Taken

Prologue
"Good job" the cat muttered to that other tom "We had to dig you out of that hole"

The tom growled "Shush, I was the one that had to hold his breath, for who knows how long, I could have easily died."

The other tom growled "What's your plan Claw?" he looked around "You just can't walk into that camp, and get rid of the new carrier"

Claw growled "I know, she also suspects that i'm not all goody-goody" he flicked his tail "Come on Frost, I have an idea, and it's fool-proof"

Frost growled "Can i guess who the fool is?"

Claw ignored him "My plan is, there are tensions between Thunderclan and Shadowclan, if Shadowclan just happens to smell Thunderclan, they'll get angry"

Frost asked "So?"

"So... If you somehow manage to er... Persuade them, to take the carrier, I can take my chance and get rid of Lilypaw once and for all"

Frost growled "What's in it for Bloodclan?"

Claw circled him "Easy, if this plan go smoothly, You can hunt freely in Thunderclan territory, they can't do anything without the carrier"

Frost mewed "Your forgetting about the Tracker"

Claw shrugged "That's easy, send your most hardened warriors to the snowy mountains, get rid of the tracker and his apprentice, and we should be scott free"

Frost nodded "It's so crazy it just might work" he bowed "We will talk again Claw, I accept to your terms. Bloodclan will help you"

Frost padded away and Claw growled "Perfect, everythings going exactly as i planned, Lilypaw and her two little boy-friends don't stand a chance"

Claw watched the dark part of the sky "I'm doing what you have instructed me to do, without the stones, the clans will be destroyed."

Claw laughed into the night and ran off, not looking back at the clearing, where a strange cat had been spying on them.

The cat stood up "So the dark-forest thinks they can rule everything eh? Better go warn them" the cat dissapeared in a breath of wind.

Chapter 1
Lilypaw grumbled when a paw poked her "Wake up, Hollystar called a meeting" Bramblepaws serious voice sounded right next to her "I think it's about your new mentor"

Lilypaw opened one eye "Fine, i'm getting up" she got up slowly and padded out. She sat beside Goldenpaw, who looked a bit better from his fall.

Goldenpaw nodded and looked back up at Hollystar as she called "Clawheart, our past carrier, has died" She looked at Lilypaw "The tracker has chosen Lilypaw to be the new carrier!"

Everyone cheered and Lilypaw thought This only happened the other day, I'm still trying to get used to it she looked around and acknowledged the cheers.

Hollystar waited for the cheering to die down "Now Lilypaw, you are know without a mentor" she looked around "When i was young, a carriers training was different, but that was in ancient times, when the young could be carriers"

Rainbowdash mewed "A carriers training is very complicated, she can have a warrior mentor, but she needs an Eclipse Claw to train her about the stone"

Goldenpaw looked at Rainbowdash and asked "And how we gonna do that? We can't go up to the mountains"

Rainbowdashs eyes glittered "No, but they can come to us" she looked at Lilypaw "You must contact the tracker with the stone, tell him Rainbowdash said you need a mentor"

Lilypaw looked at her "What am I supposed to do?"

Rainbowdash mewed "Concentrate on Skys Cloud, and say in your mind, I need a mentor, for I am a young carrier, and i still have much to learn about the stones"

Lilypaw nodded and closed her eyes tight thinking about Skys Cloud Skys Cloud, I need help, I don't know anything about the stones, i need one of you to help me

Nothing happened through closed eyes, but she heard gasps of astonishment "What?" and "Is that supposed to happen Rainbowdash?"

She heard Rainbowdash murmur "Yes, but only in rare cases, the stone pushed everyone but those two away"

Lilypaw opened her eyes, there was a faint circle of light circling her, Goldenpaw and Bramblepaw. bramblepaw and Goldenpaw were equally surprised.

Rainbowdash mewed "Well, looks like Skys Cloud heard you, I have a feeling they are sending Broken Song, the Trackers mate, and the only wolf, to know alot about the stones, she knows more about them then Skys Cloud does."

Lilypaw looked at her "How do you know all this?"

Rainbowdash looked at her "I was once an Eclipse Claw"

Goldenpaw exclaimed "But that must mean you must have been a wolf!"

Rainbowdash "Correct, but it was a very spiritual process that turned me into a cat, legends say, when the Tracker takes away the carrier, they turn into a wolf"

Lilypaw mewed "But in this case, they turned you into a cat, so you can share knowledge about the stones" she was just guessing, but she was getting a feeling she was right.

