Summary- Creek-kit's mother is killed when giving birth to him and his siblings. Their father, Vinestep, is furious and blames two of his kits. Creek-kit and Breezekit. He punishes them with brutal training sessions as they become apprentices and when their leader, Flamesta,r finds out, Vinestep is banished and is never heard from again, but mysterious deaths are popping up and so follow our main character as he tries to unravel the dark secrets that plague the Clans.
AN- I have new story, this is the only story without a writer's block! That's so surprising, right? Maybe. Don't answer that question. You'll make me feel bad. Anyways, this is my new story plot.
Sage, Mint, Lion, and Rowan is on hold because I will editing and possibly looking for a beta. If you are one please PM me and I will consider you and most likely accept you. Midnight Roses will be updated very rarely considering my little stubborn Writer's Block. Say hello to my Writer's Block.
Writer's Block: Hello *waves*
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Writer's Block: I can see I'm not wanted…
That's my Writer's Block and I am rambling so please enjoy The Fallen Warrior
FireClan
Leader: Flamestar: A ginger tom with amber eyes; brother Emberfall; sister; Fallowleap
Deputy: Blackfrost: A black tom with frosty blue eyes; brother: Ravenlight; sister: Nightstorm; mate: Morningleaf
Medicine Cat: Robinpelt: A calico she-cat with green eyes
Warriors:
Aspencloud: A fluffy gray she-cat with blue eyes; Apprentice: Rockpaw
Emberfall: A bright orange tabby tom with amber eyes; brother: Flamestar sister; Fallowleap
Fallowleap: A pale brown she-cat with green eyes; brother: Flamestar, Emberfall
Hazelwhisker: A light gray tabby she-cat with amber eyes; Apprentice: Tinypaw
Blossomheart: A creamy golden tabby she-cat with bright blue eyes
Gorsefang: A prickly brown tabby tom with light amber eyes; mate: Spottedtail; Apprentice: Ashpaw
Morningleaf: A pale orange she-cat with green eyes; mate: Blackfrost
Ravenlight: A black tom with green eyes; brother: Blackfrost; sister: Nightstorm
Smokefur: A light gray tom with amber eyes; sister; Streamleap; Apprentice: Clawpaw
Thistlefang: A spikey gray tabby tom with dark green eyes; mate: Whiteberry
Whiteberry: A white she-cat with small ginger spots and green eyes; mate: Thistefang
Vinestep: A black and brown tabby tom with blue eyes; Apprentice: Crowpaw
Streamleap: A silver tabby she-cat with amber eyes; brother: Smokefur
Sparrowfoot: A brown tom with a white chest and green eyes
Tigerjaw: A brown tabby tom with bright green eyes; brother: Oakstep
Lizardstream: A light brown she-cat with jagged black stripes with amber eyes; mate: Hawktail (deceased)
Sunnybreeze: A golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Shadepelt: A dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Oakstep: A dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes; brother: Tigerjaw
Apprentices:
Rockpaw: A charcoal tom with green eyes; brother: Crowpaw
Tinypaw: A small white she-cat with blue eyes; brothers: Ashpaw, Clawpaw
Ashpaw: A gray tabby tom with green eyes; brother: Clawpaw; sister: Tinypaw
Clawpaw: A light gray tom with blue eyes; brother: Ashpaw; sister: Tinypaw
Crowpaw: A dark gray tabby tom with green eyes; brother: Rockpaw
Queens:
Spottedtail: A calico she-cat with bright green eyes; mate: Gorsefang (Specklekit: A small calico she-cat with amber eyes; Rosekit: A light brown tabby she-cat with green eyes; Patchkit: A brown and white tom with green eyes)
Nightstorm: A black she-cat with green eyes; brothers: Blackfrost, Ravenlight; mate: Vinestep (Kestrelkit: A brown tabby tom with amber eyes; Creek-kit: A black and brown tabby tom with green eyes; Breezekit: A small black she-cat with blue eyes)
Elders:
Breezemist: A black she-cat with green eyes
Swiftnose: A black and white tabby tom with orange eyes
Halfear: A brown tabby tom with blue eyes and half an ear
Bluewhisker: A blue gray she-cat with blind blue eyes
IceClan
Leader: Snowstar: A pure white she-cat with bright green eyes; brother: Whitefrost
Deputy: Hawkfeather: A brown tabby tom with amber eyes; sister: Leafwhisker
Medicine Cat: Leafwhisker: A light brown tabby she-cat with light amber eyes; brother: Hawkfeather
Medicine Cat Apprentice: Mistypaw: A gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes; brother: Ripplepaw
Warriors:
Stormpelt: A dark gray tabby tom with blue eyes; sisters: Pebbletail, Splashwhisker; Apprentice: Mothpaw
Whitefrost: A pure white tom with blue eyes; sister: Icestar; mate: Otterfall
