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K-nine02- Yeah, I've noticed a few typo's that I have to fix. But thanks for letting me know that one! Thank you, I'm glad you like it!
Chapter Six
"No! Lionpaw, if you want to attack your enemy, you cannot let them know where you're going to hit them! I saw you look at my paws before you tried to trip me up." Hawkeye meowed sounding obviously frustrated with the golden apprentice then continued," You're almost bigger than me, do something more powerful and less cowardly."
I am not a coward .I'll show you! Lionpaw looked at Hawkeye and watched him carefully while the brown tom was still going on about his clumsy attack. Hawkeye was favoring his left side; he put all his weight on his left shoulder. Lionpaw crouched down and Hawkeye watched him carefully. Not giving his point of attack away, he looked at the ground. He slightly looked up and attacked Hawkeye from his right side. The brown tom gasped in surprise as Lionpaw tackled him onto the ground and pinned him down triumphantly. Lionpaw lifted his paw; claws sheathed and batted Hawkeye in the muzzle gently.
Hawkeye looked at him with pride glowing in his amber eyes," That was good, I was caught completely off guard. Your strength and size will be valued in battle."
Lionpaw got off Hawkeye and meowed," Thanks!"
"Tonight is the gathering, I'll tell Shadestar you deserve to go. Though, I'm sure you and your littermates will go. He will announce you have become apprentices." Hawkeye meowed.
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"Tonight, we go to the gathering! I will be taking a strong patrol as well as leaving a strong one behind. I will take Hawkeye, Silvertooth, Lionpaw, Goldenfeather, Leopardpaw, Tigerpaw, Fuzzpelt, and Wildblaze. There is one more warrior I will take. Onepaw, you have completed your training and will become a warrior tonight. Lightfoot tells me that you are ready. Step forward" Shadestar called from the High Ledge.
The pale brown tom stepped forward and looked up at Shadestar with excitement. "Onepaw, do you promise to protect and defend this clan even at the cost of your life?"
"I do." The older apprentice boomed in the clearing.
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. From this point on, you will be known as Onepelt. StarClan honors your swiftness and courage and welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan!" Shadestar yowled into the clearing.
"Oneplet! Onepelt!" The clan cheered.
Lionpaw walked up to Onepelt and meowed," Congratulations, Onepelt."
"Thank you Lionpaw. You better hurry and become a warrior. We need your strength." The new warrior meowed.
Lionpaw looked toward the nursery where Birdkit and Vixenkit ran out toward him. "Can we come to the gathering with you?" Birdkit asked eagerly.
"I'm afraid now, perhaps when you become apprentices. That's not too long." Lionpaw answered licking Birdkit on her forhead.
"I want to be medicine-cat! I will be able to go to every gathering!" Vixenkit meowed proudly.
Lionpaw twitched his whiskers at the young ginger kit as Goldenfeather padded up," I'm not that old, you know. Perhaps you would be a good apprentice. You have small, quick paws."
Vixenkit's green eyes sparked with excitement just before Lionpaw, Goldenfeather, and Onepelt set off to join the gathering patrol. Hawkeye beckoned Lionpaw over with his tail as they set off toward Four Trees.
"I want you to stick close to me for this gathering. Your littermates can join us, that way, I can make sure none of you get into trouble." Hawkeye meowed as they went over the large slope to the gathering.
Lionpaw nodded as he looked at all the different cats gathering below. He saw the three leaders on top of the Great Rock," Who are the leaders?"
"The light brown tom now sitting next to Shadestar is Rushstar, he's the RiverClan leader. Runningstar is next to him, who is the WindClan leader, and the last one, the black tom is Ragestar of ShadowClan." Hawkeye spat the leader of ShadowClan's name.
Lionpaw gave him a questioning look but shrugged it away when the brown warriors amber gaze didn't see him. Lionpaw began to listen carefully as Runningstar gave her report first," WindClan is thriving wonderfully in this warm weather. We have many new kits and two new apprentices, Smallpaw and Poppypaw. I regret to inform you all that Barkwing has joined StarClan. Sedgeberry will take his place as full medicine-cat."
"Smallpaw! Poppypaw! Sedgeberry!" the clans cheered except ShadowClan, they kept their chilly silence.
"ThunderClan is stronger than ever! Our apprentices are receiving excellent training from our best warriors and the new apprentices are Lionpaw, Leopardpaw, and Tigerpaw. We also have one new warrior, Onepelt." Shadestar called from the Great Rock.
"Lionpaw! Leopardpaw! Tigerpaw! Onepelt!" All but ShadowClan cheered again.
" Rainstorm was injured by a fox. We chased it into ShadowClan territory, it's your problem now. And I advise you keep your warriors off our territory, it's pathetic to be beaten by an untrained apprentice. As you're cowardly warriors!" Shadestar snarled at Ragestar.
The jet black tom glared at Shadestar and Lionpaw watched as his father returned the vicious glare. Then, Ragestar looked down at Clawscar, Shadewhisper, and Leaffang, the pale she-cat. All three cats bowed their heads, too embarrassed to say anything.
" With your pitiful band of rouges as warriors, you're pitiful plan will never follow through." Runningstar growled.
Lionpaw watched in horror as the ShadowClan leader turned on Runningstar and pinned her down. He lifted his claws and hit a hard blow across her muzzle. No cats moved. All clans watched in disbelief as she kicked the leader off with powerful hind paws and Sedgeleaf yowled," You fox-hearted vermin! The Dark Forest will have its way with you. StarClan can't and won't help you now!"
