Chapter 9: One of the five...
Disclaimer:
Neon: Go on Stormpaw we all love you!
Stormpaw: Okay! Neon does sadly own warriors, but she is a freaky child of weirdness :D
Neon: thanks... that is true though.. just ask my friends...
Stormpaw: Your only friend is a computer screen and a pencil..
Neon: NOT TRUE!
Stormpaw: Can I go and tease Wolfpaw over Ravenpaw now?
Neon: *sigh* okay
Stormpaw: *grabs microphone* WOLFPAW LOVES RAVENPAW LALA LALA LA!
Wolfpaw: I DON'T (starts to claw Stormpaw with his epicness)
Neon: umm... please enjoy the story... while I try to break these two up...
Stormpaw crouched beside his mentor, Tigerheart's bushy tabby tail touched his spine, Stormpaw immediately crouched lower. The mouse dug around just a fox length away from him, ready to be caught. It was one moon after his apprenticeship, and now he was seven moons old. Tigerheart was a good mentor, smart and patient, he always tried to push Stormpaw to the limit though, yesterday he had Stormpaw run to the Darkclan border and back, then go on a sunhigh patrol and finishing up with a long hunt. Stormpaw's legs felt weak today, but he was determined to do his best. Stormpaw bunched his muscles and then leapt the fox length easily, and found the mouse was securely in his claws, he killed it quickly and said a quick thanks to Starclan. he then turned back to his mentor, the mouse swinging in his jaws. "Great job Stormpaw! I think you've hunted enough, time to take the kills back to camp." Tigerheart purred. Stormpaw trotted behind his mentor, carrying a mouse, squirrel and a chaffinch. Tigerheart was carrying a large rabbit. Stormpaw forced his way through the tight bramble tunnel and placed his catches on the freshkill pile. He took a mouse for himself and joined his sister, brother and Wolfpaw, Swiftpaw, Songpaw, Foxpaw and the older apprentices Snowpaw, Dewpaw and Amberpaw. "What's with the huge merry gathering?" Stormpaw asked, shocked at the large group.
Ravenpaw grinned at him. She shuffled up to make room for him and as he laid down she exclaimed. "We're going to the gathering!"
Stormpaw almost chocked on his mouse. "W-what!?"
Wolfpaw nodded his head, his mouth was full of squirrel. "Although not all of us are going..." Swiftpaw cheekily grinned at Blackpaw and Foxpaw.
"Why?" Stormpaw queried.
Blackpaw grew uncomfortable and stared at Stormpaw with wide eyes of despair. "Well... we sort of... scared Purdy... on purpose..."
Stormpaw started laughing. "Blackpaw! You get in too much trouble! You'll never be made a warrior!"
Blackpaw leapt to his paws. "Really?! I'll never be made a warrior!?" fear tinged his voice.
Ravenpaw padded over to her bother and gave him an affectionate lick. "Don't worry Blackpaw, Bramblestar won't stop you from being a warrior.. but.. possibly getting in less trouble will help quicken the process?"
Blackpaw returned the lick. "Ok I will try."
Stormpaw felt his heart glow with warmth, for once Blackpaw wasn't being Blackpaw. It felt good to have Blackpaw's nicer side come out. It was strange though, Stormpaw could swear he had two personalities. Amberpaw cuffed Blackpaw gently around the ears. "Mousebrain." She purred. Stormpaw was surprised, the only cats who seemed to have patience with Blackpaw were Foxpaw and Blackpaw's siblings and parents. He had never seen a older cat be nice to him. Blackpaw had two sides, his mouse brained, selfish self, and a loyal caring side. The trouble was sticking around long enough to get the nice side out. Snowpaw nudged Swiftpaw gently. "Come on, it's time to go."
Ravenpaw placed a paw over her mouth, it seemed to stop herself from hysterically laughing. Since Ravenpaw had the loudest laugh in thunderclan it seemed a good idea. Stormpaw saw their mentors waiting for them. Stormpaw licked his Blackpaw on the top of his head. "Don't worry I'll tell you everything later." Stormpaw promised. Blackpaw purred. "Thanks... Brother." He grinned. Stormpaw smiled, feeling a strong bond of kinship over take him. He waved his bushy red tail to Blackpaw and padded up to Tigerheart. Toadstep and Ivypool came up behind him. Stormpaw turned to face his parents. "That was nice there Stormpaw." Toadstep purred.
Ivypool nodded. "It's nice to see Blackpaw being included and being nice at the same time." His mother bent down to lick his forehead, messing up his fur in the process. "Mum! I need to look good in front of the other clans!"
Ivypool frowned down on him. "Not for some other clan she cats I hope. You're aunt Dovewing had to learn that lesson the hard way."
Tigerheart's head popped out of nowhere. "But now she has the most epic tom in all the clans!"
