginable. I could not do this. I was never trained for this. The gigantic cat stood up on his hind legs and butted me, pushing her back. I tried hard to stable myself until I suddenly felt nothing beneath me. I was falling to my death.
It was a bright sunny morning when Dovewing awoke. She had just risen from a bad dream. Every part of her body was screaming for her to wake up, but she couldn't. She was so glad she finally woke up. She walked out of the warriors den and leaped over to the fresh kill pile that was looking empty. She felt like going hunting and maybe bringing a friend with her. The day was a very nice one, but she had just woken up and she could already feel the darkness of the day hanging over her. Something ominous and sinister was going to happen today, she could feel it. 'Is it the Dark Forest Cats? Have they finally decided to attack the clans now?' She wondered, back and forth, pondering on ever decision she had thought of.
From behind her Dovewing could hear a rattling sound coming from the den. Someone had awaken from their night sleep. Turning her pale head, Dovewing spotted Jayfeather walking out of the warriors den from which she was previously in. Jayfeather was walking towards this way, and was looking to talk to her. Dovewing noticed his expression, and knew immediately that this wasn't going to be a joyful talk.
When Jayfeather was tail lengths away from her, she heard him ask "Do you feel it?" His mew was very serious and Dovewing could tell by the presence of the older tom that it wasn't good. Over the last few moons, Jayfeather had become more independent, no longer talking as much to Briarlight or Cinderheart, who had decided to fulfill her past life as a medicine cat. She wasn't a full medicine cat, but also not an apprentice. She was merely an extra hand, incase of any emergency's that would require more than what one cat could provide.
"Yes, I do. It's horrible," Dovewing purred back quietly, her voice brimming with sadness and confusion towards the upcoming war. She had no doubt, for sure she could feel it. There was a part of her that was tugging to go the other way, to just run away and never come back, however, Dovewing knew she couldn't do that. There were too many repercussions of doing that, especially because their were consequences that she would never be able to fix.
Out of no where, Lionblaze quickly walked over to the other two cats. Before he was able to speak, Jayfeather interrupted him. "Let's go somewhere else to talk privately," Jayfeather sat up and walked over towards the leader's den, planning on telling Firestar that they were going out for a bit.
When Jayfeather came back to where the other two cats were standing, he had mentioned for them to follow. They all followed him as he lead them outside of the camp. 'Where are we going?' Dovewing thought. Shortly after leaving the camp, they arrived to their destination. They were a little north of their camp, but didn't past any scent markers. Then, Jayfeather started speaking.
"I had a vision last night in my sleep. Yellowfang, told me that the Dark Forest Cats are coming closer. They will be ready for the battle soon. She also told me that all of us need to go to the Moonstone and converse with our ancestors in StarClan. They are the only people who can help us. None of the other clans will. Even the cats in StarClan are becoming separated." Jayfeather spoke with intensity in his voice.
"We all need to go to the Moonstone? When?" Lionblaze mewed.
"Today, as soon as possible. I will consult with Firestar after this. We must hurry, before the Dark Forest gathers enough power to destroy all of the clans. If we leave now, we should be able to make it to the Moonstone late at night. We should be back by tomorrow night if we keep moving and don't rest. I will gather some travailing herbs to keep out strength up. For now, go back to the camp and eat up. Don't tell any cat no matter who about this. Not Cinderheart nor Bumblestripe." He carefully eyed Lionblaze then Dovewing.
"Alright," Lionblaze and Dovewing spoke together. The three cats of prophecy walked back to the camp. Lionblaze and Dovewing headed for the fresh kill pile while Jayfeather was going in the direction of Firestar's den.
While on the way to the pile, Lionblaze had spotted Cinderheart. She was still in the medicine den, cleaning and organizing herbs. He was still shocked that she had chosen to become a medicine cat. 'Why couldn't she stay a warrior? If she were, would I still have more of a chance?' The thoughts that Lionblaze were thinking weren't positivve, so he pushed them away. At that one moment, Cinderheart had decided to look up. There, she spotted Lionblaze staring at her. 'Why do things need to be this way?' She wondered. Life wasn't always fair, and relationships were the main cause of big problems. The Warrior Code was a way to keep things in order, but sometimes: it was the cause of the problem.
About an hour later, all three cats were ready to leave. This wasn't the end of their journey, it was the beginning of it.
A/N: Okay, there finished. I didn't achieve my goal, but this was a good place to stop. Sorry that there wasn't much Tigerheart and Dovewing in this chapter. For sure there will be more later. I have been falling behind on all of my updates, and need to work on FE today, since the only time I can really write is on weekends. I hope this chapter was good and you all like it. Thanks for reading and please review! ~starlit