Honeypaw looked at Sandstorm. "I don't smell them" she whimpered and gently the ginger warrior placed a tail on Honeypaw's shoulder. Silverpaw just smirked in the shadows, she then looked around the moor and the WindClan cats that where watching the ThunderClan warriors closely. Brambleclaw let out a sigh "Let's move out…the kits aren't here" he said with a depressing sigh and slowly the cats left the WindClan territory. "If we smell your kits we'll let you know" a black and white WindClan warrior said. Brambleclaw nodded towards the warrior then flicked his tail signaling for the other cats to follow.
Honeypaw let out a low whine and Sandstorm sighed "Don't worry Honeypaw, we'll find them" she said and Honeypaw just looked down her brown eyes glazed with sadness. They walked in silence once back in the camp Honeypaw snuck away into the apprentice den where Tigerpaw and Smokeypaw where huddled together. She looked at the two and cleared her throat, slowly the two blinked and looked at her. Tigerpaw's orange eyes where glazed with sleepiness and Smokepaw's amber eyes just looked angry. "You guys want to be warriors right?" she asked gently causing the two apprentices to look at each other than at Honeypaw. The brown and gold apprentice leaned in and whispered "I heard a story of when Firestar was an apprentice he helped save the kits that ShadowClan took…I was thinking that we do the same thing! Sneak out and find the kits ourselves!" she whispered excitedly.
Both apprentices perked their ears up at Honeypaw. "I don't know Honeypaw….We're not supposed to leave the camp without our mentors" Tigerpaw said but Smokeypaw jumped up "I'm in! I want to be a warrior before Silverpaw!" she yowled with determination. Honeypaw jumped back a little then purred "C'mon Tigerpaw! Look at Smokeypaw, she wants to come" Tigerpaw thought for a moment then let out a sigh "Fine, but we can't be gone long" he muttered.
Honeypaw let out a purr then turned and walked out of the den. Looking around she made sure none of the warriors where watching them. She flicked her tail and slowly her siblings followed (yes, she sees Smokeypaw as a sibling). They managed to get out of the camp and up to the training hollow. Tigerpaw and Smokeypaw looked at her "What now?" Smokeypaw asked lightly shuffling her paws. Honeypaw lifted her head and sniffed the air. "Well, I can smell Raccoonkit and Rainkit near WindClan…but their scents stopped. Tailwind's kits are near ShadowClan border, I don't want to go near there because Firestar is already there so let's go and search around WindClan again!"
Both Tigerpaw and Smokeypaw nodded and followed Honeypaw. She sniffed the damp ground and followed the kit's scent. She then stopped "Odd…..OH!" she said suddenly causing Smokeypaw and Tigerpaw to jump back. "What?!" They both asked at the same time. "The kit sent leads to the lake! But the rouge scent leads pass WindClan!" she said her brown eyes widening. Once again Tigerpaw and Smokeypaw looked at each other than at Honeypaw "Go on…" Tigerpaw muttered and Honeypaw rolled her eyes "We followed the wrong scent! Instead of going after the kit scent we went after the rouge scent! Since all of the scents where mingled, the one that stuck out the most was the rouge scent!" she exclaimed happily.
Without waiting for them to reply she followed the kit scent. Quickly they caught up with her. She had her nose so close to the damp earth that whenever she breathed in she would get speckles of dirt on and in her black nose. She brought her head up and snorted the dirt out. Smokeyfoot let out a squeal causing both Tigerpaw and Honeypaw to jump up. The gray and black apprentice shot forward and Honeypaw understood why. Underneath a log where the kits. Not just Ferncloud's but Tailwind's as well, all kits where fast asleep and Honeypaw noticed on the ground right by them was a pile of black seeds. Leaning down she sniffed the seeds "I think these are poppy seeds" she mumbled while Tigerpaw and Smokeypaw checked on the kits. "They're all breathing" Tigerpaw said with a purr. Honeypaw nodded happily "Smokeypaw go get Firestar! We're so going to be warriors!" she yowled almost jumping up and down.
