Wishfeather's Choice

Chapter Three

The moon shone into the warriors den, the only sound was the hooting of the tawny owls. Wishfeather woke up. It was quite, too quite. Wishfeather opened her eyes, the warrior den was empty! She stood up, a cat appeared out of the blink of an eye, she looked as if she was weaved into starlight her body shining. There were stars in every corner of her and her body was shimmering.
Wishfeather opened her mouth to speak, but before she could say anything, the ground opened up and the Wishfeather tumbled through. She fell down, she blinked her eyes open, the cold are rushed passed her, causing her eyes to water. She saw Thunder clan cats run into River clan camp. Tearing River clan cats appart. The smell of blood filled the tunnel.
Suddenly the cats faded into nothingness and all there was left was there echos, blood will spill blood in the fate of the clans. Wishfeather was horrified, but she kept falling.....

"Wishfeather wake up," meowed Cloudwisp, desperately.
Wishfeather opened her eyes sleepily, then yawned.
"Morning Cloudwisp, you ok?" She said.
Cloudwisp laughed, "Wishfeather I thought you were a gonner, you were riggling like mad!"
"Yes well, I had a bad dream," she said quickly."I'm going hunting," she lied.
"Oh Wishfeather can I come," meowed Ravenwing.
"Erm no sorry."
Really she was going to see Kestralheart whom she loved. She wasn't keen on meeting him in daylight but he said he found somewhere they could hide. Wishfeather padded of into the woodland leaving the camp behind.
"Kestralheart are you there," she wispered.
"Wishfeather," meowed a brownie-red tom.
"Kestralheart." Wishfeather ran up to him and rapped her tail round his.
"Come Wishfeather, I have found somewhere to go," Kestralheart's deep voice rang into her ears. He padded slowly in front of her, turning his head to check if she was still there.
There was a russling sound in the hedge behind them. Wishfeather ordered Kestralheart in the bush and pretended she was sniffing around.
She looked up, ready to see a River clan patrol. But instead a small mouse
popped out of the bush, panick- stricken. Afterwards came a small kitten. Wishfeather looked cross, "Amberkit what in Star clan are you doing out of camp."
"I um....," Started Amberkit, but all he could do was whimper.
Wishfeather sighed, "I'll take you back to camp, but please don't do it again.
"O...ok," sqeeked Amberkit. Wishfeather padded along with Amberkit behind her, constantly apolegising. "I'm soooo sorry Wishfeather," he whimpered "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry,"
When Wishfeather finally go to River Clan camp it was getting very dark.
Ravenwing came running over to her, "Wishfeather where have you been?" She asked.
"Erm.... ," Said Wishfeather decisively, she didn't want to tell Ravenwing, she had been with Kestralheart, even though her friend had a mate of her own, (Mintfang) it was different.
"I've been... I went on a walk,"she said. "And while I was walking, I found this one," Wishfeather nodded at Amberkit, who gave a scared squeak and ran to the nursery, "mamma, mamma," he called.
A blue-grey she cat padded out of the nursery with a kitten with a matching pelt at her side. "Amberkit, where have you been, I've been worried about you." Meowed his mother, Blueheart, worriedly.
"Yeah," added Amberkit's sister, Streamkit, "a patrol went to look for you and everything!"
"Well your safe now, come and tell Ashstar where you've been, and he'll send a warrior to stop the search parties," meowed his mother.

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Wishfeather woke to rays of light streaming into the warriors den, she blinked her eyes open. "Cloudwisp you and Bumblefur and his apprentice, Tigerpaw, can go on my border patrol with my apprentice ," the deputies voice rang clearly across the camp. Wishfeather got up and padded out of the warriors den. "Wishfeather, do you want to go on Ashstar's hunting patrol?" Asked Violetshine.
"Yes please," Meowed Wishfeather, "who with?" She added.
Ashstar and his apprentice, Darkpaw, Thunderheart, Sandyshade and you," replied the deputy.
Wishfeather nodded her head in acknoledgment, and padded over to the group of cats. It would be a good hunt she thought.

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