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'Well, well, well...' A voice stopped called rose paw as she fled into Moonclan territory. 'What do we have hear? MapleFang!'

BriarJaw stalked around behind Rosepaw, lashing her dark tail. Two toms were with her, and they circled around Rosepaw, trapping her. One was Ripplepelt, a brown and black tabby tom with blue eyes, and the other was Aldercreak, a dark brown tom with grey eyes and one ear missing. On Briarjaw's call a third cat, another tom, approached, his tail twitching in annoyance.

Maple fang, the moonclan deputy, who's striped pelt of black and brown was a night time forest of sinister trees, and his blue eyes a merciless moon looking down upon it, stalked towards Rosepaw. 'This is the one who tried to steal prey last time.' Briar jaw confirmed. 'A second chance is two chances too many.' She added. Maple fang gave a savage nod.

'Agreed. She'll have to explain herself to Plumstar. Grab her.' Ripple pelt and AlderCreak lurched forward to take a hold of her.

Aldercreak pinned Rosepaw to the ground, the large tom fastening his teeth around her scruff in an attempt to prevent her escape

Gingerpaw had stalked to the other side of the camp. She was batting some stalks of grass angrily, her tail latching. 'not fair...' she muttered to herself, 'theyve all got to know by now, if they're not idiots.' she hissed, her fur on end. She sounded grief stricken as she took in a sharp breath, trying to quell her frustration at her situation. 'and where the hell are swirlpaw and maskpaw?' she added angrily, lashing her tail at another grass stalk. The plants lay bent and broken beneath her rage.

Aldercreak bared his teeth mockingly 'ive done nothing wrong' he mimicked. Maplefang stalked over, leering down at Rosepaw.

'You've trespassed on moonclan territory. Twice.' Maplefang narrowed his eyes. 'You've done a lot wrong.' he paused, narrowing his eyes. 'What have you found?'

Gingerpaw

Gingerpaw had been mid rage, her frustration rising to boiling point, when she'd heard Nightpaw's joke. She stopped, looking down at the grass, a prickle of shame at her paws. She hung her head and remained silent, sitting down in silence. At Nightpaws apology she turned to face her fellow apprentice, a scowl still fixed upon her face.

'Don't be sorry, just get up on time from now on.' She muttered, her tail tip twitched, her front claws digging into the earth. She fixed Nightpaw with her green eyes, then, realising her usual snappiness, attempted some humour. 'Grass tickles my nose. It deserves whatever it gets.' Well. It was an attempt at comedy. Gingerpaw new she wasn't one for jokes, the way she said things it sounding like she had a fox permanently bitting her back side.

NettleKit | LarkKit

'Polo!' Nettlekit called, darting to the other side of the nursery. He realised he had a quite sizeable advantage over the other two, and a feeling of unfairness settled over him. After the game was finished, he'd check they were okay playing a game so heavily weighted in his favour.

LarkKit used her long limbs to easily outpace CourgarKit. 'Ha!' She laughed triumphantly, the feather slipping from her mouth as she did and falling to the floor.' Foxing...' She cursed as CourgarKit managed to use her weight to trip her over as well. LarkKit, a tangle of limbs on the floor, struggled to get back to her feet and dive for the feather once again.

FeatherPool

Trying to hide his embarrassment as the generous praise he dipped his head as they padded along. 'Thank you, I feel you're being too kind, I tried my best but uhh...' He forced down a laugh, 'Well, you saw how nervous I got. Not leader material, that's for sure. You, however, you've done amazingly, really. You should be proud.' Then, uncertainty rising in his chest, 'If you feel lonely in the leaders den you're welcome to pop down and stay in the medicine den if you ever want to. We have space, and it is right beneath the leader's den anyway.'

