And I am back once again, with yet another chapter to this story that you all seem to like! We have reached seven reviews! That's almost two a chapter! Thanks guys, means a lot to get these so keep em coming! This is now without a doubt my main project so this is what I shall be working on mainly so if you like this story, watch this space. Let's see if we can get to ten reviews this time! So, I thought long and hard about what this chapter will contain and I have reached a decision. I have decided to use the start of this chapter as more of a filler chapter, sorry folks. This will be about Jason and the gangs last day as kittypets, if Rusty joins, that is! However, towards the end we will arrive at the camp. You should feel really lucky!
So, not much has changed. I got responses from several people about my review questions, so I will put in my personal opinion on what the answers were. These are only my opinion, so they may be wrong, in an author overlord kind of wrong. Does that even make sense?
Question One: What was Ravenpaw thinking and feeling as I stood up to Bluestar?
Answer: In my personal opinion, he was feeling inspired by me standing up to someone and thinking about standing up to Tigerclaw.
Question Two: What could I have said to Ravenpaw to explain how I knew his name?
Answer Two: I agree with Warriors 4Eva, I could have said I heard them hunting.
Advised Author of The Chapter: Go check out Bluefire Eternal's story, Warriors, A Twist In Time! It is very good and is about, well a twist in time!
Well, enjoy the two chapters folks!
Disclaimer: I am not going to say a stupid line about how I don't own Warriors, which I don't. Oh DAMN IT!
The Changed Prophecy
Chapter Three: Arrival
The sun was high in the sky before any of us moved again. We were all just sat there, the three of us, staring at the sky, the trees or at each other as we struggled to take in what had happened. Well, the other two struggled, I was thinking about what would happen now. By joining Thunderclan, and by getting Smudge to join, I had already changed the future. What else could be changed? I was already friends with Ravenpaw and was on friendly terms with Greypaw, so I had about the same level of respect as Rusty does when he joins. Well, that's something at least. Oh, I hope I get to fight Longtail. Please let me fight Longtail.
He was one of those wimpy "Oh, I can't make up my mind, good side or dark side?" cats that always found a new way to annoy me every other chapter. For the 416th time since I came here (at least I thought that was what it was) I felt a rush of gratitude to whoever decided to bring me here. I wondered who my mentor would be. Tigerclaw couldn't cause he had Ravenpaw. Lionheart had Greypaw and Darkstripe got Dustpaw. Whitestorm got Sandpaw so that left who? Bluestar and, I shuddered, Longtail. No, hang on; Longtail mentored Swiftpaw not long from now. I winced as I remembered Swiftpaw's violent death at the paws of those dogs. Another thing on my list to change. He would not die like he did in the books; I will make sure of that. So that left Bluestar. No hang on; she mentors Rusty. Good god, who the hell is gonna mentor me and Smudge?
Finally, Smudge got up and I did the same. Rusty sighed and got up with us. I still wasn't even sure if he was going to join us in the clan or not. "Well," I decided, "let's not spend our last day as kittypets moping around wondering if we were right. We've made our choice, well expect for you Rusty. Let's go and play in our gardens one last time!" Rusty nodded, looking a bit sick. Either that or I saw his green eyes and thought his whole face was green. Smudge said excitedly "We can go and visit Henry and tell him we saw the forest cats!" "That's a good idea," I mewed confidently. "We can ask him if he really went there!"
Rusty nodded again and we headed back to Twolegplace. We headed along the fences and into the garden at the end, which I knew contained Henry. He was golden-brown and very fat. As we walked over to him, he suddenly woke up from the dream he was having. "Oh darn you young-un's," he started crossly; "I was having this great dream about this enormous bird and I was about to catch it when you lot woke me up!" Privately, as I looked at his belly, I thought that that dream bird would be the only bird he ever caught. Smudge walked forward and said loudly "Henry, we went into the forest!"
Henry looked shocked and shuffled closer. "Now you listen here young-un and listen carefully. Do not go back in there. It is full of wild cats that eat bones and probably other cats like you three!" I sighed and walked forwards saying "Henry, there are cats living in there, but-" "I know there are Young-un. I've met 'em. There were two of 'em, one silvery-blue and the other one white. They hissed at me and told me they ate bones! You can't go back there! They might catch ya and eat ya." I tried to contain my annoyance and went on "Yes, there are cats there and we fought them. But they don't eat bones. They probably made that up to scare you!"
