Finding Light

 Finding Light

 BladeOfHope



 The Sequel to This Is the End

Prologue
Somewhere far above the earth, two cats walked side by side in the stars.

The she-cat sighed. "I wish we didn't have to do this."

The tom, a fiery ginger cat with a short temper, grunted. "You know what will happen if we don't."

She stopped walking. "Yes, Flamingsun, I do know," she snapped. "I know that the Dark Warriors will kill us if we don't succeed. But...." Her voice broke. "She was my apprentice, Flamingsun. How can I do this to her? How can I harm Echosilver's kits?"

Flamingsun lashed out at her, his claws striking her forehead before she even knew what happened. "You're weak, Mistyrain," he growled. "You're such an idiot! How can you even say that? I hate those cats!" He trembled with rage, claws flexing in and out, even though there was no ground for him to dig them into.

Shocked, Mistyrain stood there, dazed. She couldn't bleed anymore - she knew that - but it sure did hurt. "I'm sorry," she whispered. "I didn't mean...." She trailed off.

"What didn't you mean, Mistyrain?" Flamingsun demanded. "What didn't you mean? You promised us that you were loyal. You promised!"

His fury startled her, and she almost tripped over her own paws. "I'm sorry," she pleaded. "Don't tell them. Please don't tell them! I'll try harder, I swear!"

"You'd better," Flamingsun growled. "I'm leaving. Don't follow me." With that, he whirled around and stalked away, his fur still bristling with anger.

She watched him leave. Her heart was breaking. She loved her brother, but... how in StarClan had he become such a monster? He'd been such a different cat when he was younger. Ambitious, yes. Impulsive, certainly. But he had never been mean, not even to their youngest sibling. He had never liked Clawkit, but he had never tried to hurt him, either.

She felt tears forming in her eyes. How had her life become so messed up? Had it started when the Dark Warriors had first contacted them? Or when she had been assigned to bring Echopaw and Bramblepaw with them or die trying? She had no idea. It hurt too much to think about it.

She ran, not knowing where she was going. Really, there was nowhere to go; the Dark Warriors were always there. Their plans would always cut into her life, bound to her by the oath she had, foolishly, sworn to them.

She ran for a long time, leaving familiar skies far behind. Finally, when she could run no more, she stopped and panted, out of breath.

Suddenly she had a thought. ''Echosilver and Brambleshade aren't even siblings! ''Confusion swarmed through her tired mind. The Dark Warriors had told her many times that they only used two siblings for their plans. So what in StarClan had they wanted with Echopaw and Bramblepaw?

Mistyrain didn't want to think about it. Her head hurt so much....

The world started to go blurry, and then everything vanished into the darkness.