Warriors :
StarClan's Fallen
Chapter 3
The forest was slowly becoming colder as LeafBare starts to get more rough. SkyPaw, ShadowHeart, PatchFoot and LightHeart were coming back from a patrol. "SkyPaw? Can I talk to you for a second?" ShadowHeart mewed. "Yeah." She walked over to her mentor with her tail held high. "The rest of you go on ahead." The deputy signaled the rest to leave. "What's the problem?" SkyPaw sat down and wrapped her tail around her paws. ShadowHeart stared at her with his weird red coloured eyes. "Your training is going to stop." SkyPaw jumped for joy. "I'm going to be a warrior! I'm going to be a warrior!" ShadowHeart made a movement in his tail to stop her from scaring all the fresh kill in the forest. "Yes that is correct. But your brother is needing to show that he can become one." The she-cat stopped. "I know. He's not as a good fighter as he should be." SkyPaw mewed. "TallPaw how ever is going be a warrior soon."
"It's been two moons since AirClan's attack. Do you think they are going to attack soon?" SkyPaw overheard the two elders when she was cleaning out the moss for the last time. "Well if they do they will have to deal with my kits." QuickSoul was licking his paw and washed it over his ear. "Dad you do know i'm right here." SkyPaw meowed in embrassment. "I know." He grinned. She playfully jumped on him. "Oh Don't do that! We're getting way too old for that."
"I'm going to be a warrior at moonhigh tonight so don't tell me i'm too old." SkyPaw got off and sat inbeween the two elders. "I think those mouse-brained cats should all leave us alone. I mean they hate us for no reason." The elders looked at each other. "We haven't told you all of the story." BranchTail looked down to his dark brown paws. "AirClan hates HillClan because of the first battle we ever had. ShadowHeart's great great Grandfather was the leader at the time."
"Were we there?" SkyPaw was curious of the oldest Battle in the clan's history. "You mean was any of our ancestors in that battle? Yes there was. Her name was WhiteWing. She was the deputy. She was wounded for many moons after it. But if she died you, me and SwiftPaw wouldn't be alive." He chuckled at the last comment. "Who was ShadowHeart's Ancestor called?" SkyPaw mewed. "His name was BoneStar. But don't let the name fool you. He was a great leader and with his leadership this clan was born." Almost a moment later Tinypaw popped his head into the den. "SkyPaw do you need any help?" The older Apperntice shook her head. "No. I'm listening about the First Great Battle that made The Clans." The black tom's eyes glowed. "Can I listen?" QuickSoul waved his tail to allow him to listen. "Thank you QuickSoul!" He jumped over to SkyPaw and sat in awe at what he had missed. "Was any of my relations there?"
"I think so. The first queen of HillClan, LeafFoot." The scarred Elder finally answered.
A wail of Summon echoed across the Camp. "That must be for your warrior ceromony." QuickSoul staggered to his paws. "I'll see you after the ceromony!" SkyPaw rushed out to join her mentor. "SkyPaw, you have been an apperntice for many moons and you finally made StarClan see you as a Warrior." MoonStar started the warrior ceromony. "SkyPaw do you accept the way of StarClan even if it takes your life?"
"I do." SkyPaw did know what she was getting into. The way of StarClan. "From now on you will be named SkyClaw. May StarClan light your path." MoonStar put his head onto SkyClaw's head. The new warrior licked his shoulder. A shrek of surprise came from the back of the crowd. SkyClaw turned and saw RoseBush on her side. "Mother!" She rushed to her side and saw RoseBush's flanks heaved. "What's happening to her?!" SwiftPaw darted next to his sister's side. "She's heading for StarClan." RockFoot mewed sadly. "She's been ill for moons. She never wanted to be treated. I have her a season to live. But it's only been 2 moons!" QuickSoul limped over as fast as he could. "RoseBush! You didn't tell me you were dying!"
"....I'm...com..in..g...fa..th..er..." The dying She-cat slowly meowed. Her body shuddered and became still. "Mother?" SkyClaw asked. The warrior didn't respond. "She's with StarClan now..." The Medicine Cat sighed. "How was she sick?" SkyClaw mewed. "She had some of a DeathBerry. She thought it was a Jupiter Berry, I know a new way to cure it before it would be fatal."
SkyClaw's and RoseBush's Visial was slow and painful. When it was time to bury her, SkyClaw asked to help bury her mother. "I'm only letting you help since QuickSoul is weak."
"My father isn't weak!" She snarled. "He's as powerful as any warrior in this clan!" She stopped and was shocked that she spoke to her leader with a dis-honorable tone. "Your father is only like that because of his incident all those seasons ago." QuickSoul's legs were permently injuried from a battle that made his legs extremely weaker than they should be. "The warriors back then were very supportive to him when he was learning to walk again. Now go and help him and BranchTail with RoseBush." The leader walked over to ShadowHeart and spoke to him. "I think your snappy agression has been rubbed onto her." SkyClaw overheared them. ShadowHeart just twitched his tail. The new warrior turned and walked over to the elders. "I'm helping with the burial."
"You should be hunting or on a patrol. Not helping us." BranchTail mewed as he started to drag RoseBush out of camp. QuickSoul just stared and helped the other elder get his dead mate out of the camp. "Why wouldn't he say anything? I'm not letting that stop me!" She pelted over to the two and grabbed her mother's leg. The toms looked at her and ignored her. After a quick prayer to her, they pushed her body into the hole and scrapped the soft dirt over her. BranchTail walked off as if it the cat was a pile of dirt he had left. SkyClaw started to pad back into camp. She looked over her shoulder and stopped, her father sitting next to the grave with his head down. "Come on Dad. We.." Her fur suddenly stood on end as a scent drifted into her nose. "Mother?" When see looked back at QuickSoul a second cat was sitting next to him. It's fur was shining like the stars. It was talking to her father and then disappeared. The elder stood up and walked up next to SkyClaw. "What is it? It looks like you've seen a monster." She shook her head. "It doesn't matter. I need some sleep that's all."