Invasion
Summary: Sequel to Sunlit Snowdrift. Windshadow and Dreamcloud must defeat two legs in a new prophecy, and get big news...
Disclaimer: If I owned anyone but... Dreamcloud, Windshadow, Palepaw, Calicofur, Robinpelt, and tons of minor characters, I would be making all of this true in a 4th series after The Power of Three...
I JUST FOUND OUT THAT A WARRIORS MOVIE MIGHT BE COMING OUT NEXT SUMMER! YAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYNESS! IT'S CALLED 'WARRIORS OF THE FOREST'. But, if it's normal animation, I might not see it. If it's computer animation, or real stuff mixed with computer animation for graphic stuff, then I'll probably see it...
Chapter One: News
"Good job, Palepaw!" Dreamcloud purred. The nine moon old ginger and white apprentice padded over to her mentor, mouse dangling from her jaws.
"Thanks, Dreamcloud," She mewed. Palepaw had been Dreamcloud's apprentice for three moons now. She was very proud of this, for Dreamcloud was sort of a legend around the clan. She had defeated Blackstar, and was the daughter of Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw.
But she had a secret.
They heard a yowling, and Dreamcloud dipped her head. "Sounds like Firestar's about to decide who's going to the Gathering. Come."
The two she-cats ran to camp, and Palepaw gave her catch to the elders before padding up.
"I'd like Brambleclaw, Leafpool, Calicofur, Palepaw, Dreamcloud, Robinpelt, Spiderleg, Cloudtail, and Whiteleaf to come to the Gathering with me tonight," Firestar announced.
Dreamcloud kneaded the ground in anticipation. There was a reason she liked going to Gatherings...
Too bad the rest of her clan could never know.
000
"Sadly," The dark ginger she-cat yowled, "Rowanclaw got bitten by an adder and died, which is why I appointed a new deputy. Windshadow is now the deputy of Shadowclan."
Many cats-even from different clans- yowled their approval and congratulated the white tom. He had been a part of the same prophecy as Dreamcloud.
"Congratulations," She purred, pressing her cheek against his.
After the announcements were made, the two wandered off together. Leafpool, the sister of Squirrelflight, medicine cat, and kin of Dreamcloud, sighed. She remembered when she and Crowfeather did that often. Now they rarely did.
You see, that was Dreamcloud's secret.
Windshadow was her mate.
"Where are they going?" Firestar asked as he came to stand next to his daughter.
"Not sure," She sighed, "They're good friends..." She trailed off. She was the only one who knew of the 'affair'.
She was the only one who knew of the thing that would bring her kin endless trouble.
000
"Firestar!" Squirrelflight, who had been in charge of camp, raced up.
"What is it?" He asked.
"Cloudtail!" She panted, "We need Leafpool now!"
The white tom was curled up in the medicine cat's den, his eyes glazed and staring. His mate, Brightheart, and his daughter, Whiteleaf, raced up.
"He's breathing all right," Leafpool said as she examined, "Just a little slower. Like... hmm, like he's going unconcious. Cloudtail, what happened?"
"I smelled something..." He panted, "There wasn't enough time for me to recognize it, but it was... familar... and then... and then I felt this sting in my side..."
"We found a stinger," Squirrelflight reported, "And took it out. It's nearby."
Leafpool walked over and saw a small, clear looking thing with a long, sharp point. She sniffed it and wrinkled her nose. What a foul scent!
"I've never seen this kind of thing before," She murmured, "Or smelled anything like it." Wait... something in the back of her mind... it had been so long...
"Will Cloudtail be all right?" Brightheart asked.
"Yes," Leafpool said, "He's just going to pass out for a long time, it seems."
"Thank goodness," Whiteleaf sighed in relief.
"I wonder what happened..." Dreamcloud meowed, looking him over.
"We need to find out," Firestar's eyes showed worry for his kin. "I will not let this clan be tortured by two legs again."
"Again?" Dreamcloud asked.
"Long ago," Leafpool answered, "When your mother and I were still apprentices, two legs began to drive us out of the forest, our old home. We were forced to come here."
Dreamcloud was silent. There was a strange calling to her, and she walked outside the den, looking at Silverpelt.
"So. I guess I'll be needed again."
000
"I wonder what'll happen this time," Spottedleaf sighed, looking down on them. She often watched Windshadow and Dreamcloud, for she had once been in love with Windshadow.
Bluestar padded up. "It's happening again," She murmured, "I can't guide them on it on my own. I wonder..."
Two cats appeared. Graystripe and Silverstream, the doomed lovers.
"Silverstream, I'll need you," Bluestar clarified. "And maybe you, Graystripe. We all have experience on this."
They both nodded. Silverstream's green eyes showed worry.
"I'm visiting her."
000
"Something is happening to you, Dreamcloud."
Dreamcloud looked around, and soon saw a beautiful silver tabby. The light of Starclan shown in her eyes.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"I am Silverstream," The cat murmured, "I died long before your time, bearing Graystripe's kits. You and Windshadow are Starclan's Chosen, and something very important is going to happen to you."
"What?"
"You'll see."
000
"From this day foward, you shall be known as Palelegs," Firestar announced two moons later. Dreamcloud purred, but she felt sick, like she wanted to cough up the mouse she ate a while ago. She sighed, curled up in her nest, and went to sleep.
000
"The hearts of other are beating inside you..." Silverstream murmured.
"What do you mean?"
"Take care of them, Dreamcloud..." Silverstream's green eyes glazed.
"The blood of Sun and Snow will blend
The sleeping monster will return
The most precious will be stolen
And everything will sleep."
000
"I'm going to Leafpool," She muttered the next morning, padding over to the medicine cat den.
"Leafpool," She meowed, "Something wrong with me. I feel like I need to throw up, and at the same time, I can't stop eating."
Leafpool got a strange expression on her face and made Dreamcloud lie down. She then gently pressed on the she-cat's stomach.
"Well?" Dreamcloud asked, sitting up.
"Congratulations, Dreamcloud. You're expecting kits."
000
Well...? R and R!