I hope you enjoy Chapter 2 of Falling Shadows everyone! I couldn't wait for 5 reviews so I just settled on what I got, 2 followers (Thank you MidnightPsycho and Stormstar123! ^ ^) and one review! Thank you all so much! Bramb and I both appreciate the support so much! ^ ^ Knowing that I have people reading my work (Even though Chapter 1 one was Brambs but whatever! ^ ^) motivates me to work so much harder on my chapters! I thank you for that! Anyways I'll wrap this up because I know you're probably fed up with hearing (reading) me talk and you're probably itching to read chapter 2! lol! Anyways enjoy, Thank you for the support and motivation and I sign out! ^ ^
~Mouseshadow01
"Light is fading and darkness is falling, but the stars will rise and end the long night."
"There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws."
Mousekit/Mousepaw/Mouseshadow
A golden brown she-cat with forest green eyes that betray her every emotion. A cat of the prophecy, she has both telepathic powers and can control lightning. Her friends, family, and her extremely fluffy, white-tipped tail are what she cares most about.
Very talkative.
Mother: Squirrelflight
Father: Brambleclaw
Siblings: Jaykit/Jaypaw/Jayfeather, Lionkit/Lionpaw/Lionblaze, Hollykit/Hollypaw/Hollyleaf (formerly)
Favorite Quote: "Don't mistake my size for my strength."- Mouseshadow hissing to Leafall during a duel.
Chapter 2 Stars
The night sky was filled with bright twinkling lights. Stars. They glimmered and gleamed and shone down on the cat outside the nursery. Mousekit. The golden-brown she-kit was up late. Star-gazing. Up in the dark blue depths of sky, were stars hung by invisible threads she knew her warrior ancestors were watching her. She loved the stories the Queens and Elders told about them and her parents. She always marveled at the power of Starclan and how her whole family had an important role in the ever changing path of the clans. Her mother and Father had saved the clans from total destruction, her aunt Leafpool was the medicine cat and she found the moonpool, Her Grandfather was the Thunderclan leader, Firestar, and he had done many things to protect his clan. And multiple times too! She, her two brothers and sister though had no important position or role in the clan's welfare. At least not yet. Jaykit, Hollykit and Lionkit were still sleeping inside the nursery, along with all of the queens and other kits. Mousekit's best friend's sister, Maplekit, was with greencough. The poor she-kit wasn't aloud to be near much less sleep with the other kits and had to stay with Leafpool, the medicine cat. Bramblekit one the other hand was in the nursery with the others. But she had been acting a bit…off… since Maplekit got sick.
(Please get better soon Maplekit. You have too. It's really lonely without you around in the nursery. Even that loud, obnoxious, silly, annoying furball Lionkit is starting to be affected by it.)
Mousekit heard paw steps behind her. She unsheathed her tiny but long claws and turned quickly around hackles raised.
"Calm down fuzz ball! No need to attack! It's just me!"
It was Cloudtail. The snow white warrior looked down at the small brown she-kit. Mousekit tried desperately to make herself taller, to look him in the eye. But she ended up failing. She re-sheathed her claws and let her neck fur lie flat again.
"What do you want Cloudtail? Don't tell me that I'm a kit and I should be in my nest right now. Iwasn't doing anything and you can't put me back to sleep. I—"
He swiped his tail over her mouth.
"Shhhh!" he hissed. "If you don't be quiet you'll wake everyone up and you'll have to go back to sleep. And as for me telling you to go back to sleep, I never was going to do so. And did anyone tell you, you talk too much?"
She recoiled and opened her mouth to fire a projectile of insults at him. But when she looked at his face, she could see a flicker or amusement dancing in his eyes.
"You're just messing with me aren't you." She meowed in defeat.
"Yes. ….And no." He replied.
"What's that supposed to mean Cloudtail? Don't you—aren't you supposed to be guarding camp?" She finished lamely.
"Mm hmm. " He said nodding his white head a little.
"Then why aren't you?"
"I was just about to go back." He said turning around to go back out the bramble thorn tunnel.
(Finally! Doesn't he know to leave kits alone?)
Mousekit heard a high pitched, slightly audiblewail from the medicine den. Followed by a whisper from Leafpool.
(Was that Pinefur? Or was that Maplekit?)
She looked around, wondering if anyone heard it beside herself. Across the camp, the Warrior's den, no one stirred. On its right, closer to the thorn tunnel was the apprentice den. No one stirred there as well. On the left in between the nursery and the leader's den, the elders den, no cat seemed to be awake. And lastly, at the far end across from the thorn tunnel under highrock, was the Leader's den. Mousekit could hear faint snoring from where she sat at the front-left side of the nursery. She studied the stone ground underneath her huge paws.
(I wonder who that was. Am I the only cat who heard it? I wonder why no one else did. Bramblekit did say I had really good hearing but… I wonder if it was Maplekit. It can't be Bramblekit, she doesn't sound like that. She doesn't even squeak! That and Bramblekit is in the nursery…)
With all these thoughts running through her head she didn't notice a red shape come out of the medicine den.
"What are you doing up?" Pinefur hissed at her as she passed the nursery.
"I um err umm -I was going to dirtplace." Mousekit stammered and started her way towards the dirtplace tunnel.
She could feel a pair of pale green eyes watching her until her white-tipped tail disappeared from Pinefur's sight. Mousekit sighed heavily in relief before turning around. She peeked around the corner she had just turned. Seeing and scenting no one she hesitantly padded out into the middle of the clearing.
(Pinefur looked really upset. I wonder what happened…. I wonder where Bramblekit is. I think I'll go get her. She needs to get out of that stupid, secluded nest in the nursery. I know! I'll get her to sleep with me! That's a great idea Mousekit! Thank you Mousekit! Go on and do it already! I'm going Mousekit!)
She trotted over to the nest, hesitantly at first then gradually faster. Mousekit poked her small brown head in and let her forest-green eyes get used to the darkness. Which they finally did. She glanced around the nursery looking for Bramblekit. The little grey she-kit was huddled in a corner, her tabby markings blending in with the darker shadows.
"Bramblekit?" Mousekit whispered.
Bramblekit curled herself into a tighter ball. She must not have heard her. She silently padded over to the nest until she was hovering over her friend. Mousekit opened her mouth to invite Bramblekit to sleep with her in her nest, but was stopped when she noticed a weird eerie feeling in the room. She leaned inwards, so her face was almost squished against Bramblekit's. Her forest green eyes met amber ones as Bramblekit slowly retracted her eyelids.
"Bramblekit! What are you doing out here all by yourself? Are you okay?" she asked, worried, pressing her muzzle into her friend's soft fur. She retracted almost instantly.
"You're FREEZING! Where is Maplekit?"
"Maplekit is… gone." Bramblekit murmured.
"What do you mean? Where'd she go? When is she coming back?"
Mousekit saw pain in Bramblekit's eyes.
"Mousekit. She isn't coming back."
Realization at her words struck Mousekit like a stone had hit her. THAT'S what that eerie feeling had been! Why didn't she make that out sooner? She felt horrible for making Bramblekit say it. So, she did what she thought was best. She snuggled up against the grey and black she-kit, hoping to make her feel better.
(I'll try to be the best sister you could ever wish to have Bramblekit.) She vowed as sleep overwhelmed her.
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~Mouseshadow01