I just realized I forgot the Disclaimer. Even though I wish I was I am not Erin Hunter, and I do not own Warriors. Here's Chapter 2 :)
Chapter 2
The moon shined brightly in the dark, midnight sky. Skypaw walked out of camp tasting the air trying to find any traces of prey. The scent of mice over-powered all other smells. Skypaw swiveled her ears listening for soft scuffling in the undergrowth. She slowly sank into a hunter's crouch, and stalked toward a group of ferns. She barely made a sound as jumped on her unsuspecting prey, and swiftly killed it with a bite to the neck. Happy with her catch she picked it up by the tail, and started heading back to camp. The bracken swayed behind her, and a cat propelled into her side.
Skypaw let out a yowl before she landed on the ground, and her breath escaped her lungs. Before she could get back up on her paws the other cat chuckled and held her down with his paws on her throat.
" You don't think I'm just gonna let you go back to your safe, little clan now do you," the tom laughed humorlessly.
Skypaw struggled under the tom's dead weight. The cat was just to big for a newly named apprentice to handle.
The cat laughed at Skypaw's weak struggles to dislodge him, " That's what Iceclan is weak and defenseless. You didn't even smell me behind the bracken. If you are to protect your clan you need better sense than to just take your prey and leave. Oh, and why is such a tiny apprentice out hunting on her own. Tsk Tsk Tsk.
" Who are you, and what do you want," Skypaw spat through her clenched teeth.
The cat glared at her and hissed, " We are your worst nightmare. Were coming, and we are going to kill every cat one by one. Your little clans will not be able to defeat us!" The tom let out a yowl, and hundreds of cats started to flood out of the bushes.
Fear shot through every bone in her body, and she lay petrified under the tom.
The tom stared straight into her eyes. Fire burned in his eyes as he lifted his unsheathed paw, and slammed it down on her throat.
Skypaw thought she was dead. She wondered why there was not pain as the tom sliced her throat. She slowly opened her eyes, and saw that a black as dark as night was emitting from her paws. The weight on her chest lifted as the tom was thrown from her. All the cats stared wide eyed at the scene playing before their eyes. Skypaw got to her paws, and all the cats fled into the forest.
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SKYPAW!
Skypaw gasped as a paw prodded her side. Her eyes shot open to see her brother standing over her.
" Come on sleepy head. Our mentors are taking us to show us the territory," Nightpaw meowed in excitement.
Skypaw got to her paws and shook all the remains of her dream from her. She looked around the den to see that all the other apprentices were already awake. Skypaw blinked the sleep out of her eyes as she followed her brother into the clearing. The camp bustled with activity. The hunting patrol was just coming back with mice dangling from their jaws. Skypaw saw Aspenpaw dropping a shrew on the fresh kill pile.
" Nice catch," She yelled to him.
Aspenpaw smiled, " Thanks, have fun checking borders," He yelled before grabbing a mouse off the pile and heading toward the Elder's den.
Firetail looked around the group to see if everyone was present before heading into the forest.
Skypaw's heart fluttered with excitement as she looked around at the new surroundings. Her whole life, so far, all she had known was the Nursery and the camp. " Wow!" she mewed, " everything is so different."
Firetail chuckled at her apprentice's amazement, " This is just right outside the camp's entrance. We need to be heading to the borders."
Skypaw followed her brother and mentor thought the undergrowth staring wide-eyed at all the new surroundings. They rounded some ferns and bushes, and came to a stop in front of a huge tree. Skypaw and Nightpaw looked up in awe at the hundreds of branches way up in the sky.
" This is the Sky Pine," Brighteyes told them, " it is the tallest tree in the forest. It is also the start of our border with Fireclan."
Suddenly as if Brighteyes words brought them a Fireclan patrol stode out of the bushes.
Brighteyes and Firetail dipped their heads to the patrol, " Hello Thrushpelt, Cinderpool, Cloudwind," Brighteyes mewed politely.
Thrushpelt dipped his head to Brighteyes, " Hello Brighteyes. Why is your patrol so close to the border," Thrushpelt meowed curtly.
Brighteyes rolled her eyes before replying, " We have just apprenticed two more kits, and we are showing them the territory."
Thrushpelt sighed the nodded, " Continue showing them the borders, but you better not lay a single paw over it," The patrol flicked their tails in farewell and them turned and walked away.
Brighteyes huffed and continued through the territory with the rest of the patrol at her heels. Skypaw followed the patrol to a deep gorge at the end of the territory. She slowly crept to the edge with her brother beside her to look at the tumbling water below. Thats sure is a long drop. I don't want to ever fall over the edge Skypaw thought.
Firetail stepped back from the gorge with unease, " Skypaw, please don't get too close. You don't wanna end up like Sootfall do you."
Skypaw remembered Sootfall. He was a brave and loyal warrior. Her heart swelled with grief as she remembered the day that his patrol came back saying that Sootfall had tumbled over into the gorge.
Suddenly the edge cracked, and Skypaw swayed on the edge. Her back paws slipped and half her body hung over the drop. She yowled in fear as she scrabbled with her paws on the loose rock. Her weight was to much for the rock. It broke off sending Skypaw plummeting to the bottom.
" SKYPAW!" Firetail yelled pelting to the edge of the gorge.
Skypaw hooked a claw on a branch connected to the side of the gorge. She hung there terrified waiting for her clanmates to rescue her, " Help Me!" she wailed.
Firetail stared helplessly down the gorge at her terrified apprentice.
Nightpaw recovered from his shock at started yelling at the mentors, " What are you guys just standing there for we have to help her!"
Brighteyes snapped out of it and meowed, " Your right, Nightpaw, run back to camp and get some warriors. I have an idea."
Nightpaw nodded and raced back toward camp.
Brighteyes sat by Firetail and yelled down to Skypaw in the gorge, " Skypaw, were getting help. Don't move at all, we don't want the branch to break."
Skypaw nodded and then looked down, She froze, She hadn't fallen that far so the drop below seemed to go on forever. I don't wanna die, I don't wanna die. She thought helplessly.
Brighteyes waited patiently for the return of her apprentice. She didn't have to wait long. Nightpaw burst out of the bushes followed by Featherstream, Cedarwisp, and Aspenpaw.
" Skypaw, were here to save you," Aspenpaw yelled to his denmate.
Skypaw looked up relieved to see Aspenpaw, and help.
Brighteyes quickly started barking orders, " Featherstream and Cedarwisp hold on to me and Aspenpaw. Nightpaw, Aspenpaw is going to hold on to your tail and I am going to hold on to your paws while you grab Skypaw,"
Everyone nodded and started getting in position. Featherstream and Cedarwisp held on to Brighteyes and Aspenpaw by there paws. Aspenpaw grabbed a hold of Nightpaw's tail and Brighteyes grabbed his paws. Nightpaw breathed and started to climb down the gorge with his front paws.
Skypaw thanked Starclan as her brother grabbed her scruff.
Everyone pulled until Skypaw was safely out of the gorge on solid ground.
Skypaw laid on the ground. Realizing she was safe she fainted.
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Thats Chapter 2. I hoped you liked it. I know it took longer than I said to update, but I've been relaxing on Spring Break. I will try to get Chapter 3 up soon. This one is longer than last chapter WOOHOO. Please review and thanks for Featheredwing and Details Matter for reviewing. I hope you guys like my story so far. :)
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