Chapter 7 - Into the Forest - HC x WC

Instructions

I needed to find them. Fast. I tuned back into the conversation but they were gone. I left the medicine cat den. Moonflame was busy organizing border and hunting patrols. “Amara! Could you go on a border patrol with Deerfrost, Sleekbristle, Heronfang, and Silverfeather?” Moonflame said. “Sure!” I responded. I went out with the group of cats. Partway into the border patrol, a cat slammed into me. I hit the ground. “Ouch.” I said and got up. The cat had a white fur color and purple eyes. I noticed that they wore a necklace with a purple gemstone in it. It looked familiar for some reason. “I’m so sorry! I wasn’t watching where I was going!” The cat said. I responded, “It’s alright. What’s your name? Mine’s Amara.” “Wait? Amara?” The cat said. “It’s Naomi.” “Naomi?” I asked. Shock filled me. In the mcyt dimension, Naomi was a runaway Watcher that I had befriended. She had been a dove hybrid with white hair and purple eyes. The Watchers had turned her after her server had been destroyed. Naomi must have been transported as well if she was in the Warrior dimension. We were on the same server before the Listeners killed me. The necklace was what another Runaway Watcher had given her for extra protection. I froze time to talk with Naomi. We hugged for a bit before talking. “What happened? How are you here? Did the Watchers do something to you?” I questioned. Naomi responded, “The Watchers and Listeners were hunting the Runaways. I was killed.” Naomi showed a faint scar on her neck. “I died from getting my neck twisted by a Watcher after my magic was disabled. Pretty painful death if you ask me. How’d you die?” “My magic was disabled as well. A Listener killed me by shooting me. Pretty painful death as well. Don’t recommend it.” I said, showing the faint scar on my chest. “This is what we’ll tell others when they ask if I know you. You are my friend from before our home was destroyed. When our home was destroyed, we got separated.” I also filled in Naomi on what had happened over the last few days. “Okay. I also read up on the information gathered on this world. Quite weird if you ask me. Unfreeze time now.” Naomi responded. I unfroze time like she asked. “You know her?” Heronfang asked. “Yeah. Everyone, this is Naomi.” I said. “She was one of my friends before our home got destroyed and us separated.” Deerfrost added, “We’ll have to take her to Cometstar once our patrol is over.” “Right. Let's finish the patrol then go to see Cometstar about Naomi.” Silverfeather responded. We finished the patrol. The FlameClan cats turned to look at the newcomer in their group. Heronfang, Deerfrost, and Sleekbristle dispersed within the Clan cats while me, Silverfeather, and Naomi went to see Cometstar. Silverfeather said, “Cometstar, we have another cat like Amara and they know Amara.” “Amara, would you like to introduce your friend?” Cometstar asked. “Cometstar this is Naomi, Naomi this is Cometstar.” I responded. Cometstar also asked, “Naomi, how do you know Amara?” “Me and Amara were friends before our home got destroyed. After it was destroyed, we got separated and lost touch.” Naomi said. *Sigh* “Silverfeather, gather the Clan for a Clan meeting…” Cometstar said. Silverfeather left and so did Naomi and I. Cometstar then climbed Highrock, the name for the rock in the center of the Clan I’d learned. He said, “When on border patrol, the patrol group found Naomi, who is a friend of Amara. She will enter the Clan as an official warrior. Anyone who protests right now can fight her.” Silence. No one protested. They had seen what happened to Sleekbristle when he fought me. They didn’t want it to happen to them. “Good. Meeting dismissed.” Cometstar responded. Cats dispersed in all directions. Naomi regrouped with me. “So, what next?” Naomi asked. “Wait for night I guess.” I shrugged. “Whatcha guys talking about?” Sandstripe intruded on the conversation. “Why don’t you introduce your friend to us, Amara?” Silverfeather added. Brackentail and Moonflame were there as well. “Everybody, this is Naomi, I knew her before I came here. Naomi these are Sandstripe, Silverfeather, Brackentail, and Moonflame.” I said, pointing to each cat when introducing them. “How do you know her?” Brackentail questioned. “Naomi and Amara know each other because they both lived in the same area, and when their homes were destroyed, they got separated.” Silverfeather responded. She had been on the patrol with us when Naomi had shown up. “I’m gonna go see if I can find Russelpaw so I can spar with him.” I said. I walked away from the group and went to find Russelpaw.