Splashwhisker: A light gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes; brother: Stormpelt; sister: Pebbletail
Redbreeze: An orange tabby she-cat with bright green eyes; Apprentice: Fishpaw
Pebbletail: A pale gray she-cat with dark gray spots and blue eyes; sister: Splashwhisker; brother: Stormpelt
Otterfall: A light brown tabby she-cat with orange eyes; mate: Snowfrost
Nettleleap: A black and brown tabby tom with green eyes; Sweetfern
Sedgefall: A calico she-cat with blue eyes; mate: Minnowheart
Minnowheart: A gray tabby tom with blue eyes; mate: Sedgefall
Troutberry: A dark gray almost black tom with green eyes; Apprentice: Ripplepaw
Apprentices:
Fishpaw: A sleek black tom with green eyes
Mothpaw: A light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Ripplepaw: A gray tabby tom with green eyes; sister: Mistypaw
Queens:
Sweetfern: A calico she-cat with bright green eyes; mate: Nettleleap (Seedkit: A light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes; Cloudkit: A black tom with a big white spot on his back with green eyes)
Elders:
Adderfang: A black tom with brown stripes and orange eyes an 'x' like scar over his left eye
AirClan
Leader: Swiftstar: A black and white tom with dark blue eyes; sister: Shadewhisker
Deputy: Cindershade: A dark gray tabby she-cat with green eyes
Medicine Cat: Sageheart: A petite brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Medicine Cat Apprentice: Darkpaw: A black tom with piercing blue eyes
Warriors:
Grassfeather: A feathery brown tom with orange eyes; brother: Rabbitflame
Longwillow: A brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes; Apprentice: Quickpaw
Heatherfur: An orange she-cat with blue eyes; Apprentice: Dovepaw
Shadewhisker: A black she-cat with green eyes; brother: Swiftstar
Rabbitflame: A big gray tom with bright orange eyes; brother: Grassfeather; mate: Pineflower
Apprentices:
Quickpaw: A pale brown tom with green eyes
Dovepaw: A pale gray she-cat with blue eyes
Queens:
Pineflower: A brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes; mate: Rabbitflame (Fernkit: A calico she-cat with amber eyes)
Elders: Kestrelwing: An old gray tom with blind blue eyes (old medicine cat)
EarthClan
Leader: Duststar: A dark brown tabby tom with amber eyes; sister: Mintfall
Deputy: Tawnyfang: A calico she-cat with green eyes
Medicine Cat: Mintfall: A pale cream she-cat with brown spots and blues eyes; brother: Duststar
Warriors:
Thornclaw: A big gray tabby tom with long claws and amber eyes
Weedtail: A little mottled brown she-cat with green eyes; Apprentice: Snakepaw
Starlingnose: A speckled gray she-cat with blue eyes
Bristleheart: A big brown tabby tom with amber eyes; mate: Applewhisker
Russetleaf: A slender russet she-cat with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Snakepaw: A black and white tom with amber eyes
Queens:
Applewhisker: A cream tabby she-cat with bright amber eyes; mate: Bristleheart (Bumblekit: A light brown tabby tom with amber eyes; Stormkit: A light brown she-cat with green eyes)
Elders:
Dawncloud: A white she-cat with brown tabby stripes with blue eyes
Prologue
Soft pants echoed in her ears, the whimper of small kits faded in and out of her conscious, the calico she-cat watched the black she-cat panting below her; she was kitting and she was bleeding badly. She nudged some herbs towards her and placed her paws on her stomach, none of the kits had come yet and she had been in labor for most of the day and night was quickly closing in.
"Robinpelt-" A black and brown tabby tom started from behind but she raised her tail and silenced him. This wasn't time for him to start asking again, he had already asked too many times today.
"Vinestep, shut up. Either leave and talk out there or shut up and help keep your mate comforted." Robinpelt hissed quietly and a rustle of leaves told her the tom had decided to leave and take comfort in his brothers and mate's brothers.
She sighed in satisfaction and her eyes closed briefly before hearing a strangled gasp and she glanced down at the she-cat.
"Robinpelt-" She started, her breath came out short wheezes and Robinpelt winced at the sound, only one queen had made this sound and she had died giving birth, "if I don't make it-"
"No, Nightstorm! Do not think that way!" Robinpelt said desperately and she crouched down next to her and nudged her paw, Nightstorm placed her paw against Robinpelt's muzzle weakly and the medicine cat realized that Nightstorm was trying to be strong but even talking hurt her.
