EVERYBODY IN THE HOUSE SAY AEOOOOOOOOOO!
Swiftpaw
5 Days Until Battle
"I really don't think we should keep coming here." Swiftpaw flicked his ears. "Don't be silly Leopardpaw." The dark grey tabby apprentice rolled his golden eyes.
"Really, sister. Remember we're doing this to become great warriors! Even greater then Dad." Leopardpaw nodded hesitantly. "I know, but Cedarfang died, and he was a commander." Swiftpaw nudged his sister "Don't be such a kitty-pet."
"Hurry up, you're going to be late for the meeting." Tigerpaw glanced back over his shoulder at his siblings. "Coming, coming." Swiftpaw meowed, his long tail swishing.
After a ways of walking in the dark forest they appeared into Battle-Field. "Luna!" Swiftpaw let out a yowl of welcome at the silver leader. "Swiftpaw, Leopardpaw, Tigerpaw." The tabby she-cat greeted the three cats. "Swiftpaw, may I talk with you? Leopardpaw, go find Bone. Tigerpaw go find Lion." Swiftpaw nodded and followed Luna as his siblings ran off.
"Come into my den." Luna invited the young cat into the rock structure. "Now, is it true that Cedarfang is dead?" Swiftpaw nodded. "Who killed him?" Swiftpaw replied "Quillstorm and Birchpaw." Luna's icy eyes narrowed "Is Breezefur dead?" Swiftpaw nodded again, his fur pricking uncomfortably.
"Listen, Swiftpaw. I need you to do me a favor. Go to Bloodclan. Become one of them. You will only have to be there until the battle begins." The dark grey tabby tom shot to his paws in shock. "But I still have Nightclan! What will Nightclan say?" Luna unsheathed her claws "We can pretend that you were captured. Redfire is a better liar then you think." Swiftpaw ducked his head. "Of course Luna."
"You have until tonight to get there. Now, gather as much information as you can. Now scram!" Stormpaw shot out of her den, his mind whirling. "I can't do it! I won't do it!" Swiftpaw charged through the dark forest, keeping to the shadows. "I have to tell Alphastar!" Swiftpaw charged into camp and straight into Alphastar's den, ignoring the night guard's indignant shriek.
He was running so fast that he nearly crashed into the spotted leader. "Woah, slow down." Alphastar's golden eyes gleamed in surprise. "I have, something important to tell you!" Swiftpaw panted.
"It's Luna! She's gathering followers," The grey apprentice went on to tell Alphastar the whole plot, to strike when the two clans were fighting, for Luna to take over the clans.
"This is very troubling." Alphastar began. Swiftpaw waited for him to continue. "You know that I will have to tell the clan." Swiftpaw nodded. "Very well."
Swiftpaw frowned "Is that it? Nothing else to say?" Alphastar glanced at the apprentice. "What else is there to say?" Swiftpaw thought before he replied "Shouldn't you be mad or something? I mean, we've been training with the evil cats." Alphastar shook his head "No, Swiftpaw. You didn't know they were evil. You have realized that. But I will have to talk with the clan. I will do it now." Swiftpaw nodded and padded out of the tunnel.
Later that night after the clan meeting, Quillstorm's POV
"You idiot!" Russet paws turned red with blood. "What have you done!?"
A long wail tore through camp. Quillstorm shot to his paws, immediately waking Ivoryheart. "Ivoryheart, wake up!" The silver she-cat shot open her fiery amber eyes. "That's Swiftpaw!" Quillstorm bounded out of the den, and out of camp towards the wail, Ivoryheart hot on his heels.
The wail sounded again, but this time sounding more like an pained screech. "Swiftpaw! Hold on, we're coming!" Quillstorm tore into a clearing, his sky blue eyes full of horror at what appeared in his gaze. "Luna." Quillstorm's eyes narrowed, quickly recovering from the shock.
In front of him, Swiftpaw lying on the ground, pinned down fiercely by Luna's claws. Swiftpaw's eyes were stretched wide with agony and fear, and claw marks and bites covered his entire body.
"Swiftpaw!" Ivoryheart dashed into the clearing, her hackles raised. "Ivoryheart, go get Alphastar. Now!" His mate turned tail and ran towards camp, yowling an alarm loudly.
"Why him, Luna? He's barely an apprentice." Quillstorm took a threatening step towards the silver she-cat. "My oh my, isn't it little runt Quillstorm." Luna snarled tauntingly. "Im just dealing with a traitor."
"Get your paws off him!" Quillstorm yowled and leapt at the silver she-cat. Luna easily batted him away, keeping a strong grip on Swiftpaw. As Quillstorm crouched to leap again, Luna held her claws over Swiftpaw's throat. "Don't try it."
Swiftpaw's tail lashed furiously, and he started to thrash wildly. "Stop it you little rat!" Luna hissed. Seeing Luna distracted was all Quillstorn needed. He charged at her like a bull, ramming into her and throwing her roughly into a tree.
