Pow! Pow! Pow!
"Run faster!" The hazel brown she-cat yelled to her white friend. The white cat nodded, and they continued to sprint down the Thunderpath. They didn't care about the heat coming up from it, or the pebbles they accidentally stepped on.
The Twoleg kept on following, and kept on holding down this button on a weird metal thing, that popped out small bullets quickly. The only thing is that these bullets had enough power to kill them.
"We have to split up!" The brown she-cat said. Her friend glanced at her. "You are sure?"
"Positive. We'll meet back here in a little bit." She said, then dashed to her left. The white cat dashed to it's right.
The Twoleg decided to go for the brown she-cat. The white cat took a big breath for recovering. Then, the white cat realized, What am I doing? I have to go help her!
The white cat got up and ran in the direction of the Twoleg. Once the white cat didn't get to far, they saw the brown she-cat.
The feline ran up to its friend. "Are you okay?"
The brown cat nodded. "Yeah. Let's make a run for it!"
The two ran for miles and miles, through the Thunderpaths, little bridges that where above small streams, plain grassland, they just ran. After a little bit, they started to hear Twolegs behind them again.
"What do they want from us?" The white one asked.
"I don't know!"
The two ran faster, and then, noticed a long, unstable wooden bridge. There was a yellow sign bordering it, and a bunch of things blocking it, but they didn't care. The two jumped over it.
"This doesn't look as long as I thought it was." One of them said as they got onto the first step.
They carefully walked over, and then ran. The twolegs were long gone, and they had a lot of time to speed up.
They went into a kind twolegs place, which was mainly a barn with big animals and a few twolegs. The cats thought they were amazing, how big they were, but they had no time to look. They continued to run until they stumbled upon a valley.
In the distance, they saw a brown tom stalking a rabbit. He stayed low to the ground, and once he was close enough to it, he pounced and got it.
"Lucky shot." The white one said.
The brown she-cat nodded.
"Let's go up to him." The brown one said, and the two started to run.
The leader glanced at the two cats. Both of them looked small, hungry, and tired. "Can I help you?"
They nodded.
"I'm Shay, and this is Cleo. We used to live together in a valley just like this one, but we got stolen by Twolegs. We ran away, but they have bullet shooters, and they are trying to kill us. We believe if we stay here, we'll be save." The white she-cat said.
Cleo nodded. "Please? We'll do anything for you, kind sir."
Windstar chuckled. "My name is Windstar, welcome to WindClan, she-cats. At the moment, I am the only member."
They looked at each other, then looked back at Windstar. "WindClan?"
Windstar sighed and sat down. The three shared the rabbit he caught as he told what a Clan was.
"Sounds like fun, can I join?" Shay asked.
Cleo nodded. "Me too!"
Windstar nodded. "Okay. Since I'm the only one in the Clan, I'll have to be both of your mentors, but that's alright. Come with me, I'll show you to where I will make Clan announcements."
He walked up to the Clan clearing, and sat on a rock that wasn't that big, but big enough for all the cats to see him. "I assume you both are both more than six moons old, maybe seven or eight, but anyways, I have learned well from my friends, family, and others to fight, and learned from Silverpelt the ways of a warrior, so I promise I will put those down onto you. Shay, from this day until you are a warrior, you will be called Snowpaw. Cleo, from this day until you are a warrior, you will be called Cloverpaw. I will be both of your mentors."
Snowpaw and Cloverpaw smiled. "This will be awesome!"
A few sunrises later in RiverClan, a young cat with the name of Sandy stumbled into Riverstar's territory, and he had joined her Clan. His name became Sandpaw.
"Sandpaw, you did great today. I am proud that you are doing good with your back kick. I'm sure you would be able to give a cat a move to remember if you used that in battle." Riverstar told him.
The tan tom smiled. "Thanks Riverstar. You are really nice, you know." He looked into her eyes.
The she-cat got red in embarrassment. "Thanks, Sandpaw."
