The sky was a deep blue with shining galaxies of green the night of the Weakening. The cat made of stars stared at the glowing and wriggling Aurora Barrier. The fluffy cat twitched his whiskers.
"You know it's weakened." A cat behind him said. It was not posed as a question.
"Yes. Do you know why?" He replied, still gazing steadily at the Barrier.
"I presume it's because―" The ground shook as a huge boom radiated from the other side. The Barrier dimmed slightly. "―of that. The Dark Forest is restless. They want out."
"Indeed." He hesitated, and looked back at the white she-cat.
"Don't you dare." She hissed. "No cat would ask you to do that!"
"But I have to." He said softly, blinking kindly at her.
"No you don't!" Her voice broke, blinking away starry tears. "StarClan could never replace you, Wispstar!"
"Nor they you, Lightriver," he said, gazing at her steadily, although his eyes held overwhelming pain. His silver and grey fur glistened in the green and purple light. "You're worth far more to them than I am."
Lightriver let out an agonized wail of pure pain and grief. Wispstar blinked away tears.
"I'm sorry." He whispered. Wispstar whirled around and raced at the Barrier. Yowls and caterwauls greeted him from the other side. He hurled himself into the Aurora Barrier. He exploded like a supernova, sparks flying, then in a blinding flash of white light, he was gone. The Barrier rippled, wobbled, then strengthened, holes filling, shining brighter.
Lightriver sobbed, sinking into a crouch onto the ground. Other StarClan cats who were alarmed by the flash stalked forward, eyes flashing. When they saw Lightriver they knew what had happened. Wails and sobs filled the air as they surrounded Lightriver.
Somewhere, in the mortal world, a star winked out.
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The Death of the Stars
FanfictionYoung Servalkit can seem to tell what's happening in the stars above, and what she sees isn't looking good. Stars are disappearing one by one from the sky, and it doesn't seem to be stopping. Only a few can stop it... but Servalkit is just a normal...
