This is a new story written by Petalwish and Dawnflower of WindClan so please check out our channels and I hope you enjoy our installment of Warriors/Hunger Games story...
Prologue: The Reaping
"Cats of the Clans, it is my favorite time of the year again! New Leaf, and in New Leaf we have: The Forest Games!" Mapleshade yowls from her place on the large oak tree, her gaze traveling over the cats below her. "But we've decided to add a certain little spin to things this year, as you all know we normally pick four cats from a Clan. Two she-cats, one a warrior, one an apprentice and two toms. One a warrior and one an apprentice, but this year we've decide to add two more cats to each Clan! There will also be an elders category and a medicine cat category." Mapleshade explains, gasps of shock rise up from the crowd below. Mapleshade smiles, glancing down at her two comrades, Brokenstar and Tigerstar are sitting on the branch below her their eyes drifting over the cats. I'm glad Brokenstar let me lead the ceremony this year, I won't let him down! "Alright we will begin like always with ThunderClan." Mapleshade hisses, reaching her paw into the nearest leaf wrap, the one containing two names. Jayfeather, or his apprentice Dewpaw, Jayfeather! She thinks with glee after reading the name, smiling she glances at the gray tabby tom his blind blue eyes are fixed on Tigerstar. She shows the leaf with the medicine cat's name on it to Tigerstar, he smiles revealing sharp yellow teeth.
"JAYFEATHER!" he bellows, Jayfeather's fur bristles, he glances back at his brother, Lionblaze, he was the victor from the last Forest Games. Then he allows Breezepelt and Beetlewhisker to guide him towards the base of the oak. Mapleshade smiles before reaching her paw towards another leaf wrap, this had many more names than the last. Mapleshade draws a leaf from the wrap and passes it to Brokenstar.
"DOVEWING!" he yowls, Dovewing's eyes widen as she lets out a little shriek. She looks back at her mate, Bumblestripe and her three kits, Cloudpaw, Goosepaw and Heatherpaw,
"I'm sorry..." she whispers. Mapleshade sneers as she pads to sit beside Jayfeather. Then she reaches for a smaller leaf wrap, not quite as many names are contained within this one but the name she draws makes her spine tingle. Nothing better than seeing mother forced to kill her daughter...she thinks happily showing the leaf to Dovewing. Dovewing gasps her fur bristles,
"NO!" she yowls jumping to her paws.
"And you can't volunteer because you're already in it!" Raising her voice Mapleshade yowls, "CLOUDPAW!" The white she-cat glances at her siblings, their eyes are wide, then she looks back at her father. Bumblestripe licks her cheek,
"Be brave little one, you'll survive" he manages to choke out. Mapleshade watches Cloudpaw race over to her mother, a lone tear falls down Dovewing's cheek. Mapleshade turns towards a tiny leaf wrap, only four names are inside. Good...this cat will be fun to watch die, after Tigerstar killed her mate. Tigerstar smiles as Mapleshade shows him the name,
"Sandstorm!" he announces, the pale ginger she-cat fur ruffles, her once beautiful green eyes are glazed but she pads over to Bramblestar.
"I'll join Firestar soon, I know you'll lead this Clan well and one day you may stop The Forest Games." she murmurs before padding to join the other ThunderClan cats at the base of the huge tree.
"Now onto the toms!" Brokenstar hisses, reaching for a large leaf wrap, "BERRYNOSE!" he bellows. Mapleshade glances at the cream furred tom, he licks Poppyfrost's ear, smiles at Cherryblossom and Molefeather before padding towards the oak. Brokenstar doesn't even wait to call out the next name, "LEAFPAW!" he growls,
"No!" Cinderheart's mew drifts from the crowd. "I volunteer as tribute!" she yowls. Mapleshade smiles,
"As much as I'd like to watch you die, I can't you're not an apprentice." she hisses, Cinderheart pushes her head into Lionblaze's fur. Mapleshade narrows her eyes, at the last Forest Games Lionblaze had volunteered as tribute for Cinderheart and of course with his powers he had won. Now he and Cinderheart were able to live their lives safely but theirs kits were not. Leafpaw glances once more at his mother and his siblings, Blazepaw and Willowpaw, before running over to the oak tree. Brokenstar narrows his eyes at Leafpaw before snatching up one more leaf wrap and bellowing out the name of the leaf he picked.
"DUSTPELT!" much to Mapleshade's surprise Dustpelt smiles,
"Now I can join Ferncloud!" he yowls sitting beside Sandstorm. Tigerstar wrinkles his nose in disgust,
"On to RiverClan!" Mapleshade yowls reaching for a leaf wrap containing two names, Mothwing and Willowshine. "WILLOWSHINE!" she announces, Jayfeather smiles from his spot at the bottom of the tree. Good someone he wants to kill! Willowshine raises her chin confidently but her legs are shaking. Mapleshade shows another leaf to Tigerstar, he smiles,
"Ripplepaw!" he bellows. A black she-cat lets out a squeak of alarm before hiding behind her mother, Minnowtail and her father, Robinwing. "Get her!" Tigerstar orders Beetlewhisker. Snarling Beetlewhisker snatches up Ripplepaw and drags the flailing apprentice towards the tree.
