Nightstar's Prophecy

Chapter Five

Nightpaw awoke to the sound of nearby gulls. She yawned and stretched, opening her eyes. Squirrelpaw wasn’t in his nest, however her brother was still sleeping. She blinked sleep from her eyes and padded over, poking his side.

“Hey, Spiderpaw, it’s sunrise. Get up.” She mewed gently. Spiderpaw rolled over.

“Don’t wanna….” He yawned. Nightpaw rolled her eyes and shook her head, poking him in the stomach repeatedly until he groaned and stood up.

“Fine, fine. I’m up.” He grumbled, stretching. Nightpaw smiled at her brother.

“Quit being a sleepyhead and let’s go! I think it’s Squirrelpaw’s warrior ceremony today.” Nightpaw said. Squirrelpaw had been jittery in the last moon, and he had also grown larger and into a finer apprentice. He was the biggest of all of them, even outgrowing his sister, and by now he had strong muscles and nearly towered over Nightpaw, who was a mere eight moons old.

“And mine.” Yellowpaw yawned from the back, stretching. “Although, I am surprised. My brother is better than me by far.”

“I’m sure you’ll be a fine warrior.” Nightpaw purred to her friend.

“Thank you, Nightpaw.” Yellowpaw smiled and purred, her tail curling slightly.

“Of course!” Nightpaw headed out into camp. The morning patrol had just returned, Squirrelpaw with them. He was talking with Froststar respectfully.

“Good morning, Nightpaw.” Boulderfur said from behind her. Nightpaw turned to look at him, and she smiled, her tail curling.

“Hello, Boulderfur!” She let out a friendly purr.

“We’re going on a hunting patrol today, Nightpaw. The hunting should be good.” He said. “It’s becoming Greenleaf.”

Nightpaw had yet to experience Greenleaf, as she had been born in early leaf-fall. She was excited. She wanted to sun on the rocks, like her mother had told her about Greenleaf.

“Do you think we’ll catch some gulls?” Nightpaw asked him as she trotted out with him to wait for the other warriors on the patrols.

“Perhaps. We will see where the others want to go hunt.” Boulderfur said. Nightpaw hoped so. She would love to bring a gull to Ravenpaw, who had been excelling in her medicine cat training. However, she had also been neglecting her own personal care, and Nightpaw noticed her sister getting thinner. A nice, fat gull would be just perfect to give to Ravenpaw.

The other warriors soon joined them. The warriors on patrol were Boulderfur, herself, Fireclaw and Windpelt. It looked like it would be a good day. She hadn’t gotten to meet the other warriors as well as she would have liked, and she supposed once she was a warrior herself things would be much better.

They headed out towards the Twoleg border, however the scent of Twoleg was pretty strong, so they headed east towards the BreezeClan border. They were able to collect a few sparrows and a hare, and they were heading back when Stonestrike streaked out to them.

“The camp is under attack by Twolegs! There’s a kit, and it’s parents are coming. We are evacuating immediately!” He panted. Boulderfur looked at everyone before they all took off towards camp. Nightpaw was so scared, and confused. A Twoleg kit? But they didn’t live anywhere near Twolegs. Twolegplace was quite a long walk from their camp, and there was just no way this was possible. She couldn’t believe it. She refused to.

However, when she got there she was struck with terror as she saw a Twoleg kit, as Stonestrike had said. Everyone was in their hollow, and it was cooing at them, making weird motions with its paws.