Lurking Shadows

Hi guys! It's Artisticallyy here and this is my first story ever. I'm new to the wikia! Please give me courage and support! And, well, hope that this will be a good story XD Oh, Mrs Potato Head,   tell me,   is it true that   that pain is   beauty...?  08:00, September 7, 2015 (UTC)

Prologue
The reeds flickered in the still of the night. The long stalks together created a calming symphony, spilling into the night's air, which seemed to be cold and unforgiving. A nose was twitching, and the slick silhouette of a cat leaped over some rocks. The trickling of water sounded, spilling onto some bigger rocks. The grey she-cat jumped on one of them, feeling the cold spray of ice cold water splash her back. The slight breeze ruffled her cheek fur. Her bright, glowing amber eyes searched the ground, movement rustling through the trees as she barked,

"Breezestrike!"

"Shadeflight?" The white tom with the few tree brown spots turned. "Listen, you and Willowpool go out and find the base of their camp." Shadeflight, the grey and black tabby she cat ordered.

"The b-base? With.. Willowpool?" Breezestrike blushed at the mention of the name. "But Shadeflight, doesn't our code prevent us from doing that?"

"I don't CARE what the dumb code says! You WILL find their base of the camp with Willowpool!" Shadeflight screeched at the hesitant tom.

"But we agreed to it when we were as young as 4 moons old.." Breezestrike whimpered. Shadeflight rolled her eyes and stepped forward, the as cold as snow water splashing up her legs as she jumped into the mini lake. She was only a whisker away from his face, and hissed menacingly,

"Listen here, coward. What I did as a kit honestly means nothing to me. So, you do as I say. Understand? Oh, wait, you think Fawnstar will get mad? She won't. You know why? I'm her deputy. She loves me." She purred at the last line. Breezestrike held in his breath, he knew as well as anyone else that he shan't argue further.

"Yes, Shadeflight."

"Good. Now, while the others are going to chase down that night patrol, you and Willowpool will explore to the base of MeadowClan camp, by walking around the back and sneaking through that tunnel in that rock. The hole in the rock, climb in it and it goes into a tunnel underground. There are two ways out, and that's how you knock out the guards. Go back in the tunnels and find the way to the kits and medicine den. Explain this to Willowpool. That dumb clan put different tunnels leading to different dens... So vulnerable." Shadeflight explained.

"Yep, understood. However, one question... The pathway in the forest?"

"Yes. Now go! I have private business to do with Spottedsplash." Shadeflight waved her tail, as a slim tortoiseshell she-cat with bright green eyes slipped out of a small fern cave. "As you know, we are in the forest part of MeadowClan. Each Clan territory has a forest patch... This one has more space, so easy to attack."

"Summon them?" The tortoiseshell said.

"Yes. It's time." She nodded.

A yowl sounded as a mixture of cats poured out, ready to attack.

"Go!"

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Shadeflight looked down on MeadowClan's high rock. The ground was soaked with red. She purred, sitting down next to Spottedsplash.