Dawnstar's Decision

Chapter 35

She shuddered, warily looking around her. I'm not going to get anything done by just sitting here... she thought, getting up. Dawnsky was still disheveled by her terrifying dream she had last night. She now remembered the prophecy that she had been given by heart, though she still had no clue what it meant.

She walked outside, feeling the cold morning mist surround her. There was a new layer of snow from last night's flurry, and there was no sign of it melting anytime soon. The leaf bare sun hardly shed its weak rays of light in the dense, shadowy pine forest. The camp was oddly quiet for some reason, and she padded around uncomfortably.

Dawnsky narrowed her eyes; something was different this morning, and she could feel it. She took a scrawny mouse from the fresh kill pile and sat down to eat by Longfang and Firefur.

"Hey Dawnsky," mewed Firefur, who was picking at his small thrush.

"Hey, is everything okay?" She asked with worry in her ice blue eyes.

"Yeah, I guess." He looked hesitant, "I don't know, I just feel like something bad is bound to happen. I know it sounds stupid but...."

Longfang looked up from staring at the ground, "No, I feel that way too! I don't know what it is, but it just feels weird in camp."

"Woah, I thought I was the only one who noticed that..." Dawnsky let out a breath, but then tensed again. Why is everything so weird?

"Hey guys, have you seen Nightstar lately?" Came Willowfur's voice from behind the group.

Firefur squinted his eyes in thought, "Actually I haven't seen him this morning. Are you sure he's not in his den?"

"That's where he usually is..." grumbled Longfang.

"No, no he went on a walk this morning and I haven't seen him since." Willowfur mewed in a worried tone.

"Maybe he stopped to hunt!" Firefur suggested.

Dawnsky and Longfang looked at each other, and then burst out laughing, "Yeah, right! He hasn't done any work since he became leader!" Longfang purred in amusement.

"Please, this is serious!" Willowfur pleaded, "What if he got hurt? Or worse? I'm sorry, I just have a really bad feeling."

Dawnsky, Firefur, and Longfang all had the same creeped out look on their faces, "So you feel weird, too?" Dawnsky asked. What is happening?

"I mean, I guess you could say that. But anyways, do you have any ideas?" Willowfur asked, looking strained.

"Er sorry, but-" Firefur started.

"Dawnsky! Does anybody know where Dawnsky is?" A voice echoed behind them.

They all turned their heads around and Dawnsky saw it was Firepaw, now Firestorm. She had just came through the entrance of camp, and her eyes were wide and stricken with fear. She looked as if all of the dark forest cats had just come to attack her at once.

"I'm right here," Dawnsky mewed, a questioning look on her face.

She padded over stiffly and cleared her throat, "Uh... uh.. well,"

"What's wrong, Firestorm?" She asked worriedly.

"Nothing!" She mewed quickly. Dawnsky could tell she was lying.

"It's okay, you can tell me."

She looked like she was having a hard time deciding whether she should tell Dawnsky or not, "Uh, Nightstar needs you to uh talk to him. He is by the Sea Clan border, but you must come as soon as possible." She stared past Dawnsky, and flinched when she finished.