ignore the shortened spelling title. this is my entry and i hope i get something good in the ranks!
Pheonixflight wandered through the forest, trying to find Sparrowclaw, her apprentice. She had been gone for a day, and she was too little to fight off a wild cougar or a pack of wolves. "Sparrowclaw!" she called, worried. She snapped her head to face a shadow of a cat wandering through the forest. "Sparrowclaw?" she meowed, hoping this wasn't a lone cat. "scream, no one can hear you, my darling" an old raspy voice called. "Who are you!" demanded Pheonixflight, narrowing her eyes. A shadowy figure emerged from the bushes. it was a she, Pheonixflight could tell from her eyes. she had pure black fur with icy blue eyes and spots of faded white along her sides. She felt she knew this cat, but it wasn't the one she knew. suddenly the cat flicked her tail and lifted her head proudly. These actions revealed a necklace, it had a brown string, and a blue sapphire shard, it was lighter than normal, it looked more like the Carribean sea than anything. Pheonix flight saw a pale scar running along the cat's paw, and noticed the cat had gray paws. realizing who the scar belonged to, she looked deep into the new cat's eyes and saw deep anger burning within, and secrets hidden among the embers. this was no ordinary lone cat, this was bountyhunter, the most feared cat, even the leaders, and deputies feared her. "What do you want" growled Pheonixflight. "revenge, that all, furball," Bountyhunter said slyly. "call me furball and lose your perfect little snout" threatened Pheonixflight. "try me, furball" bountyhunter mused one more time before a sharp shriek filled the woods. by the time Pheonixflight had glanced back at Bountyhunter, she had already fled into the bushes like a coward, but she was no coward, this was part another scheme of hers. however, Pheonixflight had stopped caring long before, she had a new mission now, and that was to find out why any cat would shriek like that. she set her head in the direction of blaze clan camp and ran. she wisped around the cats. they were all here for the same purpose, to find out who had shrieked. cats were whispering like the leader had just died. Pheonixflight pawed at a cats tail, "Whats going on?" she asked, confused, "The deputy, Ashrain, is dying, the OceanClan attacked him, but he had not the time to take in an apprentice" the cat replied, sorrow drowning out all other emotions. a loud hiss echoed through the crowd, as all cats looked up at the leaders small cliff, council rock. the cat took a deep breath and then sighed. it was Burningstar, the clan leader. "Cats of blaze clan!" she called, "i must tell you something! Ashrain is dead, and is now living with our ancestors!" a sad hmm fell over the crowd of cats, many kits buried their faces in their mother's chest. Pheonixflight looked around tears in her orange eyes. suddenly a small kit grabbed her tail. it was Sparrowclaw! "Oh, Sparrowclaw, please, don't cry, it's ok," she said wrapping the black kit in her wiry tail. Ashrain was her brother, and all her other family members had died in the war against the ocean and moon clan. as all the cats went to their dens, moping, Burningstar called, "Pheonixflight, please come here!" Pheonixflight nodded and then came forward, unwinding her tail from Sparrowclaw. "what is it, Burningstar?" she asked, seating herself on the cozy deer fur rug in Burningstar's cave. behind Council, rock was the Council cave, but all council members usually slept in their own cave during the night. Burningstar let out another sigh, "Pheonixflight, I must tell you something, you are, you are from...... you aren't from our clan!" she blurted, sorrow hung in her voice. "your from-" suddenly a sound, like a cat slowly being slaughtered echoed through the camp. The two cats peered out, and there was bountyhunter, pinning down the medicine cat, ivyleaf. Bountyhunters claws were extended, digging into the cats fur, "I havent hermed her yet!" Bountyhunter meowed, "But i wont, if i become, deputy" Pheonixflight saw Burningstars paws tremble. "dont do it! Keep the clan safe! Do it for me!" screamed ivyleaf. "i-i'll do it!" Stumbled Burningstar. Bountyhunter imediantly jumped off Ivyleaf and strided towards the council rock, "you made the right choice, but now only you stand in my way to being leader, Burningstar" Bountyhunter flicked her tail and glanced up at the sky, "imagine me, leader of the blaze clan, Bountystar, leader of the blaze clan" Pheonixflight could sense what Bountyhunter was plotting, and it wasn't very nice. and to stop her, she had to betray BlazeClan. ~Wolfie
