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Chapter 27

Willow flicked her tail nervously back and forth. She glanced at Rainpaw, who trudged along the forest beside her. "Do you think they'll like me?"

She, her sister Shauna, and Golden Hawk had all decided to join ThunderClan after the battle. Song had stayed behind in the Tribe. ThunderClan. The word sounded weird on her tongue.

"Of course," Rainpaw murmured absentmindedly. Willow sighed. She must be thinking about Stormpaw again.

"Rainpaw? Are you okay?"

The tortoiseshell she-cat shook out her fur, raising her gaze from the forest floor. "Sorry. I'm still thinking about what Stormpaw said."

I thought so. Willow cocked her head, asking, "What did he say exactly?"

"Well, it was nothing he said, just how he acted. You know, distant. I think he's still grieving for his father."

"And of course he's probably a little worried about coming home," Willow added, "With he and Runningpaw being the only WindClan survivors and all. WindClan will probably put up a lot of trouble at the next Gathering. How far away is it?"

"Two days."

Suddenly a gray mound of fur leaped on Rainpaw. Willow turned around, letting out a mrrow of amusement as Thrushpaw tackled his sister to the ground, yowling, "We're almost home!"

Golden Hawk was hard on his paws, dragging Willow into the pile. "Thrushpaw!" Willow gasped. "Why did you have to start this?!"

All four cats tumbled to the ground, loud purring rising from their throats. Willow found herself stuck underneath Golden Hawk and above Rainpaw, and let out an amused mew of sympathy for Thrushpaw, who was trapped beneath all of the cats.

"Great StarClan! Let me up!" Thrushpaw wheezed. Rainpaw wriggled out of the pile, collapsing the whole group.

At the sound of Thrushpaw grunting in protest as Willow landed on his tail, Flowerstem turned around. She sighed in exasperation as she took in the scene. "Honestly. I thought I raised better kits than this."

Rainpaw sat up, the playful expression on her face at once becoming slightly puzzled.

"Now, we're almost in ThunderClan territory. I want you all looking dignified and not at all like kittens. Do you understand?"

All four cats nodded, looking subdued.

Flowerstem flicked her tail and padded away.

Willow fell into step beside Thrushpaw. "That was weird," he muttered. "Flowerstem never acts that way."

"I'm sorry," Willow murmured. "Maybe she's still grieving for Rushingwind." Trying to comfort him, she laid her tail on his shoulder, but he shrugged it off.

She sighed, and deciding it would be better to leave him alone, quickened her pace and caught up to Rainpaw. "Hey Rain-"

"Wait!" Rainpaw stopped, stiff-legged. "Do you smell that?"

Willow paused, sniffing the air. "All I smell is cat and leaves."

"Exactly!" Rainpaw gave an excited bounce. "We're almost home!"


Ashwhisker halted as he scented approaching ThunderClan cats. A couple heartbeats later, he heard quiet voices, and soon the appeared through the undergrowth. Sageflight was leading a patrol with Redfire, Fernshade and Eaglestrike.

Fernshade was the first to catch the sight of the patrol. "Flowerstem! Rainpaw!" She exclaimed, bounding forward to touch noses with her apprentice. "You're back!"

Ashwhisker watched Rainpaw give an excited bounce. "You'll never believe what happened!"

"Tell us everything when we get to camp! Sageflight, run back and let Featherstar know!"

The she-cat dipped her head and dashed away.

"This is great," Fernshade purred. "Come on. We'd best be getting back. And-" she stopped talking, finally seeing the rogue cats. "Flowerstem... Who are they?"

Rainpaw's mother beckoned them forward with her tail. "Fernshade, meet Golden Hawk, Willow, and Shauna. They helped us in the battle against the rogue group, and want to join our Clan."

Ashwhisker exchanged a glance with Rainpaw, twitching his ear. He wondered how Featherstar would react to this news.

Fernshade seemed a bit speechless. "Well, I... Flowerstem... Will they be loyal? They're rogues!"

Before Fernshade could answer, Golden Hawk piped up. "We're loyal through thick and thin, uh... she-cat whose name I don't know."

"Fernshade."

"Thanks."

Fernshade warily stepped back. "We should go. Featherstar is expecting us."

