The Fall Of Amberpaw
A/N: This lead to a battle against ThunderClan and ShadowClan. This is MANY moons after The Last Hope; so all the cats in that book are LONG DEAD. This is a one-shot.
The autumn colored she-cat's green eyes narrowed as she stalked the squirrel.
"AMBERPAW!" A voice startled her, and she was tumbled over into the patch of grass.
"Ravenpaw? What was that for? I was going to catch that squirrel!" Autumnpaw snapped; her fierce temper loose. For a heartbeat, her green eyes darted to where the squirrel was; it had scrambled away.
The raven-black tom apprentice stood there in silence. "Sorry." Ravenpaw finally muttered.
A brown-and-white tabby she-cat padded forward. "Autumnpaw.. You mustn't get so mad over losing a single squirrel." Amberpaw looked at Briarcloud.
"But we've had such a hard leaf-bare!" Amberpaw told her.
A black tomcat then meowed, "C'mon, get your catches and let's go!"
"Alright, Shadowpelt."
On the way back, Autumnpaw had her ears laid against her head as she only carried three mice.
Why does this have to be such a hard leaf-bare? Why can't it be a nice one? Autumnpaw thought bitterly.
When they got to camp, she dropped her mice into the pile then chatted a bit with her friend, Mousepaw.
"Well, I know for a fact that you like Ravenpaw. I heard about how you snapped at him." The small silver tabby meowed.
Amberpaw bristled. "I do not! And you show that you obviously like Brackenpaw!" She snapped, before running off to the apprentice den and flopping down on her nest.
..
Amberpaw had barely closed her eyes when she smelled ShadowClan. She shook the sleep off her and dashed to her leader's den. "Jaystar! Wake up! I could smell ShadowClan!" She told him.
The gray tabby shot up. "I'll warn the clan. Thank you, Amberpaw." He touched his muzzle to her ear.
Soon, the warriors up and ready. The toms were going to fight, and the she-cats were their back-up. But they knew that the tomcats would be to proud to say anything.
In the dead of the night, Amberpaw could hear yowls; of agony, angry; and achievement. She worried about Ravenpaw. She needed to know if he was safe.
Autumnpaw padded out of the den, being quiet. When she saw Briarcloud sleeping in the warrior's den, she gave her mentor a lick.
"May StarClan go with me.." Amberpaw whispered, before padding outside the camp.
Her fierce gaze spread around the cats; looking for Ravenpaw. She eventually found him fighting beside Shadowpelt; his father.
In one heartbeat, a white tom flung Ravenpaw on the ground, his teeth nearing the apprentice's neck.
Autumnpaw's eyes grew into a glare as she realized she had a heartbeat to do something.
She bolted into the battle, her paws going faster each time they met the ground.
The autumn she-cat lunged at the white tomcat, slashing at him. Her claws ripped through his flesh, making blood flow.
"Just stay away from Ravenpaw!" Amberpaw cried. There were claw marks all over the apprentice's body.
The white tom saw the fierce gaze, and then Shadowpelt's bared teeth. He fled.
Ravenpaw looked at Amberpaw. "You saved me.." He whispered.
Autumnpaw held a small smile, then fell to the ground. "Autumnpaw! Some cat! Get a medicine cat!" Ravenpaw yowled.
A speckled gray she-cat came dashing forward. "I'm a medicine cat." She mewed.
"Please help her!" Ravenpaw meowed.
The she-cat helped Autumnpaw in all she could, giving her all the herbs she could think of.
Amberpaw eventually muttered, "No.. It won't help. It's time.. I can see Emberfur, my mother.."
"No.. You can't go to StarClan yet!" Ravenpaw fretted, but she did.
..
The next sunrise, Jaystar held a meeting.
"It is time for three apprentice to become warriors. I would have made Amberpaw a warrior of the name Amberblaze, but she is dead. Ravenpaw, Brackenpaw, and Mousepaw. You shall now be known as Ravenheart, Brackentail, and Mousepelt."