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*The Life of Half star - (Inspired by Erin Hunters Awesome Story Series Warrior Cats) - 2 - A New Hope *

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The Night was dark and cold. No stars were seen on Silver pelt and the Moon was hiding behind some clouds.

The Nests of the biped ones were laying dark in the darkness as if they were sleeping.

Shadows were running along their Walls. A Mouse there, a Rat there, a dog who patrolled his territory and in between was a single Cat running around.

A single biped Monster came running through the night and revealed the Cat for a short second with his light before it ran past it.

It was Half star but he wasn´t the Leader that he once was. His Fur was Matt in Color and matted. His Body was thin. So thin that each Bone was visible and in his face was his Life written.

He had left his forest many Leaf Highs ago and now he was Living as a Loner. Yet he had always tried to make the best out of it but for his sake, Star clan was working against him or at last he thought that they did. His Clan had been destroyed. His Forrest had gone and right now he always prayed that his last three Life´s would finally be taken away from him.

Why is this Life mine? He thought to himself while he jumped up a fence. Have you not punished me enough right now? Do I really have to Life the last 3?

" CAT, CAT, HUNT, HUNT."

A Dog began to Bark under him while he moved over the fence.

" CAT, CAT, HUNT, HUNT. "

" HAHA... Come up here and try it. " He meow over to the dog and sat himself on the fence where he was on.

The Dog ran to his position and tried to jump to him but the fence was to high so the dog kept on barking.

It didn´t took long until the biped Nest became alive. The lights inside were lit up and only a few seconds later a biped stepped outside. Immediately the biped one saw Half star and screamed something into his direction.

Half star did as he hadn´t heard anything. Then suddenly the biped threw something into his direction and he did a surprised jump. He landed on the other side of the fence and right on the Thunder way. First he shacked out some fear of his Body and wanted to walk down from the way but then he ran to the side as fast as he could because he had missed the monster that came his way.

He ran as fast as he could not realizing that he left the biped nests and straight towards a big forest. Even as he entered it he didn´t stopped until he dropped over a Branch and stopped his Body with his face. Once he stopped, his Body began to hurt him. It hurt him so much that he lost his mind and went to sleep.

In his Dream

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He was standing on a cliff and right in front of him was his old clan standing.

He tried to jump towards them but he couldn´t move, no matter how hard he tried. Then he saw that one Cat came walking towards him and he saw that it was his Mate or at last he thought that she was it because he couldn´t see her clearly. That was the time when he realized that he was dreaming because she flew over the empty place between him and his clan.

Right in front of him she stopped and meow lovely into his face.

" Your time has not come yet. You are still needed. Star clan has never left you. Your Life´s are still a part of your Life and they are needed. "

He then tried to scream but right at that moment he woke up.

Back in reality

" NNNNOOOOOO.... I WANT TO....... HAH.... HAH...... Not another dream! "

It was already morning and the morning sun was blinding him. First he didn't knew where he was but then the noises of the forest began to invade his ears followed by the scents. Once his Eyes had become fine with the sun, he began to look around.

HHmmmm. He thought to himself while he deeply inhaled the Air. I missed this. So many sweet scents. Just like back in my old forest. Let's see....

He took another deep breath but this time with his open mouth to scan the scents.

" SNIFF....SNIFF.... BBBÄÄÄHHHH.... I never get used to the scent of Foxes......" He said to himself. " Luckily it´s 2 or 3 Days old.... BAH.... SNIFF.... HHHHMMMMM...Yummy... Mouse.... Fresh.... Come to me little Mouse... "

He became so fixed on the Mouse scent that he forgot to keep on checking for more danger.

He followed the scent around a few trees and then he moved his Body flat to the ground. Right in front of him was a little brake bush and in between its leafs was the mouse running around in search for some food. Not knowing that her death angel was near.

He waited until the mouse moved out of the bush and once she was out enough he jumped out of his hiding. The mouse had no chance. Before she even had noticed him, he grabbed her with his mouth and broke her neck in a single bite. Once sure that the mouse was death he dropped her and wanted to eat her right away but before he could do a bite, his Ears became fixed because he heard a Noise running through the forest.

" MMMMMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW !!!"

A Help scream of another Cat.

Immediately he turned into the direction of the scream and began to run towards it. Only 3 Heartbeats later he jumped over a little elder bush and found the source of the scream.

His heart froze on the sight that was laying in front of him.

He was standing on a little river which waters were flowing quickly to a waterfall and into a canyon. Yet this look was on normal sight alluring but there was more. Right in front of him was a brown Tiger Striped Tomcat sitting on his back and looking onto the river with a clearly look of happiness and joy.

The Tom was looking to the middle of the stream and there was a little Fur ball hanging on a little Branch, fighting for his Life. The Ball was a very young kit, barely 4 Moons old.

