Shadowfern's Rage(full story)

Leader- Nettlestar, light brown she-cat with hazle eyes

Deputy- Pinefrost, brown and white tom with blue eyes

Medicine Cat- Sunfall, blind ginger she-cat with cream, white, and darker ginger markings

Medicine Cat Apprentice- Ivypaw, marbled grey she-cat with light blue eyes

Warriors-

Shadowfern, smokey grey she-cat with light grey and black markings and dark amber eyes

Darkrose, dark ginger she-cat with amber eyes

Snowdrop, white she-cat with ice blue eyes

Silentwhisper, paralyzed silver tabby she-cat with green eyes

Violetcloud, light grey she-cat with white markings and dark blue eyes

Darkfeather, black tom with hazle eyes

Pineweb, light brown tabby tom with amber eyes

Jaggedbreeze, tortoiseshell and white tom with blue eyes

Brokenwing, brown marbled tom with hazle eyes

Lostwhisper, white tom with ginger face mask and hazle eyes(kits are Brightkit and Dapplekit)

Lionwhisker, light brown tabby tom with white markings and green eyes(kit is Sedgekit)

Wolfleap, dark grey tom with amber eyes

Applebranch, cream tom with blue eyes(kits are Hopekit, Pinekit, and Honeykit)

Apprentices-

Coalpaw, white she-cat with black patches

Jaypaw, light blue grey she-cat with blue eyes

Ravenpaw, black tom with amber eyes

Hazlepaw, light grey she-cat with brown flakes and hazle eyes

Queens-

Autumnfire, dark ginger she-cat with white markings

Mothberry, cream she-cat with white markings and green eyes(kit is Sedgekit)

Maplefern, dark ginger brown she-cat with white muzzle and amber eyes(kits are Brightkit and Dapplekit)

Ivyblaze, golden and white she-cat with dark amber eyes(kits are Hopekit, Pinekit, and Honeykit)

Elders-

Moonfall, white she-cat with moon shaped cresent on her forhead and yellow eyes

Ravenlight, black tom with white toes and light blue eyes

Kits-

Brightkit, white she-kit with hazle eyes

Dapplekit, tortieshell she-kit with white splotches and amber eyes

Sedgekit, cream she-kit with cloudy green eyes

Hopekit, cream she-kit with white spots and blue eyes

Honeykit, golden tabby she-kit with amber eyes

Pinekit, golden brown tom with white toes and amber eyes

***Prolouge***

"I'm going to get you Dapplekit!" Brightkit squeaked. "Not if I get you first!" she squeaked back. A tiny ball of fur rolled in front of her. "Just what do you think your doing?" the she-cat growled. The whole Clan knew she wasn't very fond of kits. "S...sorry, we didn't mean to." Dapplekit whined. Mothberry obviously heard the commotion. "Leave the kits alone Darkrose!" she hissed. "I didn't do anything to them!" she spat. "Now take your mangy kits back to the Nursery before I actually do something to them." "C'mon kits." she mewed gently to her shaking kits. *Why does Darkrose have to be so mean to innocent kits?* she thought.

"Are you going on the dawn patrol?" Shadowfern asked Snowdrop who was sitting outside the Warriors den. "Yes, are you?" she replied with a friendly nudge. "Yes, I think so. I will go ask Pinefrost who we should take with us." she meowed and walked away. She spotted Pinefrost stretching below Highledge. "Goodmorning Pinefrost. Who should we take on the dawn patrol? I already have Snowdrop." she meowed. "Just take Wolfleap. We need extra hunting patrols." he replied. "When we return I will take out a hunting patrol." she offered. "You do enough for the Clan as it is. When you return I want you to stay and help in camp." he mewed. "Fine." she murmured. She trotted over to the Warriors den where Wolfleap and Snowdrop were sharing tongues. "Morning Wolfleap. Pinefrost wants you to go on the dawn patrol with us." she mewed. "Ok, lets go." he meowed.

They were trotting around DuskClan's border when the heard a she-cat spit in rage. "Should we go help her?" Wolfleap asked. "Yes, and have our pelt clawed of by Nettlestar. Great idea mouse-brain." Shadowfern growled. Wolfleap flinched but she knew it was because he was imagining what she had just told him. Snowdrop looked at her concerned. "Are you ok?" she mewed. "Yes I'm fine but I'm sick of Nettlestar. She's cruel, you know that as much as I do." she sighed.

