Chapter 6
Whitekit sat next to the patrol that would be protecting her. She yawned and almost fell over when her sister prodded her in the side. "Why you so tired Whitekit?"
"Cherrytail wouldn't let me go to bed until I had recited all of her new rules she made just for this mission. I barely got any sleep with her rambling and Branchkit snoring!" Her small tail swished in the dust, leaving little lines. While they waited, Tigerkit got the idea to chase Whitekit's tail. "Ow! Tigerkit stop biting my tail that hurts!"
"Sorry!" She twitched her whiskers and giggled. She watched a leaf float down to the ground but dove before it could touch. She kept swatting the leaf back into the air even when Lionstar padded out of his den with his deputy Darkfire. Lionstar trotted over to the patrol but the black tom halted in front of the kits. He turned his caring amber eyes on the two.
"I will be part of the patrol. Lionstar and many other senior warriors will be waiting above your head too so don't worry little kits." He turned and padded over to where Lionstar was standing.
"Hey Whitekit?" She turned to her sister.
"Yeah?"
"What did the territory look like? I mean was it scary?" Tigerkit's tiny golden eyes flashed with a little fear but mostly excitement.
"I don't know. It was dark when Ivycloud took me out. But if it is scary we have a lot of warriors to hide under and trip em' for laughs!" She imitated a warrior stumbling and falling over to avoid stepping on her. Tigerkit then pretended to be Lionstar and started to scold the imaginary kit.
"Every cat old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath the highrock for a clan meeting!" A voice boomed. They turned to see Lionstar standing proudly above them. Cats sleepily padded out of their dens and most flopped down in a comfy patch of grass. "Today we will catch that cat we used to call a medicine cat. Ivycloud will no longer be able to steal kits away and threaten to kill them. But before we get going," Whitekit opened her eyes wide. She was going to be made an apprentice! And her fur was a mess! "Foxpaw come here."
The fluffy red she-cat padded sleepily to her leader. "Foxpaw I would like you to come with us. Your skills on your quiet paws will help protect these kits. By the power of Starclan, I give you your warrior name. For your skills and intelligence, you will be called Foxwhisper." She licked his shoulder and scampered over to where her former mentor was standing.
Shadowleap was nearly as excited as she was, either from being a successful mentor or that she got to come with him. He had once said that the one cat he trusted the most in battle was Foxwhisper. The clan chanted her new name and her fluffy chest puffed out in pride. "Now we will be able to go catch Ivycloud!" With that he leapt off the rock and ran into the gorse tunnel. The warrior patrol ran after him leaving the two kits behind. Whitekit jumped up and took her sister's ear in her teeth and lightly pulled.
"Come on! We will get left behind if we don't go now!" They rushed after the warriors but found out they were waiting for them on the other side of the tunnel. The older cats looked amused and started to slowly trot to where Whitekit was supposed to meet Ivycloud. The territory was amazing! It was way bigger than camp and had a lot more things to play with. Whitekit leapt and dove after so many different types of leaves and heard lots of different sounds.
She heard her sister yowl and all of the cats turned their heads to look at her, fur fluffed up. "I'm all wet now!" She wailed. She sat by a small pool with rocks lining it, completely drenched.
Darkfire twitched his whiskers and let out a mrow of laughter. "Well how did you get wet? Water can't move by itself you know."
"I saw a bug and chased it but I fell in before I could get it." Tigerkit pouted and shook herself off. They helped the kit dry off and set on their way again. It wasn't long before Lioinstar flicked his tail and the warriors shot up into the trees. Their leaded turned and looked down at them.
"You two walk up ahead. Sit by the same tree you were at and wait for Ivycloud. Do not look into the trees or mention anything about us to him if he does come. We will follow you quietly so you may not know we are even there. Do not worry, if Ivycloud comes within a certain distance near either of you, we will all jump down and pin him to the ground." With that he launched himself straight into the air and landed on a low hanging branch before disappearing completely.
"Well, this is it. Come on Tigerkit." Whitekit mumbled and walked confidently to the clearing with her littermate in tow.
Author's Note:
Haha! I have cat names! (From myself thank you very much.) And I probably have many people thinking the same things so I will try to make some clearer.
Stripepaw (Ivycloud's apprentice) has finished her training so she will do just fine :)
Darkfire may sound and look threatening but he is a really caring cat who will do anything for his clan mates. Just don't meet him in battle!
Tigerkit is kind of... well derpy. She hasn't matured as much like her littermates because she was near death when born and is a runt of the litter.
Ivycloud mostly lost his mind like Goosefeather in Bluestar's Prophecy. Only difference is he lost his mine trying to figure out a prophecy that may or may not exist...
Foxwhisper and Shadowleap don't like each other like mates, they just think exactly alike and therefore are able to help each other out in the same way. They both are very quiet and are the best hunters in the clan. They like to think Starclan meant to have them as brother and sister but just couldn't place two awesome kits together and not expect jealousy from others.
Have any other questions about the story? Review and I will try to answer it! (These were just some I could think of that might have been questions :P)
