MPOV
Mousewhisker gently set down the pregnant she cat in Leafpool's den. "That will do, thank you Mousewhisker." She said grabbing some herbs and setting them next to her. "Jaypaw, fetch some cobwebs, we will need a lot." She said not looking up. Jaypaw padded away. "Mousewhisker, you can leave now, go and talk to Firestar, he'll want an explanation. " Leafpool told him gently. Mousewhisker hesitated then looked at the light grey she cat and into the clearing.
Birchfall, Foxpaw, Icepaw , Toadpaw, and Rosepaw were surrounded by cats, wanting to know what happened and who the stranger was. "Is she your mate from another clan?" He heard Berrynose spit. "Of course not, I'm a faithful Thunderclan cat," He replied hotly. Berrynose spit again and backed out of the crowd. Firestar called to the cats for a meeting to start and everyone turned their attention to him. "What is going on!?" He demanded. Birchfall, Mousewhisker, Cinderpaw, and the four other apprentices stepped forward. "Firestar, let us explain. . . privately." Birchfall said looking up at the fire colored leader. Firestar nodded and dismissed the clan as he bounded down the high ledge and lead the witnesses and his senior warriors out of the camp.
They trotted along silently and emerged into the training area. Sitting down. He called the two warriors forward, the five apprentices sitting behind them. "Start from the beginning." He said wrapping his tail over his paws and watching them. Mousewhisker nodded to Birchfall. "Well. . . we were taking our apprentices out for the first time to explore the woods and Cinderpaw, Foxpaw, and Icepaw wanted to come so we let them because it was okay with their mentors." Firestar nodded motioning for him to go on. "So we left, and showed them the training area, then went to the Windclan border." Birchfall continued. "Toadpaw, smelled something besides Windclan and asked what it was so we inhaled, and realized it was rogue." Firestar nodded again and Birchfall continued. "So, I told Foxpaw to take Toadpaw and Rosepaw back to camp and warn everyone and Cinderpaw went with me and Mousewhisker went by himself, to look for the rogue." Firestar's eyes hardened a little but then they became soft once more. "We heard screeching and fighting so we ran as fast as we could and found Mousewhisker looking at the she cat and the apprentices were gone." Firestar turned his gaze on Mousewhisker. "I didn't attack her!" he blurted. Firestar grunted. "He wouldn't attack a pregnant she cat, Firestar, while we were running we also heard him screaming that she was pregnant." Birchfall looked at Cinderpaw for back up. She nodded, "It's true Firestar, he didn't attack her." Firestar looked satisfied, but turned his gaze once more on Mousewhisker. "Who attacked her then?" He asked looking at the apprentices. "I did." Foxpaw said sighing. Firestar nodded, telling him to talk. "Well, when we ran up to the clearing I ran into her and she scratched me, out of alarm, I realize that now. So we fought and then Mousewhisker and Icepaw came." He finished. "Okay." Firestar said getting up. "Go back to camp while I talk to my senior warriors." He added turning to face his senior warriors. "As you wish." Mousewhisker said leaving the training area.
RPOV
Rain awoke, her belly and nose throbbing. She was covered in spider webs. "Eww!" She cried tearing them off. "Hey! Stop!" A tom called padding into her view. He was a small, slender, gray tom with bright blue eyes. "Why?" She whined. "Because," he said patting them on again, "they help to stop the bleeding from your wounds." He said gently. She sighed, making it extra long. "I now your annoyed, but you need rest and you need to keep those on, that was a nasty belly wound." He replied. "Fine. What is your name?" She asked. "Jaypaw." he replied. "I'm Rain." She said rolling onto her side and trying to fall asleep again.
Failing she sat up, wincing from the pain. Her mouth felt dry with thirst and her paws were sore from traveling. "Thirsty?" Jaypaw asked. Rain nodded curtly and Jaypaw padded away further into the den.
Rain looked around, the air was filled with the scent of plants, and she spotted the herbs stacked neatly in cracks throughout the wall.
Jaypaw padded back into sight, dropping a ball of moss at her paws. Rain licked it greedily and sat back down as Jaypaw carried it away.
"Leafpool?" A deep voice called from behind her. Rain whipped her head around looking at the cat curiously. "Firestar," Jaypaw said padding to the entrance of the den, "come in, Rain is awake."
A big tom pushed through the brambles sheltering the den and looked at Jaypaw. He had strong muscles and looked young but had a wise looking face and eyes. His pelt was a shockingly red-orange color, like fire. "I would like to speak to. . ." He looked at Rain. "Rain." Jaypaw told him. "Rain, in my den, if she can make the climb?" He asked turning his gaze back to Jaypaw. "Yes, she can." Firestar nodded and pulled his eyes back to Rain. "Follow me, please." He said softly but with authority. Rain said nothing but rose to her paws and padded after him.
When Rain emerged into the clearing she gazed around at their camp. It was much more organized then her old clan, and she suddenly felt a pang of home sickness. It would be much better with Bramble here. She thought to herself. Cats stared at her and she dropped her head, ears burning. She didn't feel very welcomed. Firestar stopped at a rocky ledge and looked back at her. "Can you climb this?" He asked again. Didn't somebody already answer that? She thought but kept it to herself. Stupid hormones, I hate being rude! "Yes." She answered shortly. Firestar bounded up the rocky ledge and paused at the top, waiting if she were to need any help. Rain climbed up slowly, not wanting to hurt her kits or herself. Firestar trotted into a small cave when he saw that she had made it up safely and she followed him in pursuit.
