Chapter 4 Spirits story
Leafpool tried to screech in fear but nothing came out. Her body refused to move. The tom. He was a muscular dark red tom with a tuff of golden yellow fur hanging over his eyes. His emerald green eyes. Leafpool wanted to yowl in fear but only a squeak came out. The tom on the other hand just watched her. His green eyes locked onto her's. No emotion was in them. Leafpool some how managed to back away slightly. The branches of a small tree swayed covering the tom for a second. Than when the branches moved away he was gone. Leafpool cried out. He just vanished, just like Spirit. Blood pounded in her ears. She closed her eyes and counted slowly. Opening them she knew the tom was truly gone. With a swift glance over her shoulder Leafpool bolted. She had never felt more afraid. It was day's like today all she wanted to do was be nestled beside Crowfeather.
"Leafpool, honey are you alright" Sandstorm meowed to Leafpool as she entered the camp.
"Yes mother I'm quite fine" Leafpool meowed padding toward the warriors den. Featherkit hoped over to Leafpool. Her light brown and light orange fur fluffed up with excitement.
"Come on Leafpool Sandstorm is going to tell us a story about Skyclan!" Featherkit squealed excitedly. Oakkit, Flamekit and Shimmerkit where gathered around Sandstorm waiting for the story.
"Aren't you a little to big to be a kit" teased Sandstorm. Leafpool smiled and lay down beside Featherkit. Oakkit was nestled against Sandstorm's left foreleg. A moon ago Sandstorm had fallen and injured her left foreleg badly. It was sprawled out in an awkward angle Flame kit was nestled against it was well.
"Can it be about that she-cat?" Flamekit meowed excitedly his orange pelt blazed in the sunlight.
"Oh yes that story is the best its so spooky!" Oakkit meowed happily swatting at Flamekit's ear. Oakkit looked like a tiny Bramblestar only Oakkit had green eyes.
"Yes Yes please tell us about Spirit, Echo and Harmony" Squealed Shimmerkit climbing onto Leafpool's head, Shimmerkit looked like Squirrelflight except she had swirls of light brown and yellow eyes.
"Spirit!" Exclaimed Leafpool shaking Shimmerkit off of her head.
"Yes Spirit. My goodness Leafpool you looked so spooked. Ah….. You must of heard the elders talking about Spirit didn't you. What they say is loads of hooey" Sandstorm rasped.
"Ya Grandma's right Leafpool. Spirit is not around. The elders are just liars…Er- except for you Sandstorm" Oakkit meowed.
"Mom and Dad where talking about how the elder's were sure dark times where coming because they could here the wind whisper and Spirit talking" Flamekit growled with a smirk he looked so much like Firestar. He crouched low and lunged at Leafpool.
"STOP IT! Or no story" hissed Sandstorm. Leafpool's heart raced. "Spirit. She alive and with is around. Dark times are coming" she thought nervously.
"Out of all the stories you pick the longest one" Sandstorm muttered. "Well lets see where should I start"
"Leafpool has not heard this story grandma. Start from the beginning" Shimmerkit squealed happily.
"Well okay it all started…"
Okay now we're going into the past. So we will be visiting Skyclan and Spirit.
The moon gleamed as it slowly started to rise. A beautiful white she cat with silver patch of fur on her head crouched behind a bush. The she cat adjusted two silver and blue feather behind her ear. Just a hop away was a black and silver she cat. She too had two feather behind her ear except they where blue jay feathers. The black she cat rested her head on her paws.
"GOTCHA" Yowled the silver she cat lunging at the black one.
"SPIRIT STOP IT" the Black she shat yowled trying to fling Spirit off. "WE'RE TOO OLD TO PLAY FIGHT!"
"Spirit! Echo! Wait for Harmony! This situation really does need Harmony" A silver, brown and black she cat meowed smiling. Two eagle feather rested behind her ear as well.
Leafpool: The feather's mean something.
Sandstorm: Yes. They are… well you could say treated like leaders. Much respect if they have two feathers.
The three sisters giggled at Harmony's joke.
"All cat's who I talked to earlier get ready for the gathering" yowled a big black and brown tom. Three golden feather gleamed behind his ear.
"Birchstar just this once can Spirit come to the gathering" a golden and orange tom begged.
"NO! How do you think the other clans will react" Birchstar boomed. Spirit was by far the most beautiful cat in all the clans, so it was no doubt that the toms would love her. Everyone day a new tom asked her to be his mate. Spirit would decline because they only loved her because of her beauty.
Leafpool: I feel bad for her sister's no one liked them I guess
Oakkit: quiet mouse brain it's about to get spooky
Sandstorm: Leafpool your worse than the kits! But no Echo and Harmony had mates. Than the dreadful day came
The next day
"Spirit you're the best she cat out there. I truly love you. I want to be with you. You're the only one in my heart Spirit" an orange tom begged. Spirit looked at him un-happily.
"Lighting. You have Harmony as your mate. You belong with Harmony not me" Spirit whispered.
