Dark Shadows by Chocolatemeerkat (best books for 20 year olds txt) 📖

for a tiny mistake." She meowed. Shadowstep then backed away. Moonsky had won the arguement. Blazestrike then padded in with a blue tit in his jaws. "I have spoken to Ivyfur about Bramblekit, the poor kit isn't going to be apprenticed for 5 moons." He said. "I feel really bad for Lizardeye and Morninghawk."
"Me too, I hope our kits will keep out of harm's way." Moonsky meowed. She turned to her kits. "Why don't you 5 go and listen to the elders tell their stories? You may learn something, I know I did." She said with a wink. The kits rushed out towards the elder den.
"Hello young ones." Nighteye croaked. "Why are you here?"
"We want to hear a story!" Windkit explained.
"Gather round, I can tell you fiercesome battles this clan has fought." Nighteye meowed. The kits sat down and Silverclaw passed them 3 leftover mice to share.
"Well, we have many to choose from. Would you like to hear about the dog attack, when BloodClan stole all the clan's kits, the flood, the fire, the fox attack, when we joined up with all the clans to fight RainClan or what we call 'The battle of surrvial'?" Nighteye asked.
"The last one!" Echokit, Jaykit and Songkit shouted.
"The flood!" Flamekit and Windkit meowed.
"Well, it will be the final battle then." Nighteye said with a smile. "It was a few moons before you were born, but Shadowstep's kits were born during it."
"Wow!" Jaykit meowed in intrest. Blazestrike then poked his head in. "I believe I can help with this tale?" He meowed cheerfully. "With extra kits listening?" Shadowstep's kits padded in, along with Snowstar's. "They can't remember it because they were blind, so we'll tell them." Blazestrike then sat down beside Nighteye and started. "Well, it started off as any regular day. Wildheart and Swiftlegs became warriors at the start. Your mother was trying to tell me something when we heard screaming and yowling. We then padded out in fear and saw the clan huddled together. We asked Shadowstep what was going on and he said that BloodClan and RainClan had joined up to fight us. LeafClan were the main reason why they were fighting."
"But why did they go after you too?" Gentlekit asked.
"Because in the last battle, SnowClan helped LeafClan fight off the RainClan invaders. BloodClan helped, but they kidnapped Snowstar and took her hostage. I and Moonsky found her." Blazestrike said.
"Why is half of this stuff about you and Moonsky?" Pigeonkit asked.
"Ah ha, that would be telling." Blazestrike chuckled. "We were just good friends with the usual few fall-outs. Then it came to the time when I was almost killed by Bloodstar. But that will be later. I'll pass over to the elder now."
"Right, ok. I didn't see the exact same things Blazestrike did, but us elders managed to fight off a few invaders." Nighteye meowed. "Right guys?"
"Yes." Silverclaw croaked.
"We did indeed." Breezefang chuckled. "We even made Rainstar loose a life."
"That's amazing for a old cat!" Windkit gasped.
"Not that old, little one. I may have been here since the start, but I still have plently of life left in me." Nighteye chuckled. "Now, listen well."

Some time later, the story had finshed. All the kits were outside playing tag. The sun was shining down brightly, but it was very hot. Most of the water had dried up, and many cats spent the day sleeping in the shade. The kits weren't bothered but the sun. They just ran around like mad.
"Tag!" Jaykit meowed, tagging Pigeonkit with his tail. She giggled and ran after Songkit until someone was calling all their names. It was Shadowstep. "Come on, you need to go back into the nursery." He meowed.
"Why?" Gentlekit asked.
"It's too warm out here. You all could all have a stroke." He explained, nudging her in. "Go and see Spottedflower." All the kits padded in and Echokit went over to Moonsky. "Will you tell us a story?"
"Yeah!" Jaykit agreed.
"Sorry little ones, I'm too tired to even talk." Moonsky sighed, falling asleep. Echokit looked worried. Why did her mum seem like the tiredest of all the cats? Sadly, she rested her head on her mother's neck and shut her eyes. Windkit then nudged her up. "I'm bored!"
"Then find your own entertainment for StarClan's sake! I can't make up all the games you play!" Echokit mumbled angrily, shutting her eyes again. Windkit dropped his ears sadly. He then jumped up onto Moonsky's tail and fell asleep. Spottedflower yawned and nudged Shadowstep's kits over. Snowstar wasn't in the nursery, she was in her den with her kits. Echokit then smelt a strange scent. She had never smelt it before. She woke up and nudged Jaykit and Songkit awake. "Let's go find out what that smell is!" She explained. The 3 siblings padded out. Nothing was there, apart from a red glow behind the trees. It wasn't the sun, because it was quite high in the sky. They weren't sure what it was, so they headed back to the nursery. They curled up beside their mother and fell asleep. Within about 5 minutes, there was shouting. Echokit opened her eyes again and groaned.
"RainClan invasion!" Shadowstep yowled. At this point, everyone was awake. Moonsky woke up and huddled her kits towards her. Suddenly, a cat appeared at the nursery entrence. It was a she-cat with blue fur and green eyes. She was very tall and had many battle scars. Spottedflower growled in a low voice and the she-cat ran towards her, hissing.
"Who is that cat?" Echokit asked.
"That is Oceanstar, leader of RainClan." Moonsky mummered. "Don't speak to her or you'll be killed with 1 swipe." Windkit wailed loudly and Oceanstar stopped attacking Spottedflower. She then smiled a evil grin. "Well, well, well, it's little Moonsky. Ooh, and what's this? Kits? Who's are they?"
"Mine and Blazestrike's." Moonsky croaked. Echokit looked worried. It was obvious Moonsky was loosing her voice.
