AN: Warrior Cats belong to Erin Hunter, not me. CrystalClan and FlareClan, their members and the adventures they go on are my creations. Have fun, and don't get stuck on the bush. Or the singing stick.
The Mysterious Melody …
Allegiances
CrystalClan
Leader: Deerstar, a small, light brown tom with white underbelly and green eyes. Apprentice: Wavepaw
Deputy: Serpentgem, white she-cat with perfectly round pinky peach eyes. Mate: Duskclaw. Kits: Wishkit, Marigoldkit, Snakekit. Apprentice: Poisonpaw.
Medicine Cat: Featherpelt: a young silvery-white she-cat with sky blue eyes, new to her position.
Warriors – toms, and she-cats not currently carrying or nursing kits
Duskclaw: dark brown tom with black underbelly and dusty brown eyes. Apprentice: Lilypaw
Souldawn: cream-colored she-cat with white tail and amber eyes. Mate: Eaglewing. Apprentice: Songpaw
Eaglewing: dark brown tom with light brown and white flecked pelt, and blue eyes.
Opalfeather: pale gray she-cat with shining, jewel-like green eyes. Kit: Songpaw. Mate: Nettletornado
Nettletornado: dusty brown tom with hazel eyes. Apprentice: Slypaw
Dappledbreeze: calico she-cat with one scarlet ear and tan eyes. Mate: Blackglare. Kits: Leafpaw, Scarletpaw
Blackglare: white tom with black 'goggles' around his aqua blue eyes. Mate: Dappledbreeze
Streamtail: blue-gray she-cat with turquoise eyes.
Snowfur: white tom with brown eyes. Mate: Brightfeather. Apprentice: Leafpaw. Kits: Poisonpaw and Slypaw.
Blueheart: gray tom with black tail and yellow eyes. Apprentice: Scarletpaw
Apprentices – kits that are at least 6 moons old, training to be warriors
Leafpaw: gray she-cat with brown flecked pelt and deep blue eyes. Sibling: Scarletpaw
Scarletpaw: bright ginger she-cat with fiery orange eyes. Sibling: Leafpaw
Lilypaw: brown and white splotched she-cat with beautiful green eyes.
Poisonpaw: pure brown she-cat with golden eyes. Sibling: Slypaw
Slypaw: blonde tom with golden eyes. Sibling: Poisonpaw
Songpaw: white she-cat with kinked tail and peach eyes.
Wavepaw: black tom with lime-green eyes. Orphan
Queens – she-cats carrying or nursing newborn kits.
Brightfeather: tortoise-shell she-cat with blue eyes. Kits: Lizardkit, Llamakit, Lionkit, Lakekit, Larkkit, Zephyrkit
Kits – new born cats younger than six moons
Lizardkit: rock-brown tom with scaly-looking fur and blue eyes
Lionkit: blonde tom with extra ruff of fur around his neck and blue eyes
Lakekit: earthy brown tom with blue eyes.
Larkkit: gray tom with blue eyes.
Llamakit: cream tom with blue eyes.
Zephyrkit: small, pretty, bright ginger she-cat with deep brown eyes
Wishkit: small, silvery she-kit with dreamy, cream-colored eyes
Marigoldkit: blonde she-kit with light brown eyes
Snakekit: orange tabby tom with chocolate brown eyes
FlareClan
Leader: Moonstar, a lean, tough, black she-cat with pale gray eyes. Apprentice: Redpaw
Deputy: Fierceclaw, a gray tom with red stripes around his paws, and stone gray eyes. Mate: Cobratail
Medicine Cat: Daisybreeze, a black she-cat with white chest and belly, and brown eyes.
Warriors
Cobratail: brown she-cat with lighter brown rings throughout her pelt, and cream tail, with dark yellow eyes.
Brownfuzz: brown tom with black paws and tail, and burgundy eyes. Mate: Fishstream. Apprentice: Lightpaw
Riverpad: dark gray tom with purple-ishy (!) kinda eyes. Apprentice: Rockpaw
Suntail: bright ginger tom with a really fluffy tail and gray eyes. Mate: Tuliprain
Fallowfeather: brown and tan tom with feathery ear tips and icy blue eyes. Mate: Lakeblossom
Patchfur: white tom with black muzzle stretching to ears, and brown eyes. Mate: Petaltail
Featherclaw: black she-cat with ginger ear-tips, and brown eyes.
