This chapter is from Birdpaw's POV again. In this chapter you will see more of a relationship beetween Spiderpaw and Birdpaw and also you will see a warrior ceremony! First one of the book! I am extremely excited about this chapter! A quarter moon after the last chapter. It's getting extremely hard not to tell you straight out who I know the killer is!
A Spider Bite
Birdpaw glanced around the camp, Icepaw was playfighting with Nightkit, the two had developed a strong bond since Frostpaw got attacked.
The clan was at war with Shadowclan and it did not help that they had so many kits in the nursery and more soon to come as it got colder and colder. The wind was pretty much saying that Shadowclan would freeze us to the core.
She padded to the medicine den where she almost ran face first into Dapplesong, she was Spiderpaw's beautiful sister and the only true daughter of Crowshadow and Applefrost. She turned her head to the side and saw Frostpaw playing with a mossball, most of her fur had grown back but she still had many scratches on her body. The only other cat in here was Tangleberry, who had been injured by Shadowclan.
Frostpaw's smile grew as she saw her sister. "Birdpaw! Come over here!"
"Ok, Frostpaw."
"Birdpaw, I can't believe this, I was almost dead a quarter moon ago and now I feel fine except for a few scratches on my shoulder. I feel good and I am sooooo ready to leave this den!"
"Trust me, Frostpaw you won't feel that way after getting back into training! I have a question though of when you were attacked. What did the cat look like?" Birdpaw felt alarm pulse off of Frostpaw.
"I remember it was a dark gray tom with silver stripes and cold blue eyes, it had a familiar smell, more familiar then Crowshadow's and it seemed to know that I was a pretty good fighter because it knew my weak spots. Do you have any clue who it is?"
"Nope, no clue."
"I can only think of one cat it could be..." A loud attack yowl interupted her. Immediately Birdpaw shot off outside the camp.
The camp was alive with Shadowclan cats attacking the Thunderclan warriors. A orange colored tom flew at Birdpaw. The cat was faster then any other cat she had faced. She dodged to the side and sunk her teeth into his scruff when she saw it was Flameclaw, she threw him into the crowd and went hunting for another cat.
She saw Lilypaw fighting with Streamclaw, who's limp was making it hard to fight the agile apprentice. She heistated, she couldn't attack Lilypaw, they had a pact. Lilypaw glanced up just in time to see Birdpaw mouth the words 'my father'. Lilypaw immediately ran into the battle, away from Birdpaw's father.
Then a loud yowl from the medicine den sounded. Frostpaw! Birdpaw ran as fast as she could towards the medicine den what she saw almost stopped her dead in her tracks, Frostpaw's lifeless body laid on the floor with blood pooling from her neck around her, next to her lay Foxfire's mangled, bloody body.
She glanced around for Tangleberry and saw that she was not there. She padded in moments later and gasped at the sight before her.
Whoever did, this will pay! Frostpaw's dead! Shimmerheart's dead! They will be avenged! Frostpaw I will do the same for you as I did for Shimmerheart, from this moment on you will be known as Frostfeather, good bye my sister. Even though I never liked you, you mean a lot to me. Whoever killed you and Shimmerheart will be back and I will probaly be the next victim. Birdpaw thought
Sister don't fight this! You are the only one that can avenge us! Frostfeather and Shimmerheart's voices spoke at the same time. They were gone, but they would always be there for her.
Spiderpaw padded in and pressed up against her, her blue eyes met his amber ones and he said "Birdpaw, they are in a safer place then here. It is good to know that as she died she at least knew that you loved her. I love you, Birdpaw."
Birdpaw's eyes grew wide and she said "Spiderpaw, I love you too." He pressed against her side and he licked her ear. Maybe life isn't all heart ache, maybe it is more.
Then she heard a yowl sound "retreat! Shadowclan, retreat!" The battle was over but at what cost?
A few minutes passed when she heard Moonstar yowl for a clan meeting. Birdpaw padded out with Tangleberry and Spiderpaw in tow.
Moonstar's voice sounded weak as she said "Today we have had a victory but we have also lost one of our apprentices, Frostpaw and our medicine cat, Foxfire. It was not there time and now Dapplesong is the full medicine cat. I would also like to make a special apprentice a warrior. Spiderpaw step forward."
Birdpaw ushered Spiderpaw up there and watched as his name changed from Spiderpaw to Spiderweb. This was the start of her love for the tom and she knew it. The death of Frostfeather and Foxfire hung over the heads of every cat, though and it was time that everyone saw that it was one of their very own.
What do you think? Frostpaw(feather), Shimmerpaw(heart), and the medicine cat, Foxfire all killed. Sorry to those that came up with the names and personalities! Vote on my poll if you think you know if it was Crowshadow or not! Here is the poll results.
Shimmerpaw saw something she wasn't supposed to- 6-50%
Shimmerpaw got in the way of his plans-1-8%
Hates her-1-8%
She was the evil one- 2-16%
It wasn't Crowshadow- 2-16%
Well that's all folks, for this chapter. Is it good? Is it terrible? Tell me! Longest chapter yet!
