North Chapter 4, a warriors fanfic

Ch.4- Four of a Kind

"So what can you do then?" asked Moonpaw tentatively after a long silence between the two.

"Well, I'm still trying to grasp my limits of what I can do. But my power, or so I think, is over winds and breezes." she replied hesitantly. "I can summon it at my will and move certain objects around. What can you do?"

"I can control some water to an extent. Make it float is about all I can do right now. But hopefully, I can do some other things than just levitate water. I really don't see how that could help in our quest against something we don't even know about."

She blinked, and the expression in her eyes was unreadable. "Alright then." She shook her head then said, "Shall we hurry to the canyon?"

"Is something wrong, Skypaw?" asked Moonpaw, sensing something was wrong.

"Nevermind." she said to him.

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When the two of them arrived at the top of the canyon, no other cats were there yet. Looking up, the two of them saw a dark cloud heading over from Oceanclan territory.

"Let's find some shade." said Moonpaw, and he guided the blue she-cat to a tree that was off to the side.

Looking up, they saw a bolt of lightning heading straight toward the two of them, followed by ensuing thunder. Moonpaw felt scared, a fear he had experienced only once before in his dream. Time seemed to slow down as the bolt headed for the two young warriors.

"No!" he shouted as he bent down over Skypaw's shocked body as the bolt was about to hit him. So this is the end… no heroic destiny… going to die by some random occurrence… he thought as the bolt hit him like a boulder, and he felt his mind blacken.

Moonpaw awoke to see two beautiful amber eyes staring into his own. "Is this Starclan?" he asked weakly. Then he heard the crying of a female cat, followed by the sigh of a more masculine cat.

"Oh Moonpaw! I don't know what I'd have done if… If I'd lost you!" the feminine voice said.

"By Silverpelt's tongue! I thought I'd killed you! Your mate never would have forgiven me if that'd happened."

Moonpaw's vision was starting to clear up. Skypaw's beautiful blue fur was shining out like the moon against Silverpelt. Her fur was damp with tears. Next to her was a dark brown tom, so dark he almost looked black. Against the night sky, he was barely visible.

Skypaw bounded over to his side in one graceful leap and started licking his cheek. "I can't believe you did that for me, you mouse-brain!"

Embarrassed, he pulled away from her after three licks and went up to the tom, who had been watching quietly.

"Who are you?" asked Moonpaw quietly.

"I," he said hesitantly. "Well, I'm Otterpaw. A Seaclan apprentice. I'm 13 moons old. You are?"

"Moonpaw, from Mountainclan. I'm almost 9 moons old. Anyways, what did you mean by you almost killed me?"

"I can't tell you, unless you were told to meet by the canyon by a Starclan warrior."

"Well, lucky for you, I was. So what did you mean by that?"

"I assume you two saw that bolt of lightning come down from the sky. And that was… umm… me. I've got power over lightning, and can fly this way too. What can you do?"

"Oh, I can make water levitate a bit. I just learned about these powers today kind of though, so…"

"Oh, I see. And who is your mate?"

Skypaw looked at Moonpaw quickly and awkwardly and said, "Oh, we're not mates. We're just friends kind of. I'm Skypaw, and I'm six moons old."

Otterpaw looked sharply up at Moonpaw and said, "Only lovers throw themselves in danger for another whom they care about. I highly doubt that is being just friends."

Moonpaw sighed. He barely knew this cat and he was already taking note of their relationship.

Otterpaw looked as if he was about to make another comment when a white she-cat walked out from behind the bushes. "Were you guys told to meet at the canyon?" she asked nervously.

"Yes. Well, there should be six of us. After the three introduced themselves, the young she-cat had her turn and said, "I'm Frostpaw, and I'm 8 moons old. I'm from Forestclan, and I don't know my power yet," she said looking dejected. "I bet you three all know what yours are…"

"Well yeah," replied Moonpaw. "Skypaw can control winds, Otterpaw can fly and control lightning, and I can control water. Don't worry, you'll get it soon enough!"

The young she-cat sighed, and padded over to Skypaw, who laid her tail comfortingly over the white queen's back.

Otterpaw looked back at Moonpaw, and said, "Wow, she's a keeper," he said with a knowing wink to Moonpaw.

"I know right? She's kind, smart, and good looking," he said louder than he had expected. Looking over at Skypaw, he saw she was blushing madly, while Snowpaw next to her was looking down at her paws with amusement.

Otterpaw sighed. "I wish I could find a queen like that. I sure hope this stupid prophecy doesn't get in the way of my social life," he grumbled. "Anyways, it's well past moonhigh. Where are the other two?"

Then as if by Starclan, a single snowflake fell to the ground. Then more started falling, and it showed no signs of stopping. But it's newleaf! thought Moonpaw. Snow never fell in newleaf.

Otterpaw looked back and forth quicky, and said, "Head towards that tree, guys. We don't want to get sick while waiting for two scatterbrained apprentices."

Grudgingly, the other three followed the Oceanclan apprentice toward a massive tree. A hollow loomed on the inside, and the four walked into the dark hollow of the tree. There was something eerie about the tree, with its pitch black inside that felt of moss and bark. Skypaw quickly pressed herself against Moonpaw as they walked into the tree. The tree seemed to go deeper than it looked from the outside, and the four apprentices relized that this was no average tree. An opening on the side revealed that the snow had built up on the plateau, and that it was very cold outside.

"It's too deep out there to wait for the other two. We should just call it night and sleep here for the night." said Moonpaw.

The others murmured in agreement, and they collected moss that was laying on the ground of the hollow.

"Sorry guys, I was only able to find enough moss for 2 nests. We're going to have to share it looks like." said Skypaw.

"I'll sleep with you," replied Moonpaw quickly, and after a small giggle from Frostpaw, he added, "If that's okay with you."

Skypaw looked at him and said, "Of course. We're clanmates, are we not?" she replied.

Otterpaw bumped his was in and said, "Sorry to break the romantics, but I'm not sleeping with a Forestclan apprentice tonight. I'll sleep on the floor tonight."

Frostpaw curled up in her own nest and shallow breathing let the others know she was sleeping already. Otterpaw had gone to the far corner of the hollow, and was many tail-lengths away.

Skypaw looked up at Moonpaw and quietly said, "I hope we are more than just friends."

"We are much more than that," replied Moonpaw, and the two of them curled up in the nest.

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