Dovewing padded up and licked her mate's ear. "You Mousebrain."
Ivypool rolled her eyes. "You're too young to understand. I'll tell you some other time."
"Tell us what?" Ravenpaw crawled from underneath her dad. Ivypool cuffed her gently.
"You bat eared sneak!" Toadstep laughed.
"Stormpaw we're going!" Called Wolfpaw as his chosen thunderclan clanmates left the camp. Stormpaw felt a prickle of excitement and sprinted to catch up with his friends, tonight he would meet the other clans, and the other clans would meet him...
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Ravenpaw jogged through the thunderclan forest, taking tiny detours through the trees constantly, crashing through the bushes and feeling the cold moonlight on her pelt. It was still warm though, it was Greenleaf and was beginning to get hot, the nights were becoming stuffy and uncomfortable. A moon had passed since her shock as possibly being able to read minds. She made sure she became less alert constantly now, hoping that would help block out the voices, it had worked for the whole moon. Unless she wasn't able to read minds and she was just a Mousebrain which was exactly what she hoped was the situation. But the fear stalked her whenever she was alone, gripping her heart tightly and dragging down her hope.
Tonight she could try to forget her problems. The gathering would hopefully be peaceful; with so much prey around she could talk to any of the clans! Wolfpaw came trotting beside her. "You do realise you're really far away from the patrol now." He purred.
Ravenpaw took a glance at the patrol, they were in the distant trees, catching like a bunch of elders. "I think it's time to go back" she laughed. Wolfpaw grinned, his amber eyes bright in the dark. Ravenpaw smiled and then leapt through the ferns to reach the thunderclan patrol.
"Well...well... you two took your time!" Stormpaw grinned, giving a knowing glance at Wolfpaw. Wolfpaw's amber eyes widened and he glanced at Ravenpaw quickly before catching up with his sister. "Fair enough" Ravenpaw said. Stormpaw grinned at Ravenpaw and then punched her in the ribs gently. He raised his eye brows, looking quizzical. "What?" Ravenpaw tilted her head to one side.
"Wow! You two are as blind as Jayfeather!" Stormpaw exclaimed, he then turned around to see the thunderclan medicine cat glaring down on him. Lips drawn back in a snarl, and blue eyes glinting dangerously. Stormpaw crouched down and started in a wide circle around the angry medicine cat. He then tore off sprinting after Tigerheart. "See you later Ravenpaw!" he called, his tail flicking in fear.
Ravenpaw laughed and grinned at Jayfeather. "Can you do that more often? It's funny to see his scared for once!" The blind silver tabby grunted and went to catch up with Lionblaze. "RUDE." Ravenpaw growled to herself. She looked around seeing if she could find one of her friends. Swiftpaw was padding beside Snowpaw, chatting like a crow at dawn. Songpaw was grinning up at Dewpaw who was looking high into the stars. Ravenpaw purred. Songpaw was so lonely before, now she was far more confident, thanks to Dewpaw, and now Dewpaw was less of a bee brain, showing a nicer side to the shy brown she cat. Ravenpaw saw Wolfpaw padding alongside Stormpaw, for once Ravenpaw felt lonely. It was a empty feeling, like if she died no one would notice. She shook her head, she was being pathetic. She decided to run and catch up with her mentor. She started pumping her legs, twisting past Ivypool and Toadstep, ducking under Squirrelflight's bushy tail and scaring Greystripe out of his fur. She finally caught up, and noticed the patrol had stopped. They were at the tree bridge. The tree was huge, its upturned roots twisting into the air, Bramblestar leapt up, and swished his tail for the rest to follow. Lionblaze glanced at Ravenpaw. "You go first, if you lose your grip, I'm right behind you."
Ravenpaw nodded, she bunched her legs and reached high. She scrambled to the trunk and managed to get on. Lionblaze effortlessly leapt on. Ravenpaw couldn't help but feel envious. "I almost fell my first time." Lionblaze purred. "Hopefully you'll get better luck!"
Ravenpaw nodded and padded slowly across the huge trunk, happily, she leapt off at the end and grinned at Lionblaze. Her golden mentor gave her an approving nod. "Bramblestar, you know the Darkclan situation.." Lionblaze whispered to the thunderclan leader.
"The recruiting? I could punish you for doing that, but luckily for your hide you gave us valuable information. I will see what Breezestar has to say first. Then I will decide whether to bring it up or not."
Ravenpaw whispered to her mentor. "You told him?"
Lionblaze stared at her in shock. "Of course!"
Ravenpaw glanced around as the rest of thunderclan jumped off the tree bridge. "Does the rest of the clan know?"
Lionblaze shook his head. "No. Bramblestar doesn't want to scare them, so keep your jaw shut." Ravenpaw nodded, not saying a word.
