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Chapter 9
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Technically, I should have died. I mean I was in Starclan. But apparently I wasn't dead...yet.
"Both Blueflash and Willowstar died in the battle. Starclan all agreed that you should be the next leader of Cloudclan. We are here to grant you 9 lives. But keep in mind, you have already lost one in the battle," Cloudstar mewed to me.
I nodded my head to indicate that I understood. Then suddenly 8 other cats appeared in a half circle around me. I saw familiar faces appear before me, some that I thought were still...living. The first cat stepped up, she had a familiar silver and white coat that was dappled in stars. I looked into her emerald green eyes and suddenly I recognized her!
It was the old medicine cat Leafdapple.
"With this life I give you the life of protection, use it to protect your clan and the cats within it," we touched noses.
It was then that a shocking bolt of electricity ran through my body, it was like the warmest sun and the coldest of ice. But I held the strength to look back up to see that a new cat had appeared before me.
"I am your step father, Stormmist, with this life, I give you the life of trust. Use it to trust what your clan tells you," he pressed his nose to mine.
Yet again a bolt of electricity was sent through me. I had enough energy to glance upward to see my mom.
"I always knew you would have a great future," she smiled at me (can cats even do that?!)" with this life I give you the life of love, use it to love your clan as if it were your own kits. And use it to love Flowerleaf," this time when we pressed noses it was more of a sweet feeling that ran through my body.
Next up came Sunstar," with this life I give you the life of knowledge, us it to figure out the threats to Cloudclan," another shock came through.
After the sweet feeling I felt as if I were blown off of my paws. Slowly I gained enough energy to lift my head up. I counted in my head, that was...4 lives.
Another cat stepped up, she had light silver hair with dark blue eyes, it was Blueflash," with this life, I give you the life of care. Use it to care for the cats you love and your clan," she pressed her nose to mine and another pain rocked my body.
When I looked back up Blueflash was still standing in front of me," you were always meant to be the rightful deputy of Cloudclan," she dipped her head to me then walked back to the half circle of cats that surrounded me.
The next cat padded up to me, he had black fur with white patches lining his back and tail," I am Steakshadow, I was the deputy of Cloudstar after Tanglefur was," he introduced himself to me," With this life I give you the life of respect, use it to respect your fellow leaders and your clan," the force coming from this life sent me to the ground in pain.
He dipped his head to me then left to go sit next to Cloudstar once again. That was 2 more lives...only 2 left. I blinked, another cat sat in the place where Streakshadow had just been.
"Hello Wishingpelt, I am Cinderstar, I was leader before Willowstar was, with this life I give you the life of strength. Use it to fight for what's right for your clan and fight for every last cat in your clan," the force of this life was the worst out of all of the lives. A yowl escaped my mouth.
Slowly, I regained my strength to stand back up on all my paws. The next cat padded up to give me my last life. The cat who didn't trust me, the cat who hated me, the cat who thought I was a traitor to Cloudclan.
"Hello Wishingpelt. I'm here to grant you your last life, but before I do so I must say a few things. Being here, in Starclan, has changed my prospective on you. I have now realized you were just trying to do what was right for our clan. I just, I want to say I am sorry. Now on with the ceremony.
With this life I give you the life of leadership. Use it to lead your clan to victory after every battle and to make the right choices for your clan. Do the thing I didn't and use your lives to listen and to respect your clanmates," the power of this life made me feel like I could run around the whole world, that I could fight any fight, and I could do practically anything.
Then they (all of Starclan) spoke in unison," Use your lives to achieve greatness for your clan. We believe in you, make your clan strong and the cats in it," I smiled knowing that I was leader.
All the sudden everything went black. I couldn't see the beautiful meadow that I had been just granted my leadership in, nor the cats who gave them to me.
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Suddenly screeches and yowls rang in my ear drums as the pitch black gave way to a fuzzy seen of blood and cats. I shook my head as if to shake the image, but then it dawned on me that this wasn't a image, this was real.
Blood covered the clearing making it a dark crimson color, it seemed as if SunClan and Cloudclan were fighting against Dawnclan and Stormclan. Slowly I rolled over to my paws and lifted myself up onto my paws.
Suddenly I spotted Darkshadow about to deliver amother blowing to another cat who I couldn't recognize. I think it was...Flowerleaf! I slowly padded my way to where they were fighting. Every cat that was in my path stopped fighting and stared at me in shock. I knelt to the ground and used all my power to knock down Darkshadow.
He landed on the ground with loud THUD! Flowerleaf looked surprised that I was alive and so did Darkshadow.
"How-?! I thought I killed you!" He snarled up at me.
"Think again...I am a leader, unlike you who doesn't deserve to be one!" I spat right back at him.
He growled then he shoved me off of him. I then launched myself onto his back and dug my claws into his shoulders and back. He then rolled over onto the ground to try and squish me, but I stayed on and my claws dug into his back deeper.
I jumped off and raked my claws across his shoulder. He whirled around and slashed my face. Blood dripped into my eyes, Darkshadow then bit into my shoulder I whirled around and slid under him. I then kicked his stomache making him roll over onto his back.
I quickly stood up. Darkshadow laid there on the ground, he didn't move. Suddenly a rumble of thunder echoed from overhead, I got distracted when Darkshadow lept up and pinned me to the ground. I struggled underneath his grip, but I was pinned.
"Dawnclan! Don't just stand there, ATTACK!" He yowled to his clan.
Instantly, the cats around us started to attack eachother once again. I then started to kick my hind feet into Darkshadows stomach. He yowled and jumped away, I rolled over and got to my feet. He lunged for my neck I ducked and slid under him.
He swiped my back with his claws making blood spill out of the long scratches. I whirled around and bit his ear, making part of it tare. He growled at me and lunged for me, I ducked, he landed on my back. I rolled over squishing him. I whirled around and bit into his neck, he struggled for a few seconds before he stopped thrashing. He laid very still. I stepped back and stared at the cat who had tried to kill me, who was once my best friend.
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