Without thinking on, Half star ran towards the stream and jumped into the water. Luckily, his old clan had been a clan of River cats so he hadn´t any problem of swimming down the river until he reached the kit.

Once he was near he saw that the Cat lost his hold and vanished in the Water. He quickly inhaled some Air and began to dive. Under the water surface the stream was quicker and wilder. Nearly to wild for him but his thoughts were fixed on saving that Cat and luckily he quickly found it. The kit was quickly dropping down only 2 Paw lengths in front of him and it didn´t made a move.

Half stars Heart began to race and his thoughts began to hammer in his Head. No! This Kit must survive!

Like a Fish he dived towards the kit and once reached he took the little Body with his big Mouth. Once in he began to push upwards but right at that moment he felt that his strength began to leave his Body and he also felt that the stream became faster.

CRAP! He thought. The Waterfall is coming closer...... OH NOOOO!!!

While he thought of the waterfall he suddenly saw a big stone coming his way. He tried his best to move out of its way but he wasn´t fast enough. The Stone hit his right shoulder hard and he lost his ability to swim while he desperately began to fought his will to scream or to bite.

NNNNNNNHHHHHH....NO BITE!!! NO SCREAM!!!! He thought. I MUST PROTECT THIS KIT !!!...... NNNNNNHHHHHH.... EVEN WITH MY LIFE IF I HAVE TO!!!

He saw that the end of the stream was coming nearer and he began to move himself into a protective Ball, with the little Cat inside of it but before he began to drop he suddenly felt another sharp pain. Someone had bitten him into his left shoulder and was now pushing him upwards.

A Heartbeat later he reached the surface and immediately he did a deep breath while he was dragged towards the bank. Once there he opened himself and let the little Body of the kit drop down.

The Little Body didn´t moved and he feared that he had failed but then he heard a soft Voice in the wind.

" He is not death. "

Half star did a quick look around but only found the Cat who saved him. Another Tom with Grey fur was standing next to him, breathing hardly. Yet the Voice had been female but that he didn´t cared now.

" Help me.... COUGH...... Save him.... COUGH... " Half star said to the grey Cat.

" How? I´m not a medicine Cat. I better go get some.... " The Grey Cat started but Half star cut him.

" Do as I say. Move to his side and pull him upwards with your paws. "

The Grey Cat followed his orders. He jumped next to the side of the little one and began to move the little Body upwards. Once high enough Half star said.

"Good. Now hold him in position. "

Half star moved his left paw under the Belly of the little Cat and with a pain driven shoulder he began to message the little once underside.

2 Heartbeats went past without nothing happened but then the kit began to spill out some water and afterwards he did a big breath in. Right after that it began to shake on its entire Body.

" Good! Good! Now quickly. Lick his fur dry. He needs to become warm again. " Half star said to the Grey Cat and he again followed his instructions.

The Cat began to do some quick licks and after the second lick the kit began to cry like a Baby. Half star then slowly went onto three paws and moved over to the 2. Once reached he said in a very calm Voice to the kit.

" Don´t worry. You´ll save now. "

Afterwards he began to lick over the face of the kit and once he had dried it´s tears he said to the grey Cat.

" Now go and bring him to your Medicine Cat. "

" And you? Your shoulder is not looking good to me. Should I help you?" The Grey Cat asked back.

" No. Go. He is more important than me. I will follow your scent. MOVE!"

The Grey Tom then took the kit in his mouth and began to run while Half star stayed for a few heartbeats to gather some strength. While he stayed he suddenly remembered something.

That wasn´t the Cat who looked at the kit and didn´t helped.

He quickly began to look around for the brown Tom but he didn´t saw him.

Damn! He thought on while began to move his Body up.When I see him again I will leave some claw lines in his pelt!

He then slowly began to follow the scent of the grey Tom and while he did he began somehow to think of his past. He had been many times in that situation but he always had one of his clan comrades at his side to help him. Now he was alone and he began to feel empty and he began to whish back the old times but then suddenly he felt a warm feeling on his side.

He had been so deep in his thoughts that he hadn´t recognized that the grey Tom had come back and was now walking on his side to help him.

" How is the.... Kit doing? " Half star asked.

"He will survive." The Grey Tom answered.

"That´s are good news."

A Few moments later they both reached the camp entrance and for the first time since a few Moons, Half star smelled with delight the scents of a Clan but his mind told him that something wasn´t right with the scents. There was a hidden scent of fear and horror which mixed with older scents of pride and honor.

"So. From here you have to made some steps alone but don´t worry. Once you are in I will help and guide you. " The Grey Tom said and pointed with his tail towards an opening of a broom bush.

