Flowheart's pure white tail flicked from side to side as she watched the towering trees swaying from the breeze. A calm silence came over the clan, with only the slight rustle of prey in the undergrowth breaking the still. She breathed out a sigh, watching it freeze white in the air, and closed her eyes, alone.
Minnowstar sat in the den, shivering slightly from the chill of the winds. Her blue eyes darted up, toward the sprinkling of stars on Silverpelt, the first of their ancestors appearing. Her tail curled neatly over her paws as she looked down at the clan, vowing to StarClan she wouldn't let anything happen to HiddenClan. The new HiddenClan.
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Silentblaze padded through the forest, the ground soft and inviting with every pawstep. A flash of ginger fur, like a flame, startled her, and she backed away, her dark gray eyes suddenly alert and brimmed with anger. "Who's there?"
It-whatever it was-wasn't there anymore. At least, it had stopped moving, and seemed to be watching her. She glanced down and saw a ginger paw visible through the darkness, claws unsheathed and glinting menacingly in the moonlight. It stayed still, silent.
"Who's there?" she spat out again, spine fur standing on end, ready for a battle.
Then the it showed itself. It was a ginger tom, amber eyes clearly irritated. "What do you want?" His snarl wasn't unwavering, challenging even.
Silentblaze stared at him, noting that his claws were still out and ready. "What about you? Showing up in the middle of the night, in-in..." She cut herself off, eyes scanning the scenery. "Where are we anyway?"
The tom narrowed his eyes. "Unless you want to join, you don't have any business of knowing. In fact, if you don't want to join, leave. Before I shred you for being on our territory."
She blinked at him, going over his words. "Join what, exactly?"
He sighed suddenly, obviously losing patience. "HiddenClan. The clan's whom's territory you've trespassed? Sound familiar yet?"
She just stared at him. "I'll join."
He blinked at her. "What?"
"I'll join."
"Great," he muttered. "First cat joining and it has to be this one." He headed back in a direction, covering a few steps before looking back at her. "You coming?"
She nodded slightly, following him.
"Are you sure this is the right way?"
"Yes, yes, I'm sure." Lynxkit led the way to the camp, only stopping to let his hesitant brother catch up.
"What if there's no one there? You saw how big that fire was." Fadingkit blinked at him, watching as they passed through the unfamiliar territory.
"Then we look to StarClan." He continued on as Fadingkit looked around, confused but trusting.
Silverpelt stretched far out in front of them as they weaved through the trees, searching for some form of their home.
Lynxkit's determined green eyes soon widened, and he picked up speed, not looking back to check if his brother was following him. He skidded to a halt in front of the entrance just as Fadingkit caught up to him, panting. "I found it, Fadingkit," he breathed, marveling on how different the camp looked since before the fire.
Fadingkit blinked in wonder, taking a step inside as Lynxkit looked at all the differences, surprised it even held up. "Hello?" the pure black kit called out, cautiously. "Anyone-"
"Fadingkit? Lynxkit?" A familiar voice cut him off, eyes immediately widening in surprise. "You're alive?"
Lynxkit and his brother looked towards the source, where a white she-cat poked out from under the shade of a tree. "Flowheart!"
The she-cat grinned, nodding, then glanced back at the towering cave. "Minnowstar! Look who's here!"
As a black and white she-cat stepped out of the den, Lynxkit exchanged a glance with his brother. "Minnowstar?"
Flowstream looked back at them, eyes showing understanding. "Minnowstream. She became leader after...everyone else..." she trailed off.
Fadingkit nodded. "Then is this it? Just the four of us?"
Flowstream shook her head. "No, there's Kestrelpath too, but he went out-oh, there he is!"
The golden tom padded in, annoyed. "Here's Silentblaze. She's joining," He growled. His eyes found the two kits, and the traces of hatred melted away to form a blank face. "Lynxkit? Fadingkit? I thought you two..."
Flowstream nodded. "They escaped somehow. And ended up here." She smiled, and watched as Minnowstar made her way two where the clan was. "Fadingkit and Lynxkit!" The leader smiled, and looked over to Silentblaze. "Oh...who're you?"
Kestrelpath cut in, hatred seeping back into his voice. "Silentblaze. She's joining. As the medicine cat."
"Oh, alright. You're den's over there, and welcome to the clan. All of you."
(Whoo, another post! Now I'm gonna go do my homework and get off the computer before time runs out. Continue commenting~!)
