The Curse

The Curse is a fanfic written by Flowerkit, and this is her first ever fanfic!

Allegiances
===LEADER:  === CAKESTAR – Long-haired dark reddish-brown tabby she-cat with pale amber eyes

DEPUTY:
JAYFROST – Gray-brown tabby she-cat with a fluffy tail and dark amber eyes

APPRENTICE, SNAKEPAW

MEDICINE CAT:
KAT –  Fluffy tortie-pointed she-cat with light gray eyes

APPRENTICE, WINTERPAW

SENIOR WARRIORS:
HAZELBURROW – Hazel cat with with white legs and turquoise eyes

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">FLOWERSTREAM – Silver-gray she-cat with green eyes and a fluffy tail

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">WARRIORS:
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">STONESTRIPE – Gray she-cat with blue eyes and a striped face

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">JETCLAW – Tan-and-black she-cat with light blue eyes

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">HEART THAT SHINES LIKE A HOBBIT’S – Small brown tabby she-cat with one white paw and brown eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;text-indent:36pt;">APPRENTICE, STORMY SEA

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">OWLWATER – Yellow tom with yellow eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">SUNDANCE – Pale ginger she-cat with a white muzzle and green eyes

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">SKY WHERE JAYS FLY – Light gray-and-white she-cat with one amber eye and one ice-blue eye

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">MAPLESKY – Golden-brown tabby-and-white she-cat with green eyes

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">EMBERDAWN – Dark ginger she-cat with blue eyes

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">ICEFLOWER – Black-and-white she-cat with green eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">GRAYCLOUD – Dark gray tom with amber eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">FAWNLEAF – Cream she-cat with amber eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">WRENBLAZE – Brown tabby tom with green eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">APPRENTICES:
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">WINTERPAW –  Black-and-white tom with dark green eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">CYPRESSPAW – Brown-and-white she-cat with hazel eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">CRYSTALPAW – Blue-gray-and-white she-cat with blue eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">SNAKEPAW – Honey-brown tabby she-cat with green eyes and white paws

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">GECKOPAW – White-and-ginger tabby she-cat with blind green eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">DUSKPAW – Sleek orange-brown tabby she-cat with green eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">FERNPAW – Light brown tabby she-cat with golden eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">CREAMPAW – Cream she-cat with white paws and dark brown eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">POPPYPAW – Small brown-and-ginger tabby she-cat with white markings and brown eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">WILDPAW – Light brown tabby she-cat with white markings and blue eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">MISTPAW – Mottled silver-and-black she-cat with dark blue eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">WAVEPAW – Silver-and-white she-cat with green eyes and a long tail

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">GLADEPAW – Lithe dark-flecked silver she-cat with black ears and blue-green eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">THISTLEPAW – Light gray she-cat with white paws and green eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">STORMY SEA – Dark blue tom with yellow eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">QUEENS:
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">ASPENFLAME – Long-furred black, white, and ginger she-cat with one blue eye and one green eye

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">KITS – LITTLEKIT, FLOWERKIT, EMBERKIT

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">RAINSKY – Blue-gray she-cat with pale sky blue eyes and white paws

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">SWIFTFLAME –

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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;font-weight:700;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">KITS:
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">EMBERKIT – Black-and-silver tom with blue eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">MISTYKIT – Flame-colored she-cat with green eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">WILLOWKIT (WOLLOW)  – Gray she-cat with a darker stripe down her back

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">GIGGLEKIT – long-furred brown she-cat with blue eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">ICEKIT – long-furred white tom with ice-blue eyes

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">FLOWERKIT – White she-cat with one blue eye and one green eye

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">NIGHTKIT – Black she-cat with blazing blue eyes and has white stripes running down her back

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">SKYKIT – Gray tom with green eyes and a striped tail

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:14.6666666666667px;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.38;">LITTLEKIT – Long furred, black, white, and ginger she-cat with hazel eyes and silver white paws, belly, tail, and muzzle

Prologue
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Owlwater’s yellow gazed across the clearing. “Flowerstream…..this is a terrible sickness. The clan cannot survive without fresh herbs and a cure!!” His voice rang in the clearing, sorrowful and defeated. A silver cat stepped out of the shadows.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“I know, Owlwater…” The she-cat sighed, her green eyes troubled. “But we cannot do anything. All we can do now is hope, that the water will help the herbs grow….” She trailed off.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Flowerstream, nothing will happen if we just hope! We need to send out a patrol to find herbs!” Owlwater cried. His yellow eyes flashed determinedly. “I’ll go on it myself!”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A gray-brown tabby she-cat with a fluffy tail and dark amber eyes stepped towards them, her tail swishing uneasily. “Owlwater,” She mewed quietly. “Most of our cats are weak. It won’t help if we push them to look for a cure…”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“But there are still some strong cats like me, Jayfrost!” Owlwater argued. “Like you! Like Flowerstream!”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">The gray-brown she-cat sighed. “Owlwater. Cakestar is sick. We mustn’t argue while she is too weak to guide BlogClan.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“There’s a reason we should look!” Owlwater rumbled. “We need to find a herb to cure <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Cakestar!"

