Dawnkit's Prophecy pt.4
May 16, 2021 20:11:06 GMT -5
Post by arsonispog on May 16, 2021 20:11:06 GMT -5
After the Gathering ended, Ashstar leads his group back to ThunderClan camp and you and your siblings are at the back of the group, silent. You look at your two siblings, one of them trying to figure out what the prophecy meant and the other just walking without saying a word. You thought that you should probably break the silence between you three.
"So, wasn't that exciting? The Gathering? We did make some friends and experience the Gathering for the first time."
Jaypaw spoke up.
"Yeah, it was cool experiencing it but it wasn't exciting. The prophecy bit was exciting I guess and my tail hurts from sitting too long."
"Well, obviously you shouldn't have sat on it." Brightpaw rolls her eyes at Jaypaw.
Jaypaw bared his teeth at Brightpaw and flattened his ears.
"Why are you always picking on me? Why don't you pick on Dawnpaw? And you act like your sooo smart and you pick on me because I'm dumb..."
You feel a bit shocked that Jaypaw would call himself dumb.
"Jaypaw! Don't say that to yourself! You're not dumb."
"Oh yeah, name the smartest thing I've done."
Your mind suddenly goes blank since you're being pressured by your brother. You flatten your ears and look away from Jaypaw, feeling ashamed.
"Way to go Jaypaw! Now you've made Dawnpaw feel ashamed. And you're not dumb. The smartest thing you've done was being there for us. And you still do."
I should've thought of that... Dumb mind...
Jaypaw perks his ears up and so do you. You and Jaypaw look at Brightpaw. As you look at her face, you can tell that she actually means it. You notice Brightpaw giggles a bit and look at Jaypaw who seems to be crying a bit but he hides it quickly so no one notices. You continue walking to ThunderClan camp.
After chatting about the Gathering and the prophecy, you finally reach camp. You notice that Bramblepaw, Heatherpaw and Nightpaw padded over to you, their ears perked up.
"You guys are lucky. You got to go to the Gathering before us, even though we became apprenticed on the same day."
"Yeah. Anyways, what was the Gathering like? What news did you receive from the other Clans?"
You are about to speak when Jaypaw and Brightpaw speak at the same time about the prophecy and the news from the other Clans. Bramblepaw, Heatherpaw and Nightpaw make confused faces as they do not know what they're saying as they're talking over each other. You nudged them both and they stopped talking. They probably noticed their faces. You cleared your throat so that you could tell them. As you tell them the prophecy and the news, you look at their faces and they seemed shocked.
"You're saying that all the other Clans received the same prophecy?"
You nodded and their eyes are wide open. You notice that it will be moonhigh soon and you've got some training tomorrow.
"Come on, let's go to the Apprentices' Den as we do need some rest."
You head off to the Apprentices' Den with Bramblepaw, Brightpaw, Jaypaw, Heatherpaw and Nightpaw following behind you. When you notice they're following you, you begin to feel like a leader. As you reach the Apprentices' Den, the leader feeling fades away until you reach your comfy moss bed. You curl up as tight as you can with your siblings next to you. As you close your eyes, you drift off into a deep sleep.
You open your eyes and expect to wake up with the feeling of the moss below you. But you find yourself in the forest for and you have no idea why. You get up, stretch and look around you. You glance around yourself one more time and this time you find Jaypaw and Brightpaw next to you, curled up on the ground. You nudge them both and they wake up and notice that they're in the forest. You notice Brightpaw is about to freak out.
"What are we doing here? Did someone move us out here?"
You shrug and suddenly start to wonder if this is real. You look up to see trees blocking the sky so you couldn't tell if it is moonhigh or sunhigh. You move around, hoping to get a better idea of where they were but it felt like that you were near a place where you should never be. But it didn't exactly feel like it. As you turn around to face your siblings, you find more apprentices who you don't recognize from your Clan. This is definitely a dream... But I thought only medicine cats and leaders could get dreams from StarClan... You start to feel confused and once you take a single blink, the cats and your siblings disappear and you look around for them but everything turns dark and fades away. You start panicking and then you wake up to find yourself in your moss bed.
"Dawnpaw! Are you alright? Did you have a bad dream?"
You find Brightpaw nudging you. She stops nudging you when she realizes that you're awake. Does she not remember that we were in the forest in our dreams? Or was that just my mind..? You get up and shake your fur, shaking the moss of you.