"No Spirit. I love you. Harmony is nothing, you're the one I need. I don't love her but I love you" Lighting purred wrapping his tail around her.
"LIGHTING HOW COULD YOU" screamed Harmony watching what was going on. Tears streamed down her face. With a sob Harmony ran out of the clearing.
"LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE" Spirit cried out angrily. Hissing in anger she raced after Harmony.
"LEAVE ME ALONE I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE YOUR CURSED FACE AGAIN" Harmony spat sobbing.
"Harmony I-I never wanted this to happen" Spirit whispered.
"I-I'm pregnant with his kits and he just said he does not love me" whimpered Harmony sobbing.
"If I could take away my beauty Harmony I would"
"J-Just leave me alone Spirit" Harmony sobbed.
Shimmerkit: I hope my mate is not like Lighting
Flamekit: shut it
Spirit padded away her heart aching. "Why me" She thought.
"Spirit can we talk" a brown tom meowed.
"PINE NO I DON'T WANT TO BE YOUR MATE" Spirit snapped angrily.
"Spirit there is no one else who I love more than you" Pine purred blocking the camp entrance.
"leave me alone your Echo's mate not mine" she hissed.
"I would do anything to be with you Spirit, I am the strongest warrior in the clan. I will protect you I will not let anything touch our kits" Pine stepped forward and nuzzled Spirit. Spirit gasped in horror and shock.
"PINE! SPIRIT!" Yowled an angry Echo. "PINE YOU LOUSY FOXHEART, GET OUT OF MY SIGHT OR I WILL MURDER YOU" Echo yowled. Pine hissed and ran into the forest. "AND YOU GET OUT OF MY LIFE." Echo screamed. Spirit opened her mouth to apologize but Echo yowled and lunged at her. Crying out Spirit ran into camp and dove into the warriors den.
That night
"I hate Spirit she ruined my life" whispered Harmony to Echo.
"She gets all the attention and we get nothing" Echo snapped her eyes blazing with anger.
"And she enjoys it. We're just crow food" Harmony growled
"She ruined my life as well. She deserves to die" Echo spat angrily. Harmony looked at Echo.
"We can't murder her" Harmony whispered angrily.
"Who said we will murder maybe something else will.
"How did you find these tunnels again" Yawned Spirit.
"Exploring" Echo meowed. (there where tunnels in the 5 clans old territory too.)
"Again we're really sorry we got mad at you. It's not your fault your pretty." Harmony meowed. Spirit smiled.
"Right here see at the base of this tree under the bush" Echo purred triumphantly. Echo wriggled under the bush followed by Spirit and Harmony.
"Harmony maybe you should stay up top you have kits after all" Echo meowed. Harmony shook her head and followed Echo and Sprit.
"I smell water." Spirit said worriedly. Harmony glanced at Echo nervously. Echo looked at her paws with a wicked grin on her face but kept walking.
"Echo it's so dark we should go back" mumbled Harmony.
"Just down this bend and you'll see this amazing cave" Echo purred happily. Spirit ran excitedly beside Echo.
"See" Echo meowed. Spirit ran into and cave and spun around excitedly. The cave was large and there here shiny objects on the wall. The cave was small if Spirit stood up she would touch the roof with her head.
"Wow it's amazi- Echo? Harmony?" Spirit called. Five tunnels left the cave.
"OVER HERE" Echo called. Her voice was echoing.
"SPIRIT WHERE ARE YOU?" yelled Harmony.
"WE'RE LOST" wailed Echo.
"Hold on I'll co-" Spirit's voice cut off. "DANGER! RUN ECHO HARMONY GET OUT" Spirit yowled franticly. Spirit had good hearing and was able to tell if something bad was coming or not. Some believed she could predict the future, Another reason why cats adored her. Water rushed from the 5 tunnels and splashed against Spirit. She struggled to keep her head above the water.
"ECHO HARMONY GET OUT NOW" Spirit cried. Water rushed in again this time Spirit dove under. She came up sputtering. Harmony was pregnant she would surely drown. Again no one called.
"HARMONY…echo. I-I'm sorry if you died. I-I should not have ran off like that. Now we're all going to die. I put us in danger. If I stayed with you two than maybe we could have found a way out…I'm sorry…I'm so so sorry" Spirit cried. She swam as the water carried her to the roof. Her head banged against it.
"I'm sorry" she whispered. She sobbed as the water rose up. Their was no more room to breathe. Spirit sobbed as the water filled up the air pocket. She sobbed because her lungs where burning. She sobbed because she killed her siblings. She sobbed because her world was becoming dark.
Featherkit: I feel bad for Spirit.
Leafpool: SHHHHHHHHHH
"I-I can't believe we did it" Harmony cried.
"S-She deserved it. She made your mate hate you" Echo growled but guilt as swarming inside of her. The moment the two entered camp they noticed it was sun high. They where gone for a long time.
"ECHO AND HARMONY GET HERE NOW" Screamed Lighting. The entire clan was gathered around Birchstar.