"That evil cat?" Oceanstar started laughing. "Young one, you do realise Blazestrike's done nothing good to your clan?"
"Actually, he's rescued kits from a river and many other things you wouldn't be intrested in." Moonsky mumbled.
"Humf!" Oceanstar grumbled.
"Leave my mum alone, you fox-hearted creep!" Windkit squealed, standing in front of Oceanstar.
"Windkit! No!" Moonsky screamed.
"How dare you insult me!" Oceanstar growled. Windkit screamed and ran out.
"Fire! Someone help, fire!" A cat yowled. Now SnowClan were in serious trouble. A fire and RainClan were in their camp! Wildheart rushed in and nudged the queens out. "Do you have all of your kits?" She asked.
"No.. Windkit... scared of Oceanstar... ran out.. don't know.. where... he is." Moonsky panted. Wildheart nodded. "Ok. Spottedflower, find Riverstripe and Shadowstep. You will get Moonsky and her kits to safety with the help of Riverstripe. Shadowstep will get his kits." She said. "Don't worry Moonsky, i'll find your son, no matter what it takes." She ran out and glanced around. RainClan cats were franticly trying to avoid burning branches, falling from the trees. Emeraldtail, Blazestrike, Bearpelt and Lizardeye padded up to the she-cat. "We're going to help you!" They explained.
"Thank you." Wildheart purred. "Now we must go, before we die!" The 5 cats ran around the camp, looking for cats in need of helping. Lizardeye pricked up his ears. He could hear a she-cat's cry for help. He ran towards a large branch. Sparrowsong was trapped under the branch. Lizardeye charged at the branch. He failed to move it and cut his paw. However, he didn't give up. He got hold of the branch in his jaws and dragged it away. Sparrowsong scrambled out and didn't even thank him.
"Typical." Lizardeye mumbled to himself. He then scampered away to look around for more cats.
"Lizardeye! I need help!" Emeraldtail yowled. Lizardeye turned his head and saw the she-cat being cornered by 2 larger toms. Lizardeye pounced onto one of them and clawed his muzzle. One of them pounced onto him, but Lizardeye clawed his flank and escaped. The toms fleed. Emeraldtail started coughing, but her eyes showed determaination. They continued on. Bearpelt, so far hadn't freed anyone, but she had heard screams from the medcine den. She rushed over and saw a huge branch blocking the entrence. Blazestrike was trying to drag it away, but he wasn't strong enough to move it. Bearpelt helped him and the entrence could now be acessed. Cherrypaw and Puffinpaw were still in there. "One of you will have to pick Cherrypaw up, she can't walk." Puffinpaw meowed, running out. Bearpelt gently picked up the young she-cat by the scuff and padded out. "Take Cherrypaw, Blazestrike, i'll continue looking. If you can, send for more cats." She ordered. Blazestrike nodded and picked up the apprentice. He ran out.
Bearpelt then bumped into Wildheart, who was helping Silverclaw out. "I think that's everyone apart from Windkit and Oceanstar." She said. Shouts were heard from the other side of the forest. Bearpelt knew everyone who had got out of the blazing fire was over there, but the shouts were getting louder and louder. They were saying a name, but who's? Wildheart nudged Silverclaw out while Bearpelt continued listening. The first part of the name was moon, but Bearpelt was trying to figure out who. "Moonlight.. Moonheart.. Moonsong... Moonsky.. wait.. they must be saying Moonsky!" She mummered to herself. A white she-cat ran towards her, panting. "Where's Windkit? Have you found him yet?" She demanded.
"No, not yet. We're still looking. Did Blazestrike send you?" Bearpelt asked.
"I came alone. Everyone thought I was mad and tried to hold me back, but I fought back and ran off. Many cats were calling my name, but I didn't return." Moonsky explained, holding her head high. "I'm going to find my son, no matter what."
"Well, it's nice to see that you want to help, but you have young kits back there. You can help by making sure they don't come back here." Bearpelt meowed gently.
"No! Blazestrike's watching them, I am going to find my son, and you can't stop me!" Moonsky hissed, lashing her tail angrily. Bearpelt took a step back. "O..ok." She gulped. "But never speak to a senior warrior like that." Moonsky glanced around. A memory sat in her mind. It was when Fernwhisker had tried to rescue Cloudpaw as an apprentice in the last fire before the apprentice fell down from a tree and died in the blaze. Moonsky pictured Windkit, hanging from a tree on the edge of death. She pushed Bearpelt out of the way and and starting running around, calling her son's name. "Windkit! Windkit!" She then stopped when she saw a large blue cat, staring at her. It was Oceanstar. "I see you have come to find your precious little son." She said, grooming her soot-covered fur. Moonsky growled deeply and then stopped when she saw Windkit. "Oh, thank StarClan you're safe, Windkit! Now come here!" She said gently. The kit looked terrified and ran off, coughing. Oceanstar ran after him, snarling. Suddenly, flaming branches started falling from the trees rapidly. One large branch hit Moonsky's back and trapped her. "Help me!" She cried, unable to move. Wildheart rushed over and helped to move the large branch, despite the pain the flames were giving her. "Come on!" She said quickly, rushing out. Moonsky then escaped to safety, coughing. Blazestrike ran over to her. "Moonsky! I thought you were dead!" He purred in delight, rubbing his head against her cheek.
"Well, I said I would be back, didn't I?" Moonsky purred, twinning tails with him. Wildheart ran back into the blaze, trying to find the little kit. She bumped into Lizardeye, who looked tired but determained. "You go back, i'll find the others." He commanded. He watched the young warrior run for her life. "Now to find Emeraldtail and Bearpelt." He mumbled. Lizardeye then pricked his