Summary: Willowkit and her sister Frostkit are born in calming times to one of the three Clan, LightningClan. But Willowkit doesn't feel all at home with her family, her parents seeming to sun her for her lack of skill. Yet, a prophecy is born to the medicine cat of the clan, and he cant but help to see that it has to do with the family. Will the clan be saved in time, or will their own foolish mistakes make the three clan become just two?
Alive: Book 1
By. Hidding-In-Shadows
Chapter 4
Willowpaw sat outside the medicine cats den, her tail flicking eagerly. The apprentice was was four moons into her training and her mentor was talking to Wormfur at the moment. Williowpaw looked over the camp with her orange eyes. She watched as Nightpaw and Petalpaw sat outside the apprentice's den. Frostpaw was sitting next to Nightpaw, licking his pelt clean. Nightpaw gave her a friendly look before looking up and over to Willowpaw, his own orange eyes warming up for a moment. Willowpaw felt her pelt turn warm for a moment before she broke the eye contact as she heard pawsteps come from the medicine cats den. She stood as Brightface walked out, a nervous look on her face.
"So, what did he say Brightface?" Willowpaw asked.
Brightface looked to Willowpaw. "I was right. Oh StarClan, what's Longfur going to say?" Brightface hissed lightly, worried.
"He's going to be happy Brightface! When do yo-"
Willowpaw was cut off by a yowl from the lip of the leader's den, a meeting being called. She gave her mentor a reassuring look before walking over where the rest of the Clan was meeting. She sat next to Harespring who gave her a friendly look as Brightface trotted over to Longfur, the tom purring and flicking her ear with his tail affectionately. Willowpaw looked up to Lightningstar, the tom sitting at the edge of the ledge, his orange eyes bright in the sunlight.
"We gather here today to welcome two new warriors to our clan. Nightpaw, Petalpaw, please step forward."
Willowpaw watched as Frostpaw gave Nightpaw's ear one last lick before the tom stood and walked to the front of the clan with his sister the two standing with pride in their eyes.
"Petalpaw, you have spent the past six moons learning the way of the Clans. Your mentor, Ringtail, has told me that he believe you are ready to become a warrior of LightningClan. Do you swear to uphold the warrior code?"
"I do."
Lightningstar nodded and looked out to the Clan. "From this day forward you will be known as Petalspots and we honor your commitment and strength."
Lightninigstar then looked down to Nightpaw, pride in his eyes. "Nightpaw, you too have spent the last six moons learning the way of the Clans. Longfur believes that you are also ready to become a warrior. Do you swear to uphold the warrior code?"
Nightpaw nodded.
"then, from this day on you will be known as Nightfall and we honor your bravery and loyalty."
Willowpaw smiled and stood with the rest of the clan, cheering the new warriors names. As the cheering died down and the two joined the Clan again, Lightningstar cleared his throat.
"It has come to my attention that one of our apprentices seem to be struggling with the duties of learning the warrior way. Because of this, I am going to move her to the spot of the medicine cats apprentice. Willowpaw, if you would please step forward."
Willowpaw felt her heart stop for a moment as the cats of the Clan turned to her in surprise. They moved, opening a path to the front of them, waiting for her to go. With shaking legs, Willowpaw stood and looked up to her father, eyes burning with the feeling of betrayal.
"No." she said simply, glaring to him.
"Are you refusing what your leader is telling you to do?" Lightningstar growled, standing up.
"Yes I am. I have been working hard these past four moons, and I'm not going to throw away my future because you see me as unfit." she swallowed hard and a few of the cats started to whisper.
"Willowpaw, do as your father tells you." Darkflower hissed from the crowd.
"No." a third voice joined in and everyone turned to see Brightface standing, anger in her eyes. "Willowpaw may have struggled with her training at first, but she has proved her self more then once that she is warrior material for this clan. I, as her mentor, suggest that you let her continue on with her training."