"Are you okay? Also, you might wanna hurry, Dawnpaw. Father, I mean, Ashstar was looking for you to start training. And you don't wanna make him angry. And he wanted to meet you at the Leader's Den"
You suddenly feel shocked that you wasted your time by sleeping in because of a dream. You rush out of the Apprentices' Den and head over the Leader's Den as quick as you can run. You reach the Leader's Den, panting a bit as your father looks at you, a bit disappointed on being late.
"You're late..."
"Sorry, Father, I mean Ashstar. I had a bad dream..."
"And this bad dream is the reason why you're late?"
You don't reply when he says this.
"Due to your lateness, after this lesson, I will send you to the Medicine Cat's Den and make you do a job for her. Now, let's get on with your training."
Ashstar flicked his tail as if beckoning you to follow.
"I think it's time you learn some fighting techniques. Now, make sure your claws are sheathed when training but in battle, you unsheathe them so that it'll be more effective on your enemy. Oh, just a little something that I should tell you in battle. If you are fighting against another Clan, if you kill the deputy that is from the other Clan, that means you are disobeying the Warrior Code and you will be exiled from your Clan. Just giving you a warning so don't kill the deputy from the other Clan, just give them some scars. Anyways, we'll start off with something basic. It is called the 'Front Paw Blow' which doesn't require claws."
Ashstar backs away from you a bit and you stay on the spot. He starts running towards you and gives you a Front Paw Blow. He doesn't use much force when he does this to you but you do feel a little headache but you shake it off.
"It is a good technique to stun your opponent if you use much force. I expect that you had a little headache. Now, why don't you try?"
You nod and back away from your mentor. You lock eyes with him and start running towards him, giving him a Front Paw Blow. Ashstar looks up and nods, as if saying that was good.
"Next technique I want to teach you is the 'Killing Bite'. I'm sure you know why it's dangerous so I won't be demonstrating it on you. Say for example, you are up against a big cat. You jump over the cat and twist in the air. You'll land behind the cat so quickly jump onto their back before they give you a 'Back Kick'. I'll teach you the Back Kick tomorrow. Anyways, once you're on their back, you grip their neck and hold it for several heartbeats until they stop moving."
Ashstar sniffs the air and he catches the scent of a rabbit. He crouches and when he is close enough, he pounces and puts a paw over the rabbit so that it doesn't run away. He grips it's neck for a moment until the rabbit stops moving.
"Like that. Now, why don't you try by finding yourself a piece of prey?"
You nod and sniff the air and you catch the scent of a squirrel. You crouch and when you think you're close enough, you pounce and put a paw over the squirrel so that it doesn't run away. You do what your mentor did by gripping the neck for several heartbeats until it stops struggling.
"Not bad. I think you've had enough training for today. Bring the pieces of prey back to camp, put them in the prey pile and go to the Medicine Cat's Den to do a job for her."
Ashstar heads to the Leader's Den and you head over to the Medicine Cat's Den.
"Hey, Dawnpaw! Ashstar told me that you were going to do a job for me!"
"Yeah, that's right. So what jobs do you have for me?"
"You have two options. Get some mouse bile and take out the ticks from the elders. Or get some herbs for me."
"Hmmm... I'll..."
"I'll get the herbs!"
"Great!"
"So what herbs are you in need of?"
"I need some cobwebs, a few poppy seeds and some marigold."
You make a confused face as you don't know what the herbs look like.
"Oh, of course, you don't know what they look like."
Fadingmist gets a piece of cobweb, a couple of poppy seeds and a piece of marigold.
"Be on the lookout for these herbs. Now, that you've seen them, you should be on your way. Return to me once it's sundown. Oh, and I'll be sending some cats with you as it is dangerous for an apprentice to head out on their own."
"Who'll be coming with me?"
"Bluemist and Rushfeather. Before you leave, head over to the Warrior's Den to bring them with you on a herb patrol."
You nod and head over to the Warrior's Den. A warrior named Flametail notices you at the entrance.
"Hi, there! You're Dawnpaw, right? Anyways, what brings you here?"
"I'm going to get some herbs and Fadingmist told me to bring Bluemist and Rushfeather with me."
Two heads perk up when they hear their name. They shake their fur and head out to the exit of the ThunderClan camp. You follow after them but before you go, Rushfeather asks a question.
