A/N watch out for grossness
"Shadowblaze, Shadowblaze please wake up." Shadowblaze opened her eyes for a moment and a face swam into focus for a moment before the comforting blackness pulled her back in.
The next time she woke Shadowblaze saw a dark brown face hanging above her, she recognized it, "Hawkclaw." she mumbled before fading again.
She woke five other times, each time she woke she saw Hawkclaw's face hovering over her. The sixth time she felt stronger, she refused to be taken back to the darkness.
She opened her eyes and struggled to lift her head, after a few tries she managed to lift her head and look around. She was in a den which smelled faintly like the medicine cat's den back in Thunderclan. Shadowblaze tried to move herself into a sitting position, but a sharp pain in her chest made her stop and let out a groan.
Almost immediately a ginger tom appeared from the corner of the den and ran over to her. "You finally woke up! HAWKCLAW! HAWKCLAW SHADOWBLAZE WOKE UP!" Shadowblaze yelped in surprise and quickly covered her ears before she became deaf.
A few heartbeats passed and then Hawkclaw bolted into the den and his face broke into a grin when he saw that Shadowblaze was awake. He ran over and brushed his muzzle to Shadowblaze's.(blech) Shadowblaze jerked back in surprise, immediately she felt bad when she saw the flicker of hurt in Hawkclaw's eyes. "Sorry, Hawkclaw, you just surprised me." she explained.
"That's ok, you just woke up." Shadowblaze smiled and then leaned up and gently licked Hawkclaw's muzzle.(*gag*) Hawkclaw blinked in surprise and then he leaned in and touched his nose to Shadowblaze's.
"Hawkclaw, I-" "GUYS! Unless you want me to throw up on you guys, (Does this remind anyone of anything?) I suggest that you stop this sappy crap!" (Thank you Thorn!) Shadowblaze and Hawkclaw jumped apart and gave Thorn death glares, "You wouldn't." Hawkclaw deadpanned, "Watch me." Thorn stalked over to the herbs and grabbed a herb and said, "I can eat this yarrow and throw up on you two."
Shadowblaze sniggered, "What?!" Thorn questioned, "Nothing." Shadowblaze said innocently. "What?" Hawkclaw muttered into Shadowblaze's ear, "That herb in his mouth isn't yarrow, it's borage, used for fevers and to help queens get milk for their kits." Shadowblaze whispered.
Hawkclaw snorted in laughter and out loud he asked, "Do you think you can stand?" Shadowblaze shrugged and attempted to stand, she almost managed but the pain in her chest made her wince and then her strength gave out and she flopped back into her nest.
"Maybe you should, you know… res-" "NO! If you help me I can stand, I'm not stopping until I succeed." Hawkclaw grumbled but he still let Shadowblaze lean against him as she tried to stand. Shadowblaze hissed in pain every time she tried to stand and she fell, but she tried to keep the hisses quiet because she knew that if she let Hawkclaw hear he would refuse to let her keep trying, and that was something her stubborn personality refused to do.
After about a hundred tries Hawkclaw bluntly told Shadowblaze, "I think that's enough for today." then he moved away, taking away the support Shadowblaze had been using for her attempts. "Please, just a few more times?" "No, Shadowblaze, go and rest, you were out for a whole moon." then he walked out of the den, leaving Shadowblaze with Thorn.
Shadowblaze watched as Thorn darted over to the entrance and looked out for a moment before he came back in and sat next to Shadowblaze. She looked at him confused, 'why is Thorn here? I understand why Hawkclaw would be hanging around me, but why would Thorn be here too?' "I'm here because you're my half-sister." Thorn's voice said, "Oh! I said that out loud?" Thorn snickered and nodded.
Shadowblaze flushed and felt her pelt heat up from embarrassment. "Wait, you're my half-brother? How? Who was your father?" Thorn grinned, "My mom and dad both lived here and they fell in love and became mates after initiation. Then one night they," at this he whispered something in Shadowblaze's ear which made her screech, "Ewwww, you're disgusting!" while playfully shoving his shoulder, "My father's name was Russell, he looked kind of like me."
Shadowblaze nodded, "My father is a cat named Skystar who is a huge," here she bent down and whispered into Thorn's ear, and he leaned back muttering, "Jeez, where'd you learn that kind of language?!" Shadowblaze just grinned, " I had a sister named Storm who looked like my father, and I have a brother named Birchpaw, and now apparently I have a half-brother named Thorn."
"Wait," Thorn cut in, "You said had a sister, what happened to her?" Shadowblaze's grin faded and she whispered, "A fox attack took her and my mother's life." then she turned her face away to hide the fact that her eyes were filled with tears,
"Umm, hey do you still want to try to stand? I could tell that you wanted to keep trying even when Hawkclaw told you to stop." Thorn asked, sounding awkward, even though it was he that had asked the question anyway Shadowblaze was thankful that he was trying to edge the subject away from her family.
Shadowblaze grinned and shook her head in amazement, "How do you know me so well?" Thorn grinned, "Magic!" Shadowblaze laughed and when Thorn stood next to her nest she shoved herself against his side, jamming herself between Thorn and the floor.