Rainbowdash nodded "There's one cat in every clan that was a wolf turned into a cat" she looked at Hollystar "But i have been a cat such a long time, I barely remember the time when i was a wolf, i'm more used to being a cat"

Hollystar mewed "For your warrior training, I will be your mentor, and when Broken Song gets here, she will be your mentor for the stones"

Hollystar dismissed the meeting and Bramblepaw commented "That was interesting"

Lilypaw agreed. The white circle had dissapeared, and Goldenpaw and Bramblepaw were no longer enshrouded in golden mist.

Goldenpaw exclaimed "That gave me the best feeling ever!" he took a deep breath "It felt like I could take on anything"

Bramblepaw shrugged "That's normal, the stones power is amazing" he was nodding to the stone around Lilypaws neck.

Lilypaw flicked her tail uneasily "Why did the light circle push everyone back, but not you guys?" she looked at her friends especially Bramblepaw. Who seemed to know everything.

Bramblepaw tipped his head "Well, I think it's because our destinies are entwined the stones are powerful objects, it's hard to really understand them" he mewed with a matter-of-factly tone.

Goldenpaw rolled his eyes "I think there's more to it, I mean think about it, remember when we were kits, adn we'd always ask if magic was real. She'd always say yes" Goldenpaw added "If you willing to listen and see"

Bramblepaw shrugged "That too, but magic is like free-will, Clawheart practically used it for evil, and it eventually destroyed him"

Lilypaw looked at him "So that's why the Tracker protects the stones, so they aren't destroyed by the darkness in a cats heart" Lilypaw finally understood something. "He protects them, but he never really chooses, like you said Bramblepaw, Magic is like free-will"

Bramblepaw nodded twitching his whiskers "We all have free-will, it all matters what path we take" he looked at the stars "And I don't mean like Medicine cat or Warrior, or even queen, I mean by the stars, there are many paths to take"

Goldenpaw was listening intently. While Lilypaw thought Free-will can be dangerous, Clawheart proved that, he took a dark path, I'm going to stay on the path of good, to be true and good, no matter what gets thrown my way.

Goldenpaw mewed "Well, what else can they do?" he aimed the question at Bramblepaw, who was flicking his tail in thought.

"I'm not sure, from what I heard from the elders, amazing stuff" Bramblepaw shrugged then mewed "Lilypaw will figure it out"

Lilypaw nodded, feeling the stones warmth on her fur. She looked back up at her friends in confusion.

Brammblepaw noticed the confusion "What's wrong?" he flicked his tail in worry "Is there something wrong?" he started to pace around Lilypaw

Lilypaw shook her head "No, at least, I don't think so, I'm just getting this weird feeling" she looked at Bramblepaw and Goldenpaw "I'm just getting a strange feeling, a bad one, i think"

Goldenpaw shrugged "Maybe you get more intuitive when your a carrier, You should listen" he looked Lilypaw in the eye, she already knew he acted on intuition.

Bramblepaw tipped his head "Well, you could be right.... But-" there was a large crack from the sky. Lilypaw jumped while Goldenpaw flinched.

Bramblepaw mewed "There's a storm coming" he looked up at the sky. Which was as black as night. Flashes of light going through the clouds.

Hollystar padded up to them and mewed "Well, better get a border patrol gong, Lilypaw, take your friends and search near the back of our border.

Lilypaw nodded and flicked her tail for her friends to follow. They ran out the camp. Not wanting to waste any time while the storm headed their way.

As they headed through the under-growth. Lilypaw started to scent a smell, so strange and unfamilier, the smell was different from the clans. And smelled like it came from far-away.

She held her tail up when she heard a rustling in the bushes. Goldenpaw and Bramblepaw froze unsheathing their claws.

Lilypaw asked "Who's there?" she stared into the trees.

"Who wants to know?" a raspy voice sounded, from the scent it was a young tom, and he was really sick. And ina terrible mood.

"Oh yes Russ, Zey vant to know" another voice sounded different "Ve all vant to know!" he sounded tempermental and angry. But also sick.

Lilypaw shuddered "Sorry, I'm Lilypaw and this is Goldenpaw and Bramblepaw" she signaled to teh two toms "And where are you? I can't see you"

Russ the other tom sighed "Come on Luxer, they know we are here" a silver tom stepped out, his eyes were a weird color of violet, a strange color for a cat.