Swirlpaw

Swirlpaw nodded. 'A crow feather would be great, yeah!' She paused, shuffling her paw, 'Can I try and get this one? It's just... well, you'll see.' Without permission to do so, she forced her legs to move and began to search. It took her a while but eventually she found the trail of a crow and set off after it. Once she spotted it, she slowed down, her legs shaking as she went. She paused, settling on the ground as she waited. Then, when she felt the crow was most aware, and she'd taken her time creeping closer, she shot forward. For a second she thought she'd misjudged but then her claw connected with her target: the very edge of its wing. The feather her claw cut into came lose as the bird rose and fled. Swirlpaw sat down, placing the feather gently on the ground happily. 'Good.' She murmured to herself. No need to kill the thing if she just wanted a feather.

Stonetuft

StoneTuft caught on. She rose to her feet, faulting for a second as if deeply tired, then followed after BlazeStorm. On their way out DiasyStem grimaced at Stonetuft,

'enjoy your stoat, fatty?' He hissed, low enough that only StoneTuft heard. StoneTuft ignored and forced her tired legs to follow BlazeStorm out of the camp. Once a decent distance away she turned to him. Daisystem had appeared not to follow.

'DaisyStem.' She said, 'You think It may be him? his brother, DustHeart, was killed in the red dawn. According to DiasyStem, his death is SparrowStar's fault. That's decent motivation.' She paused, 'Then again, featherpool, my brother, he was mates with Dustheart, and he doesn't hold SparrowStar accountable...' she trailed off. 'This is so messed up.' She sighed, a croak in her voice.

RavenWing

The queen peered closer as Splashwhisper poked the stoat. 'There!' she said, 'There! Some kind of crushed... brown... thing...' Ravenwing didn't know how to describe it. It looked like some kind of paste, perhaps a mushed up flower. 'Maybe Featherpool made this for someone and forgot to give it to them?' Odd. 'We better put it in the medicine den, we can mention it to him when he gets back from the mooncave with ghostStar.'

MapleFang

'I'm sorry to hear eclipseclan cats died.' He said in a way that indicated he didn't care at all, 'But it's no business of ours, and it doesn't change that you were trespassing.' He narrowed his eyes, peering closely at rose paw. 'You look like the usual disgusting Eclipseclanner to me. Alder creak, get her to her feet. RipplePelt, make sure she doesn't run. Black jaw, go alert Plumstar, and have some more warriors sent our way. I have a feeling this one will be slippery.' The warriors set about their tasks. Alder creak pulled Rosepaw to her feet. RipplePelt stood at her side, watching and ready. Black jaw set off at a near impossible speed back to the Moonclan camp, an abandoned half collapsed barn. AlderCreak and RipplePelt nudged Rosepaw in the direction of their camp, Maplefang taking up the rear.

Eventually they reached the moonclan camp.

'stay here.' Maplefang ordered her. 'watch her, father.' Maplefang instructed RipplePelt, who nodded his head and sat down, giving his chest fur a few quick licks.

Maplefang disappeared into the throng of moonclan cats mulling about the abandoned barn, presumably to find PlumStar.

Ripplepelt didn't seem to notice, allowing Rosepaw to escape.

Also accepted but deputy is picked within the story sorry

Wow! So uh a lot of sign ups I see! All accepted, glad to have you :)

I'm sorry to say this but I have to raise a small issue. Moonraven you're writing is absolutely lovely and it's clear you've put so much effort into it -im going to try my best to rp but I wanted to be clear that I am severely dyslexic and I may struggle a bit. I'm really sorry and I'm gonna try really hard but I may not be able to rp in the same way.

Also, there is a rather major plot going on so if people want to get caught up there is a synopsis on either of 11 or 12 and then if you don't mind you can quickly glance over the few following pgs and that should have all the information you need

So yeah :)

Oh also med cat app isn't open right now so could you make Foxpaw a kit and he'll soon be made into the med cat app?

starypelt wrote:

Previously on EclipseClan…

SparrowStar was found dead, cause unknown, and CloudFur went missing, presumed dead also…

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“We found SparrowStar.” Featherpool’s voice rang clearly throughout the sandy hollow. “She’s dead. And CloudFur is missing.”