"What herbs did Fadingmist ask for?"
"Cobweb, poppy seeds and marigold."
"So who'll get what?"
"I'll get the poppy seeds, Rushfeather will get the marigold and Bluemist will get the cobwebs."
They both nod at the same time and head into the forest. You three split up into the forest to look for the herbs. You don't know where poppy seeds come from but you deduce that they come from some flowers. Luckily, you were right because you found some poppy seeds. And you're even more lucky because you found the jackpot because they are so many poppy seeds but you don't get everything. You get enough poppy seeds and return to the ThunderClan entrance. At the exact timing, Rushfeather and Bluemist return with enough marigold and cobwebs. You three return to the Medicine Cat's Den and give the herbs to Fadingmist.
"Fantastic! This should be enough for future injuries or diseases. You three are free to go."
Fadingmist adds the the herbs and puts them in one to pile to sort. You head out of the Medicine Cat's Den while Rushfeather and Bluemist head back to the Warriors' Den. Once you reach the prey pile, your siblings catch up to you. You pick a wood pigeon while they both pick a couple of rabbits. You eat the the piece of prey and all head to the Apprentices' Den. You all curl up and talk about the Warrior Code and how awesome it is. The moon begins to rise into the sky, Brightpaw and Jaypaw fall asleep except for you. You gaze into the night sky, staring at the beautiful stars. But you notice something strange is happening with the stars. The stars seem to be forming a cat and the cat begins to smile at you. But after you do a single blink, the stars deform the cat and go to their original spots.
After seeing the cat in the night sky, you fall asleep. You wake up in the forest again. It's that dream again... But why? You get up and look around. You expect Brightpaw and Jaypaw to appear beside you but you don't. In the last dream, it was a bit dark but this time, the forest is foggy. Suddenly, you hear voices. Two voices. They sound familiar and every yell sounds more clearer and more familiar. They sound like... They sound like Brightpaw and Jaypaw! And it sounds like they're calling for help! You rush over in the direction of where you can hear their yelling. You continue running and you see Brightpaw and Jaypaw. You some odd paws gripping them and suddenly, you see them both being taken away.
"Wait! Brightpaw! Jaypaw! Come back!"
You run over and try to slash the furless paws but then you feel something choking and gripping you hard. It seems to be pulling you away from your siblings. You start to panic and you get scared as you keep getting dragged away from them.
"Guys!"
To be continued...
"So, wasn't that exciting? The Gathering? We did make some friends and experience the Gathering for the first time."
Jaypaw spoke up.
"Yeah, it was cool experiencing it but it wasn't exciting. The prophecy bit was exciting I guess and my tail hurts from sitting too long."
"Well, obviously you shouldn't have sat on it." Brightpaw rolls her eyes at Jaypaw.
Jaypaw bared his teeth at Brightpaw and flattened his ears.
"Why are you always picking on me? Why don't you pick on Dawnpaw? And you act like your sooo smart and you pick on me because I'm dumb..."
You feel a bit shocked that Jaypaw would call himself dumb.
"Jaypaw! Don't say that to yourself! You're not dumb."
"Oh yeah, name the smartest thing I've done."
Your mind suddenly goes blank since you're being pressured by your brother. You flatten your ears and look away from Jaypaw, feeling ashamed.
"Way to go Jaypaw! Now you've made Dawnpaw feel ashamed. And you're not dumb. The smartest thing you've done was being there for us. And you still do."
I should've thought of that... Dumb mind...
Jaypaw perks his ears up and so do you. You and Jaypaw look at Brightpaw. As you look at her face, you can tell that she actually means it. You notice Brightpaw giggles a bit and look at Jaypaw who seems to be crying a bit but he hides it quickly so no one notices. You continue walking to ThunderClan camp.
After chatting about the Gathering and the prophecy, you finally reach camp. You notice that Bramblepaw, Heatherpaw and Nightpaw padded over to you, their ears perked up.
"You guys are lucky. You got to go to the Gathering before us, even though we became apprenticed on the same day."
"Yeah. Anyways, what was the Gathering like? What news did you receive from the other Clans?"
You are about to speak when Jaypaw and Brightpaw speak at the same time about the prophecy and the news from the other Clans. Bramblepaw, Heatherpaw and Nightpaw make confused faces as they do not know what they're saying as they're talking over each other. You nudged them both and they stopped talking. They probably noticed their faces. You cleared your throat so that you could tell them. As you tell them the prophecy and the news, you look at their faces and they seemed shocked.
