Dogsplash's Prophecy Ch.1

Chapter 1
             As Pepper stood in the glowing moorland, she thought of all the good prey, which she hadn't had in a while. She ambled through the bramble, waiting for her brother's arrival with anything he could find. The mother of the kits inside her, panted, her stomach hurting from the kicks, and pains. Pepper groomed herself, letting her pelt shine in the moonlight. Rustling in the bushes arose her from her daydreaming, and she smelled a strange scent lifted in the air. Raising her head to get a whiff, it smelled unfamiliar. Coming from the bushes came a huge tabby, his shoulders broad with muscular veins popping out. He picked up his head, and glanced over at the terrified, dark-gray she-cat, standing in the moorland. The tabby was a light-ginger color, with a white undercoat, and vicious eyes. He stalked over to Pepper, his eyes were wide with evil, and darkness. He pounced at the helpless she-cat, his claws unsheathed, not hesitating for one second. Pepper tried her best to dodge, but got a scratch on her back.

"Who... Who are you?" Her eyes with wide with fear as she looked at the massive tabby. The tom turned toward her, his eyes narrowing at the she-cat.

'"That is nothing you need to know. I will not have you have my brother and I's kin. We don't need anymore of your 'too precious' kind in our family." He snarled, his claws unsheathing and sheathing. Pepper heard a faint brush in the bramble, and she knew who it was. The black silhouette jumped out, and tackled the tabby, his claws viciously tearing at the tom. As Bear, the brother of Pepper, pounced, he was turned under by the massive tabby. The tabby sat on his chest, the air stopping from Bear's lungs. With all her might, Pepper pounded against the muscular tom, knocking him off his paws. Pepper pulled Bear up, and gave him a supportive glance. '

'Bear nodded and meowed to the tabby, "If you want to kill me, go ahead. I will not, I repeat not, let you kill my sister and my nieces and nephews!" He snarled, and pounced on the ginger tabby, not going back. The tabby's weight and strength compared to Bear's was very noticeable, and Bear looked like a kit compared to him. He tried to use his attacks, but he couldn't claw the rogue, he wouldn't budge.

"Fair enough." He meowed, not feeling threatened at all. He pulled his paw up, and threw Bear across the clearing. Bear quickly got up, and seeming like he was renewed with energy, he bounded across the moorland, attacking the unfrightened rogue. Bear bit his neck, his teeth were growing deeper and deeper into the rogue. The muscular tabby hit his paws against Bear's head, hitting him into the ground. Pepper couldn't see this rogue, not even trying, almost killing her brother. She snarled, her whiskers twitching with outrage. She dashed through the grass, maneuvering herself to not get hit during the fight. Pepper clawed the rogue's nose, the rogue wimping from her swipe. He swatted at her, his face fierce and unfriendly. The rogue sent her away with one bite on her neck. Pepper quickly tried to counter, but she fell on the ground, losing all her energy due to her pregnancy. The huge tabby tried to strike at Pepper's brother, but he was too quick for him. Bear exploded with all his momentum, and leaped on to the rogue, sending him a couple feet, hitting his head hard on the ground. Bear flew in the air, almost landing his final pounce, when the ginger tabby hit him in mid-air. His force made him fly back, landing in a tree, his body falling to the ground. The force of impact made it seem like he lay there dead, but his flank was still breathing. Pepper ran over to him, trying to get him up and have them run away, but her brother was too weak. The rouge came a few inches closer, and he threw the pregnant she-cat to the next tree. She tried to get up to help her brother, but she couldn't.

"Well, Bear, I'm sorry for you to end this way, but it has to be done. You volunteered for it." The massive tabby swiped his paw over Bear's head. Bear smacked the ground, and lay there limp, stillness washed over him.

"NO!" Pepper yowled. She got the energy from all the adrenaline flowing inside her. She pounced with all her might, sending the tabby a few fox-lengths away. "Bear, it's going to ok. Please, it's going to be ok, right? Please, Bear, don't go. This is all my fault."

"No... It's not. Pepper, I love you. I'm so glad t-that you're my sister. I will be with you and your kits. I promise..." A tear crossed Pepper's face. "Bye, sis." He laid his head down, his eyes closing peacefully with the huge gash over his nose.

Pepper nuzzled him, her tears swelling up in her eyes. "Starclan will be with you." She started licking his pelt, remembering all the great times they had has kits. Pepper's ears twitched up in curiosity when she heard a whisper in the bushes. She saw the ginger tabby fur of the leaping cat coming from the rustling. "Rootstorm!" She cried under her breath. At that moment she just wanted to go up to him and nuzzle, and cuddle with him, but she knew now was not the time. Rootstorm looked over at her, his eyes wide with sympathy. He began to brawl with the rogue, batting at his eyes and his stomach. The hissing and snarling of the two toms became louder, and louder. Rootstorm was at full advantange due to the rogue's last fight. Bear had really tired him out, Pepper thought. She bit back her tears from the recent experience.

"Well well well, it's my nephew who decided to not follow in his father's steps." The rouge started, his teeth barred for the cats to see.

"Yeah, and it's a good thing I didn't, Brush." He clawed the tabby's face, making his eye closed shut. As a distraction, Rootstorm, bit his neck, his fangs cutting deeper into Brush's pelt, and into his skin. The giant tabby fell down, his body going limp, blood sputtering out of his neck. His flank stopped moving, and he was dead.

"Y-you killed him." Pepper stammered, her mind still trying to configure the recent events of that moon-rise.

"Well, he killed Bear. He was like a brother to me. I couldn't let him kill you or my sons and daughters." His throat purred from his modern save. "I-I'm sorry about Bear. I will sit in vigil for him." He looked down at the friendly, strong, cat, who layed there, his body freshed with stillness.

The rest of the night, the two cats sat vigil for Bear, who was murderously killed by Brush. Pepper didn't have the energy, since she was so wiped out from her pregnancy. She nuzzled besides the dead brown tabby, and fell asleep. Pepper found herself in a creek, the stream rushing peacefully along the waves.She saw a brown figure appear from the shadows, and it looked exactly like her brother, Bear. As he padded towards her, he licked her ear, and his tail was twitching with excitement.

"Told you I'd be with you." He chuckled jokingly, freshening up his pelt. Pepper purred, nuzzling her head along him flank. "I'm here to send you a message Starclan has sent to you." He turned his face from relief and happiness, to seriousness.

"W-what's the message?" She interrupted.

"I was getting to that," He meowed, a bit annoyed. The tranquil creek started to vanish, and all that was left was a dark clearing, with nothing but trees. A blood moon started to rise, and wolves began to howl. Blood started to wash over Pepper, and she was drowning in the deadly, gross liquid. She couldn't see Bear in sight, and she panicked, her legs kicking with fear. Suddenly, she heard her brother's voice, but over the dark clearing. "Three of our kin will become one, and that one will help save the forest."

"Bear! Help me!" She yowled. Light from deep within the clearing came, and washed away everything. Pepper stood on the blood-soaked clearing, grooming herself.

Her ears perked up as she heard her brother's voice again. "Darkness will come and light will fight. There will be one victor."

Pepper jolted from her sleep, and she saw Rootstorm standing beside Bear, who layed there peacefully. "Is there anything wrong, Pepper?" He glanced at her, his eyes in confusion.

"N-no, there's nothing w-wrong." Pepper stammered, her whiskers twitching in thought. What did that prophecy mean? Was it meant for her, or her kits?