Rise of SnowClan, Chocolatemeerkat [top 5 books to read txt] 📗

Darkmystery woke up. It was moonhigh, and about the time Snowstar would be off to visit Bloodstar. He poked his head out of the warrior den and saw Snowstar already making her way. Silent as a mouse, he followed. He hadn't seen BloodClan camp for ages, not since he was apprentice when the kits were stolen. Soon later, Snowstar has reached the BloodClan camp and was heading towards Bloodstar's den. This was the moment Darkmystery was waiting for. He had been paitent and now his work was going to pay off. Bloodstar greeted her.
"Hello." He purred, walking to her.
"H.. h.. hi." Snowstar gulped. Darkmystery was confused. Why did Snowstar look scared when she was with her new mate? Was it if someone found out? Suddenly, Bloodstar grabbed her by the scuff and made her get into the mating position.
"Right, lets get on with another session of force-breeding you." He growled. He mounted her and Snowstar yelped.
"Please! It hurts!" She begged. Darkmystery gasped. So this what was going on! Bloodstar, since the first visit, had been force-breeding Snowstar! Bloodstar was still breeding her and then he stopped, but was still on her.
"A favor I ask of you. If you don't want to loose a life listen very clear." He hissed. "Now, you will stay with me you are expecting my kits. Then I will let you go. My clan knows what we are doing and they won't tell. You will love me and I will still breed you everyday." Snowstar had to agree and Bloodstar smiled. Darkmystery was horrorfied.
"Good. Now, where were we?" Bloodstar purred.
"I think you were going to breed me again." Snowstar gulped.
"I will go easy on you if you tell me that you love me and convince me of that." Bloodstar meowed sternly.
"Oh fine!" Snowstar sighed. "I love you Bloodstar. I love you more than my old mate, my kits and grand-kits. I love you more than anything else and if I was the tom and you were the she-cat I would cherish you and breed you gently. I cherish you so much and I would give all my remaining 8 lives for you." Snowstar knew a lot about love, so she knew the right words, tone of voice and facial expressions. Of course, none of it was true.
"You have convinced me greatly. Now, my love, I am going to breed you." Bloodstar purred. He mounted her again and bred her gently. Darkmystery was too shocked to even breathe. This she-cat was not Snowstar at all. How would SnowClan pull through without Snowstar? She had always been there for everyone, she had convinced Puffinpaw to join the clan as a medcine apprentice, she had listened to dreams that Ivyfur told her about, she had welcomed the abandoned and mistreated cats and she'd done something great, brought SnowClan back together. Darkmystery couldn't watch anymore of his leader suffering, so he ran off back to camp.

Fernwhisker woke up the next morning cheerfully. Her kits had finally opened their eyes and they could walk. She noticed that all of them were strange in their own little ways. Sootkit, according to Ivyfur, was like a new take on Blazestrike. The little tom kit had been causing mischief all around camp! He'd messed up the medicine supplies, hid a dead mouse in Nighteye's nest, terrified all the kits about a made up story, demolished half the fresh-kill pile, sneaked out of camp to try hunting and annoyed everyone. Icekit and Frogkit were more jokers of the group, laughing at almost everything and making jokes. Flowerkit was very spoilt and always groomed her fur every 5 minutes, even while sleeping. Puddlekit would hang around with Streamkit and had some mad opsession with rain. Leopardkit took after her mother in tree climbing. Suddenly, Duststorm and Riverstripe padded in with a squirrel each.
"Hello." Fernwhisker purred. Duststorm smiled and put the squirrel down beside his mate. Riverstripe did the same to Spottedflower. Frogkit ran in and crouched down beside Fernwhisker's tail.
"Sootkit said that if I spoke to Snowstar she'd eat me!" He squealed.
"Now, now, Frogkit. Snowstar is your grandmother and wouldn't do such a thing." Fernwhisker meowed calmly, licking her son.
"Speaking of the leader, has anyone seen her?" A voice said. It was Shadowstep. "I have looked all around camp and I can't find her anywhere!" Everyone in the nursery gasped in horror. Sootkit then came in, laughing.
"Boy, that was my best prank ever!" He laughed. He then stopped being jolly and gulped when he saw Shadowstep and his parents looking sternly at him.
"What did you do?" Duststorm said angrily.
"I made Cherrypaw think that she was in StarClan! She was screaming and when Ivyfur came in Cherrypaw said that she was dead! It was funny!" Sootkit sniggered.
"That's not how you treat others. Cherrypaw is blind and can't see very well, that doesn't give you the option to pull fun out of her."
"But it was really funny, seriously!"
"I don't care. I'm going to keep a close eye on you. One more mistreat of Cherrypaw or a cat diffrent to you and I will ask Ivyfur if you can help clean out the elder's bedding. I mean it this time Sootkit, so you'd better start behaving. Got it?"
"Yes Dad." Sootkit then walked out, sulking. Duststorm turned to Fernwhisker with a guilty look on his face. "Sorry about that, he's just..."
"I know what you mean. Yes, he's badly behaved, but that's how he is." Fernwhisker interrupted.
"No, not that. I just thought, seeing as I shout at him all the time that you wouldn't want me as a mate."
"You mouse-brain." Fernwhisker then laid her head on Duststorm's shoulder. "No cat, neither kit Duststorm, will ever separate us."
"Fernwhisker's right. Your love for eachother is so strong, it's unbelievable." Shadowstep meowed.
"You are very lucky to have a mate like Fernwhisker. She forgives others easily without question." Puffinpaw said, padding in. "Everyone sees that you love her very much Duststorm, she loves you very much too. She wouldn't let anyone mess with you and I suspect you wouldn't swap her to become leader for the rest of your life." Some cats chuckled then, but it was true what Puffinpaw had said. Fernwhisker's other 5 kits, including Sootkit, rushed in. Of course, like everyone else, they agreed too. Suddenly, the sun camp out and shone brightly. It shone through the nursery walls and onto Duststorm's pelt.
"Well, what were you going to say?" Fernwhisker said with a smile.
"Um.. I will just say how happy I am to be your mate." Duststorm replied warmly.
"No need to. You show it everyday." Fernwhisker purred. She licked his ear and Duststorm purred. Everyone cheered and soon everyone was happy. Well, except Snowstar, who wasn't here to see it.