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Owlwater…” Flowerstream started. “We can’t risk it…” She adverted her eyes away from Owlwater’s. “We need to protect the queens, too.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A pale ginger she-cat with a white muzzle and green eyes wobbled weakly towards them. She glanced at the three cats.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Sundance,” Flowerstream greeted. “Why are you here? You should be resting in the warriors’ den. Iceflower will be worried.” Flowerstream’s tone and eyes were deeply worried.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“I’m fine, I’m fine,” Sundance insisted, wheezing. She coughed, before continuing. “How will we survive?” She choked. “There <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">is no <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> hope for us….”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Don’t lose hope, Sundance...” Jayfrost murmured sorrowfully. “There <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">has <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> to be a way to move forward….to survive…”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Yeah.” Flowerstream nodded slightly, but her eyes disagreed with what she had just said. “Sundance, you have to get back to camp, don’t tire yourself out. I’ll go with you. Iceflower will be frantic if she found out you were missing while you are sick.” Flowerstream nudged her friend forward softly. “Go on,”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sundance sighed. “Fine, alright…” She muttered. She slowly started forward, assisted by Flowerstream. “Thanks Flowerstream..” Sundance whispered.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Owlwater watched them leave. “Jayfrost,” He pleaded. “We have to help these sick cats! Cats like me are helpless while our clanmates get sick and weak!”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Jayfrost shook her head. “We mustn’t take the risk of getting hurt.” She looked away. “Let’s get back to camp.”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Owlwater sighed in more defeat. “Fine….”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A fluffy tortie-pointed she-cat opened her eyes to reveal light gray eyes. She sighed, as she was the medicine cat of the sick clan. The responsibility fell on her’s and her apprentice, Winterpaw’s shoulders. She raised her body up, and got out of her uncomfortable moss nest. She glanced at the sleeping figure of Winterpaw, his black and white flank rising and falling as he snored softly. The medicine cat’s gray eyes glimmered in the darkness of the den, and the she-cat blinked tiredly. She gazed around at the two sick cats in the den, Raggedoak and Emberdawn, and winced as they coughed in their sleep. She decided to go and check on the other sick cats, who were sleeping in the warriors’ den because of the shortness of space in the medicine cat den. She quietly stepped out of the den, and paused as a cool breeze ruffled her fur. She sighed, the wind was so peaceful, yet the sickness was harsh. She continued to walk towards the warriors’ den, and paused as she heard talking.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“I’ll be right here if you need anything,” Flowerstream’s voice meowed, and the medicine cat heard a shuffling of paws.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Thanks, Flowerstream. I owe you one.” Sundance wheezed, and coughed. Flowerstream winced. The medicine cat stepped in, and was greeted by Flowerstream’s green eyes.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Oh, hello Kat,” The silver cat meowed softly. “You’re awake at this time of the night?” She asked.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Yes..” Kat replied. “I’ve come to check on the sick ones.” She looked around the den. Maplesky was sleeping peacefully in her nest, but it became uncomfortable as she coughed and wheezed. Kat looked helplessly at Maplesky, and inspected her. “She’s fine. It’s only some coughing.” She meowed aloud.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“I’ll be sleeping.” Sundance meowed suddenly. She closed her eyes and curled up in her nest. Flowerstream nodded, and curled up in her own nest.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Me too,” She murmured, and yawned. She too, quickly fell into a light doze. Her fluffy tail curled in towards her belly, and she snored quietly.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Kat was now alone, the only one awake in the den. She scanned the den tiredly, her eyes dull in exhaustion.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:36pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Don’t overwork yourself,” Shiveringrose had said. <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Kat sighed. “That’s impossible with this many cats sick..” She murmured. Her eye suddenly caught a white flower petal shaped object. “What’s that?” She meowed aloud, her fur prickling. Suddenly, the white shape swiftly grew bigger and bigger, and it took the shape of a cat. “Who are you? What are you?” Kat gasped.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">A silky voice answered. “I am a StarClan cat.” The white shape meowed, her white color glimmering brightly. Tortoiseshell colored dapples appeared, and Kat recognized her as part of the Warriors book series. <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Sorreltail?” <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;"> Kat gasped.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“It is me.” Sorreltail meowed, amber eyes flashing. “I have come to deliver a message..” Sorreltail took a deep breath.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“What message?” Kat meowed fearfully. Her gray eyes flashed wearily. Her tail swished timidly.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Remember, Kat. <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Only the Flower’s Wish can cure the deadly song of Night…”

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“W-What?” Kat sputtered. “What does that mean? What will happen?” Kat asked in despair.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“Remember …..only the Flower’s Wish can cure the deadly song of Night…..” <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">“But tell me what it means!” Kat whimpered. Her ears were flattened, and her tail was lashing slowly. Sorreltail’s figure slowly faded, leaving Kat shocked at the message.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-align:center;"><span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-style:italic;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Only the Flower’s Wish, can cure the Deadly Song of Night…. <span style="font-size:14.666666666666666px;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">