DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Warriors series, nor am I the three people (or so I heard) that use the pen-name Erin Hunter.
Author's note: This is my first-ever FanFic. Please read and submit reviews! Thank you!
Allegiances
In addition to the cats in the Warriors series, the cats are:
ThunderClan
Firepaw – Flame-orange apprentice with piercing green eyes. Daughter of Brightheart and Cloudtail.
Hawkpaw – Black fur and amber eyes. Son of Dustpelt and Ferncloud.
More will be added as the story progresses.
1
Firepaw scuffed the ground with her paws impatiently. My assessment. After this, I'll be a warrior! She and her friend, Hawkpaw, were waiting eagerly in the clearing.
"I bet I'll catch more than you will," Hawkpaw teased.
"You'll catch a lot, sure, but I'll catch more." Firepaw laughed. Birchfall, her mentor, approached.
"Are you ready to go, Firepaw?" he mewed.
Firepaw nodded vigourously. Hawkpaw's mentor, Graystripe, padded up and signaled to the other cats to follow. The four of them walked over to the entrance to the camp, where Firestar was waiting. He conversed with Birchfall and Graystripe in low tones, then turned to the two apprentices.
"Both of you, try your hardest in this assessment. If you pass, you will be made warriors." Firestar sat down. Birchfall mewed to Firepaw, "I'll be watching you. I expect you to do your best." Firepaw nodded. She and Hawkpaw headed into the woods. Firepaw felt her mentor's gaze on her back.
Firepaw decided she would hunt near the WindClan border. As she made her way to a good hunting spot, she heard a click and a box fell on top of her, shrouding her in darkness. As she twisted and turned, trying to find a way out, she felt the box moving. She yowled loudly, hoping it was another cat trying to free her. She heard nothing.
The moving stopped abruptly and she was thrown to the side, bruising her left flank. Firepaw blinked as the box was opened and sunlight poured through the bars of her box. She remembered it being called a cage by one of the elders. Firepaw looked around anxiously, but all she saw was a Thunderpath stretching out behind her. On the sides of the Thunderpath was grass and bushes.
I'm in a monster! was her first, frantic thought. She thought she saw a cat in the bushes, and yowled, "Hawkpaw! Someone help!"
The cat burst out of the bushes and Firepaw saw that it was Firestar. He leapt at the back of the monster just as it growled. The monster shot off, out of the reach of Firestar or any other cat that would care to help her. Firepaw watched with dismay as Firestar grew smaller and smaller, until he was an orange speck on the horizon.
She huddled in the corner of her cage, feeling alone, like she was the only cat in the world.