*Goldentail's P.O.V.*
I didn't recognize the scent, but obviously Stormfoot and Dewspots did. When Dewspots mentioned Shadefur's name, my head spun. I didn't understand, I mean Shadefur's dead isn't he?
When we got back from the border patrol and reported about Shadefur's scent. Bramblestar's tail went straight into the air and his fur stood on end. He dismissed Stormfoot and went to his den. I followed close behind. I had questions about how Shadefur's scent had appeared. I had heard about the battle against the Dark Forest, but normally no one talks about it.
"Bramblestar!" I called.
"Come in." He called back. I entered Bramblestar's den. I hadn't been in here more than once, even now it was mystifying.
"What can I do for you?" Bramblestar asked.
"I want to talk about how Shadefur's scent could have been there." I said.
"I guess you haven't heard much about the battle with the Dark Forest. Fine, you deserve to hear as much as anyone." Bramblestar told me.
Bramblestar took a deep breath and began to tell me what happened. "It started very quickly, but thanks to Ivypool, not unexpectedly…"
He continued to tell me, it took till Moonhigh for him to finish. I was sad to hear about the deaths of Hollyleaf, Ferncloud, Mousefur, and Firestar. Of course, I knew of Firestar's story already, and had heard how Ferncloud, Hollyleaf, and Mousefur had died bravely. But like I said before, no one talks about the Great Battle that often.
To think that Shadefur has somehow managed to open the barrier between the Dark Forest and the living world again is scary to think about.
"That's the story, now you must be hungry, go fetch something from the fresh-kill pile, but make sure the elders and queens have eaten first." Bramblestar told me.
"Okay Bramblestar, I will." I said.
I walked over to the fresh-kill pile, but I wasn't that hungry after hearing THAT story. So I brought a plump rabbit over to where Graystripe was talking with Sandstorm and Millie. I gave them the rabbit, but I noticed Graystripe ate most of it, and then went to the pile for more.
I let out a purr of laughter, Graystripe's stomach seemed to be bottomless pit, he was always hungry.
Then I went to the warriors den to go to sleep, but sleep didn't come easily. So I went for a walk in the forest.
I walked over to the lake. It was always so pretty at night, with the stars and the moon shining on it brightly. I settled down on the shore, and with the sound of the gentle waves, I fell asleep.
I dreamt I was in a sunny forest. I walked around a bit, and soon I found a few cats sharing tongues on some warm looking rocks.
They noticed me pretty quickly, but they didn't seem hostile. I noticed they had stars in their fur. These must be Starclan warriors. I thought.
A pretty gray tabby she-cat walked over to me.
"Hello Goldentail, nice to meet you in person, I'm Ferncloud, these are my kits. This is Shrewpaw," She pointed to a young gray tabby tom. "This is Hollykit," She pointed to a small pale gray she-kit. "And this is Larchkit." She pointed to a tiny brown tabby she-kit. They were all too young to die. I thought.
"Why am I here?" I asked Ferncloud.
It was Shrewpaw who answered, "You're here because there's a new prophecy that is for you."
"WHAT!" I screamed. I couldn't believe it; I didn't want to be part of a prophecy.
"Once again, darkness rises. Storm, Fire, Gold, and Rain must come together and brighten the stars again." They all said at once, their voices seemed to be echoing throughout all of Starclan's territory.
Then, they faded away and I woke up in my nest again.
*Rainkit's P.O.V.*
"Hawkkit, stop wiggling!" I yelled.
"No, you stop wiggling!" Hawkkit yelled back.
"Kits, its only dawn, be quiet, Icecloud and Sunfur are still asleep. How about you go into the clearing and play quietly." My mother, Patchclaw said.
"Okay, come on Hawkkit and Wolfkit! To the clearing!" I declared.
We all rushed into the clearing. A few moments later, Finchkit and Cloudkit came out tiredly.
We noticed Sandstorm was awake, so we went over to her to see if she would play with us.
"Hello kits, what can I do for you today?" She asked.
"Will you play with us?" I asked.
"Of course, what do you want me to do?" She asked cheerfully.
"You are a Shadowclan warrior, and we'll attack you." I said brightly.
Sandstorm bared her fangs in a silent snarl, claws sheathed of course.
"Thunderclan, ATTACK!" I screamed at the top of my lungs.
Me and the rest of the kits jumped onto Sandstorm, pummeling her with sheathed claws and nipping her softly with bared fangs.
She swiped at us tried desperately to win, but soon, very dramatically, she fell to the ground and said, "Oh, alright Thunderclan, you have proved to be the superior clan, I give up."
We all cheered and jumped off of Sandstorm happily. By this time, Graystripe and Millie had come out to watch.
Some of the warriors had come out to see what the racket was. But when they saw it was just us and Sandstorm, they relaxed.
Lionblaze came through the entrance tunnel with the dawn patrol, which consisted of him, Foxleap, and Foxleap's apprentice Puddlepaw. They went over to Bramblestar, who was coming out of his den, to report what they had seen on the patrol.
I stopped paying attention after that. The elders were still looking at us, eyes gleaming with pleasure.
"Kits have always been a blessing to the clans, but I think that the elders appreciate them the most." Squirrelflight said, eyes gleaming.
I looked behind Squirrelflight and saw Patchclaw and Sunfur looking at us with pride in their eyes.
Loving the attention the clan was giving us; I jumped on top of my brother Wolfkit and started a play fight. Hawkkit and Cloudkit soon joined us. Only Finchkit didn't join the fight, looking at us as if she's never seen us before.
I didn't understand why she wouldn't join us, but I got bored of watching her watch us, so I joined back in the play-fight.
I swiped Wolfkit behind the ear with sheathed claws. I didn't notice for a little while, but when the play-fight ended, I noticed the sun was high in the sky. It was already sunhigh; the morning went by really fast.
I noticed Goldentail looked scared. I didn't know why, but Stormfoot walked over to comfort her, so I probably didn't have to worry.
Suddenly, I felt really tired. So I walked over to the nursery and curled up next to Patchclaw for a nap.
Hope you liked chapter 2, see you for chapter 3! Oh, and by the way, thanks to all of you for being patent with me. It takes me a while to write these and my computer has been acting weird, but it seems fine now, so thanks for being patent. You're all really loyal and I'm glad you like my stories.
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