The gray and white tom that had saved her was in the den. Mousewhisker. She recalled, her heart fluttering. His gaze followed her movements as she padded in and sat next to Firestar. Firestar nodded to a red tabby she cat. "This is my mate, Sandstorm." Sandstorm stood and touched noses with Rain. "Welcome." She purred. "This is Mousewhisker, one of Thunderclan's newer warriors." Mousewhisker grimaced but nodded kindly at Rain. "And this is my deputy, or second in command, Brambleclaw." Brambleclaw nodded curtly, eager to get the meeting started. Firestar faced Rain and nodded, a sign for her to talk. Rain cleared her throat.
"Well. . ." She didn't know where to begin. "My. . ." Rain searched for words. "Clan I guess you could call them." Rain watched Firestar, searching his eyes. "We didn't a warrior code. We were somewhat like your clan just not as. . .organized." Firestar's eyes were blank as he took this in. "We were assigned mentors like the clan cats are. I finished my training about six months ago." Firestar's face was thoughtful. "We were striving." Rain struggled to keep going and her voice shook with terrible memories. She swallowed and kept going. "I was out hunting with my mate, Bramble, that day." Sandstorm laid her tail on Rain's back, comforting her. "We left for a few days. We had no duties to be done and we both had finished our training so we left. A celebration I guess you could call it; everyone gets one."
Rain was shaking now and her paws slowly slipped down so she was laying on her belly, hiding her face. "Everyone was dead." She whispered, not wanting to look back up. Firestar glanced at Sandstorm. Brambleclaw's face hardened and Mousewhisker's eyes widened. Rain pulled herself together and stared at the wall, forcing herself to continue. When we got back my clan lay scattered around the camp, bloody and cut open, howls of pain still on their faces. The smell of fear and death still lingered. We checked everyone, they were all dead but our leader, Rose. She was the best fighter in the clan, but she was still dying." Rain recalled painfully. "She watched us and tried to get up, b-but she couldn't." Rain closed her eyes. "She just looked at me and then she whispered: clans." Rain looked up at Firestar. His face hard but his eyes sorrowful. "I didn't know what she meant at first. I brushed it off to get more out of her. 'What happened?' I asked. All she said was 'black'. What am I supposed to get out of that?!" Rain laughed angrily. "She repeated it all day. Then she shuddered and opened her eyes. 'They're coming.' And then she died." Rain looked back at the wall. "We were scared mentally from the sight of our clan mates ripped to shreds and strewn across the camp like fresh kill." She spat. "Who would do such a thing?" Sandstorm whispered. "They were cats." Rain said answering their mental questions. "The camp reeked of the sent." Rain sat up now. "We buried the cats and fled, searching for the real clans." Rain looked away from the cats, now to the very familiar wall. "Bramble died. A boulder fell on him and he was crushed." Rain looked down at her belly. "The kits are all I have left." She whispered. "I traveled by myself, hunted for myself, found shelter, and somehow, made it here." Rain turned her attention fully to the cats around her. "Please," she whispered gazing at each cat. "let me stay." Her gaze stopped on Firestar and she looked into his green eyes, searching their depths. He was sorry for her. She could tell. Firestar cleared his throat. "How did you know where to find us?" He asked. "Dreams." Rain whispered. "My clan told stories of the warrior clans by the lake, that was-" Rain was cut off. "Dreams!?" Firestar asked his eyes boring into hers. "Y-Yes. Dreams." Rain was startled by his outburst. "What were they like?" Rain didn't need to think for this answer. "A cat. . . with gray fur. A she-cat. She led me here. Well most of the way at least." Firestar glanced at Sandstorm. "Bluestar." He purred. "Thank you Rain. You may return to the medicine cat den. I would like to speak with my deputy, alone." Rain nodded and padded slowly out of the den. "R-Rain?" Rain heard a voice behind her and she stopped.
MPOV
"R-Rain?" Mousewhisker padded effortlessly to catch up to her. She stopped, gazing into his eyes, and suddenly, he couldn't move. "Yes?" Mousewhisker was lost in her unstoppable and mesmerizing beauty. "Uhhh." Mousewhisker was lost for words. Rain sat inpatient. "Yes?" She repeated. "Well, I uh, um, I. . . hope you can, uhh. . .stay." He finally got it out. "Thank you, Mousewhisker." His heart fluttered at the sound of his name coming from her mouth. "I need to go to the medicine den." She stated, getting up and bounding down the ledge. Mousewhisker sighed and followed to the clearing. He padded to the fresh kill pile and picked out a scrawny mouse. The young warrior chewed thoughtfully, letting his thoughts wander. Firstar has to let her stay! She's pregnant!. . .But what would the clan think? Most of the cats were clustered below the High Ledge, waiting for Firestar to come out and tell them what was going on. Ether way Firestar wouldn't make her leave. She wouldn't be able to travel or fend for herself. She would die. Mousewhisker was jerked back to the present as rocks scattered down into the clearing and looked up to see Brambleclaw, Sandstorm and Firestar bounding down the ledge. Brambleclaw and Sandstorm jumped into the crowd while Firestar skidded to a stop on the Highledge. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, join my beneath the Highledge!" He yowled.
Duh duh duh! Cliffy! Im evil, yeah. Lol. Anyway, review PLEASE! I wont update until I have at least 15!!! Then you will know what happens! Squee!