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Featherpool lowered his voice to CloudWhisker and GhostFeather, "This was no ordinary death. No rumours or murmurs can spread through the clan."

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DaisyStem lashed his tail as he talked with MossFur, “SparrowStar made the wrong call all those seasons ago. I protested that it was too dangerous to send a patrol to help SunClan with the rouges but she just laughed at me. The Red Dawn claimed DustHeart, WhitePaw, LittleSpot and many more, all because of her…” DaisyStem narrowed his eyes, “Perhaps she had it coming.”

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Claw marks raked up and down the body, open gashes, a cut throat, and odd fresh scars criss crossed her skin. It was hard to call is Sparrowstar’s body when it was hardly recognisable as her. It didn't look like the leader they'd known, it looked like a mangled cat-shaped mound of muscle, flesh and blood.

“A fox did this?” GhostFeather asked disbelivingly.

"A fox didn't do this..." CloudWhisker murmured

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"Sparrowstar had not lost a single life before this." FeatherPool said. "Whatever happened, something or, as I suspect, someone, took all Sparrowstar's nine lives, one after another. I reckon someone planted the fox fur as a cover. But they missed that piece of fur in SparrowStar’s paw." Featherpool gingerly pulled the fur from between Sparrowstar's claws. It was ginger in colour, a small clump of hair. "Whosever this is killed out leader."

Suddenly, there was a fourth cat sitting among them, right where SparrowStar was. A small, white she cat with bright green eyes silently watched the three of them, her pelt glistening with the light of stars.

"Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing, beware the Snake amongst the Pigeons."

StoneTuft and BlazeStorm descover CloudFur’s scent trail, leading towards SunClan, and rescue the SunClan deputy, SnakeBelly, who found herself trapped beneath a rockfall…

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StoneTuft padded forward towards a low hanging tree branch. She gave it a sniff. "It's a piece of Cloudfur's fur." She mewed, "And it's covered in blood."

“That's definitely his scent... whatever happened, he must have gone this way-- or was TAKEN this way..." BlazeStorm agreed.

"Maybe he left a trail for us to follow. It's leading towards..." Stonetuft's mouth went dry. "Sunclan is in that direction." She looked back at Blazestorm. "Did Sunclan do this?"

There was a sudden crashing noise in the distance, by Suncan territory. Stonetuft's ears perked. "Another rock fall. That's the third one this moon." Her ears twitched again. "Do you hear that?" She asked curiously. A faint, pitiful mew could be heard in the distance.

There, at the base of one of the sheer rock faces of Sunclan territory, was a cat, trapped beneath heavy red boulders.

"That's SnakeBelly." StoneTuft breathed, "The Sunclan deputy.”

"Thank you.” SnakeBelly mewed after they freed her. “I should get back to my clan, it's not safe for an injured cat out here." She moved to leave but as she tried to climb up the rock face her back left leg collapsed under her and she fell with an 'oof' to the ground.

"We do want to ask her some questions." StoneTuft murmured, just so BlazeStorm could hear, "We could take her back to Eclipseclan camp - just until her leg is better."

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StoneTuft retraced the trail they’d followed earlier that day, all the way to the SunClan border. "The trail ends here indicating that CloudFur was taken up there to the Sunclan camp," She said hurriedly "Which, up until today, I'd have believed no question, but think of SnakeBelly! Even with the two of us was no way of carrying her back up that cliff. No injured cat can make it up there.” StoneTuft paused for breath, a slight wheeze in her throat, "It doesn’t add up, CloudFur wouldn’t have been physically able to make it to SunClan’s camp..."

"Do you think Moonclan could be doing this? They know we are good allies with Sunclan, so perhaps they led the trail towards Sunclan camp to make it seem like they did it? We both know how Plumstar and Maplefang are..."

"I won't lie, BlazeStorm, that's exactly what I've been thinking."

FeatherPool remembers they need to prepare for the gathering tonight, is given a sigh by StarClan to make GhostFeather leader and a mysterious omen from his dead mentor, KinkedFur

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"Oh starclan... The gathering..." he turned to Ghostfeather, "it's tonight! I completely forgot..."