Apprentices:
Rockpaw: very dark gray tom with opal eyes
Lightpaw: cream-colored she-cat with hazel eyes
Redpaw: dark ginger tom with dusty brown eyes
Queens:
Lakeblossom: black and white she-cat with blue eyes. Kits: Turtlekit, Featherkit, Waterkit
Petaltail: gray she-cat with pinkish eyes. Kits: Bluekit, Leopardkit, Graykit
Tuliprain: white she-cat with black flecked-pelt and yellow eyes. Kits: unborn (still carrying)
Fishstream: blue-gray she-cat with orange eyes. Kits: unborn
Kits:
Turtlekit: gray tom with blue eyes
Featherkit: silvery she-kit with blue eyes
Waterkit: blue-silvery she-kit with blue eyes
Bluekit: blue-gray tom with blue eyes
Graykit: dark gray tom with blue eyes
Leopardkit: shiny ginger tabby she-kit with blue eyes
The Mysterious Melody (for real this time) …
Chapter One: The New Apprenticesesesessss
She chased the mouse, her paw steps silent, but deadly. Her white coat was stark against the brush, but she was fast, and struck true. As she closed on the mouse, it stood up and spoke to her. "Sweetie? Songpaw! Wake up! Dawn patrol!"
BWAAAAHH?!
Songpaw's eyes shot open. Through the haze of morning sun, a handsome and familiar tom's brown face greeted her warmly. She smiled, purring through a yawn. Her stretch took some time, going from her jaws, all the way down her stout, powerful body, to her kinked tail. "Hey, dad," was what she meowed, but it came out more of a sleepy mwewoeisuauowww. Her dad chuckled. "Good morning, sleepyhead!" Songpaw was about to greet him back, when a call from outside sounded.
"Nettletornado, you wondrous specimen of a tom! Is she awake yet?"
Songpaw pouted. "Mo-oooom!" she called. "Don't be gross! Do we have to do this every morning?"
A gray, feminine head popped through the den entrance, taking them all in with sparkling green eyes. "Every morning, until StarClan shines no more, my sweet daughter," it giggled. "Good morning, my dear family."
"Opalfeather. Good morning, my brilliant mate," Nettletornado meowed. He rubbed a husky shoulder against his mate, licking her behind the ear like she liked. "You are a truly magnificent creature."
"A-HEM," Songpaw cleared her throat loudly. Sometimes parents were so silly. "Are we all going on a patrol together?"
"No," Opalfeather answered. "I'm going to help Featherpelt collect herbs." Songpaw sighed. She wanted to go on a patrol with her family. "Okay," she meowed. "Who else is on dawn patrol?"
"Souldawn, Snowfur and Leafpaw," Nettletornado replied.
"Leafpaw? All right! You're the best, dad," Songpaw responded, her smile stretching to her ears. "I'm outta here! Love you, family! Bye!"
"See you later, sweetie!" her dad called after her. He turned to Opalfeather and tucked her head under his chin. "If you ever sit still long enough, that is."
"LEAFPAW!" a white tom bellowed. "Quit sniffin' flowers and catch up!"
A small, gray she-cat jumped jerkily away from a cluster of blackberries. "Oh … okay," she said in a soft, quiet voice, hanging her head.
Songpaw saw this and sauntered up to her. "Hey, it's okay, Leafpaw!" she thundered. At this usual, loud greeting, Leafpaw jumped. "Jumpy, jumpy, jumpy, Leafpaw! You should be called Spingpaw, Bouncepaw … Boingpaw! I didn't mean to scare you … again!" Songpaw apologized.
"Oh … it's okay. I know you didn't try to startle me."
"No, but I always seem to, Multiple-Namepaw. Hey, cheer up!" Songpaw scooted closer, whispering, "Snowfur's always got a burr stuck somewhere in his pelt." They both giggled.
"HEY!" Snowfur shouted. "QUIET BACK THERE, OR YOU'RE GONNA SCARE ALL THE PREY AWAY!"
Songpaw rolled her eyes. "You're the one who's yelling," she mumbled.
"Apprentices!" the cream-colored she-cat accompanying them called curtly.
"Yes, Souldawn?" Songpaw replied.
"You and Leafpaw will go on your own from here on," Souldawn instructed. "Hunt well, and hunt often. Many in the Clan are counting on you tonight."
"Okay, c'mon Leafpaw." Leafpaw looked at Songpaw and nodded.
Hours later, Leafpaw and Songpaw returned from marking the border, hunting and 'training' … mostly playing, but 'training' is what they'd tell Snowfur. As they went to meet up again with the others, they caught a few more squirrels. Luckily, it was Leafgreen and the prey were plentiful.
