~Chapter Seven~

Fawnpaw sat there as she watched Stonefur and her foster father lead Nightheart to the den that was behind the elders' den. She couldn't help but wonder what was going to happen now. What would become of the kits? Will they be evil like their mother or will they be more like Thistlestar? The brave, loyal, and wise ThunderClan leader? Of course only time will tell what will become of the kits that Nightheart carried.

"Hey, Fawnpaw!" Graypaw meowed cheerily, despite what had just happened. "Come meet the new apprentices."

Frowning, she looked at the younger apprentice and saw Rusty and Billy were standing beside him. Both toms were looking at her expectantly. "Oh," Fawnpaw replied. "So you two did choose to join ThunderClan?"

Rusty dipped his head. "Of course," he told her, "we did it for you, Princess."

"It's Fawnpaw now," she murmured. "How did you know it was me?"

This time Billy answered. "We could still smell our mother's scent on you," he explained.

Fawnpaw was surprised but decided to change the subject. "So, do you now have Clan names?"

"Yes, I'm Firepaw." Rusty's eyes shone with pride, and Fawnpaw could tell he was happy with it and she could tell that the name suited him well.

Although the moment he told her what his Clan name was, she found herself going into a vision. She was seeing the Highrock and Rusty, or Firepaw, was sitting atop it with his fur blazing like fire and beside him was their brother Billy and surprisingly she was on his other side. Suddenly Fawnpaw could hear Featherwhisker's voice whispering in her ear fur. "Fire will save our Clan with the help of the gentle fawn and the loyal storm."

As quickly as the vision came, it was gone. Fawnpaw shook her head, trying to get what she'd seen out of her mind.

"Are you all right, Fawnpaw?" Graypaw asked, worry clouding his eyes.

"Yes," Fawnpaw mewed shakily. "I'm fine. So, what is your name now Billy?"

Her ginger and white brother seemed a little unsure, but answered her anyway. "They just named me Billypaw."

Before she could comment on it, Sweetflower called her back to the medicine den. Giving a nod at the white and tortoiseshell patched she-cat, Fawnpaw turned back to her brothers. "Well, I best go. I'll see you tomorrow." That said, she scampered away and followed her mentor through the ferns.


A quarter moon had passed since Firepaw and Billypaw had joined ThunderClan, and Fawnpaw couldn't be any more happy. She never thought she'd be so happy having her littermates back in her life, but she was. Of course she made sure to spend time with them equally as well as spend time with her foster sister Silverpaw. Ever since her brothers had came, the Clan had very mixed views on the former kittypets, which was to be expected. Some were like how Nightheart was when Fawnpaw had first joined, others were only civil as they didn't know them quite well, and the rest actually showed their kindness freely. Still, it will a while before the two former kittypets to be accepted.

To make matters worse, a loner had been found being chased into ThunderClan territory by a few ShadowClan warriors. The loner had been an orange tabby with amber eyes and was mighty stubborn. Apparently she was being chased because she had been thinking of hunting in their territory and the ShadowClan warriors thought it would be a good idea to give her some wounds to remember them by, this was why she was running and ended up being found by a ThunderClan patrol. The patrol then brought her back to be treated for her wounds, despite the orange tabby saying she knew several herbs and could take care of herself. For a long time the she-cat didn't want to allow either Sweetflower or Fawnpaw to treat her, but after some urging she finally allowed them to do so. It was also when the loner had finally allowed herself to be treated by them that she gave a name, Fiery, and Fawnpaw thought the name suited the stubborn orange tabby perfectly.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey come beneath the Highrock for a Clan meeting!"

Fawnpaw looked up from her place by the tree stump where she had been eating with Silverpaw and her brothers. Standing on top of the Highrock was Thistlestar who had mostly stayed within the confines of his den except for going to the dirtplace and getting something to eat ever since his mate, Nightheart, had been taken prisoner after trying to kill the deputy. Fawnpaw had felt a great deal of emotions from her leader such as despair, hurt, anger, and a sense of loss. Now though, she felt none of those as he stood to address the Clan.

Glancing at the other apprentices in surprise at their leader's sudden announcement, Fawnpaw stood up and joined her Clanmates below the rock with them following close behind. From the medicine den came Sweetflower, Fiery, and Ravenpaw. The black apprentice now looked a lot better now and would soon be back to training with the other apprentices, though he would need to do light work first. Over at the warriors' den came Mousefur, Longtail, and Mossheart, and as they passed the nettle patch, they were followed by Lionheart and Tigerclaw. Across the clearing at the elders' den came Patchpelt, Graypool, and the other elders.

Once everyone was assembled, Thistlestar began. "A quarter moon ago we took in a loner by the name of Fiery after she had been chased through ShadowClan territory," the leader meowed. "Now Sweetflower has told me she is free to go, but before she does I'd like to give her and offer." He now had his amber gaze locked on the orange tabby, who now looked a bit uncomfortable from being put in the spotlight. "Fiery, would you like to join ThunderClan?"

Before the loner could answer, Darkstripe did. "So not only are you allowing kittypets to join, but loners as well?" the dark tabby called in disgust.

Thistlestar ignored him. "Well, Fiery? Will you join us?"

For a silent moment, the orange tabby stared at her paws in contemplation before looking the leader in the eye steadily. "Yes, I will join," she agreed smoothly. "For as long as I can remember I've been alone, I don't wish to be any longer."

"Then from this moment on until you earn your warrior name you shall be called Wildpaw," Thistlestar announced, " and your mentor shall be me."


I know this chapter is on the shorter side and probably went too fast, but I honestly couldn't think of any other way to go about it. So if you have any questions, concerns, comments or thoughts, please leave them in your review. Also keep the votes coming for Fawnpaw's full medicine cat name on the poll on my profile since I plan on giving it to her on chapter ten. And if you don't wish to go to the poll then you can pick one of the names that I listed below and place it in your review.

Possible Full Medicine Cat Names

Fawnpelt

Fawnfire

Fawnwhisker

Fawnflower

Fawnleaf

~Silver