A/N: Me: So you wanna hear the good news or the bad news?
Violetmoon: Bring on the bad.
Me: *sigh* Because school's started and I had to go all overachiever and take a bunch of honors classes, it seems I'll have to update every week.
Violetmoon: :O
Me: I know :/ I'll try to update on Fridays, late on Saturday, or on Sunday. Not sure about Saturdays or Sundays, but Fridays is a yes.
Violetmoon: Well that sounds fair. Dang. So what's the good news?
Me: Good news is I'm about to start this chapter.
Violetmoon: Yay! I wanna see if that twenty-five percent chance comes true.
Girl With The Red Eyes
It was freezing in the hollow. Dead coldness clung to me and Jayfeather's little bodies. Our teeth shattered and we shivered so hard we bumped into each other. But that was good. That means we were coming close to the monster.
"S-S-S-S-S-So," Jayfeather said through furiously chattering teeth. "W-W-W-W-W-When will w-w-w-w-we see it-t-t-t-t?"
"S-S-S-S-S-S-S-Soon."
I felt like the coldness would kill us before the monster did. Is this how the monster lived? Well it was a type of death creature. The coldness must come from all the death it causes. It's a reminder of its power and how it's feared by others. I wonder how the evil spirits kept it tamed. Surely such a best was hard to keep under control. And now that I had this in my mind, who did create it? There was this weird look in Mother Gana's eye as she spoke of the creator. It was as if she feared, hated, disliked, and pitied the creator. But again, who was it? Well, there's something else I'll have to tickle out of Mother Gana.
Through the pitch blackness on the hollow, I could see what appeared to be a thin green mist seeping on the ceiling of the hollow. It was coming from somewhere. We were near it. I was that much sure.
"W-W-W-W-W-W-Watch out," Jayfeather warned.
My paw stepped on something cold and wet. Ice shined like glass underneath my paws. The temperature in this hellhole dropped about another hundred degrees. It was below freezing now. Jayfeather and I could hardly stand on our trembling legs. Our muscles were stiff. Little icicles formed on the tips of our furs. We were defiantly near the Spirit Eater now.
I turned to tell Jayfeather, but I saw his eyes as round as golf balls. He was looking down. I looked down too. I almost fell in fear. Frozen underneath the ice were rotting dead bodies. There were the rotting corpses and skeletons of both humans and animals. I saw adults, cats, dogs, birds, a bear, and other animals.
I began to observe the rest of the hollow. The walls too were made of frozen ice and in that ice were rotting bodies. Jayfeather hadn't noticed yet. I bet he was going to freak when he did . . .
Wait. If he began yelling, then surely the Spirit Eater would notice. Oh no! That clever bitch! This was trap.
Jayfeather's eyes lifted to walls. His trembling mouth opened, taking in air. Before he could let out a scream, I quickly swished my paw in the air. His mouth zipped shut. You could only here his tiny muffled screams.
"Q-Q-Q-Quiet." I was trembling not only out of the coldness, but out of fear too. I pointed my tail to the walls. "I-I-I-I-It's a t-t-t-t-trap. I-I-I-I-It wants us t-t-t-to scream to c-c-c-c-come g-g-g-g-get us."
It took a minute for Jayfeather's panicking brain. You know, now that I think about, I don't think I've ever seen Jayfeather this panicked about anything before. He always seemed calmed in bad situations. Even in the books, he always seemed calm. This is before the first time I've ever seen him actually ready to piss himself about something.
Jayfeather nodded his head like a rag doll.
"O-O-O-O-Okay," I said. "I'm g-g-g-g-going to unz-z-z-z-zip you now. P-P-P-P-P-Promise you won't sc-c-c-c-c-cream."
He nodded in agreement. I swiped my paw in the air, and Jayfeather could open his mouth. He cocked his head to the side. "C-C-C-Come on. We have to find R-R-R-R-R-R-Rock."
The green mist is what led us to an eerie clearing. The earth was muddy, soaked red with blood. Random bones lied on the ground. There were very few trees that were spread on the depressing land. The trees themselves looked scary. They were pitch black, their branches nothing more that sharp, skinny twigs.
But there was one thing that seemed to have my attention. Centered in the middle of the dark clearing was a giant rock. It was grey like an elephant's leg. It had a point on it, forming a short of edgy triangle all down the sides. It looked like a mini mountain. The boulder itself was hypnotizing, but it felt deadly for some reason.