***Chapter 1***

Pinefrost was making hunting patrols. "Applebranch you take Coalpaw, Violetcloud and Jaypaw. Lostwhisper you take Jaggedbreeze, Pineweb, and Darkrose." Applebranch and Lostwhisper gathered their patrol and was about to race out of camp when Pinefrost called them back. "Can you search for Shadowfern's patrol before you come back? They should be back by now." Applebranch nodded and trotted out of camp with the others. ***I hope they're ok, I don't know what I'd do if she wasn't here with me**.*

Shadowfern's patrol was about to head back for camp until they heard a deep growl of a dog behind them. Shadowfern unsheathed her claws and spun around hissing. That just seemed to make the dog angrier. "Run!" she yowled but it was too late. The dog had a hold of Wolfleap. His eyes glazed with terror as he struggled to get free. "Help!" he managed to whisper. The dog whipped its head up and for a few minutes the world seemed to stop. Suddenly there was an earsplitting *crack.* Wolfleap's body slammed against the trunk of a tree and landed at the bottom in a limp pool of blood. Snowdrop turned and lashed her claws at the large creatures face but missed by a whisker and the dog grabbed her by the scruff and flung her. The dog spun around, its claws digging deep into Shadowfern's eye. "My eye!" she yowled. She launched herself at the dog's face and scraped her claws hard across its face. That seemed to be enough because the dog went yelping away. She was getting dizzier by the minute, but she knew she had to find help. She collapsed a few moments later. She woke to see a cream pelt with green eyes leaning over her. "A-A-Applebranch?" she stammered. The rest of his patrol was looking at the blood stained, lifeless bodies of Snowdrop and Wolfleap.

Applebranch and Jaggedbreeze helped support her back to camp while the rest took turns dragging the limp bodies of Wolfleap and Snowdrop. Coalpaw and Jaypaw were sent to fetch Sunfall, the medicine cat. The camp watched in horror as the patrol returned. Well almost the whole camp. Nettlestar watched grinning as if she were enjoying this. Sunfall rushed to her side and let her lean on her until they got to the medicine den. There was a large pile of herbs piled on the floor when they got there.

***Chapter 2***

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneith Highledge for a Clan meeting." Nettlestar's yowl rang through the hallow. Shadowfern limped out of the medicine den with Sunfall right behind. Silentwhisper heaving her limp hindquarters out of the den while the rest of the Clan was settling down. Nettlestar looked straight at her. Shadowfern gulped. She knew what was going to happen next. She remembered it like yesterday, what had happed to Dusteye. She was only an apprentice when he recieved that name. His name was Sandpelt. He had slipped off the edge of a small branch and landed akwardly on his side and got so much dust in his eyes that it blinded him. He died less than a moon later by getting carried off by a hawk. The only cat in the Clan who wasn't devistated by his loss was Nettlestar. In fact she seemed to enjoy it. "Shadowfern, come beside be." Shadowfern swallowed hard and trotted nervously up to her leader. "From this day foward you shall be known as Cloudygaze. Am I understood." She used a threating tone which told Shadowfern, now Cloudygaze not to disagree. She dipped her head, holding in the rage that was boiling inside her. "Clan meeting dismissed." she growled.

Cloudygaze never thought that she could have so much hatred for one cat in her life. A few moments passed and Pinefrost appeared beside her. "Oh, hey Pinefrost." she mumbled. "Hi." he mewed. "Do you need anything?" she meowed, greatful to have the only cat in the Clan that could make her feel comfertable. "No. I just wanted to tell you that no matter what your name is, I will always like you for who you really are." he replied and turned away. She thought about what he said for a moment, then trotted back to the medicine den. Sunfall greeted her when she got there. "I'm sorry about your name. You know Pinefrost loves you right?" she mewed. All she did was nod and layed down in her nest letting sleep take over.

Cloudygaze was trotting out of the medicine den when Pinefrost came of to greet her. "Your going to the gathering tonight." he mewed. Her spirits lifted, it had been nearly a moon scince her patrol had got attacked by the dog. Grief struck her every time she thought about it. She coulden't save her patrol and it took the life of two good cats. She coulden't help the sadness that filled her with the thought of unborn kits being murderd before they even took a breath. Snowfall's kits never got to breath in the fresh scents of life, play together, become apprentices, they never even got to live. A darkness covered her thoughts and rage swelled through her. She licked Pinefrost's ear and nodded. They had become mates a few sunrises ago.

***Chapter* 3**

They were talking among themselves when Nettlestar walked over. "Let's go." she growled.