//------------------------------// // Chapter Three // Story: The Prophecy of Destruction // by Fryguy //------------------------------// The full moon shone like a bright light in the sky, it looked like a magnificent piece of artwork crafted by mother nature and space. The cats of Windclan walked endlessly towards where the Gathering would be held, an island very close to Riverclan. It was a beautiful island really, the trees swayed from the wind's night breeze, the great oak tree where the leaders stood to share their news stood higher than ever, and the log to the island that killed Mudclaw who once tried to kill Onestar floated nicely on the water of the lake. Some of the new apprentices, Molepaw and Cherrypaw of Thunderclan started talking to some of the apprentices of Windclan, like Oatpaw and Hootpaw, soon Shadowclan and Riverclan apprentices came up, some started bragging about their training, and others went and talked about their achievements and how far they are from being warriors. The medicine cats went to their meeting place, a bush near the great oak where the leaders sat. Leafpool was given her medicine catship back, and Jayfeather's blind eyes looked brighter than ever. The other medicine cats had started talking about some problems in their clans like running low on supplies, or a cat in critical condition. Onestar started climbing the great oak tree to see the other leaders. Mistystar and Blackstar were staring angrily at each other, and Bramblestar was staring at his paws, probably thinking of what to say or something. He heard Onestar coming and looked up and smiled. His drew back his breath then boomed over the clearing. "Let the gathering begin!" Every cat stared up at the tree where the leaders stood. First Blackstar spoke. "Things are ok in Shadowclan, we are recovering well from the Dark Forest's invasion. But things would be easior if Riverclan aren't troubling us! Mistystar, we found scents of your cats over the Shadowclan border!" Mistystar flashed a glare at the old Shadowclan leader and shouted. "How do you explain YOUR scents over our border?!" A giant argument broke out afterwards, Shadowclan and Riverclan cats shouted amongst themselves. "Stop crossing our border, fleapelts!" One said. "Get your scents on the right side of the border!" Another shouted. "Stop!" Onestar's voice broke out through the clearing. Every cat stared silently at Onestar, clearly they stopped their argument. "This is completely fleabrained, why would it matter if one scent went over the border? No prey was stolen right? So this is pointless." Onestar's reasoning silenced every cat in the clearing altogether, some started to feel bad about their very foolish argument. Bramblestar then spoke. Things are going well, a few foxes have been scented near Windclan's border so we are going to warn you about it Onestar, I hope it doesn't go near your camp. That is all." Bramblestar stepped down and Onestar went towards a high branch. "Should I mention the prophecy?" He though as he was about to give his news. "I don't know, but it may be important, already a battle may spark between two clans, I might as well." He took a breath, then spoke. "Windclan is doing well, and Bramblestar I already know of the prey stealing incident from my deputy, I'm very sorry that Breezepelt did what he did. Prey is very poor as leafbare is coming, and the rabbits are going underground..." He paused, and thought carefully of what to say next. "I also had a dream that no other has had." He hoped he was right about that last statement. "Firestar and Tallstar came to me...they told me of a great threat...after a battle...unless if we find the creature of colors....the clans will fall....and then they disappeared." Shock spread throughout the cats listening, the leaders were also looking at Onestar wide-eyed. "The clans will fall?!" A Riverclan cat shouted. "It's the end of everything we know!" A Windclan she-cat shouted. "What about my kits?!" Another she-cat shouted. "What is the creature of colors?!" A Shadowclan tom shouted. "Everyone! Settle down!" Onestar's voice boomed through the clearing. Soon every cat was staring at him. The Windclan leader then went back to his perch from before and said. " There's a chance we'll survive, but it's slim, we must find or keep a lookout for creatures that have odd colors that we may have never seen before! It could be anything, just keep an eye out for something odd." Every cat nodded and started to group with their clan. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The walk back to the camp was very silent, every cat was thinking about the prophecy Onestar mentioned. The medicine cat of Windclan, Kestrelflight, was a little disappointed in Onestar for not telling him. "I'm his medicine cat! And he did not tell me! I could have helped him!" Kestrelflight thought to himself. As the medicine cat of Windclan, it was his job to keep the clan healthy and safe from injuries to very bad sicknesses. His most important job though, was to read the signs Starclan give him to tell the clan of great danger, or something else that will happen in the future. But, then again, the leader of a clan may keep some dreams to him or herself. Kestrelflight understood that what Onestar dreamed may have been hard to hear, and he may have not wanted to cause panic, that was probably the right thing to do, but he could have told his medicine cat. "Maybe he didn't want anyone to know cause it was so startling?" Kestrelflight thought. The camp was getting into view now, he could have a chance to meet up with the sick patients before he went to bed. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Onestar was relieved that the Gathering was over, but the conflict between two clans could mean one thing, a future battle. Riverclan and Shadowclan may try to get another clan to join their side of the argument, it's been done before, but will He join Riverclan or Shadowclan's side of a pointless fight? He just hoped a battle won't come soon. After all, Firestar said that a battle will lead to destruction of the clans. Chaos would ensue, and things would never be the same, cats may become loners, and will have to fight everyday. Something He did not want to happen to his clan. He just feared it, the prophecy he received was unfolding. Two clans were now being hostile, and the other two clans may have to join in on the conflict rising. Soon they would receive so much pain if a battle comes, and whatever danger Firestar talked about, it may be big, since he said it would wipe out the clans completely. "I guess I should get some sleep, see if Firestar would tell me more, or Tallstar, since he was there too." He settled down in his nest and closed his eyes and fell into a very deep sleep.