"Violetmoon!"
Jayfeather's call took me away from my trance at the rock.
"Look over t-t-t-t-t-there!" He pointed his tail to the far end of the clearing. There was a mysterious black fog circling a small area. Through the fog, I could see movement.
Jayfeather and I raced over to it. By the time we reached the fog, I felt like my insides were frozen. It was so fucking cold! (pardon my language)
It was so cold, it hurt. I could feel my bones begin to freeze together. Ice was forming on my fur. Thick puffs of air escaped my mouth with every breath I took. Great StarClan! Surely, even the Spirit Eater couldn't live in such a cold environment. Could it?
I walked up close to the fog. Through the thickness, I could see various shapes moving inside. I nodded to Jayfeather. "I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I t-t-t-t-think-k-k-k-k the-e-e-e-e-ey're in th-h-h-h-h-here," I whispered/trembling uncontrollably.
Jayfeather lifted a shaking paw to the fog.
"Don't!"
A voice from the other side made both Jayfeather and me back away.
Jayfeather looked at it curiously. "R-R-R-R-R-Rock?"
I could see something moving on the other side.
"Yes Jayfeather it's me," the Spirit answered.
Despite the deathly cold, Jayfeather smiled. "I-I-I-I'm ha-a-a-a-a-appy you-u-u-u-u're alright."
"What are you doing down here?" Rock asked.
"S-S-S-S-Saving yo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ou," Jayfeather answered.
I heard rock sigh. "You two are of too much importance to risk yourselves for me. You can't handle something as bad as this. Look how hard you two are trembling. I can handle this, you guys can't."
"B-B-B-B-B-But," I piped in. "M-M-M-M-M-M-M-Mother G-G-G-G-G-G-G-Gana sen-n-n-n-n-n-nt me."
Rock was silent for a second or two. "So she did? Well, she's always thinking outside the box. But how are you suppose to get us out? This force field destroys anyone who touches it."
Force field? So it wasn't a black fog? Hm. Seemed odd, yet evil spirit-like.
"I-I-I-I-I-I can-n-n-n-n-n try to ge-e-e-e-e-e-et a way o-o-o-o-o-o-out," I said.
"You must hurry," Rock said. "The Spirit Eater will wake up soon. It's the only one who can touch this field. Once it eats one of us, it'll be harder for you to fight it off."
"I intend to kill it," I said. I was so strong and determined that I said that without trembling.
Jayfeather and I circled around the force field, looking for even the tiniest thing to help us free the Spirits. Hearing their moans from the other side made me want to cry. This must've been horrible for them. Just sitting there, knowing they're going to die, but still having to wait forever. I can only imagine how mentally challenging that is.
"P-P-P-P-P-P-Perhaps we should-d-d-d-d-d lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ok for weak sp-p-p-p-p-p-p-pots?" Jayfeather suggested.
I nodded in agreement.
As we looked around, Jayfeather found what looked like a weak spot. His voice began to die down in my head. Something had my ears. A low rumble. It sounded like rocks falling from far away. The rumble grew louder and louder, until I felt as if it were right behind me.
Jayfeather stopped talking. We both turned slowly as we heard what sounded like rocks shifting. Our jaws dropped and eyes widened. This sight was taking our breath away.
I knew there was something odd about that rock. Actually I shouldn't say rock, I should say Spirit Eater! What was once a giant boulder sitting in the middle of the clearing, was not transforming into a huge black creature as big as a building, pitch black as the darkness around us, claws that look sharp enough to cut an immortal god, fangs dripped with a mixture of saliva and blood, two huge jet black wings that stretched out like a bat's, and the most widest and terrifying yellow eyes I've ever seen.
Fear, panic, and shock gripped me so tight that I didn't even stumble when I said this Jayfeather. "Tigerstar, Brokenstar, Sol, murder, bloodlust, genocide, war, rape, torture, and all of that are fairy tales, for I never knew true evil until now."
The Spirit Eater let out a horrific roar. I could hear the Spirits moaning from inside their prison. The time was now. I had to save them now.
Jayfeather squealed in fear. "WHAT IS THAT!"
"The Spirit Eater. Jayfeather you have to get away!"
"No! We're in this together!"