He nodded. "You are welcome, Riverstar. You know, all the bad things that happened with my family," He stopped once his voice got low and quiet due to the sorrow he was feeling.
She licked his cheek. "Don't worry, they won't be hurting you anymore. Go grab a fish, eat, and rest."
Sandpaw nodded. "Thanks! Wanna join me in a game of Moss-ball later, Riverstar?" He asked her before he went to eat his fresh-kill for the day.
"Maybe before you have to go to sleep. I have to..." She thought of an excuse, because she was going to go visit Windstar. She hadn't seen Windstar since a couple of days before Sandpaw joined. Maybe it was just a phase, but could he really still be mad about what happened with Cherrypaw? Hopefully not. She'd get a reason out of him tonight. If he was out, well, there was a gathering tomorrow, oh yeah, she also had to tell Sandpaw about that.
"I have to refill our scent markers. Haven't refilled them since the morning, and you know, some cats get crazy ideas." She smiled.
"Okay." Sandpaw said. "See ya later, Riverstar!" He said, and dashed off to go to the prey pile. Riverstar went in the direction of WindClan.
This isn't a good idea... She thought to herself as she was going. You don't want to put yourself in danger, especially since you have Sandpaw now. If anything happened to you, Sandpaw would be so upset! She told herself. She sighed. She really wanted to know what was going on, her patience couldn't wait till tomorrow.
She continued on running, until she got to the border. She really did need to refill the scent markers, so she did that quickly, then started to pass onto the area where WindClan smelt, the only thing was that it didn't smell like just Windstar.
"Hello?" She called out.
Hello? Filled the air, nearby the border. Windstar was just out trying to get a rabbit, while the two apprentices where practicing a new move. Riverstar! He realized. He ran to the noise.
Riverstar sighed, what was the point, just as she was turning around to leave...
"Hey!"
She looked. "Windstar! Where have you been? I missed you so much, I was starting to think that we weren't mates anymore!" She told him.
"I know, I'm sorry, I just got two new apprentices a quarter moon ago, and it's a lot of work, but I can handle it." The brown cat smiled.
Riverstar licked his cheek. He examined him, he looked so tired, so warn out! She could also tell little claw marks on him from battling. She smiled.
"You look very tired. Look, I understand if we need to split up for a little bit, I just got myself an apprentice too, Sandpaw."
Windstar shook his head. "No, we don't need to split up. In a little bit, the two will already know enough to be alone for a hunting patrol."
"Same with my Sandpaw."
Windstar nodded. "Everything will be back to normal in a little bit, I promise, okay?"
The white she-cat nodded. "Got it. Bye, love." She said.
The tom nodded as the two walked away.
Sandpaw walked up to the prey-pile. The fish look good, but this water vole looks even better! Riverstar only said a fish though... He sighed, but then again, She won't notice! He took the water vole and scarfed it down. "Mmm, delicious!"
Once he was done, he noticed that it was very dark now. "I hope Riverstar is okay." He said to himself. He started to feel afraid, what if someone got Riverstar into a fight? Was she okay?
He also hated being alone in the dark.
Stop being so scared, Sandpaw! You are gonna be a warrior one day! Maybe even some day, the leader of RiverClan, Sandstar! He told himself. He went into the Apprentice's Den and laid down in his nest, just like Riverstar told him to do.
Nobody could harm me in here. He told himself. The den built mainly from reeds was strong and big, and it can protect him from anyone, for a little while.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, he heard footsteps. Was that Riverstar?
He was to afraid to check, but he had to. What if it wasn't?
Sandpaw stood up brave and tall as he quietly made his way out of his den. He leaped over the stream that surrounded the circle of dens, and made his way into the clearing. He saw the white and gray cat, and smiled. Phew.
"Sorry that took so long, Sandpaw." Riverstar told him as she got a fish from the prey pile and ate it. "Now, let's play some Moss-ball!" The she-cat said with her mouth full, but she did smile big.