"As the leader, my say is what goes." Lightningstar growled angrily. "So Willowpaw, st-"
Lightningstar stopped and looked at the bushes to the camp as they rippled and Stripefur ran into camp followed by Grassshine. The two had gone out to hunt, but instead brought back wounds. Blood dripped from Grassshine's flank, a long cut dragged across it. Stripefur's ear was ripped and a series of cuts patterned his pelt.
"Stripefur, Grassshine, what happened?" Lightningstar asked, jumping from the ledge and over to them. Stripefur walked to him, murmuring something in the leaders ear. Lightningstar's face was hard but he nodded and looked over to the Clan. "Ringtail, Beestripe, Longfur, Nightfall, Patealspots, and Frostpaw, follow me." Lightningstar then looked to Willowpaw and Brightface. "You two come also. Now is your time to show me how much of a warrior you are."
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Willowpaw ran through the forest, Nightfall's black tail in front of her. She felt Brightface's whiskers tickling her own tail as they ran through the forest. She noticed right away that they were headed to CreekClan's border. She could smell the scent of fish and water strong in the air. They broke through the trees and the patrol stopped running, coming to a stop at the edge of the river. On the other side, a silver tabby tom stood there, his blue eyes narrowed at Lightningstar.
"Creekstar, what seems to be the problem?" the orange tom asked.
"Some of our smaller streams are starting to freeze from the cold weather, Lightningstar. We would like to have control over this river for leaf-bare."
"We agreed upon our arrive to this new land that this river would be ours and all the others were yours, Creekstar."
The silver tom growled lightly. "I have not forgotten. But we've just gotten a new litter of kits. We have more mouths to feed, and we do not have enough prey for our clan."
"Well maybe if you didn't eat so much . . . " Frostpaw hissed. Creekstar looked down to her with a hard look.
"You should teach your apprentices more respect Lightningstar."
Lightningstar growled, his claws sliding out. "And you should not tell me how to run my Clan Creekstar."
Creekstar's eyes narrowed and then the two leaders yowled, CreekClan jumping over the river and onto LightningClan's territory, attacking. Willowpaw was tackled by a light gray tabby she-cat, the two rolling around on the ground. Willowpaw felt the she-cats claw prick her side, and Willowpaw slashed out, cutting a deep wound into her cheek. The she-cat hissed and bit on Willowpaw's ear roughly, tearing it. Willowpaw wrapped her front legs around the she-cat's neck and then brough her back legs up, slashing her underbelly with her back claws. The she-cat yowled and turned, retreating.
Willowpaw felt pride fill her body, but felt her heart drop when she heard a yowl of pain. She looked to see Brightface being attacked by two toms, the two pushing her to the river. Fright flared in Willowpaw and she rushed forward, pushing one of the toms, a black one, hard with her shoulder, making him tumble over. The other one, a blue-gray tabby, looked to Willowpaw and hissed, running at her and grabbing her by the scruff, picking her up. Willowpaw thrashed, giving the tom a good few blows on the face and then was dropped as someone tackled the tom. She saw gray and black fur fighting, the CreekClan cat then running away with a deep gash in his side. Nightfall hissed at him, blood falling from his own wounds.
Willowpaw turned to the other tom who was in mid-air. She felt her memory flicker and dodged the move easily, She turned around quickly as the tom was still in mid air and thrashed out her front paw, slashign the tom's back leg with her claws. He flipped over in mid air, landing on his back hard and Willowpaw then jumped on him, hissing and leaned down, biting his ear. The tom hissed in pain and kicked her off, turning sand retreating back to the river.
Creekstar called for his clan to retreat and Willowpaw watched them leave, panting heavily Brightface walked over to her, blood matting her own pelt from where a few wounds were. She have Willowpaw a proud looked before Longfur walked to her, giving her his shoulder and the two making their way back to camp.