Smokeypaw nodded and hurried towards ShadowClan where Firestar was. Honeypaw looked at the seeds again. "Whoever took them wanted them a sleep so they wouldn't struggle…I guess they must have took the seeds from Leafpool while she was sleeping as well" she whispered. Tigerpaw blinked then shook his black and white pelt. "The strange thing is though….the rouge scent didn't start until the camp entrance. I'm the only one who noticed that…do you think one of our own helped steal the kits?" he asked and Honeypaw thought for a moment "Who would betray ThunderClan?" she asked him and he just shook his head "I don't know….I really don't" just then the sound of cats crashing through the trees and undergrowth entered their ears.
The first cat to appear was their bright orange leader. "Firestar! Look! Me Tigerpaw and Smokeypaw found the kits!" Honeypaw said instantly not noticing Petalface and Graystripe until they passed her to check on the kits. Firestar eyed her and her siblings. "Do your mentor's know you are out here?" he asked not showing his emotion. Honeypaw looked down then up at the leader "No…but I wanted to find them I really did! And Tigerpaw brought up something interesting! Didn't you?!" she asked her brother who nodded and told Firestar about having a traitor in camp. Then Honeypaw told him about how they followed the wrong scents and about the poppy seeds.
"Firestar the kits are fine, just sleeping" Graystripe said and Firestar nodded and looked at the three apprentices. Graystripe noticed and purred "What is the great Firestar thinking of?" he asked with a friendly purr. "I'm thinking that you three are very clever….and that it's time for a couple of warrior ceremonies" he said with a purr and all three of them widen their eyes. "But first help us carry these kits back before Tailwind and Ferncloud have our heads" Graystripe said grabbing Blackkit and Gingerkit, Honeypaw nodded and picked up Barkkit, Firestar grabbed Rainkit and Raccoonkit, and Smokeypaw grabbed Lightkit. Tigerpaw happily trotted beside Smokeypaw. Once back in camp the kits where welcomed by their mothers and instantly put back into the nursery.
Firestar ran towards highledge and looked down there was no need to call a clan meeting for most cats where already looking at him. Barktail even walked out of the warrior's den once she heard Tailwind yowling. Honeypaw noticed that her mother was staying away from Midnightclaw which was weird. "Ok, to start this off I want to say that the threat of rouges had grown to the extreme. After this gathering I will send out double patrols…Tigerpaw, Smokeypaw, and Honeypaw have not only found the kits, but brought up some interesting news. The rouge scent didn't start inside the camp but outside! So that means that it was one of our own who took the kits and gave them to these rouges!"
The moment he ended the ThunderClan cats started to yowl and hiss. Honeypaw noticed that a lot of them where looking at her mother and Midnightclaw. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed Silverpaw looking rather angry. Firestar lashed out his tail and soon the cats went quite "We will wait until the kits wake and tell us what happened! We will not take action until then" he hissed and a few cats still looked at Barktail and Midnightclaw.
"As for now…Honeypaw, Smokeypaw, and Tigerpaw…it is time for you to be warriors"
If Silverpaw looked angry before it was nothing compared to how she looked now, if looks could kill all of them would be dead. Honeypaw slowly walked around her sister and up to highledge with Tigerpaw and Smokeypaw.
"I, Firestar, leader of ThunderClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as a warrior in there turn."
There was a silence then Firestar continued.
"Tigerpaw! Do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"
"I do!" the black-and-white tabby yowled happily.
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Tigerpaw, from this moment you will be known as Tigerstripe. StarClan honors your bravery and determination, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan!"
He then turned to Smokeypaw.
"Smokeypaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"
"I do" she said calmly, Honeypaw noticed Smokeypaw giving Silverpaw a smug look before Firestar continued.
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Smokeypaw, from this moment you will be known as Smokeycloud. StarClan honors your Courage and Kindness, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Thunderclan"
Firestar then finally turned to Honeypaw.
"Honeypaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"
"I do!" Honeypaw started to squirm while waiting for the leader to finish.
"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Honeypaw, from this moment you will be known as Honeyblossom. StarClan honors your Cleverness and your energy, and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan!"
After he finished the whole clan yowled out their new names. Well, almost the whole clan, Silverpaw was just glaring at the ground. Honeyblossom didn't even realize that Firestar was resting his head on the others until he did it to her. Licking his shoulder she looked around once again. "You three will now hold a silent vigil" the leader told them and slowly they moved from Highledge. Almost all ThunderClan cats congratulated them except for Silverpaw. Honeyblossom wanted to talk to her but she didn't. Instead she took her place next to Smokeycloud and Tigerstripe and held the quite vigil.