Chapter 4
As pine needles scattered the snow ridden ShadowClan camp, warriors returned from hunting. It was the final patrol of the day, and as the crimson sun set below the horizon, Umberkit readied himself."Any second now" he could feel the shadows rising as dusk fell onto the forest, Umberkit was about to become a creature of the night!
He often used this power to spy on warriors, he even caught the two apprentices Goldenpaw and Eclipsepaw sneaking out in the middle of the night.
He didn't quite know what they did that night, but one moon later Goldenheart moved into the nursery.
"What are you up to?" a meow came from behind the pitch black kit.
He moved his colorless eyes to see Moonwater standing above him. She often caught him trying to get into the Medicine Cats den, and was quite used to Umberkits power.
"I'm just getting ready to go to sleep" he meowed like an innocent kit, "What are you doing?".
"Keeping my eye on a kit that's up to something" she meowed, giving a glare as she exited the nursery.
The light silver warrior thought she was clever, but there was no way she could catch him in the darkness. In fact only Duskpetal and Hollowkit could find him, and half the time he was gone before they did.
Rays of shadows drenched the pine infested camp, as most of the warriors padded into their dens for sleep. Umberkit peered outside towards the camp entrance, Appleleaf and Huskpelt were on guard duty, both yawning from the previous nights patrol.
"And..." Umberkit took one last glance to the sleeping Duskpetal and Hollowkit, "Now".
He slipped into the shadows near the pine trees and almost instantly, his black pelt faded into the inky-black of the night.
"Now who to eavesdrop on?" Umberkit glanced across the clearing, his eyes gleaming in anticipation.
Olivenose, Ryefoot and Greenclaw were sharing prey at the opposite side of the clearing. Though they were probably just talking about boring warrior stuff, Umberkit wanted to hear something interesting!
Glancing to the opposite side of him, Umberkit noticed the Medicine Cat talking with a cat next to her stone cave den. Padding into the shadows closer to the Medicine Cat, Umberkit gasped as he saw who she was talking to, Scorchstar!
This is going to be good, the black kit inched along in the shadows, getting ever so closer to the talking cats.
"I've spoken with StarClan" the rose dappled she-cat told her leader.
Scorchstar looked up with his piercing amber gaze, "And what did they say? Any more news on the Zodiac's?".
Zodiac's! Umberkit's attention immediately increased, they were talking about him!
Scarletshine nodded, "I spoke with Blackstar, he said that Umberkit and Hollowkit should be apprenticed any day now."
Umberkit silently thanked the former, now dead, ShadowClan leader. He was going to be an apprentice!
"What else did they say?" Scorchstar meowed quietly, making sure no one was watching, even though Umberkit had been the whole time.
Scarletshine bent her head, "They also said that because there are two Zodiac's, only one will actually become the true Zodiac of ShadowClan."
The gray toms ears perked, "And who is it?".
Scarletshine shook her head, "Honestly I don't think they know, but Blackstar did tell me that one Zodiac's power is to be used for good. And the other is to be used for evil."
Umberkit quietly gasped, and without wanting to hear anymore, he padded back towards the safety of the pine trees. How could any of this be true?
Why would StarClan give him or Hollowkit an evil power? But there was something that bothered the young kit, who was evil? Either he was the evil one and totally didn't know it, or Umberkit's sister was.
Only time could tell, but Umberkit just prayed to StarClan that it wasn't him.
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