My Little Warriors: The Final Battle

The sun was setting, casting shadows all around the camp. Firestar had been informed of Fluttershy's decision, and right now Jayfeather, and the other six were sitting in his den. He had just finished a vole, and was laying in his nest. Fluttershy let out a yawn. "You should get some rest." he told her, "You start training tomorrow, and as it just so happens it's the half moon."

"What's so special about a half moon?" she asked.

"The half moon is when all the medicine cats go to the Moon Pool to share dreams with Starclan." Jayfeather told her.

"What's Starclan?" asked Twilight.

"Starclan is where cats go to after they die. It's where our ancestors live." Jayfeather told them, "Medicine cats communicate with them, and read signs sent from them. You should get some rest, we have a long journey tomorrow."

"Okay." said Fluttershy, laying down in her nest. The others quickly followed suit. It didn't take too long before Fluttershy started becoming sleepy, and she drifted off to sleep. Fluttershy's eyes fluttered open, and she expected to be in the medicine cat den, but instead she found herself in a forest.

This wasn't any normal forest, though. It was completely dark. No light shone down from the starless sky. Fluttershy felt something off about it. Even more so than the Everfree. Fluttershy immediately knew she wasn't supposed to be here, and she started to back up.

She bumped into something, and let out a squeak, quickly turning around to see it was only a tree. Then the tree took on the appearance of a monster with big pointed teeth. Fluttershy quickly turned around, and ran away into the undergrowth. She didn't know how long she was running, but she had to get away.

Finally she stopped, gasping for breath. She was still in the dark woods. It seemed that no matter how far she ran she couldn't get out. It was then that she heard voices. They were too far away to make out what they were saying, so she carefully crept towards them. After a little while the voices settled into recognizable words.

"Go for the neck if you can." said one voice. It was cold, and hard, sending a shiver down her spine, but she continued anyways. She reached a bush, and the voices were really loud. She stuck her head out to see a clearing filled with cats.

"Always go for the kill." said a large brown tabby. Fluttershy gasped as she saw two cats fighting. She could even smell blood. He must of heard her, though, because his ears twitched. He sniffed the air, and growled, looking at the exact spot she was hiding in. He turned to a smaller brown tabby, and said something.

She gasped again as he stood up, and started walking towards her. Fluttershy quickly backed up against a tree. The bushes rustled, and she didn't waste any time turning around, and bolting through the forest. She ran as hard as she could, but she could hear the pawsteps of the large tom right behind her.

She pushed herself harder, but the pawsteps became closer, and closer. Finally Fluttershy was tackled from behind, and thrown on the ground. She felt claws digging into her pelt, making her bleed. She wailed out in pain. The brown cat leaned down, and spoke. "Well what do we have here? A spy?" he said.

"N-No. I'm not. Please let me go." she said, struggling against him.

"Oh, but what kind of warrior would I be if I let my prey go?" he said menacingly, digging his claws deeper, eliciting more wails of pain from her. "I'll make you into an example." he hissed, raising his head for the death strike. Then, just before he plunged his teeth into her neck she jolted awake.

She sat up, breathing hard. She winced at the pain from her wounds. Wait wounds? That was just a dream wasn't it? Suddenly she was aware of the presence of her friends, and Jayfeather. Fluttershy was so relieved to see them that she flung herself onto Rainbow Dash, sobbing.

"Fluttershy?!" said Dash.

"Oh Dash! I was so scared!" she sobbed.

"What happened?" asked Dash, concerned

"It was horrible!" cried Fluttershy. Jayfeather stepped forward.

"Tell us what happened. We need to know." he said.

"I-I was in a forest, and it was dark. Then I saw these cats talking about fighting, and killing. And one chased after me. It was horrible!" she choked out. Jayfeather let out a sigh.

"I was afraid this was going to happen." he said.

"What do you mean? What was that place?" asked Twilight as he got cobwebs, and applied them to Fluttershy's wounds.

"It's time you know who we're going up against." he told them, "That place is known as the Dark Forest."