"GRAYMIST!" Mapleshade announces, Graymist's eyes widen and her fur bristles but without saying anything she pads slowly towards the tree. Mapleshade turns towards another leaf wrap, reaching her paw in she pulls out a small maple leaf. How interesting..."Duskfur!" she yowls, the brown she-cat sighs turning back to her Clan she glances at each of her full grown kits then she pads towards the oak.
"Now the toms!" Tigerstar meows, picking out three leaves from different wraps, "I'm getting bored so to make this go quicker we have, Darkpaw, Mintfur and Pouncetail!" Mapleshade glances down at the three toms, Darkpaw is whispering to his parents, Reedwhisker and Icewing. Mintfur and Pouncetail are padding toward their eyes wide, then Darkpaw does something unexpected.
"DOWN WITH THE FOREST GAMES!" he yowls pouncing on Breezepelt, snarling Breezepelt swats him aside. No cat moves, there all too afraid to do anything to help their Clan mate. Breezepelt glances at Brokenstar, he nods and Breezepelt bites Darkpaw's neck.
"RiverClan is one tribute short" Tigerstar meows coldly, before turning to Mapleshade.
"Now on to WindClan" Mudclaw announces. This will be fun... Mapleshade shows the name to Mudclaw, "SNAKEPAW!" gasps of shock rumble across the clearing. "But she's only been an apprentice for a sunrise!" a yowl of protest roars above all. Snakepaw shakily walks to the base of the oak.
"Next we have," Mapleshade looks down a Mudclaw.
"SUNSTRIKE!" Mudclaw announces, with a sigh she pads over to Snakepaw.
"And last but not lease out of the she-cats from WindClan... WHITETAIL!" Whitetail walks proudly over to the other she-cats. "It's a good day to die!" she yowls, head still high.
"Now for the toms... HAREPAW!" Whitetail's proud yowl turns into a shriek. Harepaw slowly walks beside his mother. "GORSETAIL, and, OWLWHISKER!" Mudclaw finishes. The other two cats join the tributes below the oak, smiling Mapleshade pulls out the final leaf wrap for WindClan.
"KESTRELFLIGHT!" she growls, the mottled gray tom's eyes flash, he whispers something to his apprentice, Featherpaw before padding to join the other medicine cat tributes.
"Time for ShadowClan" Darkstripe hisses, Redwillow digs his claws into the frail oak, "As they only have one medicine cat...LITTLECLOUD!" he yowls, the small tabby tom barely manages to lift his head before collapsing, Mapleshade flicks her tail, signaling Heathertail to go and get him. Heathertail doesn't look happy but she pads over to the ShadowClan medicine cat, nudging him until he gets to his paws. Redwillow grabs a leaf wrap from Darkstripe,
"The she-cats for ShadowClan are Pinepaw, Shrewfoot and Tawneypelt!" he sneers. Mapleshade smiles, Oh good, Tawneypelt can die! But glancing down at Tigerstar she notices he's watching his daughter intently the look on his face signaling. If you hurt her you'll die! Mapleshade sighs, why does he still care for her? She wonders, Shrewfoot and Pinepaw are huddled close together at the base of the oak, shivering despite the warm weather.
"And the toms from ShadowClan are Flypaw, Tigerheart and Rowanclaw!" Darkstripe announces, Tawnypelt lets out a squeak of alarm at the sound of her mate, and kit names. Only Dawnpelt's left...Mapleshade realizes gazing at the ShadowClan she-cat, her eyes are shinning happily a smirk on her face. She looks as though she's happy her kin are going into The Forest Games...maybe she'd be a good cat to requite. Brokenstar growls a signal his claws unsheathing and sheathing, Mapleshade gulps realizing she missed her cue. Fluffing out her fur she jumps off the oak and flicks her tail towards the cats at the base of the tree.
"Jayfeather, Cloudpaw, Dovewing, Sandstorm, Leafpaw, Berrynose, Dustpelt, Willowshine, Ripplepaw, Graymist, Duskfur, Mintfur, Pouncetail, Kestrelflight, Snakepaw, Sunstrike, Whitetail, Harepaw, Gorsetail, Owlwhisker, Littlecloud, Pinepaw, Shrewfoot, Tawnypelt, Flypaw, Tigerheart and Rowanclaw are our tributes for this year's ninth moon running of The Forest Games!"
Hope you enjoyed, please review and Chapter One will be up soon, if you'd like to give suggestions on things that will come into the arena or who will die and how then please review with your suggestions!
~DawnPetal