ThuderStruck

Chapter4

After the burial for Frostedfeather Windysun made Wolffrost deputy. He was a popular chose with no supirise, but Darkpaw knew exactly why. He took all the creadit for defenting the badger. Evening if he called it a fox. But oddly enogh cats were looking at him diffemtly. Like, does this cat know how speashile he is?

Darkpaw didn’t care for it, any way Wolfrost was training him so hard it was like training was the only thing Darkpaw was allowd to do. This went on for moons on end, until one day in leaf bare.

It was nearing Darkpaw’s mid warrior asimnet and Wolffrost was training him harder than ever. But the cold days and nights, and the lack of prey finnaly got to someone and Wolffrost got white cough. It wasn’t bad but Wishfur and Quietpaw didn’t want him to get green cough. Epasly after what happend to Frostfeather. Darkpaw caught up with his sleep durning the first three days. His substute mentor, Starleaf didn’t train him nearly as hard and still got the job done. He would chose Starleaf to Wolffrost ANY day.

On the fourth day though Darkpaw convinced Dawnpaw to seacnt out with him to look at the stars. Over his kithood he found out that the best spot for satr gazing was right at the edge of Airclan ground. Right next to the Lightningclan training area.

Lightningclan cats were all born with the spealshile abblitty to make and conrtal lightning. Kits were unable to make much more than sparks and learned to make more powerful lighting as appentces. And as they were learning how to they were at a stone training ground so they couldnt accently caug something on fire.

Dawnpaw and Darkpaw went they way he left the first time he snuck out. Passed the dou warp trees. They ran the rest of the way teasing and joking with one another. After thoughs momants though Darkpaw wished he never snuck out with Dawnpaw at his side.

There was lights flashing on Lightningclan’s side of the border. Darkpaw wasn’t too worried about them. Dawnpaw was frightaned out of her wites.

He tried to calm her, “Dawnpaw its ok, Lightningclan has lights flashing all the time.”

She shot him a wild look, “You havn’t been out of camp for moons. How do you know if its ok or not?”

Her words left him speakless, Dawnpaw was never aggersive. His expression must have made Dawnpaw what she said, “oh Darkpaw I’m sorry. I’m just so jumpy, I’ve just never been out of camp before at night.”

“No, no Dawnpaw, its ok.” Darkpaw sighed, “its true I havn’t been out after my apprnec cermony. But…” he saw light hit near them and a distan voice shout, “Let me try agian, Zappaw.”

“No,” another voice said, “Let the master show you how its done.” 

“Run,” breathed Darkpaw.

“What why, the stars are butifal.” Dawnpaw said dreamaly.

“Lesin to me Dawnpaw, inexpriced Lightingclan appentces are breaking rules. If we don’t leave know we’re a pile of ashes.”

That got her attion, ”wait what?”

“JUST RUN!”

Dawnpaw and Duskpaw started to run but it was too late the Lightningclan cat accently struck them with Lighting. Darkpaw’s pelt was on fire. The few moments of the lightning did damge. Firstly it killed Dawnpaw. Secondly Darkpaw’s muzzle was smeared black with ashes all over it. Finnaly, and Darkpaw hardly notced it, his pelt had a sliver star on it.

But all Darkpaw thought was, “I killed Dawnpaw,” over and over agian. Her body once soft and gray was burnt and blackened. Like she was cooked in a twoleg fire. Her skin pelled off in parts and if Darkpaw wasn’t trapped by grief he would think she was descouting. He had to bring her back too camp. He may get tick dutie for a moon but it didn’t matter. Dawnpaw was dead.

Nothing mattered not evening the expamations of the cats back at camp. 

Dawnpaw, Mooneye and Windysun’s dather was dead. Windysun was blinded by rage. He didn’t just put him on tick dutie. He banished him.

Darkpaw thought this punshment was fair for a muderer. If any thing he thought he was getting off easy. SO he went to start his life as an out cast.

Back at camp Wishfur and Wolffrost were inraged, “ He was the “Powerful black tom” from Goldensong’s phophcey.” They told him.

At once his rage cleared, “Then we must find him!”

“We can’t,” Wolffrost said, “I sent Pearlfur to track him. He’s left Airclan terroty all ready.”

“Where did he go?” Windysun asked?

“Towards the twoleg nest, where it all be gain.”

There was a very struck code that said, “Cats can only leave there terrtoy for the following resons. One for a gahtering. Two becaused they have been exild. Three to vist the Sun rock. Four because Sunclan tol them to. Or Five because if they don’t they’ll die.

This means that no one can go and tell Darkpaw to come back. And if he wants to he can’t. Only with Sunsun’s premison. And Sunsun never gave premison.