War of the Cats

by Willowmeow

Rabbitpaw is a shy medicine cat apprentice that was selected for the Games. In the Games, he meets some friends. How will the Games turn out? Will the odds be in his favor? This is Rabbitpaw's story.

1. Selected

I'm Rabbitpaw, now an official member of the Games. I didn't want to enter the Games; it completely breaks the Warrior Code. Defend your Clan, even with your life. You may have friendships with cats from the other Clans, but your loyalty must remain to your Clan, as one day you may meet them in battle. In the Games, 6 cats from each of the 4 Clans were selected to fight to the death. The Clan leader doesn't really defend those 4 cats chosen to enter the Games at the cost of his or her life. No, BoneClan is not included in those 4 Clans. BoneClan, the fifth Clan, rumored to be a made-up Clan. And then there's Code 14, which is defied by that other definition. An honorable warrior does not need to kill other cats to win his battles, unless they are outside the warrior code or it is necessary for self-defense. The self-defense part might be questioned, but it still defies it. Killing wouldn't be necessary for self-defense if there were no such thing as the Games. Why did Snakestar have to make the Games? I absolutely hate that former leader of BoneClan. He had no heart; well, if he did, it was full of ice and snow. I'm glad I'm not in BoneClan. They have a long history of murderers.

I now live in a hole in the ground, due to the fact that I am entering the Games. Nobody is allowed to talk to the Select, the group of cats that were selected for that round of the Games. Depression Code that Snakestar made up. It's very stupid. Code 1:You may not talk to any members of the Select. If you are a member of the Select, you may not talk to any cat, inside or outside the Warrior Code, until the Games start.

Yeah. Basically, no. I'll say that. No, the Games suck. No, Snakestar sucks. No, I DON'T WANT TO BE IN THE GAMES.

I'm in AirClan. Our leader is Swiftstar. The other members of the Select in AirClan are Dartwind, Flashfire, Windclaw, Jumpstripe, and Stormpaw. Flashfire is the best digger in AirClan. By the way, my mother is Cloudclaw, now the deputy, and my father is Sharpfall. I have a sister named Driftpaw and a brother named Eaglepaw. Lucky them, they aren't in the Select.

I eat leftovers,also due to the fact that I'm a member of the Select. Yeah. Being in the Games takes a lot away from you.

Us Select have developed a secret way of communicating. We're going to team, though in the Deathmatch, we have to kill each other. That is, if we even make it to the Deathmatch. It's really stupid. Did I mention that?

Oh, yeah. You're probably wondering how I even got into the Games. Every apprentice, warrior, deputy, and leader has to go to Tree Hollow to do this ceremony thingy. So the four Clans go to separate areas. The first six cats that their leader touches is entered into the Games. Yeah, really stupid. Did I forget to mention that everything about the Games is stupid? And then, BoneClan controls the Games from who-knows-where and who-knows-how. BoneClan leader... then I could stop the Games. That's a very pleasant thought.

The Games start tomorrow morning. The Select have to gather at Tree Hollow. And then, BoneClan will send in escort cats to escort us to their pre-made arena. Something like that. Oh, yeah, AirClan is the second Clan. The first is FireClan. The complete opposite of BoneClan, FireClan is full of cats wanting to stop the Games. I want to be in FireClan, the Clan that every cat wants to be in. Well, every cat within the Warrior Code and not in BoneClan. Typical of BoneClan to not want to join the one Clan that wants to start a battle between them. Just like Firestar, and how he fought the Great Battle against BloodClan and ShadowClan. Cats still talk about him. They talk about how sad it was that he lost three lives because of falling trees. Yeah. Three lives. Out of nine lives.

They also say that Scourge, the leader of BloodClan, didn't believe in StarClan and wasn't bonded by the Warrior Code. No nine lives. Then, they wouldn't even be a Clan anymore! Or maybe BloodClan was just a made-up name for some random cats. And, seriously, dog teeth stuck in their collars? A kittypet? As leader of a made-up Clan for random cats who put dog teeth on their collars and who didn't believe in StarClan and wasn't bonded by the Warrior Code which meant that they didn't have nine lives? I'm sorry. It's just too much to take in at once when you are a warrior bonded by StarClan.

I totally can't wait for tomorrow. The day where I probably will die, even though the Games lasts for a few weeks. The day where Dartwind, Flashfire, Windclaw, and Jumpstripe, and Stormpaw will probably die, even though we have a rare Clan alliance. The day we fight to the death. The day that everything good is gone. Pure evil takes over most cats that enter.

The Select of AirClan has sort of found a way to squirm out of this mess. When we get in the arena, we meet in the center, kill some cats in the bloodbath to make BoneClan sure that we can be trusted, then make a break for it. A few of our allies will probably die in the bloodbath. Run for the outside of the arena. They have nothing to keep us in the arena. Anyone could escape anytime. They just haven't found out about the escape route yet. And we're not going to tell them.

It's almost nighttime. I had better get my rest up before the Games start. The Games is a lethal thing; cats have killed themselves just to escape the Games. In the Games, your enemies would probably leave you to a long and painful death instead of a quick and painless one. So much for justice and being an honorable warrior.

Well, good night. I'll see you at the Games.