Zodiac (warrior cats)

Chapter 21

Umberpaw trailed along the shadows of night, his eyes set on a shape in the distance. An owl hooted in a nearby Oak Tree, the sound making the apprentice flinch.
A bit scared and jumpy, Umberpaw looked at the dark trees surrounding him. He wasn't scared of the darkness was he? For StarClan's sake that would be a bit ironic, after all Umberpaw was practically darkness himself, his whole power revolved around the dark!
Shut up, he told himself briskly, keep your eyes on Hollowpaw.
He had been trailing his sister ever since she left camp, Umberpaw knew Lizardfang just didn't fall out of a tree like she had said. A warrior like Lizardfang wouldn't have just fallen out of a tree, he would have had to been pushed, or something.
Looking forward up a small long fallen from the previous storm, Umberpaw noticed his sister's form had vanished. Where did she go?
"You little runt!" a yowl came out of the shadows and Umberpaw widened his eyes as he saw a very angry Hollowpaw flying towards him.
"Don't hurt me..." he trailed off as his sister bowled into his pitch black shape, rolling him into the moonlight where his pelt became visible.
"Oww" Umberpaw meowed like an injured kit, "Your made me tread on a thistle!".
His sister glared in anger, "Well you deserve it. You know I'm really getting sick of you doing what ever you want with your power Umberpaw. Its really immature."
"Immature?" Umberpaw echoed as he stood up from the ground, "Your calling me immature? I'd rather be immature than a murderer!". His words froze Hollowpaw like an ice storm, and for a moment the young tom wondered if his sister would attack again.
"What did you just say?" Hollowpaw growled, pronouncing her words slowly for more emphasis.
Umberpaw backed away slowly, his small body only a fraction of his sisters large muscular frame.
"I said you're a murderer!" he hissed though this time with a tinge of fright. "I know Lizardfang didn't just fall out of that tree, you did something to him! You made him fall from there" Umberpaw just had to be right, his sister was the evil one!
"Your right" she howled like a wolf, "He was treating me like fox-dung and saying Zodiac's were nothing but evil sent from the Dark Forest. I got angry, angrier than I'd ever been in my life! And then I said something like Why don't you just jump off a tree? And then he did Umberpaw, Lizardfang killed himself!".
She panted while getting caught up in the moment, her amber eyes watering from the memories.
Umberpaw gasped in shock, "How could he just kill himself?! Are you saying you told him to jump out a tree and he just listened? That's insane Hollowpaw, it doesn't make sense!".
Was his sister actually finally telling him the truth? Or was this just another lie to cover up what she actually did!
"I know its crazy" his sister snapped, "But Its true Umberpaw, and I did it again too!".
His eyes widened in terror, Hollowpaw murdered someone else!
"I didn't kill anyone if thats what your thinking" she eyed him up and down. "Acornkit and Beetlekit were following me on the Dawn Patrol this morning, and I ordered them to go back to camp. Their eyes turned black Umberpaw, and without even a word they walked back to camp. Kits never just walked back to camp!".
Umberpaw had to admit, his sister was right. But it still made no sense at all, could this be Hollowpaw's power? She continued to look out into the darkness for awhile, until finally she turned away from her brother.
"I'm going back to camp" Hollowpaw began to walk into the darkness, "And if you even think about following me, don't! I'll pin you down faster than you can say Acorn".
And with that the distraught apprentice went back to camp, her scent tinged with fear and anger.
Umberpaw sat among the dried grass, staring up at the moon in the sky. Only three moons until Leaf-Bare, he thought with a sense of fright. And if what StarClan told the Medicine Cats was correct, then four of the Zodiac's were going to be dead by the first moon.
But something bothered Umberpaw, why would StarClan give eight cats powers? Wasn't it evil to already decide four of the cats fates without even giving them a chance?
Maybe we can decide our fate, his pitch black eyes reflected the moonlight. Maybe I can change the outcome of what StarClan already planned.
Deep down Umberpaw knew he would have to have a power stronger than just disappearing in darkness. Challenging the will of StarClan wasn't an easy thing.
But nonetheless, Umberpaw was going to try.