ALLEGINCES
BirdClan
Leader: Birdstar: Tawny Tabby she-cat with blue eyes and a white underbelly
Deputy: Talonheart: White she-cat with brown tabby stripes,green eyes,and a distintive brown heart on her chest
Medicine Cat: Robinfeather: Reddish-dark russet tom with a white undercoat,black stockings,and blue eyes
Medicine Cat Apprentice: Tigerpaw:light orange russet she-cat with black stockings on her front and back paws,she also has amber eyes
Warriors:
Poppyflower: tawny she cat with blue eyes and black flecks on her pelt
Moonchaser: white tom with light grey splotches and blue eyes
Hawkfeather: brown she cat with tawny lynx points and green eyes
Mudtail: Light Brown tom with a darker undercoat and yellow eyes
Gleamclaw:a silvery she cat with blue eyes,a white under coat,and white paws
Flamewing: Reddish Russet Tom with orange paws and undercoat he also has amber eyes
Swanflight: Albino she-cat (only one known to survive)
Eagletalons: Silvery tabby she cat with ice blue eyes and a white undercoat
Bramblethorn:Black tom with brown tabby stripes and stockings,also has green eyes
Phoniexfeather: orange she-cat with green eyes and russet paws
Sunbeam: Yellow she-cat with one blue eye and one amber eye she has orange paws also.
Apprentices:
Windpaw: silvery tom with one blind eye on the right and a blue one with sight (Hawkfeather)
Woodpaw: Light brown she cat with yellow eyes(Flamewing)
Finchpaw: Black tabby tom with a white under coat and brown stockings, also has green eyes(Eagletalons)
Blackpaw:black she-cat with amber eyes(Sunbeam)
Queens:
Spottedflower: tawny she-cat with whitw splotches and green eyes
Dovefeather:White she-cat with silver stripes and Blue Eyes
Kits:
Crowkit: black tom with grey paws and yellow eyes(Dovefeather)
Sandkit: small tawny she-cat with amber eyes and brown tail(spottedflower)
Falconkit: Smallest kit; tom with a brown tabby coat and blue eyes(Spottedflower)
SoilClan
Leader: Sunsetstar:orange tom with green eyes
Deputy: Mudstream: brown she cat with royal blue eyes
Medicine Cat: Lilypetal: light tawny she-cat with a white under coat,light brown flecks,and green eyes
Medicine Cat Apprentice: Cracklepaw: brown tom with an orange front left paw and amber eyes\
Warriors:
Swirlheart:dark grey she-cat with a with swirl on her chest and blue eyes
Duskblossom:a she-cat starting from brown on her head darkening to black by her hind legs with yellow eyes
Rainclaw:silvery tom with russet paw-tips and green eyes
Dirtfoot:brown tom with orange stockings and amber eyes
Swiftflight:orange she-catwith a black mask and blue eyes
Rosetail:light russet she-cat with orange tail tip and stocking, also has yellow eyes
Shadowheart:sleek black she-cat with blue eyes
Claytail: light brown tom with an orange tail tip and splotch over right eye, green eyes.
Mudheart:White she cat with brown legs and tail and blue eyes
Rainfur: Grey Tom with blue eyes
Soilfoot:light brown tom with darker muzzle and stockings, yellow eyes
Apprentices:
Streampaw: light grey she-cat with green eyes and brown paws
Icepaw:white tom with icey blue eyes
Creekpaw:black tom with silvery stockings
Shimmerpaw:white she-cat with a a silvery tabby mask and paws
Queens:
Silverpool:light grey tabby she cat with green eyes
Kits:
Bluekit: dark grey tom with blue eyes and orange stockings
Smallkit:black she-cat with yellow eyes(runt)
Snakekit:Orange tabby tom with blue eyes
Elders:
Silkheart:white she-cat with sleek smooth pelt that is starting to mat,blue eyes
Ravenfeather: Black tom with yellow eyes and a white paw front right
Antwhisker: Brown tom with scraggly matted pelt
FireClan
Leader:Scourchstar: russet tom with brown stockings and amber eyes
Deputy: Flameclaw: Orange she cat with yellow eyes and one russet spot over her right eye
Medicine Cat: Maplewhisker: slender she-cat with a white and orange tortieshell pelt and blue eyes
Medicine Cat Apprentice: Dovepaw: fluffy gray she-cat with amber eyes
Warriors:
Ashcloud:Grey she cat with blue eyes
Patchheart:White she cat with black splotches and yellow eyes
Dewfeather: Light gray tabby she-cat with green eyes
Dustwhisker: brown tom with long whiskers and green eyes
Blazingpelt: Ginger she-cat with a white muzzle and amber eyes
Cindertail: Dark gray she-cat with black flecks and deep blue eyes
Dawnstreak: Cream she-cat with an orange stripe down her flank and and green eyes
Stormheart: Stormy gray tom with a black tail tip and amber eyes
Apprentices:
Nightpaw: Black she cat with silvery splotches one over her right eye, green eyes.
