So this is the future eh? The thing that changes everything, in my opinion i don't think it's that good if you see your future because the future is meant to be unpredictable, that is the beauty of it.

Enjoy-

So For the rest of the morning I lay in the snow, thinking of when I should run from my curse. I just lay there in my bed of snow wondering how much longer I could take it all in.

Only one more spirit Smokeflight, one more spirit, one more day, one more nightmare. Just. One. More.

I have no idea when I got up, around sun-high? But i decided that the clan would question me if I didn't come back with fresh kill. So I walked deep into the territory, sniffing for prey as I walked along the border. Why bother hunting? I thought arrogantly, they never trusted me anyway.

At some point I found a fresh rabbit hole and waited beside it, hoping my fur looked like dirty snow. It was easy for cats like frostbreeze to hunt in this stupid weather. As I started drifting of rustling came from the tunnel and two brown ears popped out of the tunnel. I tensd, watching as tge rabbit gave some uncertain sniffs before it hopped out.

One... The rabbit stood on it's hind legs to look for enemies. Two... It got back down and started to dig a smal hole in the snow. Three!

I leaped out of my hiding place, annoyed by the way my paws crushed at the snow, making me slow down. But i had the element of surprise and the young rabbit stood there in horror as I leaped at it, killing it with a messy bite, my signature move.

I carried the rabbit through the strong breezes and the heavy snow all the way to Windclan camp, as I walked in everything seemed normal, like nobody had realised i had slept in the cold snow.

I purr came from behind me and I turned my head half heartedly to see Frostbreeze skipping up to me, no not her! I thought.

"Hey Smokeflight! Guess what! Darkfall has just admitted his undying love for Willowdrop!" She purred, blushing as our pelts blushed, I dropped the rabbit at my paws and stared at her, that was all I could do.

Ah i see what your doing! Acting like your my friend when i'm around but teasing me when u believe im gone.

"You are such a great lair!" A spat, baring my teeth at her, her eyes widened and she gasped as I lashed out at her, I had always admired her fast thinking, but this wasn't one of the times as she ducked and grabbed the rabbit from me, placing it on the fresh kill pile and racing over to twigtail, the young tom I had trained with gave me a challenging stare but I ignored it, baring my teeth and shouting at them. "You heartless, selfish fools!"

but that's what you are! A voice in his mind teased, i raged at myself. My inner Crescent was coming through andI hated it.

For a second I just met all the glances of awkwardness I was given by the clan, and Every muscle in my mind was screaming at me to race up to Frostbreeze and Finnish her. But I didn't I have no idea why but I will always be happy I didn't.

Why am I not finishing this!? I thought in annoyance.

You didn't because your becoming soft! A voice growled in my head and fear went through my body like waves as I realised who the voice belonged to. Furzepelt.

I had spent all day hunting and the sun was already beginning to sink. My heart raced in fear and i looked around in panic. No! I don't want to sleep! I squeaked in fear. I didn't want to be tortured by some spirit that has a rhyming name and shows me the future. I didn't!

I saw Willowdrop blushing as Darkfall told her something by the side of the warriors den. I wanted to claw myself as I felt tears of betrayal slid down my cheek, some sticking to my whiskers like dew as I raced beside the warriors den which had no roof so that we could look at the stars.

I stood there a little, trying to overhear what my friend was saying. No. Former friend.

"... So you want to be mates?" Was the sound of Willowdrops purr, I saw Darkfall smile. "Well... We just became warriors a quarter moon ago but I would love it," they purred and rubbed against each other and for some strange reason a felt a pang of loneliness. What would happen when this all ended? When my days of torturing stopped and i was left with no friends, no mate, no position. Will i have to leave Windclan? I thought in fear, i couldn't imagine living as a loner, being alone all the time with no purpose. That was when I realised how much i missed my friends and how i really needed them.

I stood up and turned to the exit, i couldn't sleep in the roofless den with my former friends. I decided to be the nights guard. I could try to stay up all night!

i find staying up quite hard, how you have to listen to the crickets singing and think if your beautiful nest, but then again i never got any sleep these days.

