Brightclaw237:Here is the next chapter. I hope that you all enjoy it! I only own the angel-hounds.


Thunderclan

Leader:Bluestar

Deputy:Redtail

Medicine Cat:Spottedleaf

Warriors:

Lionheart

Tigerclaw

Whitestorm

Darkstripe

Longtail

Runningwind

Willowpelt

Mousefur

Apprentices:

Dustpaw

Graypaw

Ravenpaw

Sandpaw

Queens:

Frostfur

Brindleface

Goldenflower

Speckletail

Elders:

Halftail

Smallear

Patchpelt

One-eye

Dappletail

Shadowclan:

Leader: Brokenstar

Deputy: Blackfoot

Medicine Cat: Runningnose

Warriors:

Stumpytail

Boulder

Clawface

Nightcloud

Apprentices:

Brownpaw

Wetpaw

Littlepaw

Queens:

Dawncloud

Brightflower

Elders:

Ashfur

Windclan:

Leader: Tallstar

Riverclan:

Leader: Crookedstar

Deputy: Oakheart

Animals outside the clan:

Crystal-A female angel-hound with silver gray fur with white fur in her ears, her belly, and her tail tip. She has blue eyes with a mixture of hazel and silver. Age-5 years old(60 moons).

Yuki-A snow furred angel-hound with pale blue fur on the belly, ears, and tail, and pale blue eyes. Age 5 years old(60 moons).

Sparky-A stormy blue furred male angel-hound that has yellow eyes, two dark orange paws and a lighting bolt symbol on his tail and dark orange at the tail tip. Age 5 years old(60 moons).

Yellowfang

Smudge

Barley


"Bluestar, this is outrageous!" Longtail, the pale tabby cat with the now torn ear yowls at the blue furred cat with the star on her forehead. "Taking the kittypet in is one thing, but a fox?! To have a fox join the clan would be like having a kit become a warrior after one battle!" Longtail hisses.

Bluestar looks at me, I look at her directly in her deep blue eyes. "What is your name, fox?" She meows.

"My name is Crystal." I bark, dipping my head in respect.

"Crystal, how is it that a strange colored fox like yourself is able to speak to us cats?" Bluestar asks.

I tilt my head in confusion. "Wait, you can't understand the other animals?" I bark.

"No, does this surprise you?" Bluestar asks.

"Yes, because I had thought that all animals were able to understand each other." I bark. "Though I am not what I had used to be." I bark, looking down at my paws.

"What do you mean by that, Crystal?" Bluestar meows.

I put both of my front paws to my head in pain. "I don't know!" I bark in pain, my breathing becoming ragged. I then stop trying to remember, and the pain goes away.

Firepaw then walks up beside me. "When I had first met Crystal, she had told me that she had lost some of her memory, Bluestar." He meows. "It always causes her pain when she tries to force herself to remember." Firepaw meows. "I do know one thing about Crystal though, she will help anyone in need. She won't attack any cats at all." He meows. "Crystal is also not a fox. She is something called an angel-hound, whatever that is." Firepaw meows. "Crystal will also not eat any of the prey in the forest." He explains.

"How can you be sure?!" A large, sleek, hard-muscled, dark gray tabby tom, with black stripes, and yellow eyes hisses.

"I saw her enter the forest, and she wasn't even looking for a bite to eat." Graypaw meows.

"Maybe she wasn't hungry!" The cat hisses at Graypaw.

"Don't let it near the nursery!" I hear a she-cat yowl.

Just then, I feel something on my tail. I lift my right paw up and turn around to see a small dark gray she-cat with bright pale blue eyes biting down on my tail. "Hey there little one." I bark, bringing my tail over to my face. The kit dangling from my tail refuses to let go. "Those tiny fangs of yours won't hurt me much." I playfully bark as I hold my two front paws out to catch the kit.

"Cinderkit!" I hear another she-cat yowls. A pure snow-white she-cat, with dark blue eyes, and sleek, soft fur rushes out of what seems to be a den.

I slowly turn to face the cat, and hand her kit to her. "I apologize if I seem as a danger towards your kits, but I would rather be seen as someone who would protect the cats here. No matter how young or old, I would give my life to protect them." I bark.

The she-cat looks at me strangely before heading back towards the den with her kit. The cats around me then look at me with shocked expressions. Firepaw then decides to speak up. "This is proof that Crystal would not harm anyone." He meows. "Crystal will only attack others if they threaten her friends." Firepaw meows.

I look up at Bluestar, meeting her gaze. I do not flinch at all when I stare into her ice blue eyes. "Crystal, why do you wish to join this clan?" She meows.

I take a deep breath and exhale. "I wanted to join your clan to leave behind what my old life had once been." I bark.

Bluestar looks at me, confused at my sentence. "What do you mean, Crystal?" She asks.

"None of you will probably believe me…" I bark, closing my eyes. "But I was once a twoleg." I bark, and the entire clearing is filled with yowls. Bluestar silences the others with a yowl of her own.

"You are correct, Crystal. I find it hard to believe that you used to be a twoleg. What proof do you have of ever being one?" Bluestar meows.

"The fact that I still have a few faint memories of my twoleg life, and that I am the only kind of dog that can apparently speak your language." I bark, and Firepaw speaks up again.

