Chapter 3: A Message In The Darkness
While the sunlight shone down on the territories of the clans, there was a realm in the sky where the sun never rose over the horizon. A place where the silver glow of the moon never appeared and even the glittering stars had abandoned. A place consumed by eternal night and inhabited only by those who had comitted the greatest sins against the stars.
The Dark Forest was a truly daunting place.
Shadows loomed over the dusty earth. A heavy mist blocked much of the veiw and the only vegitation was the mile upon mile of wilting, leaveless trees. The faint sound of whispers could be heard no matter where you were in the land, but no matter how hard one could try, they would never find the source of the sound. Chilly air floated through the trees, forcing the creaking branches to wave like claws. There was no prey, no water, nothing. Just the echoing sound of pawsteps.
A single cat followed a straight, bleak path through the decaying forest. Head down but tail still up, eyes staring straight ahead into the thick mist, black pelt alost merging with the shadows. His claws scraped at the ground as he padded his way along the hard earth underpaw.
"R-Ravenblaze?" Even though his name was called, he didn't stop, let alone look around. He had no time to waste looking after little lost cats with too many regrets.
"It is you!" He heard the voice again, and annoyance pricked at his pelt. Before he could hiss a warning to whatever cat was following him, the figure of a thin cat appeared before him. He stopped, eyes narrowing to slits and teeth bared.
"Who are you?" He hissed, glaring feircly at the other cat.
"The cat with half his left ear missing and and a star shaped scar on his chest" The other cat evaluated, nodding his head, "It really is you"
"I asked you who you are!" Ravenblaze damanded, pushing forward to come almost nose to nose with the opposing cat. The tom was pretty thin, with short brown fur and several visible scars along his pelt. He seemed somewhat nervous, but not half as scared as some of the forest cats he'd seen before.
"Acornfrost" He answered wearily, but still dipping his head slightly.
"And what do you want?" Ravenblaze grumbled.
"To ask you something" Acornfrost continued, and carried on before Ravenblaze could argue, "This feeling, you know, the one all the cats are talking about... Everytime I ask somebody about it, they always mention you"
Ravenblaze remained silent, watching the brown tom through the thin black slits.
"It's getting in everyone's pelts, and that doesn't happen here very often" Acornfur added with a sigh, "Do you know what's going on?"
Again, Ravenblaze didn't say anything immeadiatly. He sat, the star shaped scar on his chest completely visible now, and gazed up into the sky.
"If it's the same feeling as last time, then they must be back" He replied shortly, standing up once more and padding past a rather confused Acornfrost.
"Who're they?" The brown tabby called, and began to follow after Ravenblaze. But the black tom gave an annoyed swish of his tail, stopping Acronfrost in his tracks.
"If it is them, then we have nothing to worry about" He hissed, glancing back to Acornfrost. When the brown tom didn't say anything more, he turned his head away and continued padding along the dusty path.
"We have nothing to worry about" Ravenblaze muttered, not sure whether Acornfrost could still hear him or not, "We dont. But I cant say the same for the Clans near the coast..."
Iceclaw 
Silverstream 
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