The Quake~ Duskpaw's POV
The cat at the top is Whiteclaw (I finally personified him!)
Just to clarify-
Bold and italic- Voiceover/Thoughts
Italic- Emphasis on certain words from the audience
Bold- The actions everyone is seeing on the screen
Regular- The actions that are being performed by the audience
Let's begin~
Duskpaw was walking around the borders with Coldstare about a fox length in front of him, padding quietly behind his mentor.
Coldstare stopped and stared at something Duskpaw couldn't quite see yet, Duskpaw trotted to investigate what his usually stone-faced mentor was gaping at.
Duskpaw gasped when a pure white hole that was somehow floating came into his view.
Coldstare started walking toward the whiteness.
Duskpaw let him, entranced by the blinding light in front of him, staring forward.
The white hole pulled the two cats forward into its intoxicating light.
Duskpaw didn't see anything for a moment.
When Duskpaw's vision came back, he saw a flurry of movement coming toward him.
Duskpaw identified several cats, including Sunstar, Coldstare, Dawnpaw, Badgerpaw, Cloudsky, Snowheart, and Shinepaw.
He couldn't however identify two other apprentices in the pure white space.
One was gray and black and the other was a few different colors he refused to acknowledge at the moment.
He looked behind the crowd of movement, and he saw a gray and black cat with bright green eyes, the cat looked at him and gave him a wink.
Duskpaw just stared and watched at the cat's eyes began glowing an icy blue, a black cloud formed at the cat's feet.
The black cloud rose and drifted over the crowd of cats, just as suddenly as it appeared, the cloud started to pour a waterfalls worth of water down upon the cats, stopping the movement all together.
The cloud disappeared.
Duskpaw stared at the ground.
Bone dry.
What?
The gray cat sauntered over to the cats and made a loud growling sound, catching everyone's attention.
"Ahem- now that everyone is listening to me" The cat grinned wildly "I'm Whiteclaw! And I'll be your host" the tom continued grinning at the group.
Sunstar stepped toward the tom gently.
"I am Sunsta-"
"Pshh I know who all of you are!" Whiteclaw yoweled lightly.
"Then do you know why we are here?" Sunstar asked gently but urgently.
"Of course! In fact! I brought you all here!"
That did not bode well with most of the non-shell shocked cats.
There were so many hisses and growls and grumbles that Duskpaw could hardly hear anything else.
Whiteclaw hissed, the sound was like a snake had been enlarged to the size of a boulder, it was that loud.
"Quiet" Whiteclaw thundered.
Everyone was silent.
"Let's get ok with it shall we?" He grinned.
The cats gathered together in front of the wall-thingy in a large clump.
The wall-thingy started to play a scene.
I am an apprentice now, my mentor is Coldstare, Coldstare won't judge how I act, we'll be friends, right? Well, I know Coldstare is the deputy, but I really never knew him, or anything about him, that's a little bit nerve-wracking...
"W- how are we hearing my thoughts??" Duskpaw asked worriedly.
"Don't question it I guess" Coldstare chuckled lightly toward his apprentice.
Duskpaw quietly padded out of the den once he saw the moon slowly slide down, he'd been kept awake since moonhigh, night terror, he'd never be accepted if he didn't get those under control soon.
"Duskpaw how long has this been going on?" Duskpaw's parents asked him along with Dawnpaw's worried stare.
Duskpaw just shrugged and nodded toward the wall.
Once outside, Duskpaw crept onto the hidden pile of rocks which as far as I know, is only known to me, and Dawnpaw of course.
Dawnpaw nudged her brother playfully and he just gave a small smile back.
Duskpaw climbed to the top of the pile, then reached for the steady branch that never made a noise, never a creak, nothing, he was completely unnoticed, exactly how I liked it.
"Uh- how long has that been there???" Sunstar asked, looking around as if it'd give him an answer.
