Ch.18: Chosen (Tawnypelt’s POV)
Summary: Tawnypelt gets Chosen by Starclan to stop a coming Darkness, but can she stop it in time to save the clans? Read to find out.
Battle roars all around me, blood tainting the air, spilling and staining the land. I hear cats screeching and caterwauling. I have to help my clanmates.
I frantically look for cats to help.
As I look around, I see we’re losing.
A voice speaks to me, as I head over to help my mate, Rowanclaw.
"Four must become one
To win against the Darkness
That waits in the shadows
Ready to devour the living
The Darkness is close
The battle will come
Only the strongest will survive
Blood will spill blood
And the land will stain blood," it tells me.
I know that voice. I miss her; my daughter Flametail.
I wake up with a start and clean myself, before padding out of the warriors’ den and heading for the fresh-kill pile.
After finishing my juicy vole, I head for the Medicine den to talk to Littlecloud about my dream.
“Littlecloud, I need to talk to you,” I meow, as I pad inside.
Littlecloud turns around to face me, stopping from counting Marigold plants.
“Yes, Tawnypelt?” he greets me.
“I had a dream last night,” I tell him.
“What sort of dream?” he asks.
“A Starclan dream. Flametail said there’s going to be a battle with the Darkness.”
“Darkness?”
“Yes. What could that possibly mean?” I question.
“I don’t truthfully know.”
“She also said that I’m Chosen to stop the Darkness. Do you think she could mean the Dark Forest?”
“As I said, Tawnypelt, I don’t know. But you could be right.”
“But how? They’re dead. How could the Dark Forest come to ruin the Clans?”
“All I can say is to wait for more information from Starclan,” he replies to me.
“Thank you, Littlecloud,” I meow and dip my head in respect before padding out of his den into the warm day at sun high.
The warmth of the sun shines onto my pelt, but it doesn’t warm me. I feel mentally cold, scared of what will happen to the clans if the Darkness comes. I have a feeling that Littlecloud and I are right. The Darkness is the Dark Forest. I have to stop it, but how? How can one cat stop it? I don’t have any special powers. I’m not Chosen like Lionblaze and his brother are. But what if I am especially Chosen to help keep the Dark Forest cats in their place? I just don’t know. I don’t know what to do.
I look up at the sky, sitting in front of the warrior’s den.
Oh, Starclan. What is it that you want me to do? Tell me, I think, as I look at the bright, blue sky.
That night, I have another dream from Starclan.
I’m in a forest watching a cat hunt a squirrel and kill it.
After dropping the dead squirrel, she turns around and pads up to me, sitting down.
“Hello, young one. My name is Leafstar from Skyclan,” she greets me.
“What does Starclan want me to do?” I ask her. “I don’t know how I’m supposed to stop the Dark Forest from rising, when I’m nothing special like what Lionblaze and Jayfeather are. Please tell me, Leafstar.”
“I know you’re not like they are, but you are still special. We know you can defeat the Dark Forest and keep it from rising. In the meantime, you must find out how to stop the Dark Forest. You must go find out which cats are being trained and recruited in their dreams in the Dark Forest, so when the time comes, you will be sure on who to trust,” she tells me before vanishing.
Several moons later, I am able to stop the Dark Forest from rising. So all is well that ends will in the clans.
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