A/N: Here are the updated alliances! Enjoy chapter six!
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Alliances
TreeClan
LEADER: Tawnystar- wise white she-cat with black and ginger patches (Gentlepaw)
DEPUTY: Brackenfang- golden tom with darker tabby stripes and amber eyes
MEDICINE-CAT: Silentwhisper- young black she-cat with amber eyes
WARRIORS: Nightwing- black she-cat with yellow eyes (Dawnpaw)
Sundance- pretty golden she-cat
Cloudynight- black she-cat with dark blue eyes, white splash over an eyes, and silver ears, tail tip, and underbelly
Mossheart- dark grey tom with green eyes
Flowerrise- grey she-cat with blue eyes
Whitespirit- pale creamy she-cat with stunning green eyes
Raintalon- dark grey tom with blue eyes (Sootpaw)
Poppyleaf- golden she-cat with green eyes and darker hind paws
Fondfire- dark brown tom with brown eyes (Skypaw)
Silverclaw- dark silver tom
Barkclaw- dark brown tabby tom (Foxpaw)
Redhawk- dark ginger she-cat with white-tip bushy tail
Shapeye- handsome dark grey tom
Emeraldclaw- black she-cat with emerald green eyes
*TreeClan warriors are known for their dark colored pelts and fighting abilities within the trees in their territories. Their camp it within a LARGE ancient pine tree that has hollowed out holes within the trunk where kits, elders, and medicine cat's live. They cradle their nests in between the branches and have woven them together carefully so they are sure not to fall. Pine trees keep their needles so their camp is always covered. Eat mice, voles, rabbits, squirrels, and birds.*
APPRENTICES: Sootpaw- dark grey tom with amber eyes.
Foxpaw- handsome dark ginger tom with green eyes
Gentlepaw- pretty, stocky golden she-cat with darker spots, gentle green eyes, stubby tail, creamy chest and belly, and ears that round and bend backward slightly.
Dawnpaw- tortoiseshell she-cat with orange and black patches and green eyes
Skypaw- light brown she-cat with one dark brown ear and cream ear, brown flecks on her back, tabby markings on her ears, legs, and tail, one cream paw and sky blue eyes
QUEENS: Gorseleaf- pretty dark brown she-cat with green eyes (Mother to Branchkit- dark brown tom with green eyes and Leafkit- light brown she-cat with green eyes and cream forepaws.)
ELDERS: Waspclaw- pale golden tom former warrior of OceanClan
Darkear- creamy she-cat with dark brown ear tips
OceanClan
LEADER: Seastar- gold/brown tabby tom with amber/green eyes
DEPUTY: Streampelt- light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes
MEDICINE-CAT: Coralblaze- light orange she-cat with pinkish paws and amber eyes (Fishpaw)
WARRIORS: Frogleap- light golden she-cat
Sunflower- pale ginger she-cat with amber eyes
Clearwater- large white tom
Rainpath- light grey she-cat
Barracuda- muscular grey tom with black stripes and paws; former loner
Sagewater- white tom
Oceansign- light grey she-cat with dark blue eyes; daughter of Seastar
*known for light colored pelts (ex: golden, light brown, etc.) and for their excellent swimming abilities. Eat fish, water voles, and occasionally mice.*
RockClan
LEADER: Cliffstar- dark brown tom with white dash on chest and crisp green eyes
DEPUTY: Brackenfoot- dark brown tom with white paws and yellow eyes
MEDICINE-CAT: Sandfur- sandy colored she-cat with green eyes
WARRIORS: Windwhisper-sand colored tom with blue eyes
Rushfall- dark grey she-cat with green eyes
Cactusspike- scruffy sand colored tom with bright green eyes
Fireclaw- dark ginger tom with sharp claws
Runningcloud- dark grey she-cat with hazel eyes and black ear tips, tail tip, and underbelly. Former TreeClan warrior.
Iguanastripe- brownish black she-cat with yellow eyes and orange stripes
Dustfeather- long furred sandy/golden she-cat with blue-green eyes
Bushfur- spiky brown tom with green eyes
*known for many ranges of pelt colors but mainly sandy and browns and for their ability to scale the rocky terrain on their territory. Eat frogs, lizards, and brids and occasionally a mouse.
Chapter Six
Gentlepaw's legs shook violently from hours of training with her new mentor, Tawnystar. Gentlepaw was excited she was no longer Brackenfang's apprentice. She felt honored to have her leader as her mentor. Tawnystar stood a few tail lengths away. "What are you waiting for? Attack me!" Tawnystar growled.
Gentlepaw examined her leader. The white, black, and ginger she-cat leaned forward and her tail was twitching irritably. Gentlepaw lowered herself to the ground to make it appear that she was going to pounce on her mentor, but instead, she launched herself forward. She slid under her mentor's belly and kicked her upward. The TreeClan leader gasped when she went flying into the air. The older she-cat landed on the grass covered earth with a thud. Gentlepaw rose to her paws, purring with her accomplishment to out-smart her mentor.
