Moonpaw was tempted to go straight to his nest, but he knew he had to eat something first.Who knew tree-training was such hard work, he thought. But he had enjoyed it more than anything. Stormstar said he was a natural tree-hunter. His first day had gone well. When he had finished the squirrel he had picked out from the fresh-kill pile, Moonpaw went to find his father and tell him about his first day. Shellfur had once told him that his father is a skilled tree-fighter, and Moonpaw was excited to tell his father all about his training. He couldn't see him around camp, so he went to ask Milkswirl if she had seen him. She replied, "I think he's sleeping in the warriors den. He said he felt really tired after patrol and went straight there."
Moonpaw thanked her and made his way to the warriors den. There he saw a curled up bundle of black and white fur. "Dad! Dad! Wake up! Today I did tree-training and Stormstar said I was a natural!" Badgerfur didn't move. He must really be tired, thought Moonpaw.
He started prodding his father with his paw. "Dad, wake up!" Suddenly, Moonpaw fell silent. His father felt cold, and stiff. "Dad!" yowled Moonpaw, now anxious. "Dad! Dad! What's wrong?! Wake up dad!" Moonpaw a jumble of words echoed in his head. Cat, die, suddenly, no wounds, badger, badger...
"DAD WAKE UP, PLEASE!!!!!" The badger was the omen... a badger... BADGERFUR!
"DAD! DADDY!!! WAKE UP WAKE UP WAKE UP!" Moonpaw could feel his father's ribs now, he was pressing so hard. No, no, no, no... he can't be... Treepool burst into the den. "Moonpaw, what's wrong? I heard-" she broke off when she saw Badgerfur.
"Oh StarClan no, no, no..." was all she could muster.
"TREEPOOL! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM?!" screamed Moonpaw, in tears now.
"I... I'm so sorry Moonpaw..."
"The...the omen... it was... about him?" asked Moonpaw, but he already knew the answer.
"Yes...yes Moonpaw..." whispered Treepool.
"I'm so sorry... he's dead." she said.
"NOOOOOOO!!!!!! NO NO NO!!!! STARCLAN WHY? WHY HIM? I WANTED TO MAKE HIM PROUD!!!! I WANTED TO BE HIS DEPUTY!!!!!" Moonpaw yowled. He pressed his nose against his father's ear.
"I wanted to be just like you..." he whispered.
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Moonstripe's Prophecy
RandomOkay, this is my first story, so don't judge. It's also probably retarded. It's about a cat from SkyClan who has to go on a dangerous journey. If you have any helpful comments, please put them down! Enjoy! :-)
