The Clan of Night

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Prologue
A blue gray she cat stood in the sunlit clearing, her eyes closed. ”Aqua, are you all right?” A gray she cat mewed. Aqua bristled at the sudden mew, and seemed to realize who it was, and relaxed. ”Jade, have you seen the new kit to Spellclan?” ”Nightkit, you mean? She’s Nightpaw now.” ”Yes, exactly. She’s a descendant of Ruby, you know. She has her indepenence” ”But why?” Jade asked. ”Are you talking about my descendant?” A black she cat with red ears mewed, padding over. ”Yes, Nightpaw. She is destinied to be leader of a new clan. But what I’m worried about is how will she know, and how can she do it herself.” Aqua murmured. ”Don’t worry, I see a cat in your clan, Aqua, who will help Nightpaw throughout her life. I am asking your permission to intervene with Charmclan” Ruby reassured. ”Of course” Aqua said. A blue cat padded over, her clear blue eyes sparkling. ”Are you sure this is the right thing to do?” ”I’m sure, Sapphira. But I wonder what will happen to Flamepelt and Skyflight in your clan” Jade then turned to look at Sapphira. Sapphira’s eyes got dark ”Flamepelt will never get over it. But his kit, Shinesnow’s kit, is a Wingclan cat. It won’t be long before they find out” she murmured. ”Do not worry I will make sure Charmclan thinks of it as her magic” A ginger and black tom with sea green eyes mewed, padding over to them, his eyes calm ”Beryl, thanks for your offer. But my only worry is about Nightpaw, for now.” Aqua mewed. ”I will help her, she is my descendant, after all” Ruby announced. ”Then I will make sure the cat needed to help Nightpaw will be ready. I will give them a sign, a meeting of chance” Aqua declared.

== Chapter One==

Pantherpaw:
I was awake and alert when my mentor, Dewcharm, woke me. She didn’t seem to be surprised, mostly because she already knew I was awake by using her magic, extraordinary senses. Strangely, I always seemed to get alert around at the time normal cats would feel sleepy. On the other hand, I got sluggish and would doze off around the time the sun started to come up. I was strange, even for a Charmclan cat. And if you think about our clan cats’ magic, that’s saying alot. My magic was I could melt away or appear in shadows, literally. So we called it ’shadowtraveling’ Appropriate, don’t you think? Kinda like teleporting, but only usable in darkness, or at the shadows. Maybe that explained my um..nocturnalness. I couldn’t seem to be able to change it, even by sleeping at night, which I could never do. ”Pantherpaw!” Dewcharm called out, and I jumped up from my nest, and headed out, squinting at the light of the dawn. I streched, and shadowtraveled out right next to Dewcharm in a shady spot. Dewcharm, who doesn’t get spooked easily because of her magic, jumped, and growled at me ”I hate it when you do that” a bit good naturedly. ”And that’s why I do it” I retorted. Dewcharm purred, her anger melting away, and we headed off into the woods. I soon returned with a pile of prey, including a mouse, two squirrels, and my specialty; a black crow, caught in the dark of the night. Nobody can catch crows, especially at night, but I guess it helps when you are able to shadowtravel faster than the crow can fly. Dewcharm padded in wearily afterwards, and I felt tiredness tugging at my eyes as I took in the light of the day. I looked at Dewcharm, and she nodded, so I shot off to my nest for a good, long sleep. In the nursery, my denmates, or soon-to-be denmates Tigerkit, Dustkit, Featherkit, Blazekit, and Seakit were stirring in their nests. ”Hey, Pantherpaw” Blazekit murmured sleepily, as I poked my head in the nursery, her wings fluttering as she yawned. Yep, wings. Blazekit has ginger streaked with white wings. ”Hey, Blazekit” I replied. I was about to get to the paws’ den when I heard a high pitched mew slice into my thoughts. ”We’re going hunting today!” It was Seakit. She was a bright little kit, and awfully loud. Unlike her sister Featherkit, who was gentle and quiet. I couldn’t understand why they were even littermates. ”Catch a beetle for me, will you?” Tigerkit mumbled, and turned over in his sleep. ”I will!” Featherkit piped up. ’Kits’ I thought, and slid into my den, where there was only one nest, mine.