"You're saying that all the other Clans received the same prophecy?"
You nodded and their eyes are wide open. You notice that it will be moonhigh soon and you've got some training tomorrow.
"Come on, let's go to the Apprentices' Den as we do need some rest."
You head off to the Apprentices' Den with Bramblepaw, Brightpaw, Jaypaw, Heatherpaw and Nightpaw following behind you. When you notice they're following you, you begin to feel like a leader. As you reach the Apprentices' Den, the leader feeling fades away until you reach your comfy moss bed. You curl up as tight as you can with your siblings next to you. As you close your eyes, you drift off into a deep sleep.
You open your eyes and expect to wake up with the feeling of the moss below you. But you find yourself in the forest for and you have no idea why. You get up, stretch and look around you. You glance around yourself one more time and this time you find Jaypaw and Brightpaw next to you, curled up on the ground. You nudge them both and they wake up and notice that they're in the forest. You notice Brightpaw is about to freak out.
"What are we doing here? Did someone move us out here?"
You shrug and suddenly start to wonder if this is real. You look up to see trees blocking the sky so you couldn't tell if it is moonhigh or sunhigh. You move around, hoping to get a better idea of where they were but it felt like that you were near a place where you should never be. But it didn't exactly feel like it. As you turn around to face your siblings, you find more apprentices who you don't recognize from your Clan. This is definitely a dream... But I thought only medicine cats and leaders could get dreams from StarClan... You start to feel confused and once you take a single blink, the cats and your siblings disappear and you look around for them but everything turns dark and fades away. You start panicking and then you wake up to find yourself in your moss bed.
"Dawnpaw! Are you alright? Did you have a bad dream?"
You find Brightpaw nudging you. She stops nudging you when she realizes that you're awake. Does she not remember that we were in the forest in our dreams? Or was that just my mind..? You get up and shake your fur, shaking the moss of you.
"Are you okay? Also, you might wanna hurry, Dawnpaw. Father, I mean, Ashstar was looking for you to start training. And you don't wanna make him angry. And he wanted to meet you at the Leader's Den"
You suddenly feel shocked that you wasted your time by sleeping in because of a dream. You rush out of the Apprentices' Den and head over the Leader's Den as quick as you can run. You reach the Leader's Den, panting a bit as your father looks at you, a bit disappointed on being late.
"You're late..."
"Sorry, Father, I mean Ashstar. I had a bad dream..."
"And this bad dream is the reason why you're late?"
You don't reply when he says this.
"Due to your lateness, after this lesson, I will send you to the Medicine Cat's Den and make you do a job for her. Now, let's get on with your training."
Ashstar flicked his tail as if beckoning you to follow.
"I think it's time you learn some fighting techniques. Now, make sure your claws are sheathed when training but in battle, you unsheathe them so that it'll be more effective on your enemy. Oh, just a little something that I should tell you in battle. If you are fighting against another Clan, if you kill the deputy that is from the other Clan, that means you are disobeying the Warrior Code and you will be exiled from your Clan. Just giving you a warning so don't kill the deputy from the other Clan, just give them some scars. Anyways, we'll start off with something basic. It is called the 'Front Paw Blow' which doesn't require claws."
Ashstar backs away from you a bit and you stay on the spot. He starts running towards you and gives you a Front Paw Blow. He doesn't use much force when he does this to you but you do feel a little headache but you shake it off.
"It is a good technique to stun your opponent if you use much force. I expect that you had a little headache. Now, why don't you try?"
You nod and back away from your mentor. You lock eyes with him and start running towards him, giving him a Front Paw Blow. Ashstar looks up and nods, as if saying that was good.
"Next technique I want to teach you is the 'Killing Bite'. I'm sure you know why it's dangerous so I won't be demonstrating it on you. Say for example, you are up against a big cat. You jump over the cat and twist in the air. You'll land behind the cat so quickly jump onto their back before they give you a 'Back Kick'. I'll teach you the Back Kick tomorrow. Anyways, once you're on their back, you grip their neck and hold it for several heartbeats until they stop moving."
Ashstar sniffs the air and he catches the scent of a rabbit. He crouches and when he is close enough, he pounces and puts a paw over the rabbit so that it doesn't run away. He grips it's neck for a moment until the rabbit stops moving.