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"We'll bring SnakeBelly back to her clan at tonights gathering... We have to figure out who will speak on the behalf of our clan, since we don't have a leader..." GhostFeather added.

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"I spoke with SnakeBelly. She reported seeing a feather next to the edge of a cliff, and when she fell she reported seeing a cat watching her - a cat she described as ghost like." FeatherPool dipped his head respectfully to GhostFeather, "Starclan, it seems, have spoken. It's a sign from them - you are to be our next leader."

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"Listen closely, Featherpaw." KinkedFur, the dead Medicine cat, said, "You'll need to remember this one day." FeatherPool, FeatherPaw once again, blinked up at him, the real world vanishing around him.

"Remember what?" he asked. KinkedFur was holding a herb towards him, but FeatherPool had no clue what it was. No matter how hard he strained his mind the herb only fuzzed out of view "Remember what!?" FeatherPaw's voice rose in worry, then hysteria. KinkedFur's face was melting in front of him, gargled coughs spouted out of his sagging mouth, blood dripping from it's side. "KinkedFur! Don't leave me alone! I can't! KinkedFur!" The medicine cat melting into the floor, disappearing from view.

“Remember…”

At the gathering, cats are beginning to realise that the EclipseClan apprentice, GingerPaw, looks suspiciously identical to the SunClan warrior, RyeWhisker, and RavenWing suspects CloudFur isn't dead

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"RyeWhisker, what are you doing over-" The tom cut himself off when GingerPaw turned around. "Oh, uh..., my bad." He apologised, walking awkwardly away.

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"Why is your fur all messy?" GingerPaw asked, wrinkling her nose. ThistlePaw narrowed her eyes at GingerPaw,

"Why do you look exactly like RyeWhisker," She shot back

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The MoonClan medicine cat’s are no where in sight at the gathering, and RavenWing is convinced CloudFur isn’t dead

"What I'm surprised about is that BlueSky and NewtTail," GooseFlight turned to CrimsonPaw, "Those're the moon clan Medicine Cat's, by the way," She turned back to FeatherPool, "Are no where in sight." FeatherPool narrowed his eyes.

"That's odd..." He murmured suspiciously.

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RavenWing didn't answer his question right away, she was looking down at a white flower with a green centre. "I remember the day this flower bloomed here." RavenWing spoke softly, gently turning the flower head towards herself with a delicate paw. "After the red dawn I couldn't believe my WhitePaw was gone. I came here, grief struck, and searched for what felt like a day." She crouched down, eyes level with the flower, examining it. "It bloomed right in front of me, as if saying 'goodbye'." RavenWing blinked away tears, turning to ShatterStone. "I told them CloudFur was missing, and most likely dead. They didn't take it well - LarkKit especially." RavenWing turned her eyes to the clearing, "But..., here's the thing, ShatterStone. And, I know this sounds crazy, but CloudFur's flower isn't here." She looked at ShatterStone. "I'm sure of it. He's not dead."

and that's what you missed on glee EclipseClan

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here we go I found the synopsis!!! It was on page 12. If you glance over pages 10 and onwards you should be all caught up :)

Thank you so much for understanding moonraven I really appreciate. I've had people be rather cruel about rp in the past so it means a lot!

And yeah that's a good plan kalna and a good idea for Foxpaw too, being a loner that it :) cool!

NettleKit | LarkKit

NettleKit gave a nod, then, 'Listen... it's just, I'm worried that any game tailored to me gives me an unfair advantage. Maybe I should just sit by and spectate?' He offered, shifting his paws uncomfortably.

LarkKit let out a growl of frustration. 'So not fair!' She hissed in anger, setting off after Cougarkit as fast as she could and making a furious leap at her, claws unsheathed in her rage.

NettleKit, who'd been talking to JasperKit and GrassKit, heard his sisters tell tale tantrum and his face snapped in the direction of the sound. 'Oh no...' He muttered, sensing LarkKit would put her paw in it again.