" That´s no problem. " Half star said and lowered his Body slowly to get onto the high of the hole. Then he moved forward and entered the tunnel.

The tunnel was smelling intensively of the clan's members and Half star was immediately thrown back into his past until he reached the exit.

He stood on a grassy area which was surrounded by Bushes and trees and in the upper end of the Area was a stone formation with a long stone coming out of it. Above that nose he was able to see a Cave and he thought while the grey Tom moved back to his side.

That must be the nest of the Leader but.... where is the rest of the Clan? Where are the Kits? It's so deadly silent here.

" Come. This way. " The Grey Tom brought him back to reality and together with him, Half star humped over to another short tunnel.

Luckily this tunnel wasn´t that low so he could easily move through and into a den. Inside of that den he saw a Cream colored Female Cat who was licking the kit which he had rescued a few moments ago. The kit was visibly enjoying the bath because he heard it purring deeply and had stopped crying.

Once the Female saw Half star on the entrance she stopped her licking and quickly rose to her paws. Then she lowered her Head to great him and said.

"You must be the one who saved my Kit, right?"

" That´s right my Lady. " Half star answered while he also lowered his Head in response.

" Thank You so much for that. "

She moved towards the 2 and moved her Head to his. Normally he had done nothing on that gesture but for his sake she contacted his bad shoulder and he had to suppress a pain meow. Yet she saw his face and all became clear.

" OH! I´m sorry. Lay down there. I will call our Medicine Cat. "

Once said, the Cat ran past them and out of the den.

Half star than moved slowly over to the moss covered nest, which she had showed him, and dropped himself down on it because his shoulder was still alive and made it impossible for him to lay down normally.

Once he was laying, he saw that the Kit had moved next to him and was now looking over his Body with a kind of sad look in his Eyes.

"Are you hurt?" He meows asking.

"No, no. I´m only tired. That´s all. " Half star meow back in a calm Voice. "And you?"

" I´m still.... Felling a bit cold but Black tooth said that I have had some luck."

"Black tooth? Who's that?" Half star asked while he tried to move his Body into a bit more comfortable position.

" She is our Medicine Cat." The Kit answered.

"Ahh. Ok."

" By the way. Thank You for saving me. "

The Kit said and licked Half Stars Nose.

"There is no need to thank me. Each one should have done that. "

"Each one maybe but not everyone!" A nearly whispering Voice suddenly said from the entrance and a tortoise shell colored Cat moved into the den.

Half star got shocked once he saw the Cat. Her whole Body was filled with Scars. Her Left Eye was missing and she was thin as he was.

Now he began to recognized that each Cat around him was thin and he asked himself why because he had seen a good filled fresh-kill pile.

"Now. Let's see. "

The tortoise shell colored Cat began to move around Half stars' body and placed here and there a paw on it. Once she reached his Bad shoulder he meows in pain because she had presses hard on it.

"As I thought. " She said afterwards. " Dust tail. Help him up. I need to fix his shoulder right now. "

The Grey Tomcat, who had stayed in a corner till now, moved to Half stars' side and began to help him up with his face. Once Half star stood, the Medicine Cat said to the Kit and his mother, who had moved into the den after the medicine cat.

"Hawk Paw. Go with your mother and rest for the rest of the Day. You need some sleep and warmth. "

"Yes Black Tooth. " Answered the Kit and moved towards his mother.

Together with her he moved towards the other side of the den and there they sat down and his mother immediately began to lick him again.

"Now to you, warrior. Your shoulder is not broken but your leg is out-of-joint and this I have to fix right now and you will go through seriously pain while I do."

Half star looked at her with fixed Eyes when he said.

" I understand. Do what you have to do but please. Can I ask you some questions afterwards?"

"If you are still able to speak then yes and now try to relax. Dust tail. Fix his other paw. I don´t want to get hurt in reflex."

The Grey Tom nodded a Yes and placed his 2 paws on Half stars remaining front paw.

" Well... How did you managed to hurt yourself like that?" Black tooth asked while she took Half stars the leg with the hurt shoulder with both paws.

" It happened when I tried to save the Kit.... ÄÄÄHHH.... Hawk kit. "

"I see. Did you hit the ground of the stream or did the stream hit you with something?"

" The stream hit me with........ " He couldn't end because right at that moment....

*STRETCH*

*CRACK*

..... Black tooth dragged on his leg hard and it jumped back into its right place.

" MMMMMMMMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!!!"

Half star screamed in pain but he managed to stay in place. Even if he began to flinch slightly.

"Alright. That was the hard part. Now try to walk. It shouldn´t be that hard now." She said after she released his leg.

Carefully, Half star placed his leg on the ground and did a few steps. His leg was still hurting him but he was able to walk again.

