Scars

By Caught-In-The-Web

I was heartbroken when my new-found friend, Feathertail, died.

But my grief commenced before that.

Brook came into Stormfur's life.

And that meant stealing him away from me.

I wanted to make him notice me like he had before…

Prologue

Getting Her Name

I found myself thinking of Bramblepaw, that sunhigh. My father had been buried a while back, and now Blackfoot had become Blackstar. He said that since the apprentices had fought bravely in defeating BloodClan, they would all get their warrior names. That would be me, Cedarpaw, and Rowanpaw.

I wondered if Bramblepaw would be getting his name, too. Firestar better, I mused to myself. We defeated Bone, after all!

I smiled at the memory, which was quite funny. It was Fernpaw, Thornpaw, Ashpaw, and my brother, as well as Graystripe's kits against the deputy, plus a few I didn't know from RiverClan. Of course, Rowanpaw and Cedarpaw were there as well.

So, this huge black-and-white tom comes barreling up to me, knocking me flat over, when Bramblepaw jumps in. He head-butts Bone, and then all of a sudden, I can get up! The only thing I remember thinking right then was: Boy, Bramblepaw's sure turned out right… I swear I would choose him for my mate if he wasn't my brother (and not of a different Clan). Ashpaw catapults in, and his sister, Fernpaw, follows suit.

Dustpelt was watching nervously, I knew he wasn't comfortable with the thought of Fernpaw injuring herself—everyone up past Highstones knows he likes her! But, I'm getting off topic, there. I yowl out to Rowanpaw, who's looking around blindly for her attacker, her nose scratched, and she jumps into the battle, too! I look around, and Cedarpaw's joined. Then Featherpaw, and wherever she is, Stormpaw is. So they were both there. And then some other RiverClan apprentice, who turns out to be called Dawnpaw.

Then we all yowled, and jumped upon him again. He rocked in spasms—it was fun to watch him suffer, I have to admit—and then he lay still. We had just killed the BloodClan Deputy!

So, our Clan was re-assembled after Firestar killed Scourge, and WindClan chased the rest of those stinking flea-ridden-half-kittypet-scum right back to Twolegplace.

Blackfoot soon went to get his nine lives, and now his deputy is Russetfur, Cedarpaw's mentor. She's a good choice, in my opinion.

Blackstar's words shook me out of my thoughts. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the IvyStone for a Clan Meeting!"

The IvyStone is our Meeting Rock, like ThunderClan's HighRock. It's tainted black, though it used to be gray, and has ivy growing near the bottom, twined like a trellis.

"This sunhigh, we are here to name three new warriors." Blackstar's voice rang out. "They fought well against BloodClan, and brought their deputy, Bone, down." He let the small cheers settle. "Rowanpaw, Tawnypaw, and Cedarpaw, would you step forward, please?" Once I and my friends did so, he started to yowl again. "I call on my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors. Rowanpaw, Tawnypaw, Cedarpaw, do you promise to uphold the Warrior Code, and protect your Clan, even at the cost of your life?" Three steady 'I do' s came from the mouths of Rowanpaw, Cedarpaw, and I. "Then Rowanpaw, from this day forward you shall be known as Rowanclaw. StarClan honors your understanding and defiance, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ShadowClan. Then Tawnypaw, from this day forward you shall be known as Tawnypelt. StarClan honors your thought and determination and we welcome you as a full warrior of ShadowClan." I didn't even hear Cedarpaw—er, Cedarheart, now—'s ceremony, I didn't come back from realizing I was finally a warrior! As I went to sit my vigil, I didn't know what would happen in a few moons, besides the prophecy.

N/A: A lot of people have been wondering why Blackstar's words are in bold. Bold is for yowling. Any other speech will be normal font, like so. A couple people were also asking why there were no quotes around his words. It is okay to do so—anyone who RPs will agree with me, but I will put things like that in quotes from now on. Chapter 1 will be up in a bit, and it will skip right into Moonrise!