Autumnpaw: orange-russet tom with white tabby stripes and amber eyes
Burnpaw: Orange tabby tom with green eyes
Sunpaw: Yellow tabby she-cat with yellow eyes
Queens:
Smokebreeze: Gray she-cat with white flecks and amber eyes
Whitewind: Silky white she-cat with green eyes
Kits:
Russetkit: Russet tabby tom with blue eyes (mother: Smokebreeze)
Bramblekit: brown she-cat with white paws and tail tip and amber eyes (mother: Smokebreeze)
Elders:
Twistedtail: orange tabby tom with a bent tail and blue eyes
Silverfur: silver she-cat with blue eyes
Special Thanks to NightshimmerXD Talon Wus Here :D (talk) 16:11, August 13, 2012 (UTC)
PROLOUGE
- The sun rose slowly,illuminating the pine trees dotting BirdClan territory.
- Sunsetstar sat on the the border of BirdClan on SoilClan territory,licking his paws.His back was to the BirdClan side of the border.
- SoilClan warriors lounged in the sun,thier paws over the border,reaching into enemy territory.They laughed and joked,unafraid.BirdClan was weak;they wouldn't dream of challenging them.
- Behind Sunsetstar a bush rustled.The SoilClan leader continued grooming himself,unworried.
- Suddenly,cats shot out of the bushes,screeching.Thier claws extended,they raced toward the SoilClan warriors hissing.
- The lounging cats leapt in suprise.They had just managed to unsheathe their claws when the BirdClan warriors toppled them over.
- Sunsetstar saw a sleek tawny she-cat race towards him.Tabby stripes laced down her back, her blue eyes glinting with anger.
- Sunsetstar leapt up,and met her with outstreached claws.
- "Birdstar!' he hissed.She replied with an angry roar,slashing her claws across his face.
- Sunsetstar leapt backward ,wincing at the taste of blood.
- Birdstar lashed her tail.She leapt forward,her claws extended toward Sunsetstar's throat.
- Suddenly, Sunsetstar heard a squeak. He glanced over to see,a small brown soil clan apprentice named Dirtpaw gripping Birdstar's tail with all his might.
- Then the SoilClan leader saw his chance.He leapt forward, his claws glinting in the rising sunlight.
- His paw connected with her throat, and knocked her backwards.He pinned her to the grass,his claws spiking her white underbelly.He raised his paw, and brought it down on her thoat.It was over.
- A white and brown tabby she-cat dashed over to the dying body of Birdstar.
- Birdstar gazed up at the she cat with half open eyes."Talonheart...."she croaked.
- Talonheart tried to flatten down her fur"Birdstar!"she cried,"I thought you were dead!"
- Birdstar coughed,blood gurgling in her torn throat."Talonheart, you have been the best deputy I could have ever asked for.Serve my clan well."
- Talonheart's green eyes widened."But Birdstar, I'll still be your deputy! You're not going to die!"
- Birdstar closed her eyes"It is my time, live up to your name,Talonstar."
- Talonheart breath quickened as she watched Birdstar go limp, and her chest stop rising and falling.Birdstar was dead.
- Talonheart lashed her tail.She would get revenge, but not now"BirdClan Retreat!" She yowled. The cats stopped fighting and grudgingly padded away from the SoilClan warriors.
- With thier tail held high the SoilClan warriors padded over the border.Talonheart grasped Birdstar's scruff, and pulled her up onto her back.
- With her leader slung across her back,she,and the rest of BirdClan,padded
Birdstar's death
back to camp.
CHAPTER 1
Talonheart wrapped her tail around her paws.
"Eagletalons,can you come here please?"she meowed.
A few seconds later, Eagletalons's silver tabby head appeared.
"Yes,Talonheart?"she meowed.
Talonheart shifted her paws"You do know about Birdstar right?"
Eagletalons momentarily flattened her ear strangling back a hiss."I do. Sunsetstar, that fox-heart...." she muttered.
Talonheart pricked her ears"What was that?" she meowed,tail twitching.
Eagletalons sighed"Yes, I heard about it.I was there,in fact."
Talonheart nodded slowly"We will get revenge on SoilClan and Sunsetstar soon.Your mother and leader's death will not go unavenged."
Eagletalons looked suprised."You know about her being my mother?"
Talonheart winked"I have my sources." she meowed with a flick of her tail.
Eagletalons didn't move"So....was that it?"
Talonheart shook her head"Actually I was going to ask you to come with me to get my nine lives."