I was still awake as the moon reached it's highest point and I could feel my eyes narrowing in tiredness as I looked around at the moors. I don't know when, but at some point A almost drifted off until a huge light blinded me, as if the sun had fallen from wherever it was hiding.

I hissed at the light, blinking to get used to it, but i didn't have to for the glowing eased away like pain and I saw what stood before me, by now I shouldn't be surprised. But i was.

This cat was pure white, her electric blue eyes staring at me innocently. Her size was amazing! She was about half of my size.

She must be a very young apprentice spirit, i thought in interest. Her big blue eyes stared at me innocently, they seemed to carry more wisdom that my own eyes, even my Onestars eyes had never looked so wise.

I gasped, making a small smile unfold on her face as she looked up at me.

"Are you ready to see your future?" Her young voice asked, none of the other spirits had asked me this, they just zapped me into horror with smiles on their faces.

I wanted to tell the kit yes, that her question was stupid and that we should get it over with. But something about the she-cat made me hate the thought of lying to her.

"...No," i sighed, looking into the blue depths of her eyes.

"this is torture, I don't understand why I'm doing this!"

The white kit/apprentice smiled. "You know you can turn away," she mewed, i stared at her dumbfounded. I felt like this cat could read my mind!

"my name is frost," she purred.

"You have a lively name, mine is Smoke-"

"i know," she purred, adding. "Are you ready?"

No. I wasn't, I never was ready for the shock of the things that happened.

"Yes."

and with that she put her tail on my back and there was a flash of pitch darkness before we were back in some moors. No portals. no slides. Just moors.

I looked around, realising that I was inside the camp, the clan was going on as any other day. Hunting parties were coming back, and as I looked closer I saw that one of the cats walking through was me.

What! That can't be me, I thought in awe. The future me looked so bired, eyes sunken with a frown on my face, i just seemed so...old.

"Did i always look like that?" I asked Frost, she nodded, dodging as a warrior was about to walk through her.

a shiver of sorrow and pity ran for myself ran through me And I was surprised as The future me walked straight through me, it felt like being frozen from the inside as he passed through, and it made me gasp in disbelief.

A purr came from behind me and I turned to see Frostbreeze walking up to future me, it was hard to remember that she wasn't purring because of friendship.

"Hey Smokeflight!" she mewed.

Future me shrugged and stopped in front of her. "What do you want?" Future me hissed. I was still surprised by the way i acted, it seemed so different in 3rd person.

"Haha, well there is something i have been meaning to tell you..." Frostbreeze purred, looking at her paws, i noticed how kind she was. And although i hated her for betraying me i felt sorry that she had to put up with me since kits.

"I guess I love you..."

the shock was amazing, I widened my eyes like the future me did, so gullible. But what wasn't gullible was the part where future me expression turned from shock to anger to angrier than anger.

"Well then you're one foolish, bird-brain!" he yowled, his claws unsheathed and he walked closer to Frostbreeze, who was now walking back.

"Someone! Look!" I yowled, looking for cats to help Frostbreeze. It took me only seconds to realise that a. I was calling for help because of future me and b. nobody could see or hear me And c. most cats had gone out for hunting patrols.

"I-i just th-though. Darkfall and will-"

"THOSE IDIOTS SHOULD DIE!" Future me screeched. Loud enough to send chis down my spine but not for the rest of the clan the hear.

"I heard you betray me! I heard you cats laugh about me!" Future me spat bitterly, a terrible expression on his face.

Frostbreeze gasped, "oh no! Smokefur you must understand that I am so sorry! I love you now and i will tell you the truth," strangely future me didn't interrupt her.

Frostbreeze took a deep breath. "Okay, Sometimes you can be a bit of a sore paw..."

I tried to go infront of Frostbreeze and protect her from the dangerous look in future me's eyes. But he just stalked throught me again, sending shivers up my back.