The other tom padded out, he looked more sick then Russ, his light golden fur matted, and his blue eyes dull, but still held flames.

Lilypaw was surprised at their state. These two won't be much of a problem Lilypaw asked "Are you okay? You seem sick"

Luxer growled "Hear dat? Ve seem to be sick" his blue eyes were piercing into her fur, Lilypaw thought he looked like someone from a legend, that happened a long time ago like a Long time ago.

Lilypaw asked "Who are you?" more politely

Russ spoke "Young carrier, I'm Russ, this" he flicked his tail to the other tom "Is Luxer" he glared at Luxer. Lilypaw swore he looked familier.

Lilypaw didn't realise she was gawking at Luxer until he mewed "Why you staring at me?" he looked like an uncomfortable apprentice now.

Lilypaw stammered "Sor-Sorry, you seem like someone from a legend"

Russ giggled while Luxer asked "Me? A legend? Hah, you might be thinking of my ancestor clan cat" he looked more uncomfortable "I don't like talking about him"

Lilypaw asked "Why not?"

Luxer went silent and Russ mewed "It's best not to ask, it happened a long time ago, A long time ago" his voice became distant.

Lilypaw tipped her head and whispered "Hey, Bramblepaw, do you remember that legend?"

Bramblepaw shrugged "Bits and pieces" he grumbled. And then he looked at Goldenpaw, who looked like he was in shock.

Lilypaw asked him "You okay?"

Goldenpaw was stammering "N-No way..." he was full out staring at Luxer.

Lilypaw went right up beside him and stared at Luxer, she imagined him as a strong and serious cat, not a sick weak cat. And also someone loyal, someone a leader could trust.

A leader could trust... And she started to ralise what Goldenpaw was talking about. "You-Your..."

Luxer snapped uncomfortably "I'm vhat?"

Lilypaw mewed "The elders told us a story, from a long time ago, even before their elders elders were born, Your ancestor..."

Luxer mewed "Shhh! He might be listening" he looked around.

Bramblepaw asked "Who?"

Luxer snapped "Him, he vants us dead, all of us" he looked at Lilypaw "Especially you" his eyes were narrowed "None of us are sade, what vere you thinking when you came out here?"

Lilypaw mewed bravely "Our leader told us to go on a mini patrol"

Russ cut her off "Listen Luxer is right. You need to get out of here, your too important to Starclan to get caught out here"

Lilypaw nodded in defeat. when she turned around and was surprised to see Luxer in front of her and she asked "Ho-How did you do that?"

Luxer shrugged "Something my ancestor could do easily"

Lilypaw mewed "Your ancestor.... is it really... Him?"

Luxer nodded "The answer is in the rare sight, where the moon blocks the sun" his eyes got dark "He was named after it"

Lilypaw nodded "Thanks Luxer" she ran toward camp, with her friends following close behind, Lilypaw decided not to mention the rogues to Hollystar.

Chapter 2
Lilypaw had fallen asleep in the middle of the storm, the wind was whistling in her ears, and the thunder cracked. It was amazing how could she sleep throught that.

Another crack had woken her, she looked at the black sky, not sure if it was dawn or in the middle of the night. The rain was beating down hard on the canopy of leaves, and the roof of the den kept the rain out.

Lilypaw looked at Bramblepaw. He was fidgeting uncomfortably as the storm passed, while Goldenpaw was sound asleep. Starclan knows how he is doing that Lilypaw thought.

She was thinking some more about the legend, sure this legend didn't cause the eclipse stones, but it might have caused the whole thing to start.

She ran the whole story through her head, and it seemed about right that Luxer was related to the leaders guardian. Or back in those days, her extremely trusted warrior.

They called them guardians now cause of their devotion to a cat. It's not love, but they were the ones to turn to if you started to doubt everything you were ever taught.

Lilypaw looked at Goldenpaw. He was still sleeping. her fur grew hot.

She thought ''I understood what he meant by the moon covering sun, some say it's a battle stopper, some say it's ever lasting darkness. Some even say it's pure evil. When it's not''

I call it an Eclipse she thought and shook her head. Some cats always think the worst, that is, until the legend was started. Or was it really a legend?

Lilypaw saw some strange stuff. First, she became the carrier, second, she just met the descendent of one of the legends in the story, and Luxer was ashamed of it.

Lilypaw twitched her tail. The four were powerful leaders, smart, loyal, proud, and quick-witted. And all of them had something to prove.