Ashwhisker felt the fur on his neck begin to stand up. He sensed the Clan wouldn't be too pleased with the loners.


Golden Hawk sat at the foot of the... Highrock? Highledge? What was it? anxiously twitching her tail. She and the other loners were waiting for Featherstar to come out and make an announcement about the mountains... and if the rogues were allowed to stay.

She decided to make conversation. "Those Clan cats are staring at us like we have antlers."

Willow purred nervously as Shauna twitched her whiskers. "Or maybe they actually have antlers that are invisible to any cat who is not part of ThunderClan- so we can't see them- and since we look normal, they think we look weird." By then Willow was completely cracking up and Shauna was scoffing humorously at her.

"Like that will ever-" suddenly Shauna was cut off.

"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the highledge for a clan meeting!"

Golden Hawk looked up, cringing as a bulky gray tom sat, swishing his tail slowly back and forth. His blue eyes gleamed as he studied the cats crouched below him, expression unreadable.

"That's Featherstar." She jumped as a voice breathed in her ear, and turned to see Rainpaw anxiously flicking her ears. "Look, the Clan is gathering."

About thirty or more cats padded out of multiple dens strewn across the hollow, gathering in a large semi-circle around the base of the rock. Several cats snarled when they caught sight of the rogues, but most eyed them with guarded curiosity.

Golden Hawk bushed up her fur defensively when a gray tom with brown flecks spat at her, but reluctantly flattened it when Rainpaw reassured her he wouldn't attack. "Seedspeck has always been a pain in the tail."

Once all the cats had gathered together, Featherstar stood up. "As you all know, four of our members left on a journey to the mountains. They have all returned safely, thank StarClan, and have also defeated the rogues that were threatening the mountains!" He paused to allow the Clan to cheer for a moment, then silenced them with a yowl. "However, this was at the cost of four Clan lives. Two were from WindClan and two from ShadowClan- Skycloud, Pigeonfeather, Dustbreeze and Rushingwind."

The happy feelings once emitting from the Clan progressed to sadness, and the Clan slowly began to call out things like, "They will not be forgotten!" and, "Those fox-dung eating rogues! They should go back to where they came from!"

Golden Hawk felt a bit uncomfortable, especially since she was a "rogue" to the Clan.

"What about them?!" A hostile voice hissed. "They're rogues!"

Suddenly Golden Hawk's pelt grew hot as the attention of the Clan turned to Willow, Shauna and her. She growled and met the gaze of the speaker, Seedspeck.

The Clan began to murmur amongst themselves.

"How do we know they didn't murder those cats?! Featherstar, are these rogues our prisoners?!"

The Clan began to shout insults, and Featherstar had to yowl to finally get them to settle down.

"Enough! These cats helped fight! Without them, the battle in the mountains would have been lost!"

Golden Hawk flattened her ears, focusing on the ground and not really listening until Willow nudged her. "Golden Hawk? You in there? I think they like us again. Except for maybe that cat named Seedspeck. But Featherstar swayed their opinion."

She looked up, just in time to hear Featherstar say, "I have decided that the Clan will choose whether or not to allow these cats to stay."


Rainpaw scowled, swishing her tortoiseshell tail. Of course the Clan had to decide. Featherstar just couldn't make up his mind. "All cats who would like Golden Hawk, Willow and Shauna to stay, go to the warrior's den. Cats who are opposed to them, got stand by the apprentice's den."

Cats looked from side to side, most of them unwilling to step out first. Finally the cats who made the mountain journey stomped over to the warrior's den, triggering a mass of movement in two directions.

Rainpaw watched smugly as more and more cats milled at the warrior's den. Although there were quite a few at the apprentice's den, it wasn't enough to surpass them.

Suddenly Rainpaw gasped as a familiar golden-ginger pelt zoomed past her to the apprentice's den. "Sunpaw!"

Her sister twitched an ear, but did not look at Rainpaw, keeping her gaze fixed on her destination.

Irritation burned under her pelt. Fox dung, Sunpaw! Come over here!

She did not move, and Rainpaw looked away and instead surveyed the amount of cats in each group. It looked even by the time the cats had dispersed, but to her surprise, her group had one more cat.