"Tell Vinestep and my kits that I love them…" She trailed off and her eyes closed as she gritted her teeth and let out a screech of pain as she pushed. Robinpelt placed her paw on Nightstorm's stomach and pressed lightly. Nightstorm threw her head back and her green eyes were slammed shut and her black fur rose. The first kit slid out the birth sack immediately breaking as it hit the spikey brambles. Robinpelt grabbed the kit and started licking it furiously, brushing its fur the wrong way to warm it up. She placed it next to Nightstorm's belly to let it suckle.
"Two more times." Robinpelt said half-heartedly and her eyes held no hope for the dying queen. Nightstorm locked eyes were her and then she closed them and screeched. Her belly contracted and the kit slid out and Robintail repeated her early movements with the first kit. She didn't pay attention to what the kits looked like or even to see if they were mewling, she was too busy watching her best friend die. Robinpelt watched her friend in silence as she screeched one last time and the final kit slid out with a huge effort a wave of blood followed and Robinpelt was swift to move the bundle out of the way and she cleaned it before placing the kit next to the other two.
"Vinestep," Robinpelt started weakly, her green eyes glimmered with sadness as the big tom shouldered his way through the dim nursery "you may come see her but be warned," She faltered and her voice was choked with sadness, "she may not make it." Robinpelt held from saying she will not make it to keep his hopes up.
"No…" Vinestep crouched next to Nightstorm's head and wrapped his tail protectively around his kits. "I won't let you die." Nightstorm let out a weak chuckle and nudged her head against his head.
"Shut up, you can't stop StarClan." She murmured and Robinpelt faded into the darkness to watch the tender moment, her body wracked with the silent sobs of grief. She let her best friend die and there was nothing she could do.
"What shall we name them?" He whispered and glanced over his kits. The three little wet bundles started mewl and pushed against her belly with their tiny paws looking for milk.
"This brown tabby tom," She meowed weakly and lifted her tail and pointed at the first kit, his little ears twitched as he mewled helplessly, "Kestrelkit." She whispered and Vinestep purred weakly.
"What about this one?" Vinestep asked and his tail rested lightly against the one that was his exact replica. The little tom mewled but didn't make a noise afterward.
"This one? This is- is- Creek-kit." She murmured and let out a faint breath as she rested her head against the edge of the nest.
"Creek-kit," He murmured, testing the name, "I love it." He whispered and almost frowned at the last one but kept a straight face so Nightstorm couldn't see his disappoint at the color of the last kit. Robinpelt noticed this but didn't speak.
"Breezekit." Nightstorm meowed; her voice had grown just a bit stronger as she looked down at the black kit. The she-kit pushed against her mother's stomach looking for milk that would never come. Vinestep buried his face in his mate's scruff and took in a deep breath.
"Kestrelkit, Creek-kit, and Breezekit, wonderful names, my love, I love them." Vinestep whispered into her neck and Nightstorm closed her eyes and her breath faded in and out slowly.
"I'll leave you two alone." Robinpelt stood and dipped her head before turning and slipping out. She felt the regret and the loneliness and she held back a wail. She heard the soft murmurs of Vinestep as he whispered into his lover's fur. She saw the night through the leaves of the nursery and the night shone with billions of stars, StarClan, waiting to accept one of their own. She padded out of the nursery and just stared at the sky; she let her friend die. She knew it wasn't her fault but there was nothing she could do. Ravenlight and Blackfrost stared at her; their green and blue eyes mixed with grief and they turned slipped into the nursery.
"StarClan, please, make sure her kits are the strongest they can be. For their Clan but mainly for their father, he is just not strong enough for all of them." Robinpelt whispered to the stars as she got to her paws uneasily. She grabbed her herbs and padded through the night towards her den.
The silver light washed over the ground and a shadow appeared. The glowing green eyes gazed into the nursery and overwhelming sadness filled her eyes. Her black fur sparkled with the shine the stars above. The grief-stricken tom known as Vinestep slipped out and glanced up at the stars and his eyes grew dark with hate.
"How dare you take her away?" He whispered darkly and he flattened his ears to the sound of his mewling kits in there with Blackfrost and Ravenlight.
Nightstorm took a step forward but she knew that her mate wouldn't see her. She reached a paw out but it went straight through him.
"I trusted you to keep her safe." He choked out and his head dropped. The pure pain that radiated off the tom was unbelievable.
"No, no, Vinestep don't let go of StarClan…" Nightstorm said desperately and placed her forehead against his trying to connect with him.
"I can't, I trusted you, and you let her die. I don't believe you exist because if you did she would still be alive." Vinestep snapped and his head flung up suddenly and Nightstorm stumbled backwards, her silvery form vanishing. He spun around and stalked towards the warriors' den.