Prophecy Of Fire

A clan of no stars

It's been much time since the faithful moonHigh in the tall grass. The warriors on border patrol have yet to report anything out of the ordinary, we are yet to find out where traitor AdderRoot and his deranged brother TwistedHeart have fleed to.

My eyes flicker open. I feel the warm sun on my side as I wake up. I trudge out of my den and take my place on the CreekRock. It seems that most of the clan have not yet woken. I sit on the rock, drowning in my thoughts until I hear something out of the ordinary. I hear "danger is near" in an echoing whisper. I spin my head around searching for the source of the sound. "Your clan is in danger!" The whispers continue and I cover my ears with my paws, demanding for them to stop. Suddenly I hear a familiar soft voice "is everything alright dear?". WrenSplash, she speaks kindly to me. I stand up tall and return to my usual confidence. "I'm alright Wren, can I help you with anything?" I reply, stepping down from the rock as I do so, standing face to face with the old molly. "Actually dear, I've noticed the fresh-kill pile is almost empty I was wondering if we could send out a hunting patrol soon?" She chirps. " of course I'll get right on it" I reply to her and step onto my rock again.

My new deputy CricketSpark comes trotting out of the warrior den alongside his mate, HaloSight and sister, TangledTail. He nuzzles his mate before sitting on the deputy rock. I smile gently to TangledTail, a beautiful she-cat. I admire her strength and beauty. I bellow out and call another meeting. "All cats mature enough to bound in the tall grass of our territory,gather under the CreekRock for a clan meeting" the warriors begin to gather around and I speak once again. "The fresh-kill pile is low on kill, I'm sending out a hunting patrol. I will be joining as we are still unaware of TwistedHeart and his brothers whereabouts. HaloSight, TangledTail and CricketSpark will be joining me. We will return soon, until then go about you daily duties" I speak clearly. "Clan dismissed." I leap off of the rock and join my hunting patrol. "Let's go." I chirp.

As we stalk through the tall grass for a long time, with no prevail. I sigh and stand up, my tail swaying in the air. "The prey in our territory is scarce, let's cross into the unclaimed lands and hunt." They nod and together we leap clear over the stream and begin to walk through the unclaimed land.

I stalk towards a large hare, unsheathed my claws and leap at the unsuspecting creature. I tackle it and sink my fangs into its chest. It shrieks before falling down. I carry it in my jaws and trot to the others, who have caught prey of their own. "We should head ba-" I was cut off by a band of cats walking towards the four of us. "Well well well, look who's wandered into our territory." A she-cat with a pelt with a reddy-Brown colour spoke. "Your territory?, these lands have been unclaimed for many moons, and who are you?" I hiss under my breathe. "The names ThornSting, and these lands have since been claimed" she smirks and turns to another, younger looking she-Cat, almost identical to herself. "Daughter, I think TwistedStar will be delighted to hear about this, dont you agree?" She chirps. As these words escape her mouth my expression changes, my eyes widen, my body tense. "TwistedStar?" I snarl. "Ah yes, founder of CryptClan, our devoted leader" she begins to circle around me, dragging her tail under my chin. I knew that I would have to stay civil, I kept my composure as I knew that we were outnumbered. I turn my head to look at my patrol, TangledTail stood behind me,she seemed afraid and so I place my tail on her back protectively. I bared my fangs to the CryptClan cats.

A Tom crept behind me, my eyes followed him as he walked back to CricketSpark and HaloSight. He unsheathed his claws and placed a paw on HaloSight back. She was startled by the sudden movement, as she could not see him. She recoiled and scratched a deep wound along the toms face. The Tom hissed loudly and pinned her down, snapping his jaws. CricketSpark, TangledTail and I rushed to help but we're held down by the other cats, who smirked proudly. we struggled to escape as they held us. The Tom hissed in HaloSights face. She attempted to free herself, yet couldn't see where to attack and struggled around. I hissed as ThornSting held me down. "Scorch.." TangledTail yowled to me in a soft tone. Suddenly the Tom slashed HaloSights neck with a single paw. I hissed out as the she-cat slowly bled out, taking her last slow breath as her body became still, flopping down in the grass. I quickly shifted my gaze to CricketSpark, yowling out through his anger before ripping the neck apart of the tom holding him down before running to me and shoving ThornSting away. I was filled with anger and rage. I rushed to TangledTails aid, tackling the cat that held her down allowing her to escape. "Go!" I shouted out to the two, they dashed off and I followed soon behind, leaving the CryptClan warriors in the dust. We rushed back to camp to warn the clan. I nuzzled TangledTail and licked her cheek. I had to stop this clan of no stars.