Kits Of a Leader Part 6- Frozenstar

   "Frozenheart." The grey and white she-cat stood up, looking at the direction of the voice that had called her name.

       "Frozenheart, Frozenheart." her name became a chant. She turned around in a full circle, snarling a challenge. "Who's there?" she spat. "Show yourself!" her voice echoed of the bare pale trees, across the exposed packed earth. One by one shadows darted out of the dark mist that concealed them, forming a hard line. It took Frozenheart a moment to realize they were cats. She bared her teeth, and the cats advanced, she saw them more clearly under the light that came from nowhere. Greystar walked up to her.

   "We have brought you here to give you your role, and rise you up from where you stand." he said, his voice echoing menace. "To give you your line lives as a leader." he added. "Will you accept this position, to lead Brokenclan through greater times, times where they are feared and crush their enemies in the dust?" Frozenheart dipped her head at once, her eyes gleaming.

     "Then so be it." Greystar said. She looked at all the cats, some familiar others not. Their eyes were filled with not hatred or malice, nor pride. They looked as if they were eying a plump piece of fresh-kill. The first cat came up to her. It was Darkenedstar, the leader before her father. She stepped forward, touching her nose to Frozenheart's forehead.

   "With this life I give you confidence. Use it well to get through any battle, no matter what the odds." she said, and the life flowed through Frozenheart like a black wave. The next cat padded up to her, but more like stalked over to her. She realized it was the former medicine cat, Deadsoul. He touched touched his nose to hers.

 "With this life I give you knowledge." he rasped. "Use it well to uncover all of your enemies weaknesses." he said, and when this life came into her, she felt her power rising. The next cat who came over to her was her mother, Wingshard.

  "With this life I give you power. Use it to keep your rank in your clan and your rank above all mortal cats." Wingshard said, and the life was smooth and clean, and Frozenheart wanted more even when her mother padded back in the crowd. Flickstar came up, his eyes gleaming, clearly still remembering that it was Frozenheart who killed him. Though he was giving her a life, anyway.

"With this life I gave you Tireless energy. Use it well to have unlimited strength when charging in the front line." he said, and the life felt similar to the one Wingshard had given her. Closing her eyes, she embraced it, feeling higher then all other cats.  Flickstar stalked away, and Snakepaw took his place. She remembered Snakepaw, one of her brothers, who died.
      
          He was killed after going on a search patrol to bring back exiles. Those exiles happened to be Copperpaw, Heatpaw, Poppypaw, and herself, Frozenpaw, then. Exiled from their own clan by speaking out to Greystar, the littermates grouped together. Copperpaw and Poppypaw wanted to change their names, while Frozenpaw and Heatpaw kept theirs. She remembered, Copperpaw became Copper. While Poppypaw changed her name to Floe. But the patrol found the four of them, and Frozenheart attacked Snakepaw herself, killing him. Their group got scattered, and Heatpaw was the only one left. The Copper and Floe, probably dead. That was when they found their way to Briarclan. Shaking off the memory, Snakepaw began to speak.

    "With this life I give you strength. Use it well to endure hard times from both weather and enemies." he said, and she blinked, he was gone, and another cat took his place. Shaderiver, the deputy before Flameblaze was before her. She touched her nose to her ear.

     "With this life I give you persuasion. Use it well to gain your allies' trust." she said, and this life somehow stung harshly, but for some reason Frozenheart knew it shouldn't. Probably because the lives before that had been so painless. Next came Smallkit, and Frozenheart remembered him with a pang. He was her friend when they were kits, but she remembered that Darkenedstar killed him for being too weak. He reared up on his hind legs, stretching so that his nose touched hers.

    "With this life I give you a clear mind. Use it to make the right decisions and not to be clouded by judgement." he mewed, letting her take the life and then padding slowly back. The cats parted, a new cat came through the crowd. It was a lithe grey tabby tom, with gleaming eyes that seemed to burn her. He stopped a few mouse-lengths in front of her. "I am Hawkeyes." he announced, and Frozenheart then nodded, hearing the stories about him when she once lived in Briarclan.

    "With this life I give you wisdom and insight. Use it well to learn more about yourself and others." he said, and Frozenheart crumpled to the ground. Or she felt like it, because her eyes were shut tight in pain. Several heart-beats later is subsided, and she opened back her eyes, seeing that she did not move at all. The last cat to come to her was Greystar. He stalked up to Frozenheart boldly.

    "Frozenheart." he began. "My daughter. You have now clawed up to the ranks as leader, and will have full control over Brokenclan as it's sole Leader." he said, ,and touched his nose to her forehead.

     "With this life I give you Courage. Use it well to assure faith in yourself as well as others, and to lead your clan to greater times." he finished, and her last and painful life spread through her like a virus, but it was quickly over. Gasping, she looked back up at her father.

  "We strip away your old life, and give you your new one. Frozenstar, leader of brokenclan." he said, and the cats stayed silent, not even chanting her name, but melted away back into the darkness

  Frozenstar blinked, and suddenly Greystar looked Calmer. "Frozenstar, you will come across cats. With powers like none ever before. Take them in and use them as an Advantage." he said.

"Frost glitters on Petals, Willows, and Webs.
The Raven's wings are Dark as they Spread.
Dusk gives way and surrenders to light,
then Blossoms again with all it's might.
Battles will Turn, choices will be made,
And a Breeze will change their present day." he rasped.

                                  ~<>~

     "Darkpaw and Frostpaw are joining Brokenclan, so treat them with respect." Frozenheart said from her perch, as soon as she got back from the patrol to with Flameblaze and Lizardclaw.

   "Lizardclaw, you will mentor Darkpaw. Teach him your cunning ways and your stealth." she said.

    "Archear, you will mentor Frostpaw, Teach her your battle skill." Frozenstar added.

"Darkpaw! Darkpaw! Frostpaw! Frostpaw!" the cats of Brokenclan cheered half-heartily.

>Frozenstar<