Warriors of the Leaf
By: Deolureium
Chapter 2
Unwanted Warrior
Camp was nice, but the cats weren't. She had picked a corner, just in front of the medicine cats den, and near the entrance of the camp. She was closer to the entrance. She hasn't been given a name yet, she figured that the clan leader would want most of the cats to like her. 'Well, at least none of them are picking a fight.' she thought. She was laying down, watching the camp work, they had refused her help so she was left with nothing to do for the camp. She wasn't allowed hunting, patrolling, or anything that had something to do with the camp. She started to wonder if this was such a good idea after all, separating from her friends and the others. Of course she wanted to expand the knowledge, but then how were they suppose to meet up? Would they be easily accepted in the other clans these cats talked about? She shook her head lightly and sat up, keeping her head down.
"Just when you think.
Hope is lost.
And giving up
is all you got." She started to raise her head a bit, and raising her voice.
"When blue turns black.
Your confidence is cracked.
There seems no turning back from here.
When your feet are made of stone.
You're convinced that your all alone.
Look at the stars Instead of the dark
you'll find your heart shines like the sun." she noticed she was getting questionable looks, but she wasn't even a cat. She was a human. Just like the other cats that came with her, and the other cats that she had met in the bush.
"But lets not let our anger get us lost.
And the need to be right comes with way to higher cost
that's when you can build a bridge of lightness
which turns all the wrongs alrightness
when you know it's worth the fight
that's when love turns night time turns to day less
when loneliness goes away less
why you gotta be strong with the night
cause only love can build us a bridge of light." she only wanted to sing this because she was sad, she figured that this was the only way to express that now.
"Deep breath take it on the chain
but don't forget to let love back in
that when love can build a bridge of lightness
which turns all the wrongs alrightness
when you can't give up the fight
that's when love turns night time turns to day less
when loneliness goes away less
why you gotta be strong tonight
cause only love can build us a bridge of light.
Only love can build us a bridge of light.
Only love can build us a bridge of light." she finished the song, and had put her head back down looking at those cute, soft paws. She was a cat. She was a cat.
"Don't be too sad. It's tough getting used to a new life." she heard a cat speak, she turned her head and faced the medicine cat. His golden tabby pelt nearly lit up in the sunlight. 'Blazeriver.' she thought. 'What am I though?' she turned to the other cats of the clan that were busy around camp. "The only thing you can do, and be cheerful, and ask if the clan needs any help."
"And if it doesn't work?"
"Then help out anyways."
"If I get chased off?"
"Help another."
"Face it Blazeriver, this clan doesn't want me. I'm probably not even needed here in the first place." she turned to the gold tabby, and seen hurt in his eyes.
"You're wrong, young warrior of no name." she seen something spark in his eyes. This cat, and possibly the leader is hiding something from her.
"Leaves and fire." she said and turned away from the tom, unknowing of the shock he had. That's what she is, she is a leaf in the fire, she won't stand a chance unless she joins with the fire, and turns to ash, or nothing. She watched as the golden tabby walked to the leaders den.
Warriors of no name, shall once prove to be loyal. But of leaves and fire, give threat to the clans.
"Tallstar. You have to watch the black cat." Blazeriver mewed.
"Why is that? She's done nothing wrong." Tallstar mewed, she was sitting up in her nest watching the golden tom.
"'Leaves and fire will join together,
No water can stop them.
Unless a black shadow joins them,
Creating a wind storm of missing cats in blood red clouds'" Blazeriver recited.
"What does that mean?" Tallstar asked.
"It means she is the one that could cause a storm, because she said 'Leaves and fire'."
"Could she know of the prophecy?"
"I'm not sure, she doesn't give anything away. But it does show of a cat that can walked on two paws, and do strange things. Her raising her voice is strange, as well as the words she puts together."
"Very well, I'll keep an eye on her." Tallstar said, and watched as Blazeriver give a sigh and walked out of her den. "'Leaves and fire will join together, No water can stop them. Unless a black shadow joins them, creating a wind storm of missing cats in blood red clouds.' Leaves must mean of Earthclan, and fire is Fireclan. Water is Waterclan, and the Wind storm must be Windclan. So, Earthclan and Fireclan will join together. But Waterclan can't stop them. Unless a black shadow joins them, creating a wind storm of missing cats in blood red clouds. Is Windclan going to be missing cats, because of that black cat in the camp?" Tallstar mewed.
