Okay I notice that I am turning into a hypocrite because I don't like it when people have multiple stories and haven't finished any of them, yet here I am. I'm mostly doing this because I want to so badly and the idea for this story has been biting at me like a mad dog to do it for a while now and has chased away my plot bunnies for some of my other stories so I decided to at least make this chapter and post it see how people respond to it in the next few weeks if you like I'll keep it and if not bye bye story, but hopefully by posting this chapter it will draw inspiration for my other story Fire in the Sky which I haven't given up on I just can't figure out what I'm doing with Sandstorm and the other ThunderClan cats until I do it's slow going with the story.

Now this story idea is a mash-up of a bunch of different story ideas that I decided to put into one story.

There are four different story ideas in this story:

1. So I read Bluestar's Prophecy a while ago and I thought it was cute that Tigerclaw had had two sisters: Nightkit and Mistkit and I wondered what life would have been like in ThunderClan for Fireheart if they had still been alive.

2. I wondered how things would have been different if Rusty and Princess had joined ThunderClan together.

3. I wondered how different things would have been if Ravenpaw had had Redtail as a mentor instead of Tigerclaw

4. What if medicine cats had more respect in the clans and had the potential to be the most dangerous cats in the clan.

Thus this story was born

Summary: Rusty and Princess never expected to find wild cats living in the forest, Ravenpaw couldn't believe his mentor was killed in front of him.

The medicine warrior is a concept I came up with, I thought to myself what if there was a legitimate way the medicine cats could have a mate and kits and still preform their medicine cat duties and not get in trouble with StarClan. Thus the medicine warrior was born the laws of the medicine warrior are:

1. To become a medicine warrior there must either be another existing medicine cat or medicine warrior present in the camp

2. A medicine warrior must always put the sake of their Clan before their family

3. A medicine cat apprentice must complete their medicine cat training before they can train to become a medicine warrior. (The exception to this is if they already were a warrior and have a mate and/or kits before training as a medicine cat, however they are forbidden from spending time with their mate and kits during their training. If they are a warrior and don't have a mate and/or kits already and they're training to be a medicine cat, then they only become a medicine cat and are forbidden from becoming a medicine warrior.)

4. A medicine cat can only train to be a medicine warrior if they desire a mate and kits

5. Once becoming a medicine warrior they have 12 moons to find a mate or they will be stripped of their title and must chose to be a warrior or medicine cat and are forbidden from using their other skills. If caught using their skills once stripped of their title the punishment is banishment or death. (The exceptions to this is if their mate dies during their training or after their training and/or if the apprentice was chosen by their mentor to become a medicine warrior.)

6.A medicine warrior may pick and choose their battles; they are not required to fight if they are the only medicine cat/warrior in the Clan, but they must hunt for the Clan when not doing their medicine cat duties. A warrior is forbidden from harming a medicine warrior unless the medicine warrior attacks them first.

7. A medicine warrior present in the camp they may train their apprentice in both skills, however if only a medicine cat is present they will train their apprentice then allow their apprentice to be trained by a warrior of the medicine cat's choice.

8. Medicine warriors must seek permission to enter another Clans territory if they are not with another medicine cat (the exception to this is if they are the only medicine cat/warrior in the Clan in which case they are bound to the rules of the medicine cat)

9. they must meet at the half moon to share tongues with StarClan

10. if a medicine warrior is the only medicine cat in the camp they are forbidden from having kits and must follow the medicine cat code until they have fully trained an apprentice.

11. A medicine warrior may train any cat they feel has potential to be a medicine warrior, whether their apprentice wishes to train as one or not.

Allegiances

THUNDERCLAN

Leader: Bluestar- blue-gray she-cat, tinged with silver around the muzzle

Deputy: Redtail- small tortoiseshell tom with a distinctive ginger tail

Apprentice, Ravenpaw

Medicine warrior: Spottedleaf- beautiful dark tortoiseshell she-cat with a distinctive dappled coat.