"I see you remember the move I showed you." Nightfall meowed from behind the gray tabby. Willowpaw smiled and turned around, nodding.
"It's a good move. All you need to do is use it in battle." she smiled, remembering that day. Nightfall chuckled and turned back to the others, his eyes widening. Willowpaw, confused, looked to where he was and felt her heart drop. On the ground, Lightninstar laid in a pool of his own blood. Frostpaw was buried in his fur, whimpering. Willowpaw ran over, her heart pounding. She stopped and looked at his lifeless body in horror.
"L-Lightningstar?" she asked weakly.
Lightningstar didn't move and Willowpaw let out a small whimper. A tail then made it's way around her shoulders and she looked to see Nightfall sitting next to her. She buried her face into his shoulder, letting out a cry of sadness. Lightningstar may have disrespected her, but he was still Willowpaw's father.
"Don't be upset you two." a gruff voice came from in front of them and Willowpaw looked up to see Ringtail there. His own pelt had cuts along it but her leand down and nudged Lightningstar. "He simply it lossing a life. He'll be fine you two. Get back to camp and having Wormfur help you."
Willowpaw felt a weight be lifted off of her and she nodded, standing. She looked to Frostpaw who was glaring to her. Right now, the two should be leaning on each other, comforting each other, but Frostpaw just looked onto her sister with hate. Nightfall's tail fell from Willowpaw's shoulder and he walked forward, leaving the two. Willowpaw took a step to talk to Frostpaw, but she white she-cat ignore her and trotted forward, catching up with Nightfall.
RunningClan
Leader: Runstar- slim light brown tabby tom with amber eyes (Mate: Sandleg) (Kits: Windstripe and Spiderfur)
Deputy: Longwind- sleek white-and-gray tom with blue eyes (Apprentice: Mousepaw)
Medicine Cat: Healheart- slim cream-and-brown tom with amber eyes (Apprentice: Lightear)
Warriors:
Forestfoot- slim white tom with large brown paws and green eyes (Apprentice: Grasspaw) (Mate: Softpelt) (Kits: Lightear, Heartpatch, Duskkit, Moonkit, and Dirtkit)
Sandleg- small pale ginger she-cat with dark ginger legs and blue eyes (Mate: Runstar) (kits: Windstripe and Spiderfur)
Runningcloud- soft pelted small gray-and-white she-cat with light blue eyes
Fernheart- cream-and-gray she-cat with green eyes (Mate: Braveclaw) (Kits: Grasspaw and Mousepaw)
Rockfang- dark gray-and-black tom with icy blue eyes
Braveclaw- black tom with white chest and amber eyes (Mate: Fernheart) (Kits: Grasspaw and Mousepaw)
Heartpatch- pretty slim brown she-cat with a heart shapped patch on her chest and heather colored eyes
Windstripe- light gray-and-brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Spiderfur- dark brown tom with black underbelly and chest with amber eyes
Apprentices:
Lightear- tan tom with brown patches and blue eyes
Grasspaw- black tom with white patches and green eyes
Mousepaw- gray-and-white she-cat with amber eyes
Queens:
Softpelt- soft light brown she-cat with heather colored eyes (Mate: Forestfoot) (Kits: Lightear, Heartpatch, Duskkit, Moonkit, and Dirtkit)
Kits:
Duskkit- pale ginger tom with blue eyes
Moonkit- white she-cat with green eyes
Dirtkit- brown tom with darker speckling and pale green eyes
Elders:
Deaf-ear- black-and-white tom with pale green eyes who went deaf (Old Mate: Kindears) (Kits: Braveclaw and Runstar)
Kindears- retired queen with brown pelt and amber eyes (Old Mate: Deaf-ear) (Kits: Braveclaw and Runstar)