From darkness to light, all will be stilled. Unless this cat of shadows joins with the skilled.
Ariel had settled back down on the dusty dirt, watching the cats pass her by. 'War-s o- -o -ame' she quickly looked up and searched around her. '-hall -nce p-o-e -o b- loy-l' she could hear it, it was echoing from somewhere. But where? They were in a forest beside no cliffs. '-ut of lea-s -nd fi-e, -ive- th-ea-s of th- clans.' she looked around the camp, but it seems as if no one heard this strange echoing voice. Should she talk to someone about this? She shook her head and laid down, the eerie voice had passed, and it seems as if nothing more would be said.
'War..s war..s warriors? Yeah, that sounds about right. Warriors. O.. on.. no of? Yes, of. Warriors of, ..o it sounds like no. ..ame, name. Warriors of no name. Hm, what does it mean? Probably nothing. But I'll may as well try to figure it out. No cat wants my help anyways.' she thought and continued on trying to figure out what the voice had said.
Mossriver has been glaring at her for half the day already. She was wondering what is up with that cat? There is no way that he could be mad at her. Unless he detests cats that don't have a clan. It is a possibility. She turned to Mossriver, he was still watching her. She folded her ears back and gave a light growl. He did the same. She could just feel that she and him won't get along well. She sat up, watching the tom. '"Warriors of no name, shall once prove to be loyal." Well, I guess that's me and the four cats that were with me. Does that mean, the others have found their clans?' she thought and turned away from Mossriver to see Tallstar coming out of her den. Ariel was feeling hopeful, maybe Tallstar would send her on a patrol? Or make Mossriver send her out. She was disappointed when Tallstar walked past her.
Fire and Leaves will run with the wind, that brushes over water, but falls with the blood red clouds.
It's been two moon-rises, and Ariel has still not been given a name, or training. Is something wrong? She turned and seen Ashtail pad out of the Nursery. She went in there two suns ago, she was going to be kitting soon. Ashtail's apprentice, Mousepaw was being mentored by Tigerblaze. She sighed again, seeing that Ashtail was glaring at her. What is wrong with me? She thought as she curled up in a ball, Why is it, that I'm having problems here? Are others facing the same thing? She thought giving another sigh. 'Warriors of No name, shall once prove to be loyal,but of leaves and fire, gives threats to the clans,' What does that mean? Warriors of no name, does it refer to us? Me, Taylor, Lori, Nicole, and Rebecca? What about those other cats, are they apart of it too? Maybe it goes to the cats that are in the clan. So we need to prove our loyalty? How? And what about the other part? 'But of leaves and fire, gives threats to the clans,' what about that? Wait, I mentioned leaves and fire the other day. Does the Medicine Cat know of this? Am I some how marked bad, or good? Which is it? Well from the looks of things here, it's bad. What should I do? She thought as she looked up at the darkening sky. She decided to wait until they fall asleep, she would go out, and see how the others were doing.
Through the Shadows, Darkness lies, over the Cats of no name.
Blazeriver was a bit troubled by having the black cat in the camp. It was like she was a shadow waiting to strike at them when they fell asleep. 'From Darkness to Light, all will be stilled. Unless this cat of shadows, joins with the skilled,' Blazeriver looked up. That was rather rare, he often couldn't hear ancestors talking like that. Blazeriver sat up and thought it over. Were they referring to that black cat, the shadow lurker? Did they mean for them to train that deathly black shadow over them? To make it into a killer? Blazeriver shook his head, refusing such a thing. No, that black cat will never be trained, that black cat will never have a name.
Till times passes, will thy Cats of no name shall give Peace, or Death.
Ariel purred lightly, seeing that they had all fallen asleep. Well off I go, she thought as she stood from the dusty ground and shook her dirt covered pelt. She turned and looked at the entrance, and purred again as she padded over to the medicine cats den and jumped on top of it and over the barricaded walls, of thorns. She landed softly on the other side, and purred again and started off towards the uncharted woods. She decided that she should go from the trees, and started to climb. She reached the top and looked around, judging the distance from her to the other branch. She got ready to jump, and then glanced down, seeing something moving in the shadows.
"You are going to fall, if you jump to that branch," she heard some one say, she waited a bit, not sure what to do. "Get down, it's safe down here," the shadow stepped out and she seen such a lovely sleek pelted tom and nearly fell out of the tree. Morningstar? I thought you were dead... was all she could think as she started her decent down from the tree.
