Hey, everyone! This is one of my first Warriors fanfics--heck, its one of my first fanfics on this site, so please be nice!
Disclaimer: I don't own Warriors. Wish I did. But if wishes were horses, beggars would ride...or something like that.
Sunlight shone through the leaves, dappling the forest floor with light.
Three cats padded through the undergrowth. The biggest was a warrior named Ringtail. He was a ginger tom with a black ear and a black-banded tail.
The next was an apprentice named Nightpaw. He was a bit big for an apprentice, with black fur dotted with blue-gray flecks.
The last was a skinny little apprentice named Molepaw. Molepaw was undersized, skinny, big-eared, and had a nervous glint in his wide eyes.
A beetle took flight suddenly in front of his nose and he jumped back in alarm, giving a small startled mew.
"Shhhhhh!" Nightpaw hissed,"Molepaw, you're going to scare away all the prey!"
Shivering, his tail drooping, the velvety-black apprentice hung his head.
"I-I'm sorry," he mewed.
Nightpaw sighed and Ringtail draped his banded tail over Molepaw's quivering shoulders.
"Don't be so hard on your brother. He's just a bit jumpy," he meowed.
Nightpaw looked at his nervous brother and felt a pang of symphathy.
"I know, I know. I just wish he'd loosen up a bit," he grumbled, but gave his brother an affectionate lick on the top of his little head.
"I-I'm s-s-sorry," Molepaw mewed again, still shakey, hit green eyes flitting back and forth anxiously,"Its just...I-I see th-them a-all the t-t-time..." he trailed off miserably, still shaking.
"See what?" Ringtail asked curiously, before Nightpaw could stop him.
Molepaw shuddered and closed his eyes.
" The ghost cats, they're everywhere. You walk right through them, and you still don't know. Cats who can't find StarClan, cats from the Dark Forest looking to cause mischief. Twolegs worshiping cats in a far-away place where the sun beats down and dries the earth to sand. Twolegs taking cats and burning them on a sstick. Witch. witch! Demon's spawn! Devil's messenger!" he wailed.
Nightpaw and Ringtail pressed comfortingly against Molepaw's sides until the Black apprentice had calmed down.
"I'm sorry I asked. Come on, let's get him over to Starwatcher's den back at camp," Ringtail mewed.
The shivering apprentice looked up hopefully.
"St-starwatcher? Wh-where the st-starry-furred c-c-cats whisper c-comfortingly, a-and the d-dream a-a-are n-nice?" he asked.
Nightpaw draped his tail over his brother, pressing against his side reassuringly.
"Yes. Now come on."