Chapter 1 and this is set many more moons after Silverstar took control of Thunderclan and will be from the point of view of a apprentise called Brokenpaw.
Hello my name is Brokenpaw I am the adopted son of willowwing and the adopted brother of Glazepaw, I'm right now training to be a tribute, they took me from my true mum when I was very young and I haven't seen her since.
"Brokenpaw time for battle training," Said my Mentor a pale gray she-cat known as Graystorm, she won her tribute and was given her proper warrior name and the freedom to be part of Shadowclan, "Today we are going to practise The back scratch," We walked into the training arena and found Damagedpaw and Bloodpaw battling in the center of the Arena, "Does your Mentor now you are here?" They shoke there heads then Damagedpaw piped up her voice, "But we need all the training we can get if we're going to win our Tributes." Bloodpaw nodded his head and the continued battling,
"Guess no Training today," Said Graystorm turning her head towards me, "Unless, Follow me," I followed her and she lead me to a opening in the forest, it was splatered in blood and paw prints covered one log, "I'm going to train you here, but you must tell no one, if you do we will both be killed got it," I nodded my head as she leapt onto a rock and piffed the stones at a log, "The trick to winning a Tribute is using you're enviroment," She let out pant as she jumped to a log and climbing up the tree "to you're advantage," I watched closely from the top of the tree and leapt down when she saw a mouse. "Now you try." I got onto the log and climbed up the tree the scrawny branches made it hard to climb much higher then the sixteenth or seventeenth branch.
"Like this?" I asked as I pounced onto a Leaf.
"Excillent but remember not to use the same move twice," She said as she climbed up the tree after me, I kept climbing until I was at the top of the tree no where to move unless, I scrunch up my haunches and leapt as far as I could just grabbing the branch of the next tree and flick the one I was on into Graystorms face, "Good job just remember you must have the strength to go on to win this." we continued battling after that and then left for camp.
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I tossed and turned in my nest, the nightmare of me losing my tribute scared me and each dream ended the same me being killed by a Black tom, I turned my head as I heard a whimper coming from a new Tribute apprentise Killerpaw.
"Are you okay?" I asked moving towards her nest, she was tossing turning and breaking into a sweat,
"Mummy don't leave me," She whispered in her sleep and kept tossing, "I'm coming with you," I saw her open her eyes and they began to glaze over, "Let's got to Starclan mummy," She went limp and I sniffed her pelt she wasn't dead not yet, "No Tribute." she slowly repeated herself and then she died, she was in Starclan better there then here as a tribute.
"Goodluck in Starclan Dreamkit." I said that was her name before she became a tribute and had it changed, I walked out of the den and dragged her with me and lied against her pelt I was giving her a vigil, Tributes never got Vigils but the way she died she deserved one, I stayed up until Daybreak and then went back into my nest and had a seemingly peacful sleep.
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I woke the next morning to Blazepool and Dustpelt carrying Dreamkit out of Camp and I sighed,
"No training today alright." Said Graypool placing her tail on my shoulder some how knowing how upset I was, I walked off to watch Bloodpaw and Damagedpaw training, they had caused each other so many scars that they wouldn't last long if they had there tribute soon.
"Bloodpaw you have to scratch my underbelly not my flank," Damagedpaw spat at Bloodpaw and hissed, "You idiot, I could have easily sliced your throught, I really hate to call you my brother."
"I don't want to train anymore." Said Bloodpaw standing up and beginning to walk out of the arena,
"Where are you going?" Asked Damagedpaw leapping in front of her brother, "You will train brother."
"I don't want to!" Shouted Bloodpaw slashing Damagedpaws's face leaving a long scar along her face,
"Fine leave," Said Damagedpaw getting out of the way, "But if we are in the same Tribute, you're the first cat I'll kill." Damagedpaw stormed off in the other direction, was this what the Tributes doing to cats, turning kin against kin, I remember Damagedpaw and Bloodpaw play fighting in the nursary and now Damagedpaw said the worst thing she could to her brother hopefully they would forgive each soon, they were old enough to be proper tributes and if they held this grudge they would both die unecessary deaths, I gimiced a little and then left,
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It was night when Silverstar called everyone for a meeting,
"All Cat's that can kill a Tribute please meet at the Mossrock for a clan meeting," Said Silverstar I walked out with the other Tribute apprentises, "Bloodpaw, Damagedpaw and Brokenpaw please step foreward," I stepped foreward with the Damagedpaw and Bloodpaw, "They have shown me that they are ready to be full Tribute Warriors, Bloodpaw please step foreward," Bloodpaw stepped foreward and puffed out his chest, "Blood paw by the power and blessing of the Darkforest I now name you Bloodfang, Damagedpaw please step forehead," Damagedpaw stepped forward, "By the power Blessing of Starclan I know name you Damagedheart, Brokenpaw please step foreward," I stepped foreward as Damagedheart stepped back, "By the power of the Dark forest I now name you Brokenface," She turned towards Shadowclan and the Tributes, "They will be this moons Tributes."
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