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Prophecy of the Runes (Part 2)

Skystar sniffed her way through the forest, leading a patrol that consisted of Redstorm, Notchpaw, Dawnpaw, and Dovefeather. Notchpaw pricked his head up suddenly. "I smell something," he said.

"What kind of thing?" Skystar asked. The tabby apprentice took another step forward and raised his head. "Like...rouge," he said, his eyes widening in alarm. Skystar sniffed the air for herself. Definetly rouge. "It leads over here," Redstorm said, padding towards an oak tree. The rest of the cats followed. The trail ended right next to the tree.

"What does it mean?" Dawnpaw asked.

"It means that a rouge was here, or slept here at least," Dovefeather mused.

"So what do we do?" asked Notchpaw. "We keep on the lookout," Skystar answered. "And we tell the rest of the clan. Come, we'll go back right now." The cats turned tail and started to bound back to camp.

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The purple-eyed tabby groaned and rolled over. She was in a warm cave, light coming from the tunnel entrance. "What-?" she managed to croak out.

"Hush, and lie still," a voice quieted her. She looked up to see the brown and white cat from before. He was at the other side of the den, moving something around with his paws.

"What happened?", the she-cat asked.

"What is your name?"

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me. What is you name?" the tom turned to look at her, his one yellow eye inquisitive.

The she-cat swallowed. "I'll tell you my name if you tell me yours," she challenged. The brown and white tom let out a combination between a laugh and a cough. "It's been a while since I saw such spunk," he said. "My name is Shift."

"Amethyst," the she-cat answered. "Now, will you tell me what in StarClan am I doing here?!"

Shift lashed his tail. "This is my den. I am what Clan cats call a medicine cat. You were tortured by Flare for information about-"

"Wait, back up. I'm in a Clan?!"

Shift fixed her with his piercing stare. "I didn't say that."

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Apprentice

"Please welcome our new apprentice, Robinpaw," Skystar announced from atop the Center Stone. "Her mentor will be Whisperfur." The gray she-cat looked up as though she hadn't been expecting this. "Mentor her well, Whisperfur," Skystar meowed, then leaped off.

As the clan dispersed, Skystar mewed softly to Nightwatcher, Dovefeather, and Destinylight "See me in my den. I have to talk to you about something."

(Nightwatcher, Dovefeather, & Destinylight, we will post under here)

Prophecy of the Runes

Skystar moved her paws through the churning water. She saw the tip of Mintypaw's head barely above the surface. She lunged for her apprentice, but a scream came from the she-cat, and she was dragged under. "NO!" Skystar yowled, plunging into the water where Mintypaw had disappeared. Skystar felt her body hurled down, down, down into the deep water. She hit the bottom, except it was no longer the bottom.

She was lying in a grassy field. The sandy she-cat raised her head to see Light Stones, where she had recived her nine lives. It must be a dream from StarClan, she thought. But what are they trying to tell me?

A voice suddenly echoed around the clearing. No, not just one voice. It was a multitude of voices, tom and she-cat, kit and elder, honey smooth to claw sharp. But all the voices uttered the same words....

The red sun will rise. The dawn of destruction is coming. The dove will fly to the heavens. A notch will leave it's mark in the clan. But through this pain, only a child of the darkness can save us all.

"Ngah!!" Skystar woke in her den, panting heavily. A scruffle was heard outside her den. Mintypaw poked her head in. "Skystar? Are you okay?" Skystar stared at her apprentice, remembering how her head had been sucked underwater in her dream.

"I'm okay," she managed. "Go back to sleep. Everything's fine."

Liar, she told herself.

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Far away, on a hill shrouded in darkness by the twisting branches of a tree, a cat the color of liquid night sat at attention under the skyscraping branches. His eyes glowed pale yellow, matching the moon who's light dappled his fur. The light also touched the long scar on his left side, exposing the pale pink skin to all cats who wished to look upon him.

This cat opened his mouth, showing his razor-sharp teeth, and yowled to the empty clearing. Wait, did I say empty? The space around the hill was filled with cats of all shapes and sizes. "Bring the prisoner forward," the black cat growled with a voice like the scraping of bone on rock. Three cats emerged from the mass below the hill.

One, a ginger she-cat, held herself like StarClan been her idea. Her green eyes glinted with malice. On her left side, a brown and white tom limped on three legs. His front left paw was horribly twisted, and there was a pink scar where one of his eyes should have been.

The black cat watched, impassive, his eyes fixed on the third member of the party: a young chestnut tabby she-cat.

The she-cat met his eyes and stared on, trying not to let her fear show. The black cat's gaze took in every inch of the apprentice-aged cat: her chestnut fur, her purple eyes, the spot of white on her chest, her three white paws.

"So, this is the infamous Purple-Eyed One," the black cat choked out a laugh. The tabby she-cat flashed him a piercing stare. "My name is-"

"Never mind what your name is!" the black cat growled, suddenly serious, turning to the ginger cat. "How did you catch her?"

The ginger cat smiled evily. "She was sleeping under a tree. It took us a while to find her, the little pest had covered herself in leaves to disguise her scent."

"Excellent work Flare," the black cat hissed.

The brown and white tom who was missing an eye spoke up in a low, smooth voice, "What do we do now, Shadow?"

