Chapter 1
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Lightningstar climbed up a few runs of what was called a ladder. Living in an old horse place meant there were plenty of 'ladders' around. "May all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather round! I have an important announcement!" she shouted.
The cats gathered around, some looking curious, Lizardkit looking eager. She knew what this was about. "It's time for our two kits to become apprentices!" Lightningstar shouted. "Lizardkit, from now on your name will be Lizardpaw." There were cheers as cats called out her name. Lizardpaw puffed out a little in pride. "You're mentor will be Wingshadow."
Lizardpaw ran over and touched noses to Wingshadow. Wingshadow smiled for her, but as soon as she looked away Wingshadow mouthed, 'Me?'
Lightningstar gave a tinny nod. "As the clan had just started, I couldn't give Wingshadow an apprentice. Now she can have one, and I'm sure you will train her well Wingshadow." Wingshadow nodded, but she didn't look as confident as Lightningstar sounded. She pressed on. "It is also time for Slitherkit to become an apprentice. Slitherkit, from now on your name will be Slitherpaw!" The cats cheered for him too. Lizardpaw was especially loud, considering they were siblings. "However Slitherpaw has chosen a different path. Slitherpaw will be our medicine cat apprentice, so his mentor will be Ashpelt."
Lizardpaw was looking at him in shock now. She knew he'd wanted to be a medicine cat, but Lightningstar had feeling Lizardpaw expected him to grow out of it.
Ashpelt walked up to Slitherpaw and they touched noses. "Thank you Lightningstar, I will train him well."
Lightningstar nodded. "I'm sure you will."
The cats of Stormclan watched glumly as Angelwing shoved aside bad prey. With all the poison rain they'd gotten lately there was lots of bad prey, prey that could kill them if they ate it. Unfortunately, far too much prey was being judged as bad. It was getting hard to feed the clan.
Stormstar sighed and walked off. Nightwind watched him go with concern. She and Angelwing looked at each other. Angelwing nodded and the two walked up to him. "Stormstar?" Nightwind called.
Stormstar considered not answering, but he was leader, it was his job to keep his clan strong, and that's what he would do. "Yes?"
"What are we going to do about the poison? The clan is going to starve if this keeps up." Nightwind replied.
"And I don't see it stopping any time soon." Angelwing added.
Truth be told, Stormstar had no idea what he was going to do. The clan had hunted more to try making up for the bad prey, but they simply couldn't keep up, and there was only so much prey they could hunt. He looked up to the sky as he thought, and it was the sky that gave him his next idea. "When's the next Medicine cat meeting?" he asked.
"You mean moonpool gathering. In a few days. Why?" Angel answered.
"Talk to Starclan. They'll know what to do about this."