Disappear
(I know, it's been about a century since I worked on this. Sorry about that, sort of.)
Wingshadow walked through the territory alone. She enjoyed being alone every once and a while. She was near the Moonclan border when she saw it. There was a black cat there. He looked bigger than normal cats, and looked a bit burnt. But that wasn't the disturbing part. He was eating a kit!
"STOP!" Wingshadow shrieked.
The creature looked up. Wingshadow felt like her stomach was going to drop out of her when she saw the creature's red eyes and bloody mouth. It growled and lunged at her. She jumped to the side, spinning in the air as she went. That way she was still facing it. She clawed at its face. Nothing seemed to happen.
The creatures swung its own claw at Wingshadow. Wingshadow went sprawling. She was panicking now. Not good. It's going to kill me for sure. She thought. It pounced again and she rolled out of the way. Now, as if there wasn't already a huge problem, she was in Moonclan territory.
She sprang back on her feet. When the creature attacked she dashed under it and clawed its stomach. She looked at her claws in disgust, its blood was black. In that moment of distraction she got plowed over again. As she lay on the ground, she saw a hole out of the corner of her eye, a good place to escape the bulkier creature. She dove in.
Sure enough, the creature couldn't follow her. It clawed at her from the entrance, but she was too far back to reach. Wingshadow smiled. Then a thought crossed her mind. How do I get out? The way she came in was obviously out. She looked around, this tunnel was narrow and it didn't take long to realize it went deeper.
Wingshadow crept further back. It was hard to see, but she could hear and smell. And it was through using those scents that she realized she'd been here before. This was the tunnel she and Lightingstar had met Fallenstar. Weird. She thought. And not good. If there was a passage in Moonclan, and Stormclan, where Fallenstar had been, this thing was huge.
Dragonflame awoke, partially, her head felt muggy. She let out a groan. Her eyes fluttered open and she saw Eclipsepelt and Brokenclaw. That got her to wake up the rest of the way. Brokenclaw let out a sigh of relief. "You're alright."
Dragonflame blinked. She couldn't remember anything. "I wasn't before?"
Brokenclaw seemed surprised. "No. You had drunk from the river; apparently the water is dangerous right now. I've already suggested everyone take caution."
Dragonflame nodded, though she still didn't remember. "Then thank you."
"Don't thank me. It was Eclipsepelt who got you here. You would've died otherwise."
Dragonflame looked at Eclipsepelt in a way she'd never looked at him before. "You did?"
Eclipsepelt nodded.
Dragonflame smiled softly. "Thank you."
Eclipsepelt shrugged and walked out. Dragonflame's look darkened. Oh that is it! She thought irritably. She got up and went after him.
"No! Wait!" Brokenclaw shouted. But he made no attempt to go after her.
Considering Dragonflame was still weak from the poison, she had a hard time following Eclipsepelt. She wasn't about to give up though. She chased after him. "What is wrong with you?!" she shouted. Eclipsepelt grunted. "See?! You're doing it again! You're not caring! You never have any emotion and I don't think that's normal!"
Eclipsepelt stopped. He spun around, he was showing emotion now and it wasn't a good thing. "I don't show emotion," he hissed, "because everyone I care about dies." Dragonflame crouched back. "My brother was one of them, but at least he's in Starclan. My sister was evil. I've lost her forever. And that cat who helped us after that was killed too. Why should I try caring? So you can do the same thing?"
Dragonflame stood up straight. She pressed her head into his fur. "Eclipsepelt, I promise, I'll never do that to you." She said. She realized that even though she was here to destroy the clans, she'd meant what she'd said.
Eclipsepelt seemed to tense at first, but then he relaxed and let her lean in.