Future me stood close to frostbreeze, their noses almost touching, then future me looked up at the sky and i watched in dispear as he started cackling, a dangerous and evil look on his face.

"Oh, well you wanna see what this sore paw can do?" He took one more step towards Frostbreeze as she took one step back, stuttering in fear. Suddenly future me leaped ontop of Frostbreeze, she gave a yowl for help but it was cut short by future me's paw that was now squeezing her throat. I watched the next oart in horror, unabke to believe that this was me. Mabye he had forgotten that she couldn't breath, mabye he didn't realise that his claws were unsheathed.

"Now you stupid cat, do you promise not to scream if I let go?" Future me growled.

No reply.

After a few minutes fear flickered in the toms eyes as he shook Frostbreeze Hard, "Frostbreeze?

The camp was in complete silence as I realised that the only cats in the camp were the Elders, Queens, Kits and leader. After the long silence future me let go of Frostbreeze and she slumped to the ground, lifeless.

my eyes widened in horror as I watched future me poke her again and again, calling her name out desperatly until Onestar came out of his den, stretching and yawning until he saw Frostbreeze and Smokeflight.

He gave a yowl and rushed over to the two warriors, grabbing Frostbreeze by the scruff and shacking. I was sure. Frostbreeze was dead.

"No!" I turned to Hope with tears on my cheeks, she had a surprised look on her face to.

"Hope! That's not me I would never kill a cat!"

she shook her head. "the future doesn't lie Smokeflight."

i turned back to the scenery before me in Panic, two patrols had come back and were crowded around Frostbreeze, gossip going fast. Soon every cat in the clan had come into the centre and were giving protesting yowls at future me, who just looked around in horror.

"Kill him!"

"he no longer deserves to be in our clan!"

"He is not one of us!"

future me backed away slowly step by step until Onestar called the usual summons And all cats gathered around him and the body of Frostbreeze.

"This was Smokeflight's doing!" He yowled in hatred, the others followed lead.

"A disgrace!"

"An outrage!"

"plain evil!"

"let him go to the dark forest!"

Onestar held a paw out for silence, staring into the future me's eyes.

"You are an Outcast Smokeflight. You will never belong."

future me didn't speak until the yowls of agreement died down. "It sucks that your not dead either!" He yoed in defiance, I stared at him from the edge of the crowd, shocked. I would never say that! Would I?

"You grew up in the clan Smokeflight! Doesn't that mean anything to you?"

"this is not my clan!" Future me hissed, he was met by shocked gasps and uneasy mutters.

"No. This was never my vlan! An old bird brain to lead us? Spirits to haunt me and idiots to sleep with? That's no life!"

I stared at Onestars raging face in awe, I had never expected for such a low future.

"Leave," Onestar spat, his teeth bared at the smoky tom.

"And never return or you know what will happen."

"No! Onestar please!" I gasped althought he couldn't hear me. "I-I'm so sorry,"

I just stared dumbfounded as the future me walked out of camp, ignoring he angry yowls from the rest of windclan.

I watched the toms tail disapear before I turned back to Jope, shacking my head.

"No! This can't be my future! Please tell me it isn't," I stuttered. Hope gave a small smile.

"I can tell that your future has changed now," She meowed, I gave a sigh of relief and an idea popped into my head.

"Tell me, what time is it in the real world?" I asked, Hope smiled, "Still night."

good my an will work.

"I'd like to wake up now," And with a sigh I added one word. "Please?"

Hope smiled and put her tail on my back whispering in her tiny kit-like voice what changed my mind about everything. And I realised ehy my father had made me go through this, because he loved me. All at once the future , presant and oast fit together perfectly like a puzzle. As hope mewed.

"Life can only be understood backwards, but it must be played forwards. You must believe that your future will be good, those that make today a better place, deserve tomorrow. For our future is unknown, it is unpredictable. but thats the beauty of it."

worked on this all night XD, one more chapter left, don't forget to review ppl. And if you liked it check out my extremely long profile ;D and my other books. Planninganother one already.

Question: so do you like the future, present or past spirit better, why?

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