The Place of No Stars (book)/Chapter 12

==Chapter description==
:Shadowsight races through the Dark Forest, hearing the distressed yowl of a cat. He isn't able to pinpoint the direction the yowl is coming from, feeling as though the location keeps changing. Knowing he is probably being tricked by the forest, he is caught off-guard as something slams him into the ground. The tom tries not to panic as he is unable to see what attacked him. Shadowsight asks his attacker who they are, but they counter him, wanting to know why he's in the Dark Forest. The medicine cat explains he's looking for a lost living warrior. His attacker gets off of him at this, seemingly shocked as they try and work out what is going on. Getting to his paws, Shadowsight gets a good look at what attacked him and is shocked to see the pale outline of a white cat with a distinct scar standing before him. He thinks about what his older peers had said about the spirits within the Dark Forest, and how he had once thought they were exaggerating their stories. However, now he knows they weren't.
:The white cat introduces himself as Snowtuft, and Shadowsight returns the gesture. The medicine cat decides to ask if the spirit knew what is happening. The white tom explains that a strange cat had arrived, noting him to have been from StarClan due to the stars within his pelt. Snowtuft goes on to say that parts of the forest are disappearing into a mist, and that if he walks into the mist it makes him feel light-headed. With prompting from the dark gray tabby, the spirit believes that the stranger is behind the weird things happening. He adds that some of the other residents sided with him due to promises, and Shadowsight asks if he had joined Ashfur. Snowtuft explains that he hasn't and that the worst thing happening is that cats are just disappearing, fading slowly from the Dark Forest. As the tom talks, Shadowsight realizes he can no longer feel Mothwing's presence, or the Moonpool. He concludes that his talk with Snowtuft must be grounding him more firmly to the Dark Forest, or with a flash of fear that the evil place is turning him bad. Looking to Snowtuft, Shadowsight offers his sympathy to the former warrior. 
:He explains that he's a living cat, which intrigues Snowtuft as they both continue to talk. The medicine cat explains he's from ShadowClan and is the son of Tigerstar. Snowtuft reveals he had been a ShadowClan warrior, but misunderstands which Tigerstar the younger cat is talking about and mentions the other one, and his dislike of Firestar. Shadowsight tells him its been many moons since the first Tigerstar, which has Snowtuft explain time passes strangely in the Dark Forest and that he usually doesn't talk to other cats. He drops the small talk after the Great Battle is mentioned. The medicine cat drops the topic and asks to see more of the Dark Forest, and what the strange cat has been doing.
:Snowtuft leads Shadowsight through the terrain as the latter wonders how long he'd been dreaming. He thinks about the other tom's observation of time moving strangely, but is dragged from his thoughts as they come to a gully. Immediately, the dark gray tabby notices a strange gray fog blocking the end of the valley. Beside him, Snowtuft explains that its been steadily moving closer each day and other parts of the forest are also being covered by the fog. He asks the medicine cat to help, which has Shadowsight falter slightly. The pair move away from the gully's edge, closer to a clearing. There, Shadowsight notices two cats and realizes its Squirrelflight and Ashfur. He calls out their names, and Snowtuft mutters for him to quiet down so they aren't spotted. The medicine cat observes intently, vowing that he will accomplish goal of saving the Clans from Ashfur's terror.
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==Notes and references==
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