I Do Not Own This!
I Don't Intend to Copy Off Anyone!
Shrewpaw Lives
"Squirrelpaw, you're back!" I said. I couldn't believe it! I thought Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw had left for good. "Hey Shrewpaw, how's the prey been running?" She said. "You can probably tell, not so well. But I'm glad you're back, Squirrelpaw, I've missed you." I said. "It's good to be back, Shrewpaw, but how did the twolegs do all this? They even tore down Fourtrees!" She said. "Their monsters have torn down pretty much every tree from here to what's left of Fourtrees." I said. "How many of the clan have died?" She asked. "So far just Dappletail and Larchkit have died." I replied "But I don't think they'll be the last." "I hope they're the last" Squirrelpaw said.
*The next day* "NNNNNNOOOOOOOO!" Ferncloud screamed. I woke up alarmed. Only to find out that the second kit of Ferncloud's litter, Hollykit, had died. I saw Dustpelt, Ferncloud's mate, taking the cold, limp body of Hollykit out for burial. I couldn't believe it, first Larchkit, now Hollykit. They were my younger sisters. Now Birchkit was the only one of Ferncloud's second litter left. I just hope Birchkit survives. Spiderpaw, my littermate, looked like he was as grief-stricken as I was, and I knew he was. My mentor, Thornclaw, came up to me and said, "I know I said I'd take you hunting today, but I think I'll delay till tomorrow to give you time to grieve for your dead sister." I said thanks and went back to the makeshift apprentices den for a nap. I woke up a little later to find that Squirrelpaw was gone. I left the den and found the noon patrol was out, but so were Squirrelpaw and Brambleclaw. I knew that only Brambleclaw had been picked for the noon patrol. I thought maybe Squirrelpaw had tagged along like she used to before she went on the journey with Brambleclaw. But I knew something was wrong. Then it hit me, she had been telling me when she woke up last night that she knew where Leafpaw, her sister, was. Now she must have gone to find her. And if I knew Squirrelpaw, she wouldn't quit until she achieved her goal. Now her goal was to save Leafpaw, she must have gotten the noon patrol to go with her to save Leafpaw!
*A little while later*I saw Squirrelpaw and the noon patrol were back, but there was something wrong, there was no sign of Graystripe! Graystripe was the Thunderclan deputy; he had been on the noon patrol, now he was gone. I ran over to Squirrelpaw and saw that Leafpaw was with her. "What happened?" I asked. She replied saying, "We saved Leafpaw and everyone else but Graystripe got trapped in the twoleg monster." I couldn't believe it, Graystripe was gone. I wondered, who would Firestar would pick as deputy now that Graystripe was gone? Firestar and Graystripe had been through a lot together, I wondered how Firestar would take Graystripe's capture. Well, I got an answer to my question later. Firestar leapt up onto the highest of the Sunningrocks. "I will not be naming a new deputy until Cinderpelt or Leafpaw have a sign that Graystripe is dead" he said. I looked around at all the shocked faces. No one could believe it. What would Thunderclan do without a deputy? I don't think anyone will be able to answer that question for a long time.
*The next day*I was out hunting with my mentor, Thornclaw, when I saw a pheasant. I couldn't believe my luck; this was the largest piece of prey the clan had seen in a long time. I started to chase after it, when Thornclaw and I got split up. I was so intent on catching my prey that I wasn't watching where I was going. All of a sudden a HUGE twoleg monster burst through the trees. I had no time to get away. It hit me and all I felt was pain. When the monster left my vision was getting darker. The last thing I saw or heard before I went unconscious was Thornclaw screaming my name. "SHREWPAW!" And everything went dark.
I don't know when I woke up but I heard voices all around me. The most clear of these voices was my mother's, Ferncloud. "He's dead isn't he? WHAT DID I DO TO STARCLAN TO DESERVE THIS!? (She was bawling, hard) I opened my eyes painfully. Everyone was looking at me with shocked and surprised eyes. I knew I probably should have died when the monster hit me and that was why everyone was looking at me like that. I moaned and tried to get up, but it was too painful, I collapsed again. "Be careful Shrewpaw, you took a lot of damage and lost a lot of blood when the monster hit you" said Cinderpelt. I relaxed a little when Cinderpelt said that. I was scared and I couldn't believe that I wasn't dead. I thanked Starclan and went to sleep.
*The next day*I was still lying there when I saw Mothwing, of Riverclan, jump up onto the Sunningrocks. She walked over to Firestar and said that Mudfur, the medicine cat of Riverclan and Mothwing's mentor, was dying. Firestar started to gather up the clan when Blackstar, the Shadowclan leader whom his clan we saved yesterday, said he would take his clan, Longtail, the blind Thunderclan elder, and me to the Windclan border to wait for us. I saw Speckletail and Frostfur talking to Firestar and Mothwing. I overheard what they were saying and heard Speckletail say- "Firestar, Frostfur and I are too old to make this journey and are going to stay behind with the Riverclan elders that are too old to go with to." Firestar was sad but he agreed. He then led Thunderclan to the Riverclan camp.
*4 moons later*The Great Journey was hard for me, but I managed it, and my wounds even healed. Spiderpaw and I have become warriors. Spiderpaw is now to be called Spiderleg and I am to be known as Shrewfeather. Squirrelpaw is also a warrior, she is now called Squirrelflight. She and Brambleclaw have become mates again after the badger attack that killed Cinderpelt and Sootfur. I'm happy for them but it's obvious that Ashfur isn't. He had sort of been Squirrelflight's mate while she was broken up with Brambleclaw.
I got lucky the day the monster hit me. But I know that it will take more than just luck to save Thunderclan from Ashfur's anger for Squirrelflight and her new old mate. But that is a whole other story.