Slowly she began to edge herself up, but before she could get much more that halfway her still weak legs gave away and she fell. Shadowblaze growled in annoyance and heaved herself up.
Time after time she fell, but every time Thorn was there to help her and encourage her to go on. Hawkclaw constantly visited, although he discouraged her from moving around, Shadowblaze knew that he cared for her, just in a different way. He didn't understand the energy in her bones which drove her to keep trying until she got what she wanted.
It took a whole three sunrises, but Shadowblaze finally managed to stand, with the help of Thorn. She grinned, 'This is how I live my life' Shadowblaze though with a smile.
Shadowblaze snuck out of the medic's den as quietly as she could. If she got caught, either by Erin, Hunter or ,Starclan forbid, Hawkclaw, she would be sent back to the medic's den and get a scolding.
Thankfully she got out of camp easily that night, as soon as she was out of the camp's sight she broke into a run.
Soon a clearing came into view and when Shadowblaze stepped into the clearing she saw a figure standing in the middle, waiting for her.
"Thorn!" Shadowblaze yowled, "Hey! I see you managed to make it tonight!" Thorn teased. Shadowblaze grinned, "What're we doing tonight?" "I was thinking of teaching you the special fighting moves."
Shadowblaze's jaw dropped, "How? Storm told me that you have to be a member to know those moves because the mystics magic." "That's where he didn't tell you that a cat with founder blood in their veins can learn them before becoming a member." "So, did you learn the move before or after becoming a member?" "Sadly, i learned after."
"Well let's get started."
"Usually when a normal cat who is part of our group learns the moves they just learn the moves. But when a founder blood learns them they will have one of three powers that comes with the founder blood, speed, strength, or invisibility."
"No one has ever had more than one power." at this Thorn seemed to fidgeting a little more than usual so Shadowblaze decided to poke at the discomfort, "Do you have more than one power?" Thorn blinked and finally admitted, "Yes"
"Which ones?" "Speed and invisibility." he whispered, "Don't tell anyone! Please!" he sounded so desperate that Shadowblaze decided to be a good sister and pretend to think about it, then she answered, "Of course I will! I'm your sister for Starclan's sake!"
"Well now that that's off my chest let's learn these moves." Shadowblaze grinned and said, "Bring it on half-bro!" Thorn laughed and began the lesson.
After learning and perfecting the moves, Shadowblaze felt like her pelt was burning. When she looked down at her paws and found that they were glowing with a blue light, "Thorn! What's happening?!" she cried, slightly panicked. "Don't worry! You're just getting your power!"
"What if i end up having two?!" "You probably won't!" Shadowblaze tried to relax and finally when the burning stopped she found that she was invisible. She jumped for joy and realized, she had jumped higher than normal. 'Invisibility and strength?' two powers she realized, "Thorn!" "What? Which one do you have?" "I'm like you! I have two!" Thorn's face paled and he muttered, "Mousedung!" then he called out, "Shadowblaze! Run around the clearing for me ok?" "Why? You don't think…" her voice trailed away as she realized what her brother thought she was, "You've got to be kidding me, Skystar can't possibly have Legion blood in him." "Just do it Shadowblaze." "Fine, fine, keep your pelt on!"
Shadowblaze rolled her eyes and began to run around the clearing.
It took her a few heartbeats to figure out that the trees were going past way too fast. 'I have the legion founder, Thunderclan and Romc founder blood in my veins!'
Shadowblaze was slammed out of her thoughts, literally, when she ran into one of the trees at the edge of the clearing. Even though it wasn't a sapling, the tree hurt, a lot. "Owww" Shadowblaze groaned from the edge of the clearing.
Thorn materialized next to Shadowblaze, due to his speed power, and said, "You can't tell anyone, you'll be banished. My parents being together was forbidden since they both had founder blood, but they still got together. I guess your parents was just a coincidence, huh?" "Yep." Shadowblaze agreed.
"Thank you for letting us stay at your camp for a moon and a half." Shadowblaze told Storm as she and Hawkclaw exited the ROMC camp, intent on completing their quest. "Bye!" Argo and Sia called from where they were play-fighting on the ground.
Shadowblaze was slightly sad that Thorn hadn't come to say goodbye, but she understood, it was probably too painful.
A lot had happened in the last halfmoon, Shadowblaze had accepted Hawkclaw and they were now mates. She had also mastered her powers and could call them up whenever she needed them. She had told HAwkclaw about them, and he had been extremely surprised.
Thorn and Hawkclaw had become best friends and spent a lot of their extra time together. Sia and Tyler had finally admitted their feelings and gotten together, not as mates since they weren't old enough.
Shadowblaze sighed, and took one last look at the camp that they would probably never see again. Then she turned away and headed towards the mountain with Hawkclaw by her side.
They reached the bottom of the mountain and were about to climb when they heard a crashing sound coming from the forest.
Shadowblaze whipped around and unsheathed her claws, blue light already burning around her body. When a ginger cat tumbled out of forest and landed in front Shadowblaze.
Thorn heaved himself to his paws and stated, "I'm coming with you."