Warriors abridged Christmas special
Note: By the time this Christmas Special takes place Firepaw loses his country accent and instead his tone is arrogant and proud.
"All cats old enough to catch their own prey or steal it from RiverClan gather round." Bluestar ordered. All the ThunderClan cats gathered beneath the Highrock at their leader's command. Firepaw was sitting next to Graypaw and Ravenpaw.
"I wonder what Bluestar's going to say." Firepaw whispered. Graypaw shrugged.
"I have no idea." He answered. He gave Ravenpaw a questioning look, but the black apprentice shook his head. The three apprentices turned their attention back to their leader.
"As you all know it's the time of year we honor Santaclaw one of the greatest cats the forest has ever seen." She said.
"He's also the only good thing RiverClan's ever produced." Tigerclaw growled in a low voice. Darkstripe snorted in agreement.
"RiverClan's a bunch of slackers, but at least they had Santaclaw. I wish I could have met him. He might have given me a Flux Capacitor." He said wistfully. Firepaw had overheard their brief exchange and it brought a question to his mind.
"Hey Graypaw, who's Santaclaw?" He asked. Firepaw heard gaps of shock around him.
"How dare you not know who Santaclaw is you stupid kittypet." Dustpaw spat at him.
"I'll bet he doesn't even know Rudolph the red nosed rouge cat is." Longtail snarled.
"No actually I don't." Firepaw said.
"Wow, I'm ashamed to be your brother in law." Darkstripe snarled.
"You're my what now?" Firepaw asked.
"Uh…nothing, hey is that a flying DeLorean?" Darkstripe asked changing the subject. Everyone looked at the sky. There was nothing out of the ordinary there. Firepaw looked back at Darkstripe.
"What are you trying to pull?" He inquired.
"Nothing, it must have been a cloud." Darkstripe retorted.
"Anyway, back to what we were saying beforehand, Santaclaw was a cat form RiverClan. He is famous because he went around to the other clans and got presents for them. Where he got them we have no idea, but we usually go to Twolegplace and steal stuff from them. Its part of our tradition for other cat's to give a present to one other cat in the clan. We call it secret Santaclaw." Bluestar explained.
"How do we know which cat we're supposed to get presents for?" Firepaw asked.
"I was getting to that. I will tell each cat who they're supposed to buy for. You'll only be buying for the leader, deputy, medicine cat, one of the warriors, or one of the apprentices. The elders don't participate in secret Santaclaw and neither do the queens. Why you ask, to this we also have no idea, but it's just the way we roll in ThunderClan." Bluestar explained. Firepaw nodded.
"Okay that makes sense." He agreed.
"Now that we all understand the tradition was going to start sending cats to the Elder's den to learn who their buying for. As clan leader I will go first and Lionheart, as my deputy, will be second. Spottedleaf, as the medicine cat, will be third and after that will be the apprentices and the warriors will follow after that. Any questions?" She asked all the cats, but her eyes were fixed on Firepaw. He shook his head. Bluestar nodded and leaped off the Highrock followed by Lionheart. The remaining cats separated into groups telling each other what they wanted.
"So Firepaw what do you want, a collar?" Longtail sneered.
"No thanks Longtail, but I was hoping that I would get you I know the perfect present for you." Firepaw said. Longtail's eyes glittered with excitement.
"Really what is it?" He asked. Firepaw grinned.
"A hearing aide, after all you shouldn't be able to hear very well after that tear I gave your ear." He retorted. Longtail growled at him, but said nothing. He just stalked away to join a group consisting of Tigerclaw, Darkstripe, and Dustpaw.
"Nice one Firepaw, I wish I had your kind of courage. Then maybe I could say something like that to Tigerclaw." Ravenpaw praised. Firepaw shook his head.
"No way Ravenpaw. Longtail's one thing, but Tigerclaw? That's a little thing I like to call suicide." He said. Ravenpaw nodded.
"I guess your right." He murmured sadly. Graypaw nudged him.
"Come on Ravenpaw, cheer up. If I get you I'll get you 10 Ways to Insult Your Mentor without Getting Killed." Graypaw promised.
"Really?" Ravenpaw asked skeptically. Graypaw winked.
"Would I lie?" He asked. Firepaw and Ravenpaw exchanged a quick glance and nodded to each other. They turned to their friend.
"Yes." They said simultaneously. Graypaw widened his eyes to fake an expression of hurt.
"Not cool guys, I don't say such mean things to you do I?" He asked. Firepaw shrugged.
"Whatever Graypaw." He said. He looked around the camp until his eyes fell on Spottedleaf. The ThunderClan medicine cat was staring back at him. He looked down at his paws in embarrassment. He heard his friends laugh behind his back. He turned on them.