Lilypaw widened her eyes ''It's all starting to make sense. The rogues that Claw had lead. They want to stop the legend from continuing onward, and it's not me they want dead.''

They want Luxer dead as much as they do me.

Lilypaw became horrified, Luxer was the key for something greater, Starclan was weakening. The stones power was weakening also. But what about Russ?

He seemed different too, but not like Luxer, he seemed more of a silent cat, if not Innocent and big-hearted. But he also seemed smart

Lilypaw realised what she had to do, she needed to talk to Luxer and Russ, they would have the answers, they seemed to know more then she did, or even Bramblepaw even knew.

Lilypaw quietly stood up. She padded over Bramblepaw and looked back at the brothers. The storm had quieted down. But there was still an ominous whistling.

Lilypaw continued from the den and out of the camp, she wondered if she should look where she ran into them. But would she say?

As she kept on walking through the wet forest, there was an omnious creaking. Lilypaw thought nothing of it. It's proboly the wind she continued walking. ignoring the omnious creaking coming from the trees.

Lilypaw was determined to find the two toms. Who seemed more mysterious then the legend.

Then the creaking became louder. Lilypaw started to get scared "He-Hello?" she froze and looked around. "Russ? Luxer?"

She thought she saw eyes. She mewed happily "Luxer is that you?" she headed toward the pair of eyes. But there was a large crack and she looked up.

The world seemed like it was in slow motion. The tree was falling toward her. But she was paralyzed. She thought she heard a yowl.

Then she felt something smash into her. and there was a large crash. She opened her eyes wide to see Luxer standing over her.

Luxer asked "Are you crazy?!" he looked back at the tree "You shouldn't be out in this veather"

Lilypaw was too busy staring at the bush "I saw eyes in that bush. Was that you?" she looked straight into him.

Luxer looked at her "What are you talking about? I vas walking past when I heard creaking, and I saw you just standing there"

Lilypaw shifted uncomfortbly "I-I'm sorry" she was on her back looking up at Luxer "I was trying to look for you, cause you seemed hurt and sick"

Luxer sighed "You should be really more careful on when you go to find a cat" his eyes an unusual softness. He shrugged "I was hunting, Russ asked if I could get us both something to eat."

Lilypaw kept staring at him. The area around him started to dissapear. But he was oblivious to it, she heard a voice in her head The stone lets you see, what others cannot a female voice barked. Barked? Lilypaw continued to stare.

Luxer had became a totally different cat. This cat was strong, but still held the same appearence as Luxer. It was more of a shadow, or spirit.

Lilypaw thought in her mind Ar-Are you? the tom continued to stare at her, his sharp icy blue gaze on her, but it also held a strange gentleness. It nodded slowly.

Lilypaw stared "So the legend.. it's... Real?"

The cat mewed in an misty voice "It's vas real alright, I was there" he held sighed "It vas a very dangerous era. Much long before the new clans."

His gaze held a seriousnesss. It reminded Lilypaw of Bramblepaw. He also held a stiff posture. And also looked like he was blind in one eye.

Lilypaw asked "Why, Why do you like that?" she was staring at the eye, there was no scar, it was just... Blind.

The tom sighed "It happened a few days before I died, Skyclaw had attacked me out of anger. I didn't fight back, I wasn't going to attack my leaders son"

Lilypaw asked "Why did he attack you? Can't you just get rid of it now your dead?"

The tom sighed "No. I cannot" his eyes flashed "But I can still see"

Lilypaw asked again "Then why did he attack you?" her curiousity was over-flowing, this was her chance to get more detailed about the legend.

The tom looked down "I say it's my fault, he vas so angry when he found out the Shadowclan leader was his father" His eyes flashed in sadness "I tried to calm him down by talking to him rationally"

Lilypaw mewed "It didn't work"

The tom shrugged "No, it didn't. he could have killed me. But he didn't" he closed his eyes "Well, I could tell he was going too, but my mate stopped him from doing anymore damage zen what vas already dealt"

Lilypaw gulped "What about Luxer? He seems almost ashamed of you being his ancestor" she saw the same nervousness in the toms eyes when Lilypaw had asked Luxer if his ancestor was really who she thought it was.

The tom mewed bluntly "It's not that he's ashamed, it's just his pride. Something he gets from my mate" The tom continued "Most cats get their personalitys from mother or father" he looked around "But sometimes cats can get personalitys from a long time ago"

Lilypaw stood up as he started to dissapear "Wait? What do you mean?"