The Spirit Eater turned, hearing our voices. Its yellow eyes narrowed at us. It opened its mouth, and from it flying green spit flew from it. When it landed on our pelt, Jayfeather and I screamed in pure pain. The spit was frickin acid! It was burning us! The stinging sensation was painful as hell, but I managed to shake it off.
I stared up into the eyes of the Spirit Eater. It smiled, that kind of evil smile a psychopathic kid has when he's killing aunts with a magnifying glass.
The Spirit Eater raised its giant claw and slammed it to the ground. The whole world shook. I shot from the ground and into a tree. A screech of pain came from me as a pointy tree branch dug into my flesh. I could feel fresh blood dripping from my pelt. This was all feeding the Spirit Eater. I could see its eyes growing more powerful as I grew weaker. No! I couldn't fail these Spirits or Mother Gana. I had to beat this thing.
Spring from the tree, I cast out a beam of white light to it before my paws hit the ground. As I predicted, the beam bounced right off the monster, hitting me instead.
I went flying back, crashing right into a tree. My spine felt as if it snapped into two. I coughed hard. My lungs felt like they had exploded.
"Violetmoon no!"
The Spirit Eater turned to Jayfeather. It zoomed towards him with power in its eyes.
With a weak paw, I lifted up the mud, sending it all to the creatures face. The Spirit Eater, surprised by my attack, jerked backwards as the mushy mud spattered all over its face.
Jayfeather began to run to me, but I sent him back. I didn't want him to get hurt. The clans needed him more than me.
Standing on my knees, the Spirit Eater rose to its own. My bones felt broken, my pelt was covered in frozen blood, my spine was tingling in pain, and I had to pee, but I was as strong as ever. I narrowed my eyes to horrid thing. "Bring it," I sneered.
It let out a screeching sound that made my ears bleed. Charging towards me, I ducked it. Thinking fast, I swished my paws, sending two huge boulders and a tree on it. They zoomed down hard on it. The monster collapsed at the weight of them. It lied still on the ground under all the contents I had thrown on it.
A sigh of relief left me. "Alright," I called to Jayfeather. "I think it's-"
Something whisked me away from the ground lifting me up to the air. I looked down and saw a big clawed hand grasping me so tight I could hardly breathe. The Spirit Eater turned me to its face as it got up.
I felt like my heart would stop at any moment as I stared into its big yellow eyes. It narrowed them at me in angry. Then it opened its mouth. Suddenly I felt unbelievably weak, like my will to live was hanging by a thin piece of thread. So then this was my end. I came here to destroy this thing, but instead it's destroying me. I can't say I'm one hundred percent surprised. It was an immortal monster. What did I expect?
Something white and foggy came out of me and into the mouth of the Spirit Eater. That's when I felt like every piece of life in me was being jabbed out of me. I don't know why in this hour of misery, but I suddenly thought of Blackstar. I saw his face in my eyes. His bright green eyes and how they shine bright when I'm around him. How warm his pelt feels when I press up against it. I was going to miss him. I didn't even get to say good-bye. I didn't even get to say good-bye to the tom I love.
A howling scream came from the Spirit Eater. My whole body glowed white. Suddenly, power began to build back inside of me. I didn't feel weak anymore. My life was given back to me.
The Spirit Eater let out another loud shriek as a glowing white whip-like light came from my glow and hit it. It dropped me. I dissolved in the air and reformed back on the ground. What the hell just happened? One minute I was thinking of Blackstar and the next the Spirit Eater was yelling like a baby how just cut itself. Hold on . . . . I was thinking of Blackstar when that happened. I was thinking of how much I loved him and the monster started screaming. Could it possibly . . . .
After the Spirit Eater stopped screaming, it stared back down at me, its yellow eyes burning in anger. It zoomed towards me ready to take me the moment it could. I closed my eyes and thought of Blackstar, and how much I loved him.
A bright white light shot from me right in to the monster. It squealed in pure pain, falling backwards.
I smiled widely. Holy shit! I've just discovered it's weakness! Love! Love is what can beat this thing! Not the spell or charm of a Spirit, but love itself. Of course! Love always conquers over all (alright, I gotta stop watching a lot of chic flicks).
As the Spirit Eater was blinded and pained by the light, I ran over to Jayfeather.
"Love!"
He stared at me in confusion. "But I'm a medicine cat."
"Ugh! No! I mean love it was harms the Spirit Eater!"
His eyes widened. "So we must love in order to kill it? Well, I guess for the sake of the clan we must . . ."