"Morningstar, is that you?" Ariel asked hopeful, she remembered her black cat, those green eyes, that strong build, and his short hair, and the kind look he has.
"I know of nothing of 'Morningstar', is it your last clan leader?" the black tom asked, her image of her beloved cat shattered. This wasn't her cat. Not the one she saved from being smothered by his mother, or the little kitten that used to fit in her hand. No, this was a skinny cat, that had a kind aura around him, and also seemed tired, and he carried an air of mystery around him. This wasn't Morningstar.
"No.." Ariel looked down, she thought that she could see her cat once more, just to know that he was safe and sound. "Morningstar was, a... kittypet I once knew.." she said.
"I see, well I'm Darkwater," Ariel looked up, she heard of a cat named Darkwater. He was banished from Fireclan, "Ah, so you have heard of me. I was worried I was forgotten. So tell me, is Mossriver, my little brother, still stubborn, and ruthless?" Ariel didn't know what to say, she just stared at the dark tom, shocked out of her wits. Did.. did he plan on killing her?
"Uh... I'm..." she stopped herself, Get a hold of yourself! What the hell happened to that sharp tongue you had? You certainly can use it on Mossriver, this brats little brother, why the hell can you not use it on the older one as well? "Well, I'm not sure, it's hard to tell, since we don't... what do you call it, oh yeah. See eye to eye."
"Lair, I can see that you think I'm going to kill you," Darkwater purred amused.
"Says the one that's been banished. What did you do, anyways? Look at a kit the wrong way?"
"Oh, such a mouth on you, someone's going to have to.." Darkwater purred, "Oh, tame it?" Darkwater was still amused! That cat! How dare he!
"Listen you," Ariel growled getting into an attack position, that she seen a few apprentices practice, "You have one second to tell me what you are doing, before I- umph," she was knocked by the tom, and pinned down with a paw, claws barely touching her skin.
"Or, what? You'll rip out my fur? Shred me to bits? Rip me apart? Take your pick, but I'm not letting you go, until you tell of my little brother," she could hear the anger in his mew, and that really frightened her. "So, I will ask this once more," Darkwater purred lightly, keeping his tone light, and smooth, but she could hear beneath that, she could hear his anger, and his frustration. In other words, this cat needs to get laid. "How. Is. My. Dear. Little. Brother. Mossriver?"
"Dude, you need to get laid, or take a chill pill. But as for, Mossriver. Well we hate each others guts, why would I associate myself with him? He's nothing but a brat that follows the warrior code, stubborn, self-centred, and yes, of course ruthless. Nothing that I can't handle, since I nearly beat him down, and practically humiliated him and a few other cats in front of their leader, Tallstar."
"Your rather entertaining," she heard the slight purr in Darkwater's voice. "Tell me, have they taught you anything?"
"No, I'm an outcast to them. I don't even have a warrior name, and yet they treat me like, shit."
"Shit?"
"It's... oh what do you call it in your tongue? Oh yeah, 'Dirt', it's another form of insult but.. only rouges know of it."
"Well, since I'm a rouge, why don't I know of it?"
"Because you were a clan cat before. Something we don't take kindly too sharing out... words with."
"So you know nothing of the warrior code, of Starclan, of how we fight, of our boarders?"
"No, nothing, except the inside of clan life of how they treat outsiders."
"I see," Darkwater purred, "Would you like to know how?"
"I know there is a deal in there somewhere, what's in it for you?"
"For me, you say? How thoughtful, I was going to teach you everything I know of Fireclan out of good will, but if you do insist. I want you to get closer to my brother."
"What! You mad!?"
"Shh," Darkwater purred as he leaned down to her ear, "Wouldn't want 'them' to over hear, now do you?"
"You cocky little bastard, fine I'll do it. Now let me up," she said with a slight growl.
"Good, my pet," Darkwater purred as he let her up, "How about a walk around? To get to know the boundaries... Since you don't have a warrior name, I'll call you, Darkpaw," Darkwater purred.
"Whatever, lets just hurry before the dawn patrol gets loose or something," Ari- Darkpaw mewed. She rather liked it, even if it was from a rouge cat disbanded from his clan. She felt a bit closer to the clan cats, even if by a little bit. Although this cat was rather smooth, and cocky. But he did know of the clan life better then she did. Maybe she would actually learn something about the clan.
(Never expected to get any readers, well another chapter enjoy ^w^)
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