Breezepaw was soon out hunting with Honeypaw, Cinderpaw, Mousepaw and their mentors as Honeypaw was wondering about what she could ask Breezepaw about. Mousepaw soon spotted a squirrel as he was getting ready to pounce on it.
"Hey Breezepaw, what's Windclan to you?' Honeypaw asked him. Breezepaw sighed as he soon spoke.
"Windclan can be either way, they can either be good to your or bad to you. Some of the worst days I feel are like Nightcloud's best days, she's always there to give me what I need but she can't give me what I want. And what I want is to be with Crowfeather but Crowfeather has little time for me between his apprentice, my half-siblings and Leafpool. I feel like he's really never there for me." Breezepaw mewed as he felt like he wanted to be with his father but he explains the fact that he was never really there for him. Honeypaw felt pain for the apprentice as he just wanted his father's attention.
"I know it's hard to get what you want but you must understand he's out there for you. He'll look back one day and sit down and maybe talk to you but you can't get that moment now. It pays off when you wait for it." Honeypaw mewed. Soon Mousepaw sprang from the bushes as he chased after the squirrel. Breezepaw turned back to Honeypaw.
"Wait for it? I will forget it when that time comes and when I say to him that I just wanted his attention, Nightcloud would lose it and she'll swipe me across the face." Breezepaw soon felt more split than ever. He really liked Crowfeather but he knew he had to respect Nightcloud.
"Yes, patience my friend, it will get to you when Crowfeather is ready." Honeypaw soon explained to the apprentice what it meant. She soon touched Breezepaw's cheek with her muzzle. It felt like his cheek would be scarred from the time Hollypaw attacked him. Soon a shriek was heard as the two apprentices looked up. Mousepaw was stuck up high in the sky oak.
"I chased a squirrel up here and now I can't get down!" Mousepaw shrieked as he was paralyzed with fear. The ground looked a long way down for him as the others began to look around for an way up and down.
"Hold on let me call the fire department!" Spiderleg mewed as he got out his phone as he began calling for the emergency services. Breezepaw and Honeypaw were doing their best to remain calm as the fire truck came roaring from nowhere. Cinderpaw was sitting in the middle of the monster's path as the truck strikes Cinderpaw in the leg. Honeypaw watched as Cinderpaw laid there wailing in pain as she snickered a secret to Breezepaw.
"It's back to the medicine den with you evil ghost of Cinderpelt." Honeypaw was speaking about Cinderpaw. Cinderpaw was screaming internally for being called the ghost of their previous medicine cat. Things go smoothly as Mousepaw was rescued and Breezepaw and Honeypaw carry Cinderpaw back to be treated.
Back in Windclan, Jaypaw could feel that Cinderpaw got hurt as he was wondering what was going on back there, He soon fell asleep in his nest as he was wondering what was going to happen tonight. Jaypaw soon woke up in Starclan as he felt like he was weightless in the sky. He looked around as he saw Cinderpelt.
"Jaypaw, it's nice to see you here." Cinderpelt mewed to Jaypaw. Jaypaw was curious about what this former medicine cat wanted as Cinderpelt flicked her tail signaling Jaypaw to follow. Jaypaw followed her as she soon lead the way for the apprentice. Jaypaw was soon looking around as this place was familiar to Cinderpelt but not to Jaypaw.
"What is this place?" Jaypaw asked Cinderpelt as he was puzzled about it. Cinderpelt soon turned her head as she continued to lead the way.
"This is Thunderclan's old camp back in the forest territories. This was sadly destroyed by the twolegs forcing us all to evacuate. I miss this place but I feel like I can continue this onward with Cinderpaw." Cinderpelt explained to Jaypaw what the camp was. Jaypaw was confused on why Cinderpelt was Cinderpaw.
"In that case, you seem to be a lot like Cinderpaw. Is there a reason why?" Jaypaw asked Cinderpaw.
"I just thought about possessing an innocent apprentice to tell the clan that badgers are scary and to have her leech information from the original to become a more powerful warrior seems legit." Cinderpelt explained on what exactly happened. Soon Jaypaw understood everything as he soon knew he would go to sleep for now.
Meanwhile, later that night or three months later because the Erins are being very vague about the passage of time here. Heatherpaw and Lionpaw were busy in the tunnels as they were still learning on how to speak.
