The Second Chapter of "The Dark Prophecy"
Redfur
"You can join us now, Redfur," Wolfsong called from inside the nursery. As I pushed my head through the vines covering the entrance, I gasped in happiness. In the curve of Sparrowflight's belly, were three tiny bundles of fluff. One was a deep mossy brown, another, a dark grey with a white chest, and the third, the one who resembled me the most, was a rambunctious russet cat, with black tipped paws and gold flecked ears and tail.
"What shall we name them?" Sparrowflight asked, looking over at me lovingly. I looked at the russet she-cat.
"Emberkit," I responded immediately. She nodded her approval.
"This one will be Frostkit," she said, flicking her tail over the grey fluff.
"What should this last one be?" I asked. She looked long and hard at that one, finally turning her amber eyes to meet mine.
"Jadekit."
It was a few days later when I decided I needed to clear my head. It was just around sundown, when I left camp unnoticed. I stared out at the lake, the soft pastel sky parading after the red eye of the sun, sinking into the trees. The water was a rainbow spectrum of color, reds, oranges, yellows, pinks, and blues shimmered like fireflies over the water's surface. I twisted my head to see a view just as fantastic. The moon's silver eye took it's deep navy blanket and slowly began to hide the sunset with stars beyond counting. They twinkled in the night as silverpelt looked down on me, surrounding the half moon. A whisper of wind billowed my fur and swirled around me. I closed my eyes and breathed in the scent of the soft spring flowers, and the fresh smell of the water. I opened my eyes and had a vision. Just farther down the shore, were two cats. Both with long fur swirling around them, and their heads were bowed and their noses touching. I thought is was just them, but 3 little kits came tumbling around them until they spotted me. Their eyes reflected the sunset. The she-cat came up to me. I gasped. Her star sprinkled fur, and luminescent blue eyes looked at me lovingly. She went still and recited a prophecy:
"A dark sky will rain on thee,
But only if, the one is she.
Somecat may save her,
Just in time,
For a little something,
Rather divine."
She paused as I stared at her. She continued in valor, blue eyes ablaze.
"By the one of light,
To the one of dark,
Of the sun and moon,
Who will hold true,
Always change,
Always start anew."
"What does that mean?" I called as she and the other cats began to ascend into Starclan.
"Tell me!" I yowled, ears flat to my head, staring up at the stars, as if waiting for a forgotten answer. I stared around wildly, looking for other cats. My sides heaved and my breathing was uneven as I slowly backed towards the forest.