" Good. " Black tooth meow. " Now lay down and let me look over the rest of your Body. Dust tail, you can leave now."

"OK." The Grey Tom answered and left the two.

"Now than. Ask me what you want to know young star. " Black tooth said once the Tom was out.

Half star looked at her in shook when he said.

" How did you...? Mouse poo. I hate medicine Cats. You can never hide anything from them. "

" That´s right. " Black tooth smiled while she said that and began to check the shoulder which Dust tail had bit into. " Looks like that Dust tail came right in time to save you two. "

" Yeah.... But I wish that he hadn´t done it. "

Black tooth stopped her search for a second after that answer but then she moved on saying.

" Why?"

" I..... I..... I cannot tell you. "

" Has it something to do with the fact that you are not having a clan or that you are not in your home forest?"

" Both. "

" Would you tell me your name please?"

First Half star wanted to tell her a Lie but then he said to her.

" It´s Half star. "

Black tooth stopped again on her work and he heard that she stopped breathing for some seconds. After a few heartbeats then she said to him while she moved past his Head.

" Well, well.... A Famous Warrior is laying in my den to become cured. I never thought that this Day would happen. Your wounds are not that heavy but you should stay inside for around 2 sunrises until you can walk again. "

" But I can.... NNNHHHHH.... " Half star had tried to stay up but his shoulder told him different things.

" You know that it is useless to argue with a Medicine Cat. Do you? "

" TAH!!! " Half star moved his head to the side.

" By the way. All explains now to me of why you searched the death but why do you wanted to let the kit die when you saved him? Isn´t this Mouse brainy? "

Half stars' face became sad and he moved it back towards her saying.

" It is not. I would have given my Life to save his to.... pay my burden to Star clan. "

A Few Heartbeats of silence take place until Black tooth came back with a few Leafs in her mouths.

" What do you mean with pay your burden to star clan?" Black tooth asked right after she had walked to his side to do her work on the Bite.

" This I can really not tell you and now I have some questions. " Half stars Voice became a bit angry. " Tell me please. What has a so young kit to search outside and why did these brown Tom nothing to save him?"

Another few Heartbeats of silence while Black tooth began to press some Fluids out of some Leafs and let them ran over the wound.

" HAH.... " She did a deep breath before she talked on while she massaged the shoulder. " This kit is an apprentice and the Tom you saw was his Mentor. "

" WHAT ???" Half star tried to jump on his Paws but again his shoulder payed him badly. " ARE YOU KIDDING ME? This Kit is barely 4 Moons old! No way that he is an apprentice!"

" Calm down. I know that and you are right but before you say something on let me tell you something of this clan. "

He followed her will even if all of his Body parts were beginning to hurt because of the slowly approaching tiredness.

" You must know that this Clan is one of 5 Clans in this forest and until last Leaf high we lived in happiness under the law of the Warrior code but then the nightmare started. "

The Medicine Cat finished her work and laid her Body next to his.

" On one Day our great Leader lost his last Life on a patrol and his deputy became Leader. Since that Day we are .... nothing more than living ghosts. He said that we had to serve only him in first place. The Clan would mean nothing to him because in his Eyes we were weaklings and so he began to train our apprentices or better said he murdered them one by one. He also told us that he didn´t want to hear us pray to star clan for help. He said that they were only worth to give a leader 9 lives but nothing more. "

Half stars' hate began to burn inside of his Body while he listened on.

" He threw the Elders out of Camp and told them that they had to hunt for themselves and he demanded that...... Each female belonged only to him and his chosen Warriors. "

Half stars' hate reached its final level but he stayed in position and asked.

"How many chosen ones does he has?"

" All in all 8 but Loyal to him are only 6. 2 I´m not sure about because they are always acting strange as if they were constrained against their will. "

" Where have the elders build up their new home?"

" Not far away. They have built up a little Cave at the back of our Camp. "

" Do you think that they would help if someone would try to throw the current Leader out?"

" On normal conditions yes but now that someone has to earn their Loyalty first. "

" I see.... YYAAAWWWNNNN.... "

Half stars Eyes began to fade and his tiredness slowly took away his hate.

"Rest now young Leader. Tomorrow you will need all of your strength for Hawk paw."

" Hawk paw? " Half star asked near some sleep.

" That´s the name of the kit you called Hawk kit. "

"Oh.... I´m..... sorry.... "

His Head became heavy and his Eyes were filling with darkness. Slowly he began to drift into the dream world but before he faded he saw something. Another Female had entered the den and Black tooth had moved to her to great her.

In his dazed state he was only able to see some contours and a bright fur. Yet he began to think that he might knew this girl from his past and before he dropped into sleep completely, a name showed up in his mind.

" Sunlight Claw " The Name of his death Mate.

To be continue.