It had been exactly three sunrises since the Clan's medicine cats had had visions from StarClan, and now the proposed emergency Gathering was being held.
Each Clan's leader, deputy, and Medicine Cat was standing on top of the giant rock in the center of the gathering area, outlined against the moon.
Below the them, a large group of cats were getting anxious, dreading the news that was about to be shared. Most cats were worried about an emergency Gathering.
Everyone fell silent as a large white tom with glowing blue eyes stepped to the edge of the rock. "Cats of all Clans, I would like to tell you all why you are here," He called.
Everyone nervously looked up at the leader, Coldstar, as he scanned the crowd. "Each Medicine Cat from our Clans had a rather, frightening, vision from StarClan." Eyes went wide and shocked murmurs rippled through the crowd.
"I shall let them explain." He stepped back off the rock, letting Dustleaf, Featherfall, Ripplestripe, and Silverstone come to the edge of the rock.
Dustleaf was the first to speak. "I know Medicine cats usually don't share dreams, but this is urgent," She began. "All of our visions had something in common; Sick-looking cats, dogs, or twolegs attacked us. We have never seen this type of illness before, and it looked serious."
Shocked and panicked yowls shot out of the crowd. "A new illness!?" "What does this mean?" "Is StarClan trying to plague us as a punishment!?" The Medicine cats exchanged worried glances, not meaning to scare everyone.
"Silence!" Coldstar yowled. The commotion went down quickly at the tom's booming voice. "Continue," He invited to the FireClan medicine cat. Dustleaf continued her informative speech, describing the 'symptoms' of the sick cats.
At each characteristic described, the more panicked the Clans got. The last sentence was probably the most sickening; "We noticed the cats looked like walking corpses, so we decided to call the illness, 'Death Disease'."
One cat shouted; "Is this going to actually happen!? Walking corpses?" A chorus of agreements rose out of the crowd, and Dustleaf flattened her ears. I hope not, She thought. The brown medicine cat cleared her throat.
"That is a reason we called all the Clans here today; we have no idea if this sickness will be real. We wanted to warn everyone of it," Dustleaf stated. More panic rose up, terrified yowls piercing everyone's ears.
Now the Clan leaders were quietly discussing if they should end the gathering as challenging yowls were thrown at the Medicine cats. "What are we supposed to do about it!?" "Could you cure the illness?!" Ripplestripe, known for being a snappy tom, shoved Dustleaf out of the way to stand on the rock's edge.
"LISTEN," He yowled at the panicked crowd. "We do not know if we can heal the sickness, if it will become real," He honestly snapped. "So, the most we can do know is pray to StarClan for our safety."
Now a large russet tom, Emberstar of FireClan, stepped to the rock's edge. "This Gathering is dismissed, may StarClan light your paths." He dipped his head to the other leaders' and leapt off the rock with his deputy, Rosethorn, following him.
Ripplestripe and Silverstone followed Coldstar and Vaporstar out of the Gathering place, along with their Clans. SwiftClan soon followed after, then FireClan headed off to their forest.
Dustleaf noticed the terrified and defeated looks on everyone's faces, feeling a little scared herself. She sent a prayer to StarClan, begging that the Death Disease was just a dream.
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Whoo, I updated a book nobody reads! :D Anyways, this is like much smaller than I wanted it to be :P I've been busy with school and tests and such, so I haven't updated in awhile. Hopefully I'll publish another chapter by Thursday!~ WarriorCatsFanatic
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Warriors: Endless Chaos
FanfictionA mysterious plague has fallen upon four Clans: IceClan, FogClan, FireClan, and SwiftClan. Cats that were once dead turn into insane, flesh-craving monsters. After suffering deaths of family and friends, the Clans must survive poisoned rivers, scarc...