Chapter 9

Hello again! Heres another chapter! Oh, but before that, i'm sure that some of you are wondering why i use '' instead of italics for thoughts. I tried using italics on the first chapter, but for some reason they wouldn't work. Yeah, it can be confusing, but because i can't use italics….anyways, enjoy!

Night stood at the edge of the cliff, staring out into the stars. Sadness twisted in his stomach as he thought of what had happened here.

'If only I could of helped…' He thought, but then shook his head, 'It couldn't have been changed. It is destined to happen..'

He saw a star drift across the sky, its light going out slowly. The sight of it made him think of his brother, in StarClan.

"Oh, Flametail...why did you have to die?" Night choked, holding back tears from the short memories of his brother.

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Lightpaw woke up from her long sleep, and headed to the prey pile.

"Woah, woah, woah! The prey pile is too small for everyone to eat than hunt! Go hunting first, then come back and eat!" Hazeltail complained.

"Fine…" Lightpaw growled.

Lightpaw padded to the forest, only stopping to check for the scent of prey. There was no prey in sight, or smell. Lightpaw continued into the forest farther, still scenting nothing.

"To save dark,

You must find one,

That will save,

Or destroy the clans…"

Lightpaw whipped around, to find a dark pelted tom in the shade, starting to walk away. Lightpaw quickly followed him, struggling to follow his quick body. She pushed through one last bush, only to find him gone.

"Darn it!" Lightpaw kicked the dirt up from the ground, then felt tears starting to come out, "will I be able to save Darkpaw?"

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Lightpaw returned from the hunt empty pawed. She tried to avoid her mentors angry stare, but It was watching over her every pawstep she took.

"I'm sorry, Hazeltail...but something else distracted me…" Lightpaw sighed.

"That distraction better have been worth it, because your going to spend the rest of the day cleaning off elders ticks!" Hazeltail growled at her.

"Well it was important! It was a life and death matter, don't you care if I save my sister?!" Lightpaw screeched, loud enough for the whole clan to hear.

Lightpaw suddenly realized what she had just said as the clan stared at her. She felt hot with shame, and embarrassment. Her mentor stormed off, and that left her with an angry Bramblestar.

"What the heck was that?" He growled.

"I..I…" Lightpaw choked, then shook her head, "I need to save my sister! Go away!"

Lightpaw angrily stormed off, leaving Bramblestar in awe. She felt really stupid, but she had to keep going.

"Shadowy figure cat? Are you here?" She called, slightly afraid.

She heard a rustle in the woods, and the tom cat came out. His eyes were closed, walking closer to her. The tom stopped a whisker away from her, then opened his eyes.

'Blue eyes?' She thought alarmingly.

"To save dark,

You must find one,

That will save,

Or destroy the clans…"

Lightpaw took a step closer, and pressed her paw to his pelt. His pelt disappeared, into a shadowy dust. She whimpered when she realized the truth, holding back tears as she ran to the camp.

"Darkpaw!" She called.

Passing through the crowds of curious cats, and went to the sleeping Darkpaw. She pushed Jayfeather out of the way, and next to Darkpaw.

"It's Night. Night is the third one!" Lightpaw screamed.

Darkpaw opened her purple and blue eyes, making Lightpaw cry in relief. Darkpaw jumped on top of Lightpaw, yowling with joy.

"Wait...Night?" Darkpaw blinked.

"Lightpaw? Did you...figure it out?" Night came in.

"Yes...wait, you knew? What the heck?" Lightpaw tilted her head.

"Yes, but I couldn't tell you...oh, we need to get out of here! Cats are staring!" Night hissed under his breath.

'Can we trust him?' Darkpaw thought.

'Well he's one of the prophecy! We have to!' She thought, following after Night.

"Okay, Night. Now what?" Darkpaw hissed under her breath.

"Well, we need to fulfill our destiny, of course," Night smiled, "but first, we need to find the fourth cat from the prophecy."

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Darkpaw sorted the herbs, stuck on the thought of the prophecy. 'Hey, Lightpaw...do you think the fourth cat can be from another clan?' Darkpaw stopped to think.

'Probably….I mean, Night said he had a brother in another clan that died, so…' Lightpaw thought back.

"Hey! You have not been here to help for so long, and you're not going to make up for it by standing there daydreaming!" Jayfeather complained.

"Right...sorry…" Darkpaw apologized.

'Anyway...Lightpaw, Is there something wrong? You sound nervous.' Darkpaw asked in her thoughts.

'Yeah...erm...well, while you were asleep...I kinda yelled at my mentor and maybe also the clan leader…' Lightpaw sighed, Darkpaw able to see her memories.

"What!?"