"Now where did we stop last time, AngelKit?" RaccoonStar asked, opening a small book made of lizard skin and smudged blueberries that were painted on the front to look like a sky. There were five white stars painted on by whiteberries, an herb that grows pure white berries at the very tip of the stem. Underneath them was white fog which was also whiteberries smudged above the berry painted water.
"The part with the five kitties!" AngelKit mewed. She was partly right.
"The Five Terrible Mists?" RaccoonStar teased, looking amongst his crowd of kits. AngelKit, MouseKit, SpottedKit, CreamKit, and RiverKit.
"Te' five tewible fogs!" MouseKit said. He was the smallest of all the kits and also the youngest, so he couldn't really talk.
"Well, I guess we'll begin now!" RaccoonStar said, clearing his throat out, nudging his book to the proper position, and sitting himself down on a large boulder above the kits and by a bonfire, "Once apon a time...."
Moonlight Clan----The Five Terrible Mists
CHAPTER ONE
FeatherStar was strolling over to the door when SkunkPaw came racing into the Elder's hut, running right into her.
"Oh my StarSpirit, I'm so sorry! I hope you'll forgive me, because they're here! It's definately them! They're only a mile away but ShortTail, with his great eyesight, saw three greys and two whites with black markings!" SkunkPaw exclaimed. He was panting and coughing roughly. FeatherStar didn't say anything because she was so alarmed, but IceClaw could see the hair on the back of her pelt stand up. After about five seconds, she turned to IceClaw, but she couldn't read his face. Was he frustrated at MistClan's attempt to get back at them? Was he scared that MistClan would actually take them down this time? But FeatherStar saw something else in his eyes. Joy. She couldn't see why he would be happy about the seventh attack that MistClan had tried on MoonlightClan.
"Get ready. Tell SilverHeart to hide the kits and Queens and leave no trace of them behind. Then go to SonicMoon and tell him to pack as many herbs and casts as possible and to go to the Elder's hut." He said. He knew he shouldn't be ordering around FeatherStar's clan, but he was so excited about actually fighting the Five Terrible Mists that he couldn't stand it, and FeatherStar let him be.
"I want the Mists to stay a mile away. If they come any closer, Then you'll have to surprise attack them. It may be a strategy for chasing them to the border to fight. If any of them cross the border, then let them be. The elders might be the most cowardliest. I'm not talking about us strong elders," IceClaw coughed and continued, "But the elders who influenced kits to thrash eachother's eyes out and warriors to claim random wars."
"You mean GreatFog and SuperiorMist." SkunkPaw said. IceClaw didn't reply. FeatherStar knew this was her queue to leave. She headed towards the hut where SilverHeart and the others were. The Queens were in the very corner, chattering with excitement and fear. The kits were playing tag, and GlowHeart's kit, WhisperKit, was playing with a deerhide toy that SonicMoon had somehow gotten into the deerhide without going crazy himself.
"DreamHeart, can you quiet the kits?" FeatherStar asked the blue and black striped Queen. She merely nodded and interrupted the kit's play, flicking her tail to tell them that they needed to quiet down and listen.
"I have news on the... 'visitors'. ShortTail has described them as three greys and two whites with black markings. For the queens, I'm sure you understand what that means, and I'll leave it at that. Does anybody know if SilverHeart is in the cellar?" GlowHeart shook her head.
"She said she needed to tell you something and she hurried off." She explained. As soon as she finished, SilverHeart slipped into the room. Then she noticed FeatherStar, and stiffened, her eyes fixed on the doorway.
"Did you want to tell me something?" FeatherStar asked, flicking her tail to tell her that she was getting slightly annoyed with SilverHeart's sneakiness. SilverHeart shook her head.
"Come speak to me outside, SilverHeart." She said, narrowing her eyes and watching SilverHeart as she exited the room. When they got outside, FeatherStar circled SilverHeart, waiting for the right time to pounce.
"Exactly what were you doing outside? I don't want to waste my time because as who you now know as the Terrible Mists are gaining and the warriors and moving in as we speak, and SonicMoon needs to get ready for the war. I'm going to speak to you quickly so that I can move on." FeatherStar said, trying to calm herself.
"Why wouldn't you just tell me what the five mists were in the first place? I'm the deputy and your keeping it between you and the elder! I needed to know, and if you weren't going to tell me, how else would I know? We're about to go under a clan war and I don't know a thing about this? Why didn't I know about the mists?"
"Refer to them as the Terrible Mists. They attacked us many times before you joined. Only the queens, elders, and a few warriors understand who they are. I wouldn't tell you because if the kits overheard, they would get scared. I was going to explain after I told the queens which I did just now, but I'm sure you already know. Now excuse me, I have to go get the medicine cat ready for a war." FeatherStar excused herself and headed straight for the medicine cat den. SilverHeart scraped at the red dirt, trying to tire out the frustration in her paws. Sometimes FeatherStar was strict, but she knew this time it was her own fault. She should have listened to the leader's instructions and stayed with the kits and queens...
Now what impression does this have on you, CreamKit?" RaccoonStar asked. CreamKit looked up.
"If you don't follow your leader's instructions, then your plan may backfire."
"Good job. Let's continue on in the story...
FeatherStar tramped into the medicine den, glancing at the herb piles in every corner. In one corner, there was a moss pile lined with shedded animal fur and down feathers. A small grey shape that was dotted in leopard-style black splotches was lying on the moss pile, silhouetted by candlelight. FeatherStar figured that SonicMoon was asleep, so she wandered around the giant den. She was scared of touching the walls because the den was the oldest den in the clan territory and was in a terrible shape, so she stayed towards the middle of the den, but observed the herbs from a distance.
She loved how brave medicine cats were, healing their clan and family, but she couldn't see how they would give up having a mate and kit forever. Remembering how much of a rush the clan was in, she scurried over to SonicMoon. The rustling of her feet awoke him, and he jumped up in surprise.
"Yip~! FeatherStar, is that you? What are you doing here?" SonicMoon chattered, unusually hyper. FeatherStar remembered that he hadn't been in the commotion of the Five Terrible Mists. Although she heard IceClaw speak out to the sleek grey and black cat, when FeatherStar turned to see if he was really there, the only thing she saw was the flicker of a candlelight in the medicine den.
"Just now we discovered five black dots on the horizon which I'm sure is giving you a dark impression at the moment, as if they really are listening and gaining on us at the moment, or as if you're already building up and idea on who the five black dots are and the idea is giving you shivers. But yes, SkunkPaw has delivered a message from ShortTail that he had seen to it to find out what the dots were, and they are indeed who we are thinking of. In case you haven't caught up to what i'm saying, we're looking at the Five Terrible Mists of MistClan, including MistyStar herself. Now get ready for a string of injured warriors."
---- To be continued in The 5 Terrible Mists : Chapter Three ----
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