The Adventures of Cloudclan 004
Hello readers! This is a note from the author! Sorry I haven't written a story in a while… I've been busy. Anyways, thank you to all my story followers, and thank you for being so patient. Now… here's the famous opening for Cloudclan!
In the heart of a deep, deep forest, there lives a great clan of cats. These cats are noble, fearless, and loyal. They will fight to the death to defend their clan. And in times of trouble, they call upon Starclan, the clan of great cat spirits, to help them. This is Cloudclan.
Silverstar yawned and stretched her claws. It was almost sundown, and she was picking the meat off the bones of what was left of her shrew. The scent of leaf-fall was in the air, and the leaves were already beginning to fall. She looked around. Cloverpelt was examining a scratch on Ivyblaze's leg, and Moonshine was stuffing oak leaves in a crack in the den.
"It's that time of the year," she exclaimed. "Time to gather all the oak leaves. They're very good for infection you know, if there's no marigold around. Wait- if there's no goldenrod- well actually, both work for wounds. Great Starclan, I keep getting marigold and goldenrod mixed up all the time…"
Silverstar smiled as the medicine cat rambled on. Suddenly, the training patrol returned. Gingerpaw proudly carried a squirrel in her mouth, while Goldenpaw sulked, her jaws empty.
"I almost caught a mouse," she sighed.
"Almost doesn't feed the clan, but a squirrel does!" Gingerpaw bragged.
"Shut up!" Goldenpaw hissed. "I'll still be a better warrior than you!"
"You? Puh-lease," Gingerpaw scoffed. "A mouse would make a better warrior than you!"
"That's enough," Rosepetal growled. "You have all done well. You may take a piece of prey and eat."
Gingerpaw and Goldenpaw glared at each other, then settled down to eat. Goldenpaw was nervous about eating, since she hadn't managed to catch anything. Shadowpaw noticed that the two were keeping apart, and wanted to clear the air between them.
"Hey guys, why don't we go listen to a story?" she suggested.
"A story? Who's gonna tell us a story? There are no elders in our clan," Lotuspaw pointed out.
"Maybe Silverstar could tell us a story," Shadowpaw said.
"I wouldn't bother Silverstar," Vixenstep warned. "She's awfully tired and busy-"
The apprentices were off before she could finish.
"Silverstar! Silverstar!"
Silverstar looked up. The apprentices were hovering over her like a flock of birds.
"Silverstar, we're bored. Can you tell us a story, please, please, please?" Gingerpaw begged. Silverstar perked up.
"A story?" she asked, amused. "Well hmmm, I've never been asked for a story before. What would you like to hear?" The apprentices thought for a moment.
"Maybe you could tell us how the clan started!" suggested Shadowpaw.
"Yeah! What happened before Cloudclan began?" Lotuspaw asked. Silverstar looked at the apprentices.
"Well, alright. Settle down, because this is a long story. It all started many moons ago, back when I was even younger than you…"