FeatherPool

Looking away before he spoke, FeatherPool shifted uncomfortably. 'Uh... not exactly.' He looked back at GhostStar, 'I had nothing against her before the Red Dawn. It was... amicable. I didn't like how harsh she could be, or how little she listened to others advice but, she was trying her best.' His eyes became dark, looking out into the forest as they moved along, 'But then-' FeatherPool's voice cut off. After losing his parents, then KinkedFur so early in his training, the loss of DustHeart had been one blow struck too many. He took a shaky breath.

'He didn't come back, GhostStar. He was meant to come home to me. We were meant to become elders together, bickering from sunrise until sunset.' FeatherPool's fur rose instinctually. Gritting his teeth in a frustrated snarl FeatherPool squeezed his eyes shut and shook his head from side to side. 'Sorry. Sorry. You've got enough on your plate.' He cleared his throat, getting a grip on himself once more. 'I know it wasn't her fault. We had to help SunClan. But after that day, she and I never seemed the same again.' He looked at GhostStar, 'I won't make that mistake again. I understand now the pressure of leadership. A few days of it tore me apart. I'm here to help you, GhostStar. Unconditionally.'

StoneTuft

Stonetuft gave a flick of her stumpy tail, 'I am a large cat, it's no secret.' She cat she may be, but StoneTuft was very solidly built, and quite large. She dwarfed most other she-cats and competed decently height wise with even the larger toms of the clans. 'But... you're right, it is odd.' StoneTuft suppressed a shiver, 'If he's gonna put me off stoats forever I'll be so mad.' She growled. 'But, let's say we're right. How do we confirm it? How do we prove it to Sparrow-' StoneTuft cut herself off, then, more quietly, 'GhostStar? neither he nor FeatherPool are here right now, and Cloudwhisker is no where in sight. Who do we tell? What do we do?'

RavenWing

'Thank you, SplashWhisper.' RavenWing mewed before the she-cat left, settling down and enjoying her bird. She glanced up after taking her final bite as a cat approached her.

'We need to talk.' He said, swishing his tail. 'About you're mate. About CloudFur.'

RavenWing, perplexed, got up and followed her Clan mate out of camp, trusting PetalStorm to watch her kits while she was gone.

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I know - no other cats know she's there though and have no reason to go into moonclan to search for her there so it may be a while before shes found or you could have her limp to the border and an eclipseclan patrol could find her there?

ooc Okay sure. Also, apprentice wise I have updated the cats of the clans list, it should be there

Apple tooth was hunting a rabbit, racing after it across the moore, when he noticed a cat in a tree. He caught the rabbit, tripping over himself in the process, but holding onto his prey regardless, then looked up the tree at the cat, putting the dead rabbit on the floor.

'Trespassing again?' He asked in frustration, 'Get down from there.'

Appletooth looked unimpressed 'limp back to eclipseclan if you have to. You've no place here, Rosepaw, and if I catch you here again here will be trouble.' he added menacingly

Kalna?

ooc Hello flower petal and welcome! I'm so glad you're joining us :) I'll make a quick catch up list for you, here we go!

1. Many moons ago the previous leader, SparrowStar, sent a patrol to help Sunclan deal with a rouge attack. DustHeart, Whitepaw, and many other cats died in this raid. DustHeart was FeatherPool's mate and the brother of DaisyStem. DaisyStem didn't want SparrowStar to send the patrol and fiercely protested against it but was ignored. He holds the previous leader responsible for his brother's death. Featherpool, whilst feeling angry at SparrowStar, knows it wasn't her fault. But the death of his mate, so soon after his parents perished, his medicine cat mentor perish (before his proper training had finished) and his sister became distant from him, all made him incredibly insecure, worrisome and lonely. Whitepaw was the daughter of RavenWing and Cloudfur. Neither of which seem to blame Sparrowstar for her death, though Cloudfur did protest the patrol when Sparrowstar ordered it he didn't bring it up again afterwards.

