A Clan's Tragedy #1

Chapter 10 (COMPLETED)

   Chapter 10

   Three moons later, Hazelfur padded down to the river in the chilly snow-ground weather to collect some watermint. She still had nightmares of Fireclaw dieing, but in her dreams he climbed a tree, ans shook it with such force, it fell over into the camp, killing every cat inside it. Hazelfur shuddered. Some cat walk up behind her. She whipped around to find Frostail sitting there with sadness spread across his face,

   "What?" she snapped. 

   "I don't know." he shrugged. " I just miss you."

   "'Miss me?'" Hazelfur repeated. "How?"

   "I miss you loving me, and us being happy together." He padded over to her and sat beside her. "Do you?"

   She nodded in awnser. "But I'm a medicine cat. And you said I couldn't quit to be with you." Hazelfur forgot her long grudge with the white tom. "But I want to so bad." She liked his cheek.

   A long pause seperated their conversation. "We could run away together." He mewed suddenly.

   Hazelfur glanced at him in asonishment. "But- but my job. I- Ican't leave my duty to the clan- medicine cat or warrior." She stammered. Frostail shrugged at looked at the water. They were like this last snow-ground--happy and forgetful together. Hazelfur snuggled against his flank, warming her to the touch.

   They sat in silence until Frostail spoke up. "Fine. But can you quit your job- only if you want to." He added quickly.

   "Really?" She looked at him joyfully. "You'll let me do that? I mean, I'll miss my job as medicine cat, but Feathersong is great by herself. Just one more quarter moon, and I will quit." She got up and took the herbs in her jaws. "I love you." Hazelfur mewed through the watermint. She walked back to camp, jumping over snow banks and and dead ferns. When she got there, she went over to the herb store and put the watermint in a crevice.

   "Where were you?" questioned Feathersong. She was in her nest and apparently just got up. "Why did it take you so long?"

   "I just couldn't find some." Hazelfur lied. "Why?"

   "I don't know. Usually you don't take long to find herbs." She shrugged and walked out of the den.  That was weird. She thought.

   Rabbitstar entered the den, weariness coming off him in waves. "Hazelfur?"

   "Yes?" she mewed.

   "Um.. I just wanted to ask you," He stammered. "Have you seen Fireclaw in Starclan?"

   "What, of course not!" Hazelfur mewed surprised. "Why would you ask that?"

   "Because I have been having these dreams where Fireclaw comes into Starclan and brings the Dark Forest cats and destroys them." He waited for an anwer. But Hazelfur sat there in shock.

   "Rabbitstar..." she began." I think that was an omen."

   "About what?"

   "Starclan may actually be destroyed by the Dark Forest."

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   Frostail padded across the clearing that night, and sat beside Feathersong. Rabbitstar gathered the clan together for a meeting. Hazelfur followed but sat by Vineclaw, careful to not let any cat know about her and Frostail. She wrapped her tail around her paws and waited for Rabbitstar to speak. He sat there on the Tall Oak until all cats were in the clearing.

   "Thanks you for coming." He addressed the clan. "I have an announcement to make. For those who don't know, Badgerfur had her kits last night, and I welcome Frogkit, Thornkit, and Treekit into the clan." Cats murmured welcome to the kits, and praise for the proud mother.

   "And I also want to announce that Pebblepaw and Lizardpaw are ready to become warriors!" The clan cheered for them. "Can you come up here please, Pebblepaw and Lizardpaw?" The two exited apprintices scurried up to the tree.

   "I, Rabbitstar of Rippleclan, announce that Lizardpaw and Pebblepaw may enter the warriors den tonight. Do you promise to uphold the warrior code even at the cost of your life, Pebblepaw?"

   "I do." She sounded calm, but she was almost exploding with exitement.

   "Do you also promise to uphold the warrior code even at the cost of your life, Lizardpaw?" asked Rabbitstar.

   "I do." he squeaked.

   "Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you Pebblepelt and Lizardheart. May Starclan light your path." He touched noses with the new warriors and steped back to let the clan cheer for them. The clan cheered and Badgerfur and Greeneye- their mentors- cheered the loudest. Badgerfur was the mother to Pebblepaw and Treepaw. Now her new kits sat by her side and the kit Treekit, was a tortoishell she-kit with white on her chest and paws. When Hazelfur lookd closer she saw the kit had misty blue eyes. Thornkit was a silver she-kit with black stripes. Frogkit was a green-ish brown tom with purple eyes.

   When the cheering died down, cats started to go in their nests. After a while, the only cats in the clearing were Frostail, her, and Crystaleyes.

   "Why don't you two get some sleep?" asked the deputy. "You look tired."

   "Okay." They both mewed. They headed towards their den and Crystaleyes sat guard. Hazelfur snuggled in her nest with Feathersong by her side. Hazelfur thought of one place she wanted to go to- the Dark Forest. Finally her sleep gave way and to her disapointment she landed in a dense forest like the one in Pineclan territory. She padded over to a strange tall-leg object that was laying down in a hawthorn bush. It was rock hard, and had sharp pointy teeth, made in a circle. She sniffed it closely.

   "I wouldn't do that if I were you." a voice warned. Hazelfur whipped around to fing a sparkling blueish-gray she-cat standing about two fox-lengths away from her. 

   "Why?" she asked. "Is it dangerous?"

   "Yes. It's a fox trap. the two-legs put it there."

    "What are two-legs?" Asked Hazelfur. "And who are you?"

   "A two-leg is a tall creature with no fur. Usually has pelts on it." She anwered."And I'm Bluestar, a leader from another clan- Thunderclan." Thunderclan sounds a lot like Rippleclan. And she has a 'star at the end of her name! 

   "Hello, I'm Hazefur." she greeted. "Why did you come here?"

   "So many questions for one so small." Sighed Bluestar. "I came here to warn you about the Dark Forest. They have gained power." Hazelfur opened her jaws to speak but Bluestar quickly started talking so she didn't ask anymore questions. 

   "My clan has suffered from them, but they beat them in battle so they gave up and came here instead. Our Dark Forest has partnered with yours to create a great huge band of evil cats." she finished. "Any questions?"

   "Um..." she began. "No- but I want to ask you is my clan going to be alright?"

   "I'm sorry," Bluestar mewed. "But I can't garantee that they will be."

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sorry guys but the chance to get a character in can't happen for a while now! sorry!! but i made MoonCrystal's character in! hope you like her

                                                   -wolfang11