Chapter 2, name change

Ravenflight stretched all four legs in turn, then padded into the sunlight. She was met by a very bouncy Squirreltalon.

"Ravenflight!" the ginger she-cat yelped breathlessly, "I'm going to have kits! Leafpaw said so!"

A hundred things exploded in Ravenflight's mind.

Squirreltalon was having kits? That was great.

Leafpaw needed a name now that she was full medicine cat.

Ravenflight blinked and shook her head. "That's great, Squirreltalon. When are they due?"

"Half a moon." Squirreltalon purred with excitement. "Brambleclaw's their father." Her smile slipped off her face in a flash.

"Uh…that's great," Ravenflight brought back her friends grin.

She followed Squirreltalon to the nursery, where the two queens lay on their bedding. Sorreltail had two kits, Flamekit and Darkkit. Whiteflower had a large belly, but no actual kits yet.

Ravenflight looked down at the six small kits, and suddenly was filled with longing. She couldn't have that now. She was deputy. Her duty was to control the Clan.

And her kits would be wrong. They would be half-breeds. That was because their father would be Hawkfrost.

But what Ravenflight didn't know was that she was going against the rules.

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Ravenflight padded out of camp. She was hunting near Sunningrocks.

She walked past the smooth rocks, looking into RiverClan territory.

She stopped suddenly when there was a rustling of reeds on the other side of the river. Hawkfrost appeared, followed by is sister, Mothwing, the medicine cat.

Hawkfrost exploded after a rabbit and caught it. Ravenflight wished he would just turn his head and see her. But he didn't.

Mothwing padded up, her ears flattened to her head. "Why do you show off?" she growled, "It won't make you RiverClan deputy, you know. I'm not going back to Leopardstar to tell her that you are a great hunter, and Mistyfoot needs to retire so you can become deputy."

Hawkfrost turned and padded back to her, his ice blue eyes glinting in anger. "That's not the reason I hunt rabbits," he growled. Then turned in one swift movement and pounced on the medicine cat.

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Surveillance was pacing again. She was weakened, as she always was when she took over a cat's body. She had just done that, and made her first kill.

"Mistyfoot!" she barked into the darkness, "Get over here! And bring me a strengthening herb!"

Mistyfoot padded in fast, a large green leave in her mouth.

Surveillance chewed it up, and Mistyfoot noticed that something was bothering her. Surveillance kept baring her teeth, and her black-blue eyes flicked back and fourth.

"What did you see when I made my move?" she snarled at Mistyfoot finally, "Who was watching me?"

Mistyfoot gave a stammer. "I-I wasn't watching. You told me to gather herbs."

"Mistyfoot!" Surveillance snarled loudly, and her deep eyes widened dangerously. Although the white cat was not large, she was incredibly quick and strong. Mistyfoot had a pang of fear.

"I-I didn't know you were going to make the first move…" Mistyfoot stammered, begging mentally to StarClan that Surveillance would spare her.

Surveillance was breathing heavily. She was standing up now. Her eyes were wide with fear.

For a second Mistyfoot saw her for what she really was- a scared cat. But that vanished in a second when Surveillance gave her a snarl.

"Go!" Surveillance spat, "Get out of my sight! Now!"


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Ravenflight opened her mouth in a silent wail as Hawkfrost-her lover- pounced on the medicine cat. Medicine cats were well respected in the clan for their wisdom, though from the way Leafpaw spoke of it, Mothwing didn't have all that much wisdom.

But that didn't matter. Ravenflight gave the scene one last look before plunging away.

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(AN: this is what just happened, in Hawkfrost's POV.)

I walked ahead of my sister. She was slow for a cat of her size.

I inhaled deeply, and smelled rabbit. I plunged foreword, after I had pinpointed it, and I caught it quickly.

Mothwing gave me a mean look, ears flattened. "Why do you show off?" she growled, "It won't make you RiverClan deputy, you know. I'm not going back to Leopardstar to tell her that you are a great hunter and Mistyfoot needs to retire so you can become deputy."

That made me mad. Usually I let my sister's comments pass over my head. I take a few of them seriously, but I don't snap at her a lot. Well, she insults me a lot. If I so much as growl at a ThunderClan warrior across the border, she immediately tells me that I am ambitious and want to take over the forest. I don't.

But this comment wasn't okay. For just some reason it made me very mad. White hot anger came pouring into my mind.

I leaped with out really knowing I was doing it. I landed on Mothwing a fastened my teeth in her throat. Then I don't remember any more.

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Ravenflight felt sick in the stomach. She didn't know why.

Ravenflight padded over to Leafpaw's den. She peeked inside.

She saw Leafpaw in there, shadowed in darkness. At Leafpaw's paws was a tiny pool of water. Leafpaw looked into the silver water and dropped something into it.

It was a leaf from holly bush. Ravenflight could see Leafpaw's amber eyes glowing on the water.

The holly leaf spun around in the pool. Tiny ripples in the water made the reflection of her face flicker.

Leafpaw's face was somber. She continued to stare at the pool.

"StarClan," Leafpaw mewed, "I hereby ask for you to grant me with a full medicine cat name, for my mentor has died before she could give it to me."

Leafpaw looked down intensely into the pool and chanted, "My name is Leafpaw, my name is Leafpaw," over and over.

A distant wailing started in the distance. What is she doing? Ravenflight wondered. The voice started as a wordless moan, before forming a word, which wavered.

"Leaftail!" the voice shrieked, "Leaftail…"

Leafpaw straitened up, and broke her gaze from the pool. "Leaftail." She mewed quietly.

Ravenflight backed out of the den. She had a feeling that she shouldn't have heard that.

The dark tabby she-cat entered the den again.

"Leafpaw," she mewed, clearing her throat, "I-,"

"Leaftail," the medicine cat corrected. "I preformed a special ritual with StarClan so that I would have a full medicine cat name."

"Okay, great," Ravenflight waved the words past. "I feel sick."

Leaftail turned, and her amber eyes had anger hidden there depths.

"I knew Firestar should have chosen a tom for the deputy." Ravenflight heard her mutter.

"Okay," Leaftail said expertly. "You're expecting kits and they'll be born in a week or so."

"What?" Ravenflight was shocked. "I-I'm the deputy!"

"Yeah well," Leaftail gave her a weak smile. "That's just the way it goes."

Ravenflight just stared at her. "Well thanks…Leafp-er…Leaftail."

"Forget it," Leaftail said, and disappeared into her den.

Yeah I know the naming thing was really dumb, but she had to get a name sometime! Hahah. How did you like my little plot twist? REVIEW!! Hit the purple button and review!