DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN WARRIORS!
As the camp died down when Spottedstar announced that the ShadowClan cats could leave once Hazelpelt gave birth, Mintpaw let out a small breathe that she'd been holding in, though there was a slight frown on her face. What about rogues, she thought, or badgers and foxes? She shivered at the thought of meeting one of the fierce creatures.
"Is that alright with you?" Spottedstar meowed to Dawnleaf, bringing Mintpaw back from her thoughts.
Dawnleaf's tail twitched in annoyance, but what else could she do? "F-fine." she murmured. Mintpaw was struck by how devoted the she-cat was to the former clan cats and warmth filled her chest that she wasn't the only cat who wanted the cats to stay.
Spottedstar nodded firmly, "Then it's decided, Hazelpelt, Whitethorn, and Troutshade will immediately leave once the kits are been born."
Mintpaw's clan seperated into little clumps, continuing to gossip about the new news. Mintpaw however, sat still, thoughts rushing through her head about what to do after the former clan cats left.
"What're you thinking?" a new voice chirped beside Mintpaw and she flinched. Lilypaw. "You've been pretty silent this entire time." Her concerned gaze looked directly at Mintpaw.
Mintpaw looked away from her curious sky blue eyes, she hoped that her face wasn't giving away too much. " A-ah.. nothing really. It's not really that important anyways." Mintpaw curled her tail around her front paws tighter.
Her sister's eyes flared, "Your lying!" she huffed, "I can tell already. Your really predictable, Mintpaw." Mintpaw rolled her eyes, "So what if I'm lying, I'm not going to tell you what I'm thinking right now."
She walked away towards the medicine den to check up on Hazelpelt and Whitethorn, leaving Lilypaw sitting on the dusty ground, stunned.
Dawnleaf had her eyes closes and was sitting out in the sun on a rock nearby. When Mintpaw approached, she blinked the sun out of her eyes. "Hello Mintpaw." Dawnleaf's soft voice meowed soothingly like honey. "Are you here for something?"
"Oh, I'm just here to check up on Hazelpelt." Mintpaw mewed to the kind medicine cat. Inside the medicine den, Hazelpelt laid on a soft moss bed with Whitethorn next to her. Fortunately, they didn't seem to notice Mintpaw at all. Both were talking in hushed whispers and as Mintpaw approached, she could hear them meow quietly.
"I don't want to leave." Hazelpelt murmured, "I can't have my kits in the wild with no protection and food."
Whitethorn licked the top of her head. "I understand your concerns, but what can we do about it now? Ashenstar threw us out because we didn't live up to his rules and expectations." he shook his head sadly.
Hazelpelt's eyes turned to her mate, round with grief, "Why couldn't we have just listened to him? Then, all of this would never have happened and I could have my kits in peace."
Small tears ran down her cheek and she buried her face in Whitethorn's neck. Mintpaw decided that it was better if she'd leave and leave the couple in peace to think about the future together.
Mintpaw crawled out of the medicine den with quiet efficiency. She padded back to the apprentice den where outside, Featherpaw, Palepaw, Morningpaw, and Amberpaw were holding a mock battle.
"Hey Mintpaw!" Morningpaw said cheerfully, while watching Featherpaw and Amberpaw fight. Mintpaw nodded and smiled at her older denmate. Palepaw, obviously, ignored her entire presence. Mintpaw pondered if he was still angry about what happened during the clan meeting.
Inside the den, Darkpaw was curled into a small ball and slept with Lilypaw next to him, also sleeping.
Mintpaw saw Lilypaw slightly twitching in her sleep and her tail curled tighter. As she approached closer, Mintpaw realized she was muttering in her sleep. "What are you thinking? They're rogues. You can't. No... no..." she mewed softly.
Lilypaw suddenly flinched and sat up straight. Mintpaw moved backwards, startled and looked Lilypaw straight in the eyes with a concerned look. "I-is everything okay?" she murmured, Lilypaw looked away, "Everything fine, it's just... someone that I thought was my best friend, I guess, isn't."
"Is this about why I wouldn't tell you wants on my mind?" Mintpaw whisper-shouted, careful not to wake up Darkpaw, "I can have my own opinion, you know? And I want Hazelpelt, Whitethorn, and Troutshade to stay!"
Lilypaw gave a look of disgust, "I can't actually believe your looking out for those rogues. Rogues are clan enemies, and before they got exiles, they were a part of ShadowClan!"
Mintpaw's eyes flared with anger, "So what if they were a part of ShadowClan? They have a queen who is almost ready to give birth and an elder with them." she meowed louder. Lilypaw's claws unsheathed and she dug them into the mossy beds.
"ShadowClan is ThunderClan's enemy clan, you know how the older warriors have talked about them. They're cunning and sneaky, they could be spies and just trying to leak us of our information, then they'll report back to Ashenstar!" Lilypaw snapped, her fur was now bushed out in all sides. She stood up and padded towards the entrance.
Out of the corner of her eye, Mintpaw saw Darkpaw suddenly blinked open his eyes and stared at Mintpaw and Lilypaw in confusion, "Uh-" he started, but got stopped by Mintpaw.
"For StarClan's sake, Lilypaw, stop being such a mousebrain! Did Palepaw mess up your brain or something?!" Mintpaw rolled her eyes.
Lilypaw's eyes narrowed with coldness, "Leave Palepaw out of this, he has nothing to do with this annoying argument."
"G-guys, there's no need to argue. What happened, we can talk-" Darkpaw stammered at the furious felines, yet again he got cut off.
Mintpaw snarled, "This all started because of you! You wanted to know what was on my head and I said no. Your acting like a spoiled kit that can't get first pick on the freshkill pile. Sometimes I wish I didn't have such an arrogant sister that kept bothering me!" Lilypaw flinched back, her eyes wide with hurt.
Mintpaw breathed heavily and looked at Lilypaw and Darkpaw, just taking in what she'd said. D-did... did I really just say that to my sister?, Mintpaw thought, surprised at herself. She stumbled backwards in shock and almost fell to the floor.
Lilypaw's eyes suddenly turned cold and they narrowed, she looked at Mintpaw angrily, "Fine." she hissed, "If that's want you want, I'll start avoiding you." She turned around, and lashed her tail as she exited the apprentice den.
Darkpaw stepped forward cautiously, "Lilypaw..." he stammered. Lilypaw took no sign that she heard what he'd said. He looked back Mintpaw in concern, which made her feel even guilty.
Mintpaw's eyes widened with sorrow, "W-wait Lilypaw! I didn't mean what I said- I was angry." she croaked hoarsely.
Lilypaw jerked her head around, "Yeah, you were angry. At me. And I'm not the spoiled one, you are, Mintpaw. Don't you realize it? Are you that blunt?"
Hey! PansaYuuri here, here's the next chapter, I kind of forgot that I had this story going on, but after I remembered, I tried to make another chapter quickly. Also, about the virus spreading right now, make sure you guys all wash your hands and don't touch your faces. At school, I've seen too many people scratching or touching their faces or other peoples face(gross). I've even caught people picking their noses in the bathroom to avoid people seeing them(even more gross), it obviously didn't work. So yeah, watch out for that, I hope you liked the chapter and stay safe everyone!
-PansaYuuri
