A Dark Prophecy (Part 2)

(In order, Teal, Flame, and Crystal)

Flickerpaw awoke from her sleep to the sound of wailing. She pricked up her ears and padded out of her den, silent as a shadow. The wailing seemed to come from one side of the beach. She padded towards the right side and gasped. Three cats were spread out and soaking on the beach. A snow white she-cat, a sturdy orange tom, and a brown tabby tom were flopped down, half in and half out of the water. "Onyxstar! Onyxstar!", Flickerpaw yelled, hurtling up the path...

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"Will they survive?"

"Yes. They are strong, though I was not sure for a while there." Petalsoul and Onyxstar were sitting outside the medicine cat's den, watching the three cats inside the den. "Where did they come from?" Onyxstar asked. "Did StarClan give you a sign?"

"No," said Petalsoul, looking worried. "I would think they would have..." Inside, she was doubting herself. Has Starclan cut off all connection with me because of my love for Onyxstar? she wondered, but didn't say anything. The two cats were interrupted in their musings by a weak moan from inside the cave. Petalsoul rushed into the den, followed closely by Onyxstar.

The white she-cat had opened her eyes. They were a startlingly beautiful light blue, rimmed with a darker shade of blue. "Where am I?", she asked groggily.

"You are in CliffClan," Onyxstar said kindly. "We found you three on the beach."

"Three?", the she-cat said, then sighed with relief. "I am Crystal. These are my brothers, Flame and Teal."

"What?" said the ginger tom, who had just opened his eyes. "Who are these cats, Crystal?"

"I am Onyxstar, leader of CliffClan. This is Petalsoul, our medicine cat."

Flame coughed, spat water, and said, "I'm Flame and this is-"

"It's okay I told them that already!" Crystal said. The brown tabby tom, Teal, had opened his teal-colored eyes and was watching the whole scene.

"Would you mind telling us where you came from?" Petalsoul asked.

"Oh, well, I guess we'll begin at the beginning...", Crystal said.

We were born to rouge parents. We never met our father, but our mother raised and trained us well. One day we encountered two cats, the like of which we had never seen before. One of them, the tom, had huge yellow-silver eyes the exact color of the moon. The she-cat had a beautiful silver pelt with dark stripes. We talked to them for a while. The whole time they kept looking us up and down like they were sizing up a bird.

We learned that their names were Moon, the tom, and Shimmer, the she-cat. At one point, I saw Shimmer lean over and whisper something to Moon. Having good ears, I picked up her words. She said, 'They could be the ones, if they were trained.'

Shortly after, Moon and Shimmer left.

They came back though. Right to where we were camped. We had no idea where they had gotten our location from but they said they had their resources.

They had an arguement with our mother. They said that they wanted to recruit us for a great purpose. Our mother didn't want to give us up. Moon said she would regret her desicion. Two days later, we found her dead at the bottom of a river. It looked like she had fallen and broken her neck.

Shimmer and Moon came back. They said they were sorry, and did we want somewhere to stay now that our mom was dead? We accepted. It was the worst decision of our lives. They took us to a clan that they called VainClan.

Crystal stopped, her eyes filled with tears. "I-can we...can we talk about this tomorrow? I'm really tired."

"Very well," said Onyxstar. He and Petalsoul slipped quietly out of the den.

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