Zodiac (warrior cats)

Chapter 35

Dismal gray clouds rolled above Ferretleaps head.A roll of thunder sounded, making two kits positioned near the lake shore, gasp in fright. A gray queen padded out from the barley covering the grassy plains, and hushed her two kits back into the makeshift nursery.
We'd still have a nursery if it wasn't for that fox-dung ridden cat Charredsoul. If it wasn't for him Spottedpaw would still be alive.
The cream striped warrior stared into the clouds, a cold gaze painted on his face. Five sunrises ago, Spottedpaw and her siblings were sent on their assessment to finally become warriors.
Branchpaw and Ferretpaw had split up to hunt closer to their old territory, while Spottedpaw went in the direction of the Horse-Place. The day seemed to be going quite well until Ferretpaw heard an ear piercing scream come from their temporary camp.
The sight of what Ferretleap saw, he couldn't and probably never would get it out of his mind. Spottedpaw was attacked by two dogs, probably wild, they ripped her face completely off.
With the pain Spottedpaw was in and the blood she was losing, the only thing Tawnywing could do was find Death Berries and make his sister finally rest in peace.
She wouldn't have been attacked if we were back at our camp. If that stupid cat hadn't have burnt it down, my sister would still be a live.
"Ferretleap?" a meow brought him back into the real world. A golden-brown she-cat stood staring at him with an unknown looked in her eyes, this was Lionsun, Sprucefrost's sister.
"What is it?" he asked coldly, barely looking the she-cat in her eyes.
Lionsun shuffled her paws, "I was just wondering if you wanted to go hunting with me? It might take your mind off things....I mean It might help if you didn't think about Spottedpaw."
Her words meant nothing to Ferretleap, he didn't want to go hunting, he wanted to get revenge.
"No thanks I'm fine here" he muttered quietly, turning his glance away from the golden she-cats.
"O..Okay" Lionsun stuttered with embarrassment and hurt, "I'll just...I'll just go by myself then."
Ferretleap didn't utter a word as the young warrior padded away solemnly, he didn't really care. Vengeance was the only thing on the toms mind at this moment, vengeance on Charredsoul, vengeance on ThunderClan.
He had pretty much forgiven Otterpool for drowning the camp, after all it was ruined anyway and he had to admit she was attempting to help WindClan. No, he didn't have a problem with RiverClan at the moment, it was all ThunderClan.
Spotting Thistlestar sitting under a beech tree, his Grandkit's, Burnetkit and Cherrykit.
Maybe I can convince him to join RiverClan and ShadowClan in attacking ThunderClan. Everyone knew it was going to happen, it was only a matter of time.
Taking a deep breath, Ferretleap bounded over to the long-furred leader, just as rain started to fall from the sky.
"No I'm going to be leader of WindClan, stupid brain!" Burnetkit spat at her sister, shaking her tiny ginger rump. Cherrykit looked shocked and turned to Thistlestar with an angry expression sprawled across her tiny kit face.
But before she could speak, Ferretleap greeted his leader. "Thistlestar, I need to ask you something" the cream warrior padded in front of the two kits, just as Burnetkit leapt onto her sister.
"Of course Ferretleap" Thistlestar smiled, beckoning for the young warrior to sit by him, "Nothings wrong is it?".
Yes, Ferretleap answered silently. ThunderClan destroyed our home, and your doing nothing about it! But Ferretleap chose a more respectful approach, and lifted his head to speak.
"I think we should join RiverClan and ShadowClan to attack ThunderClan" he meowed, unsure of what his leaders reaction would be.
Thistlestar simply lifted a paw for the warrior to stop, as he just began to continue with his argument. "I can't attack ThunderClan" he stated strongly, "If it wasn't for Lionblaze of ThunderClan, I wouldn't have made it past six-moons. He saved mine and my sisters lives."
"But!" Ferretleap began in desperate need to convince his leader.