Warriors: Lionheart- magnificent golden tabby tom with thick fur like a lion's mane

Apprentice, Graypaw

Tigerclaw- big dark brown tabby tom with unusually long front claws

Apprentice, Dustpaw

Nightsong- black she-cat green eyes

Mistflower- gray she-cat blue eyes

Whitestorm - big white tom

Apprentice, Sandpaw

Darkstripe - sleek black and gray tabby tom

Longtail- pale tabby tom with dark black stripes

Runningwind- swift light brown tabby tom

Willowpelt- very pale gray she-cat with unusual blue eyes

Mousefur- small dusky brown she-cat

Apprentices: Dustpaw - dark brown tabby tom

Graypaw- long-haired gray tom

Ravenpaw- black tom with a tiny white dash on his chest, and white-tipped tail

Sandpaw- pale ginger she-cat

Firepaw- handsome ginger tom

Sparrowpaw- light brown tabby she-cat with a distinctive white chest and paws

Queens: Frostfur- beautiful white coat and blue eyes

Brindleface - pretty tabby

Goldenflower - pale ginger coat

Speckletail - pale tabby, and the oldest nursery queen

Elders: Halftail - big dark brown tabby tom with part of his tail missing

Smallear- gray tom with very small ears. The oldest cat in ThunderClan

Patchpelt- small black-and-white tom

One-eye- pale gray she-cat, the oldest she-cat in ThunderClan. Virtually blind and deaf.

Dappletail- once-pretty tortoiseshell she-cat with a lovely dappled coat

Chapter 1

Rusty woke up from a pleasant dream of chasing mice throughout the forest. He gave himself a good stretch before he stepped out of his bed. He started to pad toward his food dishes when a voice stop him.

"Rusty, what are you doing awake?" grumbled his sister. Rusty purred softly licking his sister's ears gently.

"Sorry for waking you Princess, go back to sleep I just wanted a drink of water." Rusty meowed softly. Princess nodded and closed her eyes. Rusty turned and padded over to his food dishes. He sniffed at the hard pellets before gobbling them up hungrily. He took a few gulps water and wiped his paw across his face. The dream of the forest still fresh in his mind, he moved away from the food dishes making his way to the cat door that would let him into the garden. He paused and glanced back at his sister a moment then pushed his way through the cat door into the garden.

He leaped gracefully onto his fence and stared into the forest. He was beginning to jump down to take a closer look when he heard his name being called. His friend Smudge climbed up onto the fence beside Rusty.

"Hi Rusty, what are you doing?" meowed Smudge. "You're not going into the forest are you?"

"Hey Smudge, yes I am going into the forest for a look around." Rusty meowed. He glanced a little over at the forest.

"Princess isn't going with you is she?" Smudge spoke worriedly as he glanced around for the pretty light brown tabby. Rusty purred in amusement knowing about his friend's crush on his sister.

"No she's sleeping right now and I wasn't going to wake her up to come with me." Rusty replied, his amusement grew as he heard Smudge sigh happily.

"Well good luck, you won't see me going in there." Smudge meowed. "I heard there are dangerous cats out there." Rusty looked at Smudge slightly in disbelief.

"I'm sure it was just a story to keep kits from wandering out into the forest." Rusty scoffed.

"Well just be careful okay?" meowed Smudge. Rusty nodded his head and watched his friend jump back into his own yard. Rusty stared up at the sky for a moment before leaping off the fence and heading straight into the forest. The further Rusty walked into the forest the further harder it became to see his fence and the thicker the undergrowth became, but Rusty trudged forward determined to explore as much as he could.

Rusty took in the various sights and smells that surrounded him. Suddenly, he caught a prey scent in the wind and quickly began to pinpoint the location. He followed the scent and saw a mouse nibbling quietly at small seed. Rusty crouched down preparing to spring onto the sparrow when he heard a faint snap of a twig. The mouse quickly took off running at full speed to get away. Rusty hissed in frustration looking for the twig that had startled the mouse. He then realized that there weren't any twigs near him.

