warrior catz - a new land

Part One: Wildclaw was a young warrior, new to the clan. He wasn't prepared to face something this challenging so quickly. He went to Soundstar, the leader.
"Why did you choose me for this mission sir?" he asked.
"Because, you're the only one who can complete it Wildclaw." he replied. "Think about your mate, if you don't go in there she could be badly hurt, or worse." Wildclaw gulped.
"Alright then" he said. "I'll go"
They were standing outside of a large forrest, just the two of them. In that forrest was something so strange, so powerful that in the wrong hands could be d eadly. And there was someone in there, someone with the wrong hands (figuratively speaking of course).
"Good luck then" said Soundstar as Wildclaw slowly walked into the forrest. When he was out of sight, Soundstar ran as fast as he could, thinking "I'm glad its not me in there"
Wildclaw cotinued walking, his whole body shaking until he saw it there, right in front of him. And he began to get frightened.



Part Two:Wildclaw continued walking, his whole body trembleing. Then he heard a sound, causing him to scream loudly. Then he realized it was only a squirrel. He continued walking until he finally saw it, a patch of red grass. Now he was shaking so hard he could hardly stand. Just then he heard another noise, causing him to collapse. A tall figure stood over him.
"Wildclaw, how nice of you to stop by." the figure said. It was a tall, brown, strong looking cat, with an evil glare in his eyes.
"B-b-b-b-b-b, Brownstripe?" Wildclaw stammered. "I-I-I-I've b-b-been looking f-for you. Y-ou betrayed our c-c-clan and y-y-you can't be in our territory."
Brownstripe laughed a sinister laugh and said "Well excuse me! I'll just be leaving now. Let me just give my gift to your clan, then I'll be on my way"
"Your-your gift?"
"Yes my gift, although you have already experienced it's wonders. The great gift, the gift, of fear!"
"Wha-wha-what are you talking abou- AAAHH!!!!!" Wildclaw screamed. For at that instant, Brownstripe's claws extended 5 feet and his teeth were suddenly sharply pointed. But his eyes, his eyes glowed a b lood red. Wildclaw attempted to back away screaming, but Brownstripe leaped, aiming right for him.



Part 3:All the panthers looked up when they heard the scream.
"WILDCLAW!" shouted Sunpool. She was Wildclaw's mate, due to have kits very soon. "Wildclaw!" she shouted again. She got up and tried running but another panther stopped her.
"Sunpool, you're in no condition to go after him. Please lie down"the young medicine cat said.
"No, he's in danger, possibly injured. I have to go after him"
"What is going on here?" Soundstar asked as he approached.
"Wildclaw's in danger!. We have to go after him!"
"No, you must not. You must rest. Wildclaw can take care of himself"
"Well will no one go after him?" Sunpool demanded. The whole clan of panthers looked down. "I thought so, that is why I must go after him."
"No! Please Sunpool! Don't..." But it was too late, Sunpool had run off.
"Are we going to go after her?" the medicine cat asked.
"It's too late. If we go after her now, she'll be in the forrest by the time we catch up, and we can't risk being in the forrest. She's fast, even while carrying kits. And as long as Wildclaw's in danger, she won't rest."
"May Starclan watch over her" the medicine cat said walking back to her den sadly.
Soundstar sighed. "I truly am sorry Sunpool, and Wildclaw. But there is nothing I can do to help."



Part Four:Sunpool kept running, following the sounds of Wildclaw's screams. At last she made it to the forrset. An odd chill came over her and she started sweating, but her love for Wildclaw forced her to push on. She ran farther but a mixture of panic, and her pregnancy stopped her many times. Finally she heard the loudest, most scream of all, birds flew from their nests and it became quiet.
"Wildclaw, I'm c-coming" she stammered. She ran as fast as she could until she saw a cat's body lying on the floor, and a terrifying figure standing over it.
"WILDCLAW!!!! WH- WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO WILDCLAW??!!"she screamed.
In a terrifying voice, Brownstripe replied "I've only given him my gift. But of course he couldn't handle it and I had to make him sleep." Brownstripe's eyes became a sickening red and ooze dripped from his mouth.
"You-you-your gift?"Sunpool stammered trying with all her might not to give in to her fear.
"Yes, my gift the gift of fear!"Brownstripe said, unsheathening his 5 foot long claws and jumping at Sunpool. Sunpool screamed and hit Brownstripe with all her might and he fell to the ground. Suddenly Sunpool felt more confident even though she was still terrified. She looked at Wildclaw and gasped in horror. She saw things that could not be explained over this writing, but it frightened her enough to back away from her mate.
"Surprising" Brownstripe said getting up. "That you can withstand the power of the red grass"
"The red grass?"Sunpool asked looking to her right and noticing the grass for the first time. It shown like b lood to her. "Wh-what about it?"
"It's unknown if it exists anywhere else but it's in this forrest, and if you breath it's scent in, you experience fear like you've never expeienced before."
"You mean the reason I'm seeing these things is..."
"Because of the grass, exactly." Brownstripe interrupted.
"Then why aren't you afraid?"Sunpool questioned.
"That is because I have conquered my fears, so it cannot harm me. And it has another special tallent, if it is removed from a spot and planted in another, it regrows automatically. I learned that from place a part of it 5 inches from the other."
Sunpool suddenly realized something and said outloud "Then you're planning to plant it in our territory, so that we'll be so overwhelmed with fear that you'll be able to run us out of our clan."
"You catch on quickly, but I'm planing to do more than just run you out of your territory." Brownstripe said evily.
"You don't mean?"Sunpool gasped.
Brownstripe knocked Sunpool over next to Wildclaw who was still unconsious, grabbed some of the red grass in his mouth and ran off to the panthers territory.
"Wildclaw, please wake up!"Sunpool said, shaking Wildclaw. "He's planning to k ill off our entire clan!