But Thistlestar wouldn't have any talk of attacking ThunderClan, and without getting what he wanted, Ferretleap sprung away onto the moor. He ran as fast as he could, becoming a blur streaking through the air.
Ferretleap was going to find Charredsoul, he often went to the cavern the Zodiac's made together at night. The cream striped warrior was finally going to get revenge for his brother, he was going to kill Charredsoul.
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A chill ruffled Ferretleap's fur as he looked out through the darkened moor. Straining his eyes to look for the cavern, the young tom could faintly scent ThunderClan.
He is here, Ferretleap narrowed his eyes in satisfaction, Maybe things were going to his way after all.
Deciding to walk quietly towards him and surprise attack Charredsoul, the WindClan cat glided quietly across the plains. Bats fluttered through the midnight sky, their tiny sounds covering the faint noise of Ferretleap's paws.
He could faintly see the earth cavern Sprucefrost made for all the Zodiac's, Charredsoul was sitting right outside the entrance.
It's time for revenge, the WindClan cat readied his claws and muscles. Now! With a quickness only matched by the swiftest of falcons, Ferretleap dove through the air like a spiraling jagged stone.
Without even a hint of what was going on, Ferretleap bowled into Charredsoul with an extreme force. The two cats rolled on the ground, Ferretleap easily having the advantage over the ThunderClan tom.
Once they stopped tumbling down the grass, Ferretleap aimed a blow at Charredsoul's head.
"What are you doing?" the ginger warrior growled as he attempted to pin Ferretleap down, "You can't attack me, I'm a Zodiac!".
Ferretleap snorted, "As if that matters to me. You need to be punished for what you did, my Clan has no home because of you. My sister died because we were to close to the Horse-Place, to close to the dogs!".
Without even bothering to let the bewildered warrior speak, Ferretleap darted into the nearest tree, hiding in the shadows.
"This isn't fair!" Charredsoul spat through the darkness, "I can't fight with my power, there's no fire!".
That's for the best. If you had fire right now you'd probably burn down the entire lake home! Taking advantage over the powerless cat, Ferretleap leapt off the branch and barreled straight into Charredsoul.
Just as the cat un-sheathed his claws, Ferretleap was already running through the moor. There was no way Charredsoul could catch him now!
While running, the cream striped warrior soon became aware of a burning smell wreathing through the air. It wasn't fire was it? Stopping for a bleak moment, Ferretleap looked back to see where Charredsoul was.
Nothing but the grassy plains could be seen, Charredsoul had simply vanished. And then through the ferns behind him, Ferretleap faintly saw Charredsoul walking out onto the moor.
"I said I was sorry" he growled, Ferretleap could sense the anger rising in the tom. "I did everything I could to make the situation better, but you just won't take my apology will you?".
His amber eyes burned like the sun, and for a brief second, Ferretleap became fearful. "You're nothing but a stupid ThunderClan rat who hasn't even learned how to use his powers yet. Your a disgrace to your clan."
The words exited Ferretleap's throat like a cold wisp of smoke and instantly he knew he had said the wrong thing. And then was when Ferretleap became known to the fact that Charredsoul's paws were lit ablaze with flames.
"Rawr!" with a loud growl the ginger warrior blazed through the air, his paws only mouse-lengths from Ferretleap's face.
Adrenaline rushing through his veins, the WindClan tom picked up his speed and raced towards a Rowan Tree.
"How could it be possible?" he panted through long strides, "How could fire come out of his paws?".
Racing towards the line of trees, Ferretleap soon became apparent to the fact that Charredsoul was gaining on him, a crimson light glowing from his fiery paws.
Shooting himself into the tree branches, Ferretleap grabbed on to the tallest one with his sharp claws.
"Ha!" he called down to Charredsoul, "Let's see you get up here, stupid ThunderClan rat!".
For a moment Ferretleap gloated, as Charredsoul raced to the bottom of the tree. But that was when the WindClan cat noticed a ball of fire coming from Charredsoul's paw, it was coming straight at him.