"Yeah Henry! We were invited to join them!" said Smudge enthusiastically. Rusty nodded and said "Yeah..." I frowned at him and looked back at Henry, who was looking impressed and shocked. "Well, looks like you young-un's have had more luck in that there forest then I did! I'll miss having you three around, but I'm sure that your twolegs will get other young-uns who I can talk to!" "Yeah... bye Henry!" said Smudge rather sadly. Rusty nodded and looked at the ground. Henry looked over at me and said "You look after them now Jason. They need someone to make sure they don't get up to nonsense! Can you do that for me?" I nodded, feeling a lump in my throat. For some reason I was actually sad about leaving the old cat behind. "Yeah... see ya around Henry!" I said and Henry nodded. "Now that that soppiness is over, LEAVE ME ALONE! I'M HAVING A NAP!"
Smudge chuckled and Rusty muttered "same old Henry!" We left the old cat to sleep and went back to my garden. At this point we decided to fight like warriors. In the end I managed to pin Rusty to the roof of the shed after a vicious fight that left Smudge knocked out by a spinning kick from Rusty. We carried on like this for most of the afternoon until the sun started to set. Then Rusty mentioned how he wanted to say goodbye to his sister, Princess. For some reason Smudge looked pleased about this, though I didn't know why. As they headed off, I went with them, but took a detour down an alleyway father in Twolegplace. I was halfway down the alley when a voice at the end of it said "Bad move kittypet!"
Three alley cats walked out, trying their hardest to look menacing. I didn't stop and just kept walking towards them. Just my luck to run into a group of alley cats the second I leave the others. I said "Gentlecats please, let's not make a scene! I'm coming through, and you don't want to be in pain. So just let me through and no one gets hurt." The lead cat didn't stop coming. He said "I think that was a threat. And we don't take too kindly to threats around here!" I sighed, now resigned to the fact that I would have to fight these cats. As one of them circled around, I casually reached out slashed him across the nose, but then ducking out of his sight so all he saw was another one of the cats. "Ouch, Smokey, what the hell!" he roared and dived on his friend.
The lead cat looked at the writhing mess that was until recently two hostile bodyguards and looked back at me as I walked towards him. "NO! STOP!" he yelled, running forwards, but I stuck my paw out and tipped up forwards. As he fell my other paw flew up and connected with his face. He flew over and hit a metal bin nearby. As I walked out of the other end of the alley he yelled "You shouldn't have done that Kittypet! We'll find ya. We aren't alone. We will find you! You've made enemies with one of us and that means you're enemies with all of us! BloodClan will kill you! You hear me?"
I stopped and looked around at the three cats. They were part of BloodClan. So, on my final day as a kittypet, I make enemies with Bloodclan? That was just fantastic. That's like if, as Rusty left, he punched Tigerclaw in the nose! It was just stupid and provided him with an enemy. Oh well, I would have had t fight them anyway. Unless, I make sure that they never come to the forest! That could be arranged.
Smudge and Rusty looked up as I arrived. Smudge said "What kept ya?" and I simply replied "Alley cats. Lovely fellows just wanted a chat" Rusty looked at me and then looked back at Princess, who was sat on the windowsill of the house in front of us. She was pretty, I noted, then shook my head. Can't fall for any she-cat I see. I can't fall for any she-cat at all, I decided, for they might interfere with the mission. That doesn't mean I can't act awesome though! Princess said "So Jason, you're going to be a wild cat as well?" I smiled and replied "Well, you know, those wild cats just couldn't wait to ask me to join them!" Princess grinned and I saw Smudge give me a look that said quite plainly "Damn you!"
I and Smudge left soon after to let Rusty say his own goodbye to Princess. He instantly turned to me and said "Ok, what the hell was that!" I replied, "What was what?" "You know what! Acting all heroic and awesome!" I realised why he was annoyed. He liked Princess! "Dude, you realise that when we join the clan, we can't meet with her?" He sighed and said "Yeah, I know... I suppose there'll be other she-cats at the clan?" I replied, "Of course there will. How else will the clan continue to grow?" He nodded and soon enough Rusty joined us. He was looking sad, but determined. The sun had set by now, so Rusty and Smudge went off to catch some sleep before Lionheart came. I couldn't sleep however, so I just sat on the fence and stared out at the forest, thinking about what would happen in the morning.
10:00: Staring at the forest, thinking about the she-cats like Smudge
12:00: Midnight, looking at the sky thinking about Starclan and the clan
2:00: Thinking about the cats who would die and how I could save them.