The tom sighed "Just listen to your heart Lilypaw, your little friend was right when he said it's easier to follow your instinct" he dissapeared in a flash of white. And he was gone.

Lilypaw saw Luxer turn back to her and mewed "Well, the storm seems to have stopped but-" he looked at her weirdly "You look like you've seen a ghost"

Lilypaw shook her head. There was more cracking and a branch fell right where she had been a few moments before.

Lilypaw whimpered and heard more cracking and she felt Luxer push her out of the way of another branch.

Lilypaw asked "What's happening?" she looked up, expecting another branch to fall straight on them. Luxer continued to have his ears pricked.

The creaking had stopped, but there was unusual silence. Luxer asked "Russ?"

Two violet eyes were shining in the shadows and Russ stepped out "That was some wind, Da?" he laughed "Destroyed quite a few trees"

Luxer sighed "Ve need to get Lilypaw home, it's dangerous out here"

Lilypaw asked "What's with the silence of the wind? It was so loud before" she shuddered, having the terrible feeling that something horrible had happened.

Russ shrugged "I don't know, could be because the storm stopped" He nodded to Luxer and flicked his tail for Lilypaw to follow.

Lilypaw followed them through the undergrowth, the scent of recently wer leafs hung in the air. The sun was starting to shine through the gray clouds.

Russ stopped and flicked his ears "Hear that?" his strange violet eyes narrowed. And he went eeriely silent.

Luxer asked quietly "What is it?" he looked nervous "What's wrong?" he seemed more of a scared apprentice now, he even looked like one, Lilypaw got the impression Russ was older

Russ narrowed his eyes "Go Lilypaw, don't stop, don't look back" he gave her a nudge. Which was enough to send her running.

Lilypaw did what she was told, the feeling coming back Somethings wrong, I can feel it Lilypaw leaped over a fallen log, and ran into the camp.

Lilypaw wasn't ready for what she was about to see. There were branches scattered around camp and warriors were surrounding the apprentices den. Panicking.

Birdsong mewed "Lilypaw was in there!"

Whitesky growled "She was in there, we all know that, but for all we know, she's dead!"

"What about the other apprentices, she wasn't teh only apprentice" Fishleap snapped "All the other apprentices were in there"

Lilypaw broke up the argueing "Stop! i'm alive, I went for a stroll, because i couldn't sleep" she pushed Birdsong and Whitesky out of the way "Move!"

Lilypaw had realised that a tree had crashed onto the apprentices den. She called "Goldenpaw? Bramblepaw?" She tried to claw at the bark.

A voice sounded behind them "That's not going to help" everyone turned, there was a huge wolf, with soft eyes. She barked "Lilypaw, use the stone"

Lilypaw mewed "Your Broken Song"

Broken Song flicked her tail "We have no time for introductions, you need to get the apprentices out of there" she sat down and watched Lilypaw.

Lilypaw put her front paws on the bark "Now what?"

Broken Song barked "Concentrate" she barked to the other cats "Everyone get away from her"

All the cats backed up watching her with interest and fear.

Lilypaw closed her eyes Pleaser be alive, Please. She opened her eyes, but what she didn't know, was that they were pure yellow, no pupil.

Everyone gasped. But she didn't hear them, She just wanted the tree to be out of the way, so her friends would be okay.

Lilypaw felt the tree break in half, like it was struck by lightning, the rook was cracked, and branches were sticking out of it.

Lilypaw got out of her trance. She was tired, but she found enough strength to yowl "Goldenpaw?! Bramblepaw?!" she began to dig at the branches covering the entrance.

She growled and got an adreneline rush, the branches were pulled out of the way by the warriors.

Lilypaw looked in, she saw Goldenpaw huddled in a corner, while Bramblepaw was staring up into the branches, he was surrounded by branches, but he dared not move.

Lilypaw asked "You okay?"

Bramblepaw and Goldenpaw nodded, while Blackpaw mewed "We're all fine"

Lilypaw sighed "That's good" she stepped back from the den as the apprentics padded out, and shook themselves of loose debris.

Broken Song sighed "Good, now that's done, we have a lot to talk about, Lilypaw, and i need to teach you a little history"

Chapter 3
"You went to see Luxer?!" Bramblepaw asked in disbelief "You know, from what you told me, you could have gotten killed!"

