Darkness.
It enveloped the BrineClan camp in its powerful claws, bringing eerie emptiness.
The shadows curled around all of the dens in the clearing, rattling the walls with a chilling breeze. The sky, normally such a brilliant blue, was pure black, with a single wisp of moon left. Thin clouds travelled back and forth across it, once covering the moon, once unveiling it.
No cat was awake.
Except one.
A pale ginger tom burst into the camp, yowling. "Pearwhisker is dead!"
As if on cue, cats flooded out of dens and surrounded the ginger tom, asking worried questions.
"What? What do you mean, Cherrydusk?" Meowed a silver queen, her blue eyes flashing with alarm.
The tom, Cherrydusk, caught his breath. "Dead. I found his body in the centre of our territory, beneath the Twisted Oak. There was no scent on him, no trace. I dragged him to the entrance."
A golden tom and brown tom raced put of camp, then returned carrying the limp body of a pale brown tabby tom. His pale green eyes stared blankly at the ground.
"Pearwhisker!"
The two cats placed the body of Pearwhisker down gently, then let others crowd around him, nuzzling his fur and meowing goodbye. The silver queen remained with Cherrydusk, pressing against him.
The golden tom and brown tom padded up to them. "Where's Olivestar?"
"Here." A flash of brown came first, then a she-cat halted beside Cherrydusk. Her tone was flat and her eyes glowed with grief. "My deputy..dead."
The golden tom touched his muzzle to hers. "I understand. Pearwhisker was one of my closest friends."
"Thank you, Canaryflight." Olivestar drew back and shook out her fur. "Mouseswirl, Acaileaf and Piperstorm, and can you go and check the Twisted Oak for any more bodies?"
A tabby tortoiseshell tom trotted up to the group. "Sure, Olivestar."
The patrol headed out, bunched close together with bristling pelts.
One of the tightest dens seemed to shuffle slightly, and a black tortoiseshell head poked out. "Is that Pearwhisker?"
"Shut up, Koikit." Came another voice from deeper inside the den. "Let us sleep."
The head hesitated, then ducked back inside.
Just as BrineClan prepared for Pearwhisker's vigil, a cloud drifted over the moon.
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Fanfiction𝗦𝗧𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗘𝗗 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗟𝗘𝗧 ❝ pearwhisker is dead!! ❞ (( complete )) no, acaciapaw isnt okay. his mother is being accused of murder. hes picked on. and his father isn't much help, either. more and more bloody corpses - all stained scarl...