4:00: Falling asleep on the fence and falling into that damn thorn bush again. Not a nice way to be woken up!
6:00: Lights turning on in the house. The twolegs are waking up. I get breakfast, which is nice.
8:00 Smudge turns up along with a very scared looking Rusty. We all look at each other, then at the rising sun. "Well," I mew "This is it! Let's go!" Together, we headed into the forest. The three of us walked to the clearing where we fought the apprentices and waited there. After a while the branches rustled at the other end and Lionheart emerged. "Hello you three," he began. "Have you decided on our offer?" I nodded and so did Smudge. We looked at Rusty and he looked at us, before he turned to Lionheart and nodded. Lionheart smiled and said "Excellent. We have come to take you to the camp"
Smudge looked confused and said "We?" I realised what was coming and said "There is another cat here. He smells similar to you, so he must be from Thunderclan as well. He doesn't smell like Ravenpaw, Greypaw or Bluestar, so this is someone we haven't met" Sure enough, the bushes rustled and Whitestorm stepped out, looking exactly like the books described him. Lionheart smiled at me and said "Well done Jason. This is Whitestorm, one of the clan's most senior warriors" Whitestorm looked at us all and said to Lionheart "They all will be valuable assets. Jason has a good nose. Well done for scenting me." I felt pleased with the respect he showed me and the way he dipped his head. He seemed like a nice cat. Lionheart nodded to Whitestorm and said cryptically to us "Keep up!"
We found out what he meant a second later. Lionheart and Whitestorm unexpectedly started running off and surprised, we hurried after them, struggling to keep up with the experienced warriors. Their paces barely slowed as they jumped over fallen logs and roots, but we were all smaller and had to leap over them, losing speed. Whitestorm and Lionheart made no allowances as they ran and we were all panting hard before long. We passed through fragrant pine trees and had to jump across deep gullies churned up by twoleg machines. One gully was too wide to jump and the warriors waded through easily and without hesitation. Rusty had never put a paw in water but was determined to follow the warriors so he waded in. By the time he had reached the other side, Smudge and I had already dried ourselves off.
At last, Lionheart and Whitestorm stopped. I was running so fast that I tried to stop and ended up tripping over a root. In midair I spun around and landed in front of the warriors, hoping they thought I just did some sort of stylish spin. They stepped up onto a rock that rested on the edge of a small ravine. Lionheart said "We are very close to the camp now. Use your senses and you will find it" Rusty and Smudge looked around wildly, trying to locate the mysterious camp, but I knew roughly where it was. Pricking my ears, I ran forward, jumping nimbly down the boulders to the bottom of the ravine, where I saw a thick patch of gorse.
"Here," I said. "I can scent lots of cats, but I do not recognise their scents yet" Lionheart looked impressed and Whitestorm said "Soon, you will know their scents. And with that, he ran into the gorse. Quickly, remembering what was to come, I deliberately caught my black collar on the gorse and tugged. It came clean off and I quickly buried it and breathed a sigh of relief. I followed Lionheart in, Rusty and Smudge behind me and got rather annoyed by the prickly gorse, which kept tugging at my fur. Soon however, the gorse became a tunnel, with hard earth beneath me and a strong scent surrounding it. I saw sunlight ahead and burst through the tunnel and into Thunderclan camp. A large clearing with hard earth at the centre and dappled with sunlight, the camp had clearly been here for a long time.
I looked around, determined to catch a detail out, or to see if it was all here. Cats were everywhere, alone or in groups, sharing food or purring as they groomed another. Some were talking and others emerged from nook and crannies across the clearing. Lionheart explained "Just after sunhigh, when the day is hottest, is a time for sharing tongues" I tuned out of the conversation as Whitestorm explained to a confused Rusty and Smudge just what exactly sharing tongues was. The cats had obviously smelled their foreign scent, for they began to look over at them. Rusty looked rather shy, while Smudge stared around wildly. I simply looked back at the cats and smiled when I saw Ravenpaw and Greypaw waving their tails.
I paid even more attention to the camp, covered in fallen trees and thick grass, a tree stump in one corner. Ferns and gorse created a thick barrier around the whole thing, cutting it off from the forest. Lionheart gestured to the tangle of brambles and started to explain about how it was the nursery and how queens looked after their kits. I knew it already, so I nodded in key places but otherwise tuned out. I could hear the mewling from the nursery already. If a human found this place, it wouldn't be good. A tabby queen with black markings emerged from the nursery and shared a friendly lick with a ginger she-cat. I tried to remember their names, but I was cut off by Lionheart explaining all about how queens share the care of kits. God, this was boring. Get on with it already!