He stalked up the tree trunk, clambering as silently as he could up the tender alder bark. Once at the top, he sat down and let himself breathe, gazing up at the cliffs towering over the camp, he noticed his nose was going to be difficult today, great, hunting without smell, great.
Dawnpaw laughed, Duskpaw ducked his head in embarrassment.
Everyone else laughed a bit just my their reaction.
Duskpaw sat in the same spot throughout the whole sunrise, it reminded him of Dawnpaw, she was the same pale golden orange color, but her bright blue eyes contrast to her pastelly appearance. The blue was their only reminder they were siblings, besides the fact they are best friends, no one would figure they were even related with their personality differences.
"Isn't that the truth, you two are so different" Cloudsky smiled at them.
He realized too late that he would give away the sacred place he and his sister established if he came down with even the slightest bit of noise.
"Wow that place seems really special" Ashpaw spoke up a little.
He tried to sneak back down, immensely thankful he doesn't look like either his mum nor his dad, being the only grey and black cat in the small line of cats, at least that he knew of.
Sunstar almost spit from laughter.
Cloudsky just stared at her son with an amused face.
He watched timidly as the tired dawn patrol trudged out of the Warriors den.
'They surely won't see me if they are this tired!' Duskpaw let himself hope.
"Yeah that's pretty much how they are like in the morning" Coldstare mused.
He smoothly slithered down the rocks, stepping lightly in fear of reveal.
The ground started to move up and down.
"Hold on- what is happening?? Multiple cats asked loudly.
"Chill" Whiteclaw said simply.
The cliffs began to tremble violently, threatening the collapse of unsteady rocks.
Everyone was looking around and flinching at the wall.
He felt the rocks before he saw them.
There were multiple gasps from the cats.
Suddenly he was plunged into darkness. The last thing he felt, a large rock descent upon the back of his skull.
Sunstar, Cloudsky, and Dawnpaw quite literally grappled their son/brother with a death grip.
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Dawnpaw felt the earth underneath her shake in her dream, she had been chasing a blue mouse (why was it blue?), then she felt as if she was on extra bouncy moss, because she was going up and down and she wasn't stopping.
"How is it showing my- whatever it is now?"
"Shhh we don't talk about that" Whiteclaw whispered.
She heard a shriek and had an overwhelming sense of panic come over her, she realized her brother was not in her slightly fuzzy sight. She scrambled to the entrance of the den, frantically searching for the grey fur and blue eyes she knew best.
"I- was that some kind of sibling instinct??" Ashpaw exclaimed.
The siblings shrugged simultaneously.
When she saw Badgerpaw and Shinepaw claw their way out of the den, she finally felt the earth shaking.
"Hey that's us" Badgerpaw nudged Shinepaw.
She nodded exasperatedly.
Her thoughts sprinted around in her mind.
She was in danger, she needed to get out, she needed to find her brother, she needed to find her dad, her mom, Snowheart, someone!
"That's a pretty cool way of showing a thought process" Rainpaw whispered to a disinterested Ashpaw.
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When Duskpaw came to, it was completely dark, he couldn't see his paws in front of himself, he was terrified.
"Woah that's kinda weird to see and kinda feel..." Dawnpaw whispered.
This was not the kind of darkness he was used to, he knew, he engrossed himself within the darkness that always, always lay in the back of his mind, this however, this was new.
"Oh Duskpaw..." Cloudsky murmured in worry.
As he fell back into the depths of his mind, all he could think about, is how he'd die here, alone, in the dark.
The small family once again grappled the apprentice in a death grip.
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Dawnpaw's knees almost buckled as she stumbled through the gravely camp, her eyes darting around frantically as she searched for her parents, or at least someone.
Then she saw the golden fur rushing around, with the same energy as herself, but with focused eyes, obviously searching for something, or someone.
"Th- yeah that's me..." Sunstar said hesitantly while still having a paw around his son.
She was spotted quickly due to her pale golden pelt, father and daughter rushed toward each other and Dawnpaw felt a choked sob break through her throat.
