Chapter 11: The Four Unite
Hey, Jaggedscar here again. Since last chapter was very short, I'm gonna try to make this one longer. Hope you enjoy!
I looked out to see that the sun was indeed emerging from behind the moon. As it did so, the forest grew brighter. The birds began to chirp again, and the bees began to buzz again. I turned back to Lionpaw, Hollypaw, and Jaypaw.
"Listen," I said urgently. "We need to talk. Now."
Jaypaw got up slowly. I realized that he was covered in cuts and scratches. None of them looked deep, but they looked painful. I shook off the thought as soon it came into my mind. We needed to figure this out now.
"I know about the prophecy," I muttered.
I saw Hollypaw and Lionpaw start, but Jaypaw was still calm. "What prophecy?" he asked nonchalantly.
I was angry. "You know very well what prophecy I'm talking about," I snarled. "There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws."
Now Jaypaw looked curious. "How do you know about it?"
I swallowed. I couldn't tell them I was a human! They would never believe me! So I decided to tell them the second prophecy.
"Okay," I said. "But not here. We'll meet in the forest later." They nodded and I walked over to the medicine den. I sat with the other warriors waiting for their injuries to be treated. I could see that Leafpool and Jaypaw were hard at work. Then, Jaypaw walked over to his siblings and whispered something in their ears. I leaned over to hear what he was saying.
"We have to find Sol!"
I had been tracking the Three for some time now. I could see that they were nearing the Shadowclan border. I decided to reveal myself.
"What the heck do you three think you're doing?" I growled. "Trying to get yourselves killed?"
Jaypaw turned around and snarled in defiance. "We have to find Sol! He knows about the vanishing sun!"
I snorted. "The sun didn't vanish!"
Lionpaw looked at me in disbeleif. "But you were right there! How did you not notice?"
I sighed. This would be difficult to explain. "If there was a mouse, and you put a rock in front of the mouse, would you be able to see it?"
"No," they replied in unison.
Creepy, I thought. "So, theoretically, that principle would apply to the sun, right?" I wondered how stupid this was sounding.
"So are you trying to suggest," Lionpaw said, "That someone threw a rock at the sun?"
"Oh, god..." I sighed. "No. It was the moon. I know it sounds stupid-"
"You have no idea," Lionpaw droned.
"-but the moon and the sun both spin around the... place, if you will, and sometimes the moon will move in front of the sun, and it will block the light from the sun to our place. It's called an eclipse." I was proud of the explanation I had given.
"How do you know this?" Hollypaw asked.
"Uhhhh..." I said. "I... I can't tell you."
"In other words," Jaypaw meowed, "You have no idea what happened?"
"No," I growled. "What I'm saying is completely true. You just have to believe me, like you believe in Starclan.