"Wow," Songpaw exclaimed. "Great day for catching squirrels, huh, Leafpaw?"
Leafpaw, with a little more confidence in her voice, remarked, "Yeah. Yeah, it was."
"Hey, there's Souldawn and Snowfur," Songpaw called.
Her voice was loud enough for the others to hear. Souldawn looked toward Songpaw. "Oh, Snowfur, look over there. It's the apprentices. Let's go meet up." When she and Snowfur got there and saw the apprentices' prey, Snowfur said, "Hmph. Looks like Songpaw caught more than you … again. You only caught a measly five!" he scolded. "A mouse, two squirrels, a rabbit, and a – a bird!" Snowfur strutted up to Leafpaw and stuck his nose in her face. "Can't. You. Do. BETTER?" he finished.
"Now you wait-"
Souldawn slapped her tail over Songpaw's mouth, cutting her off. Snowfur drew his face back from Leafpaw's teary gaze, and meowed, "Let's go back to camp, and," he turned back to Leafpaw, "no dinner for you today, no matter what Anyone says. HMPH." He walked away.
"All cats old enough to climb the cliff, join me underneath the Gravel Pile for a Clan meeting!" Deerstar called out.
Songpaw looked up from finished her vole.
Scarletpaw walked up to Songpaw. "Looks like our leader's calling a meeting!" she sang in her usual, squeakily happy voice. Songpaw forced a smile. "Hi, Scarletpaw," she gritted out. "Wanna sit together?" Please say no, please say no.
"Sure!" Scarletpaw said joyfully.
Songpaw sighed internally. Bouncing all over the place, Scarletpaw beat Songpaw to the Gravel Pile. Songpaw thought that maybe she might 'lose' the other cat on the way, but no such luck. She sighed again as they found places to sit … right next to each other. Songpaw fidgeted and Scarletpaw hummed to herself as the rest of the Clan gathered. When Deerstar took his place atop the Pile, Songpaw noticed the three kits sitting below. There were a silvery she-kit, a blonde she-kit, and an orange tabby tom.
Deerstar raised his tail, a signal for silence. "Today, we shall give these three kits their apprentice names."
The Clan cheered this announcement. In the crowd, a white she-cat and dark brown tom looked like they were about to burst with pride. "Tom!" Scarletpaw exclaimed. "That's Serpentgem and Duskclaw, and they're the parents of those kits, and I'm thinking 'wow, they must be so proud, and wow, I wonder what it feels like to be that proud, and wow, what's it like to have kits, and wow, I remember what it was like to get my own apprentice name, and wow'-"
Songpaw nodded, tuning Scarletpaw's noise out like normal. She was wondering the same thing, but she'd never admit that to anyone. Her thoughts were cut off by Deerstar's voice.
"Wishkit! Please come up to the Pile!" The small silver she-kit – Wishkit – approached Deerstar. "From this moment on, until you earn your warrior name, you shall be known as … Wishpaw!" He laid his chin on her head. The little kit – now a Paw – licked his shoulder in return. Now that the traditional exchange was done, the Clan cheered! "Wishpaw! Wishpaw!" Serpentgem and Duskclaw's cheers were the loudest. Well, besides Scarletpaw, anyway. Deerstar let this go on for a while, then called again for silence. "Eaglewing!"
A dark brown tom in the crowd looked up.
"You shall be mentor to Wishpaw!"
Quivering with excitement, Wishpaw ran over to touch noses with her new mentor. As they became acquainted, Deerstar continued the ceremony. First Marigoldpaw, then Snakepaw received their names and their mentors, Streamtail and Dappledbreeze. There was much celebratory caterwauling.
"Well!" Deerstar meowed over the din. "We've all eaten, the patrols are back, and the Clan has three new apprentices! Let us all sleep deeply, and may StarClan watch over us tonight!"
And they called said, "HOORAY!"
AN: I hope you liked the first chapter of the Mysterious Melody! Now, a little about me. I am a fan of Gingerstar14! That's why I'm ScarletTheCat14! I am currently reading her story Brambleclaw's Son. I love the LightningClan greeting. I made my "HOORAY" like the one from Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, when they all cheer, although they all do it in the morning. Sigh, whatever. I would be very happy for any reviews, comments, and even FLAMES. I am fireproof! Wait, what? Who said that? Anyway, see you next time! ...not that I can really see you. That would be creeeeeepeeeeeee …
