Search of a New Clan

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

Demonstorm slowly stalked through the Scorpion Burrows. Duneclan, in his opinion, was a pretty neutral Clan and wouldn't mind a warrior like him. Anyone who knew him, had to admit he was powerful, swift, and clever. But those who knew his past over looked that. His black pelt hung to his muscles, making them much more noticable than if he had been well fed. The scent of cat hit him, probably a patrol. Knowing that he wished to appear nonhostile he stopped where he was and waited for the approaching cats to arrive.

[Amber]

Opalstone nodded at her mother's words as they went on a hunting patrol. "Yeah, scorpions are probably the only things that are gonna be out here," she agreed whole-heartedly. Then she stopped walking, a confused expression on her face. Immeadetely she decided to make it a test for Amberpaw, because for the moment the tom's scent posed no threat. "Amberpaw, what do you smell?" she asked the apprentice, who wasn't hers, but was her little sister, and her brother's apprentice.

Stormstar nodded in adknowledgement. "Mmhmm." Then she paused in her pacing too, sniffing the air. She opened her mouth, tasting it now. "Yes, Amberpaw. What do you smell?" she quizzed. She knew the scent was a tom cat, with overlapping traces of FernClan, loner territory, rogues, and a lot of other things.

Amberpaw halted to test the air. After pondering the scent a while, she looked at the two cats she idolized greatly. "A tom. With a fresh scent of FernClan territory, but he wasn't there long. Then...loner. And then...there's something else, underneath it all." She wrinkled her nose. "Blood."

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

Demonstorm spoke up as he slowly appeared before the patrol. "You are a wise, and well trained apprentice. Everything you smelled was right about me." He said and nodded a dip of respect to the two older cats. "Yes I passed through Fernclan on my way here." He said for once relieved he had never been allowed at a gathering, so these cats would not have ever seen him with another clan. "I have come in search of a clan."

[Amber]

Stormstar blinked. "That still doesn't explain the blood scent," she meowed quietly. Then she blinked. Maybe FernClan had just drove him out, when he asked them, and there had been a fight. The blood was fairly fresh, and she spotted slashed on his cheek. Just warning scratches. Then she saw the large and severe wounds on his legs and back, that he seemed not to notice. Her eyes widened ever so slightly. "My name is Stormstar. And you are?"

Opalstone blinked. "Yes, WHO are you? You can't expect us to just accept you whole-heartedly without at least your name, and an explanation, " she complained. It was just like Opalstone to be that way.

Amberpaw grinned at the praise, even from a stranger. But then she stopped, an expression of confusion of her face. She frowned. "Wait, how would you know that my name indicates I'm an apprentice if your not from the Clans?" she mewed softly, just barely audible. She closed her eyes suddenly, drawing in a quick breath. She was having another vision. She collapsed onto the ground this time, twitching and rasping in fear and pain and other emotions. She was with the cats from AshClan. Brambleface and Shadowheart. She felt...dizzy. But barely, like from far away. Her dream was sped up, so she could barely comprehend their motives for their actions. They took her to a medicine cat...the AshClan medicine cat. She left afterwards, going back to DuneClan. "Amberheart?" someone asked concernedly, she could make it out. The cat was named...Pheonixstar? She lied and said that a fox had attacked, and then suddenly it jumped to a completely different time.

Opalstone watched Amberpaw shudder and she gasped. "Amberpaw, wake up!" she yowled, shaking her sister.

Stormstar widened her eyes in alarm.

Amberpaw was in a clearing. Ten large boulders lay in a circle, and in the middle was a larger rock. In the large space between the ten boulders and the large rock, there were many cats. And she was one of them. Fight. Fight for DuneClan. Fight for Stormpaw. Fight for your honor. She snarled at a she-cat with a large fox wound...Emberstar, the name came to her head. The she-cat jumped at her and slashed at her throat. Stormpaw stood frozen, horrified. She screamed but it was too late. Emberstar's claws and teeth went deeper and deeper in Amberpaw's throat as she fought helplessly. Then a large pale brown figure with hazel eyes seemed to fly, like a fearow, out of nowhere and tackle Emberstar away. Finally Stormpaw gained the courage to confront Emberstar as the leader got free of Fearowstar. "Why?" she called faintly, "You hurt my sister. I thought you were my best friend. Why, Emberstar?" Everything swirled dizzily, and then lurched suddenly. Amberpaw's eyes flew open in the real world, and she shivered in horror, gasping for air.

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

Demonstorm nodded, "I have been taught about the Clans from my mother. She was born in what I think they called Fernclan. So I traveled there first. They weren't exactly the nicest as you can see." He said his tail brushing across his wounds. "My name is Blackflame, so named by my mother. She made sure to keep strictly to your warrior code." He said choosing a different name, incase they had heard of him. Luckly for him all the white in his pelt had pretty much dirtied over and now looked browish. The only familiar things about him was his eyes.

As Amberpaw had her visions he turned a worried expersion and took a hesitant step forward. "Is she okay? Is there something I can do." He asked deciding to put on a caring yet strong exterior.

[Amber]

Amberpaw spoke first. "I'm - I'm okay," she stammered.

Stormstar looked at Demonstorm/Blackflame. "Alright Blackflame. I'll give you a chance as a DuneClan warrior. Come on!" she meowed once she was sure Amberpaw was alright.

Opalstone cast one more worried glance at Amberpaw, then sighed and walked away with Stormstar, flicking her tail to beckon Blackflame.

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

Demonstorm(Should I call him that or Blackflame?) nodded and followed the two Duneclan warriors. "I thank you both." He said and fell in step beside Amberpaw. "Are you sure you are okay, would you like support?" He asked his eyes showing worry as he looked at her. "Maybe I could catch you something to help with your strength." He suggested.

[Amber]

"Maybe..." Amberpaw murmured, nodding slightly. She looked at Blackflame, eyes full of gratitude that the stranger would be worried for her and offer to help her.

OOC: Blackflame? XD Since he's Blackflame now...so yeah.

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

"I hope it's okay with your leader there," Blackflame said pointing his tail towards Stormstar. Quickly and quietly he slid away and came back with a small but plump mouse. "This is all I could find in such short notice." He said quietly and placed the mouse in front of Amberpaw.

[Amber]

"Thanks," Amberpaw meowed softly. She ate it, then stopped swaying as much. She turned to Blackflame. "You'll be a great warrior," she whispered, "I kinda wish that, as soon as you got your warrior code and stuff down straight, that I could be your apprentice. But...I already am my brother's."

[Darketh[the not so kind]]

Blackflame was a little taken back at this but nodded slowly. "You seem to have been a great apprentice. Though I may not be your mentor, I will help in whatever way I can." He said.