Zodiac (warrior cats)

Chapter 31

Come on lazy paws, we're going to be late!" Otterpaw turned with a frustrated look painted on her face, why was Rushpaw so slow?
"We aren't going to be late" the gray and white apprentice hissed as he padded up to her. "It's not even Midnight yet, the Moon's barely in the sky!".
With a chuff, the shiny RiverClan she-cat trekked onwards, her pelt becoming dusky gray in the darkness. Leaves rustled as a cool wind swirled them up into the air, twirling almost as if they were alive.
Otterpaw glanced up at the overcast sky, at least they could see the moon to tell when Midnight came.
"Is that the crevice?" she looked forward to see Rushpaw sniffing a crack in the earth. A wall of dirt and stone was formed around it, so it almost appeared to be a cavern.
"This must be it" she declared with a contented sigh, "Look we're almost directly on the border between RiverClan and the Horse-Place!".
Overcome with excitement at meeting all the Zodiac's, Otterpaw almost wanted to jump out of her skin.
"Holy StarClan what's wrong with you?" a snort came from Rushpaw who was eyeing her like a rabid hare.
Giving her fur an embarrassed lick, Otterpaw didn't respond. Rushpaw just didn't understand the importance of an event like this, these eight cats could bring peace to the clans!
But which of us will? She asked silently into the darkness, Only four of the Zodiac's will survive, what if I don't? That's the whole reason they were meeting here though, StarClan didn't have to be right!
"You're anxious about something" Otterpaw looked up to see Rushpaw examining her. "I don't know if this is such a good idea. If all the Zodiac's are as powerful as I think we are" his gaze held a flicker of worry, "Then I don't think bringing us all together in one place is the best thing to do."
"I'm sick of you telling me how I feel" Otterpaw instantly retorted, avoiding the question at hand.
Every single moment of every day Rushpaw was telling her she was angry, sad, mad, depressed, even hungry! She couldn't take it anymore!
A pelt moving in the distance distracted Otterpaw from biting off Rushpaw's head, someone was coming!
"It's Hollowpaw and Umberpaw!" she squealed like a newborn kit.
"Wow" Rushpaw gasped sarcastically, "Let's make a huge deal about seeing two ShadowClan apprentices. Its so awesome right!?".
Blatantly ignoring her 'friends' comment, Otterpaw rushed forward to greet the two Zodiac's.
"Welcome!" the RiverClan cat bowed her heads to Hollowpaw, and her brother Umberpaw. Taking a look into the ShadowClan toms eyes, Otterpaw almost fainted.
"Your eyes!" she gasped, "They're completely...." she couldn't even finish the sentence.
Umberpaw flicked his ear, "Yup, completely black. I guess that's my symbol" his voice was tinged with embarrassment.
Oh no, had Otterpaw already made a fool out of herself?
"My eyes change colors too" she meowed quickly, "If I touch water than they turn the color of Sapphire's, want me to show you?". She moved forward to dip her paw into a puddle, but Umberpaw held up his paw for her to stop.
"That's quite alright" he meowed as he folded his paws and laid on the ground, "I'll take your word for it."
Time passed by slowly as the moon rose into the sky, and pretty soon Otterpaw began to doubt if the others would come! But then out of the shadows she spotted Sprucepaw padding swiftly and behind her followed Ferretpaw.
Okay, Otterpaw took a deep breath, Now everything will be okay, as long as no one makes Ferretpaw angry.
"Well Finally" Rushpaw groaned loudly as the two WindClan cats joined them, "We've been waiting here for moons!".
For StarClan's sake! Otterpaw practically boxed her clan mate over the ears in front of the others.
"What did you say fish-breath?" Ferretpaw pretended he didn't hear the remark, and advanced slowly. Deep down she hoped Rushpaw would back down, but the Medicine Cat apprentice said whatever was on his mind.
"I said we've been waiting here forever, you'd think WindClan would be the first ones here!" he rolled his gray eyes slowly. Ferretpaw bared his fangs, as Rushpaw twisted his face in a smirk.
"Oh I see" his eyes held a look that only happened when Rushpaw was reading their aura, "Mommy wouldn't go to sleep until your pelt was groomed?".
Instantly Hollowpaw and Rushpaw broke out in laughter, as Ferretpaw seemed unsure of what to do. Once everyone had calmed down and introduced themselves, it was only a matter of time until the ThunderClan Zodiac's showed up.
These two Otterpaw had never met, although she didn't particularly want to meet the one that burnt down WindClan camp.
"This is Charredpaw" Sprucepaw introduced the ThunderClan tom, "And this is Bluepaw, she's a Medicine Cat apprentice."
Charredpaw was certainly a large enough cat, mostly all of him was muscle! And his eyes were such an intense shade of amber, they almost burnt like a fire!
"Hi Rushpaw" the Zodiac Bluepaw meowed softly, apparently the two knew each other from visits to the Moon-Pool.
"Hey" he responded unenthusiastically, rolling his eyes once more. At first Otterpaw thought everyone was getting along great, but then she noticed Ferretpaw advancing towards Charredpaw.
"You destroyed my home" he growled fiercely, his cream striped fur rising in anger.
The ginger apprentice turned, "I'm sorry about that, but it was an accident. I was only trying to learn how to use my power."
But apparently that wasn't good enough for the WindClan apprentice, as he un-sheathed his claws for a fight. With a sigh, Otterpaw noticed Hollowpaw padding up to Ferretpaw.
"Go back to Sprucepaw and be quiet" she whispered like wisps of smoke.
At first Otterpaw thought Ferretpaw would just attack her, but instead his eyes turned as black as Umberpaw's, and he padded back to Sprucepaw.
Even though they had prevented a fight from breaking out, the Zodiac's were already at each others throats! And how were they going to try and stop this prophecy from coming true if they all hated each other?