Eagletalons looked suprised"Don't only medicine cats get to do that?"
Talonheart ran a wet paw over her ear"I'm sure Robinfeather will be fine with it.So,do you want to come?"
Eagletalon's snorted,"Are you kidding?Of course!"
"Good. We leave at sunrise tommorrow. Get some traveling herbs from Robinfeather."
Eagletalons nodded,she padded off to her den.Talonheart padded after her to the warriors den.
She tucked her nose under her tail and closed her eyes,she wondered what would happen tommorrow.
Talonheart streatched in her nest yawning.She looked out of the warriors den to find it was already sunrise.She tooka deep breath,and padded out of the den, it was a big day. *****************************************************************************************************************
Talonstar padded wearily into camp,Eagletalons at her side.
Cats noticed her and greeted her with yowls of "Talonstar!",and"Good Job,Talonstar!"
Talonstar leapt wearily onto the ClawTree, surveying her clanmates.
"Cats of BirdClan," she yowled,"we all mourn deeply for Birdstar."
The BirdClan cats murmered to themselves,but Talonstar silenced them with a loud cough.
"It is time to move on though.I have taken Birdstar's place in leadership,and it is time for me to choose a new deputy."
The cats waited in expectant silence.
"StarClan,hear and approve my choice. The new deputy of BirdClan will be Eagletalons!"
"Eagletalons,Eagletalons,Eagletalons!"the cats chorused.
Eagletalon padded up to Talonstar,pressing her head onto her shoulder.Talonstar returned it with a lick.
Eagletalons stepped away,pride glowing in her icy blue eyes.
Talonstar leapt down from the ClawTree,Eagletalons following her.She summoned her new deputy with a flick of her tail,padding out of camp.Eagletalons scampered after her.
She stopped at a tiny brook,wrapping her tail around her paws.Eagletalons stopped also,waiting to hear what Talonstar had to say.
Talonstar stared at the brook.
"This brook is like BirdClan,Eagletalons,"she meowed"Always flowing,always continuing,but when stopped by a rock,it does not flow."
Talonstar put her paw into the brook,pressing hard. The flow eventually stopped.
"If this brook represents BirdClan, then my paw,the rock, represents many things,anger,jealousy,want for revenge,Birdstar's death,things like that."
Then Talonstar plucked her paw out of the water and sat it on the ground wrapping her tail around it.
"But the never-ending flow will eventually knock the rock out of the water." she smiled,"With a little help from StarClan of course."
Eagletalons nodded with a smile.
Talonstar gently rubbed her tail down Eagletalons's back"You were the only deputy I wanted," she murmured "you will be a great leader."
Talonstar flicked her tail"Go back to camp now," she meowed"Get some rest." Eagletalons nodded and ran off.Talonstar padded off in the other direction,she had someone to meet. ****************************************************************************************************************************
Talonstar paced along the BirdClan/FireClan border.Where is he?
Then she saw the flash of russet fur,and smell a familiar scent.
A russet head poked out for behind a bush.His amber eyes glinted when he saw Talonstar.
"Scorchstar!" Talonstar meowed, glancing around to see if she was being followed"Did anyone follow you?"
Scorchstar opened his jaws,tasting the the air.Finally he closed them satisfied.
"No-one" he meowed.
Talonstar sat at the very edege of the border,being careful not to cross it.
"I heard about the battle,what happened?"
Talonstar swallowed,"Birdstar.....Birdstar was killed."
Scorchstar nuzzled her sympathetically."That's terrible!"he meowed, sadness in his amber eyes."So...I guess that means your leader now?"
Talonstar nodded.She pressed her face against Scorchstar's
The two stood there for a while until Talonstar pulled back.
"I've got to go now," she meowed,stepping away from the border.
Scorchstar grinned"Nice seeing you," he meowed.
Talonstar flicked her tail in reply. She had to get back to BirdClan now.
CHAPTER 2
"I bet i can run faster than you," Aumtumnpaw boasted, his reddish russet head held high.
Nightpaw kicked him playfully,"Can not!"
Autumnpaw smirked"Can too!"
"Can not!"
"Can too!"
"Can not!"
"Okay ,then lets race and see who's right!" Nightpaw nodded feverishly, and the two apprentices crouched down beside the warriors' den at the edge of camp."Whoever get to the nursery and back first wins!" she meowed tail flicking back and forth.
"One,two,three,GO!" she sprung forward her black and silver paws churning up dust. She looked back to see Autumnpaw far behind her.
Almost there! Nightpaw skidded accross the grass trying not to crash into the nursery.She stopped leaping to her paws, seeing Autumnpaw in front of her!
Nightpaw sped away, her paws hardly touching the ground.
She soon saw Aumtumnpaw standing beside the warriors den, a smirk on his face.