"Like that. Now, why don't you try by finding yourself a piece of prey?"
You nod and sniff the air and you catch the scent of a squirrel. You crouch and when you think you're close enough, you pounce and put a paw over the squirrel so that it doesn't run away. You do what your mentor did by gripping the neck for several heartbeats until it stops struggling.
"Not bad. I think you've had enough training for today. Bring the pieces of prey back to camp, put them in the prey pile and go to the Medicine Cat's Den to do a job for her."
Ashstar heads to the Leader's Den and you head over to the Medicine Cat's Den.
"Hey, Dawnpaw! Ashstar told me that you were going to do a job for me!"
"Yeah, that's right. So what jobs do you have for me?"
"You have two options. Get some mouse bile and take out the ticks from the elders. Or get some herbs for me."
"Hmmm... I'll..."
"I'll get the herbs!"
"Great!"
"So what herbs are you in need of?"
"I need some cobwebs, a few poppy seeds and some marigold."
You make a confused face as you don't know what the herbs look like.
"Oh, of course, you don't know what they look like."
Fadingmist gets a piece of cobweb, a couple of poppy seeds and a piece of marigold.
"Be on the lookout for these herbs. Now, that you've seen them, you should be on your way. Return to me once it's sundown. Oh, and I'll be sending some cats with you as it is dangerous for an apprentice to head out on their own."
"Who'll be coming with me?"
"Bluemist and Rushfeather. Before you leave, head over to the Warrior's Den to bring them with you on a herb patrol."
You nod and head over to the Warrior's Den. A warrior named Flametail notices you at the entrance.
"Hi, there! You're Dawnpaw, right? Anyways, what brings you here?"
"I'm going to get some herbs and Fadingmist told me to bring Bluemist and Rushfeather with me."
Two heads perk up when they hear their name. They shake their fur and head out to the exit of the ThunderClan camp. You follow after them but before you go, Rushfeather asks a question.
"What herbs did Fadingmist ask for?"
"Cobweb, poppy seeds and marigold."
"So who'll get what?"
"I'll get the poppy seeds, Rushfeather will get the marigold and Bluemist will get the cobwebs."
They both nod at the same time and head into the forest. You three split up into the forest to look for the herbs. You don't know where poppy seeds come from but you deduce that they come from some flowers. Luckily, you were right because you found some poppy seeds. And you're even more lucky because you found the jackpot because they are so many poppy seeds but you don't get everything. You get enough poppy seeds and return to the ThunderClan entrance. At the exact timing, Rushfeather and Bluemist return with enough marigold and cobwebs. You three return to the Medicine Cat's Den and give the herbs to Fadingmist.
"Fantastic! This should be enough for future injuries or diseases. You three are free to go."
Fadingmist adds the the herbs and puts them in one to pile to sort. You head out of the Medicine Cat's Den while Rushfeather and Bluemist head back to the Warriors' Den. Once you reach the prey pile, your siblings catch up to you. You pick a wood pigeon while they both pick a couple of rabbits. You eat the the piece of prey and all head to the Apprentices' Den. You all curl up and talk about the Warrior Code and how awesome it is. The moon begins to rise into the sky, Brightpaw and Jaypaw fall asleep except for you. You gaze into the night sky, staring at the beautiful stars. But you notice something strange is happening with the stars. The stars seem to be forming a cat and the cat begins to smile at you. But after you do a single blink, the stars deform the cat and go to their original spots.
After seeing the cat in the night sky, you fall asleep. You wake up in the forest again. It's that dream again... But why? You get up and look around. You expect Brightpaw and Jaypaw to appear beside you but you don't. In the last dream, it was a bit dark but this time, the forest is foggy. Suddenly, you hear voices. Two voices. They sound familiar and every yell sounds more clearer and more familiar. They sound like... They sound like Brightpaw and Jaypaw! And it sounds like they're calling for help! You rush over in the direction of where you can hear their yelling. You continue running and you see Brightpaw and Jaypaw. You some odd paws gripping them and suddenly, you see them both being taken away.
"Wait! Brightpaw! Jaypaw! Come back!"
You run over and try to slash the furless paws but then you feel something choking and gripping you hard. It seems to be pulling you away from your siblings. You start to panic and you get scared as you keep getting dragged away from them.
"Guys!"
To be continued...