A/N: Wooh! Second chappie! Two more coming tonight! I'm pretty happy with the turns my story is taking, but I feel as if it needs something more, so if you have a suggestion or a character please post it in reviews! Also, if you have any pointers that I could use to make my story better, PLEASE review them! Enjoy the chappie!
"Whitepaw!" Firepaw yowled, sprinting down the hill towards him. She could already see WindClan's battle patrol heading across their territory. Whitepaw, Pebblepaw, and Rosethorn could too, from the looks of it. Rosethorn was helping Pebblepaw climb a tree, and her idea was a good one. The tree she had him climbing was one with really full leaves at the base of it, so if the three climbed it they would be safe from the view of WindClan.
"Firepaw, what are you doing here?! WindClan is about to attack RiverClan, again! Quickly, climb the tree Pebblepaw is climbing. I'll help Rosethorn up and then I'll follow her!"
"You don't know how to climb trees yet. Rosethorn, no! You're teaching Pebblepaw wrong. Pebblepaw, unsheath your front claws only. Dig into the bark of the tree and use your hind paws to spring up. Yes, good! Rosethorn, you're next Wait until he's halfway to the leaves then follow."
"No. I have to warn the camp. You three hide here until WindClan runs back to their territory."
"The camp already knows. I had a dream last night, and I thought it was just a nightmare from the battle. But it wasn't, and I told Lilyfur. She's setting up a battle plan now. Sandpaw's getting the ShadowClan border patrol, so we don't have to worry about her getting hurt, If you must go to the camp, go now before WindClan comes and get ready."
"I must go, RiverClan needs all the warriors we can get. Speaking of which, if they attack tomorrow, we will need help...ah, I'm wasting time. Stay here with Pebblepaw and Whitepaw."
"No! I'm going with you!"
"No, Firepaw." Rosethorn said gently. "You misunderstand. You can't come with me. You risk a fatal injury, fighting with that back so soon. You took a risk even running here. You fought valiantly yesterday, and we can never repay you. But don't risk your life for us."
"I want to do something to help you."
"Then go to ShadowClan, the three of you. Find Sandpaw on your way. Go to ShadowClan and get them to come to our aid. Beg if you have to." Rosethorn turned and ran to RiverClan's camp.
"Alright, but I'm going with Sandpaw, alone. Pebblepaw and Whitepaw, stay here and watch WindClan. Keep track on what they say and do. But stay hidden, ok? Learn about why they're attacking, if you can. If you learn before they reach the camp, run as fast as you can and alert Lilyfur so that she can negotiate. Don't risk yourselves in the process, you don't have any training yet. Oh, and to get down from the tree, just jump. You won't hurt yourself."
"No, Whitepaw can't come with me. He doesn't know the territory, and he'll just slow me down, no offense, Whitepaw. You should try to find Mistystar and Cinderheart. I hear you're fast, so run north. That's away from the lake—"
"I know which way it is, you stupid furball. I'm not leaving your side, not after what I saw yesterday when a warrior came and loomed over us. You started squeaking like a little kit, and he left us alone out of duty to the Warrior Code. If they catch you, you won't defend yourself. I have to protect you!"
"I DON'T NEED YOUR PROTECTION!" Pebblepaw yowled.
"SILENCE!" Firepaw yowled at the top of her lungs. "Whitepaw will go with you, and that is that. There will be no sneaking off to find Mistystar and Cinderheart, none. They left for a good reason, and even though we don't know it, we shouldn't question it. So silence, both of you. If you're uncabable of being near each other, say so now."
"Yes!" Whitepaw and Pebbleapw said at the same time.
"Fine. Pebblepaw, come down. Whitepaw, I hope you have good ThunderClan instincts. Can you climb the tree he was just in and jump to the next with no sound?"
"I'll try." Whitepaw leaped silently from tree to tree then back again."
"Good. Pebblepaw, hide among the rocks, your pelt will blend in. Listen from there. Ok, WindClan is crossing the border. Silence, I've wasted too much time here. I must go." Firepaw said, then sprinted off as fast as she could.
"You're so stupid, Pebblepaw, you can't even climb a tree properly." Whitepaw taunted from behind the leaves.
"Cats belong on the ground."
"Cats belong in trees more than they do the water."
"Shh, Firepaw said not to talk."
"Why should you care what Firepaw said? You don't listen to anyone, not even Rosethorn."