"Great StarClan!" I shriveled my face. "No you little pervert, we don't have to love, but at least we should think of it. Think of anyone you love Jayfeather. Your friends, family-anyone!"
"Half Moon . . ."
I raised a cat brow. "What?"
He shook his head. "Nothing. Come on, let's do this!"
Together, Jayfeather and I began to say out loud the people we loved with all our hearts.
I stared into the eyes of the beast. "Mama, Papa, Mary, Mother Gana, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, all my friends in ThunderClan, my grandparents, my cousins, Black-" I spoke a little lower so Jayfeather couldn't hear me. "Blackstar."
A huge ball of white light shot for within me and blasted into the Spirit Eater. Its black body suddenly began to light up like charcoal in flames. Pieces of its body scraped off. Yes! It's working! We were destroying it.
Jayfeather spoke next. "Squirrelflight, Brambleclaw, Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, Leafpool, Firestar, my friends, my family, my medicine cat friends, my warrior ancestors, Rock, Ha- . . . . Half Moon." A huge ball of white light blasted from him to the monster too. This one sent the Spirit Eater to the ground, burning him even more.
I looked at Jayfeather, and he looked at me. I stuck out my paw. "My best friend."
He stuck out his paw. "My best friend."
We touched paws. Huge swirls of white light blasted from us and attacked the Spirit Eater. The Spirit Eater rolled on the ground and squealed with pain. It sounded like dying dolphins. It squealed loud enough to break glass.
Its body began to explode. Fire started all over its body. Soon, it was consumed in fire, letting out black smoke. Green goo exploded from its body, spilling all over the ground. A foul odor came from it. The monster shook like it had swallowed a vibrating object. Then, those giant yellow eyes suddenly turned a dark black, and it stopped shaking. It's whole body disintegrated into black dust and blew away with the wind. It was no longer cold.
The black force field around the Spirits disappeared, and the kidnapped Spirits, in their many shapes, walked slowly on the muddy earth. They all stared wide-eyes and us. Walking in front of them all, Rock smiled at us. The large group of Spirits stopped when they reached us. Looking at us for a moment, then all bowed to us.
"We've never laid our eyes on such power forces," Rock declared. "It is an honor to be in your presence." He too, bowed his head.
I stared at them all. Wow. So this is what it felt to be honored by someone. It felt wonderful. But that's not what filled my heart with happiness. It was the fact that not only had I freed these Spirits, but also killed what had-until now-been called an immortal monster. Call it a sin, by I was glowing in pride. I've never felt so proud and happy at the same time. It was a sin!
As the Spirits gathered and spoke to us, I sensed something out of the ordinary. My head turned to look at one of the trees in the clearing. I walked up to an ordinary dark tree with rigid skinny branches. Sitting on one of those branches was a girl, with long skinny pale white (I'm talking whiter than a cloud) crossed legs, her skinny body clothed by a long-yet revealing black one-strapped black dress. Her hair was so black, it almost looked blue. The girl was the most gorgeous thing I've ever seen. If I were a lesbian I'd be all over her. But there was one thing that stroked me as odd was her eyes. They were blood red. So red, they were kind of scary.
The girl stared at me, her red eyes full of curiosity and fascination. She titled her head to right in such a way it made my eyes widened. A smile slipped on her face as she looked at the spot where the Spirit Monster once was then back to me.
"Interesting," she said in a smooth, low-yet powerful voice. "Very . . . . interesting."
And with that, she disappeared into black smoke that traveled from the tree and into the air, leaving a chilling feeling in my spine.
The others were calling me. I went to them. I heard their voices in my head, but all of them were drowned. All I was thinking of was the girl with the red eyes.
A/N: Violetmoon: Yes so who's the hot chick?
Me: Alas, you must wait and read young one.
Violetmoon: Whatever, I already know.
Me: How?
Violetmoon: I read your diary ;)
Me: Way to invade my personal bubble -_-
Violetmoon: I know, it's a fun sport. Review folks!
Me: And I'll try to have the next chapter up by Friday.
Violetmoon: Miss. Honors-Class-Taking-Overachiever.
Me: I'm not!
Violetmoon: Are too!
Me: Am not!
Violetmoon: Are too!
Me: Am not!
VioletmoonL Are too!
Me: Am not!
Violetmoon: Are too!
Me: Am not!
Mother Gana: Are too.