When the cats returned, Owlflight noticed that something was a bit off. Every cat seemed like their fur was bristling and their paws were aching. "What's happened?" Robinpaw asked Coldpaw, who was making himself a nest in the apprentices den.
"Rainpaw visited. He says that something very bad will happen today.. Many cats will leave the clan." Coldpaw replied. "I think he means that they would join Bloodshed."
Owlflight's fur bristled. Many cats will join Bloodshed. Could that be true?
"I have an announcement to make." It was Silverpaw who spoke. Confusion clouded Owlflight as he turned to see the silver and white she-cat standing in the center of the cave, several cats staring at her. "I'm leaving MudClan."
Shocked murmurs rippled around the clan, but Silverpaw continued. "I've been wanting to do this for a while. I think Rainpaw's message was telling me that it's time. I am not joining Bloodshed," She added. "I would like to become a loner. Much like Owlflight did."
Owlflight shifted. Why did she have to bring that up? Why would she leave?
"Rainpaw says many cats will leave, so perhaps I'm not the only one. But this is a decision I made myself, and no cat is coming with me. Goodbye!" Silverpaw didn't say anything else as she made her way to the exit.
"Wait!" Some cat stopped her. It was Spiderpaw. "Are you mad, Silverpaw?! You can't leave!" She tried to jump in front of her friend to stop her, but Silverpaw pushed her out of the way.
"I suppose now would be a good time to make my announcement!" It was Brownfur, the medicine cat, who spoke. "I, too, am one of the cats that is leaving MudClan. I know many things that the rest of you don't.. And I believe that MudClan will be destroyed. I no longer wish to be a part of it."
"You can't leave, you're the medicine cat!" Stripedstar hissed. "You have no apprentice!"
"It doesn't matter! You fools will all die anyway. I am going to join Bloodshed and his followers." Brownfur's words were met with shocked silence.
"Snowstorm and I will go with him!" Redshade announced.
"So will my sister and I!" Eagletail agreed. His sister, Spottedfeather, nodded her head.
Owlflight couldn't believe it. With so many cats gone, MudClan had no medicine cat, and only four warriors. How could they ever survive?
*
Stripedstar was ill. They had no medicine cat that could care for her, and because of that, Rainpaw was staying in MudClan for the time being. But because he was only an apprentice, there wasn't much that Rainpaw could do.
"What if our leader dies?" Robinpaw asked. "Moonbeam would make a good leader, but..." He sighed.
"Stripedstar will be fine. How many lives does she have left?" Coldpaw asked.
Owlflight wanted to wail with anger. "Two." He muttered. "And with how things are going, I'm afraid it'll soon be one."
The moment he said that, Rainpaw appeared from Stripedstar's den. "I am sad to announce that Stripedstar has lost a life." He announced. No cat replied.
"Great StarClan." Cloudpaw muttered. "This really is the end of MudClan, isn't it?"
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Owlflight's Kits (Book One)
FanfictionHorrible danger is coming to the island. Owlflight, a young warrior who is caught in the midst of the chaos, leaves his clan to escape the coming danger as his mate asked. But was it worth it, and is he really safe? (Cover art is not my own)
