Guest- I'm not sure if I'm taking kits for Thunderclan, but I may put Squirrel and Lion in another clan. Look for them in future chapters!
Chapter 20:
Blazestar spun on his deputy, snarl growing in his throat, but it died down when he saw who the cat addressing him was. He sighed, before storming away, into his den. Silverpaw, surprised, turned to Treeclaw.
"What did you help me?" The former deputy didn't answer, just gave her a compasionate look and padded off to the elders den. Silverpaw huffed, stalking away to her den.
The next morning, even before the sun began to peak out from the horizon Gingertail padded into the den, nudging her softly with a paw. The sleepy apprentice just rolled over, and continued sleeping. With a small puff of amusement and frustration, Gingertail grabbed Silverpaw by the scruff and flung her into the crisp morning air outside. Silverpaw awoke, and somehow managed to roll onto her paws.
"It's time for the second part of your assesment." Gingertail said, sounding worried and angry. "Remember, you must go into a fox den and back out. Please be safe." Her meow dropped to a whisper. "I don't want you to die. The clan needs you." The mentor started padding to the exit. "Stormpaw and Redfang will be along shortly."
Sure enough, when the sun's light began to show, her brother padded into the sandy training hollow, followed by his mentor.
"We have planned the fox den for you to travel into. Both of you will be going into the same one. Work as a team to get out safely." Redfang said, tailtip twitching nervously. Silverpaw nearly hissed. 'I'm putting my life into STORMPAW'S claws?' She thought angrily, moving to her paws from the sitting position she had been in.
"Gingertail and I will be waiting outside. Good luck." Without another word, both mentors padded into the forest, tails swishing behind them. Extanging a look with her brother, Silverpaw followed, Stormpaw hot on her tail.
They soon reached the den, the stale scent making it obvious why Gingertail had chosen the spot. "You may begin." The pretty ginger warrior meowed, nose twitching. Silverpaw stiffly padded inside, followed by her stormy grey brother. Scenting the air, she followed the right fork, while Stormpaw went down the left. With every few paw-steps, Silverpaw stopped, making sure there was no fresh scent of fox around. Down she went, and eventually the two forks met in one huge den, filled with prey-bones, two nests, and dung.
"Ew." Stormpaw grumped, wrinkling his nose against the smell. "Do you think we should bring a bone back to prove we went it?" Silverpaw nodded, snatching a vole skull carefully in her jaws, trying to ignore the huge scrapes that could only have been made by pointed teeth. Suddenly, they heard a bark, and the frest scent of fox wafted down the tunnel.
"Run!" Silverpaw yowled, tearing back up the tunnel she had came, where the fox scent wasn't. Faster than she'd ever run before, she raced up, eyes wide with terror.
At the enterence, Stormpaw screeched, "The fox is behind me!" As Silverpaw turned, teeth bared, he shoved her aside, and down, and raced out of the den. The fox lunged for Silverpaw.
Narrowly avoiding its huge claws, Silverpaw rolled away, jumping up to avoid another paw. She hit the celing hard, causing the dirt to fall. On the fox. With a screech, she tore out of the den like her tail was on fire, and back to the training hollow, after the panicked scent of Stormpaw and the mentors.
When she saw him, sitting calmly, a smug look on his muzzle, she lost it. "Stormpaw tried to kill me!" She snarled, baring her teeth at her brother. Stormpaw looked horrified.
"No, I didn't! I saved her!" Realzing she would never, never win with Blazestar their leader, she looked down. "Whatever." Gingertail looked at Redfang, confused, before shaking her head.
"Congratulations." Redfang said stiffly. "Your warrior ceremonies will be tonight, right after we notify Blazestar." A feeling of happiness surged through the apprentice, and she stood, following Gingertail back to camp, tail waving gracefully in the air, but she couldn't help the pure hatred she felt towards Stormpaw.
Ok, please review, I really care about what you guys think! Hopefully this will start getting popular again, but I know I've been gone for awhile so I get it might be some time.
Icystar out!