Hello warrior fans here's chapter 1 of Red Moon. I'm writing this on my phone so sorry for any spelling or grammar mistakes.
Robinkit instinctly reached out to cling onto her mother stomach. She let out a squeak of surprise as her paw was meet with the air. She opened her eyes to see that she was in her nest alone. Her mother and sister's bodies were gone. At first Robinkit was confused, but then she remembered that tonight was a full moon. She could guess where her mother was.
A full moon had always bothered her mother, Cloudheart. She had heard that her mother had lost her mate and kit three moons ago. A shiver ran down her brown fur as she thought of the red moon. It was a tradition being held by all the cats around the dark river. Every full moon all four clans: Duskclan, Darkclan, Pineclan, and Snowclan, gather together. Each clan sends five cats to fight every moon. The winners clan gets the holy ground. The ground is a small peice of territory that sits in the middle of all the clans. The place is rich with prey and any clan would be happy to have it for a moon.
When its new leaf, these battles are usually friendly with few injures, but in leaf bare there can be deaths. But the most bloody battles are the red moons. Every once and awhile dark forest sends medicine cats a dream of a full, blood red moon the night before a full moon. They will then will have a vision of one cat. This unluckily cat will have to fight to the death with three other cats for the holy ground. The three loser clans have to sacrifice there weakest member to the dark river.
Three moons ago when she was a new born, her father was selected to go to Red Moon, but died. Then her brother Beaverkit was sacrificed to the Dark river. Robinkit had heard many cats say that her mother had never been the same since.
Robinkit shook her head trying to get the dark thoughts out of her head. She shouldn't be worrying, tonight wasn't a red moon. There would be, or there shouldn't be, any deaths tonight. She let out an enormous yawn and crawled out of her nest then left the nursery in search of her mother.
As she predicted, her mother was at the sun stone. The sun stone was a big boulder that sat at the far side of the camp. It was the best spot to sun bathe and it was her mother favorite spot. Her sister, Dewkit, was with Cloudheart giving her comforting licks.
"You shouldn't worry Cloudheart, every thing going to be alright" Dewkit said in a comforting voice. Dewkit then rubbed her tan fur against her mother's in an attemp to calm her. It didn't though, the queen was staring at the cloudless sky with a cold, blank expression. Robinkit approached slowly, taking Dewkit words to heart.
Dewkit was so sweet Robinkit sweared she'd become a birth mother when she was older. A birth mother was like a permanent queen. They would have several litters and usually not with the same mate.
"Mom you are worrying everyone in camp" Robinkit told her mother. Many cats turned to give her weird looks before moving on with their business.
"Huh?" Was her mothers final answer. She still stared at the sky with a blank expression.
"Cats are staring mom" Robinkit repeated, surprised that she didn't notice.
"Huh?" Cloudheart finally looking down "Oh, I see. Well the isn't anything to worry about right?" Robinkit and Dewkit nodded at the tan she-cat.
"Then you should go play" she suggested and whisked Dewkit away with her tail.
"But"
"Stop it , Dewkit, your three moons old. You should enjoy your youth" Her mother told her, her gaze got darker as she spoke.
Dewkit opened her mouth to speak again but Robinkit stopped gave her sister a gentle nudge and whispered "Come on, let's go to the apprentices' den I'm sure Jaypaw, Bearpaw, and Foxpaw are back from their patrol."
Jaypaw,Bearpaw, and Foxpaw, were four moons old when Robinkit and her sister were born. Even though the memories playing with them in the nuresy were fuzzy, they were still her bestfriends. They tried to play together in between duties and chores.
As they arrived, they discovered that Robinkit was half right. Jaypaw and Bearpaw were sitting outside the apprentices' den, washing themselves. Their pelts were ruffled and distinctly spelt like pine, Robinkit guessed that they had just returned.
"Where's Foxpaw?" Disappointment burned in Dewpaw voice. besides Robinkit, Dewkit's best friend was Foxpaw. But Robinkit didn't care much for the superficial red-furred she-cat
"Hunting" Bearpaw replied simply as he put the finishing touches on his short, bushy tail.
Dewkit tail drooped as she muttered "oh" while Robinkit rolled her eyes.
"You guys want to play cat and mouse?" Robinkit asked.
"No" answered a voice behind Robinkit. She turned to see that she was face to face with Shadowclaw, a big darked striped tom who was Jaypaw's mentor.
"These apprentices are busy and can't be bother with silly kit games" Shadow claw said while glaring down the two she-kits "Why don't you she-cats make yourself useful and get us some prey".
"Yes sir" Robinkit and Dewkit said simultaneously and ran off to the fresh kill pile.
As much as Robinkit loved and respected the warrior code, she hated how she-cats were always discriminated against. Since female typically as smaller and weaker than toms they are forced ,by the warrior code, to obey any thing a tom tells them to do. Though Robinkit wasn't exactly typical. Her fur was light brown with darker brown spots along her paws and tail, her pelt was softer then moss like any she-cats fur. But what made her stand out was her size.
She was much bigger and stronger than other females, in fact she was nearly twice her sister's size. Robinkit had heard whispers about how she might be an exemption of the rule. She had even heard once of a tom kidding about how one day she could become leader. Since she-cats only purpose was to serve and bear kits to toms they could never become deputy or leader. That was also against Dark Forest's strict code.
Soon Robinkit and Dewkit were picking out meals for the three toms. Dewkit managed to carry two sparrows and a baby hare. Robinkit decided to pick out her and her sister's meal. She made sure to pick a very scrawny sparrow as, again a part of the code, the she-cats had to eat less.
Dewkit raced away from Robinkit to delivery the prey while Robinkit took her time. She was half away across the clearing when she noticed something peculiar. Bonestar was talking to Cloudheart near the nursery entrance.
Curious, Robinkit put down the sparrow and walked towards their conversation.
"Cloudheart I know that your grieve has been affecting the way you contribute to the clan" Bonestar began, sounding like he was choosing his words carefully.
Robinkit felt her fur bristle, was her mother in trouble?
"I've been talking to Morningdew, and Cloudheat you know she's and excellent medicine cat, and she said that we need to get of your fear of the full moon battle. I think the best way to destroy fear is to face. Cloudheart I want you to represent Duskclan tonight."
Robinkit ran in between the two cats "No" she shrieked "That will only traumatize her more!" Robinkit was about to argue more but quickly regretted speaking. She quickly apologized to Bonestar saying that she didn't know what over came her. It was against the warrior code to challenge a leader.
"It's alright" he said looking as through he hadn't even seen Robinkit "I think it's funny, however, that you had to be defended by a kit, Cloudheart. But this she-cat is rather muscular" he stated as he clawed the soft sandy ground.
Robinkit figured he was thinking the same thing that every cat thought should she be treated like a tom?
"Anyway, my decision is final, I'll see you tonight" He said then the white tom stalked off.
When he was gone Robinkit turned to her mother but was surprised to she her already far away. Cloudheart had head bowed and her tail drooped as she painfully trotted towards the sun stone.
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