First story on here, just saying now that the timeline might not matchup perfectly.
"This is it, our new home." Ashfur grinned to Thornclaw as the two looked around the camp. Thornclaw was still a little weary of the camp, it's walls were smooth and clearly cut by a twoleg and there was a steep ledge where anyone could fall off and die.
"It's nothing like the old forest." Thornclaw sighed as he watched as his brother, Brackenfur, and one of his Clanmates, Cloudtail, started working on putting the nursery together. "But I guess it's alright."
"It will grow on you." Ashfur shrugged confidently. Ever since he had started hanging around Squirrelflight, the warrior had been acting like a cheery father who could only look on the bright side of things. Ashfur didn't even have kits.
"Yeah, sure." Thornclaw snorted. The camp was too closed in for his liking. "I'm going to go hunting, want to come?" he asked his friend.
"Firestar doesn't want us leaving camp..." Ashfur trailed off.
"Suit yourself, I'm going to go see what this place has for food. I'm starved!" Thornclaw waved goodbye as he trotted away from camp.
Thornclaw knew he should be helping out instead of exploring, but the little kit inside of him wanted to go on an adventure before everyone else got to it.
The new forest wasn't that different from the old one. Thornclaw could hear the birds chirping and the mice squeaking but to him, it just wasn't the same. Thornclaw had been raised in the old forest, it was everything he knew. Half of him wanted to stay back and die with his mother.
Thornclaw opened his mouth and let the different smells rush in. He could taste the sparrow on his tongue before he even saw it. Creeping forward, Thornclaw kept his tail low as he stalked forward.
The bird was sitting on a low branch and if Thornclaw jumped high enough, he would be able to sail right over the branch and catch the prey. Thornclaw dug his feet into the ground, and with one swift motion, launched himself up.
Thornclaw connected with something in mid-air and they both went flying back with a yelp. With his warrior instincts kicking in, Thornclaw easily rolled out of the attack and got into a battle crouch.
"What are you doing on ThunderClan territory?" Thornclaw snarled at the intruder.
It was a fluffy silver she-cat with amused amber eyes. Her tail seemed to poof out from the rest of her fur and Thornclaw was surprised that it hasn't caught any thorns or brambles in it yet.
"Thunder what? All I'm doing is hunting!" The she-cat retorted and dropped the sparrow on the ground.
"Hunting on our territory!" Thornclaw took an intimidating step forward, "Leave!"
The she-cat didn't budge, "aren't you just a bundle of sunshine?" she snorted, "didn't your mother ever tell you to share?"
Fury raced through the golden brown warriors fur, "I am going to tell you one more time, get off ThunderClan territory!"
"What's ThunderClan?" The silver cat asked curiously, completely ignoring Thornclaws warning and plopping on the ground with the sparrow in her paws.
"It's my Clan." Thornclaw said simply and let his fur lie down flat. He clearly wasn't scaring her so he didn't know why he should try.
The she-cat rolled her amber eyes, "No? Really? I never would have guessed from the multiple times you said so."
"I'm not telling you anything until you get off ThunderClan territory." Thornclaw snorted.
"Why don't we make a trade? You can have the sparrow if you tell me about ThunderClan." the rogue bargained. Thornclaw watched the sparrow hungrily, it felt like seasons since he had last eaten.
"Fine." Thornclaw finally caved. He pulled the fresh kill closer to him so he could give it to Ferncloud later. "ThunderClan is one of four Clans. We used to live in a forest just past the mountains before two-legs came and destroyed it."
"What is a two-leg? Is that some kind of squirrel?" The she-cat asked and Thornclaw rolled his eyes. Yes, an army of squirrels took over a forest and kicked four entire Clans out.
"Haven't you ever seen one of those large hairless animals that walk on only two of their legs? They only have fur on their heads... well most of them do. Some have thick hair covering their legs." Thornclaw tried to explain.
"Oh! You mean a human! My sister went to go live with some. Anyway, so the humans destroyed your forest?"
"We moved here and now, this forest is ThunderClan territory. And one of the rules in the warrior code is-"
"What's the warrior code?" The cat perked up and Thornclaw sighed.
The ThunderClan warrior explained the warrior code as best as he could. He told the loner that he was saving the sparrow for one of the queens. He also told her that he had to chase her out because the Warrior Code wouldn't allow her to just run freely through the forest.
"Oh, is that why you were getting so angry over me not leaving?" The cat wondered, "I'm sorry about that!"
Thornclaw snorted, "you are a strange cat."
The she-cat rolled her amber eyes. "Whatever, I need to be going though. My dad and his idiots are going to be freakin out by now. I'll see you later, Mr. ThunderClan!"
"My name is Thornclaw by the way." Thornclaw scoffed and the cat purred.
"Cute name. I'm Silver." she purred. "Enjoy the sparrow." Silver called before she bounded away.
Thornclaw couldn't help but let a grin cross onto his face as he stared at the dead bird at his feet. He couldn't stop thinking about the she-cat who was so cleverly named.
He purred at the rogue she-cat who he definitely shouldn't have let stay, let alone talk to. But no matter how hard Thornclaw tried to banish Silver from his mind, she kept creeping back in.
Once Thornclaw was about halfway back to camp, he stopped dead.
My name is not cute!
"Have fun exploring the territory?" Ashfur asked Thornclaw as he watched the golden tom, drop a sparrow on the small fresh-kill pile.
"It was... Interesting..." Thornclaw mused and sat down next to his best friend. "I ran into a rogue."
Ashfur jumped up, "did you chase it away? Kill it?"
"No I did not kill her!" Thornclaw snapped, "just let me explain."
Thornclaw told Ashfur the story of how they both lunged for the bird at the same time and no matter how hard Thornclaw tried, he couldn't chase the pest away.
"And she called my name cute! My name is not cute!" Thornclaw finished and looked to his friend to see his eyes were dancing with amusement and his whiskers were twitching.
"Aw, Thornclaw! I think you're in love!" Ashfur laughed and the warrior lashed his tail. "You look all mooney and smiley!"
"Coming from you!" Thornclaw retorted, "Squirrelflight, have my kits!" the warrior mocked in a high pitched voice just as Firestar and Sandstorm walked by. The two whipped around and Thornclaw felt his face heat up. "I uh, Ashfur... It was a joke and... I don't love your daughter!"
Ashfur was rolling on the ground, laughing his tail off as the two parents shared an uneasy glance and backed away. "Thornclaw, you have the worst timing!" The grey warrior gasped.
Thornclaw blushed and hid his face in his paws. "Trust me, I know."
How do you guys like it? Any thoughts on Silver?