At moonhigh, Blazestrike was sitting in the forest quietly. He was alone, seeing as the rest of the clan was back at camp. The wind rustled the trees above him and the bushes around him. Blazestrike then heard a cat nearby. He crouched down ready to attack, but got up when he saw it was Moonsky.
"What are you doing out here?" She asked curiously.
"Getting some peace." Blazestrike mumbled.
"Why? It's perfectly silent back at camp."
"Ok, you got me. I was looking for Snowstar."
"Darkmystery knows where she is, but won't tell anyone because it will start a fight."
"Well, he should tell."
"I know, but I asked and he refuses. You can't even tempt him to tell you."
"Unless it was for something good."
"Like what?"
"Um.. a mate?" Moonsky laughed and Blazestrike looked embrassed. He then crouched down when he heard a rabbit. He stalked it, leapt, but it led into a mad chase. Moonsky followed him to see if she could help in any way. Suddenly, Blazestrike stopped dead outside the BloodClan boarder. He could smell a SnowClan scent from yesterday.
"Someone has been here from our clan, let's go find out." He mumbled to Moonsky. The 2 cats padded in, silent as mice. They came towards Bloodstar's den and walked in. Bloodstar and Snowstar were asleep beside eachother and Snowstar was in good shape with no scars. Blazestrike was confused.
"Why would Bloodstar leave her alone?" He asked.
"I'm not sure. Maybe it's so he can make up for his mistakes and when he dies, he can go to StarClan." Moonsky replied, flicking her tail.
"But why would Bloodstar kidnap Snowstar if he wanted to go to StarClan?"
"As I said, nobody knows apart from those 2 rival leaders."
"We better get back to camp, someone's going to wake up soon and find us."
"You have a point, but we can't leave Snowstar here with that... monster."
"We'll come back for her, but right now we have to go!" Blazestrike then dragged Moonsky out of the den and back into SnowClan territory. The she-cat looked hurt and upset. Blazestrike didn't mean to go so hard on her. "Look, I am sorry, but we.."
"I don't care. That really hurt and you just left your own mother in a rival clan's territory. I'm sick for the way you treat others, Blazestrike. You don't think about your actions and how you really hurt others feelings." Moonsky hissed. She walked off angrily, not looking back at the tom. "I shouldn't have taken pity on you. Besides, you are like one of the evil cats in the clan." Blazestrike was now annoyed and angry with himself. If he didn't loose his temper with Moonsky, she wouldn't have walked off like that. They were starting to become good friends, but Blazestrike had blown it. Sadly, he padded back to camp.

The next day, Blazestrike woke up. He noticed that Moonsky, Darkmystery and Riverstrpe were still asleep. Blazestrike sneaked out and headed towards the nursery. Here, all the queens and kits were awake. Fernwhisker saw her brother and greeted him. "Hello Blazestrike. What brings you here?" She asked.
"Hi Fernwhisker. Do you know how I can become friends with Moonsky again? I fell out with her last night while we were on a walk together and she won't speak to me." Blazestrike meowed sadly, sitting down. Leopardkit padded over to her uncle and jumped onto his tail. "Got you!" She laughed. Blazestrike lifted his tail up higher to make it harder for the kit.
"Did you say friend?" Robineye said, yawning. "Do you not mean future mate?" Some of the queens chuckled.
"Robineye's right, you and Moonsky are sooo made for eachother!" Spottedflower laughed. Blazestrike turned red with embrassment, but thankfully Morninghawk was there to tell the queens to stop it.
"So, you needed friendship help.. well you could not speak to her until the next gathering and then see what happens. Just keep a close eye on her." Spottedflower suggested.
"I'll try that. Thanks Spottedflower." Blazestrike meowed. He padded out and glanced around. Shrewpaw was talking to Lizardeye, most of the kits were playing tag, Badgerstripe was eating a squirrel, Leafdew was sitting beside Rainflower, Wildpaw seemed to be annoying Swiftpaw, Shadowstep was speaking to Falconpaw and Moonsky was talking to Darkmystery. Blazestrike decided to hide behind a nearby bush and listen to the 2 cats chatting.
"So, when do you think we'll find Snowstar?" Darkmystery asked Moonsky.
"Soon I hope." Moonsky replied.
"I know where she is."
"Do you?"
"Yeah. I'll take you to find her with me tonight."
"Just us?"
"Yeah, just us. No one else."
"Well, ok then."
"Great! See you then, I am leading a patrol."
"Can I come?"
"Sorry, Snowstar said only take my apprentice and Leafdew."
"Oh ok. See you." Darkmystery left and Moonsky was finally alone.