2. Recently, SparrowStar's body was found, dead. She'd had all nine lives slowly taken from her and CloudFur, who'd been with her, was missing, presumed dead. It appeared to be a fox attack but further investigation by StoneTuft, FeatherPool's sister, and BlazeStorm, revealed something fishy afoot. (Only cats to know the gruesome details of SparrowStar's death are FeatherPool, GhostStar, StoneTuft and BlazeStorm.) StoneTuft and BlazeStorm have reason to believe MoonClan were behind the murder of SparrowStar and that there is a spy amongst them.

As for mates, could FeatherPool develop a crush on WhisperStrike? And could TallShadow be DaisyStem's sister? Also making her DustHeart's sister.

Other stuff has been going on but it isn't necessary for RolePlay. Feel free to jump in and talk to whoever you like :)

and that's what you missed on glee EclipseClan!

(My rp post to follow shortly :) )

NettleKit

NettleKit shook his head disapprovingly. 'Sorry about my sister. She can be... annoying.' He murmured, baring his fangs in distaste. Then, turning his attention back to them he thought on their suggestion. 'Okay... that does sound more fair.' He nodded, satisfied, 'Good plan. Now let's execute it!' He darted as silently as he could away from them, crouching low to the ground and listening closely.

LarkKit

LarkKit scoffed, 'Who ever got that hurt with a little claws involved? It's not like I was going to use 'em. They just popped out, it's not a big deal.' At PetalStorm's words LarkKit nodded respectfully, then, once the queen was turned away again.

'FeatherPool's weird, like I'd want him to treat me anyway.' She sniffed, then. 'I'm gonna go find someone to play with who isn't such a wimp.' LarkKit spun around and sauntered out of the nursery, her long limbs easily carrying her to the other side of camp, and towards her target; Gingerpaw. NettleKit, who was concentrating on his game, spared a few seconds focus to blinding glare after the noise of his sister's feet.

FeatherPool

FeatherPool nodded, looking genuinely touched, and was about to respond when he felt the soft ground of the forest beneath his feet turn to rock. He looked ahead of them, he gaze narrowing. It had taken a while, but they were finally here.

'That's it.' FeatherPool mewed, nodding towards the gaping crack in the side of the red rock cliff. 'The MoonCave.' He went forward a few paces, paused to check GhostStar was still with him, then ducked inside. The path was wide and sloped downwards slightly. it didn't take long for all the light to vanish. Then, as the cave opened out, standing in the centre was a great oak tree. Its roots stretched out across the floor, beds of leaves and moss made little beds that cats had slept on for many moons. The roots themselves seemed to glow with bright green and blue lines that flowed up and down them. Into the ground and then back up into the tree and its bare branches. FeatherPool gestured with his long furred grey tail, 'Find somewhere and get comfortable. This can take a while sometimes.'

StoneTuft

'Good Plan. CloudWhisker and CrimsonPaw went on a herb collecting excursion earlier today, if I remember correctly. By the stream. We should pick up their scent if we head there.' At his recommendation that she see FeatherPool, StoneTuft couldn't help wincing. 'Yeah... sure...' She murmured. She would go and talk to him, of course, it just... would be the first time they'd have properly spoken in a while. She wasn't sure what to make of that. She wasn't sure how she'd handle it.

'Okay, let's go.' She said, getting swiftly to her feet, then dealing with a head rush. 'No time like the present, right?' She asked, twitching her whiskers in amusement at BlazeStorm before setting off. It wasn't long before she picked up the scent, and from there it wasn't long before she and BlazeStorm began to notice the smell of blood, too. 'Oh starclan...' She whispered, crouching down and progressing far more slowly and carefully. 'This could be bad, BlazeStorm.'

