Silverflame's Fall

Chapter 4 (Memories are the worst kind of Nightmares)

Pebbles clatter from the ridge above, Silverpaw looked up form her haze of pain. Nightwing stood there looking down of the scene in front of him. His jaw dropped open in shock, he lept down the shore.

He padded over to Hazelclaw, "What have you done?"

She glared at him, "My duty as a warrior of this clan."

Nightwing snarled, "You killed my apprentice, a kit who called me father. This was not your duty!"

Silverpaw's vision was hazy as she tried to focus on the cats. Hollyshade looked unsure on what was happening, the dark tabby tom backed way. Silverpaw hissed when he can to close to her, but it was a weak and he didnt even hear it.  Nightwing lept at Hazelclaw, the she cat caught unaware, was thrown into the side of the rock face. Her yelp of pain was silenced by the rock.

"Hazelclaw!" Hollyshade yowled, his voice ripped with pain.

Silverpaw gasped and looked up the ridge but Nightwing was gone. She lay very still fear coursing through her body. Hollyshade's howl of fury and hurt ripped the air. And he disappeared as well. Silverpaw pushed herself up, her eyes full of tears. She sweaked slightly, as two figures stood in front of her. They weren't  quite solid, stars shone in there pelts.

"Creampaw?" She rasped.

The smaller figure looked through her, as he could not see her. Silverpaw checked out the other figue, "Hazelclaw?"

Again it was if she could see her. Silverpaw stood shakily but as soon as she did another figure appeared nodded at the other two and they all disappeared.

Silverpaw stood frozen, "what...?"

Her vision shifted violently, and she end up with her muzzle in the sand. She crawled over to Creampaw's limp body, 'I need you..' Some deep rooted sence told she need the medicine den.

"We need to get home.., come on." She stood wobbling in her paws, she grabbed her brothers scruff. She started to pull, her steps slow and unsteady. Her mind was blissfully empty, the pain in her side throbbed. Silverpaw whimpered, she was almost to camp, but she would gladly curl up here with her brother and die beside him. Her heart broke at the thought,  "Promise me?" He coughed, "You will be the best warrior of this clan..." He sighed slightly, "For the both of us."
I promised, and I will do it.

She pulled him throught the fern tunnel, and collapsed next to him. Voiced pour over them from all sides.

"What happen?! Mossleaf, quick! Is Creampaw dead?! Lizardblaze!"

Silverpaw opened her eyes to see Silentstar looked down at her, "What happen?"

"He's gone and Hazelclaws dead." She breathed.

There was silence for a moment then the camp exploded with sound, Silentstar quite the crowd,
"We must find our clan-mates, go we will search the whole forest!" the sounds faded away. The camp emptied but for one cat. Mossleaf stood there, his eyes cold.

"What have you done?" He snarled and started forward.

Silverpaw's vision was lost in darkness but she was still aware of what was going on.

Her eye shifted to blue, she had lost the battle, this cat had her body now. Mossleaf froze, as Silverpaw's body rose. 

"You...! I knew you were in there! Let her go!"

"I'm sorry, I mean no harm, I'm here for you. You need help." the voice was hers, but the word weren't her's.

Mossleaf flattened his ears, "I said, get out!"
He lept at her, but thankfully what ever had her body knew how to fight. Because her body moved fast then she thought possible. Her body slam her father.