Nightpaw tried to stop but collided with the den and flew inside, landing on an ash gray she cat.Nightpaw flashed an apoligetic smile."Uh, whoops. Sorry Ashcloud." she meowed quickly. Ashcloud groaned and rubbed her head.
Nightpaw padded out of the den,glaring at Autumnpaw.He giggled quietly. She quickly silenced him with a hiss.
Suddenly, Nightpaw heard the booming voice of Scorchstar. He stood on the FireTree, a tree half normal and half shriveled by fire.
"All cats old enough to catch thier own prey join beneath the FireTree for a Clan meeting!" Scorchstar yowled.
Cats stuck thier head out of thier dens,wondering what was happening. Soon a good many cat had joined together in the clearing that was the FireClan camp.
"Autumnpaw and Nightpaw,come up to the FireTree" Scorchstar spoke in his booming voice.
The two apprentices scampered up to the FireTree hopping on a brach slightly below Scorchstar.
"These two apprentices," Scorchstar flicked his tail toward Nightpaw and Autumnpaw,have trained very hard. They have passed thier final assesments and are ready to become warriors!"
The cats cheered.
"Nightpaw and Autumnpaw," Scorchstar meowed,"Do you promise to follow the warrior code, put weaker cats before yourself, and defend your clan even at the cost of your life?"
"I do." the two apprentices chorused.
Scorchstar smiled."Then by the powers of StarClan, I name you Autumnstorm and Nightshimmer. We welcome you two's speed, passion and loyalty.FireClan honors you you two as full warriors!"
"Nightshimmer!Autumnstorm!Nightshimmer! Autumnstorm!" the cats called. When the cheering died down, one tiny high-pitched voice rose up in the back of the crowd.
"Well I don't think shes fit to be a warrior," said the voice.
Nightshimmer clecnched her teeth.She hated to be teased.She was the smallest cat in the clan; not much bigger than a newly apprenticed kit.
"Look at how small she is. She's not any bigger than a new apprentice!" The voice yowled.Nightshimmer craned her neck to see it was Burnpaw, a young apprentice just apprenticed last moon.
Burnpaw noticed Nightshimmer was look at him and glared at her.
Nightshimmer hopped down from the FireTree.Cats parted letting her passed.She stopped in front of Burnpaw,who smirked.
"Midget,"he sneered.
That did it Nightshimmer leapt forward with a roar, hurling her self at the young apprnetice.She kepy her claws sheathed for a reason she didn't know.
She let her momentum smash her into Burnpaw, knocking him backwards.He lay still on the ground.
The cats stared in shocked silence. Nightshimmer just gaped at the motionless figure of Burnpaw.Suddenly, she heard a hiss.
She looked up to a black and white splotched she cat, dashing madly towards her screeching.
"Patchheart!" Nightshimmer cried.
Patchheart flung herself at Nightshimmer her claws extended.
Nightshimmer instinctivly slammed her paw into Path heart black and white face.She leapt back clutching her muzzle.Then rushed over to Burnpaw.
"Burnpaw!" she cried licked his face frantically."Burnpaw, are you ok?"
His eyes flickered open and he coughed"Mom?" he meowed weakly.
Patchheart's eyes lit up,and she started to licking her son furiously."He's Ok!" she yowled to the sky.
But instead of rejoicing the cats started at Nightshimmer in shock.
Scorchstar had watched this all in growing horror.Nightshimmer wasn't evil.Why would she do this? Even so,she couldn't stay in FireClan.She might do this again.
Scorchstar closed his eyes and took a deep breath,He had to get this over with.
"Nightshimmer is here by banished from FireClan!" he yowled
Nightshimmer stood stock-still.Had she heard Scorchstar right?She guessed she had seeing everyone as glaring at her. She looked at Autumnstorm hoping to see her friends kind expression, but his back was to her.
She looked around camp seeing all of her old friends faces looked strange and unfamiliar.
She could't take it any longer. All of this hate, taunts, and prejudice she had ever endured seemed to be snapping at her tail.She turned and fled. *****************************************************************************************************************************
Nightshimmer didnt know where she was going. She didn't care either, she just wanted to be away from FireClan.
She skidded around almost running into a pine tree.She pelted through an opening in the pine trees,finding her self in a large gap between the trees.
She spotted a tree hollow,and leapt inside, hoping to be left alone.
She slowed her breathing calming down. She opened her jaws and tasted the air.
She inhaled sharply. The was BirdClan scent. She was in the BirdClan Camp!
Nightshimmer was innterrupted wihen she heard claws scratching on tree bark. she saw a white paw appear, groping at the inside of the hollow.Someone was coming in.
Nightshimmer moved to the back of the hollow, trying to disguise herself in the shadows clumped with pine needles.