Suddenly a flash of gray fur barrels into Rusty's side and he was pinned beneath it. Rusty broke free of the lump of gray fur and started heading back for the house, the gray fur ball was gaining on Rusty. Rusty around and faced the creature. It was a kitten about Rusty's age with broad shoulders and powerful looking haunches and a thick gray shaggy coat. Rusty started to relax until he realized it was coming at him with claws unsheathed. He flinched and dodged the attack that was aimed at his flank. Unfortunately, this allowed the gray kitten to block him from getting home. Rusty started to try to speak to the tom but stopped when the kitten lunged at him again, and this time pinned Rusty under him. Rusty sank his teeth into the gray kitten's foreleg. The kitten took a swipe at Rusty's head, but Rusty moved his head and the kitten clawed up dirt. Rusty then tried to slash the kitten's face, but the kitten was faster and moved to the side of Rusty's attack allowing Rusty to regain his footing however the faster kitten head butted Rusty into the side. Rusty tumbled a few tail lengths away. Rusty lay still on his stomach for a moment, but he heard the kitten coming for him. As the kitten sprang at him a brown blur tackled it in the side sending the kitten tumbling. Rusty was on his paws at once and saw that the brown blur had been his sister, Princess. Rusty dashed to her side quickly as he saw the gray kitten rise to its paws. Rusty and Princess kept their hackles raised and stared unwaveringly at the kitten and stayed in a crouched position preparing for another attack. The kitten slowly got to his paws and looked toward Rusty and Princess. The kitten blinked slowly and moved toward them with none of the aggression they had seen earlier.

"You kittypets are pretty tough," meowed the kitten. Rusty looked at him in confusion which was mirrored in his sister's face.

"What is a kittypet?" asked Princess, the gray kitten looked at her a moment then purred softly.

"That's what we Clan cats call, cats who live with Twolegs" he replied. Rusty figured the kitten meant housefolk.

"Why did you attack me and who are you?" hissed Rusty

"My name is Graypaw, I'm from ThunderClan and this is ThunderClan's territory." Explained Graypaw

"What do you mean by Clan?" asked Princess softly.

"The Clans are groups of cats who live by a warrior code" Yes, there are four groups of cats in the forest. ThunderClan, ShadowClan, WindClan and RiverClan. I'm an apprentice of ThunderClan."

"An apprentice?" she asked curiously

"An apprentice is a cat in training to be a warrior." Graypaw answered proudly.

"So you are training to be a warrior?" Rusty meowed in slight confusion.

"Yes warriors are the cats that hunt and protect our Clan."

"Is everyone a warrior?" asked Princess more interested in these wild cats she and Rusty had heard so much about.

"No, there are queens who take care of the kits of our clan and the elders who are cats that are too old continue their warrior duties." Princess nodded in understanding.

"So what were you two doing out here anyway and what are your names?" asked Graypaw.

"I'm Rusty and this is my sister Princess, I was out because I wanted to see the forest and explore it a little," explained Rusty

"And I was sleeping peacefully in our basket when my dear brother decided to wake me up accidently and leave without telling me where he was going, which worried me enough to follow him out here." Finished Princess giving Rusty a firm stare who looked sheepishly at her. Graypaw mrrowed with laughter. Suddenly Graypaw stiffened and looked worriedly at the two of them.

"You both need to go now," meowed Graypaw frantically, Rusty and Princess looked around not seeing or smelling anything.

"What's wrong?" asked Princess softly. Rusty stiffened beside her and she too stiffened when she smelt an unfamiliar cat scent that was close, but before they could run a big blue-gray she-cat appeared. Graypaw lowered his body to the ground and nearly a heartbeat later a big golden cat appeared right behind the blue- gray cat. Rusty and Princess mimicked Graypaw and lowered their bodies to the ground.

"What's going on here?" meowed the blue-gray she-cat, keeping her gaze fixed on Rusty and Princess

"And who are these cats Graypaw?" growled the golden tom,

"There just two Kittypets I found in the forest is all, " meowed Graypaw.

"What were you doing so close to the Twolegplace, you know I told you to stay away from there." Hissed the golden tabby.

"Sorry Lionheart, I smelt this kittypet and thought I'd chase him back to the Twolegplace." Explained Graypaw. Graypaw glanced at Rusty and Princess.

"This is Bluestar she is the leader of Thunderclan the clan I'm from." meowed Graypaw "And that's my mentor Lionheart, he is training me to be a warrior." Rusty looked closer at the blue-gray leader and saw wisdom in her vibrant blue eyes.

"Stand up, both of you." meowed Bluestar. Rusty rose to his paws and glanced at Princess. Princess watched Bluestar carefully as she swept her eyes over all of them.

"You fought well kittypet, you faced Graypaw bravely." meowed Bluestar letting her eyes fall on Rusty. "I think you would have caught that mouse if you had not been distracted."

