Ottersong wimpered looking down into the shallow pool at her feet,
So many deaths...
Ottersong bit down into a tasty rabbit and retched when she saw the insides. It was crowling and writhering in maggots.
She gulped down mouthfuls of water and Brightwhisker looked scared when she saw hger rabbit.
"Hey,may i talk to you?" she carefully asked.
"sure go ahead" Ottersong purred her mood lightening a bit.
"Out side of camp." she added harshly.Ottersong flinched her sister never spoken to her in that manner before what is wrong with her?
"What have you been doing these last couple nights?" her littermate hissed when they were out of ear shot of the clan.
"well ive been hunting..." Ottersong lied and her sister turned on her full of rage.
"LIES!" Brightwhisker roared "you have been meeting up with that idiotic tom from cloudclan!"
Ottersong tensed She was SPYING on me! How DARE she!
"How dare you spy on me!" Ottersong screamed.
"I cant beleive you. You go out and think its some little game until you decide to have kits with him! that isnt even fair!" Brightwhisker cried tears forming in her eyes.Ottersong tensed up kits?
"H-h-how d-d-id you know?" Ottersong's voice broke.
"Im a medicine cat for Starclans sake!"
with out another word Brighrwhisker bolt off into darknes.
"Brightwhisker wai-
her shout was cut off by a thundering roar from the earth. three trees moaned and the ground roared like a tiger.There was a crash up ahead.Right where Brightwhisker was.
~*~
Ottersong chocked a cry when she saw her sister's mangled body her limbs twisted at an awkward angle and her eyes and mouth stuck in a scream of horror.
Sobbing as she slowly dragged her sisters body back to camp she could help but think that there last words together was a fight.
Ottersong reached the camp entrance and gasped out trembleing.
"Brightwhiskers dead!" echos of shock and wails of dismay ran out through the camp as grief welled up inside Ottersong.
~MANY MOONS LATER~
Ottersong was in the nursury nursing two little bundles of fur,Tanglekit and Oakkit she loved them so much but every time she thought too much about them grief tightened in her belly when Brightwhisker popped into her mind.Crowtail had died and Ottersong is deputy,quietly she nosed the two tiny kits towards her belly and Oakkit squeaked in protest when she picked him up from crawling away.
Suddenly the sky turned gray. Thunder roared and
soon there was the sound of pattering of giant raindrops hitting the ground.Lightning etched accross the sky and it turned a sickly green.There was a horrid crack and watter came rushing in. Ottersong flaied her paws trying to swim but the current was much too strong.
The flood beat her flanks and she was duncked under the putrid water swallowing tons. She then heard a tiny squeal for help.
My kits!
Ottersong managed briefly to swim when she saw a paw shoot from the water a tiny paw the size of a black berry. Ottersong rushed towards it and pulled the choking Oakkit from the nasty currents.Ottersong was duncked again this time more forcefully and she almost couldnt find her way back to the surface.Flaing her paws she had found both her kits and struggled to get to shore but she had. Oakkit coughed up a mouthful of brown water.Tanglekit didnt move.Ottersong licked him for warmth but as grief built up inside of her she scented death coming off of him in waves.
My kit...my little kitten
Ottersong sat around her two kits for hours until the storm passed.
~*~
Ottersong was at the ancient waterfall Windstar had unfortunetly drowned in the storm.
and so she drank the starry water.
Ottersong was shark into blackness and when she awoke quite dizzy lines of Star-furred cats surrounded her. Memories of love and grief welled up inside of her when a beautiful she-cat steped in front of her.
"My beautiful daughter,grown up so strong and wise with this life i give you protection to defeat any danger that tries to harm you and you're clan" Sunfeather whispered her voice was smooth like a gentle stream slowly flowing over rocks.
Pain and asgony pulsed through Ottersong she cried out in terror then slowly that life ebbed away leaving nothing but power.
Sunstar had granted her power.
Cinderstar with nobility.
Mossears with knowlage.
Another she-cat stepped up to her.
"Do not weep for me sister i am happy here with mother" Brightwhisker whispered her eyes bright and healthy. "With this life i give you bravery for when the toughest time comes you will need it." This life gently flowed into Ottersong and it felt empowering.
"With this life i give you pateintce you're gonna need it with dem young'ins running arounds ya!" Scarwhisker purred and nosing Ottersong before padding away.
Wolfheart stepped up.
"With this life give you trust" this life shocked Ottersong like lightning.Ottersong felt she could dectect any lie any misbehaveor.
The last life for her was Tanglekit.
"With this life i give you love, use it well to be kind to youre clanmates and not turn blood thirsty." he squeaked for such a young cat there was wisdom in his eyes.
"I miss you so much Tanglekit...Ottersong choked.
"So do i but Brightwhisker is taking care of me, i miss you and Oakit though here no one can play Moss ball with me..." for a split second Tanglekit seemed sad but then he trotted off happily and stood beside Sunfeather. The cats of Starclan began to chant,
"Otterstar!Otterstar!Otterstar!"
Otterstar awoke to blackness.
"I promise Starclan i will guide Sunclan for many moons to come upon" she murmered then padded back to camp.
~MANY MANY MOONS LATER~
Otterstar was watching the night sky with the medicine cat Fuzzymask. thunder roared in the distance, Fuzzymask froze and started to tremble.
"Fuzzymask? What is wrong!" Otterstar asked her muzzle gray with age.
"It was a prophecy, When thunder roars,honey will and Night will rise up to lock thunder away forever...." Fuzzymask whimpered.
"Well,whatever it is we must be prepared because we have no idea what trouble awaits us...."Otterstar replied calming Fuzzymask.Soon aftter moon high Otterstar leaped down and went to her den to sleep.
