Chapter 5

Callingdove sighed, bored once again. Her apprentice hadn't come back yet, and she was starting to get worried.

By sun-high, she was still sorting herbs. "Callingdove! I'm back!" Firepaw mewed happily. He carried a strange scent... Was that... She-cat juice? "Firepaw..." She mewed sweetly. "Where have you been?" Firepaw looked at her, hesitating before saying; "Hunting."

"Liar."

"What do you want me to say?"

"You were meeting a she-cat, weren't you?"

"How do you know?"

"I can smell it." She lifted her nose. "The NightClan medicine cat apprentice? What were you doing with her?"

"Her name's Lemonpaw. And we did nothing, so don't question me." Firepaw growled. He stomped back to the apprentice's den, leaving Callingdove speachless. She decided to 'help' her apprentice with his problems. She was pretty sure he mated with Lemonpaw, but still. She padded into the apprentices den, and there he saw his sister, Redpaw trying to comfort him. "Redpaw, go." Callingdove mewed. Redpaw nodded, and left the den. "Firepaw. I know you mated with Lemonpaw. I can smell it, you can't deny it." Callingdove sighed. He nodded gilty. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone, but tell me why you did it." He sighed before he began; "I met her at the gathering, and the medicine cat meeting, but there was something about her that turned me on. So, I asked her to talk to be behind a tree at the gathering, and she said she's meet me at the border, every night, under the oak tree. I did, and every night, we'd share tongues and talk." He sighed, looking at Callingdove. "Go on." She mewed. "So, last night, when we met, she asked me to be her mate. Of course, I said yes, and then.." He gulped. "And then, I said we truly had to become mates. So.." She nodded, knowing what he was about to say next. "It's okay," She mewed. "I-I had the same problem once, then I had to go warrior, but when Russetleap, our last medicine cat, died, she had no apprentice, and I was the only one in the clan that knew lots about herbs. I became medicine cat again." He nodded, understanding. "Firepaw... Oh, Firepaw.." Memories came to her, everything. She buried her face in Firepaw's shoulder, then quickly pulled away again. Why am I so, so.. Lonely?

Chapter 6

"Cloudysky... I love you.." Lightspeed murmured in his sleep. Dreams of him and Cloudysky were in his mind. He waited for the announcement saying Cloudysky was pregnant. He shruddered, and waited. He heard Talonclaw ordering patrols. Spottedstar, of course, ordered him, well, lovingly told him to make patrols. "Lightspeed. Wake up." He heard Cloudysky's voice. A paw prodded his rib, making him wake up anyway. Tonight was a gathering night, she must have gone to Spottedstar. "We're going to the gathering." She announced.

At moon-high, the gathering patrol came together. Firepaw, Redpaw, Callingwillow, Spottedstar, Talonclaw, Flowerpetal, Emeraldeye, Gorsepelt, Eagleswoop, Fallenleaf, Ashpelt, Leopardfoot, Cloudysky and Lightspeed were going. "Is everyone ready?" Spottedstar mewed before walking. They all nodded, and Spottedstar nodded with them. Talonclaw paced towards her, but lucky for him, he had Cloudysky. "What are they saying?" Cloudysky gasped. "Spottedstar is pregnant!" She mewed exitedly. "What? Are they talking about wether Spottedstar should announce it?"

"She is!"

"Wha-..?" He flicked his tail until they reached Gathering Island. NightClan went first. "Nothing much to report. A few apprentices hav been made, though. Raggedpaw and Applepaw!" Everyone cheered as Birdstar announced her clan's news. "WolfClan is the same. Let me introduce, although they are not here at the gathering, Willowpaw and Rosepaw!" Again, cheers as Windstar mewed. "And I have some great news to report." Spottedstar mewed exitedly. "I'm having Talonclaw's kits." Cheers were louder this time, and Spottedstar nodded towards Fishstar. "Great news, even greater than the rest of you, has come to FlameClan. I, Fishstar, leader of FlameClan, had a dream from our warrior ansestors. They want me to change FlameClan's name, to WaterClan. Since we suit Water better. I had this dream from Flamestar himself." Mews of approval congratulated the newly made WaterClan, and Lightspeed caught Fishstar looking down at Callingdove. She, glared at him, then looked away. The cats were then allowed to share tongues, and Lightspeed noticed Firepaw going straight to Lemonpaw. "Well," Lightspeed mewed to Cloudysky. And she spotted a WaterClan couple sharing tongues with each other. "Cloudysky, lets go tell them our, news." Cloudysky nodded, and followed Lightspeed to the two cats. "Hey." He mewed. "Finchtail and Dawnrise, right? We have some news.."

