Sorry, short chapter again. I haven't had time to write! School just started, and I am in cross country, so I haven't had much time AFTER school to write, either. And one weekend, I was in the hospital, because it was really hot at a race, and I was pushing myself waaay too hard, and I passed out twenty feet from the finish. It was horrible. So, sort chapter, I am SOO sorry, but I'll try to write more in the future! Same goes for Reflections and Misery. I'm even considering putting my stories on temporary hiatus, I just have SOO much to do :(
The last of the Allegiencies!
THUNDERCLAN
Leader:
Stripestar- golden tabby tom
Deputy:
Seedwhisker- silver she-cat
Medicine Cat:
Steamcloud- fluffy white tom
Warriors:
Tigerstep- tortoiseshell she-cat
Beechpelt- pale brown tom
Reedfire- bright ginger tom with long whiskers
Jaggedpelt- scruffy ginger tom
APPRENTICE, REDPAW
Eaglewhisker- brown tom with white underbelly and paws
Thornstripe- black she-cat
Hollyfur- silver she-cat
APPRENTICE, ACORNPAW
Finchtail- white she cat with a long brown tail
Lionscar- huge brown tom
APPRENTICE, CROWPAW
Queens:
Mapleleaf- small ginger she-cat
(Kits- Cloudkit- gray tom, Mallowkit- white she-cat and Oakkit- dark gray tabby tom)
Breezetail- white she-cat with darker flecks
(Kits- Rowankit- ginger tom and Littlekit- small pale gray she-cat)
Apprentices:
Crowpaw- large black tom
Acornpaw- gray she-cat
Redpaw- amber she-cat
Elders:
Shrewtail- huge gray tom
Brindlestep- pale brown tabby she-cat with soft fur
RIVERCLAN:
Leader:
Lichenstar- black tom
Deputy:
Fernpelt- scarred gray she-cat
APPRENTICE, BIRCHPAW
Medicine Cat:
Otterleap- sleek brown she-cat
Apprentice, Thistlepaw- silver tabby tom with black stripes
Warriors:
Minnowstripe- slender silver she-cat
Stonelight- pale gray tom
Waveclaw- brown tom
Nightwillow- dark gray she-cat with deep blue eyes
Cloverheart- pale brown tabby she-cat
Slateclaw- broad-shouldered gray tom
Sedgethorn- pale brown tom
Mistfall-white with one silver paw
Palefire- ginger she-cat
Queens:
Silverstone- silver tabby she-cat with black stripes
(Sealkit- cream she-cat with a small black streak on her muzzle and stormy gray eyes, and Darkkit- jet black tom with yellowish green eyes)
Sparrowleaf- brown she-cat
(Kits-Branchkit- brown tom)
Apprentices:
Birchpaw- white tom with black stripes
Elders:
Limpfoot- gray tom with a twisted back leg
Chapter 11
Dawnpaw had her head low, heart filled with shame, as she padded toward Highrock. "Dawnpaw, from what Marshclaw told me, you have been an exceptional apprentice," Adderstar meowed. "but your skills are needed as a warrior apprentice instead. Your paws were never meant to heal. Please step forward,"
Dawnpaw obeyed sullenly.
"StarClan, it was you that put Dawnpaw's paws on this new path. Hear and approve my choice. Lionclaw is a skilled warrior, and he has not yet been given the opportunity to mentor an apprentice. I trust that he will teach his intelligence and patience to this young cat." Addertstar's eyes sparkled. "From this moment on, until you earn your warrior name, you shall still be Lionclaw's apprentice,"
"Dawnpaw!" This time, cheers rang out loud and strong, but all Dawnpaw could hear was StarClan's voices, their words replaying in her head. Her destiny leads her a different way. She slouched, dragging her paws over to stand by Lionclaw. She touched noses with him, locking eyes. Hers held a fiery defiance deep in their blue depths. She didn't smile. She didn't blink. She twitched her whiskers, clearly not happy.
"Hi, Dawnpaw," Lionclaw smiled broadly.
Dawnpaw flicked her ear in response. Lionclaw's face fell a little, but he tried to mask his disappointment. "We're going to train with Rosepaw and Blossomfall today, okay?"
Dawnpaw didn't respond. Her destiny leads her a different way.
Lionclaw's tail twitched nervously. "Come on, then." His golden thick golden fur was ruffled, his bright green eyes flicking uneasily to Dawnpaw's sullen demeanor.
She didn't care how nervous he was about training an unenthusiastic apprentice. She didn't care how disappointed he was that she didn't appear to like him. All she cared about was that she didn't get to shape her own destiny. Rosepaw could. Lionclaw could. Thistlepaw could. She was actually jealous, though she hated to admit it. Jealous. With a soft hiss, she clawed the ground. Lionclaw looked startled.
"Dawnpaw? Are you okay?"
She nodded slightly.
"You haven't spoken all day!"
She shrugged indifferently.
Lionclaw quickened his pace with a soft frown. She felt a small twinge of twisted satisfaction. She wanted to make him miserable. Just like she felt. At the moment, she didn't even care that she would be training with Rosepaw.
She heard her sister fall into step beside her, pretending that she didn't notice.
"Hey, Dawnpaw," Rosepaw sounded happy, but cautious. She doesn't want to hurt my feelings. Dawnpaw turned to Rosepaw with a cold smile.
"Now we get to train together! Awesome, huh!"
"Yeah." Awesome that I don't get what I want. That you get what you wanted all along. Yeah, truly awesome.
"I made a friend already!"
Dawnpaw forced herself to look surprised. "Who?" She sure was in a hurry to replace me. I was always her best friend!
"Snakepaw. She's really nice!" Rosepaw's eyes lit up. "Bumblepaw's a little shy, but you'll like her, too. I'm so glad you became a warrior apprentice!" Dawnpaw tensed as Rosepaw pressed close to her. She resented Rosepaw for her happy, carefree attitude. She just doesn't understand!
As they reached the training hollow, Dawnpaw realized that she didn't know any battle moves. She glanced at Lionclaw. He was staring anxiously at her. He was so unsure about himself. Irritation prickled under her fur.
Lionclaw padded up to her. "Okay," He said, squaring his shoulders. "The first thing you need to learn is how to defend yourself. Rosepaw, use a leaping claw-attack," Rosepaw turned to face him. Dawnpaw noted that she kept her claws sheathed. Rosepaw reared, on her hindpaws, forepaws outstreached above her. She leaped at Lionclaw. He ducked swiftly nder her, butting her belly with his head and causing her to lose her wind and slump to the ground beside him. He pinned her down as she caught her breath, glancing at Dawnpaw to make sure she was watching.
"Okay, Dawnpaw, I'll attack you and you should use the move I just showed you. Its called a throw-off." Lionclaw immediately sprung onto his hind legs, springing toward her, and she panicked. She ducked, batting his belly with her claws outstreached and tearing tufts of fur from him. She thrust her head up, knocking him sideways, and pinned his shoulder.
"DAWNPAW!" Rosepaw shrieked, dashing over. "Don't you know anything?! You keep your claws SHEATHED while training! You MOUSE-BRAIN!"
"Its okay," Lionclaw mewed, licking his belly fur. "I forgot to tell her. And I'm not bleeding," He added softly.
Dawnpaw hung her head. Couldn't she do ANYTHING right?
