I hope you enjoy these stories! I've thought out the plots and tried my best to match the personalities that I've written to the ones Erin Hunter has already.
This on is Cloudtail x Brightheart.
Disclaimer: I'm not Erin Hunter and I don't own warriors.
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Cloudtail padded silently through the forest. He was on a hunting patrol with Thornclaw and Sootpaw. The apprentice and mentor had watched carefully as Cloudtail stalked a squirrel, Thornclaw motioning with his tail for Sootpaw to watch how Cloudtail was stalking his prey.
Cloudtail got within a tail length of his prey and pounced landing square, with the squirrel between his front paws. He quickly bit the squirrel on the neck and his prey died instantly.
Cloudtail turned around with the squirrel in his mouth to see Sootpaw bouncing around Thornclaw begging his mentor to let him hunt now.
Thornclaw looked into the sky. It was sun high. "Alright, you can hunt from now until sunset. Catch as much as you can. Prey has been plentiful so it shouldn't be too difficult. You can hunt from Fourtrees to Sunningrocks. Okay?" Thornclaw looked down on his apprentice. His eyes full of hope with what he expected in his apprentice.
"Okay, can I go now?" Sootpaw asked his mentor, bouncing around Thornclaw's paws.
Thornclaw gave a mroww of laughter and flicked his tail. Immediately Sootpaw shot off into the bushes. Cloudtail dropped his squirrel on the ground and looked at Thornclaw. "I think we can go back to camp now. We've each caught a fair bit. And the pile was pretty full to start with. Not to mention what Sootpaw will bring back."
Thornclaw nodded, "He's quite the hunter, even in the short time he has been an apprentice. He shows a lot of promise."
Cloudtail nodded in agreement, "If I didn't know how long he has been an apprentice I would never know he was a new warrior." Cloudtail watched Thornclaw's eyes brimming with happiness. "If you want I could mention to Firestar that maybe he could go to the gathering as a reward."
Thornclaw nodded slowly "Thanks Cloudtail that would be great. I'm sure Sootpaw would be happy to go."
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Cloudtail padded towards Firestar's den. He was going to tell him about Sootpaw's skills and see if he would allow him to go to the gathering. Cloudtail was almost at Firestar's den when he heard paw steps coming towards him and the sweet scent of his mate drifted into his nostrils.
Cloudtail turned to see Brightheart. He waved his tail in greeting. As his eyes traveled over her face he realized her eyes were full of nervousness. Brightheart took a deep breath and looked into Cloudtail's eyes; "Could I talk to you for a moment?" she looked down at her paws and mumbled under her breath, "It's kind of important."
Apparently Cloudtail didn't hear the last comment because his reply wasn't a very good one if he had. "Actually, I was just going to tell Firestar something." Cloudtail looked into Brightheart's eyes and saw her looking hurt. "How about I meet you at Sunnungrocks at sunset and you can talk to me then?"
Brightheart brightened up at that. "Okay! See you at sunset!" she meowed over her shoulder as she padded towards the warriors' den.
Cloudtail shook his head puzzled and padded towards Firestar's den.
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Cloudtail padded out of the warriors den and noticed it was nearing sunset. He had to go and meet Brightheart at Sunningrocks. What in StarClan would be so important? He wondered to himself. She seemed so worried earlier. After her accident Brightheart had become one of the bravest cats in the clan in his eyes.
The white warrior sprinted through the gorse tunnel in the direction of Sunningrocks. Once he got closer he slowed his pace so he was at a steady trot. He shouldered through the bracken at the edge of Sunningrocks.
The light of the sunset had washed the rocks red. He could clearly see the lithe outline of a ginger and white warrior sitting in the centre on the rocks. Head up, looking at the darkening sky. With her tail wrapped neatly around her paws.
Cloudtail quietly padded forward so he was sitting beside his mate, matching her pose exactly. For several heartbeats they looked up at the sky together. Then Cloudtail felt his mate's crest heave with a deep sigh. He reached over and licked Brightheart's ears encouragingly. She lifted her head and looked into his eyes for a few moments.
"I'm going to have kits." Brightheart meowed confidently. She had seemed so nervous and now Cloudtail realized why. He nuzzled his mate's flank affectionately.
"That's wonderful!" Cloudtail stole a side glance at the she-cat beside him. It all makes sense! He thought to himself, now that I notice it she does look a bit larger, more sothen the usual slim cat who was his mate.
"How long have you known?" Cloudtail asked, curious to know how long it had taken her to tell him.
"Actually… I've knew one sunrise before the battle with BloodClan." Brightheart replied sheepishly. She knew what the reaction from her mate would be.
"What!?" Cloudtail hissed, "If you knew you were going to have kits then why did you fight. You might have injured the kits. Plus you should be resting!" Cloudtail's concern came out as anger. He wasn't really angry he was just concerned for his mate at his kits.
Brightheart took a moment to gather her thoughts, "I knew how important this battle was to the clans. They needed every cat that was able to fight. If we didn't fight together then we might not have been able to live in the forest still. And that means my kits would have no home. Plus, I still have plenty of time before they are born. I did it for the future. My kits, the kits that are already in the nursery and others that are yet to be born." Brightheart raised her head to the sky. As if making sure StarClan agreed with her.
Cloudtail looked at his mate, "I'm so proud of you!" he said affectionately, "I know our kits have a wonderful mother." Cloudtail nuzzled his mate's cheek.
Brightheart looked into Cloudtail's eyes, "And father."
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