6 Chapter 6

Alicepaw bounded gleefully after her mentor SatinPearl. It was time for the gathering and Alicepaw was excited. She could see Leafpaw again! Even though they had met on bad terms, Alicepaw was hoping she would forgive her and they could be friends. She reached the gathering and was searching the clearing for Leafpaw. She found Leafpaw in the corner of the clearing under some bushes. ¨Leafpaw, I know we didn't exactly meet on good terms but hopefully, you can forgive me?¨ she said, then realized how stupid that sounded. Leafpaw responded with a big smile, ¨of course! Meet me at the river tonight after the dawn patrol¨ ¨it's a deal¨ Alicepaw chirped. She then trotted away to meet with some other apprentices. ¨Cats of all clans welcome to the gathering, usually, a cat's prophecy is to stay within the clan and frowned upon if shared. But I have received a prophecy from the fire cat. He has told us that a dangerous enemy will come and try to take over the forest!¨ Emberstar yowled, her eyes glowing red in the moonlight. "we must be prepared to stop this enemy at any cost!" she bellowed. Shellstar sighed tiredly. "Did the fire cat tell you who this enemy is or at least what they look like?" Emberstar glared at him, her eyes narrowing. "In fact they did!'' This got the other leader's attention. Sagestar straightened up and looked intently at Emberstar, Shellstar's ears had perked up though his face still wore a tired expression. "The cat is black as the sky at the moon, high eyes like the darkest and deadliest nightshade and more powerful than the stars." Alicepaw could feel the cat next to her, Shardpaw she thought, shiver, and by looking around the clearing she could see other cats felt the same. Some were shivering like Shardpaw, others were whispering among themselves, and others wore disbelieving looks on their face, including Maplepaw and Lemonpaw. Suddenly, the sky turned black than the darkest night, storms appeared overhead threatening the forest of hard rain. A black cat with a medallion jumps out from the bushes and howls. Several cats surround the whole island howling and growling. ¨I am Nightsar, I have come to take your territory and to kill as many cats as I can, any who come in my way will die before my warriors.¨ he bellowed his eyes glowing purple. ¨You do not scare us!¨ yelled Shellstar. His eyes also glowed blue. He put his paws in the air and a giant water fountain stood above his head. Sagestar´s eyes glowed green and tendrils of vines shot all over the ground near them. Emberstar was frozen in shock. Leafpaw sensed that she had known this cat before. But as soon as the emotion came, it disappeared. Her own eyes glowed red in hatred though, and she shot huge chunks of fire at the black cat. Nightstar put his paw up and created a purple shield blocking all the fireballs. He rose to his paws and shot a huge black ball of energy. It hit Sagestar and he has knocked off the island! ¨all of you are just weak cats to me! I will make my own territory for now but one day, I will rule the forest! Alicepaw looked at the cat in pure horror. Who is this cat? She felt her eyes travel Leafpaw's and knew they had the same thought in their minds.