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[Haze]

Infection
By, Haze


A big epidemic infects the Clans of Hazelwood Forest. It seems to be traveling among them, or attacking them in the order of the ten plagues. How will the Clans save themselves? Will they bond in times of need? Or just fall apart in the end?

03.10.09 -- I finished chapter one! You can find it in the index (by clicking the x) or in one of the posts below.

03.09.09 -- Hey you guys, I'm currently working on a fanfic, and instead of posting it on FanFic.. I'm posting it here for all of Ww! Huzzah! Please bear with me as I fix up this page for awhile and think of the content and title and such.. as I am beginning on a clean slate. Boy oh boy, I haven't completed a FanFic in a while. xD Keep your paws crossed that I may finish this soon!

PS - There will be only two Clans in this forest. xD StarClan, however, will always be included in my FanFictions unless otherwise stated.


Table Of Contents


I N D E X
Allegiances -- pg. 1
Prologue -- pg. 1
Part One - Blood
Chapter One -- pg. 1

A L L E G I A N C E S
CrimsonClan
L E A D E R

Nightstar -- huge black tom, with a strange white tail and underbelly. Blue eyes.



D E P U T Y

Snakefang -- a slim tom cat with snake-green eyes and unusually large teeth. he often lisps and his pelt color is ginger.



M E D I C I N E C A T

Dewleaf -- an elegant she-cat, calico, with grey eyes.



W A R R I O R S
Spottedtail -- Brown tom cat, long furred, with a tail speckled with lighter brown patches of fur. Blue eyes.
Apprentice; Cedarpaw

Snowstorm -- Blind she-cat with ultra sharp senses, blue eyes and white fur.

Ravenflight -- Pure black she-cat with green eyes.
Apprentice; Patchpaw

Foxfoot -- Orange tabby tom-cat with blue eyes, and black paws.



A P P R E N T I C E S

Cedarpaw -- Brown furred tabby cat, green eyes. She-cat.

Patchpaw -- White tom with black spots.



Q U E E N S

Acornpelt -- Tortoiseshell she-cat with auburn eyes.
Kits; Shadekit, Mousekit, and Greykit



E L D E R S

Scarfoot -- White tom with a limp. Green eyes.

Gingerfur -- A ginger she cat with white spots and hazel eyes.





ScarletClan
L E A D E R

Brightstar - Pure white she cat with hazel eyes and a line of tan fur running down her spine from head to tail.



D E P U T Y

Badgerbite -- Strong grey tom with strong jaws and orange eyes.


M E D I C I N E C A T

Redfur -- An auburn tom with green eyes.
Apprentice; Ivypaw


W A R R I O R S

Rainstorm -- A silver tom tabby with unnatural white stripes and grey eyes.

Hazeheart -- Pretty white and grey she-cat with green eyes.

Featherwing -- Tortoiseshell she-cat with blue eyes.
Apprentice; Skypaw

Opalheart -- Handsome white tom with one green eye and one honey.


A P P R E N T I C E S

Ivypaw -- A bubbily she-cat, average brown tabby with green eyes.

Skypaw -- White tom with brown eyes and one black paw & black ears.


Q U E E N S

Paintedpelt -- Calico she-cat with blue eyes.
Kits; Heatherkit, Acornkit, Crystalkit



E L D E R S

Sootfang -- Deaf she cat, black with grey muzzle, ears, and tail.

Windstorm -- Tan tabby tom with brown eyes.




The Ones Who Walk The Stars
A.K.A. StarClan

Adderstar -- Former leader of the first generation of ScarletClan. Tom.






Loners
Coming as we meet them..





Rogues
Kohvu -- Dark brown tom with ember eyes.

Daliey -- Prim grey she-cat with blue eyes.





Kittypets
Fluffy -- White tom cat with green eyes and black underbelly. Black, spiked collar.

Jovi -- White she-cat with tan spots. Blue collar.

P R O L O G U E

It can't be happening. The thoughts raced through the powerful starry-gazed cats' mind. We must stop this and protect our cats.. somehow. The cat looked away from the pool of foresight for a moment to gather his thoughts. He couldn't resist but to glance back again. He saw the days pass, the cats, growing weaker by the moment. He saw what looked like blood, tainting the grass, the following moon he saw what seemed to be frogs, then swarms of fleas and gnats, then dogs attacking, pestilence, strange diseases marking up the cats' pelts. On the final few moons he saw a terrible hail storm, along with a swarm of locusts.. then darkness. The pool beneath the cats' paws went black for awhile, until he saw a kit, a kit running, trying to escape the darkness, his younger kin chasing after him, trying to bring him back, along with the kits mother. The kit paused, looked out up into the starry-cats' eyes, and faded away. The pool then turned it's final shade of blood red before returning back to it's normal starry state.