"So? Firepaw is beautiful. He fur is so smooth, her eyes are so pretty, her voice is so powerful—"
"Hey, shut your face. Firepaw's taken. She loves me, not you, fish-breath. Anyway, she would never break the warrior code, not for scum like you. Especially because, after all, I'm around."
"Fox-heart. I love her, and so do you, and you're jealous that I'm around, that's why you act the way you do—"
"Are you sure you heard something, Leaftail?"
"Of course I heard something, Onestar." Said Leaftail. He had a deep voice that sounded menacing. Pebblepaw shrank down in the rocks he was hididng in. The voice matched the voice of the warrior from the battle the day before. "I have the best hearing in the Clan, and I know I heard those kits from yesterday."
"I told you, the black one was a ThunderClan apprentice."
"Oh, right. Well, I heard his voice and that gray kit's voice. You know the one. Sandpaw's brother."
"Ah, yes. Him. Well, unfortunately we didn't get Sandkit from their camp yesterday, and we didn't destroy their medicine supplies."
"Onestar, that blame falls to you."
"That ginger ThunderClan apprentice made blood flow into my eyes. I panicked."
"Well, I almost got ahold of that gray kit, but I wasn't thinking straight. I could have used him as leverage for Sandkit."
"Now who does the blame fall to, deputy?"
"Well, I may as well search the area. Whitetail, stay with me and help me look. You have a knack for climbing trees."
"Alright."
Whitepaw silently leaped to the next tree over. There were huge oak trees all over the territory, and Whitepaw could make it to the Clan without ever touching the ground. But he wouldn't leave Pebblepaw alone. So Whitepaw came up with a plan, one that could get him killed. He leaped a few trees in front of Onestar then crashed to the ground in front of him. Whitepaw began to whimper as Onestar put a paw on him an extended his claws, Pebblepaw looked Whitepaw in the eyes from the spot he was hiding in, and recieved a look that told him to bolt. Pebblepaw took the chance and sprinted as fast as he could towards the RiverClan camp. Leaftail saw him emerge from the rocks and stood, shocked, for a few seconds.
Then he yowled, "AFTER HIM!" Leaftail sprinted into action, and a very confused WindClan battle patrol as well, except for Onestar.
"This is your little plan, eh, apprentice? Bring a kit out here and distract us while he runs to camp and reports on what the two of you heard? How like ThunderClan to think up this trickery!"
"It's not a trick, Onestar. It's smart. And Whitetail would know, she took the time to learn how to climb trees, and she lives on a moor. And that 'kit' is an apprentice, I would have you know." Whitepaw said.
Then he spit in Onestar's eye and clawed his way out from under his paw. Onestar scratched Whitepaw's face, and Whitepaw bit one of his claws off in return. Onestar yowled, and Whitepaw bit off another from a different paw. Then another from the same paw. Onestar fell to the ground crying out in pain.
"I'm terribly sorry about this, Onestar." Whitepaw said, then ran to the camp. When he got there, Lilyfur was at the camp enterance.
"Whitepaw. Where are Firepaw, Pebblepaw, and Sandpaw? And where is ShadowClan?"
"Firepaw went alone to find Sandpaw and go to ShadowClan. Pebblepaw was supposed to come straight here. He...isn't here is he? No, of course not. Well, I'm going to find him. He has all of WindClan's battle patrol on his tail, except for Onestar. Onestar has three claws ripped off and is laying in pain near the river."
"You did that?"
"Yes. Now, I'm going to find Pebblepaw. Rosethorn or...who is Pebblepaw's mother?"
"I am." A gray cat said, stepping forward. "I am Graymist, and Pebblepaw and Sandpaw are my kits. Knowing Pebblepaw, he would want the patrol to get lost, even if it put his life in danger. Pebblepaw would head towards the ShadowClan border and run in odd patrerns, confusing the battle patrol. And from what you've told us, Onestar can't lead them to the camp. Leaftail doesn't know this territory."
"Can you come with me, Graymist? You may be the only one who can find your son. Unless you're crucial to the battle plan, I need you."
"I can spare Graymist. Hopefully Firepaw and Sandpaw will come back soon with reinforcements from ShadowClan and the border patrol we sent out." Lilyfur said, licking her paw. "Once you find Pebblepaw, come back. I don't care if the whole patrol wants to rip your throats out, run here and do NOT fight them until then. Got it?"
"Yes, Lilyfur. I will make sure that the apprentices do not fight until they get here." Graymist said, nodding her head to the deputy.
Whitepaw and Graymist ran off to Onestar and then followed Pebblepaw's scent trail through the territory.
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