"Okay Lionpaw, you up for more speaking lessons?" Heatherpaw asked Lionpaw. Lionpaw nodded as he was ready to continue speaking. Soon Heatherpaw responded with: "Okay let's continue. Before they could continue, two ghost like cats appeared behind them as they knocked them out. The two apprentices woke up as they saw black trees everywhere. The apprentices didn't know about it but they were in cat hell.
"Welcome to cat hell, please head to the front desk where the fresh kittens will sign up. Brokenstar mewed to the cats. The two apprentices walked forth as they were wondering about what was going on. Lionpaw wasn't so sure about this place.
"Heatherpaw, you sure we should be here?" Lionpaw mewed to Heatherpaw. Heatherpaw didn't seem to care that much.
"Relax Lionpaw; we'll become better fighters than ever before." Heatherpaw mewed to him. Hawkfrost was working the front desk as cats were lined up as they were signing up to train.
"Next." Hawkfrost mewed as he was getting the information about the cats. Lionpaw tensed up as he didn't want to see what was going on. "Next." Heatherpaw had the biggest smile on her face as she knew she was going to get Lionpaw a personality. "Next." Heatherpaw and Lionpaw were soon at the front desk as Hawkfrost stared curiously at the apprentices. "What can I do for you, you two want to train in cat hell?" Hawkfrost mewed to them. Lionpaw stood there nervously as Heatherpaw soon pushed him to Hawkfrost.
"We would like to train, this big one here is Lionpaw and I'm Heatherpaw. Lionpaw is from Thunderclan and I'm from Windclan." Heatherpaw responded to Hawkfrost. Hawkfrost smiled typing the apprentice's information away. Lionpaw was ready to scream at Heatherpaw for giving all of their information away but Heatherpaw didn't care. She was excited. Hawkfrost soon finished up.
"Make yourselves a home, welcome to the Dark Forest." Hawkfrost happily let the apprentices in. Lionpaw was unsure about this. He saw cats were busy picking fights with other cats and instead of using their claws and teeth; they were using grenade launchers and eyelanders.
"On second thought, this place sucks." Lionpaw mewed his concern. Heatherpaw knew she wanted to stay as Lionpaw was looking for a way out. He soon turned to Hawkfrost. "Can we please leave?" Lionpaw asked Hawkfrost nicely as he was wondering if he would let them go. Hawkfrost had other plans for them.
"Uhhhh… no." Hawkfrost bluntly responded to the apprentices. Lionpaw didn't know what to do next as he knew that Heatherpaw was having fun but he was nervous about this.
"Sure, I'll uhh… stay here." Lionpaw tried to remain happy but a part of his mind was screaming, get out of there. Heatherpaw was busy fighting a cat with an Eyelander but Lionpaw wasn't so sure.
"You need anything?" Hawkfrost mewed to them holding up some barbeque flavored Pringles and a bottle of water. "I can get you some water." Lionpaw wanted to lie as his mind still wanted to get out of there. Some cats soon pinned him down as one bit into his neck while another got on top of him.
"Nah nah… uh… I'm good." Lionpaw sighed as he knew there was no way out of there. Hawkfrost smiled to him.
"Make yourself a home." Hawkfrost happily responded. Lionpaw knew he wasn't going to sleep ever again to cover his tracks to these creepy cats. Heatherpaw was having fun but Lionpaw knew that his soul wasn't in the right place.
The next morning, Hollypaw was assigned to a patrol as she was heading out with Nightcloud and Ashfoot as they were patrolling a section of lake as they were looking around for suspicious activity that Ashfoot spotted last night. Hollypaw soon spotted a cat as she soon charged at the cat. She knocked the cat over as the cat turned out to be an apprentice.
"Hollypaw what are you doing here?" Fernpaw mewed as he wasn't used to being attacked. Ivypaw soon leaped to his aid as he attacked Hollypaw. She was able to sense there were multiple cats around her as she was wondering if they were going to attack. Nightcloud soon bared her teeth into a snarl as Fernpaw got up. Mistyfoot soon raced forth as she didn't want a fight but help.
"Oh thank Starclan you're here." Mistyfoot mewed as she knew they needed outside help for their problem. "All of Riverclan is on the gathering island, just Riverclan, we were forced there and we are waiting for the problem to go away." Mistyfoot soon lead the cats to the gathering island as Hollypaw was surprised. All of Riverclan was there. As it turned out they had started to live on the island making the evil ghost of Hawkfrost extremely happy. Ashfoot soon spoke as she wanted to make this clear.
