Into The Light
Chptr 6
3 days later
When Starpaw awoke, she felt weird. Like something was going to go wrong. Last night, she had a dream. Firestar had told her to "Trust her instincts." She couldn't guess why. Suddenly, like a flash of lightning, the danger she felt sharpened until it was as sharp as a claw. She had a vision of 4 cats leaving the camp. Darkpaw and Lightpaw, along with their mentors Poppyfrost and Leafpool. Something was out there and that something was going to harm them. Since no one else knew, she had to be the one to stop it. Starpaw ran to Jayfeather and prodded him with one paw. "Jayfeather." He twitched. She poked him again, more urgently. "Jayfeather." He shifted and muttered something about a mouse. Starpaw got annoyed. She wished she had another way to wake him up because this was getting her no where. Then she remembered. She closed her eyes and jumped into his dream. Something she had probably gotten from being a decendant of one of the three chosen by Starclan as well as being decended from Firestar. She landed in a forest she just barely recognized. Starclan's forest. Jayfeather was stalking a mouse in the bracken. "Jayfeather!" She yowled. This was what he had been dreaming about!? The lives of cats might be at stake and he was dreaming about chasing a mouse!? The mouse ran off at the sound of her voice. Jayfeather spun around, his fur bristling. "Starpaw?!" He mewed in surprise. "What are you doing here? ...And why did you scare off my mouse!?" He said, slightly annoyed. "I need to investigate something so I went to wake you, but you wouldn't wake up so I dream jumped." This is what they had begun calling it when they jumped into another cat's dream. "OK, but did you have to scare off my mouse?" He mewed, still annoyed. Starpaw rolled her eyes and dream jumped herself back to the medicine den. She looked around for a second before racing out of the den.
She smelled their scents heading towards the Windclan border. She ran after them.
She raced along the lake edge, the water smooth and glowing in the early morning light. Suddenly, she hit something hard and went flying into the lake. She was submerged for a few seconds, kicking out with her hind paws until she hit the bottom. She broke through the surface, coughing and spluttering as she pulled herself ashore. She looked up. Standing above was a cat with dripping wet silvery gray fur. Moonpaw! "Moonpaw, what are you doing here? Did you sense the disturbance?" Starpaw asked, still breathless from her accidental swim. " Yeah, and I would ask you the same thing, but I'm assuming yes. Sorry I ran into you."Moonpaw looked down at her paws."That's alright. Now come on, we have to help Darkpaw and Lightpaw!" Starpaw said, hauling herself to her paws. "Wait' Moonpaw narrowed her eyes." How do you know that Darkpaw and Lightpaw need saving? How do you know it's not Thistlepaw and Stormpaw out on an assessment? We all have very similar scents." "I - I had a vision... You didn't?" The bush next to them started shaking. Moonpaw whirled towards the source of the noise, her eyes narrowed. A faint growl rumbled in her throat. Starpaw jerked her head towards the noise. An image of Sunpaw crashing through the brush came into her mind. She relaxed. The bush shook furiously. Moonpaw crouched down, ready to spring on the thing that approached. "Moonpaw, wait!" She meowed. Clearly Moonpaw hadn't seen who was behind the noise. Sunpaw charged out of the brush and skidded to a stop by the edge of the lake. "Woah! You guys are here too? Did you feel the claw in your chest as well?" Starpaw and Moonpaw glanced at each other. "Yeah, we did." "Then let's stop chattering like birds and go help them!" Sunpaw announced before rushing off into the bushes. Moonpaw rolled her eyes. "He's such a mousebrain." Then they raced into the bushes after their brother.
By the time they reached the old badger set, it was sunhigh.
Starpaw strained her ears for the slightest sound. Nothing. "I can't hear anything." Sunpaw said, as if he had read her mind. "Let's head farther up, they have to be around here somewhere." "Wait," Starpaw cut in sharply. "Can you hear that?" Sunpaw and Moonpaw glanced at each other in confusion. "Hear what?" Starpaw hesitated then flicked her ear towards the south. "That" she said, slightly impatient. Moonpaw looked concerned. "Are you OK? Maybe we should take you back to Jayfeather..." Starpaw lashed her tail angrily. "That sound! The one that's coming from..." She trailed of. "Everyone, RUN!" She yowled as she scrambled for the bushes. Moonpaw and Sunpaw glanced at each other and rolled their eyes before trotting after Starpaw. But it was to late. The ground underneath them gave way, and they fell. Their eyes widening in realization before quickly closing to keep the falling earth from getting in their eyes. Their screeches suddenly died out as fresh earth fell on top of them.
I hope you guys liked this chapter! Sorry it took me so long, I'm just SUPER busy with coaching, volunteering, the play I'm in, (Much Ado About Nothing) and of course...school. It also doesn't help that I have 6 other stories to write, 2 essays, 2 sick siblings, a busy schedule, and a MAJOR case of writer's block. The next chapter may not come out for quite a while. (It's from SP's and MP's POV) Thanks for reading! -Starkit🐱