Chapter 4 - Into the Forest - HC x WC

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“Why is no one swimming?” I asked. Silverfeather responded, “Our fur is not suitable for swimming unlike ReefClan’s.” “I don’t see why not.” I said. “Why what?” Silverfeather asked. Water splashed. She stared at me. I was fully submerged in water. “What are you doing?!” Silverfeather said, but I wasn’t listening. I was swimming across the water towards the island in the center of the lake. I was on the island in minutes shaking myself to get some water off of me. Silverfeather caught up with me. “I didn’t know you could swim.” She said. “Guess I’m full of surprises." I responded. “What’s that supposed to mean…?” Silverfeather said. I quickly said, “Nothing! Don’t worry about it!” “Okay.” Silverfeather responded. The Clans meeting started when the leaders of each Clan got on a tree. I zoned out for a bit planning what I was going to practice later tonight until the medicine cats were beckoned forward to talk about the visions they had received from StarClan. Sorrelclaw spoke up first, “I saw a large green creature with wings hovering over a group of four heavily injured cats. A greenish glow was everywhere, and the creature seemed enraged.” ReefClan’s medicine cat spoke next, “I saw a pair of wings on the silhouette of a cat.” LeafClan’s medicine cat said, “I saw a cat ear with something attached to it. It looked like a piece of metal.” LightClan’s medicine cat was the last one to speak, “I also saw the silhouette of a cat with green markings all over their body, and I also saw a green swirl marking after my vision turned to black.” This was not good. At this rate, I was going to be exposed. I would need to be very careful. I focused on what Sorrelclaw said specifically. Four heavily injured cats… me being in my Listener form and enraged… Did someone hurt Sandstripe, Moonflame, Silverfeather, and Brackentail? My anger spiked and my sanity dropped slightly. I didn’t need anyone to see me like this. I calmed myself. Recollected. Who hurt them? And how? What was their motive? When would this happen? Where was I when this happened? Since I was bonded with the four cats, did someone hurt them to target me? Did this cat hold a grudge against me and for what? Questions flooded my mind. I zoned out. “Hello? Anyone in there?” Sandstripe asked. She was sitting next to me with a worried look on her face. “Sorry. I was just thinking about what the medicine cats said. I guess I zoned out.” I shrugged. “It’s alright. I had been saying your name for a while, but it’s fine now that you’ve zoned back in.” Sandstripe responded. Both of our attention went back to the leaders talking. I heard my name. “Amara, would you like to come up here to explain your situation?” Cometstar said. “Sure.” I said as I started weaving through the crowd to get to the tree. I jumped up to position myself next to Cometstar. “Hello everybody. I’m Amara. I’ve been accepted into FlameClan as my home was destroyed and for that I’m grateful to FlameClan.” Cometstar added, “Yes. I accepted her into FlameClan. I want everyone else to accept her as well even if Amara is a loner, she has become a close friend to many. Treat her well.” A ReefClan warrior, Gorsewhisker, spoke up, “How strong is she? I bet she’s weak!” “Speaking of that. I want to talk about something else that happened.” Comestar said. Whispers erupted from the crowd. “To test Amara’s strength I had paired her and Sleekbristle to fight.” “Sleekbristle is a strong warrior. I bet he won against that weak loner!” Gorsewhisker interrupted Cometstar. My anger heightened slightly. I didn’t show it though. “As I was saying, before I was rudely interrupted, I had put Amara against Sleekbristle to fight.” Cometstar glared at Gorsewhisker, “In the end, Sleekbristle lost with a broken leg and a gaping wound across his side. Amara had no injuries. It would take maybe two or three moons for his injuries to fully heal, but the next day he was fully healed. Not a single scratch to show that he was injured at all. Sleekbristle wasn’t in any pain and didn’t know what happened. Neither did Sorrelclaw. Sleekbristle’s leg was fully functional as well. Someone had somehow fully healed him overnight. One of our warriors heard someone leave the medicine cat last night.” Gasps rippled across the crowd of cats and whispers flew yet again. Cometstar commanded attention, “If anyone knows anything about this that hasn’t already been said, please speak up.” One of the medicine cats spoke up, “I think this is tied to whatever that green entity or creature was. I also think that all of our visions from StarClan point to whatever that thing is. We need to figure out what it is, what it can do, if it is planning to hurt the Clans, and who it is.” “Sounds like a plan. Until the next meeting between all Clans, find out any information you can find on this creature.” Cometstar agreed. The meeting went onto different topics as other Clan leaders spoke. “Great.” I muttered rolling my eyes.