"What's wrong with Wolfpaw?" Ravenflight begged Ravenwing.
"He's just stressing," Ravenwing reassured her. "He's had a tough few days."
"And what do I do about that?" Ravenflight questioned.
"Nothing. He'll come around. But let him rest."
"What about my parents?" Ravenflight hadn't thought about her mother, Luckystar, and her dead father, Rainfall, for a while.
"You shouldn't have found out," Ravenwing growled.
Ravenflight flinched. That was the first time Ravenwing had seemed...dangerous.
"Sorry," she murmured. It was too late. StarClan disappeared and she woke up next to Larkleaf.
"How's your leg, Larkleaf?" she mewed to the older she-cat.
"Healing. I can almost run." Larkleaf purred, her green eyes bright.
"That's good. Will you train as a warrior again?" Willowshine joined in, awake from her dreams.
"She won't!" Jayfeather snarled. "I'm getting old, and ThunderClan needs a medicine cat."
Larkleaf looked slightly abashed. "Sorry," she murmured.
"I'm going to head back," Ravenflight announced. "Wolfpaw won't be able to look after the whole Clan by himself."
"I agree." Littlecloud said, his voice soft with age.
"Let's go, then." Puddleshine dipped his head to the other medicine cats before leading Littlecloud back towards the ShadowClan camp.
"We'll be off," Willowshine said next, breaking the silence.
"Bye," Briarpaw waved her tail.
"Bye," Ravenflight nodded her goodbye.
She travelled back to the WindClan camp by herself, running through the moors. Movement in front of her caught her eye. A rabbit! She pounced forwards, racing after it as it fled in terror. She caught it, her sharp claws ripping through the flesh. Ravenflight tore at it in a fury, releasing all her rage, horror and shock from the last few days.
When the red mist faded from her vision, she glanced down at the rabbit and saw that it was gone. Blood pooled around her paws; the flesh scattered among the grass. Growling softly, she turned and went back to the camp.
"Did StarClan say anything?" Wolfpaw was already in his nest, turned away from the entrance.
"No," Ravenflight replied. "Not that you should care anyways," she spun around into the herb store.
"Hey, wait." Wolfpaw lifted his head up. Ravenflight paused.
"I was just pulling your tail, you know? All the grumpiness and stuff. I'm really glad to have you back."
Ravenflight felt herself explode. Red mist appeared in the edges of her vision.
"HOW COULD YOU? I WAS CONCERNED FOR YOU!" Ravenflight yowled. "HOW COULD YOU BETRAY ME LIKE THAT?"
Wolfpaw cowered back as Ravenflight's claws slashed down towards him. How she wished to tear...to rip...to kill.
"Stop!" A broad body pushed her back. Ravenflight shook her head repeatedly. Crowstar's black pelt stood in front of her, his green eyes gleaming with rage.
"What are you doing?" he hissed.
"I was...just really mad." Ravenflight hissed back. She ran out of the den, her ears folded back and her tail tucked underneath her body.
YOU ARE READING
Alone #1: The Raven's Flight
FanfictionRavenpaw has always felt alone. Her Clan had told her that she had been abandoned as a kit, and they had saved her from starving. While she is determined to serve WindClan as a medicine cat, she cannot help but feel that Crowstar's glares carry hid...