Yet again Quillstorm found himself in a death battle, his claws flying at lightning speed, deflecting, dodging, striking, blood flew everywhere.
Then, it all happened in a heartbeat. It took the light brown tabby tom a minute to process what had happened in front of his eyes.
The memory of what had happened seconds before flashed through his mind, replaying it over and over again.
Luna had him pinned finally. "No mercy this time." Quillstorm prepared himself, braced himself to feel Luna's teeth in his throat. But all of a sudden a fierce battle cry sounded above him, and the weight pressing him into the ground vanished. Winded, Quillstorm twisted his head to see what had happened.
Swiftpaw was battling Luna, but it was painfully obvious to Quillstorm that his strength was depleting quickly, he was losing too much blood. "No one can defeat me! I am Luna!" All of a sudden with a sharp swipe Swiftpaw was thrown backwards, and when he hit the ground he didn't get up. "I would love to play with you some more, but I have to go." With that Luna ran off into the shadows, leaving Quillstorm standing in front of Swiftpaw's cold bdy.
"Q-Quillstorm?" A weak voice rasped below him. "Swiftpaw." His sky blue eyes shot down to the dying young cat in front of him. "Please, let me, ask you a favor." Quillstorm felt despair welling up in his heart, and his throat closed up with grief, but he managed to continue speaking "Anything." Swiftpaw's golden eyes bore pleadingly into his "Give me, a warrior name."
They hung there in silence, until Quillstorm began meowing "I call upon Starclan to watch over and bless this young cat. He has trained hard to learn your ways and the warrior code. Swiftpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, protect your clan, and stay loyal to your leader even at the cost of your life?" Swiftpaw choked up a little blood before answering "I do."
Quillstorm felt his eyes watering "Then from this moment on Swiftpaw, you will be known as, Swiftheart. Nightclan welcomes your courage and quick-thinking." The dark grey tabby tom closed one eye. "Thank you." He whispered before closing his other eye. Then he lay still.
"Let Starclan welcome you, Swiftheart." Quillstorm breathed.
Quillstorm stood there, looking at the dead warrior's body in front of him. That's how the clan found him, later that night.
"Quillstorm?" Ivoryheart tore into the clearing, but stopped abruptly when she saw Swiftheart's body. "Was it Luna?" Quillstorm seemed to snap out of his grief and nodded.
"Oh Starclan, no." Alphastar leapt into the clearing, his fur bristling in shock. Ivoryheart pressed close to her mate, "I brought Alphastar, Leopardpaw, Nightflash, Bladestorm, and Goldenstone." Quillstorm had stopped listening again. "Swiftheart," He whispered.
"I gave him his warrior name before he died." The tabby tom explained when Alphastar shot him a questioning look. The leader nodded in understanding. "I see."
Leopardpaw tore into the clearing "No! No, no no!" The golden spotted she-cat tipped her head in a yowl of grief.
Nightflash padded forward, "We need to go back to camp. We can sit vigil for Swiftheart tonight." The black tom picked up the dead warrior by the scruff and they padded back to camp.
Later that night
"As you all know, Swiftheart was brutally murdered tonight by none other then Luna. She has been gathering followers from both clans, and is planning to strike when Nightclan and Bloodclan attack each other. But we all know that her plot will not work. Luna had ordered Swiftheart to spy on Bloodclan, but he had refused and told me about the plot. In revenge Luna came and killed him." Alphastar was telling the clan about Swiftheart's death. Yet Quillstorm still felt horribly responsible.
"Swiftheart's vigil is to be held now." The spotted leader finished and leapt down.
Meanwhile, in Luna's camp
"You have removed him I believe?" A cold voice sounded from the shadows of Luna's den. "Of course," Luna assured the voice. "I hope you did not expect this to be easy."
"Of course not." Luna meowed. "We will need to attack both clans at once. Nightclan knows of our plot, so we will need to kill Alphastar and Nightflash. Once their leader's are dead they will be in chaos and they will be easy prey." Luna nodded "A great plan as always." She complimented.
"We will have to do the same with Bloodclan. You might not have known, but I have killed Bone and taken his place. Bone was killed, drowned in a river. But you know that I caused it." Luna supressed a shiver. "Yes, we hold great power." Suddenly dog teeth claws lashed out across Luna's face, nearly missing the eye "I have the power here. Do not speak like we are an equal!" Luna cowered in fear, her tail tucked in between her legs.
"Of course, I never meant to disobey your wishes!" She whimpered. "But, you are higher then our warriors. You are forgiven Luna." Luna straightened up slightly, tasting blood trickling into her mouth. "When we strike, I trust that our warriors will be ready?" Luna nodded.
"Of course." The sound of the voice stepped out of the shadows. Her grey and black pelt were dark, even in the moonlight. Luna was looking into the evil icy blue eyes of Shard.
Dun dun dunnn, the main evil cat is revealed! Shard, the deputy of Bloodclan. Killer of Scourge, master of the evil forces. Superior even to Luna. I am on a good writing spree, so expect more chapters soon. Watch me jinx myself, oh well. Review!