Corruption
NoName's POV:
"Where are we going?" A voice echoed through the forest, waking NoName from her sleep. She grumbled and looked up, pricking her ears when she saw the two Starclan cats from before. Skystar and her dark furred friend.
"What are they doing here?" She mumbled, standing up to take a closer look at the two.
"Hey, look over there!" Skystar pointed towards the thick mist, deeper into the forest.
The tom glanced at where she was pointing. "What?"
"Just look!"
NoName watched with an interested grin as Skystar pushed the tom over and started running back to Starclan, changing into a light grey tabby tom as she ran. There was only one cat with shape-shifting abilities.
"Clearlight!" Both NoName and the tom gasped aloud.
Clearlight let out a chuckle as he pranced over the border again. The tom leapt after him. "Get back here you little trickster!"
NoName grinned. "Oh what a perfect opportunity." She lifted a paw and pointed it at the tom as he ran. A whisp of her shadows attached itself to his leg and he collapsed with a cry.
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"Let me go!" The tom hissed, batting at the prison den NoName had created for him.
"Nope." The red she cat smirked triumphantly. My first prisoner. Oh what fun we'll have in breaking him.
Strike peered through the intertwining vines used to keep the tom in. "What's your name?" He asked, his red eyes boring into him.
"Why do you want to know?" He hissed back, glaring at the winged tom.
"Why not?"
He huffed. "Dime."
NoName raised an eyebrow. "A rogue?"
"Yeah, so?"
"A rogue in Starclan?" She muttered. "Never thought I'd see the day." She eyed the dark furred tom though the vines, looking at his brown tipped tail and paws. The brown fur on his chest and muzzle. Then the rings of white and brown around his left eye. The white speckles in his fur, shimmering under the glow of NoName's eyes. Looking closer, she saw even darker stripes running down his back and legs. She finally came to a stop at his eyes to see a look of disgust in the leaf-green depths.
"Stop looking at me like that." Dime hissed. "Dark Forest scum."
NoName bared her teeth. "Careful what you say around me." She let a single whisp of her shadows slip through the vines and near Dime.
The tom growled and scrambled away. "Don't!" He hissed, his voice raised in a plea.
She let the shadow return to her paws. "Next time I won't be so merciful with you."
Dime bared his teeth, but kept silent.
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Four days passed, and Dime was such a pain, NoName was actually thinking about killing him. His soul would do much more than he would while in his cage.
Dime was currently asleep in a nest he had created for himself with the dry moss and leaves used for the roof of his cage. His face was troubled, his tail flicking nervously as he dreamed. The daily shadow punishments were getting to him, NoName realised she probably didn't need to use her shadows anymore, as his mind created them by itself when he slept.
Strike appeared at her side just as Dime let out a whimper and curled tighter into himself. Strike sighed. "Why are we doing this?"
"Simply for the thrill."
Strike rolled his eyes. "We should let him go."
"It's only been a few days."
"Of constant mental torture."
"I just want to see what my shadows can do to a cat over long periods of time." NoName replied, glancing at Dime as the tom started to wake up.
"Ah, just in time." She purred, squeezing through the vines and stepping into the den- silently thanking her small size that let her enter and leave the cage with ease.
Dime opened his eyes and looked up at her, struggling to his paws. He swayed on his feet, still disoriented from sleep. "Stay away from me." He hissed, glaring at her.
"No." NoName grinned and let her shadows do the rest. Soon, Dime was back on the ground, shuddering and crying as he faced visions of his worst fears.
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"Wake up!" NoName kicked Dime harshly with a paw, her ears flat as he still didn't move.
At least half a moon had gone by since the dark furred tom's capture. No Starclan cat had crossed over to rescue him. Guess they didn't care about him after all.
Strike hovered at NoName's shoulder. "Just let him sleep, he's been having nightmares all night long. He'll be exhausted."
NoName shot her brother a glare. "Stop being so soft!" She snarled, turning back to give Dime another hard shove. His ears twitched. He was definitely alive, but in a very deep sleep.
Suddenly, Dime surged upwards and pinned NoName down. She gasped in surprise, her eyes widening in shock as the bigger tom rested his claws on her throat, his body weight easily keeping the struggling she cat down.
"Get off!" NoName growled. "Or I will use my shadows!"
Dime ignored her threat, uncontrolled chuckles leaving his lips as he got off her. "Ooh, it was so worth it. The look on your face was priceless."
NoName growled and snapped back to her paws, glaring up at him. "You're going to pay for this!"
"Mm, yeah, I know. Hit me with your best nightmare, miss only-three-shadows." Dime smirked gleefully as NoName let out a snarl of rage.
"Fine, if you don't want the shadows, then I'll get Strike to give you another beating!" She hissed back at him, her tail lashing.
"Oh please no, not Strike. He's so soft on me I'll probably fall asleep in his embrace!" Dime grinned at the black and red tom, who was staring at him with flattened ears.
NoName growled in frustration and unsheathed her claws, scoring them across his cheek. "Is that soft enough for you?"
Dime hissed in surprise, but the smirk quickly returned. "Aw, NoName, you finally built up enough courage to actually scratch me."
NoName gritted her teeth and snapped. "You mangy pile of fox-dung!" She stormed out of the den, Strike hurrying after her.
"Hey, maybe if you stop using Clan insults you might manage to offend me." His words were followed by a screech as NoName finally lost it with him and sent all three of her shadows his way.
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Later that same day, NoName was asleep in her cave, growling to herself as she slept. Strike was somewhere else, hopefully guarding Dime.
There was sudden a low whisper in her ear. "Hey. Hey NoName. Wake up."
The red she cat flattened her ears and opened one eye, lighting up the dark cave. She came face-to-face with Dime, his green eyes staring into hers with amusement. "What are you doing here?!"
"Strike forgot to close up the little escape hole you used to leave my cage. Once he fell asleep on duty, I took it upon myself to find you and tell you that he let me escape." He grinned down at her.
She snapped to her paws. "I'm going to kill you!"
Dime rolled his eyes and pushed her over, pinning her on her back. His paws planted themselves on her forelegs, making them unable to move. Her shadows were useless without the movement of her paws. He had learnt too much in his time in the Dark Forest.
"Let me go!" She snarled, kicking furiously at him.
"Ah, but I think it would be a good idea to let you experience the same pain I have for the past half moon." Dime smirked down at her, his lips curling back to reveal his teeth.
NoName hissed and wriggled around. Luckily, one of her forelegs got loose and she managed to send her shadows into Dime's face.
He collapsed on top of her with a wail.
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Only three days later, NoName returned to Dime's den to see him awake and sitting calmly in his nest. "Hm, strange." She murmured.
Strike appeared at her side. "No signs of Starclan cats at the border."
"They really do hate him. Perhaps this could help us.." NoName looked at Dime. "Look over here." She snapped.
"What?" Dime hissed in reply.
"Are you ready to take revenge on Starclan for abandoning you to my wrath?" She asked, grinning as a slow smirk rose on his lips.
"Yes, NoName. I want Starclan to burn for their mistakes."
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So.. That's the end of Awakening The Shadows...
MmM so many chapters.
So.. how was my first special edition book from the Lightclan series? Should I make more? About who?
Anyway, I want to say thank you to everyone for reading, voting and commenting on here. C:
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