Warriors: Endless Chaos

Chapter Three- Horde

(Dustleaf's POV)

I was trotting through the silent forest with Stormpaw as a horrid stench hit my nose. It smelled of blood and death, and I nearly choked. "Stormpaw, do you smell that?"

My apprentice gave a nod in response, as he was holding wads of herbs in his mouth. I pricked my ears up for any signs of danger, my heart racing. The Death Disease is actually real!

I traveled on in silence with my Apprentice, and he was practically shaking in fear. We wove through the forest, quickening our pace as we heard rustlings in the shrubbery.

In the distance, a wail of agony rang out against the dead forest. I froze in my tracks. "Stormpaw.....I think the disease is real!"

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(Emberstar's POV)

A yowl of agony rang out in this distance, and all activity in the Camp abruptly halted. Cats froze in their tracks, ears pricked up and fur ruffled in fear. Rosethorn came over to me. "E-Emberstar...is it..?" She didn't have time to finish her sentence, as a loud screech came from one of my Warriors.

"THE DISEASE! T-THE DEATH DISEASE IS REAL! I SAW THEM!" A large dark gray tom, Duskshade, was standing at the Camp's thorn tunnel exit, eyes crazed and fur spiked up. Yowls of shock rose up in all directions, and cats were racing around Camp.

"Everyone, calm down!" I yowled above all the commotion. Most of my Clan quieted down, except for the mewling of kits in the nursery. "Let Duskshade explain," I trotted over to Duskshade, worried, to say the least. "Tell me, where did you see them?" I mewed, my voice trying to remain calm.

He swallowed nervously. "Their really close to here! I was out on a hunting patrol with Dawnlight and Sparkfur in the Flower Field..." The Flower Field was what It sounded like, and it was good as hunting grounds and cats went there to hang out.

"A-And these rotting cats came out of nowhere and-and attacked us!" He was breathing heavily, even more panicked. A crowd had now formed around us, most everyone in total shock. "No matter how much we attacked, they weren't fazed! And Dawnlight....sh-she..." I thought he was done talking as his voice faded, but he spoke up with more sorrow now.

"She turned into one of them! With dead eyes a-and a half-torn face..." Duskshade was looking at the ground now, crying. Dawnlight was his sister, and the two had been very close. "I'm sorry for you loss," I mewed to him.

"But....cats turning into those creatures?" I glared at the ground, my lip curled. StarClan, why must you do this to us!? We haven't broken your Code! I thought about anything StarClan thought we did wrong. There had been no terrible battles lately, no Clan's leader had been breaking the Code....so what was wrong?

"Emberstar, what does this mean!?" Rosethorn asked, panicked. I shook my head. Don't ask me, how should I know? "Rosethorn-" I was cut off as a whole patrol made up of Dustleaf, Whitepaw, Stormpaw, Bloodsky, and Foxblaze burst into Camp in a frenzy.

Stormpaw went over to Duskshade quickly, who was kneeled over, crying. "Emberstar, we need to leave, fast!" The orange Warrior, Foxblaze, yowled at me. Rubyheart, a russet she-cat, came out of the nursery with her five kits following behind her. Leave? Where!?

"I had an idea," Foxblaze began. "We could ask SwiftClan to travel with us and make it out of our territory!" SwiftClan was a kinder Clan among the four, but still well respected. Then Rubyheart approached me, eyes wild with fear. "I heard about those monsters!-" She was cut off by loud growls coming from outside the Camp walls.

The cats who were close to the wall backed away from it, horrified as at least a dozen sickly cats barged into it, not caring that thorns were digging into them. The cats were clawing at the barrier endlessly, terrible groaning noises filling the air.

Instinct and fear caused my red fur to stand on end, and my claws to come out of their sheathes. This can't be happening!

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Sorry this wasn't longer, I wanted to write more but I've been tired lately. So...mind leaving some comments if you like the story? I just wanna know if anyone actually likes this. ~WarriorCatsFanatic