The paw hauled up a the cat it was attached to up into the hollow.The cat's face appeared, and she was soon sitting in the hollow. Nightshimmer recognozied Talonstar,the new BirdClan leader.
She apparently noticed Nightshimmer and looked at her curiously."Nightpaw?'
Nightshimmer scooted farther back.
Talonstar sighed."I know you're in there, you might as well come out."
Nightshimmer crept timidly out from the back of the hollow.
"What brings you here, Nightpaw?" Talonstar asked, wrapping her tail around her paws.
Nightshimmer lifted her head"It's Nightshimmer now."
Talonstar nodded slowly "You didn't answer my question."
Nightshimmer swallowed.Should she tell her? She was about to reply 'no reason' when words started spilling out. About being ridiculed, getting her warrior name, Burnpaw accusing her,her attacking Burnpaw, Patchheart trying to kill her, and being exiled.Talonstar nodded slowly during all of this.
When Nightshimmer fishished she sighed and looked at the ground."I guess I should go now." she meowed quietly.
Talonstar blocked her way,a frown on her face."Something tells me you wouldn't make a good loner." she meowed with a scowl on her face.
Nightshimmer's tail lashed"What else could I do?" she hissed.
Talonstar's scowl turned to a smile"How would you like to join BirdClan?" *********************************************************************************************************************************
Talonstar leapt onto the ClawTree."All cats old enough to catch birds from the pines join under the ClawTree for a Clan meeting,"she yowled.
Cats stuck thier heads out of thier dens, wondered what all the commotion was about.
Soon, many cats were seated under the gnarled,spikey tree.Different colors of pelts spotted the ground.
Nightshimmer ran a wet paw over her ear for the sixth time,watching nervously.
"BirdClan needs more warriors," Talonstar meowed loudly,"and when a new cat comes our way, they must be the best."
Cats pricked their ears waiting,for more.
"Nightshimmer come to the ClawTree."
Gulping Nightshimmer hopped to a lower branch.
"Cats of BirdClan, there is a new member among you today."
Cats milled around in confusion, murmuring quietly to themselves.
"Nightshimmer is now a member of BirdClan!"
Nightshimmer swallowed,and smiled nervously. A few cats called her name happily,but most cats muttered in confusion or flattened their ear in hostility.
Talonstar leapt down from the ClawTree"Clan Dismissed!" She yowled
The cats,and the crowd grew gradually smaller. Nightshimmer leapt down from the ClawTree, and sighed this was her life now, she'd better get used to it.
CHAPTER 3
"Nightshimmer,"Talonstar whispered.
Nightshimmer,asleep,rolled over, mumbling something under her breath.
"Nightshimmer," Talonstar whispered loudly, prodding the black she cat pock marked with grey splotches.
Nightshimmer opened one eye.When she saw it was Talonstar, she sat up sleepily.
3 moons had passed since the day of her exile from FireClan. At first it was hard to adjust to BirdClan life. Leaping from limb-to-limb to catch prey was so different from shadow hunting techniques.She had finally gotten the hang of it.
Nightshimmer streched, and Talonstar beckoned her with her tail towards the leader den.
Talonstar gracefully leapt into the tree hollow, while Nightshimmer scrambled clumsily up the bark.
Talonstar settled onto a moss nest in the middle of the hollow.Nightshimmer sat down on a clump of pine needles
Talonstar sighed,"Nightshimmer," she asked, "do you know who your mother is?"
Nightshimmer flicked her tail sadly,"Well Scorchstar always said that my mother was some loner that gave me to FireClan.So,no."
Talonstar closed her eyes and took a deep breath,"Do you know your father is?"
"Also no."
Talonstar smiled"Your dad was a leader... of FireClan." Then she frowned"Well, actually he is the leader of FireClan..."
Nightshimmer scowled in confusion."But Scorchstar is leader of FireClan, and he can't be...."she looked at Talonstar her eyes lighting up"Is he?"
Talonstar smiled"You got it," she meowed.
"But why would Scorchstar have kits with a rogue?"
Talonstar looked away guiltily."Well,ah, your mother was a Clan cat..I mean Clan leader. Is a Clan leader. Of BirdClan."
As Nightshimmer thought about this,a sickening feeling flooded over her.Her mother was the current clan leader of BirdClan. Her mother was..
"You're my mother?!" she exclaimed. Head bowed, Talonstar nodded.
"I should've told you earlier.." she mumbled
But Nightshimmer didnt say anything in reply. She just sat there,dread filling in her stomach. She was half-clan.And a half-clan cats didn't make good warriors. Half-clan cats are exiled.
CHAPTER 4
Sunsetstar winced, shifting around on his back.He looked once more at his chest,which was covered in cobwebs to stop bleeding. Even so, the cobwebs were tinged red.