Her mentor never rose from the ground. She stayed where she was and her breathing was faint and weak. Terror struck through Gentlepaw's pelt when she realized she must have injured Tawnystar. Gentlepaw ran to her leader's side and looked down at her. The white she-cats eyes were wide open and bright with laughter. Tawnystar was purring as she rose to her paws, "I'm impressed, Gentlepaw! That was excellent! Lets get back to camp."
Gentlepaw padded behind her leader until they reached the camp. The trees around her were becoming bare, that was until they reached the camp clearing, where the ancient pine tree stretched up until it touched the clouds. The pine needles littered around the enormous tree, where she saw Gorseleaf's kits playing. They reached their fifth moon today and were exploring, like she did when she was their age. Gentlepaw had been training for several moons now with Dawnpaw and Skypaw. They become close friends and always were into trouble.
Gentlepaw padded up to where the other apprentices were talking by the Moss Stump. She bounded toward them but Brackenfang blocked her way. "Where do you think you're going?" he sneered.
"I was just going to go to where the other apprentices are." She meowed as she ducked her head.
She looked up to see his dark golden fur bristle. "I don't see that happening. Go clean out the elder's den. Now." He growled as he turned away to go sit beside Emeraldclaw.
She glared after her old mentor. He was always making her clean out the elders den and collecting moss. She rarely hunted or went on patrols because of him. She turned around and angled her oddly shaped ears around the camp. She leaped up the tree that contained the medicine-den and elders den. She dug her long claws into the soft bark of the beech tree and climbed up carefully. She stopped in Silentwhisper's den where Sundance just happened to be. Her mother gave her a disgusted look then meowed, "Silentwhisper, I'm expecting kits again."
Silentwhisper looked at her in confusing, "Who's the father?"
"Barkclaw, he's so brave and an excellent fighter. He'll be a much better mate than Bravepath ever was." Sundance meowed proudly.
Gentlepaw gaped at her so-called mother. Barkclaw! Of all cats she chooses Barkclaw, a traitor to his own Clan. She thought scornfully. "What do you need, Gentlepaw?" Silentwhisper meowed, interrupting her thoughts.
"I need mouse bile and moss for the elder's den." Gentlepaw whispered in hopes of her mother not hearing.
But, she was wrong. The pretty golden she-cat snorted, "Good! It's about time someone put you away from the Clan."
Anger boiled beneath her pelt making her fur bristle. Her mother had never like her, and she would never make an effort to impress her, especially since she forgot about Bravepath, her father. Silentwhisper padded up to her with moss soaked with mouse bile and fresh begging in her jaws. "Why don't you just come back for the fresh bedding? The elders would be grumpy if their bedding was covered in mouse bile." The black she-cat mumbled.
Gentlepaw nodded then grabbed the mouse bile carefully and firmly beneath her chin. She threw a glare at her mother then clawed her way up the tree trunk. When she entered the den, she saw the familiar pelts of Waspclaw and Darkear. "Now, who is this? Young Gentlepaw?" Darkear purred happily.
"Yes, Darkear. I'm here to remove your ticks." Gentlepaw meowed as her nose wrinkled at the smell of the mouse bile dripping from the moss.
Waspclaw looked at her with large green eyes then rasped, "No, that's alright. We don't have any ticks at the moment, thank StarClan."
Gentlepaw sent down the soaked moss by the entrance to the circular den and climbed down the trunk to grab the fresh moss. By the time she reached the elders den once more, she began needing the moss into their nests. She heard a high pitched howl come from outside the camp clearing and bounded to the entrance to the den. Her fur rose with terror when she saw two wolves tearing into the camp. Her fur prickled with fear when Sootpaw tackled the larger wolf. Her eyes flickered around her clanmates when she saw the rest of the apprentices attacking the smaller wolf.
A loud screech brought Gentlepaw to her senses. Sootpaw. She thought. She looked toward the large wolf and saw the limp body of Sootpaw in the creatures jaws. "No!" she roared as she took a mighty leap from the tree. She began to fall down while branches and twigs pulled at her pelt. Lucky for her, she landed on her paws elegantly. She ran toward the large wolf and leaped on its back, clawing all she could for the creature to let go of Sootpaw. She charged up the wolfs slender back and clawed the wolfs eyes. It howled in pain and let go of her clanmate. The wolves retreated back toward the forest, but in the deeper parts, away from the Clans.
"Sootpaw!" Gentlepaw yowled as she ran toward her unmoving clanmate.
He didn't respond, but she realized his breathing was faint. Really faint. Fear coursed through her stocky body for her close friend. Foxpaw stood behind her with his tail flicking from side to side. She glared back at him, "Did you set this up?"
Foxpaw just rose his muzzle and padded away. Soon, Dawnpaw was bounding up with Silentwhisper following hard on her paws. Skypaw came up from behind, she gently placed her tail on Gentlepaw's shoulders.
"I love you too." Gentlepaw whispered in Sootpaw's ear just before Skypaw guided her away.
A/N: So what do you guys think? Will Sootpaw survive? Do you think Foxpaw and his comrades had something to do with the wolves? REVIEW TO FIND OUT WHAT HAPPENS NEXT! Thanks!
-Nightwish