Leaving for the Stars

[Lupin]

Dovestar passed out of the camp unnoticed with ease. Who would question the leader after all? She padded out, taking strained steps. Once upon a time her gait had been graceful and easy. But age had finally caught up with the honorable leader. That was why tonight she had chosen to leave the camp for a moment. To simply ponder her life up to this point. Because she knew life for her wouldn't last much longer. Few knew the actual age of Dovestar. And only she knew how many lives she still possessed.

After a while Dovestar arrived at her destination. A long river flowed gently through the plains of her territory. From where she stood it was possible to see it's length reach the lake. It was a high place and in the light of the stars and moon it was also beautiful. With a tired sigh Dovestar lay beside the river, feeling the soft touch of the river droplets on her fur. Here she felt content at last. But this feeling wasn't meant to stay.

A cold breeze blew through the air reaching Dovestar's resting spot. It was in some ways a warning. But it was too late for the old she-cat now. A huge brown and white figure lumbered down the hillside. The beast had scented it's prey before and now it was on the hunt. As soon as it spotted Dovestar's white pelt, it broke into a run. The she-cat never knew what hit her.

Teeth fought for a spot on her neck and claws dug into her rear. With a screech, Dovestar reared up, but was instantly pushed back by the huge amount of weight. The old cat had no chance of escape. Or to even win this fight. Long ago perhaps it was possible but tonight it was impossible. Dovestar screeched again determined not to go down without a fight. She clawed at her unknown opponent making contact with the creature's face. It let out a hiss of hatred and doubled it's effort. The fight was finished.

At last the monster had a hold on Dovestar's soft neck. With a quick bite, it's teeth sunk into her flesh. With a gasp Dovestar pulled back. Thoughts flew through her mind. But one was most prominent. The thought that this was her last life. She turned determined to see her attacker's face before she left to join StarClan and the rest of her family. Her final look of shook disappeared as she past on into the heavens.

"Silly, silly kitty. Malice wouldn't ever be beat by you. Time to bring you back home. Little kits coming soon," Dovestar's killer mumbled to himself as he began to drag the bloody body of the leader away.

OOC: A WindClan cat can find them...Swiftbreeze is now leader.

[Lupin]

((...no one even replied to her death. Dovestar must of been very loved >_<))

[Moondust]

(( Oh you must feel so alone. Poor Lupin Dusty and Cherrystripe have come to the rescue!))

Cherrystripe was making her way through her territory taking one of her usual evening strolls. She enjoyed the way the moon fell upon the planes and danced across the grass as it moved. She flowed through the grass closing her eyes at times to breath in the scent that went along with the moon and stars that shone above her head. The striped she-cat had memorized the way to her place moons ago close to when she first started coming to the ridge that could let her see the entire surface of WindClan Territory. The path that Cherrystripe took had been flattened down from her paws.

The reason the odd cat came there every night was for one simple reason: to find herself. Cherrystripe had always been a very shy cat and since many cats didn't know her she started not to know herself. So now every night she would sneak out of camp and make her way to her spot. She chose this certain place because she was closer to the stars and found herself closer to StarClan.

As the she-cat streaked through the pathway she passed the river. Normally she would never glance over to it but this time there was something off. Normally all she would see was the ripple of the moon in the water and on the shore there would be the weeds and the soft grass. But now there was a large white spot. It made Cherrystripe skid to a halt and move in closer to the river. When she saw what - or who - it was Cherrystripe's jaw popped open. Dovestar immobile in the jaws of some strange unknown cat. The brown cat blinked in amazement and thought maybe she was just seeing things and that if she closed her eyes the sick image would disappear. But she was wrong when she opened her eyes the same horrible scene was still occurring.

Cherrystripe was unsure of what to do. The tom that was dragging off her leader appeared to be pretty strong so she didn't know what to do; should she run in there and avenge her leader or to flee and bring the treacherous news back to the Clan.

Not really thinking but merely running on instincts she plowed her way down to the shore to face Malice. She had no idea who this strange beast was but quickly realized that he looked a lot scarier up close then when he was far away. The strange look in his eyes and the way that he spoke about himself in third person made her automatically regret her decision to come and face this newly found enemy.

((p.s. Malice is a creeper))