Disclaimer: … Well, I own a copy of most of the books, does that count as owning them? … Didn't think so. Warriors aren't mine guys. Duh.
There were angry yowls that followed Cloudstar's announcement. The deputy, Orangefur stood up. "Cloudstar, how could you do this!" She spat. "They're probably rouges themselves, or spies!"
A large white tom with bright blue eyes cut her off. "Rougestar would not send young kits to do such a job." He pointed out. "I think we can trust them."
"Thank you Frostfang." Mewed Cloudstar, nodding to him. "These kits are staying!" She leapt off the stone before any other cats could argue. She turned back to us. "So what are your names?" She purred.
"I'm Kesakit." I mewed.
"And I am Freedomkit." Mewed my friend. The leader nodded.
"Onyxpaw!" She called. A small black she-cat leapt over, her green eyes bright.
"Yes Cloudstar?"
"Show these two around." She mewed, before padding over to Orangefur.
"Hello," I mewed brightly. We introduced ourselves. It turned out that Onyxpaw was Sunpelt's apprentice. She was quite friendly, although she was a bit older than us.
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"…. And this is the nursery, where you two will be staying." Finished Onyxpaw. I heard Sunpelt yowl something to her. "I better go." She mewed, bounding away.
We padded hesitantly inside. The nursery was a large bramble bush, hollowed out inside. A black and ginger queen was sitting inside, watching her kits play. "Hello," She purred. "I'm Firecloud." We also told her our names, then she introduced us to her kits.
First was a white kit, named Snowkit. He was kind of shy, but still greeted us cheerfully. There was an orange one after, named Lavakit. He was a bouncy little thing, and tackled Freedomkit, purring happily.
Then a smoky grey kit padded over. His ears, paws and tail were tipped with white, as was a patch on his forehead. "Hello." He mewed quietly. I nodded, suddenly shy, back to him. "My name's Kapukit."
"I'm Kesakit." I replied, flicking my tail to my friend. "And this is Freedomkit."
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We played and fought for a while, until it was about sunhigh. "Come on you lot," Purred Firecloud. "You can visit the elders whilst I speak to Cloudstar."
The elders at the time were Twotails, Oneclaw and Noear. They greeted us warmly and gave us a few of their mice, and we sat down to listen as they told us a story.
"What story today kits?" Rasped Twotails. "How about the story of Orangemane, they deputy of LionClan?"
"Ooh!" I purred loudly. "Yes please!"
"Keep it down will you." Snapped Oneclaw from across the den. "Some of us are trying to sleep."
"Sorry Oneclaw." I mumbled. Twotails purred.
"Don't mind her. Now, on with the story."
"Goldenstar was the leader of LionClan. His deputy was Orangemane. Their medicine cat was a she-cat named Lightningflower."
"TigerClan's leader was Shadowstar, and LeopardClan's was Snarlstar. The all had separate territories, but that never stayed that way."
"It was then that TigerClan attacked LionClan. LionClan had the most cats, but TigerClan were the strongest. The fight went on from Sunrise until Sunset, neither clan winning nor losing."
"The battled on through the night. Both leaders were down to their last lives, and the battle started to slow as the cats grew tired. Orangemane was fighting the TigerClan deputy, Thickstripe. The tom had wounded him badly, but Orangemane wouldn't give up."
"Suddenly, Goldenstar gave a yowl of pain. He was on his back and Shadowstar was clawing at his belly. Orangemane knew the leader was on his final life, so, tearing himself from Thickstripe's claws, he bounded over and crashed into Shadowstar. The leader howled in pain as Orangemane tore at his face with his claws."
"Now blind, the leader gave one final lunge and clamped his jaws onto Orangemane's throat, before a group of LionClan warriors leapt at him to finish him off."
"The medicine cat rushed over, but it was too late. Orangemane is still honoured in StarClan for being the warrior who saved his leader's life."
Author's Note; Yeah, short, I know. I'm working on my other fics, and I forgot all about this one. Next chappie will be longer!