Chapter 15

Hello again! Sorry I didn't update on Saturday, I was kinda drawing a blank on what to write. But today I had a sudden idea of what to write. So here it is, ENJOY!

Darkpaw shot up, opening her eyes. Alarm shot through her as she looked around, but then shook it off.

"It's okay….that was a dream….I was fine in a dream…." Darkpaw reassured herself.

"Come on! Help with sorting the herbs! Your a medicine cat, too you know!" Jayfeather nagged at her.

Darkpaw pulled up, sniffing the air. It was morning, and pretty early. Darkpaw was surprised that Jayfeather asked her to help this early in the morning. The smell of herbs was strong towards Jayfeather, which pulled her in that direction.

"Okay, can you smell the herbs correctly? Or did you forget everything I taught you…" Jayfeather asked.

"I can smell them just fine. This one's comfrey, borage, marigold, and this one over here is juniper." Darkpaw sniffed all the herbs, pointing them out.

"Good. Now sort all of these, I need to go out and find some catmint." And Jayfeather left.

"Ugh! Any one of us could be the traitor! How do we know it isn't Redpaw!" Darkpaw turned around to the voice of her sister, and heard all of the cats from the prophecy argueing.

"Hey! Whats going on?" Darkpaw demanded.

"Nothing...It's fine…" Nightpaw mumbled.

"No! Wait, Lightpaw, what's happening!" Darkpaw demanded.

Lightpaw finally started to talk to her, "After that dream, we all have been talking...we all think that one of us is the traitor...but almost all of us think it's you…"

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"Says the cat that doesn't even help with the prophecy! Who knows, your power might just be to be a useless, mean sister!" Darkpaw snarled, but Lightpaw could see the tears coming from her eyes.

Lightpaw saw her sister angrily walk away, but couldn't blame her. Lightpaw DID, think that It was Darkpaw. In the dream, when Redpaw talked to her, she had put her head down and sadly mumbled to her.

"But why would Darkpaw betray us…" Lightpaw asked herself.

"Lightpaw! It's time for your warrior assessment!" Lightpaw shot her head to her mentor in surprise.

"Really?" Lightpaw gasped.

"Yes, really." Hazeltail nodded.

"Yesss! Thank you! I'm coming right now!" Lightpaw squealed.

Lightpaw scrambled after her mentor, along with Lightningpaw, Nightpaw, and Oakpaw. They walked into sandy hollow, and stopped. "Okay, let's start with hunting." Hazeltail ordered, "Oakpaw and Nightpaw will hunt together, and Lightningpaw and Lightpaw will hunt together. Catch three mice, one thrush, and one bird."

"Okay! Where should we hunt?" Lightpaw asked.

"Hmm...um, maybe near the river? Oakpaw told me that there were some mice around there." Lightningpaw explained.

"Mice? Near the river? No way! But there might be some birds….okay, let's go!" Lightpaw said.

They both eagerly ran to the river, hoping to find at least one bird. When they arrived, there was no living thing in sight.

"Okayy...erm, maybe by ShadowClan border?" Lightpaw said, but no one was there. "Lightningpaw? Where are you?"

Lightpaw went back to where their mentors were, but no one was there. No prey, no cats, no nothing. She headed back to the river, and saw a shadow across the river move. She bent over to see closer, but instead felt a push.

'What?' Lightpaw alarmed.

She was pulled into the water, gasping for air. The small waves of the water became bigger, swallowing her completely. She tried to swim up, but it was no use. Her legs were still hurt from fight with rogues, so she couldn't kick her legs up.

'This is one of the only times I wish I could be a RiverClan cat!' Lightpaw thought.

Her legs finally cramped up, and she could no longer move them. She was sinking down, starting to run out of air.

'Goodbye, Darkpaw…' Lightpaw gave her last farewell.

But then her legs suddenly shot herself up. Her paws moved fast, carrying her up and into the air. She shakily scrambled up onto land, tears rolling down her cheeks.

"I'm...I...I'm alive…" Lightpaw shaked, "I think…"

"Lightpaw? Lightpaw where are you?" Lightpaw heard Darkpaws voice.

"I'm...over here!" Lightpaw gasped.

"Lightpaw! There you are! Come with me, I'll get you to camp and get you herbs. Here, lean on me." Darkpaw asked.

"Okay…" Lightpaw coughed out some more water.

"Did your fur grow…?" Darkpaw asked.

"N-" lightpaw coughed up more water before she could finish.

"Someone! I need some help! Lightpaw is injured" Darkpaw called.

Nightpaw started to come, then backed away. "Who is she?"

"What are you talking about?" Darkpaw asked.

"That isn't Lightpaw."

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Redpaw angrily thought of her obnoxious brother Nightpaw. He just called her a traitor. "That stupid mouse brain!"

"Erm, I hope your not talking about me…" Redpaw felt hot with embarrassment as Graystripe padded towards her.

"Ah! No, I was talking about Nightpaw. I just happened to be looking at you…" Redpaw apologized.

"Ah, it's fine. Now, could I have that squirrel over there?" Graystripe pointed at the fresh kill pile. Redpaw gladly gave to him, sighing in relief.

Her mentor was nowhere in sight, and there was pretty much nothing that she could do for now. So she headed out into the forest alone to practice her Powers. She made sure no one had followed her, then ran. The wind broke all the silence in every direction, causing all the birds to fly off in alarm.

"Whoops..too fast…" Redpaw apologized to herself.

Redpaw continued to run, only a little bit slower. She smiled happily to herself, and made the mistake of closing her eyes. Before she could move out of the way, she rammed into a cat that was hunting alone.

"Oh no!" Redpaw shrieked.

She checked for a heartbeat, or anything that showed he was alive.

"No….no!" Redpaw cried, "He's dead…"

A voice whispered into the wind. 'One to kill them all….'