A/N: I want to start of by saying thanks for clicking on this story! :3 I'm excited to write this ^^ I had the idea and i typed it up...in the next chapter i'll add a list of cats of the clans but for now all the cats you need to know are:
Russetpaw- Ginger tabby tom
Nightpaw- Black and dark gray she-cat
Skypaw(Russetpaw's sister)-dark gray she-cat
Redfur(Russet's father)- Ginger tom
Silverdash(Russet's mother)-silver tabby she-cat
Cloudedheart(Night's father)-splotched gray and white tom
Lilyheart(Night's mother)-black she-cat
Yellowstream(Deputy)-calico she-cat
Jaystar(leader)-gray/silver tom
And now to start ^^ Hope you enjoy it!
"Russetpaw!" a dark she-cat hissed. "We're going to get in trouble!"
"No we're not! We're helping a Medicine Cat gather herbs!" Russetpaw remarked.
"One, she's only the apprentice medicine cat, and two she didn't invite us to! We just followed, or i should say you dragged me along!" the she-cat said.
"Oh come on, Nightpaw! Lighten up!" the flame-colored tom said. "And I'm sure Skypaw will be happy to have her big brother and best friend helping her!"
Nightpaw opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by another voice. "Yes, I am happy to have to two helping me, but you didn't ask so when we get back to camp i'm telling Yellowstream." said Skypaw coming out of the bushes with some herbs in her mouth.
"Why Skypaw?! I'm you're only brother can't you let this slide?" Russetpaw begged and blinked fast. Skypaw shook her head.
"Nope." she meowed and Nightpaw giggled. "Now come on if you're helping me, I gotta get some catmint, the growing season's almost over and I need to stock up." The gray she-cat then bounded off. Nightpaw let out a small giggle before padding after her and Russetpaw after her.
"Hey Skypaw? How come you get to go out of camp on your own? Jaystar said that apprentices had to be accompanied by at least one warrior." Russetpaw asked after a few minutes.
"Because the quarrel between ThunderClan and WindClan doesn't extend to medicine cats. Think of the medicine cats as their own clan within the four clans, we have different rules and boundaries." Skypaw explained. Russetpaw mumbled something before flashing his paw at Nightpaw's fluffy tail. The black she-cat whipped around, tackling her friend to the ground.
"Will you quit that." She demanded. Skypaw rolled her eyes thinking a thought for a moment before the scent of catmint entered her nose.
"Hey! Stop playing around, we're here." She called to them. Nightpaw got off of Russetpaw who scrambled to his feet. The orange tom looked around.
"Why are we by Twolegplace?" he questioned seeing the fence.
"This is only the outskirts and its the best place where catmint grows." she explained. "Now come over here and help me get some." The two warrior apprentices padded over to Skypaw and cut the catmint stems like she showed them to. When they each had a mouthful, Skypaw decided it was time to go back to camp. The three apprentices were starting to head back to camp when a loud roaring sound stopped them.
"What was that?" Nightpaw questioned. Skypaw sniffed the air and strained her ears.
"...It smells like...The Thunderpath! Its a monster!" she exclaimed. "Run!" But the three didn't have a chance to run before the monster came flying out of the twolegplace, scaring them half to death. Skypaw cowered behind her brother. Nightpaw and Russetpaw stood strong but it was plain to see that Nightpaw was a litte shaken. The monster stopped and the door opened. Out stepped a twoleg. Russetpaw hissed at it, his fur spiking up on his neck and back. He glanced at Nightpaw and saw the terror in her eyes.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you." he promised and then went back to hissing at the twoleg. The twoleg was holding something, it looked like a stick connected to vines(a net). As the twoleg came closer so did Russetpaw. He growled at the twoleg swiping out a clawed paw. The twloeg took this chance and swiped the stick thing at the orange apprentice, catching him in the white vines. Russetpaw screeched trying to get out.
"Russetpaw!" Nightpaw yowled, the twoleg was putting him into a box inside the belly of the monster. The dark-colored apprentice dashed at the twoleg, scratching its leg. The twoleg dropped Russetpaw in surprise, but he couldn't get free, he was tangled in the vines. The twloeg swiftly grabbed Nightpaw by the scruff and tossed her out of the way hard. She landed on the ground with a thump. The twoleg then picked up Russetpaw and shoved him into the box, the cage, none too gently and shut the cage door, then the monster's door. It climbed into the door it had came out of, started the monster and drove off leaving, the terrified Skypaw, and out-cold, Nightpaw.
Once the monster was gone Skypaw dashed over to Nightpaw and nudged her friend. The black she-cat came to and shook her head. "...Russetpaw!" she exclaimed sitting up quickly. Skypaw shook her head sadly.
"The twoleg took him..." she said. The two she-cats padded back towards camp quietly, the only sound the sniffling of them. When they arrived in camp they were greeted by two angry former queens, the deputy, and two angry fathers. The two didn't say anything.
"Where's Russetpaw? He should be here Nightpaw shouldn't be getting yelled at all alone." A flame-colored tom said.
"He...He's gone." Nightpaw spoke. The five cats looked at her and she somely told the tale.
A/N: Thanks for reading! The next chapter should be up in a couple minutes, because i typed it already ^^ Sorry this one was short, the others are long!