SHADEPAW
It was dawn when Bramblestar woke from his dream at the Moonpool. He didn’t look happy. “What did StarClan say?” she asked.
“’Firestar spoke with me,” Bramblestar meowed. “He said, ‘You will know when it is time for this to end. Her fate is inevitable.’”
Bramblestar looked up at the stars and snorted. “Wonderful help, you know,” he shouted sarcastically.
“Bramblestar,” Shadepaw meowed. “StarClan knows what they are doing. Firestar was probably right. I overheard you talking to Squirrelflight yesterday. Firestar is telling you the same thing as her. Follow your heart, Bramblestar.”
“What does the ‘her fate is inevitable’ part mean?” Bramblestar asked Shadepaw.
“StarClan knows, but it doesn’t sound good,” Shadepaw replied. “All of these prophecies and…” she quickly silenced herself, remembering that Bramblestar didn’t know about either of the prophecies.
But it was too late. Bramblestar was giving her a questioning stare. “What prophecies?” he asked.
“No prophecies,” Shadepaw meowed quickly.
“Shadepaw, stop lying to me. Just tell me,” he said impatiently.
“Before she died, Streampaw gave me a prophecy. She said, ‘Tiger will meet the shadows, and a leader will be lost. Thunder’s second will find the stars and the lion will set the forest ablaze,’” Shadepaw gave in.
A slight understanding flashed through Bramblestar’s eyes. “Tiger is me,” he meowed. “And the shadows is ShadowClan. ‘A leader will be lost.’ Does that mean I’m going to die?”
“It couldn’t be!” Shadepaw shouted desperately.
“Thunder is ThunderClan,” Bramblestar continued. “But I don’t understand the rest of it.”
“You really won’t want to hear the next one,” Shadepaw meowed.
Bramblestar sighed. “Go on,” he said.
“An unknown threat is near. Wind alone can destroy our Clan,” Shadepaw said.
“StarClan, no! How could you do this to us?” Bramblestar exclaimed.
“Be prepared. Danger is near, and we must be ready to face it,” Shadepaw meowed.
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Warriors: The Unknown Threat Series Book #1: ShadowClan's Threat
RandomIt has been a while since the Clans won the battle against the Dark Forest. ThunderClan is prospering under Bramblestar's leadership and the rest of the Clans have been thriving too. But a strange black liquid is covering ShadowClan's territory, kil...