"Is it just me or is this even more ridiculous than that time we got into an argument with Thunderclan on who could legally eat squirrels?" Ashfoot asked the cats as she never knew that all of Riverclan was there on the island. Nightcloud soon looked at Ashfoot.
"Come on, it's just squirrels." Nightcloud responded to Ashfoot. Willowpaw soon met up with Hollypaw.
"Psst, Hollypaw, over there." Willowpaw called Hollypaw over. Hollypaw's head soon turned to Willowpaw as she soon followed her to the brush. Willowpaw soon spoke. "Oh Hollypaw, you're here. Now I would like to say that Riverclan is in trouble due to a twoleg apprentice throwing rocks at us. We need to make sure that we get to go to the clan to give the all clear before the clans can move back. Even with the loud roars of the Thundersnakes that move across the path many times a day, it isn't enough to keep them at bay." Hollypaw knew that she had to trust her but she knew she was going to put herself at risk. She soon gulped as she thought about it as she responded.
"Sure. When do you want to meet?" Hollypaw asked Willowpaw. Willowpaw thought about it for a moment before coming to a conclusion.
"We'll meet two sunsets from now. Now go on, your patrol wants you." Willowpaw responded as Hollypaw turned back as she followed the Windclan cats back. She had a plan and she knew she was going to stick to it for as long as she could. Things were going to take a strange turn for her.
Jaypaw was sleeping in his den the next morning as he was sleeping with Barkface and Kestrelpaw as he heard some sort of rustling again. Jaypaw soon got to his paws as he stretched out. He soon went outside of the medicine cat's den as he decides to take a look as he felt something drop to his paws. Fortunately for him the object that hit him didn't hurt at as but he soon rubbed his paws across it feeling the scars of the stick that were all too familiar with him. He soon came to the conclusion that this was the same stick that he found earlier. He soon takes it in as Lionpaw soon came in to the den. As he didn't get any sleep for the past couple of days. There were huge bags under his eyes as he was sleep deprived. Barkface came to him.
"Lionpaw, what happened to you, you look like you haven't slept in moons." Barkface soon inspected the apprentice as Lionpaw soon spoke.
"Me and Heatherpaw were recruited by evil while she was teaching me to speak. And I've decided that I wouldn't sleep for as long as possible so I don't see those cats again." Lionpaw responded to Barkface as Barkface soon began to lie the apprentice down.
"You need sleep Lionpaw, I say you should rest up and if those cats try to take you from under the moss, I will be there to whack them for 50 bucks." Barkface mewed as he lied Lionpaw down. He soon made him fall asleep as Jaypaw was looking at the stick. He soon pushed his muzzle against the stick. He soon a white tom with Ginger splotches go into the tunnels. He soon shook his head from the fact on what he way. What was he seeing? Was he really blind? What was Starclan trying to say to him. Jaypaw didn't know about it as he was trying to figure out what was going on. Jaypaw soon exited the medicine cat's den as he soon exited camp. He was looking around for the tunnels as he soon stepped a paw into a shallow hole. He didn't know about this but he stumbled into one of the entrances of the tunnels. He soon thought about the cat he saw entering the tunnels. He soon ran back as he wanted to retrieve the stick wondering on what other secrets it could spill out to him. He soon arrived at the camp as Kestrelpaw came running over.
"Jaypaw, Hollypaw took the stick and chucked it into the lake." Kestrelpaw mewed to Jaypaw. Jaypaw was furious that Hollypaw would do the same thing over again. Jaypaw soon bounded out of the camp as Kestrelpaw followed him as they went to go retrieve the stick.
The two apprentices saw the stick was in fact floating as it was almost bobbing along looking for air. Jaypaw soon dove into the water as Kestrelpaw soon followed him in. The two apprentices knew that they needed to work together if they wanted to save the stick. Jaypaw soon grabbed the stick as Kestrelpaw grabbed the other end of it. They were soon paddling together as they knew that needed to move at the same time to avoid breaking the stick. Jaypaw and Kestrelpaw soon came out of the water as they shook the water free from their pelts as they had saved the stick.
"Thank you for saving my life." The stick responded to Jaypaw with the voices of a thousand children. Jaypaw nodded as he soon picked up the stick. Was the stick trying to speak to him. He didn't know as he carried it back to camp.
[A/N]: What do you think of this chapter so far as I wanted to get this out; Jaypaw must really like his stick. Also who wants to ship Jaypaw with the stick? Review since I think I will sit out for a couple days while the holidays come around and relax my mind.
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