CreekClan
Leader: Creekstar- silver tabby tom with blue eyes
Deputy: Fishfur- silver she-cat with amber eyes (Mate: Reedtail) (Kits: Millowpaw, Hollowpaw, and Dashpaw)
Medicine Cat: Leapfish- black tom with blue eyes (Apprentice: Hollowfeather)
Warrior:
Waterpelt- blue-gray tabby tom with light blue eyes (Apprentice: Mosspaw)
Reedtail- black tom with a gray-brown tail and green eyes (Mate: Fishfur) (Kits: Millowpaw, Hollowpaw, and Dashpaw)
Troutheart- light gray she-cat with white mark on chest with blue eyes (Mate: Runlake) (Kits: Weedpaw and Flowerpaw)
Grasswhisker- light brown she-cat with green eyes (Old Mate: George) (Kits: Gingerkit and Mosskit)
Runlake- dark brown tabby tom with orange eyes (Apprentice: Gingerpaw) (Mate: Troutheart) (Kits: Weedpaw, Flowerpaw Cloudkit, Riverkit, Sunkit, and Mothkit)
Lakeleg- silver she-cat with dark gray legs and blue eyes (Apprentice: Flowerpaw)
Shorefur- light, sandy colored she-cat with blue eyes (Apprentice: Weedpaw)
Minnowpool- pretty silver tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Dashspots- light brown mottled tom with blue eyes
Apprentice:
Hollowfeather- black she-cat with blue eyes
Weedpaw- dark brown tom with orange eyes
Flowerpaw- light gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Gingerpaw- light ginger tom with green eyes
Mosspaw- light brown-white-and gray she-cat with blue eyes
Queens:
Troutheart- light gray she-cat with white mark on chest with blue eyes (Mate: Runlake) (Kits: Weedpaw, Flowerpaw, Cloudkit, Riverkit, Sunkit, and Mothkit)
Kits:
Cloudkit- light gray tom with white paws and blue eyes
Riverkit- gray tom with blue eyes
Sunkit- light brown she-cat with green eyes
Mothkit- dark brown-and-gray tabby tom with amber eyes
Elders:
One-ear- dark brown tom with one ear and orange eyes (Old Mate: Tinyfish) (Kits: Reedtail and Shorefur)
Tinyfish- sandy light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes (Old Mate: One-ear) (Kits: Reedtail and Shorefur)
Fluffypelt- light gray-and-black tom with green eyes (Kit: Fishfur)
LightningClan
Leader: Lightningstar- orange tabby tom with a pale ginger mark on his forehead with orange eyes (Mate: Darkflower) (Kits: Willowkit and Frostkit)
Deputy: Tigerlight- dark brown tabby tom with orange eyes (Apprentice: Frostpaw)
Medicine Cats: Wormfur- sandy colored tom with patches of fur and blue eyes
Warriors:
Ringtail- gray tom with tabby tail and green eyes (Mate: Grassshine) (Kits: Harespring and Stripefur)
Feverhead- brown tom with a going on fever and blue eyes (Mate: Beestripe) (Kits: Nightfall and Petalspots)
Darkflower- gray-and-white she-cat with blue eyes (Mate: Lightningstar) (Kits: Frostpaw and Willowpaw)
Grassshine- light brown she-cat with blue eyes (Mate: Ringtail) (Kits: Harespring and Stripefur)
Beestripe- pale gray she-cat with thick black stripe and orange eyes (Mate: Feverhead) (Kits: Nightfall and Petalspots)
Longfur- long-haired brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Brightface- orange-and-white she-cat with blue eyes (Apprentice: Willowpaw)
Harespring- light brown tom with green eyes
Stripefur- gray tabby tom with blue eyes
Nightfall- build handsome black tom with orange eyes
Petalspots- brown she-cat with pale gray patches and blue eyes
Apprentices:
Frostpaw- pretty white she-cat with blue eyes
Willowpaw- dark gray tabby she-cat with orange eyes
Queens:
None
Kits:
None
Elders:
Badfang- black tom with green eyes and long teeth
Losteye- white she-cat with green eyes and blind in one