A light tawny she-cat dotted in pale brown flecks padded daintily up to the SoilClan leader. Her green eyes shone worridly as she studied Sunsetstar's chest.
"This injury isn't getting much better," she scowled,"I hope you don't lose a life."
Sunsetstar smiled weakly," Don't worry,Lilypetal.I'll be fine."
A light grey she cat with a swirl on her chest twitched her tail nervously.Her blue eyes occasinnally darted back and forth.
Lilypetal padded up to the anxious she-cat."Swirlheart, What's wrong?" she inquired"You look nervous."
Swirlheart sighed" I am nervous," she meowed tiredly,"With it being Greenleaf and our leader hurt, BirdClan might do a revenge invasion."
Lilypetal patted the worried she-cat with her tail."Don't worry, that probably won't happen. If it does, we will be ready."
Swirlheart shivered. She could almost already hear the screeches and caterwauls of battling cats."I hope so,Lilypetal. I hope so." **********************************************************************************************************************************
Cracklepaw peered at a dried yellow flower. He picked it up in his mouth and placed it on the mounds of flowers that looked the same.
Leaves and flowers flew beneath his paws, each ending up in neat piles.
"Yarrow,comfrey,thyme,marigold." he muttered to himself as he sorted the herbs into piles.
Happiness surged through his paws. Cracklepaw loved being a medicine cat apprentice. He felt that he was doing something useful whenever he sorted herbs, treated a clan mate, or assisted Lilypetal.
He was about finished when he heard a swish of fur.
"Hi Lilypetal," he meowed without looking up. But instead of Lilypetal's sweet,gentle voice he heard a hoarse, rough one instead.
"Cracklepaw," the voice rasped.
Cracklepaw's head snapped upward.
Standing before him was a scrawny grey tabby tom. Both of his eyes were green, but one skittered around madly,giving him an eerie,slightly insane look. The tabby's fur was rumpled and patchy and looked in desprate need for a good wash.
Cracklepaw instantly knew who this was."Skittereye?" he asked timidly.
Skittereye stepped toward Cracklepaw, stars glittering in his rumpled fur. His jumpy eye stood still for a moment twitching ever once in a while.
Cracklepaw stood stock-still "What is it?" he inquired.
Skittereye stopped, and his eye resumed its jumpy status.
"A great battle is coming," he rasped.
Suddenly,Cracklepaw appeared on the scene of a battlefield. Cats writhed and hissed, claws extended.He saw Lilypetal being overwhelmed by a huge warrior, and Sunsetstar fall beneath the claws of two she-cats.Cracklepaw tried to race over to his leader,but his paws were rooted to the ground.He cried out to Lilypetal,but no one seemed to hear.
"Birds will destroy the flowers," Skittereyes voice whispered in the medicine apprentice's ear."and the sunset will finally fade."
Cracklepaw was suddenly back in the real world.His eyes open wide.He would have to warn Lilypetal about this before it was too late. *********************************************************************************************************************************
Sunsetstar gritted his teeth.His wound had started to hurt again.Suddenly, he doubled over,coughing. Lilypetal and Swirlheart rushed up to him worriedly.
Sunsetstar moaned, hunched over in pain. His breath came in short quick gasps,and then he was still.
Lilypetal shook her head worriedly."He's losing a life."she muttered.
Just as she said this Sunsetstar staggered to his paws.He sat down,breathing heavily.
Swirlheart rushed over to him, wondering what was happening. There was more bad things to come; she could sense it.But SoilClan would be ready.
CHAPTER 5
Eagletalons paced BirdClan camp anxiously. She saw Talonstar, and bounded over to her.
"Talonstar," Eagletalons meowed"When are we going to attack SoilClan? Our clan is strong again."
Talonstar licked her paw and looked at her deputy."Soon Eagletalons,Very Soon."
Talonstar sighed and stood up"Come to my den,"she meowed,"I have something to tell you."
The BirdClan leader then bounded off, leaping gracefully into the tree hollow.
Eagletalons followed closely behind her, and was soon sitting in the dimly-lit hollow.
"So, what did you want to tell me?" Eagletalons inquired.
Talonstar sighed"I'm going back to FireClan," she meowed."After the attack on SoilClan of course."
Eagletalons's eyes grew wide."But I'm not ready!"she exclaimed.
Talonstar rubbed her tail along her deputy's back gently."Yes you are,"she murmured"You will be a much better leader than me."
Eaglestar looked mournfully at Talonstar."I hope so." ******************************************************************************************************************************
Talonstar set down her catch which was a plump vole.She looked over at Nightshimmer, who was burying a freshly caught mouse.
"Nightshimmer," Talonstar meowed.