"Echo and Harmony. You leave with Spirit but don't come back with her. We sent patrols out to find you three but only find two do you mind telling me where you were and where Spirit is" Birchstar's voice was calm but that was worse than being yelled at.
"F-Father w-we saw a Shadowclan patrol take Spirit. We followed them and they have her in their camp. They were talking about how they will take all your territory and than give you Spirit"
Birchstar narrowed his eyes.
"IT'S A LIE" A she cat called out.
"KILL THEM!" three apprentices chanted.
"SILENCE!I WILL TALK TO SHADOWCLAN TODAY! I DON'T THINK SHADOWCLAN WOULD TAKE SPIRIT. I'm sorry daughters but" Birchstar walked over to Echo and Harmony and swiped their feather from behind their ear. "YOU ARE BANISHED" HE yowled.
Flamekit: Skip to the Starclan part!
Present
"Now many moons have pasted. Spirit's soul wandered the caves lost. She could not find the way to Starclan. A Shadowclan tom pitied her and went down from Starclan and helped her out of the caves. But she could not go to Starclan. No not until things where set right" Sandstorm meowed.
"Tell Leafpool the part about Starclan" Flamekit meowed impatiently.
"I am I am" Sandstorm purred.
Back to the Past in Starclan
"Do you really think We'll let you two in" Growled a she cat. Echo and Harmony both bristled their fur.
"Send them to Darkforest Sky" A tom hissed. Sky looked at the two she cats with disappointment.
"You two do not belong in Darkforest you two where both doing something wrong because you where jealous and hurt. You two did not really know what you where doing" Sky meowed.
"You need to curse them" A Shadowclan tom meowed.
"Stay out of this your not a Skyclan cat" The she cat spat.
"I took her out of the caves Sky. I would not let her go to Starclan she must stay until things are set right I cursed her myself" the tom meowed. Sky smiled at the tom. She knew what was going on and she immediately understood the tom.
"Your quite smart. I admire your intelligence. Echo you told lies to Spirit. You put her into a trap with your words" Sky boomed. Harmony cowered as Sky started to chant un-legible words. The sky darkened and then a burst of shadow's consumed Echo. Echo screamed in pure agony. Lighting flared over head revelling Echo's skull and bones.
Leafpool: This is a story for kits?
Flamekit: yup it's the best one there is
Oakkit: QUIET!
Echo collapsed to the ground her entire body was smoking. Echo slowly got up.
"There Echo you will be a spirit like Spirit. You cannot go back until things are set straight" Sky meowed.
"Set straight" Echo replied. (Okay I wanted to think of a way to curse Echo and that Greek Myth popped into my head about Echo (nymph Echo). I don't own Greek Myths or Echo the nymph I suggest you check out Echo's myth though. It's on Wikipedia)
"Echo you will repeat everything you hear until things are right once more"
"Right once more" Echo said confidently as if she was sure she could set thing right.
"We should curse Harmony's kits as price for Spirits life" growled a sky clan tom.
"kits as price for Spirits life!" yelped Echo in fear. The sky turned dark once more.
"NO NOT MY KITS CURSE ME INSTEAD" Harmony wailed.
"ME INSTEAD" wailed Echo jumping in front of Harmony.
"Harmony will be cursed than. Harmony you will go back to the clans alive once more. However you cannot die until things are right. This may not seem like a punishment but once you become alive once more you will see this as the worst punishment" Sky meowed.
"Worst punishment" Echo meowed in agreement. The sky turned dark and Sky yowled un- legible words. Lighting flashed and Harmony was gone.
"You should go too" Sky meowed touching her tail to Echo's shoulder.
"Go too" Echo whispered.
"Set things right" The river clan tom meowed smiling at Echo.
"Set things right" Echo whispered again.
Back to the present
"Whoa" Leafpool muttered "What the Dark Forest. I learned basically nothing about Spirit, That was just a foolish kit story."
"Tell it again" Shimmerkit pleaded.
"She's not done Mouse brain" Oakkit hissed.
"Legend says that if great danger is near or a dangerous prophecy has been told Spirit will come and warn the cats. She was cursed to follow the clans so she is always here always watching. Waiting to tell us if danger is near by" Sandstorm rasped.
"But I still don't understand. It if's a legend than why would the elders be talking about her" Leafpool meowed confused. Sandstorm stood up and beaconed for Leafpool to follow.
"You four stay here" Sandstorm meowed.
"What's wrong" Leafpool meowed.
"Don't you feel it Leafpool? Don't you see? Troubled times are coming. The dead are coming back. It's as if they want something. And I can't shake the feeling that their after you"
Puppygirl2012: What do you think about this chapter? What do you think about Spirit's past?
Echo: Spirit's past ;(
Leafpool: Tell us what you think! Review's are appreciated
Echo: Appreciated
Puppygirl2012: New Chapters will come more often
Echo: More often
Puppygirl2012:In the near future I plan to have a chapter for Echo, Harmony and Spirit
Echo: SPIRIT!
Puppygirl2012: As always thanks for reading