Blaze: yay, finally I have time to post Chapter 1

Tigerstar: it's about time

Crimson: ah shut up, Tigerstar

Blaze: here's chapter 1

Chapter 1

First Snowfall

The morning dawned cold and gray as Lionblaze padded out into the clearing. The sky was overcast and dark clouds drifted across the sky. Lionblaze yawned before stretching and gazing around the almost deserted clearing. Brambleclaw was sitting below the highledge, talking with Thornclaw and Mousewhisker. Squirrelflight was outside, sunning her huge belly. Lionblaze could see she was getting close to the time when she would be due.

The entrance to the medicine cats den twitched and Lionblaze's brother, the Thunderclan medicine cat apprentice, Jayfeather, padded into the open, carrying a load of borage in his jaws. The small gray tom padded over to Squirrelflight before placing the leaves beside the ginger queen. "Eat this, it will help you provide milk," Lionblaze heard him meow.

"What a beautiful morning," the sarcastic meow of Lionblaze's sister, Hollyleaf, sounded behind him and he turned to find the black warrior making her way to Lionblaze's side.

She stretched before drawing her tongue across her pelt, "I'm going to take Rosepaw out to practice her battle moves," she meowed in between licks, "do you want to come with me?"

"Sure," Lionblaze meowed. Hollyleaf had been a bit angry for about half a moon when they found out who their true parents where a little over two moons ago. But she mellowed out quite a bit in that time and now seemed to accept it.

"Alright, I'll go and get Rosepaw," Hollyleaf meowed before padding toward the apprentice den. Leafpool, at that moment, appeared from the medicine cats den before padding toward the nursery. She meowed something to Hollyleaf that Lionblaze was too far away to hear and the black warrior nodded before padding off.

Leafpool slipped inside the nursery and Jayfeather followed her, after meowing a quick goodbye to Squirrelflight. I wonder what that was about, Lionblaze thought to himself as he padded toward the fresh kill pile. He chose a vole for himself and took a bite before gazing around the clearing again.

"I think we should keep an eye out for any signs of Bloodclan," Lionblaze heard Brambleclaw's meow sound from below the highledge.

"I don't think Bloodclan is stupid enough to attack during leafbare," Mousewhisker pointed out.

"You've never meet Bloodclan so you wouldn't know what they are like," Brambleclaw meowed, "I'm going to lead a patrol along the Windclan border. Thornclaw, I want you to lead one along the Shadowclan border."

"Alright, I'll take Spiderleg, Toadpaw and Brightheart with us," Thornclaw meowed.

Spiderleg, who had been gravelly injured when Shadowclan had attacked well over two moons ago, padded out of the warriors den. He seemed to be in good health after spending a little over half a moon in Leafpool's den. Luckily, he hadn't been there when Leafpool told Lionblaze, Hollyleaf and Jayfeather her secret.

I think it would have been a bad idea if Spiderleg knew our secret, he thought to himself, for some reason, I don't know if I should trust him.

"Spiderleg!" Thornclaw called.

"What?" Spiderleg called back, stretching.

"I'm going to lead a patrol, do you want to come with us?" Thornclaw asked.

"Alright."

"Wake up Brightheart and ask her if she and Toadpaw would like to go along," Thornclaw meowed.

Spiderleg nodded before slipping back into the warriors den, he appeared a few moments later with Brightheart just behind him. Just behind Brightheart was Hazeltail, her green eyes were filled with excitement.

"Can I come too? Please," Hazeltail pleaded, looking over at the golden brown tom.

"Alright," Thornclaw meowed, "but we'd better leave now."

Brightheart called to Toadpaw who, having been woken up when his sister, Rosepaw, left the apprentice den, was already racing across the clearing to join his mentor. Then, the five cats padded out of the camp and into the forest.

"Lionblaze, do you want to join my patrol?" Brambleclaw called.

"Er, I was going to go with Hollyleaf to watch her train Rosepaw," Lionblaze mewoed in reply.

"She can mentor her own apprentice, you know," Birchfall, who had appeared from the warriors den just a moment earlier, meowed.

"That is true, come with us, Lionblaze," Brambleclaw meowed.

Lionblaze bit back a protest, "fine," he murmured.

"Alright, Mousewhisker, you can come with us as well, and we'll take Birchfall, Poppyfrost and Foxclaw with us. Birchfall, will you go wake them?" Brambleclaw asked.

"Alright," Birchfall meowed before walking back into the warriors den.

"Don't you think that is a bit too many cats?" Mousewhisker inquired.

"You can stay behind if you want," Brambleclaw offered.

"I'll lead a hunting patrol instead," Mousewhisker replied, "it's getting close to leafbare after all. We're going to need all the fresh kill we can get."

Brambleclaw nodded, "good idea," he meowed.

When Birchfall appeared with Poppyfrost and Foxclaw just behind him, the four cats padded toward the Thunderclan deputy. Lionblaze flashed Hollyleaf an 'I'm sorry' glance as he padded after the patrol and out into the forest.

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The sky was still filled with dark gray clouds when Brambleclaw's patrol padded back into camp. Lionblaze padded at the rear of the group, carrying a rabbit he had chased down at the Windclan border.

After they deposited their fresh kill, Brambleclaw picked up a mouse before padding into the nursery.

"Hey Lionblaze," Lionblaze turned toward Hollyleaf's familiar voice and saw her standing just outside the warriors den.

"Hey Hollyleaf, how was your training session with Rosepaw?" Lionblaze asked.

"It was good, she is getting better," Hollyleaf replied. Suddenly, Lionblaze felt something cold hit his nose and he looked up to find the white flakes of snow falling to the ground.

"It's snowing," Rosepaw meowed, leaping out of the apprentice den and batting at the falling snowflakes with her dark cream colored paws.

"It's snowing, leafbare has defiantly come," Lionblaze commented.

Hollyleaf purred, "yes," she meowed, "and maybe this snow will keep the other clans in their dens."

"There's no telling with the other clans," Lionblaze meowed, "but it might." The two siblings turned their faces toward the overcast of the sky as the snowflakes fell softly down onto the forest floor.

Let's hope this snow will keep the other clans in their dens, Lionblaze thought to himself.

a/n what do you think?

Blaze: yeah, I know it's short and boring but it was all I could think of

Tigerstar: (snoring)

Crimson: that's mean (pours ice cold water on Tigerstar)

Tigerstar: (leaps into air) ahhhh!!! COLD!!!!

Crimson: well, don't fall asleep during Blaze's chapters next time

Tigerstar: This chapter was really boring though

Blaze: (hits Tigerstar with an anvil) I don't think the readers will find this boring

Tigerstar: ow! (rubbing head) wait! Find what not boring

Blaze and Crimson: (exchanged glances) this (charges at Tigerstar and sends him flying off the edge of a cliff)

Tigerstar: what was that forrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr? (lands in a pile of ash and water)

Crimson: ash and water?

Blaze: what about it?

Crimson: interesting

Blaze: thanks

Crimson: please review, next chapter will come soon

Blaze: if it's not already posted which it probably isn't