==== Nightpaw:====

I yawned, and padded out into the sunlight, where I narrowed my golden eyes against the bright light. Yes, I was told I had golden eyes, a mark of a leader, by my mother, Bluebird. It was confirmed when I looked at myself in a puddle of water at my first time outside. I stretched, making my black fur ripple gently, and I padded out to hunt. ”Can I go with you?” A cat’s voice mewed behind me. I rolled my eyes, and turned to face Thornpaw. A mottled brown tom, he was one of the most popular paws, and he constantly trailed behind me like a leech. I hated the attention, because I knew it was because of my gold eyes, and I knew he thought it would be a good idea to be on good terms with the future leader or something. ”Fine, fine” I said rather reluctantly, and padded out, Thornpaw following behind. As I hunted, he sat back and let me do all of it, and when I returned to camp, he actually pressed his pelt against me when I squeezed in through the entrance. I saw Willowpaw, a pretty grey tabby, look at Thornpaw with moony eyes, while Ashpaw and Thornpaw exchanged glances. ’Stupid tomcat’ I cursed under my breath, and started cleaning my pelt, gagging at the scent of Thornpaw. Willowpaw started gushing as soon as I entered the paws’ den. ”I can’t believe Thornpaw actually asked you to hunt with him! You’re so lucky!” She squealed. I rolled my eyes again, and muttered ”Actually, I was about to hunt when he asked me if he could go with me, and he didn’t really hunt anything.” But Willowpaw didn’t hear, and she rushed off to some of my friends, Dawnpaw and Bluepaw, who squealed as well. ”I don’t understand why you guys are so besotted with him when I don’t see anything special in him” I asked curiously. ”And we don’t understand why you’re not besotted with him, either! He’s so good looking, a great fighter, and…” the paws collapsed on top of each other, giggling madly. ”…and has a big head, doesn’t hunt, and who’s so full of himself” I hissed under my breath. Just then, Thornpaw and his friends sauntered over to us, their poses all macho and flirting. I tried hard not to be sick, but it was difficult. ”Hey, Bluepaw” Ashpaw drawled. ”Hey, Ashpaw” Bluepaw giggled. ”Oakpaw” Willowpaw purred. ”Hi, Willowpaw” the brown tom said, his mew sickly sweet. ”Hello, Nightpaw. You look beautiful today” Thornpaw purred, and I turned my head away, almost too sick to reply. He looked a bit miffed, but he quickly hid it as he turned to look at Dawnpaw. Dawnpaw gave him the ’kit eyes’ look, and pressed her pelt against his. I resisted the urge to snap as the three couples flirted madly in front of me. Sighing, I flopped down in my nest, and started grooming my fur. I was very proud of my shiny, pure black fur, but not to the point of being vain. ’When would they grow up’ I pondered while I drifted off to sleep.

== Chapter Two ==

Pantherpaw:
When I woke up, it was sunhigh, and I groaned as I heaved myself to my paws. ”Battle training” Dewcharm told me, and my feelings perked up. Slash, duck, lunge, and roll. Pounce, claw, roll, and bite. It was getting dark when we finished. Panting, I got to the prey pile, and took out a warm, juicy vole. Purring, I tucked into it, savoring every bite. I then went out to get a drink of cool water, and raced back to camp, refreshed. I met Tigerkit and Seakit trying to sneak out, and I stopped, blocking their escape route. ”Where do you think you’re going” I said sternly, trying to keep my whiskers twitching as they looked at one another. ”Out of camp” Seakit said rather boldly. ”You know you’re not allowed of camp until you’re a paw” I purred, picking up Seakit and nudging Tigerkit back to the nursery. I stifled a purr as I heard Tigerkit mutter ”He’s no fun ever since he became a paw” When I entered the nursery, it was chaos itself. The nests were overturned, and Shinesnow and Daybreak were searching frantically. ”Looking for these two?” I laughed, setting Seakit down. The queens immediately pounced upon their kits, licking them fiercely. ”I told you to stay in the nursery!” Scolded Shinesnow. ”Where did you find them?” Daybreak asked. ”Out of camp, sneaking” I said, and the other kits clustered around the runaway kits, round eyed. ”Wow!” Featherkit squeaked, and Shinesnow snapped ”Don’t even think about doing such a thing!” I purred loudly as I exited the noisy nursery. It was getting dark, and most of the cats were already asleep in their nests. I streched out in my nest, trying to sleep. A few moments passed before I realized this was pointless, and turned over, still trying to sleep. I managed to sleep for a whole two hours maybe, a new record, and when I opened my eyes, it was midnight, and everything was eerily quiet. Well, most cats would find it eery, but I was completely at home with the dark and silence. I shadowtraveled out of camp into the middle of the territory. And shadowtraveled to a different place. Each time getting faster. Night was the best time to hone my magic, as it was dark everywhere. I finally stopped, and shadowtraveled to my favorite place; a clearing with a peaceful pond, and the moon shining down upon it. I basked in the moonlight, pretty much like normal cats bask in sunlight. To me, the moonlight felt soft, slightly warm, and perfectly comfortable, unlike the searing heat of the sun. Stretching out, I shivered a little at the cold wind, but hey, I was used to it. The coldness of night, the silence of night. It all came to me as one word. Peace.

==== Nightpaw:====

Look, I really didn’t know what drew me into the depths of the forest. I just had the feeling I had to. As I padded on, my nerves began to relax as I felt the calmness of the still night I was in.