"Shut up you idiots." He growled. Graypaw smiled back at him, but Ravenpaw shrank back.
"That was uncalled for Firepaw." He whimpered.
"I'm sorry Ravenpaw; I didn't mean it like that." Firepaw apologized. Ravenpaw looked at Graypaw and nodded. Graypaw winked back at him.
"Yeah Firepaw don't be such a jerk!" He yelled loud enough for the whole clan to hear him.
"What are you doing?" Firepaw demanded.
"You'll see." Graypaw assured. His eyes were twinkling with amusement. Ravenpaw stood up and looked Firepaw square in the eye. He didn't look like the scared and pathetic apprentice that he usually was. He looked genuinely fearsome.
"We don't want you hanging out with us anymore Firepaw. Go get some new friends." He growled in his face. Firepaw backed up. What he said wasn't that bad. What were these two playing at?
"You heard Ravenpaw go!" Graypaw yowled at him. He swiped at Firepaw's head and the young apprentice ducked.
"Go over to Spottedleaf and hang out with her." His friend whispered. Firepaw looked into his friend's eyes and Graypaw winked at him. Ravenpaw was nodding and Firepaw knew that this is what his friends were up too. They were trying to get him to hang out with Spottedleaf!
"Fine then, if I get one of you two for secret Santaclaw I'm giving you crowfood." He growled. Under his breath he added, "And I mean it." The amusement left Graypaw's eyes. He turned around and started talking to Ravenpaw. Firepaw took that as a sign for him to make his move. He walked away from his friends and heard Dustpaw's voice.
"Haha you got rejected kittypet." He jeered. Firepaw glared at him.
"And if I get you Dustpaw, I'm giving you crowfood, and a piece of fox dung soaked in mouse bile." Firepaw declared. Dustpaw narrowed his eyes.
"You wouldn't dare do that to me kittypet." He spat.
"Try me you jerk." Firepaw retorted. Dustpaw unsheathed his claws. He was obviously about to spring on Firepaw, but a voice stopped him.
"Stop! I will not treat cats that fight each other especially during this time of year." Came of the voice of the medicine cat. Firepaw couldn't help but smile. Spottedleaf had just gotten him out a potentially dangerous situation. He wouldn't have been surprised if Longtail had helped Dustpaw out and after their little performance either, Graypaw and Ravenpaw wouldn't be able to back him up. Dustpaw snorted and continued his conversation with the older warriors. Firepaw padded towards Spottedleaf.
"Thanks for that Spottedleaf." He said. Spottedleaf smiled at him.
"Don't mention it Firepaw. So what was that about?" She asked flicking her tail in the direction of Graypaw and Ravenpaw. Firepaw rolled his eyes.
"Familiarity breeds contempt." He replied with scorn in his tone.
"Aw that's too bad." Spottedleaf murmured.
"Why?" Firepaw asked. Spottedleaf brushed against his flank and her sweet scent filled Firepaw's nose.
"That means if I spend more time with you then you'll start disliking me." She said. Firepaw's eyes widened.
"No I didn't mean it like that. I could spend nine lifetimes with you and never get enough of you!" Firepaw objected. Spottedleaf looked embarrassed and turned her head the other way.
"Really?" She asked.
"Of course!" Firepaw exclaimed. Spottedleaf wrapped her tail around her paws and looked down at the ground.
"Well you know it gets really lonely being a medicine cat. I mean, I get to see a lot of cats, but they only come and see me because they need me to treat them. No one ever comes to see me for me." She said solemnly. Firepaw nodded.
"That's too bad." He agreed. Spottedleaf's ears perked.
"Well if you agree then maybe you could spend some time with me and make me unlonely. Would you do that Firepaw, would making me unlonely make you happy?" She asked.
"StarClan yes!" Firepaw exclaimed not being able to disguise his enthusiasm. Spottedleaf purred.
"Well then follow me I could show you around my den and maybe you could sleep in here tonight. It's not as spacious as the apprentice's den, but it's still quite roomy and I won't be lonely if you sleep here." She invited. Firepaw purred in happiness.
"Okay then!" He agreed. Spottedleaf nodded, but a sad look clouded her eyes.
"Okay, but on second thought I don't think I should show you around now. I'll do it tonight while everyone's asleep that way no one will be suspicious of us." She suggested. Firepaw nodded.
"Okay then, I'll see you tonight?" He asked. She nodded and licked his ear.
"I'll see you tonight." She whispered. Firepaw nodded and trotted out of her den and he wondered why Spottedleaf had that look of sadness in her eyes.
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This is teh 1st part of teh WA Christmas special, I had a lot of fun writing it nd part 2 is also nearly done I just gotta figure out where it ends nd where part 3 begins...eny ways I hope u enjoyed it, later