River Of Blood (The Forest In The Sky (book 1))

Chapter 16

Half this chapter will be in one cats pov the other in another, sorry for stupid inconvenience.

Starlingpaws pov

Starlingpaw woke up, the light shining harshly in her eyes, almost blinding her. She looked around and saw Hazelpaw, Briarpaw, Brackenpaw and the rest of the other cats she had been with the past day or so. She ran over to them, halting a few paces near them. The cats were accompanied by a whiteish-grey tom, a black she cat with green eyes, a tom with orange eyes, a tom with blue eyes, a white she cat, a sand coloured she, an orange and brown tom, a greyish blue she, a dappled dark gold she and a pale, grey and white tom. Hazelpaw gestured for her to sit down. Starlingpaw wobbled over there and sat next to Hazelpaw and Tilleypaw.

"Welcome, cats of MysteryClan and FallenClan, it has been some moons since we have talked one clan to another. I am Freedomstar, these are my fellow companions that you may of seen in visions or dreams, they will introduce themselves whenever they want." The grey and white tom, Freedomstar, said, his head up high.

"Hello my friends, we finally meet again." The black she cat said, not even blinking.

"Green eyes!" Wolfpaw shouted quietly. The she cat nodded and looked at a dark coloured she cat and a sand coloured she cat.

"Today, you will finally find out the prophecy, but you need to use your mind, so to empty your mind, we will tell us our names, because you're obviously wondering 'who are these people' well in case of that, im Sandyreed." A pale sand coloured she cat flickered over the cats, smiling deeply and warmly.

"Hello, i was a medicine cat just like you Cinderpaw, i am Mothwing." The dappled gold she cat introduced herself.

"I am Falleneyes."

"I am Buzzardsnow." The pale grey and white tom said, smiling mostly at Starlingpaw and Tilleypaw, making Starlingpaw feel a little anxious.

"Hello. I am Half Moon, lovely to meet you." The white she-cat have a greyish-blue she cat a nod of approval before the she cat started talking.

"I am Dovewing, my sister Ivypool isn't here for her reasons."

"Hello old friends, we are going to tell you our names at the end, be patient and you'll know." A tom with blue eyes told them. Starlingpaw was too restless, she wanted to know the real name of green eyes and the other two, but her and the others had to wait. Starlingpaw could tell that Tilleypaw and Ackleypaw were the most restless in being able to know the cats.

"So, as you know we are not in AuroraClan or StarClan, we are in the in-between, what we now call FreeClan, let's get onto the real things you need to know." Freedomstar said delightfully.

Tilleypaw's pov

"We need to firstly tell you the leader of The Assassins," Dovewing started. Tilleypaw races in excitement, even though she was still annoyed at not knowing who the three mystery cats were, she was still happy. Ripples of happiness spread through the apprentices. Tilleypaw looked around at the apprentices making sure everyone was there. She was calculating in her head who wasn't here when she noticed that Dawnpaw wasn't.

What. Dawnpaw, huh.

"The leader of The Assassins is a tom named Sabre, i believe that he is mottled and is pretty muscular. He has done so much destruction since the time of 'Change'. It's just when the oldest clans left their home and went to another because twolegs invaded it." Mothwing started, looking down at her paws.

Tilleypaw's pelt was itching to know more, she moved slightly closer.

"But." Half Moon snapped their attention back to them. "Does anyone get the meaning of the prophecy, 'understanding is good, not the best, and only for the good, Flutter, high, overcome fear and be yourself, don't act like someone you're not, do you understand'?" Half Moon asked the apprentices, specifically eyeing Tilleypaw. Tilleypaw looked away, not answering her properly, but then remembering how green eyes gave her the scar in her cheek.

"M-mayb-e it means t-to not act like someone your not and o-overcome fears l-like sh-shyness or loneliness." Tilleypaw stuttered, looking at the white sky, or what looked like the sky.

"But what does it actually mean, a meaning that actually means something more than that." Half Moons gaze became a hard stare.

Tilleypaw hated the truth, it would hurt just to try say it. "To not act like an outgoing person, be t-true to your clanmates, l-love who you love, and—"

"Does my soul thing count in this prophecy?" Cedarpaw interrupted.

"Yes, it does, it has a very big role, and when you see Dawnpaw, maybe don't ask her what she saw, she will tell you very, very soon." Buzzardsnow told them, looking at Cedarpaw most of all.

"We can't tell you much more about the prophecy then we already know, well, we don't really know all of it. You will understand the prophecy right after dawn wakes." Dovewing spoke blandly.

"Yes you will, and maybe it's time we told you what you've all been waiting for, us threes names." Orange spoke, sending ripples of joy through the group of apprentices.

"Hello, im Jayfeather, ThunderClans old medicine cat." Jayfeather said, looking at the apprentices.

"I'm Lionblaze." Lionblaze introduces himself calmly.

"Hi, i have been in your mind and ive seen you round everywhere, my name is," green eyes paused and looked at every single cat. "I'm Hollyleaf, the one who betrayed my family but soon came to realise family is your number one priority. Danger causes distrust and turns into battle, dawn will rise once before you have another chance at keeping your close friends together, and your family close as well." Hollyleaf stood up and padded away after the rest of the warriors.

Goodbye, until next time. Tilleypaw watched her go.

"Ahhhhhh!" Tilleypaw suddenly fell asleep, just seeing the pelt of Dawnpaw come up to them.