"Oh no..." No one in particular said.
"We are evacuating into a clearing on the edge of the camp, there will be nothing to fall on us!" Sumstar said loudly, in his camp meeting volume.
Dawnpaw jumped a bit, startled at the sudden booming noise close to her ears.
"Dawnpaw did a little spook did she?" Duskpaw teased to make a little light of the situation.
"Where is your brother??"
"Oh StarClan"
The sob escaped her throat once more before her father understood what she was unable to communicate with words, she saw he'd understood by the look of terror washing over his face.
There was a collective grimace between the cats.
Sunstar all but picked up the apprentice up by her scruff, leading a whole sea of different colored fur as he loped out through the camp entrance.
"Ah??!" Dawnpaw made a noise of indifference.
Dawnpaw watched, horrified as she finally saw the damage the shaking had caused, she stared, frozen in shock, as she was slowly set to the ground.
Everything was broken.
The release on her scruff snapped her out of her reverie.
"Duskpaw!! We have to go get him! He could be trapped! We have to get him!" Dawnpaw sobbed.
"There she goes-" Snowheart sighed a little.
"I'm going back!" Her father announced.
There were yowels of protests from the cats all around, looking for guidelines.
"Coldstare is in charge!" Sunstar announced, before running at full speed into the place they called home.
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Duskpaw awoke to the sensation of something heavy being rolled all around himself.
Suddenly the weight was lifted off one of his ears, it was making a sound that felt like an echo of disturbing noises.
"Oh hello there..." Duskpaw said quietly to himself.
He chanced a glance above, to see who would be greeting him in StarClan.
Everyone cringed, this young apprentice was facing death and he wasn't even bothered by the fact that he might never live again, he wasn't actively trying to die, but he wasn't against the idea.
Instead he saw the golden fur of his father, and the blue eyes of his mother.
There was a collective gasp between the mates as they saw the blood covering their son.
The gasp spread over the cats as well.
They shook themselves out of their shocked trance, immediately immersed in pulling, rolling, and pushing rocks off of the apprentice.
Duskpaw started to wheeze as regular oxygen filled his dust filled mouth.
"Distress..." Snowheart started to mutter medicine cat speak under her breath.
His nose was still being rebellious today, he mused, he was definitely in shock.
Duskpaw huffed out a little laugh at his impeccable sense of humor.
Duskpaw started laughing, and coughing, all at once, struggling to take a satisfying breath.
Duskpaw laughed again.
Absolutely everyone (besides Snowheart and Duskpaw) was extremely confused as to why he'd be laughing in this situation.
Sunstar picked his way around the bloodied cat, and picked him up, gentle as a mouse.
Snowheart was immediately called over, Duskpaw didn't hear who called her, his ears were ringing and he was still laughing at the nose problem.
And still coughing, and wheezing.
"Not good..."
That was when his body decided to power down, to refresh his body, with some well deserved sleep.
"Seems reasonable I guess..." Rainpaw whispered.
The ground was shaking slightly less than before.
"That's good" Sunstar muttered to himself.
His head was going up and down, kind of like vibrating off the ground.
His head hurt.
He was going to sleep.
Darkness was welcome now.
"NO DUSKPAW I SWEAR TO STARCLAN IF YOU GO TO SLEEP-" Snowheart restrained the rest of her medically accurate rant and walked over to Duskpaw, put her paws on his shoulders, and said "-Duskpaw, if this happens, do not go to sleep, 'kay?" She asked calmly.
Duskpaw nodded with a fear that this she-cat would kill him if he did go to sleep...
"Aight let's roll" Whiteclaw announced.
Okay how was that? Do you understand what I did there?
I will do this again but it may be slow ;w;
I NEED REQUESTS FOR WHAT MOMENT TO DI NEXT- ANY OC LIKE EVEN INCLUDE ELLIE AND ALEC IF YOU WANT
I MIGHT ACTUALLY DO THAT-
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