Silent~2

Instructions

Rushkit woke to a hazy blue-grey face inches away from her own. /Who...?/ her brain felt like mush. She groaned. "Shh, Rushkit. It's me, Bluesky." Bluesky was the sweet, young medicine cat with a soft voice and gentle paws. "I- fell-" Rushkit's own voice sounded strange. "No, Rushkit, try not to think about that. You have a mild concussion. Try and go back to sleep and it'll heal quicker." "But I-" "Rushkit, listen to what I say." "I'm not sleepy!" "Shhh. A poppyseed or two will do the trick." She said, nudging a few onto her pads. "Lick these up," she asid, putting them in front of Rushkit's nest. Rushkit wrinkled her nose. "I don't want- " Bluesky whipped around and glared daggers. Rushkit obedienly licked them up. Rushkit didn't remember falling asleep, yet woke to hushed voices around her. Blinking, she stood, realizing that the dull throb in her head had vanished. "Welcome, Rushkit." Rushkit turned and saw a jet black she- cat approaching her. "I'm Ravenstar, Thunderclan's former leader." "Am I in Starclan? Am I- dead?" Rushkit's eyes widened in shock and Ravenstar laughed. "No, dear! You are only dreaming! There is no reason to worry." (any kotlc fans out there? XD) "Then why am I here?" Rushkit sat and Ravenstar's grin disappeared. "We... require your assistance with a mission, if you will. We need you to convey a message to your medicine cat, Bluesky." "Why not tell her yourself?" "She wouldn't accept it coming from us, dear. She would deny the Truth." "But... why /me/?" Ravenstar peered into Rushkit's eyes. "Because young kits like you see things two ways. Truth, or lies. Grown cats often loose hold of the Truth, bending it, stretching it, even breaking it altogether. You know nothing of this. You see the TRUE Truth." Rushkit sat up straighter. "What should I tell Bluesky?" "Tell her... that Nightfall spoke the Truth." Mist curled around Rushkit's paws. "But what does that mean?" She looked up and Ravenstar was gone. Rushkit woke and the headache returned, yet significantly less painful. She blinked away the pain and sat up in her nest. /The message!/ she remembered. "Bluesky!" Bluesky looked up from her own nest. "What's wrong? Need some more water? Poppy seeds?" "No, I had a dream about Starclan!" Bluesky sat up. "Really? Such a young kit?" "Aw, c'mon! I'm five moons already!" "That's still very young-" "About the dream! I met a cat named Ravenstar." "Thunderclan's former leader?" Rushkit nodded. "She had a message for you." Bluesky frowned. "Why not tell me herself?" "I... can't really remember. She said to tell you that Nighfall spoke the Truth." Bluesky pinned hear ears back. "Nightfall... as in... the traitor?" "Nightfall is a traitor?" "Oh. She didn't tell you..." "Who is Nightfall?" "Was. And it's best that I am the cat to tell you..."