Chapter 4 Part 2
Little Sugarkit purred as her father nuzzled her. Nightfall flicked her tail as she waited for the Skyclan leader. He nuzzled Firekit and Thornkit too. Mistkit was hurt, seeing how her father was forgetting her.
"Stormstar!" Nightfall raised her voice a the clan leader.
He glanced up at his jet black deputy. Her blue-black eyes pierced his blue eyes. The rest of the clan looked at her like she was from a different clan. He tail was raised in athority. She looked like she was already leader of Skyclan. The clan knew she would make a great and respected leader someday. The kits scrambled away as Nightfall approached Stormstar. She flicked her tail and Poppyclaw was the only one who knew what she was going to do. He had been her apprentice. But her 3 siblings that had over shadowed her before cowered away from her. A small growl erupted in her throat.
"Fine." Stormstar followed his deputy to Skyrock.
The clan still stayed still as they saw the two cats head up to Stormstar's den inside of Skyrock.
The clan then did leave to go to sleep.
"Stormstar, Shadowfire told me about how Shadowclan was planning to attack Skyclan. She told me because she was trying to stop the fighting and wanted us to be ready." Nightfall told her leader.
"I will assign a night patrol now," Stormstar was cut off.
"I'll do it. And I'll lead it. I have the best nighttime vision of any cat in the clans. Even better than a Shadowclan night patroler." Nightfall interupted.
"Okay, Nightfall, be careful." Stormstar was nervous for his deputy. She may be stubborn at times. But a leader was not to doubt themselves. They were to trust themselves along with their clanmates. Nighttime was clear as day for Nightfall. Her eyes ajusted to it at a young age. It then became permanent.
"Rippledawn, Skyfall, Shinningtail, and Mintpaw! Follow me for night patrol!" Nightfall's loud voice echoed through camp.
The four cat's she called out came rushing at her. As her patrol gathered and left into the shadow's of night.
"There you are! Time to feel our claws as for the night we rule!" Sharptooth hissed at the night patrol.
"Yeah right!" Nigthfall hissed back as Sharptooth lunged at her.
Nightfall smoothly dodged his blow, he barely landed on his paws. She swerved around knocking Sharptooth off his paws. She kept her claws sheathed because of the truce.
"The truce lasts untill sunrise!" Nigthfall yowled as the cats of both clans listened. She then looked straight at Sharptooth. "You don't want Starclan to see your first act as a warrior to be braking the warrior code, do you?"
Sharptooth's paws shuffled.
"I kept my claws sheathed. Did you?" Nightfall stared at Sharptooth.
The new Shadowclan warrior didn't respond. He and the rest of his patrol turned around.
"Shadowclan has sure been one big problem. Riverclan, Windclan, and Thunderclan haven't given us the smallest problem. Shadowclan is just so aggressive." Shinnigtail commented.
"I know, it has been odd. They may always bother the other clans on their borders like this, too." Nightfall replied.
"If there wasn't a truce, I would've teared them apart for wildy attacking us for no reason." Mintpaw boldly hissed.
"Don't go getting all proud and self-consious." Skyfall teased.
"It wouldn't be good, Stormstar sure got on me for that." Rippledawn laughed.
"We need to go to the Riverclan border. Now be quiet," Nightfall turned her head and snapped at her patrol.
"Goodness, Nightfall. No need to be that harsh." Shinningtail murmered under her breath.
"What did you say, Shinningtail?" Nigthfall turned around and glared at the light gray she-cat.
Nightfall looked like a shadow in the dark of night in the cover of the trees. She stepped out of the branches into the clearing filled with silver moonlight. She looked like a leader. Stormstar sure picked the right deputy, an assertive, strong, loyal, and brave cat who had respect from the cats of all 5 clans. But Skyclan knew if something happened to Nightfall and another cat had to take her place, It'd be Shimmerwilllow. She was nearly as respected as Nightfall.
"Sorry." Shinningtail said, her tone laced with sarcasm.
"This isn't a time for fighting. Dawn'll be rising soon." Nightfall decided.
The group finished up their patrol and came back to camp. Nightfall raced over to the base of Skyrock to assign the morning patrols.
"Robinfeather, lead the morning hunting patrol, take Lilyblossom, Bushpaw, Hawkfall and Dawnlight with you. Also, Nettletail? Would you mind leading the border patrol? Take Whitestorm, Shimmerwillow and Blazeclaw with you." Nightfall announced.
Robinfeather and her patrol were already disappearing into the forest. Nettletail and his patrol followed close behind.
Shinningtail, Mintpaw, Skyfall and Rippledawn went to their nest's to rest after the midnight border patrol.
Nightfall also made her way to her own den, slightly tired.
"Now don't bother Nightfall or any of the sleeping cats from the night patrol, okay?" Lilacpetal's voice could be heard talking to her kits from the nursery. "And for you too." She told Goldentail's kits.
The eight current kits scuttled out of the nursery den. The boys and the she-toms, Mistkit and Rainkit, stormed out like lightning. Sugarkit and Snowkit were much calmer. They gently leaped out the den, and padded up to their rowdy littermates. A tussle started out bettween Lightningkit and Firekit.
"Hey! You two!" Sugarkit took charge. "Stop it! Listen up!" She yelled.
Sugarkit perked up her ears and her tail was up, she tried to have an athorized look like Nightfall. I was kind of working. The two tomcats stopped tussling to stare at Sugarkit. Lightningkit almost looked like his ruffled fur was getting hot looking at little Sugarkit. Firekit was proud of his shy littermate taking charge. Every cat knew Lightningkit would fight and do mousebrained things just so Sugarkit would notice him.
"Nice one, Sugarkit. Sure caught Lightningkit in his mousebrained tracks with you trying to act like Nightfall." Thornkit complemented his little sister.
"Thanks, I guess." Sugarkit nervously replied.