"But wait," Dawnrise interuppted. "We have some wonderful news. Our kits, Onekit and Ivykit, have become 'paws!" She mewed.

"Yes, very nice. Now?" Lightspeed growled. She nodded. "Great, Cloudysky and I have become mates." Cloudysky blushed, and looked at the pair.

Chapter 7

These two last ones will be much, much shorter than the rest, but please enjoy!

Cloudysky padded into the warriors' den after the gathering, just wishing for some decent sleep.

She woke with a start. She felt as if she's been sleeping for a moon. Hunting time. She got up, and decided to hunt by herself. Lightspeed was already out of camp, leading a patrol. Cloudysky yawned, and padded outside of camp. She lashed her tail, still ticked off that Lightspeed hadn't woken her up. She heard mouse near by, and creapt up on it, but a noice started the mouse, but it wasn't her. A scent of AzureClan filled her nostrils. "Gorsepelt, come out!" She ordered, and soon enough, Gorsepelt's muscular build appeared. "What do you want?" She asked. "I don't want anything." A look of haterid flashed in his eyes, almost like... He wanted to kill her.. "Why are you here, then?" She growled, already unsheathing her claws. "I don't want. Anything." He repeated. He leapt on her, and ran his claws softly over her face. "But what I do want, is a scar on your face.." He ran a claw over her eye, and he aimed to slash down, but lucky for her, she was strong enough to kick him off. "Why do you want to kill me?" She hissed, showing no fear, but anger. "Because Bloodstar promised me be leader of AzureClan! Only if I killed every last cat here!" He growled back. "You killed Birdflight!" She gasped. "That's right, genius." He smirked, and aimed to leap at her, clawing her heart out. "I don't think so!" Yes, she read his mind again. She leaped at Gorsepelt, knowing when he would dodge and attack. Soon, scratches and re-opened scars made Gorsepelt lay there, panting and bleeding. "I feel sorry for you." She spat. "At least I have a heart." Cloudysky left him, and decided to continue her hunt.

Chapter 8

Lightspeed gasped as he saw Cloudysky bloody, but without wounds, just a scratch on her chest. He ran towards her, grabbing the rabbit she was holding in her jaws. "My, StarClan! What happened?" He asked, licking the blood off her face and chest. "I'm fine, honestly." She purred, and licked Lightspeed back. "It was just a messy kill." She pointed her pose towards the rabbit. "That thing was fast." But he only saw a clean bite on the neck. "Don't lie to me." He growled, and licked her on the cheek. "Lightspeed, please. I know you care, I just want a little time on my own." She whispered in his ear. He nodded and soon saw Callingdove tending to the wound on her chest, and licking up the blood. Then Gorsepelt came in the camp, staring at everyone, even his mate, Daisyfall, with hatrid. "Oh, what happened? You look like a piece of messy fresh-kill!" She licked him, not leaving his side. He grunted and shook her off. Daisyfall gasped, and trotted into the nursery. He limped towards the medicine cat den, obviously, the tough guy was in pain for once. He's swear he heard growling from Cloudysky in the den,

Callingdove looked at Cloudysky consentrating hard in why she was growling like a beast. But her thoughts didn't betray her, she knew. Callingdove sighed, and looked at Gorsepelt. "Now, Gorsepelt, let me tend to you wounds." She mewed. She licked all the wounds clean, and all the blood. "Now, let me apply some marigold to stop infection, got that, Firepaw?" She mewed. Her apprentice nodded, clealy not listening. His mind had been more on Lemonpaw lately, and she was starting to worry. "Lemonpaw will be fine." She whispered as she leaned down to take the marigold. She rubbed the herb on the wounds, then applied cobweb. "Watching me, Firepaw?" He nodded again. Dear, StarClan, please let Lemonpaw be fine, and Firepaw to concentrate on his own clan...