Light of the Darkness

This is for Ash's contest. It stars Lightpaw, a beautiful golden tabby she-cat with dazzling green eyes and white socks. Lightpaw is a great friend but is a little bit of an outcast. She is a great hunter and loves to enjoy the scenery. Toms adore her but she only truly loves one tom. She is the daughter of the deputy but doesn’t care, and Treepaw, a light brown tom with blue eyes. Treepaw loves hunting and fighting but is a great observer. He is a flirty tom but he doesn’t have any interest in having a mate. It is about Lightpaw's survival in dark times, and her struggle to find a bit of true love, and Treepaw dealing with a secret bigger than himself.

Prolouge? ~The Start of Darkness~
The worst day of my life was the day my mother died. She was the perfect deputy. Kind, fair, and smart. When she died, I knew my life was over. Yellowpaw had died, and Quailpaw had joined GemClan, to be with Flowingpaw. My father, Blackvision became deputy next. I knew that the end of the clans was coming, the moment Russetstar declared him deputy. I owe it to Roseflight to keep going. She was the greatest mother I could ever have. Blackvision commands MarshClan, like he's already leader. He might as well practice. I know he plans to kill Russetstar while she sleeps. I never sleep anymore. Applewhisker pushes me to the bone. In fact, he nearly killed me in our last training session. And if I don't have enough troubles already, I'm madly in love with Treepaw. He also happens to be the only apprentice tom who doesn't like me. I hear Applewhisker calling. Time to deal with a bone curling training session.

It's hard being a tree. Don't laugh. My name is Treepaw. I like to joke, and she-cats adore me, but I don't want a mate. I want to be the best warrior ever, but my sister Sparklepaw says I need to lighten up. I don't see why I should. She-cats are a waste of time right now. So what if I flirt a bit. They shut up if I smile and wink. My father, Sunstorm is my mentor, and he is awesome! I feel kind of sorry for Lightpaw. Everyone knows that Applewhisker is a pain in the tail. Oh, Blackvision wants me to join the dawn patrol. He's the bets deputy ever!

Chapter 1 ~Losing Faith~ Lightpaw
With caution I look around the meeting field. I had to find Quailpaw. I was just about to give up hope, when I saw his pale tabby pelt. I rushed over to him. "Quailpaw! It's me Lightpaw!" He turned to me with the same joking face. "Lightpaw! Nice to see you again! And it's Quailheart now. Flowingshine and I are warriors!" I nodded my congradulations, to hear Driftingstar, leader of GemClan call out, "The Gathering is starting!"