Bluestar then turned her gaze to Princess.

"And you were brave for coming to your brothers aid," Bluestar spoke gently to Princess, whose eyes shined under Bluestar's praise

"Bluestar these are kittypets they shouldn't be hunting in our territory. We should be sending them back to their twolegs" meowed Lionheart respectfully. Rusty looked at everyone with a confused expression on his face.

"Why must we leave we only came to hunt a few mice. Surely there are enough to go around?" meowed Rusty.

"There isn't enough to go around" spat Bluestar. Her eyes were cold as she fixed them on Rusty. "Our territory is all that feed us, we don't eat the pelts those Twolegs give you."

"I'm sorry I had not realized what you Clan cats must do to survive in the forest, I will not hunt here anymore." Spoke Rusty

"I won't either," added Princess, Bluestar watched the two curiously

"You two are unusual kittypets, what are your names?" she asked softly

"My name is Rusty,"

"And I'm his sister Princess"

"Any other kittypets would have run away back to their nest long ago."Bluestar praised. Rusty's ear twitched happily at the approval in her voice. Princess' eyes brighten considerably pleased by Bluestar's praise.

"Is your Clan very big?" asked Rusty curiously.

"How about the two of you come and see for yourselves" Bluestar said carefully "Would all of you like to join Thunderclan?" Graypaw's eyes widened in shock and he sputtered to speak to his leader.

"But they are kittypets." Graypaw meowed "They don't have our warrior blood"

"A lot of that blood has been spilt lately." mewled Bluestar bitterly, pain and sadness glazed her eyes. Lionheart watched his leader for a moment before he turned to look at Rusty and Princess.

"Bluestar is offering you two training. It won't be easy" meowed Lionheart

"The offer I have made to you is not one to be taken lightly " explained Bluestar. "You two will come to our Clan and you will learn our ways, but if you cannot live by our code you will have to go back to your twolegs and not return." Bluestar watched the two for a reaction. Princess looked a little unsure but determined. Rusty had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"If you join, you will have to be willing to give your life for the clan, but you'll know what is like to be a true cat." Bluestar meowed. She look at Rusty "and you will remain a tom Rusty." Rusty and Princess exchanged looks with each other.

"What do you mean remain a tom?" Rusty asked calmly.

"There is a place where twolegs take cats and when they return they are no longer able to mate." Bluestar sighed. Rusty's eyes widen in terror. Princess looked unsure of what to think, but had an amused look on her face.

"May we be given time to think about our decision?" asked Princess. Bluestar gave her a nod of understanding.

"Very well Lionheart will be waiting here tomorrow at sunhigh." meowed Bluestar "You may give him your answer." Bluestar flicked her tail in a silent command and led her clanmates back into the forest. Princess and Rusty stood side by side and watched them go until they were out of sight.

Rusty awoke from the basket and noticed that Princess wasn't with him. He bounded out of the basket. He lapped up the water in the dish and pushed his way through the cat flap into the garden. He saw Princess stretched out in the sun grooming her sleek light brown fur. Rusty purred started toward her when he heard a voice meowing at him from the fence.

"Hi Rusty it's about time you woke up." meowed Smudge as he sat on the fence. Princess meowed a greeting to Smudge and Rusty before going back to grooming. Smudge meowed a greeting back to her staring at her longingly before turning back to Rusty, who watched him in amusement. Smudge hopped down from the fence to stand in front of Rusty.

Smudge shook his head slowly. "You are going to get as bad as Henry if you start sleeping in."

"Princess and I went into the forest last night." Rusty meowed.

"Oh yeah I forgot about that, WAIT PRINCESS WAS IN THE FOREST!?" Smudge screeched. Rusty looked over at Princess who had was staring at Smudge with an alarmed look on her face. Rusty gave her a reassuring look before turning back to Smudge.

Rusty nodded "Yes she followed me out to forest and we ran into some wild cats."

Smudge's eyes widen "Really, were they violent did you have to fight them, did they hurt Princess?" Smudge's eyes were filled with curiosity and worry as he glanced at Princess.

Rusty closed his eyes and briefly recalled the excitement and fear he felt from his battle with the young Graypaw. He opened his eyes and explained all that happened that night in the forest.