Nightshimmer pricked her ears and lifted her head."Yes?" she meowed.
"Come over here," she replied.Nightshimmer padded over to the BirdClan leader.
Talonstar looked Nightshimmer straight in the eye."Im going back to FireClan after the attack on SoilClan. You can come with me, if you want."
Nightshimmer looked skeptical."What if they don't want me back?"
Talonstar shrugged."As I said, you don't have to come. It's your choice."
Nightshimmer nodded slowly."I'll think about it," she meowed finally
Nightshimmer padded away slowly, thinking about Talonstar's offer.It would be a big decision for sure. But what if she made the wrong choice?
CHAPTER 6
"BirdClan,attack!"
Sunsetstar looked up from a small vole to see BirdClan warriors hurtling themselves towards the SoilClan camps. He jumped up in suprise.
"Invasion!" he screeched."Get Ready!"
SoilClan warriors jumped out of their dens.They quickly unsheathed thier claws.
The first BirdClan cat to hurtle herself in the camp was Talonstar. She hissed and screeched, her claws. Whipping out to meet the defending warriors.
Cats began streaming in the camp, yowling and spitting. Eagletalons lashed her forepaws out at a mudd brown tabby tom angrily. A snow white she-cat nipped the heels on a grey and white one.
Sunsetstar then saw Talonstar advancing towards him,mowing down any cats in her path.
Eagletalons tore herself away from the lithe brown tabby, a leapt towards Sunsetstar.
The two she-cats joined pace, eyes locked on the SoilClan leader. Eagletalons pulled ahead,racing towards Sunsetstar.Her paws flews out battering the leader's ears.
Talonstar caught up with her deputy and raked her claws her claws down the SoilClan leaders flank.He jumped and turned, but the she-cats never loosened their grip.
Eagletalons rammed her side into his, flipping him onto his back. Talonstar immediantly began slashing his exposed belly,Eagletalons falling into rythmn beside her.
They stopped when they saw him convulsing.He was losing a life.
He was still, this happened three,four,five,six times.On the seventh time he lay still and did not get up.
The two she-cats looked at each other in horror.They had just killed Sunsetstar seven times.
Suddenly,a gray she-cat leapt out of the shadows with a roar.The only thing Talonstar saw before she was knocked down was the white swirl on the cat's chest. Then a slash of claws,a stab of pain and blackness. **************************************************************************************************************************
"To me, BirdClan!"
Eagletalons helped Talonstar up.Losing a life could be very disorienting.
They padded back to camp slowly.Talonstar sat down,she wondered what Nightshimmer's answer was.
"Nightshimmer," Talonstar meowed.
Nightshimmer turned her head toward the Clan leader,"Yes?"
She moved closer to the black-and-grey she-cat"Have you decided yet?"
Nightshimmer nodded"I'll go." she meowed quietly.
Talonstar flicked her tail and looked at the moon,"We need to and go ahead and go."she meowed.
The two padded out of camp and into the forest.Soon,they crossed over into FireClan territory.Nightshimmer took the lead now; she knew her way to camp by heart.
The two she-cats were now close to camp. Nightshimmer held up her tail,signaling for Talonstar to halt.The brown-and white leader halted and waited for further instructions from her daughter.
Nightshimmer padded silently up to the camp entrance, an opening in the densly packed bushes intertwined with kudzu and bracken vines.She unsheathed her claws and scratched the brittle weed gently, causing a harsh,dry sound.Nightshimmer waited.
Suddenly, Scorchstar appeared out of the shadows.He stepped out of the camp without a sound and glared at Nightshimmer.
"What are you doing?!" he hissed. Nightshimmer looked at him straight in the eye.
"We've come to join FireClan, and I know you're my father." she meowed matter-of-factly.
Scorchstar narrowed his eyes and hissed."What makes you think I'll let you back in the clan?"
Nightshimmer leapt beside him,claws inches from his throat."If you don't let us join, you'll meet the same cat I was on my warriors ceremony."she hissed ominously.
Talonstar forced her body between the quarreling cats."Guys, quit! This is madness!" she stared at Nightshimmer,"You should be ashamed, Nightshimmer,"she scolded."and Scorchstar, there is no need for this! What has gotten into you two?"
Scourchstar hung his head and murmured something under his breath.Nightshimmer lashed her tail back and forth in irritation.
Talonstar looked at Scorchstar in the eyes."We've come to join FireClan,Will you accept us?"
"Fine." Scorchstar mumbled reluctantly."Ceremony'll be in the morning."
Talonstar nodded"May we rest in camp?"
Scorchstar nodded"In my den so strange scents won't float around the camp."
The two nodded,and stepped quietly inside FireClan camp.They padded up to the leaders den, a roomy fallen log, and lay down inside.Talonstar was exhausted.She closed her eyes and was immediantly asleep.
