New Warriors And A New Plan
"Whats wrong skypaw?" softheart asked. Skypaw answered shakily "Theres no medicine. Only ragwort, yarrow, and parsely." Softhearts tail bristled. "What are you talking about?! We collected all those herbs just this morning! What do you mean their gone?!" Skypaws ears lay flat on her head
"I thought we did too but their gone!" Softheart peered at the piles "How can they just disappear?!" Skypaw shook in head "I dont know softheart" Softheart looked at skypaw and opened her mouth to say something but then closed it. Her eyes widened and she turned toward the piles again.
She pushed the herbs aside carefully and lowered her nose to the grass under it. She jerked her head back in surprise. Mumblepaws tail flicked in anxiety "What is it softheart?" Softhearts mouth gaped open "I-I-I smell shadowclan." Mumblepaw leapt up, her body protesting.
"What do you mean you smell shadowclan?!" She mewed worridly. Softheart peered at he grass confused "I dont know, but i smell shadowclan scent clearly. It was covered up by the herbs. I think they were trying to cover up their scent with the medicine." Mumblepaw growled in anger
"Those mangy shadowclan scum! They attack us then they steal our herbs! What are they gonna do next?! Steal our kits?!" Without waiting for the medicine cats answer she bolted out of the den. She bounded up to wildstars den and entered without asking. Wildstar was grooming himself and he stopped abruptly when she entered "Father!" she growled.
he stood up "Mumblepaw, you are not allowed to enter the leaders-" mumblepaw interrupted him "Nows not the time for that father! Shadowclan has snuck into the medicine cat den and stolen our herbs!" His fur bristled wildly, flames in his eyes. "Its not true! Tell its not true mumblepaw!" Mumblepaws tail thrashed around furiously "It is!" He bounded out of the den and onto the highrock
"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather under the highrock for a clan meeting!" Cats flowed out of their dens to gather under the rock. They sat waiting for their leader to speak. Wildstar called his deputy to join him on the rock. Brightfern leapt lnto the rock with grace and wrapped her tail around her paws. "Thunderclan! Shadowclan has attacked our dawn patrol! They have injured our warriors and new apprentices! And now i have new news! They have stolen our herbs! They entered the medicine den and taken them! Now we cannot heal our injured clanmates!"
Yowls of anger and lashing of tails erupted from the group of cats. Mews of worries also accomponnied them. "We must attack them!" Embershade yowled. Mews of agreement came up. Mumblepaw saw brightfern whisper into wildstars ear then sit down again."We must do to them what they did to us!"
The clan calles. Wildstar waved his tail for silence. The calls died down. Wildstar meowed strongly "I agree that they we should attack. But..."He looked at his deputy. "We should wait until the gathering, which is tonight, and confront Jumpstar then. If he does not return the herbs and apologize for doing what they did to us, then we will attack."
Frostjaw growled "Why should we wait? They could attack again before then " Wildstar shook his head "Their warriors are wounded, they wont be fighting us any time soon. In the meantime, i will choose the warriors to go to the gathering tonight." He sat down and peered at the clan " Amberblaze, echopaw, bounceclaw, Vixenshade, jestpaw, foxfang, rabbitpelt, scorchfoot, lostpaw, and mumblepaw"
Wildstar was about to dismiss the clan when brightfern mewed "What about the apprentices you were going to make warriors?" Wildstar chuckled "Oh yeah. Before i dismiss the clan i will be making two new warriors.
Icepaw and redpaw. Step up." A dark ginger tom and a dark grey she-cat padded up to the highrock . "I wildstar, leader of thunderclan call apon my warrior ancestors to look down apon tjese two apprentice They have trained hard to learn the warrior code and i commend them as warriors in their turn, "
Turning to the two apprentices "Redpaw and icepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend it even at the cost of your life?" They both answered "I do" Wildstar continued "Then by the powers of starclan i give you your warrior names. Redpaw, from this moment on you will be known as redwing, Thunderclan honors your courage and strength. Icepaw from this moment on you will be known as icestorm. Thhumderclan honors your braveness and kindness. We welcome you as full warriors of thunderclan."
The clan began to cheer "Redwing! Icestorm! Redwing! Icestorm! " Both cats purred and were surrounded by their clanmates. brightfern mewed softly "Now you must both sit vigil at the entrance," They both nodded and padded outside of the entrance