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Post by Sagey on Apr 28, 2013 17:14:06 GMT -4
( Lol, you can finish your post since I have nothing to Roleplay and just waiting for this new sketch app to download. )
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Post by Snakestripe on Apr 28, 2013 17:23:59 GMT -4
(kk)
Python padded into the camp through the dirtplace. He immediately headed for the leader's den, sneaking inside.
Reedstar was laying on his side, breathing quietly. Python padded up to him and rolled him over to his back. The RiverClan leader did not wake.
Python knew that if he tried to use his teeth or claws, Reedstar would wake. The tom decided he would snap his neck instead.
Suddenly, something pushed Python over and pinned him down.
Snakestripe stood over his son, his eyes blazing like blue fire.
"Who are you?" He snarled.
Python growled. Did his father not recognize him?
He took this to his advantage. "I am Hawkclaw of WindClan! I'm just checking on Ashstar, my mate, to make sure she's okay."
Snakestripe looked shocked. "S-sorry. I didn't recognize you."
Python slid out from under his father and got to his paws. "All is well." He meowed. "Mistakes happen."
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Post by Snakestripe on Apr 28, 2013 17:31:47 GMT -4
Snakestripe bowed his head, backing out of the den. But he knew he had not seen that cat before. What if it was lying?
The former BloodClan leader decided to stay by the entrance just to make sure nothing went wrong.
He heard Reedstar. "Huh? Who are you?"
Then the cat hissed, and it sounded like disappointment.
Reedstar growled. "You're not a clan cat."
"This is true."
Snakestripe's eyes narrowed, and he was about to jump in the den, when he heard Reedstar shriek with pain.
Snakestripe then lunged inside. The mysterious brown cat was on top of Reedstar, digging his claws into his stomach, tearing it to pieces.
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Python turned and saw his father, a look of pure shock on his face. Then Snakestripe attacked him, pulling him off Reedstar and pinning him down once more.
Python tried to escape, but his father's strength was too much. He stopped struggling.
"Python?" Snakestripe growled. "I should have known. You were a coward for coming at night like this."
Python bared his teeth, but had nothing to say.
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Post by Sagey on Apr 28, 2013 17:35:36 GMT -4
Ashstar didn't stir, but was near the point of doing so.
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Post by Snakestripe on Apr 28, 2013 17:38:13 GMT -4
Snakestripe raised his paw. "I'm sorry." He meowed. "I'll make it quick."
Python's eyes widened. He had hoped Snakestripe would let him go. The tom was about to open his mouth when claws struck his throat, and pain seared through his body.
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Snakestripe watched as his son died beneath him. By this time, Lionstar and Rowanstar were awake, snarling orders to the clan cats. Then they appeared again and went to help Reedstar.
Reedstar's black fur was sticky with his blood. "Let it be known...." He whispered, barely able to talk. "That Snakestripe is the new leader of RiverClan."
Snakestripe gasped. "Reedstar, wait! You can't die...." He pleaded, crawling over.
"I'm sorry." Reedstar mewed. "But StarClan calls me."
And then the tom took one more gasp of breath and died.
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Post by Sagey on Apr 28, 2013 17:48:26 GMT -4
Ashstar gaped at Reedstar. "But..."
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Post by Snakestripe on Apr 28, 2013 17:51:22 GMT -4
Snakestripe looked at the other leaders, his eyes wide.
Lionstar started to growl.
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Post by Sagey on Apr 28, 2013 18:01:49 GMT -4
She shook her head, "Reedstar has spoken, and we must obey his dying word. Snakestripe will be the leader of Riverclan,"
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Post by Snakestripe on Apr 28, 2013 19:14:58 GMT -4
"Let's go, then." Willowshine meowed as she appeared.
Snakestripe bowed his head to the other leaders and followed the RiverClan Medicine Cat.
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Post by Snakestripe on Apr 28, 2013 20:26:36 GMT -4
Snakestripe followed Willowshine passed the horseplace, unto the moor, and finally along the stream that led to the Moonpool. Little converstation was shared between them.
"So you're Mothwing's grandson?" Willowshine meowed as the neared the pool.
"Yes. Son of Tigerfur and Snowbird." Snakestripe said.
Finally the two cats padded down the slope and made it to the sparkling star-filled water. "Lie down and touch your nose the water." Willowshine meowed.
Snakestripe obeyed, lying down on his belly. As soon as his muzzle touched the ice cold pool, he blacked out.
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Snakestripe blinked open his eyes. He was standing in front of a tall tree, and a voice told him this was the gathering place before the clans came together. He sniffed the air, but knew he was alone.
Suddenly, stars came down from the sky and turned into cats. Some which Snakestripe did not know, others who he did.
"Welcome." A familiar voice meowed. Snakestripe looked up and saw that it was Reedstar. "Are you ready to receive your nine lives?"
"I am." Snakestripe meowed, awestruck. StarClan was real.
A beautiful golden tabby she-cat approached first, her amber eyes blinked at Snakestripe, full of warmth and compassion.
"You do not know me, but I am your Father's Mother." She said, touching her nose to his. "With this life I give you courage. Use it well in defense of your Clan."
Snakestripe's eyes widened as a bolt of energy like lightning shot through him and made his fur stand on end. He heard a deafening roar, and his mind filled with images of fighting and hunting. Then it was over, and Mothwing was gone.
Another cat was padding toward him, a silver tom with blue eyes. Stormfrost, Tigerfur's brother. Snakestripe did not know he had gone to StarClan. The tom touched noses with Snakestripe.
"With this life I give you compassion. Use it well for the elders of your Clan, and the sick, and all those weaker than yourself."
Snakestripe waited for the pain, but it did not come. Instead, he received Stornfrost's strength and loyalty, and felt as if he had known the tom his entire life. He felt closer to StarClan then ever before.
A pale gray she-cat with blue eyes was already standing infront of him. She touched his nose with her own.
"I am Mistystar." The she-cat said. "With this life I give you justice. Use it well as you judge the actions of others."
Snakestripe's heart ebbed as he saw life through Mistystar's eyes, watching a small tabby tom grow into a strong, massive warrior, then watching him end the former leader's life. He knew immediately that the tabby was his Father, Tigerfur.
"I'm sorry..." He whispered, but the she-cat was already padding away.
The rest of his lives were painful, and he received them by Bramblestar and other cats he did not know.
His ninth life he received from Reedstar.
"Snakestripe." The tom meowed. "The moment I laid eyes on you I knew that you would be a strong, loyal cat. You proved that but what you did today, and I could only thank you by doing this. With this life I give you nobility, certainty and faith. Use it well as you lead your Clan in the ways of StarClan and the warrior code."
Pain shot through Snakestripe, and he suddenly saw the life of the clans from beginning to end. He felt the hunger on the Great Journey, the anguish of fighting, and pain when a clanmate died. The pain was so great, Snakestripe wanted to yowl, but then it died down to a small throb.
All the cats of StarClan seemed to join together into one voice, Reedstar leading it.
"I hail you by your new name, Snakestar. Your old life is no more. You have now received the nine lives of a leader, and StarClan grants you the guardianship of RiverClan. Defend it well; care for young and old; honor your ancestors and the traditions of the warrior code; live each life with pride and dignity."
And then all the cats started to cheer. "Snakestar! Snakestar!"
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