NettleKit

Nettlekit tried to dart to his left but he was too slow, and had misjudged JasperKit's location. The other kit easily caught him and NettleKit, for the first time he could remember, felt a laugh bubble up his throat. 'Nice job, JasperKit!' He mewed happily, flexing his claws in and out of the ground. 'This was a great idea!' He paused, his stomach grumbling. 'Ahem... uh, excuse the interruption but I think I'll go take a look at what's on the fresh kill pile.'

LarkKit

Something Flashed in LarkKit's eyes, a spark of righteousness? Respect? Surprise? It was hard to tell. Within a second of it the she-kit had lurched towards CougarKit, tussling with the smaller cat, trying to pin her to the ground. She wasn't being so rough as to indicate genuine anger, but there was a fierce determination behind her claws - it wasn't merely a play fight anymore.

GhostStar's Vision

A brown tom whose fur was kinked and messy, and eyes were a deep brown to match, appeared at the foot on the tree. As his form faded in and out of existence, the tree, the roots, and the MoonCave began to vanish around them, replaced by an expanse of stars. Eight cats were revealed to be standing around GhostStar. The brown tom looked at GhostStar silently.

The first cat to approach GhostStar was SparrowStar, the previous leader. The brown and white she-cat padded over to him, her long tail flicking, her green eyes watching. 'Do what is right, have confidence in your decision, no matter what other's say.' She leant towards him and touched her nose to his. (I have three other cats after SparrowStar to give GhostStar his lives. Besides them you can chose who you want to give them to him.)

StoneTuft

StoneTuft nodded numbly, then, shaking herself back to focus. 'I'll take CloudWhisker.' She said. She was sure BlazeStorm was strong, but she was even surer of her own strength. She gingerly gripped the deputies scruff and hauling him onto her broad shoulders, carrying him carefully back towards camp.

'Who could have done this?' She asked in disbelief. 'Oh starclan... FeatherPool...' She breathed, 'He'll have no one now. Not even his apprentice.' StoneTuft supposed he had been talking with GhostStar recently, but that was through necessity, she couldn't imagine FeatherPool making friends easily.

NettleKit

NettleKit blinked. 'I'm not clan leader. You can do what you like.' He mewed, setting of for the fresh kill pile, expecting the two smaller kits to follow him.

His nose led him reliably to the food and he selected a small mouse, figuring if the other two wanted to share it would make the perfect size to feed the lot of them. He couldn't help over hearing his sister picking a fight with not just CourgarKit anymore, but PetalStorm and another warrior, too. He narrowed his eyes in frustration and took an angry bite of his food, his sister's behaviour souring his mood.

LarkKit | GingerPaw | SwirlPaw

CourgarKit successfully latched onto LarkKit's back, who let out a yowl of surprise and then tried to roll onto her back to pin the other kit beneath her. But the weight lifted from her back without prompting and she looked around in confusion.

"Keep your fighting in the nursery. I don't want to have to step over your tussling. Your causing a commotion.' SmokeShade said.

Petal Storm joined them, and also reprimanded their behaviour. LarkKit couldn't help flare of indignation.

'Don't tell me what my own mother would think!' LarkKit couldn't help retorting, 'She's not here. Someone who isn't here can't tell you what they think!' She added, her thoughts sliding to her father, CloudFur. Then, at SmokeShade's comment,

'That goes to you too.' SmokeShade said, 'Do you understand?'

LarkKit felt her anger growing beyond control. She fixed her lilac eyes on him, 'I'm too quick, I'd never let such an ugly injury befall me. What you need to understand is that this is none of your business! You're not even EclipseClan, you're a filthy MoonClanner! You have no place here, none! SunClan and MoonClan are constantly dragging us down, getting our brothers and sisters and parents killed, you have no right to be here, and no right to tell me what I can and can't do!' LarkKit spat at the ground by SmokeShade's feet, unaware someone else had overheard her comments.