"Shut up!" Ragestar snarled then more calmly yowled," Watch all your backs, where ever you are, my clan is lurking near."
"This is an end to this gathering. Run home, Ragestar." Rushstar hissed without giving his report.
"Wait, Ragestar! I want to come with you. I want to join ShadowClan." A brown tabby tom yowled from within the WindClan cats.
Ragestar dipped his head to the large warrior and meowed," Wise choice. Any one else?"
When no one else replied Ragestar threw one last glare at the injured Runningstar. She returned his glare with an icy cold stare before she jumped down from the Great Rock to see her medicine-cat.
"That was a terrible first gathering." Lionpaw growled toward Hawkeye.
"It is only going to get worse from here. The mentors need to step up the apprentice's training." Hawkeye growled just before getting up to follow Shadestar back to camp.
I wonder how much worse it will get. Lionpaw thought as he followed Hawkeye back to ThunderClan territory.
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Several moons passed since that last gathering and Lionpaw was getting ready for his final assessment. After this task, he would become a warrior with his littermates. Lionpaw looked around camp, his heart was bursting with excitement. Vixenpaw was following Goldenfeather around constantly. She became her apprentice two moons ago and her littermate, Birdpaw was training to become a warrior. Lionpaw became good friends with Birdpaw once she got into the apprentices den. He spotted Rainstorm talking to Skyfeather and Wildblaze about their assessments. Blackpaw, Willowpaw, and Sootpaw became warriors themselves several sun rises ago. They became Blackwhisker, Willowflower, and Sootpelt. I wonder what my warrior name will be? He thought to himself.
"Warriors! We're becoming warriors!" Leopardpaw yelled in Lionpaw's ear.
Lionpaw covered his ears and growled," I'm right here, you know. They're talking about our assessments now. It shouldn't be long before we start."
"I know that! I'm just excited." Leopardpaw purred loudly.
Lionpaw looked at Tigerpaw, who was angling her ears around the camp. Lionpaw did the same thing. He saw that his sister's fur was bristled and her tail was twitching. Lionpaw then heard what she was hearing, voices coming from behind the camp entrance. His fur bristled when he realized they weren't from ThunderClan. Tigerpaw looked at him and nodded once.
"ShadowClan is here! Ambush!" Lionpaw yowled with rage as the ShadowClan cats poured into the camp. Lionpaw leaped to his paws and ran toward the large former WindClan warrior.
"Traitor!" Lionpaw yowled as he knocked into the large brown warrior.
Lionpaw scratched his sharp muzzle hard and bit into his shoulder. Lionpaw forced his weight down on the brown warrior as he tried to struggle away. The brown warrior kicked Lionpaw off of him and then pinned him down," Big mistake,apprentice!" he sneered as he lifted his long claws. When he tried to get his blow in, Lionpaw kicked him off with strong hind legs. The brown warrior went flying across the clearing. Lionpaw jumped to his paws and started to charge toward the warrior. A screech sounded before Lionpaw could get to him, he looked around and saw a dark grey mass under Ragestar's blood stained paws.
"Shadestar!" Lionpaw gasped. He then, hit the brown warrior so hard across the head, he ran out of the camp yelping. Lionpaw bounded toward Ragestar and barreled into the leader's side. He pinned down Ragestar with ease and the leader's eye widened with shock," You'll pay for trying to kill my father!"
"Lionpaw! Leave him, he's not worth it." Rainstorm commanded as he hit a pale she-cat in the belly with his claws.
Lionpaw felt hatred boil in him, he clawed the leaders shoulders hard. And hit him across the muzzle with a hard blow with his claws extended. Ragestar nipped Lionpaw's shoulder, he yowled in pain and crawled off the leader. Ragestar pinned Lionpaw down with large black paws. Lionpaw felt the leader's claws tear through his fur on his shoulders," StarClan can't save you, apprentice. You'll die, slowly and painfully in my claws." Ragestar whispered as he lifted his paw for a blow that would for sure kill young Lionpaw.
Lionpaw closed his eyes tight and thought, no, I can't die like this! The weight suddenly lifted from his shoulders and he let darkness engulf him.
Lionpaw opened his eyes and looked at large trees with the scent of rich prey lingering around him. Right in front of him was a pretty light brown she-cat with gentle blue eyes. The she-cat purred heavily when she noticed Lionpaw shaking.
"Calm yourself, young one. I am Robinsong, your mother. And this is StarClan." She meowed peacefully.
Lionpaw looked around wildly and meowed," Am I dead? Is that why I'm here?"
Robinsong purred heavier," Of course not, young one. You heard a prophecy that was given to Whitestar and Owlwing. It is almost time for that prophecy to take action. Remember, Darkness is rising. Watch for the stealth of the Leopard, for it can hide itself from your foe, the Tiger's fierceness will save you from the Darkness' ambition, and the Lion's roar will over power the Darkness' cry for power. The Warrior Code stands for what it always should."
Lionpaw then noticed that his mother was fading as she recited the prophecy he once heard," No, don't go! What does it mean?"
Lionpaw felt the darkness once again engulf him and he saw two blazing amber eyes staring at him. To the right was large ginger tom with yellow eyes was beside the black cat with amber eyes. And to the left was another large ginger tom with scars down his face. Lionpaw focused and realized the cats were Ragestar, Firefur, and Clawscar.
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