And onto Flamepaw POV!
Sorry, but I accidentally said that Shypaw was Spottedleaf. It's actually Spottedkit.
Just so you know, Flamepaw's POV intertwines with Eaglepaw's and Rosepaw's.
Thunderandshadowcats: XD Tolazytologin. I was dieing when I saw that.
NightmareTheFoxWitch: Go, Crowfrost! He would be a good deputy, actually. And he's Dawnpelt's mate. Huh.
Tigerflight: Sorry about the cliffhangers! XD I don't really know if they are going to get together. I really don't know. I come up with this stuff as I go.
To those who PMed me about Rosepaw and Stormpaw, NO. THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING MORE THAN FRIENDS. I didn't want it to be a SilverstreamXGraystripe thing.
Italics, are either dreams, or daydreams, or memories. In Flamepaw's case, it's a memory.
And, I know that Windclan doesn't share a border with Shadowclan. But... I've always imagined Windclan in the space that Thunderclan is, and vice versa. This is my story, and this is how I want it to be. Haters gonna hate.
Why, why did you have to be a hater Appledusk. You could have had such a happy life with Mapleshade, had more kits. WHY.
Flamepaw's POV
Flamepaw sat, in the shade. Pinenose's stomach hurt, so he had the day to do as he wanted.
He was remembering the happenings of the night before.
He had gone to see Shypaw, once again, but in an abandoned twoleg nest.
Flamepaw still remembered the day they met, on a border patrol.
"We go on border patrols everyday to make sure that our scent markers are strong." Pinenose explained to her apprentice. Flamepaw just nodded.
He had seen something running toward them, on the Windclan side of their border, while Pinenose kept on rambling.
"Flamepaw!" Pinenose mewed, sounding annoyed, "Pay attention!"
"Sorry Pinenose." Flamepaw said sheepishly, "What was the question?"
Pinenose sighed. "I asked, what does the warrior code tell us about borders?" Flamepaw thought for a moment. The warrior code had been the first thing that Pinenose had taught him.
"That they must be marked and checked daily. We must challenge all trespassing cats."
"Good." Pinenose whipped her head towards the border, as did Palepaw, his sister, and Owlclaw, her mentor.
Flamepaw saw that the "something" had grown to be two cats, chasing after a rabbit, across the moor of Windclan.
"I've got it!" A brown tom yowled. He had one black ear. The other cat, was pure black. She was close behind the tom.
When Flamepaw saw her, a chill ran up his spine. She made him feel uncomfortable.
The cats grew closer and closer, until they reached the border. Then they passed the border.
"Got it!" The brown tabby mewed triumphantly. Then he realized where he was.
"Swampaw! Shypaw!" A striped brown tabby had called, "Get over here at once!" The two cats rushed across the border, not wanting to be there any longer.
"Heathertail," Owlclaw addressed the brown cat who, had reached the border, along with a white cat with gray splotches. "I believe that is our prey."
"No it is not!" The white and gray cats mewed indignantly.
"Furzepelt, calm down." Heathertail looked at Owlclaw. "I'm sorry, Owlclaw, but this is Windclan prey. It simply took one bound over the border."
"Yes, and once it crossed the border, it became Shadowclans." Pinenose's green eyes glared.
Flamepaw locked eyes with Shypaw across the border. For the first time, he noticed how strange she looked.
One eye was a rare shade of red, the color of blood, and the other was as blue as ice. He realized that it didn't make him feel uncomfortable, but it drew him in.
The older cats had been arguing for quite some time, when Heathertail spoke loud enough to break Flamepaw from his trance.
"Fine." She flicked her tail. Her voice was calm, but all the cats could hear the anger behind it. "Take it."
"But we caught it!" Swampaw argued. "It's ours!"
"I know Swampaw. But these filthy Shadowclan cats can't seem to understand that." Flamepaw felt Palepaw stiffen beside him.
Heathertail continued, "We can catch some more prey elsewhere. Shadowclan must be starving if they want this prey so desperately."
"Flamepaw," Pinenose began through her teeth, "Go get our rabbit." Flamepaw hurried across to Shypaw, who was now holding the rabbit.
When he got up close, he whispered, "Meet me here, tonight." He grabbed the rabbit and dashed back over to his side of the border.
They had been meeting ever since. Flamepaw got up to get some fresh-kill for his mentor, when he saw Scorchfur holding Rosepaw close.
The whole clan knew that Scorchfur liked Rosepaw more than Eaglepaw. And they all knew Rosepaw hated it.
"I'm not Snowbird!" Flamepaw saw that Rowanstar was watching with pity in his eyes. "I'm Rosepaw!"