Part Five:"Wildclaw, please wake up!" Sunpool said again shaking him. "We have to help our clan." It was no use, Wildclaw was out cold. "I have to go, I'm sorry. The clan can't wait much longer." Sunpool got up and ran as fast as her body would let her, not stopping for anything. When at last she arrived, she was trembling. All she saw was b lood, on the ground, in the sky, and on the countless bodys lying on the ground.
"How nice of you to have joined us Sunpool." growled a familiar sinister voice.
"W-what have you done?" Sunpool stammered as frightening images appeared in her head.
"I've done nothing, yet. Only planted the grass. You are only imagining all this, the effects of your own fears. The clan has not yet felt the effects, in fact they can't even see us yet." hissed Brownstripe as the now familiar ooze dripped from his mouth. "I almost wish I could let you live long enough to see them suffer, but you are far too dangerous."
Brownstripe began approaching Sunpool, she started backing away and said "Are you going to ki ll me?"
"Oh no, I'll let my friends do that for me. They're not in a mood to be disturbed, and they're very vicious."
Before sunpool could answer Brownstripe slashed at a tree making it shake. Brownstripe ran as dozens of fanged bats flew out and dove at Sunpool.

Part Six:Sunpool shreiked, too frightened to move, as the bats dove at her. They hit with fierce attacks that Sunpool could not repel. Left, right, up , down the attacks came from all directions, not stopping. Sunpool fell to the ground, she couldn't move anymore, and the injuries would k ill her if they didn't stop. Then, she felt teeth grip her by the scruff of her neck and carry her away, but the bats followed. She was too weak and frightened to even look up to see her savior, and she eventually lost consiousness.

Wildclaw set Sunpool down near a large tree when he saw the bats coming after him. He could feel the shiver run up his bones, but he had to be strong. If he gave in to fear, Brownstripe would be victorious, and that couldn't happen.
"Alright then, follow me!!!!" he screamed as he began running. As he hoped, the bats followed. He ran toward the camp, to where Brownstripe was. He would make the bats attack Brownstripe and get him away from the camp. As he made his way through the thicket, he saw with horror, the entire clan being destroyed. The cats were too frightened by the effects of the grass to fight for themselves, and Brownstripe, taking advantage of it, was k illing them all.
"No!" Wildclaw screamed lunging at Brownstripe. "I won't let this happen!"
"Wha..?"Brownstripe gasped noticing Wildclaw for the first time. Wildclaw took advantage of Brownstripes confusion and clawed at him, ripping off a chunck of his ear. Brownstripe yowled in pain and swept his claw in midair. Wildclaw ducked the attack and struck back at Brownstripe, knocking him over. It was then that Wildclaw noticed that the bats had stopped attacking, and saw in horror that they had attacked the rest of the clan. More that half of them were d ead, and the ones that weren't were helpless with fear. Brownstripe swiped Wildclaw in the back of the neck and he fell to the ground, dazed. Brownstripe got up and laughed triumphantly.
"Behold Wildclaw, the end of your clan. the clan that betrayed me, the clan that is about to become extinct. Look at it Widclaw, one last time" And then he bared his teeth and gave Wildclaw's neck a d eath bite.

Part 7:In the nick of time, Wildclaw struck back at Brownstripe. He caught himself before he fell over and leapt at Wildclaw. The two cats fought each other fiercely until another figure leapt onto Brownstripe and gave him a sharp bite. He yowled in pain and rolled on the groung until Sunpool fell off him.
"You have both faught valiantly, but now it is time for me to exit." snarled Brownstripe. "I've completed my mission, PantherClan has been defeated forever."
Wildclaw yowled and leapt, but Brownstripe had already run off. He was about to chase after him when Sunpool said "Stop Wildclaw"
Wildclaw spun around "We have to go after him, he destroyed our clan. We can't let this happen again"
"There's nothing we can..." but just then, the bats flew after them. "Run!"
They ran, away from everything, from the bats, their home, and their friends. They had lost, their clan was destroyed, and the most powerful enemy the forest had ever seen had gotten away. They kept running, until everything was gone, forever.

Epilouge:When they rested on a mountain ledge far from their old home, Sunpool's kits came. She had three healthy kits (who were, of course, all panthers). One, was brownish and resembled his father. Another was silver and resembled her mother. the other one, was unusually small and black. But very ironically, it had claws of bats. The fear gas kicked in, and Wildclaw and Sunpool picked up their other kits, and ran, leaving the other defenless kit stranded. it would have died if not for two tabbys who found it and adopted it.

-- Edited by Batclaw at 16:11, 2008-06-16