When she opened her green eyes,she saw she was in a forest of tall pines. Golden sunlight streamed through the patches in the needles and making dancing patterns upon the ground.
She saw a cat leap nimbly out of the pines.Shimmering stars shone faintly through her tawny tabby pelt, and she took long, graceful strides towards Talonstar.
She recodnized Birdstar.The leader padded up to Talonstar with a worried expression.
"Are you sure you want to join FireClan? There's no going back." she meowed ominously.Talonstar nodded.
Birdstar sighed and pressed her head agsinst Talonstar's. Then drew back.
"Talonstar,leader of BirdClan," she meowed,"do you object losing your leadership? Speak now or forever hold your peace."
Talonstar was silent.Birdstar continued with the ceremony."I may take away your name,but not your nine lives,you have proved yourself worthy to keep them."
Talonstar nodded,"I'm ready."
Birdstar stood before her former deputy,her green eyes reflected with starlight. Her pelt smelled of raging fire and cool ice, and the air surrrounding her smelt of racing,untamed wind,wild and free.
"As your precedecessor and member of StarClan,I take away your leadership,Talonstar,leader of BirdClan."
Talonstar felt herself rising into the air,surrounded by swirling mist.She felt a heavy burden lift from her heart, and felt a strange feeling.She wasn't leader.She wasn't a warrior.With no leader or warrior name,she was just Talon, a random cat.Then Birdstar spoke once more.
"Talon, by the powers of StarClan I name you Talonheart, warrior of FireClan,mother of Nightshimmer,and mate of Scorchstar. Hear and approve my choice."
Talonheart felt the mist swirling away, and fell to the ground.Her heart filled with pride.Talonheart.
Suddenly, starry cats appeared from the shadows, chanting her name.
"Talonheart,Talonheart,Talonheart!" they called.Talonheart bristled with pride and happiness.
Birdstar padded back up to Talonheart."Go now," she meowed softly,"Be with your new clan."
And Talonheart woke up.
CHAPTER 7
Eagletalons took a deep breath,and looked dubiously at the cave infront of her.
"Is this it?" she asked.
"Yup," Robinfeather,the medicine cat,answered..He stepped inside the mouth of the cave,pausing to glance back at Eagletalons,"You coming?"
Eagletalons nodded and followed him nervously into the cave nervously.They padded slowly through a long,narrow passage for what seemed like hours,and were finally at a big clearing in the cave.In the middle of the clearing was a small stream,glittering with unseen light.
"Crouch down and dab your paw in the water."Robinfeather instructed. Eagletalons did so,frozen at the touch of the bitter cold water.She closed her eyes and waited.
"Open your eyes,Eagletalons"A voice boomed.
Eagletalons blinked her eyes open slowly. Before her stood a hard-muscled tom with a glossy grey tabby coat and bright green eyes.
"Who are you?" Eagletalons asked.
"I am Birdstar,founder of BirdClan.Your Birdstar was named after me."
Eagletalons nodded mystifyed.She was meeting the cat that had founded her clan!
Birdstar beckoned her with his tail."Come," he meowed.He padded off,with Eagletalons following behind.He reached a clearing surrounded by pines,and padded off into the shadows.
Then a different cat emerged into the clearing. Her tawny-tabby pelt was well groomed,and her blue eyes sparkled.
"Hello Eagletalons.Are you ready to recieve your nine lives?"she asked, her voice clear and musical.
"Yes,Birdstar." Eagletlaons breathed.
Birdstar pressed her head against Eagletalons's."With this life I give you loyalty,use it well to lead your clan."
Eagletalons felt a wracking pain course through her body.She saw every cat she had ever met and felt a powerful surge of loyalty shoot through her at each face.
Birdstar drew back her head,and Eagletalon's slumped to the ground.She took a deep breath and stood back up as Birdstar walked away.
As Birdstar dissappeared,a golden she-cat stepped towardss,her pelt glowing like the sun's rays.The she-cats green eyes sparkled like firecrackers.Her plumed tail twitched.
Eagletalons dashed up and nuzzled her."Sunfeather!" she cried.
Sunfeather nuzzled her in reply."Hello,sister."she pressed her head againts Eagletalons's"With this life I give you courage.Use it well to defeat the darkest terrors."
Eagletalons was standing on top of a hill,fighting a badger.Even though the creature was two times her size,she felt no fear.She felt an agonizing surge of pain as the badger's claws struck her side.
She opened her eyes and saw her sister padding away,"Sunfeather!" she cried.Sunfeather turned to look at her,smiled,the vaporized.
TO BE CONTINUED Talon wus here :D (talk) 13:32, August 17, 2012 (UTC)