"And if Eaglepaw isn't your son, then, then neither am I!" Rosepaw ran to the apprentices den. Scorchfur fell down. Crowfrost went to help him.
Flamepaw dashed after Rosepaw.
"I don't want to talk to a cat like you!" Eaglepaw's growl came from inside. "You've done what you needed! Just get out!"
Rosepaw ran out and rammed into Flamepaw.
"I'll go talk to him." Flamepaw tried to reassure her. Palepaw ran after her.
Flamepaw padded into the apprentices den.
"Now what." Eaglepaw looked upset and angry as usual. "Oh. It's just you."
Eaglepaw accepted Flamepaw more than anyone else.
He sat with his muzzle in his paws. Flamepaw lay down next to him.
"Why did you yell at Rosepaw?" He asked gently.
"Because she's the reason Scorchfur hates me!" Eaglepaw growled.
"Eaglepaw, Rosepaw actually got mad at Scorchfur because of that." "She told him that she didn't want to be his daughter if he didn't accept you."
Eaglepaw looked startled, but then he glared again. "She always got the best piece of fresh-kill when we were kits. Scorchfur insisted that I slept apart in a different nest, so I didn't disturb you!" Flamepaw was about to say more, when Scorchfur barged into the apprentices den.
"Eaglepaw! Get out here now!" Scorchfur's nostrils flared.
"No!" Eaglepaw stood defiantly. "You can't tell me what to do!" Scorchfur grabbed Eaglepaw roughly by the scruff, and pulled him out.
Flamepaw followed them outside. Eaglepaw was flailing with his paws, and he hit Scorchfur in the face multiple times. Scorchfur yowled and dropped Eaglepaw.
Flamepaw saw his mother gasp and rush toward her adopted kit. Crowfrost held her back.
"They have to do this on their own, if they are ever to be close."
Flamepaw stood at Eaglepaw's side, ready to defend him.
He saw that Scorchfur was bleeding from around his nose, and blood was welling where Scorchfur had held Eaglepaw.
"What have you done to your sister!" Scorchfur swiped at his son.
"Nothing! You were the one who overly loved her!" Eaglepaw dodged the blow.
"I did not overly love her! You influenced her!" Scorchfur hit Eaglepaw on the head.
Eaglepaw fell over, but Flamepaw pushed him back into a standing position.
"He's your son!" Flamepaw squeaked, "That means that Rosepaw is his sister, and that he would have to influence her!"
Scorchfur kept clawing at Eaglepaw. Why isn't Rowanstar doing anything! Flamepaw looked around to see that Rowanstar wasn't even in the clearing.
Not realizing that Flamepaw was the one who had spoken, Scorchfur hissed, "Rosepaw is not your sister!"
"Yes she is!" Eaglepaw's response suprised Flamepaw. He's admitting that Rosepaw is his sister!
Eaglepaw ripped fur off of Scorchfur, while expertly dodging blow after blow. Flamepaw wondered where he had learned such a skill.
Scorchfur then mewed words, that Flamepaw knew shocked ever cat in the clearing.
"You should have been the one to die! Not Snowbird!" Scorchfur lunged at Eaglepaw, and Flamepaw jumped out of the way.
"Stop!" Crowfrost jumped in between the two cats.
"Scorchfur," Crowfrost's voice was eerily cold. "We know you dislike your son, but this has gone way too far." Dawnpelt bounded over to Eaglepaw and Flamepaw.
"Are you two alright?" Flamepaw nodded, but he saw that Eaglepaw had a long cut running from his right shoulder to his belly.
Before anyone could say anymore, Eaglepaw bolted out of camp. Flamepaw ran after him, despite Dawnpelt's calls.
Eaglepaw was easy to find, thanks to the trail of blood that he left behind.
Flamepaw found, him in hollowed out sycamore tree.
"Go away."
"Eaglepaw, it's me, Flamepaw."
"Oh."
Flamepaw searched for cobwebs. He remembered something that Rosepaw had told him about, how they were good for stopping blood.
At least, that was what Flamepaw hoped.
Flamepaw took the amount he had collected, and applied them to Eaglepaw, who surprisingly did not complain.
"Thanks." He said gruffly.
"What?" Flamepaw was confused. Eaglepaw was not the thanking type.
"For standing with me." Flamepaw nodded.
The two sat in silence.
"Help! Anyone please help!"
Palepaw's cry echoed through the forest.
Sorry to those who were waiting for Shypaw's POV. I kinda side tracked...
Next chapter will be Eaglepaw's, but then I'm going back to Volepaw for a little bit.
That's the plan anyway.