Stormstar's Destiny

In a place full of hope and mist, three cats sat by a pool. One was a she-cat, and the the other two were toms. "We must begin." The she-cat rasped, staring down into the starry pool of water. "But what if it doesn't work?" One of the tom's voice argued, staring into the she-cats cold amber eyes. "This has only been done once before. All the others got stuck where they went." The she-cat breathed in deep. "I have a feeling this time it will work. Please trust me." The tom nodded, but reluctantly. "Do you have anything to say, Shadefrost?" Her cold eyes turned to his silent brother. "I just want to get it over with." He pressed his nose to the pool, now dark then shining, and spiked up his fur. "He has entered the world." The she-cat rasped, remembering how her mate had done the same thing. "Your turn, Hawkpelt." The tom did the same thing as his brother, and soon their pelts were both spiked up at the same length. Then the she-cat took a deep breath and did the same thing as the other warriors. Soon she felt a black wave of sleep hit her, and her fur spiked up as tall as it could.

"I am glad that you were the one to be brave enough to do this." A deep growl came from the shadows, and she blinked open her eyes. She was standing in a dark wilderness, the only light being the half-moon. "Pebbleheart, is that you?" She looked around to find his unblinking set of amber eyes or his ragged pelt. "Yes, it is me." The brown tom stepped out of the shadows. "I am glad to see you again, Blackheart." He touched noses with her. "So this is where you went when you didn't wake up?" Blackheart looked around, trying to smell any source of food or water. "Indeed. But you won't end up here." Pebbleheart stared out into the distance. "I am letting this work for you." Blackheart gasped. "But how? You only came here several moons ago. Surely some other cats got stuck here?" He turned his broad head and narrowed his eyes. "I died as a deputy, almost a leader. I was given the place by the former ruler. Now I make the decisions for survival. Your plan will work. He will be saved from the horrors that will haunt him forever."

Blackheart jerked awake. Hawkpelt and Shadefrost were staring expectantly at her, waiting for her answer. "I saw Pebbleheart. He told me that our plan will work." Deep inside her mind, Blackheart knew that Pebbleheart was lying about being the ruler in the shadowy forest. He had always been a traitor, but she always saw past the cruelity and bloodthirsty nature. "Both Hawkpelt and I saw a she-cat named Sagewing. She told us that our plan would work, too, and that he will be saved." Blackheart sighed with relief. "We need to head back now." She meowed. "There waiting for our answer." She got up from the pool, her legs still stiff from sitting for so long, and the led the two warriors back to the territory, frightened by the reply they will give them.

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