The Warrior Within
Chapter 1
"Can I please go outside mom?" Leafkit pleaded. "Honey you can't go out unless someone will take you. Go ask someone to take you outside." Bushtail spoken to her daughter. "Fine I will." Leafkit trotted out of the nursery and spotted Lightpaw by the nettles patch. "Hey Lightpaw," Leafkit spoke walking towards her "will you take me outside? Please?" Lightpaw just smiled. "I'd love to Leafkit but I have to go on patrol with Moonpelt and Rockfoot." Moonpelt quickly appeared from the leaders den. "Lightpaw go wake up Rockfoot and meet me outside."
Lightpaw quickly ran off to the warrior's den. Leafkit sighed then looked around the camp for someone else. She spotted Bluepaw outside the apprentice's den. She quickly ran over to him. "Hey Bluepaw will you take me outside?" Bluepaw looked up at her with sleepy eyes "Oh, hey Leafkit, I'd love to but I'm really tired. I've been hunting all morning. Why don't you go ask Birchfur." he stood up, smiled, then went into the den.
Leafkit walked over and into the medicine cats den. She could here Birchfur talking to someone. Riverpaw was trying to wrap cobwebs around Darkpaw's foot. "Darkpaw, quit moving." "But it hurts, quit touching it." "If you don't let me fix your paw, the clans gonna have to start calling you no paw." Darkpaw quickly shut up and sat still. Birchfur chuckled then turned to look at Leafkit. "Hello there little one, what are you up to today?" Riverpaw waved to Leafkit. "I just want to go outside, but no one will take me." She sat down. "Well, why don't you go ask your father to take you?" Birchfur smiled "My, father?" The smile disappeared. "Oh, that's right, you don't know who your father is." Riverpaw quickly took Darkpaw outside. Birchfur then leaned in close to Leafkit "Dear, your father is Greenstar." Leafkit was shocked "Greenstar, the leader, but how can that be?" "Well you don't see anyone else with green fur do you?" Leafkit looked at her green colored tail. "So, do you think he'll take me outside Birchfur." Birchfur just smiled again "Only way to find out is to ask him."
Leafkit thanked Birchfur then ran of to high rock. Greenstar was sit outside his den talking to Blazepelt. "I don't care what you think, I'm not going to," Greenstar saw Leafkit and stopped "Blazepelt, we will discuss this later, go back to the den." Blazepelt looked at Leafkit then walked away. "How may I help you Leafkit?" "I was hoping you could take me outside, I mean since you are my dad and all." Greenstar straighted with shock "How did you know, I mean, nevermind." Greenstar looked down at Leafkit "I guess I could use a walk." Leafkit smiled and followed Greenstar out into the forest.
They walked to sunning rocks and sat down on a flat one looking out over the water. "Daddy, what are the other leaders like?" Greenstar smiled, "Well, Owlstar, the leader of Shadowclan is powerful, but we've been allies for as long as I can remember. Otterstar, Riverclan's leader is stubborn but he is very smart, and Onestar has been the leader of Windclan for a very long time. Some say he will die soon, due to his old age. But you know, Fernpelt is older then he is." Leafkit looked up at him "Really, wow Fernpelt must be really old." Greenstar just laughed. Suddenly an yowl split the new-leaf air. Greenstar stood up and got into a battle position "Otterstar, what are you doing here. You know that Sunning Rocks are Thunderclan territory." Leafkit pressed against the rock trying to hid herself. "My, my your talking like you have someone to back you up, as of right now your out numbered Greenstar." Otterstar said calmly.
Greenstar lunge off the rock but Otterstar quickly stepped to the side. Greenstar landed on his side but got to his feet. "Poor Greenstar, to old to fight." Otterstar jumped on Greenstar's back and lashed at his throat. Greenstar threw him off and pinned him to the ground. "I sugguest you run back to your clan, like before your still out numbered." Otterstar smirked, "I will not run away with my tail between my legs, like you did so long ago." the two cats wrestled, everyone backing away. Greenstar ended up pinned with his stomach bleeding and his throat cut. "Come now, let us leave this fool to die." the cats swam across the river back to the territory and disappeared.
disclaimer: again i dont own anything from warriors erin hunter does
