A/N: Just a reminder! I don't own any of this... If I did I would be quite rich and I probably wouldn't write on here haha
Bramblepaw followed his mother and Tigerheart out of camp with Rainpaw at his side and Lilypaw on his heels. The former-ShadowClan tom seemed like he had something to say, but there was a tenseness about his mother that seemed to keep the tom from speaking. It bothered Bramblepaw knowing that there was something he wasn't saying.
"Grumpy furball," Rainpaw mewed cheerfully as she shoved her shoulder into his side playfully. He shoved her back with a scowl. "I'm not the one scowling at Dovewing and Tigerheart," she mewed, her whiskers twitching in amusement. She darted ahead of him, leaving him to dash after her running past the two warriors.
"Don't go too far ahead!" Tigerheart called after them.
Bramblepaw rolled his eyes and then barreled into Rainpaw who'd stopped at the edge of the lake. "Sorry," he mewed as he stepped back to give his sister space to get back to her paws. He looked out at the water, his dark tabby fur ruffling in the slight breeze that came off the lake. Rainpaw shoved him forward, forcing him down the side of the banks and into the water. He landed in shallow water and then rolled to his paws a growl rumbling in his throat as he climbed back to the banks of the lake.
The moment he was out of the water, he shook his pelt out and then pinned Rainpaw to the ground. Rainpaw certainly hadn't noticed that he'd gotten out of the lake and lay on the ground staring up at him in surprise. "Gotcha," he mewed playfully. "I'm not a RiverClan cat, and I'm never going to be. Don't put me in the water, or I'll put you in the water, like this." That was never anything he would do, but it was a good scare tactic. Only if Rainpaw believed it though.
Tigerheart and Dovewing stood farther up the bank staring at the two apprentices. "What are you doing?" Dovewing meowed giving her two kits a questioning look.
"Playing," Rainpaw managed as she looked back at her mother. She had to be straining her neck looking at the warriors like that.
"You're soaking wet!" their mother mewed, her eyes locked on Bramblepaw.
"She pushed me into the lake," he mewed, shrugging his shoulders loosing his grip on his sister a little bit.
Tigerheart shook his head like he was disappointed, but his eyes said otherwise, he just looked amused. "Get up," he mewed. "We've got quite a way to go, and we don't want you catching something or being tired before we finish it all."
The dark tom allowed his sister to get to her paws but pushed her to the side when she was balanced on her paws again. She only scowled at him before following her kin and Tigerheart back into the ThunderClan trees.
"That was so awesome!" Lilypaw mewed enthusiastically.
They had finally returned to camp, and though the tour was interesting, Lilypaw seemed to be only one who was actually excited about the tour. They were laying in front of the apprentice den watching as the other cats of ThunderClan shared tongues.
Bramblepaw only rolled his eyes. "It wasn't that exciting," he muttered. "Maybe for Dovewing and Tigerheart. Must have been exciting mooning over each other the whole time." He shook his head as he focused his eyes on the ground in front of him.
Rainpaw nudged him with an extended grey paw. "They're right there," she mumbled. "Do you want them to hear you?" she inquired.
"I don't care," he muttered looking up at his sister. "They're not even attempting to hide it. Like from anyone."
"Plus," Lilypaw started as she licked her paw delicately, "he's not our father, why should we care?"
Rainpaw's gaze swiveled to her sister. "We don't know that," she mewed. "We don't know who our father is, for all we know, he could be."
"That means we're part ShadowClan," Bramblepaw muttered in disgust. "Yuck."
"But we don't know that," Lilypaw argued as she set her semi-cleaned paw down on the ground.
"You wanna find out? You're gonna have to either wait or you're gonna have to ask," Rainpaw mewed. "And I am not asking." She sounded slightly amused at the idea, but she was dead serious. She was right, the only way of finding out for sure was to wait or to ask. And asking wasn't the greatest idea.
Bramblepaw sighed as he looked away from his sisters. "I'm going to sleep. It's late, and we're probably going to be training tomorrow," he murmured as he got to his paws and then padded into the apprentice den. He curled up in his nest by the back of the den and closed his eyes.
"Hello, little one," a voice murmured darkly in his dream. A black cat stood in front of Bramblepaw.
Bramblepaw blinked his eyes in confusion. He knew this was a dream, but he didn't want to be awake for a dream. "Who are you?" he demanded.
"My name is not important," the tom meowed flicking his tail, dismissing the subject. "There are traitors among you," he stated, his amber eyes cold and hard. "Tigerheart betrayed his Clan, and he killed Blackstar."
Bramblepaw stared at the bigger tom. "You don't seriously believe that, do you?" Bramblepaw asked, slightly irritated that Tigerheart was being singled out for something that hadn't been proven yet.
"He did it. There was proof all around Blackstar. His fur, his scent, and there were scratches from only moves he knows," the black cat meowed, his voice smooth, persuasive. "ShadowClan banished him from the Clan because of that. ThunderClan cats are too soft," he growled, his amber eyes flickering coldly.
"We are not!" Bramblepaw insisted, his eyes flickering in unease. What kind of cat would outright insult a Clan? "We're the bravest and toughest Clan there is!"
The tom rolled his amber eyes. "That Clan has been ruined, there is nothing left of ThunderClan," he meowed. "Firestar destroyed your Clan the moment he set paw in that camp. He allowed kittypets, rogues and loners to join," he meowed in disgust. "The remains of ThunderClan will fall into chaos, and there's no way to stop it from happening," the tom mewed.
"There has to be a way," Bramblepaw meowed, his tabby tail lashing back and forth as he stared at the bigger tom menacingly.
The tom purred as if he had been waiting for him to say that. "I can train you, and you will be the best warrior ThunderClan has ever seen. Only then will you be able to stop what is coming."
Bramblepaw's amber eyes widened in surprise. "Train me? I've already got a mentor."
"Lionblaze," the black meowed, his voice harsh. "I know. I will train you better than he will ever be able to."
A/N: That's all for today! I'm sorry I haven't updated lately. I'm not telling you who the black kitty is (to be honest, I totally forgot, but I remember now... Oops!) and just so you know, Bramblepaw isn't necessarily bad, he's easily mislead. Him and Rainpaw are supposed to be closer, Lilypaw... Well, she's a little slow haha but she's so adorable at times. Anyways, review my friends! I will try to update sooner!