Lilypaw shrugged "Well, i'm not dead" she looked at Bramblepaw, his eyes were serious and hard. "I'm fine Bramblepaw I"m more worried about you"

Bramblepaw snorted "Your way more important, your the carrier!" he shook his head "You can't just go wandering when there's rogues trying to kill you!"

Goldenpaw was beside Lilypaw "Relax Bramblepaw, she's alive, calm down" his eyes were falt, more or les. And also calm.

Bramblepaw snapped "She could have gotton killed!" he leaped straight at Goldenpaw, paws out.

Lilypaw expected Goldenpaw to be taken aback from the atack, but he jumped to the side and cuffed his brother "What are you doing?"

Bramblepaw turned and growled "She could have gotton killed! And all you say is, Relax?" he was bristling. Lilypaw realised that Bramblepaw was really mad.

Lilypaw stepped in front of the two brothers "Calm down! I had a very good reson to walk out of the camp, who knows, maybe it was good that I left for a while"

Bramblepaw looked away. His fur bristling. Lilypaw got a pang of sadness, Bramblepaw was only worried about her, which caused him to be angry.

Lilypaws thoughts moved to Russ and Luxer Wh-Why does Russ have violet eyes? He looks like he used to have a different color

Lilypaw looked at Bramblepaw "Hey, Broken Song told me a lot from when we went to talk. How about, we go on a border patrol, just to let off out anger." she flicked her tail "I'm sorry Bramblepaw" She bowed her head.

Bramblepaw sighed "Noo, I'm sorry" he padded past Lilypaw "Well, we might as well, but i'd rather patrol with only you two, maybe we can go on a hunting patrol with Whitesky or Birdsong"

Lilypaw nodded and twitched her whiskers "Well let's go" she waved her tail and bounded out of the camp, Hollystar had been listening to them.

Lilypaw led then towards the Shadowclan territory and she turned "We're going to do a round-a-bout" she waved her tail in a circle "First, Shadowclan, then the outskirts, then Windclan"

Bramblepaw and Goldenpaw nodded and followed Lilypaw beside the Shhadowclan border, re-scenting the markers as they went.

After walking a while they came across a torn clearing, branches laid everywhere, and a tree was leaning precauriously.

Goldenpaw and Bramblepaw were eeriely silent until they heard a voice "Ouch! That hurts!" the voice sounded familier.

Lilypaw called "Russ?" she looked straight at the trees roots "Are you okay?"

Russ crawled out, his paw looked odd, but looked like it would heal "Perfectly fine, just fine" he looked at them "And what are you doing here, it's dangerous"

Lilypaw shook her head "Border patrol, what happened?" she was looking at him, he was scratched and bleeding. And he looked more tired then he was last time they saw each-other.

Russ mewed "A couple of cats attacked me and Luxer, I got pretty beat up, and I'm pretty sure Luxer chased after them"

Lilypaw went toward him and was about to say something but Bramblepaw mewed "Wait? You mean Luxer chased them,as in,went after them?"

Russ nodded.

Lilypaw circled him "Russ, I really need to ask you something" she sat down, there was a light misty circle surrounding the two cats.

Russ looked at her "Yes?"

"Your eyes were not always Violet, were they?" she was staring deep into him, he looked calmly at her. Not answering her question for a bit.

"Yeah, I used to have blue eyes" he shrugged "Iit doesn't really matter, I barely remembered what happened" he laughed "I think an eclipse stone weilder or an eclipse claw had something to do with it"

Lilypaw went nearer inches away from him "Can i see?" Broken Song had told her, that if she wanted to know ssomething about a cat using the stone, she needed permission.

Russ shrugged "Go right ahead, I know what your saying" he stared at her.

Lilypaw twitched "Er, Broken Song didn't really tell me how do it" she shifted uncomfortably "Do you know how to do it"

She looked at his eyes and squeaked, they were pupiless, and she felt herself slowly dissapear, not literaly, but like she was seeing what Russ saw, some time ago.

It was a sunny day, and she saw a younger Russ walking slowly, his ears pricked and his eyes icy blue.

Lilypaw called "Russ!" but he ignored her, and she heard a voice bark He cannot hear you, this is what he saw, and heard, and felt the voice ended in a whisper.

Lilypaw saw a shadow flash in front of Russ and he squeaked, backing up quickly, but he was surrounded, the cats were growling and laughing.

Clawheart stepped out, he looked evil and cruel, but looked like he was just made a warrior"What are you doing here?!" he didn't wait for an answer. He slammed into Russ, who was taken off gaurd. he pinned at him, his eyes going pupiless.