An orange blur slammed into LarkKit. Though GingerPaw was an apprentice and LarkKit not, they were about the same sized and shared the same long limbed height. It didn't matter, though, training had toned GingerPaw's muscles and LarkKit could only squirm beneath Gingerpaw's sheathed claws as she pinned the black cat to the ground. GingerPaw's fiery tail lashed back and forth. LarkKit looked defiantly up at the apprentice. 'What?' She hissed. GingerPaw was silent, as what she'd planned on saying, which had been a defence of other planner's ending up in eclipseclan, faded. It could give her away. Instead, she settled on something else, her blue eyes not leaving LarkKit's purple.

'You're lucky there are other cats around.' She hissed, baring her teeth. LarkKit went silent at that.

'GingerPaw!' Swirlpaw squeaked as she, MaskPaw and ShatterStone re-entered camp, the decorative feather in her mouth falling to the floor, 'What are you doing?'

GhostStar's vision

A small white she-cat with dazzling green eyes stepped forwards towards GhostStar. It was WhitePaw, CloudFur and RavenWing's deceased daughter.

'With this life I give you truth. It is a gift few receive from us. Use it well.' She touched her nose to GhostStar. Almost at once the leader was transported to a vast open more. On the floor at his feet, amongst the harmless grass, was something different. The stem of a flower. It swayed as the grass did, from side to side, almost indistinguishable from it. However, it was clear a flower bud used to sit atop it, and it wasn't a blade of grass after all.

Looking up the clouds in the sky seemed to have taken on an odd shape. Four legged creatures floated across the horizon and past the sun. They looked like sheep, perhaps. But one of them was different, one of them, though of a similar size and appearance, had a menacing haze of light around it. As the cloud moved towards another of the clouds it's mouth opened and sharp teeth began to creep out of its jaws and towards the unsuspecting sheep.

WhitePaw's voice echoed in GhostStar's head. 'Beware the Wolf in Sheep's clothing. Beware the Snake amongst the Pigeons.'

GhostStar was back in the expanse of stars, WhitePaw stepping away from him. 'That was so much fun!' She squeaked, giving a little jump, 'I hope I get to do that again!' Then, stuttered, 'Not that i'm wishing you die, or anything, it's just-'

'WhitePaw.' The brown, kinked fur tom ushered her away and the cat disappeared back into the starlight. The only two remaining where GhostStar and the brown tom.

Only now did GhostStar recognise him as Kinkedfur.

'Tell him I'm sorry.' KinkedFur sighed, 'I left him when he had no one else. I left him unprepared for his duties.' The stars surrounding them began to wink out one by one, darkness filling the space. KinkedFur took a pace towards GhostStar, 'With this life, with your final life, I give you solitude. Give it the respect it deserves. Fear it. Fight it. And tell him... tell him...' KinkedFur pressed his nose to GhostStar's temple before he had a chance to ask any questions. A feeling a harsh pain and isolation tore through GhostStar. Among the pain, as the leader began to return to the waking world, he heard KinkedFur's voice one last time. 'Tell him he must remember...'

FeatherPool was crouched by GhostStar,

'Are you okay?' He asked, eyes wide, 'That did not look entirely pleasant, I have to admit.' He added, twitching his whiskers in amusement. 'Not to rush you right after direct contact with our ancestors or anything but... I had an omen whilst you were asleep - all the lights on the tree roots shot out in unison. We need to hurry back to camp - something must have happened.'

StoneTuft

StoneTuft shook her head, 'He was still in camp when we left. Though I don't know what he did this morning, I haven't been keeping tabs on him.' She frowned as they neared camp, 'Without a medicine cat apprentice...' She sighed, 'Someone seems to be hitting us where it hurts the most. You're right, it is sick. Who would kill cats like this?' she lashed her stubby tail, her blue eyes narrowing. 'When I find out who did this...' she added, baring her teeth. She began to pick up the scents of Swirlpaw, MaskPaw and ShatterStone as they reached the camp entrance. She gently pushed CloudWhisker off of her shoulder and pulled him into the clearing through the briar tunnel. Some commotion was going on in the clearing. Whatever it was, it would soon be eclipsed by her and BlazeStorm's discovery.

'Are you ok?' Emberpelt asked RosePaw