"Now the uncatchable one tells us what we need to know," Shadow hissed. "Go ahead, Purple-Eyed One. Tell us the information."

"You tell me something first," the chestnut cat demanded. "Tell me what you did with my family." Her eyes were hard, like chips of amethysts.

"All you need to know," hissed Shadow. "Is that we are your new family. Now, about that information?"

"Never!", hissed the purple-eyed cat.

"Then we will have to use a little....persuasion. Flare, will you do the honors?"

Flare held up a paw, her claws glinting in the moonlight. "With pleasure."

Light Stones

This is a large assembly of rocks in the plain land part of our territory, where medicine cats communicate with StarClan. There are often Twolegs around this site, but as soon as the sun goes down, it's safe to visit.

MORE cats!!!

"Attention, RuneClan!" Skystar called. "We have four more cats joining our ranks today! Please welcome three warriors, Coalpelt, Whisperfur, and Redstorm, and two apprentices, Risepaw and Mistypaw." The cats cheered:

Coalpelt! Redstorm! Risepaw! Mistypaw! Whisperfur! Coalpelt! Redstorm! Risepaw! Mistypaw! Whisperfur! Coalpelt! Redstorm! Risepaw! Mistypaw! Whisperfur!

Skystar waited for the cheering to subdue, then continued her announcement. "Risepaw and Mistypaw, you are in need of mentors." The black tom nodded his agreement. Skystar scanned the eager cats. "Risepaw's mentor will be Destinylight. Mistypaw's will be Silverheart. Mentor them well.

We also have our new medicine cat, Nightwatcher."

Nightwatcher! Nightwatcher! Nightwatcher!

Skystar jumped from the Center Stone with a yowl, "Meeting dismissed!"

RuneClan Info & History

Here are a few facts for you:

RuneClan's territory is part forest, part plain land. Our camp is deep in the thick forest. It is studded with rocks of various sizes with rune markings on them. Some of the markings light up in the moonlight and shine different colors.

Our "Moonstone" is a large assembly of rocks in the plain land part of our territory, called Light Stones. There are often Twolegs around this site, but as soon as the sun goes down, it's safe for us to visit. Underneath the central stone is a hidden tunnel that is the place that our medicine cat communes with StarClan.

RuneClan originated from a group of rouges that painted marking on their pelts to represent their ranking in the group. Eventually, these rouges formed a clan which they named RuneClan, partly because of the marks on their pelts, and partly because of the stones with intricate carvings that they found all around their territory.

These are the marks that eventually evolved:

Leader:

Deputy:

Med. Cat:

Hope you enjoyed this! I will add to it.

New Cats and News

"Cats of RuneClan!" Skystar calls as she jumps athleticly onto the Center Stone, the biggest stone in the clearing which is right next to her den. "We have new cats joining our ranks today. Please welcome our deputy, Dovefeather, our head warrior, Destinylight, two new warriors called Tigerstorm and Silverheart, and three new apprentices: Mintypaw, Notchpaw, and Dawnpaw.

Mintypaw, your mentor will be me. Dawnpaw's mentor is Dovefeather, and Notchpaw's mentor is Tigerstorm."

Skystar paused as the cats cheered the names, then drew a deep breath and continued. "We are also in need of a medicine cat and apprentice. Please report any cats that you see in the territory to me so that we can discover if they are friend or foe. That is all."

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Hunting Patrol

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Border Patrol

Comment here if you are on a border patrol.

Training Hollow

The training hollow has Rune Stones to leap onto as well as soft ground to land on.

Mate's Page

Come here to ask a cat to be your mate.

Elder's Den

The Elder's den is a hole in the roots of a tree. Come here to listen to the elder's fasinating stories.

Nursery

The nursery is where queens and kits sleep. It is a large bramble thicket next to the leader's den.

Apprentice's Den

The apprentices sleep in the middle of this big clump of ferns. Come here to talk to an apprentice, or take them out for training.

Medicine Cat's Den

The medicine cat's den is a cave with shelves off of the side for storage of herbs. The medicine cat sleeps here with his/her apprentice. Come here to get treated or report a message from StarClan.

Warrior's Den

The warriors sleep here, in this large fallen tree. The warriors have nests of soft moss for comfort. Come here to speak to a warrior.

Leader's Den

This is where Skystar sleeps. Her den is in a crack between two of the Rune Stones in the camp. It is covered by a fern bush in the front, which you have to push aside to get through. In here, Skystar keeps small Rune Stones next to her nest.

Cats of the Runes

Your paws touch the soft grass as you pad through the midnight black night. Around you, great stones tower into the sky. Your ears twitch, and you turn to see a sand colored she cat staring at you, her blue gaze seeming to penetrate your very soul.

"I am Skystar," she announces with a voice that is both smooth as honey and sharp as claws. "What are you doing on RuneClan territory?"

You begin to splutter an excuse, but the she-cat cuts you off. "It does not matter now. If you wish to join us, tell me this information. If not..." Skystar shows her thorn-sharp claws and you see them glint slightly in the moonlight. "We will take matters into our own paws," she whispers.

You see other cats emerge from the shadows.

"We don't want to hurt you, but we will if we have to."

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