"Also, when I first met Crystal, she didn't smell of dog at all. She had the scent of a twoleg, and still does!" He exclaims.

Bluestar then jumps down from the boulder that she was sitting on, walks over to me, and sniffs my fur. "It appears that what Firepaw says is true. You do not have the scent of a dog, but of a twoleg." Bluestar meows. She gazes into my eyes, and then down at my claws, before leaping back onto the boulder. "I have decided that Crystal shall join the clan. She is willing to prove that she does not need to be a cat to join us, and learn how to live by our code." Bluestar meows. "From this day forward, until she has earned her warrior name, this apprentice shall be called Brightpaw!" Bluestar meows, and the clan reluctantly change my new name. "In honor of her starlight claws." She meows. 'Her claws shine with the light of our ancestors. This must be a sign from Starclan themselves.' Bluestar thinks as she jumps down from the boulder, and enters the hollow area of the large rock.

'I am no longer Crystal. I have now completely left my past behind me. With this new name, I shall make my new family proud.' I think as I see Firepaw fall over when Graypaw surprises him. 'I still will only eat human food of course, never am going to eat anything that has fur on it.' I think as I look at a pile of dead animals.

I see Whitestorm and Lionheart. I dash over to them both in a burst of great speed. "Oh, hello there, Brightpaw." Whitestorm meows.

"You seem very fast for your age and size." Lionheart meows. "How old are you?" He asks.

"I am around five years old." I pant, out of breath.

"Five…years?" Whitestorm meows in confusion.

I tilt my head to the left, wondering why he is confused. "Yeah, do you not know what years are?" I ask.

"No, we cats use the moon for age." Lionheart meows.

"So every full moon is a month to you guys?" I bark, starting to learn a bit about the clan already. "So how old does a kit have to be to become an apprentice?" I ask.

"Six moons old." Lionheart meows.

My eyes widen in surprise. "Wow! That is pretty young. I am probably older than you two." I bark.

"What do you mean, Brightpaw?" Whitestorm asks.

"Since I am five years old, I am actually sixty moons old." I bark, and both of the cats' eyes widen in shock.

"How is that possible?!" Lionheart meows.

"Brightpaw, you said that you were once a twoleg. When did you first become a dog?" Whitestorm asks.

"As I told the clan before, I had lost most of my memory, but I can recall part of what happened before my life changed forever." I bark. "I was wandering around my twoleg nest at the age of forty-eight moons, and then I felt something hit me. My body became numb, and I couldn't do a thing, not even cry out for my parents." I bark, not noticing the tears that stream down the sides of my face. "I saw a black shadowy figure before I lost consciousness." I explain.

"It seems that you have had such a hard time." Whitestorm meows.

"Yes, and forty-eight moons is not even close for a twoleg to reach adulthood." I bark.

"Really, how long does it take for a twoleg kit to become an adult?" Lionheart asks.

"For a twoleg it would be eighteen years, but you cats would call it two-hundred and sixteen moons." I bark.

Lionheart and Whitestorm are now beyond shocked. "I had no idea that twolegs could live so long." Whitestorm meows.

"That is just to adulthood, some can live over a thousand moons." I bark. "That is when they would be in their elder stage." I bark.

"…Well, anyways, what did you want to talk to us about, Brightpaw?" Lionheart meows.

"I need to head out of the camp for a short period of time. Just to say goodbye to some of my friends. I doubt that I will see them anymore, since they never venture near the forest." I bark.

"I see, well since you are leaving the twolegplace, your friends might worry. It would be best to bid them farewell." Whitestorm meows. "Just make sure that you return to camp." He meows.

I dip my head in gratitude. "Thank you, Whitestorm. I will make sure to return soon." I bark, dashing out of the camp.

I finally make my way out of the forest and into the twolegplace. I hold my head high, part my jaws, and sniff the air. I snort is disgust when the stench of garbage enters my nose. "Sparky is definitely around here." I bark, putting my paws over my nose. I take my paws off my nose, though I hate it, I track the foul stench of trash that lingers in the air.

"Hey there, Crystal!" Sparky's voice barks from above.

"Finally you're back, Crystal!" Yuki barks as she bounds over to me, a bar of soap held by her tail.

"Sorry guys, but I am not staying." I bark.

"What do you mean, Crystal?" Yuki barks.

"First of all, that is no longer my name. I have abandoned almost all of my past. I am no longer Crystal. From now on, I am known as Brightpaw." I bark.

"Brightpaw? That name sounds stupid." Sparky barks.

"Sparky, we all changed our names since the incident." Yuki barks. "You chose a dog's name." She barks, before realizing what my new name sounds like. "Wait, you didn't join those wildcats did you?" Yuki barks in worry.

"Yes, and I will grow strong there." I bark. "I have only come to say goodbye to you both." I bark, turning around to head back to the forest.

"Crystal, what about everyone else?!" Sparky barks.

"Yeah, what about your brother?!" Yuki barks, and I freeze.

"Yuki, I saw his face. He was terrified of me. I can never show my face to him again." I bark.

"Then what about Leo?!" Sparky growls.

"I am no longer a twoleg. I cannot be with him, I belong with the wildcats." I bark. "Goodbye my friends." I bark, running back to the camp.

Sparky and Yuki look at each other before looking back to where I once was. "Twoleg?" They both bark at the same time.


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