Darkness

Heaving herself up on aching paws, the ragged, bloody black she-cat starred around the clearing with wide silver eyes. Moonlight filtered through the bare branches of the towering trees. What am I going to do? thought Tornadostar. She HAD to get back to LightningClan. Her Clan! What would they think? Did Shinestream tell them what had happened? She could never doubt her friend! Rustle. Rustle. Tornadostar froze and spun around, her fur on end.

"Who's there?" she meowed tensely. A deep throat growl and a blow to the side of her muzzle answered her.

~♥~

Gazestar starred at the sky. Countless stars shone in her gaze. She felt the power of StarClan and the Five Great Four Clans by her side. Something was coming for LightningClan and it wasn't far off.

"Tell me more, StarClan!" she pleaded, starring up at the sky. The whispering breeze was her only answer. It seemed to say Beware, beware, Gazestar. She knew she had to tell her kits she was their mother. She glanced around the clearing, spotting Sunpaw and Lilypaw mewing softly by the apprentices' cave. She took a deep breath and padded over.

~♥~

Wildpaw pelted through the woods, regret flowing freely through her. How could she could she leave Pudding, Brownie, and Milky. DarkClan knew who she was, her scent, her pelt color, and where she came from. They would kill the she-cat and her kits! But they were safer without Wildpaw. Wildpaw dug her claws in and kept running.

~♥~

Moonleaf's eyes fluttered open. Images of a tattered tortoiseshell filled her mind. It's not Wildpaw. She remembered thinking that as blackness engulfed her. Where was she??? She heard rustling nearby. Was it DarkClan? She heaved herself to her paws and advanced through the underbrush.

"Who's there?" meowed a attentive voice. Moonleaf didn't recognize the hesitant meow. She growled low in her throat and leaped.

~♥~

Leopardshadow's dreams were haunted with a black she-cat shadowed in the darkness, silver eyes gleaming. She woke with a start.

"TORNADOSTAR!" she yowled, recognizing the she-cat in her dreams.

Charredfeather, assign patrols please!