Russ refused to stare, but he took a quick glance and his eyes went pupiless also.

Clawheart growled "I'll make sure you never see!" his eyes became more wierder and yellower but there was a mew "Hello?"

The cats looked up and Clawhearts eyes became more normal again, he ran off, leaving Russ in a trance. Lilypaw watched horrified.

The tom padded out, he was way smaller then Russ. He widened his eyes when he saw Russ "Are you okay?!" he ran over to him.

Russ twitched his tail and blinked, and his eyes had pupils in them. But they were no longer blue, they were violet. And he seemed confused.

Russ mewed "Er I think so" his words were slurred, like he was sick.

The tom sighed "Okay... I'm Luxer by the way" he flicked his tail "Do you need help?"

Russ shook his head,"I don't think so" he blinked a couple of times before standing up. He shook himself "I feel different" he blinked more.

Luxer squeaked "Yeah, I'd feel different if my eyes were violet" he blinked at Russ.

Russ asked "My-My eyes are Violet?" he tipped his head to one side "Is there any water near here?" he looked at Luxer.

Luxer tipped his head "Yeah, there's a lake" he looked at Russ "Be careful though, there are clan cats around."

Russ tipped his "Clan cats?"

Lilypaw saw the two toms dissovle, the vision started to dissapear, and Lilypaw was once again facing Russ, he seemed uncomfortable.

Lilypaw stammered "I knew that carrier, he-he was my mentor, but I don't think I was born yet" she looked at him and realised something, she may not have been born yet, but it seemed like days before her birth.

Because Clawheart was made a warrior a few days before from what Greenwater had said. Which means Russ is no more older then Lilypaw, which meant Luxer could be quite young.

Lilypaw swished her tail and looked back at her friends, who were sniffing around for Luxer. Lilypaw looked back "Where did he go?"

Russ swished his tail toward Windclan territory.

Lilypaw asked "Want to come with us, to proboly rescue Luxer?"

Russ sniffed "Luxer? Need saving? i doubt it, but okay" he stood up.

Lilypaw mewedd "No! That's not what i mean! That's what the rogues wanted! He's more important then I am!" she flicked her tail back and forth "We need to get to him. And fast"

Russ nodded "Okay, I believe you" he stood up "Follow me. I know where he went" he bounded into the forest. Lilypaw nodded to her friends and followed.

Russ jumped over a log. Lilypaw had to scramble over it after Goldenpaw, Bramblepaw took the back.

Bramblepaw asked "How far did he go?" Lilypaw mewed "Yeah, I can't smell anything"

Russ sniffed "Not far now, there's blood on the air" he shuddered and continued.

Now that Russ mentioned it, the salty tang of spilt blood was on the air, she couldn't tell who it was though, she just hoped it wasn't Luxer.

They got to a torn clearing, there were blood splatters. And there was fur everywhere, a mix of tortiseshell, brown, orange, and yellow.

Russ choked "What in the name of the ancestors happened?" Russ called "Luxer?! You there?!" Russ circled the clearing "I can smell him, but I can't see him" he mewed.

Lilypaw called "Luxer?"

A shape stumbled into the clearing. His fur torn and matted, and his blue eyes dull and tired, and looked pupiless from where they were standing.

The tom limped over to them "You-You okay Russ? I chased them for a vhile but they flanked me" he was panting.

Russ was helping Luxer walk "What were you thinking?" Russ growled "There were three cats, you coudn't have taken the all by your-self!"

Luxer rasped "Well I did, took a lot out of me though" he sighed "Got a few nasty scratches and bites, but they couldn't really get a hold on me"

Russ growled "That was reckless" his eyes were defensive for his friend, Bramblepaw had acted the same way towards Lilypaw.

Luxer twitched his whiskers "Remember what I told you Russ" he sighed "You may insult me, but you can never kill me"

Russ growled "Well you look dead on your paws" he looked at Lilypaw "You need to go back, you need more training from your mentor"

Russ helped Luxer away from the torn clearing.

Lilypaw looked at Bramblepaw and Goldenpaw "Shall we continue the patrol? I smell wind on the breeze" Bramblepaw asked

Lilypaw shook her head "I think we've had enough excitementfor one day, I think we need to train some more with our mentors"

Bramblepaw nodded "I guess you right, let's go" he led them towards the camp. and into the entrance. Lilypaw looked around for Hollystar.