For what was a moon of running, Dani lived in small dens in the empty territories since Stone'star saw nothing in her.
Was this the peace she wanted now?
Her missing presence getting put with lost times of her life, to where she had completely forgot about everything. As time went on, everyone had thought she was dead for sure, until she comes across a patrol coming from BeachClan's area. She was hunting for whatever prey she could found, but she mostly came across of carcasses being disposed. She preferred to live close to abandoned camps since they had discarded prey despite how rotten they were. Dani had forcefully adapted to a life of survival.
It's something she never thought it could happen, but it is almost expected since life was never the same. To hear what her mother said to her before she went with the clouds, life is always unpredictable. She takes a step into the fallen black leaves and the coldness settling in. It is never clear to what season it is now with the dark skies, but she could briefly tell it is late in leaf-fall with scent and messages from the environment. Her nostrils wiggled, and her pupils dilated at the sound of patrol cats around her. The speaking of IceClan had intrigued her, but it only led to horrors in the bay.
Her eyes widen the moment she sees a similar blue-eyed cat across the forest, standing over the ledge above where a bloody scene took place. The tom stood with his patrols, and two of his deputies standing beside him. He took one long breath before leaping off the cliff, his eyes focused to what lies ahead. He had everything he wanted, but he still expected more, he wanted more. He wanted no distractions to whatever he wanted to do to tear CavernClan down. His thoughts remained strong on what to do, even if it means to risk his entire clan to their deaths.
While he roams the cold forests, Dani snuck to the outside barriers of BeachClan's old camp. The rocks surrounded the edges were either collapsed onto the middle of the clearing or was dragged into the waves. There were vines hanging off of cliffs, though never she would thought to be bodies of kits until she took a closer view to see maggot ridden bodies that were disposed of. There were also elders' bodies in piles after what appeared to her was them being murdered. To her shock, she could remember that those kits were mothered by Shell'wave, someone she knew from the past.
"How could Shingle'star do this?" Dani murmured, going further to camp where she could see the camp being guarded by two of his rogues, Eruption and Panther. Apprentices were being trained to kill instead of fight, warriors were overworked, it seemed that in this isolated place they're in, there was no choice but to join and fight for their lives. Their territories were consumed to the void, and she knew that Marsh'star was dead when seeing all of MurkClan's members. But what she truly worry for, is Shell'wave. That is when she sees her in a den close to the ledge, where its presumed to be for prisoners like queens, elders, and kits. It didn't make any sense for Dani just for Ice'watcher to exclude the vulnerable, what have they done to live at an unfortunate time?
She assumed that the other queens had been rid of, but she couldn't let the only queen to die without anyone on her side. So she snuck herself into camp without the other warriors looking, and made their way to the prisoner's den. Shell'wave lies on the ground, being deprived of basic needs such as food or water, if there was any for her. Dani peeks her head through the entrance, her voice whispering for the she-cat.
"Hey! Psst!"
The queen rose her head, her eyes widening to see a similar someone standing in front of her. Her heart stopped, thinking that it was her time to be executed. In reality, it was someone that she knew long ago, that she never thought could be alive today. "D-... Dani?"
"I'm here." She called, gesturing her paws for Shell'wave to follow. "Come, I'm not leaving you here to die."
"But.." Shell'wave grew unsure of this, and remained on her spot in fear of getting caught. "You don't know what they'll do to someone like you!" She whispers, curling herself into the darkest corner, the smell of pungent dead bodies was something the two cats could never erase. Still, Dani was stubborn. "As long as I'm here, I won't let anyone hurt you."
"HEY!" A loud yowl is heard behind her, causing Dani's pupils to dilate the moment she hears a voice of one of the rogues. Eruption spots her trying to coerce the queen to run with her, by IceClan's code, no one is allowed to leave under any circumstances there is. He quickly makes a run at the small she-cat with eyes of egotism and confidence that he could overpower her. Dani quickly alters her body and unsheathes her claws the moment the tom got on his two hind legs and pounce at her. Dani stretches her arm and clawed the side of Eruption's face, causing him to fall over. Shell'wave saw what happened, and ran out of the den to hear the rogue screech in pain.
"STAY BEHIND!" Dani yells at the queen, who made no hesitation to run off to where she belonged. Eruption drags himself off the dirt and ravaged his way to tackle the she-cat yet again. "Classic Dani to keep her nose on other cats' businesses!" The tom taunts her as he got ahold of the she-cat and kneads her to the ground. Dani struggled to get him off, her paws grabs a handful of dirt. "When you take over a clan and abuse your rule, its EVERYONE'S business!" She threw the dust at Eruption's face, causing him to cough and spit, stumbling close to the cliff. The she-cat saw an opportunity, readying her back legs and running at him in full speed.
"You'll pay for what you've done to them!" She roared, headbutting the tom off the cliff to where he shrieked like dying mice, his paws flailing desperately until he made contact with the rocks below. A splatter of blood is heard, and seen by one of the patrols who were roaming in the shores, they were caught by surprised when seeing a brutal outcome to their ignorance. The cats look up to see Dani running along with the escaped queen, with others in camp noticing the she-cats as well. They took off running after them, with their strong legs reaching at her speed.
The white tiger only watches from a distance, which he knew that something like this could happen. His blue eyes flickered at the thought of Dani who ran to wherever she could to get away from them, like a hare running from a fox.
Little did she know it would trigger the biggest event of all.
It was all part of Ice'watcher's thrill to see his kin, all together in one big happy family.
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𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘳𝘴: 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘛𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 (BOOK 1) (ROS)
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