"So these cats want all of you to join them?" Smudge looked at Rusty in slight disbelief. "You I can see them asking to join their group or whatever, but Princess? She's too nice to join the likes of them." Princess gave him an amused stare.

"It's true, and decided that I want to go." Rusty mewed firmly. Princess walked over to Rusty and the shocked Smudge.

"Are you sure?" mewed Princess

"Yes I want to join. Will you join as well?" asked Rusty. Princess rose to her feet moving over to sit beside him.

"Yes I will join I had decide I would join last night but I wanted to wait for your decision" She purred softly.

"No don't go Princess, They'll hurt you and Rusty" wailed Smudge. "What will I do without either of you here?"

"Don't worry Smudge I'm sure our housefolk will get another cat." meowed Rusty comfortingly. "Smudge I'm sorry, but we can't stay here we have to go." Smudge gently touched noses with Rusty and asked if they could play together one last time before they left. Rusty agreed and the three of them started to gently wrestle with each other.

Princess and Rusty approached the spot where they had spoken to the clan cats the night before. Rusty paused suddenly and tasted the air. He smelt the faint scent of Graypaw and Bluestar and the stronger scent of Lionheart He looked over at Princess who also seemed to have picked up the scents.

"Bluestar and Graypaw aren't here." meowed Rusty "and Lionheart is close by."

"Indeed and I'm not alone,"

Rusty looked slightly alarmed to hear that there was another cat with Lionheart. He started to taste the air again, when Lionheart came out from behind a bush. Another cat came out from behind the bush. He was a long bodied muscular white tom.

"This is Whitestorm" meowed Lionheart. "we were sent to bring you back to camp." Whitestorm gave both of them a curious sniff and stared thoughtfully at them.

"Greetings, I have heard much about you two." murmured Whitestorm.

"Lets go, we can talk when we get back to camp." growled Lionheart. He turned and dashed away into the forest. Rusty and Princess were a few pawsteps behind them. The warriors led them through the undergrowth. They barely slowed their pace as they leaped over fallen trees. They struggled to keep up a little, but didn't fall far behind them. They came across a ravine and halted.

"We are near our camp." meowed Lionheart. Rusty started to strain to see through the undergrowth, but Whitestorm nudged him slightly.

"Use your nose" He murmured to him. Rusty once again tasted the air. Princess too began to scent the air

"I scent many cats." meowed Rusty at last.

"I scent them too," Princess agreed. Whitestorm and Lionheart nodded in approval while they gave each other amused looks.

"Come Bluestar is expecting us" meowed Lionheart. He led the way to a gorse tunnel and pushed his way through. Rusty followed him, then Princess following closely behind Rusty, with Whitestorm taking the rear. There was a bare clearing, where many cats were lying next to each other or sitting by themselves. The cats had started to pick up Princess' and Rusty's scents and looked at the two warily. Bluestar bounded over to them.

"They came" purred Bluestar pleased. "What do you think of them Whitestorm?"

"They did well on the way here." admitted Whitestorm, Rusty perked his ears up after hearing this, while Princess' eyes brightened considerably.

"I thought they would, so we all agree?" Meowed Bluestar, both warriors nodded. "Very well." Bluestar leap to the top of a large boulder.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath Highrock for a Clan meeting." Cats came over to crowd beneath the rock and looked up curiously at Bluestar. She began to speak to her Clan about a need for more warriors.

"I have decided to take these two outsiders into our Clan to be trained." meowed Bluestar. Cats started to mutter to one another and some gave Rusty and Princess a few glances.

"They are kittypets, look at their collars" sneered a pale tabby.

"We don't need any soft lumps of fur to feed" hissed a small dusky brown she-cat sitting next to him.

"They probably will run back to their twolegs' nest the moment they start a battle." Spat the pale tabby tom again.

Princess and Rusty looked over at the direction the voices came from. Lionheart bent down and began to murmur to them.

"The pale tabby is Longtail, and the she-cat is Mousefur they are challenging your right to the Clan." he hissed "Will you meet their challenge?" Princess looked at Rusty who looked at her and they both gave each other a nod. They both began to pinpoint where their mockers were sitting. Rusty twitched his ear as a signal and they leaped as one onto their respective opponents.