"Here comes Bluestar" I noted, at the same time as Whitestorm. He glanced over at me and I grinned, shrugging. I was pleased to recognise her scent because I was getting used to these new senses, as well as sensing where nearby cats were, that was confusing as well. "They all came!" Bluestar purred, addressing the warriors. "We said we would!" I muttered and Rusty tried not to laugh. "What do you think of them?" Bluestar asked Whitestorm. "They are all able for kittypets and Jason could smell the camp from the top of the ravine. They all seem level-headed, smart and capable of becoming warriors" he replied evenly. "So, do we all agree?" Bluestar asked and both the warriors nodded. "Then I shall announce it to the clan!" she decided.
"Here we go," I muttered ominously to the others. "What?" Smudge asked. "Well, I don't think some of the cats are going to like this, do you?" I asked and he looked worried. Bluestar summoned the clan in the whole "Let all cats old enough gather beneath me and tremble before my might so I can tell you all gossip" kind of way and all of the cats came over and sat down. When all of the cats were still, Bluestar said loudly, "Thunderclan needs more warriors. Never before have we had so few apprentices in training. It has been decided that Thunderclan will take in outsiders to train as warriors. I heard indignant mutters among the cats and let my claws slide out. Let them try and stop me! Bluestar shut them all up by yowling which, while effective, wasn't how I would have done it. "I have found three cats who are willing to become apprentices of Thunderclan"
And, right on cue, Longtail yelled "LUCKY to become apprentices!" God, he was annoying with his pale tabby fur to his, well, to his long...tail. I glared at him and he glared back, looking rather annoying. Bluestar silenced him with a flick of her tail and said "Lionheart and Whitestorm have met these young cats and they agree with me that we should train them with the other apprentices. Rusty looked at Lionheart, then back at Bluestar. There was complete silence for a moment and then a deafening crescendo of caterwauling rose up.
"Where do they come from?" "Which clan do they belong to?" "What strange scent they carry! That's not the scent of any clan that I know!" And then Longtail spoke up again just like in the books. Except this time he was backed up by Mousefur and Darkstripe. "Look at their collars, their kittypets! Well, two of them do! The other looks like a rouge!" I looked over at him and yelled "Have you got a problem with kittypets and rouges?" He sneered and replied "Only when they're useless losers who think they can be clan ca-" the rest of his sentence was drowned out as I dived at him. He let out a screech as I bit him, hard on the ear and slashed his muzzle. I was distantly aware of Mousefur and Darkstripe being tackled by Rusty and Smudge, but I was flipped over by Longtail, who raised his paw. "You smell like them...Kittypet!" he sneered as he gloated. "Bad move buddy!" I said and grabbed the back of his neck. Then, without thinking, I brought my head up, hard! It smashed into his face and he howled. I reared up, claws stuck in his neck as I slammed him down.
"That felt good!" I said out loud as Longtail struggled under me, moaning about his nose. Mousefur was being forced back by Smudge, who was spitting and repeatedly slicing in front of him, while Rusty had managed to tear Darkstripe's ear but had lost his collar. "Does anyone else have an issue with kittypets?" I exclaimed loudly. The clan cats were watching us with wide eyes and Bluestar had jumped down from the highrock. Bluestar picked up Rusty's broken collar and proclaimed to the clan: "One of the newcomers has lost his collar in a battle for his honour. Starclan has spoken. These newcomers are free to join Thunderclan as apprentices!" I looked at Bluestar and climbed off of Longtail. I nodded my acceptance of her words and stepped forwards, along with Rusty and Smudge. No jeers or insults were thrown at us this time. Bluestar walked towards us and said, in a ringing voice:
"Let their apprentice ceremony begin now!"
Oooooh, a cliffie! Well guys, that was chapter four of The Changed Prophecy, called Arrival. What did you think of the kittypet haters and the way that I dispatched Longtail? Nine A4 pages guys, so not bad. Hoped you all liked it. Next chapter will be out tomorrow and will be about how the clan reacts to us being there! Will any cats like Jason? Or will I annoy them all? Find out tomorrow!
Review Question: Who could our mentors be? List our names, next to our mentors in you reviews!
Until tomorrow,
BrambleStar14