WHISPERS WHISPERS WHISPERS
the three apprentices bounded into the cave excitedly. "come on, whisperpaw, let's go farther!" the black tom meowed excitedly, bouncing on his toes. the silver she-cat nodded back. "yeah! totally! come on, applepaw, this is gonna be super fun." whisperpaw meowed, her words pointed to the last cat, a tortoiseshell shecat with wide, bug-eyed green orbs staring hopelessly at the other two apprentices. "b-b-but d-darkpaw... whisperpaw... w-we aren't s-s-s-supposed to b-be here!" she hissed quietly and worriedly. darkpaw rolled his eyes. "oh come on, applepaw. you seriously can't be scared. if you are... i'll tell mudpaw that you like him!" darkpaw replied with a nasty smirk. applepaw jolted upright. "you... y-you wouldn't d-dare!" she hissed. whisperpaw grinned. "yeah he would, and i'd go with him! so hurry up and follow us or mudpaw will never act the same around you again!" she sneered. applepaw sighed. "fine!" she growled. "yessss!" darkpaw crowed. the two, whisperpaw and darkpaw, dashed through the cavern's tunnels, finding different caves with cool, incredible features. applepaw stayed behind them, looking around nervously. many moons past since the three had explored that cave. as time passed, they had forgotten about it. applepaw became appleseed, whisperpaw became whispersong, and darkpaw became darkwind. whispersong and darkwind eventually fell in love, as did appleseed and mudlark. darkwind and whispersong had their plans of darkness. but did appleseed know? no. she was ignorant. she wasn't a part of their little crusade anymore. she would never be. they had plans to kill her, it would be slow and painful. they also targeted the leader, deputy, and medicine cat, as well as a few of the warriors who used to beat them down. once that was finished, they'd leave the clan and start their own group, first it would be just a few rogues, then it would blossom into a clan. a large clan. anyone left in their old group would be found and killed. that's how it would be. they wanted purity. the plan was set. they'd sneak out and kill appleseed before dawn. it was whispersong's job to be rid of her, and the she-cat was more than prepared. she crept outside in the darkness of the night, ready to strike. she saw that appleseed was fast asleep in the nursery, alone. she recently acknowledged that appleseed was pregnant with mudlark's kits. after a few minutes of thinking, whispersong pounced, grabbing appleseed and holding her still. "say one work and you're DEAD!" she hissed lowly. appleseed stayed silent, but it was too late. whispersong bit into appleseed's neck, waiting until the tortoiseshell shecat went limp. whispersong grinned, dragging her body outside. the pale moonlight shimmered against her silver fur as she threw appleseed's body into the river. she watched it float away, innocently padding back to the warrior's den to get a good night's rest. she padded into the warrior's den, curling up in her nest next to darkwind. he opened one eye and she nodded. "good." he whispered. she purred, curling up with him. the next day, the whole clan was frazzled by appleseed's disappearance. especially mudlark. he was scared, his pregnant mate disappeared out of thin air. two nights later, darkwind crept outside, taking the medicine cat, aspenleaf's, life. he disposed of her body in the river and waited for their next strike, the clan deputy. whispersong lead the deputy, reedleaf, outside of the camp one day, telling him that she needed to speak with him urgently in private. she ended up saying that she'd be back, and when she did come back, she had crept up a tree and leaped down onto him, snapping his neck. lastly, it was both of their turns to take on the deed of iliminating the leader. "hawkstar?" whispersong asked sweetly. the reddish-ginger tabby tom looked up. "o-o-oh, w-whispersong! can i help you with something?" hawkstar asked, blushing heavily. "y-yeah... well, look hawkstar, we... i need to tell you something. follow me!" she said with a purr, winking. she padded off into the forest and the leader hurried after her. she sat down and rubbed her tail under his chin. "hawkstar i... i know i'm mates with darkwind, but... but i... oh, hawkstar... i'm really in love with you!" she said, purring. hawkstar's eyes widened. "r-really? i... i've always loved y-you, whispersong!" he said, grinning. just as he said that, darkwind tackled him, nodding to whispersong. "that was the worst thing i've ever had to say. sorry, love." whispersong apologized to darkwind, smirking. she pressed her claw against his head. "make one sound or move and you're dead." she hissed. he gulped, staying still. "well, i heard that gulp. darkwind?" she nodded, and her mate bit into the leader's neck, choking him as he crushed his esophagus. whispersong stood on her rear legs and brought herself down, powerfully clawing open the leader's stomach. after a few minutes, hawkstar's body jolted and slowed, he was dead. soon enough, cats were on to them. the confused cats elected a new leader, duskstar, as well as a new deputy and medicine cat, owleye and sunwatcher. they all accused whispersong of killing the cats, not even darkwind. in the end, darkwind betrayed his mate, lying and saying that she killed them all by herself. he moved on to fall for flowerheart, who happily agreed to have kits with him. whispersong was exiled from the clan, as well as devastated. she hadn't told darkwind yet, but she was pregnant with his kits. she left the territory, walking for days, and found a place miles away. by the time she was settled in, she met new cats, and brought them into her group. she became whisperstar, leader of whisperclan, and later had five healthy kits. she named them hawkkit, aspenkit, reedkit, applekit, and the last one was called flowerheart. those were the names of all of the cats she killed. and she had plans to get rid of flowerheart, and if she had to, darkwind as well. she would return to creekclan someday, and when she did, she'd have her revenge. many moons past, whisperstar was still alive, and her kits were warriors. her new clan was strong, their numbers were large and their skill was keen. there was hawkfeather, aspenglow, reedlight, applepool, and last, flowerbloom, as well as whisperstar, on the way to creekclan. they padded into creekclan camp and into the warrior's den to see flowerheart talking to one of her kits who was an apprentice. "applepool, this is on you. kill the kit. hmmm... flowerbloom, find darkwind. bring him to me. as for reedlight, hawkfeather, and aspenglow, find the rest of flowerheart's kits. kill them." she ordered. the others went off immediately and did their jobs. whisperstar stood before flowerheart, grinning ear-to-ear. she shredded the shecat's pelt, getting into a large fight. whisperstar lost a life. flowerheart lost her life. darkwind was shoved into the den, reedlight and aspenglow guarding the entrance. hawkfeather guarded it from the outside, ready to kill anyone who tried to enter. they were ready. "you caused my pain. you're going to die." whisperstar meowed with a grin. "f-flowerheart, no!" darkwind cried. "who even are you and what do you want?!" he hissed, tears flooding down his cheeks. "oh, i'm no one. but before your death, you should meet your kits. the reddish one is hawkfeather, the cream one is aspenglow, the brown one is reedlight, the silver one is flowerbloom, and the tortoiseshell one is applepool. and that makes me..." "w-whispersong!" darkwind's eyes widened. "y-you wouldn't kill me!" he begged. reedlight hissed. "that's whisperstar to you, idiot!" he growled at his father. darkwind gulped loudly. whisperstar moved forward, slicing his throat. "let's leave him here. he needs to die slowly." she hissed, padding away. her kin followed her, and they were on their way back to whisperclan territory when whisperstar collapsed. she had lost her last life from starvation. it has been many moons since her death. welcome to whisperclan.

