Chapter 48
Two squirrels were fighting over an acorn as Rushfall passed by an Oak Tree. They chattered at him angrily, scaling the brown mass until they reached a safe enough length."Don't worry" he growled while sneering at them, "I have more important things to fret about then finding a good meal."
The darkness of night hovered over the small tabbies head, the moon was almost completely circular. Just two more nights, and by then four of us will be dead. It hadn't quite set in to the Medicine Cat that he might not survive this war.
In fact he probably wouldn't, Rushfall didn't necessarily have the most powerful gifts of the Zodiacs. What was he going to do, tell them how they were going to die?
By then it would be moons after they killed him! His mind thinking of the ways he would be killed, Rushfall barely noticed the Moon Pool only fox-lengths ahead of him.
He hadn't traveled here at the Half Moon because of a blizzard, but now was as good a time as any to seek help from his ancestors.
"I might just see you soon enough" he sneered at the stars lit brightly in the sky, slipping into the gray mass of the Moon Pool.
The thunderous roar of the waterfall rung in his light gray ears, its growl as angry as a Lions. The mist sprung onto his fur like tiny drops of rain, the sound soothed Rushfall.
"Hello" a voice made him jump like a frightened starling.
"Oh, hi Bluecloud" he meowed solemnly, looking at the blue-gray Zodiac with guilt. He felt guilty that he had no way of stopping this battle, certainly some of her clan mates would be lost.
"It's hard to believe its been almost twelve-moons since we were born" her meow bounced off the walls like sparkling rays of moonlight.
Rushfall looked down at his paws embarrassingly, as she stared straight at him with her silver orb-like eyes.
"Don't underestimate ThunderClan" she told him with a flick of her tail, "Just because we're outnumbered three to one doesn't mean we don't have a chance. We do have Charredsoul after all."
The gray and white Medicine Cat turned, "What do you mean? I thought he could only use his power if he was near fire? Hows he going to find any in the middle of Leaf-Bare?".
Bluecloud lowered her eyesight, "He doesn't need fire anymore. He can create it" she sighed contemptuously, "Charredsoul is a weapon that could destroy the whole Forest Rushfall, you have to stop this war."
His claws scratched against the base of the cave, "But how? Mallowstar's already made up his mind. And even if I somehow managed to convince him, there's still ShadowClan and WindClan."
It was practically impossible to stop this war only two Nightfalls away, and Rushfall certainly wasn't the cat to accomplish it.
"You have to beg him to rethink this" Bluecloud told him, "It's the only way to prevent this war destined by StarClan. It could be the difference between life or death."
The look in her eyes seemed to hold knowledge not even he could understand, what this Medicine Cat was saying, was the truth. But how was Rushfall going to prevent this war from happening, would he be able to stop the destiny StarClan laid out for him?
Did he even have a destiny?
Sorry but I can't finish the chapter in this book it wont let me use more the 50 pages so ill have a part 2
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