The thunderclan patrol padded through the trees, until they came into a clearing, Ravenpaw's eyes widened. So many cats!
The clearing was full of cats, warriors, apprentices, elders and queens, all of them having their own thoughts. Suddenly Ravenpaw's head was full of the cat's voices, shouting, laughing, talking some even crying. Her head couldn't take it! Ravenpaw closed her eyes, her legs weakened, her head hurt so much! It was like a rock had sliced her skull open! Ravenpaw began to fill dizzy and before she could do anything, she dropped to the floor and her vision faded to black.
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Wolfpaw looked around at the amazing sight, so many cats! Some were small others were tough and big, others were fluffy and fat while some were short furred and long legged. Wolfpaw grinned at Stormpaw, who had a look of awe. Wolfpaw looked around for Ravenpaw, he wanted to go with her to meet other apprentices. He spotted her, she looked weird? Her paws were rooted to the ground and her pelt was ruffled, her ears were pinned back and she kept shaking her head. Without warning, she let out a yowl of pain and crumpled to the floor. "Ravenpaw!" shouted Stormpaw beside her. The apprentices crowded around the black she cat, with worried looks on their shocked faces. "Let me through! Mouse brained idiots!" Wolfpaw heard the familiar practical tone of Jayfeather. He pushed through, shoving Dewpaw out of the way. He couched beside Ravenpaw and felt her forehead. "She's burning up!" he gasped.
"But she was fine! I just spoke to her!" Lionblaze mewed, his voice tight with shock and worry.
Jayfeather glanced at Squirrelflight. "Get the medicine cats. Now!" he hissed. "Take Ravenpaw to that fern area over there, we don't want to make a scene." He told Lionblaze. His brother nodded and gently carried Ravenpaw with great care to the soft ferns. Jayfeather glanced at Bramblestar. "Take them to the gathering, I'll make sure Ravenpaw's fine."
Bramblestar nodded and swished his tail, Thunderclan frozen in shock, padded after him slowly. Wolfpaw stood where he was, and cried out when Bramblestar dragged him away from Ravenpaw...
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Ravenpaw blinked open her eyes, her vision was blurred and it looked like there was ten Jayfeather's looking down on her. "Ravenpaw?" called a voice. Ravenpaw groaned and sat up, feeling her head ache. "She's fine, you guys go back to the meeting I can take it from here." Jayfeather told some cats Ravenpaw didn't recognise. Ravenpaw guessed they were the medicine cats. "What happened?" Ravenpaw groaned.
"Exactly.. what did happen? You fainted for no reason, and your head was burning up without an obvious cause." Jayfeather growled. Ravenpaw felt something stir in her head, and saw Jayfeather walking among her mind's troubles. Ravenpaw saw as light and ran to it, she saw a younger Jayfeather, playing with a young Lionblaze and a black she cat she didn't know, then he was in a fire, with a deranged grey tom snarling at him. Ravenpaw padded further, she was at a mountain, a pretty white she cat was staring at Jayfeather with tears in her eyes. Then to Ravenpaw's surprise she saw herself being born. A voice whispered in her ear. "Five, the rulers of the stars, the kin of Thunderclan's strongest blood will rise to battle the ghosts of the forgotten past. They will face great terror and tragedy to defeat the shadows that deceive us in the dark" A vision entered her mind, of five cats, standing in front of a fire, their eyes glinting in the dark, the lead one had forest green eyes, identical to Ravenpaw's. Suddenly she was pushed out of Jayfeather's mind and found herself staring back at him.
The medicine cat's blue eyes were bright and in awe. "That's never happened before." He whispered. "I went into your memories, and you went into my mind..." Jayfeather gasped. "You don't just read minds... you can enter them..."
Ravenpaw looked at her paws, they were shaking, she was consumed by a breakdown. "What just happened?" Ravenpaw whispered.
Jayfeather focused on her. "The sightful Raven, the unseen Storm, the swiftest fire, the Wolf's heart and the endless Song are the strongest blood of fire and thunder, they must learn of the shadows that haunt them, and the ghosts in the shadows of the past, for the war of flame and shadow is coming.. and they will have to sacrifice everything... even themselves... You know what just happened. You're one of the five..."
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Big cliffie there! :D
So epic Ravenpaw just invaded the mind of the most powerful medicine cat that ever lived... that's quite epic!
So, how will Ravenpaw cope when she has to face the fact that she is far from normal? And how will she be able to control her power?
Cause she can't faint every time she's surrounded by cats! BTW if you are confused why she didn't read the minds of all of thunderclan it's because she was born there and was unknowingly has adapted to filtering out all the voices of thunderclan's thoughts.
That's pretty cool :D
So... she can: read minds, enter cat's minds and do one more thing that you don't know yet but I do lol! :D
Till next time and best wishes!
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