"Adderstar, is everything okay?" A feminine she-cat asked with concern flooding her eyes as she strolled over to meet the cat whom had just been veiwing the future.

"Nothing will ever be okay." He replied and sulked off into the distance.

[Haze]

Bear with me guys, it won't look as pretty and neat as on the true forum.. sorry. ^^ It's the best I can provide.


Part One; Blood

Chapter One

CREAK, CRASH, BANG.

It's the exact noises he'd heard before his best friend and leader tragically passed before him. This was exactly a moon ago, and now, Nightstar is proclaimed leader before all of CrimsonClan.

Curiously he peered up at the tree stretching over him, casting shadows over his sleek, black pelt. He seemed almost invisible under the shade of this broken tree. Nightstar looked down once more, back at the fallen branch which had crushed his friend, his leader, during a horrible storm. He shook his head as memories flowed back into his mind. They came in swirls of red blood, and matted fur. He remembered how he'd try to stop his friend, Swiftstar, from going into battle during a harsh storm..

Wind ruffled harshly against Nightheart's strong body, dampening his already sodden fur to a max. Nightheart looked unto his leader, helplessly.

"Swiftstar.. I really don't think this is such a good idea.. I mean.. look at the wind.. it's chilling your cats to the bone!"

"Hush, Deputy," Swiftstar turned his ember gaze to Nightheart, "Though we are friends, and I do believe it will be hard for us to win the battle.. we'd better not be cowards and forfeit, it is not our way. We have always shown through with strength and success. We mustn't let this itty bitty storm stop us now."

Nightheart protested, lifting his paw out in front of him, "Come on! Can't we at least postpone the battle until tomorrow.. or next moon?"

"No," and with that, Swiftstar turned his silver tail on Nightheart and left to lead the Clan into battle, his head held high.. unaware that this would be his last battle.

..Nightstar shook off the memory, refusing to go into any more detail, picked up his prey, now getting cold, and padded back to camp.

Once he entered camp, Nightstar threw his catch onto the puny pile of fresh-kill, and proceeded to his den. His den was a giant cave, filled with the sweet aroma of his love, Ravenflight. Her presence always seemed to make even the worst of times better.

Nightstar walked deeper towards Ravenflights' scent, and it wasn't long before he noticed two sparkling green eyes flicker open in the darkness. The eyes got closer until Nightstar could actually see his darling. She walked gracefully up to him and touched noses.

"Where have you been?" she questioned?

"Oh, just traveling around.." Nightstar was a failure at trying to hide his feelings around Ravenflight.

"Oh, Nightstar!" She complained, "how many times have I told you? It'd really be best for you if you'd stop visiting that darned old place! I hate seeing you in these sad moods!"

Ravenflight gently wrapped her tail around Nightstars' fluffy black one.

"I know, I know, I'm just a stupid mousebrain." he insulted himself.

Ravenflight giggled, and released her tail from his strolling back over to her bed of moss. She turned, to see if Night would follow, when suddenly.. a noise disrupted him from moving any further.

CREAK, CRASH, BANG.

They both heard it. Immediately after came the terrifying yelp of a cat, yowling in pain. The silence.

Ravenflights eyes widened from a cresent to a full moon, and she raced out of the den. Nightstar, still firm where he'd been, heard his Medicine Cat, Dewleaf, calling for him. Shaking the fear from his mind, he ran over to Dewleaf who'd been waiting for him at the opening of his den.

"What is it?! What's happened?!" Nightstar panicked, his chest heaving.

The cat's stern, grey eyes looked back at him seriously, "A tree.. it's branch.. no explanations, no reason! It just.. fell, out of nowhere."

Nightstars' heart pounded faster now, tormenting him as if it were to burst any moment, "Is everyone okay?!"

"Almost.." Dewleafs' mew trailed off.

[leopardstar]

Yayz!
I'm glad you moved it! I can carry on reading it now. xD

[Haze]

Haha, thankies for reading, leopardy. ^^
I will get to work on some more chapters tomorrow. xD

[leopardstar]

Yay! That mean there will be more today.
*waits patiently and offers Haze a cookie*

[hawkfur]

Yay! I'm glad you moved too Haze, I like this. We can read more!

*Sits down by Leopardstar and looks at cookies longingly*

[leopardstar]

*Hits Hawkfur with fish screaming that the cookies are for Haze and wonders when the next chapter will come up*