Featherstar glanced between the groups, indecision battling in his gaze. Finally he gave a shake of his head and announced slowly, "These three cats can stay, but they must prove themselves loyal in a moon before I will fully accept them into the Clan. For now, they will be apprenticed."

"Golden Hawk, Willow, and Shauna, please step forward."


I can't believe this is happening. Still in shock, Golden Hawk stumbled up to the highledge and climbed on top, following Willow and Shauna.

She looked down over the sea of cats before her, and a sudden thought came to her mind about who in the world would her mentor would be.

Featherstar had a look of deep thought, and then meowed, "Ashwhisker, Flowerstem, and Lionstorm, please come here."

Her two mountain friends came happily bounding up the highledge, and Golden Hawk twitched her whiskers as Flowerstem gave her an encouraging purr.

Then, out of the crowd stepped a muscular golden tom with very thick fur. Golden Hawk felt heat sear her ears as his green eyes met hers, and she looked away hastily.

"Willow, you have been accepted into the clan, but you must first prove yourself as an apprentice. From this day on, until you receive you warrior name, you will be known as Silverpaw." The newly named Silverpaw nodded approvingly. "Your mentor will be Ashwhisker. I hope he passes down all he knows to you."

"Ashwhisker," Featherstar continued, "You are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Redfire, and you have shown yourself to be thoughtful and brave. I expect you will pass on all you know to this apprentice."

"I will do my best, Featherstar," he agreed. Silverpaw bounded up to him, and they touched noses.

Shauna became Flowerstem's apprentice, and had insisted that she kept her name rather than having a clan one.

Time went by slowly until it was finally Golden Hawk's turn. A thought startled her- Lionstorm was the only warrior left. Oh my...

"Golden Hawk, you have been accepted into the clan, but you must first prove yourself as an apprentice. From this day on, until you receive you warrior name, you will be known as Goldenpaw. Your mentor will be Lionstorm. I hope he passes down all he knows to you."

Goldenpaw's heart began to pound as he stepped forwards, keeping his leaf-green eyes on her.

"Lionstorm, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Frozenwhisker, and you have shown yourself to be compassionate and courageous. I expect you to pass on all you know to this apprentice."

"I will," he replied simply. Goldenpaw was sure he could hear her heart pounding as he padded up to her. "Hey, you'll do great. I'm not much older than you, so I remember what it was like to have my apprentice ceremony."

"Th-thanks."

She awkwardly bumped her nose on his, sighing inwardly as his eyes watered. "Ouch."

"Sorry."

She hopped away, making sure to put at least a tail-length of space between them. He must think I'm so clumsy now...

Suddenly she jumped as the Clan began loudly cheering, "Silverpaw! Shauna! Goldenpaw! Silverpaw! Shauna! Goldenpaw!"

Goldenpaw felt happiness bubble up inside her. I'm Goldenpaw. I'm a part of ThunderClan. With a small twinge of sadness, she thought, I hope my parents would be proud of me.

They are, another part of her said. They are.


Somewhere is the shadows, a cat lay on its stomach, watching the new apprentices with disgust. I can't believe Featherstar let them stay.

She rolled over, swiping at the leaves of a bush above her.

I can't believe that Rainpaw is back. She's thinks she's so good at everything. She even has half the toms in ThunderClan padding after her. I think.

The cat snarled, fluffing out her fur. Dumb mouse-brain. I'll show her someday.

But she's your sister! A nicer voice reasoned. She doesn't deserve that.

She shook her head. Shut up!

The nicer side of her became quiet as she blocked it out.

"Besides," she said aloud, chuckling darkly, "I have no sister now."

[unedited]

Well that ended on a not so happy note.

So I just got an Instagram account where I will post my art and things (including spoilers) about my fanfictions. Mostly my warriors ones. Mainly this one. So follow me at- hang on, it won't let me put a period. Okay, wherever it says dot, that means put a period. So zebras out would be zebra.- happydotartdoteradrin if you want to :D I would love it.

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Last thing: To thank you all for the 500 plus reviews (as I go scream in joy because you all made my day awesome) I am going to make a special 500 review one-shot about the SOR characters in a boarding high school. As humans, obviously. I don't know when it will be up, but I'll tell you all in time.

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Okay. I have to go to bed now so I can get up early and do homework. Funnnn...