Rusty leaped onto Longtail's back and sank his teeth into his scruff and began to rake his back with his claws, while Princess knocked Mousefur onto her back and slashed at her face with her claws unsheathed. Mousefur scrambled to her paws and leaped for Princess who dodged her attack and grasped her scruff in her teeth and began to violently shake her and take swipes at her with her claws. Longtail shook Rusty off his back and turned paws charging for Rusty who dodged out of the way and raked his claws down his side. Wincing Longtail turned and slashed at Rusty's face. Rusty ducked out of the way and quickly back kicked Longtail causing him to tumble a couple tail lengths away. Slightly winded Longtail rose and charged Rusty aggresively back-kicking him who rolled with the impact and landed on his paws quickly. Longtail tackled him to the ground his teeth catching his collar. Rusty kicked him in the stomach with both his hind legs and with all his strengtg using Longtail's momentum against him and flipping him over causing his collar to snap from around his neck. A few tail lengths away another collar snapped.

Mousefur started to flip onto her back hoping to crush Princess beneath her but Princess was quicker she leaped off and as Mousefur rolled over and she scored her claws on her soft belly, but she was too close to Mousefur and one of Mousefur's paws struck her in the head. Mousefur seized the opportunity and quickly got to her feet and leap at Princess' throat snagging her collar between her teeth. Princess slashed at Mousefur with all four paws until she loosened her two of them wrestled and there was a snap heard a few tail lengths away just as Princess'own collar snapped in Mousefur's jaws. Immediately Bluestar said it was a sign that they were to join the Clan. She beckoned them over with her tail.

Bluestar looked over to Rusty and beckoned him over. "By naming apprentices, we show that Thunderclan will survive and remain strong. From this moment on, until he has earned his warrior name, this apprentice will be known as Firepaw." She then turned to Princess and beckoned her over.

"From this moment on, until she has earned her warrior name, this apprentice will be known as Sparrowpaw."

Okay we haven't gotten to the interesting stuff yet but I figured this was a good place to leave it.

Now anyone curious about the medicine warrior thing I understand.

I modeled the idea from another story idea I was working on and all the reasons why medicine cats couldn't have mates and tried to give them rules and structure that take care of all the concerns that everyone had about why medicine cats couldn't have kits.

The most common of them being that

A female medicine cat would have to take care of her kits instead of the clan causing her to neglect her duties, and the possibly of her dying due to complications while she was kitting.

A medicine cat would favor their family instead of take care of the clan and would waste precious herbs on them instead of helping a cat would was sicker or more injured then them.

They'll be distracted from their work when they're needed most.

If their mate/kit is killed, they'll be too mournful to do their job.

They could give a cat the wrong herb whilst distracted by their mate or kit, and could make the patient sicker or worse, killing them.

They would be unable to go to the Moonpool

Not train their apprentice and if they do train their apprentice they might make them do all the work and do less than their fair share of work.

Be overprotective of their kits and pamper them

Not go to gatherings.

Not pay attention to omens or listen to StarClan.

Have to give away their kits.

Now some of these a medicine cat would never do even with a mate and or kits like: Not go to gatherings or refuse listen to StarClan most of the time a medicine cat did this was because they would desperately want to stay with the cat they wanted to have for a mate and I recall even queens with kits in the nursery have been known to go to the gathering.

And I don't remember Yellowfang or Leafpool pampering their kits or neglecting their duties or messing up on a patient because they were distracted or worried for their kits.

A medicine cats have other family and friends that could die or be severely injured and when it did happen they still preformed their duties despite their grief.

But as I said I wanted to deal with this and give Spottedleaf more of a chance at Fireheart. I haven't decide who I want to pair him with I'll just see where this story leads me. I might let people vote on it.

Now as for Princess I haven't chosen her mentor or her position.

Do you think she should train as a medicine cat or a warrior?

If she trains as a medicine cat she could always become a Med. warrior later.

Also who would you like Princess to be paired with?

On an unrelated note I have a poll in my profile for suggestions to Ravenpaw's warrior name in my other story Firepaw of SkyClan anyone can vote you can pick up to five different choices.

Depending on whether Ravenpaw stays or goes in this story I might make the second favorite name his name for this story

Also let me know if you want the full allegiances with ShadowClan , RiverClan and WindClan

Review and let me know what you think.