IMPORTANT: I know I've been gone a while and I am truly sorry. I've been trying to get this chapter up and posted but with finals and the end of the school year approaching (4 more days!) it's been tough. Hopefully this summer I will be able to post more but I can't make any promises as my family is going on a very long trip (the whole summer). I'm going to try and bring my computer so I can continue posting (lots of plane rides so I should have plenty of time to write) but I'm not sure I'll be able to.
I know it's short, but it's the best I could do with the little time I have. Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Warriors clearly doesn't belong to me. If it did, would I be writing fanfiction?
Chapter 5
ThunderClan
"Your mentor will be Rowanfur. Rowanfur, you are ready for your second apprentice. You trained Harestorm well and I hope you will do the same with Breezepaw." Foreststar announced. Breezepaw excited bounded over to his mentor and they touched noses. Honeyflower smiled as she watched them pad out of camp. Rowanfur was a patient she-cat and would be a good mentor for the young tom.
"Honeyflower, Foreststar needs to speak to you." Emberfeather called as the golden she-cat passed her. Honeyflower swallowed back all her fear and doubt as she approached the leader's den. She stood outside for a second.
"Foreststar?" she asked. She almost jumped when Foreststar suddenly emerged from the darkness of the cave.
"Honeyflower, good. Come in." He said and he led her into his den. Honeyflower had never been in his den before and it was quite large. She sat down in front of Foreststar and he began to speak. "I need to know where you found Breezepaw."
Honeyflower froze. She certainly hadn't been expecting that. Her mind raced as she thought of an explanation. She couldn't tell Foreststar that Breezepaw was a WindClan cat. She was sure he already knew but the second he was sure, Breezepaw would be returned to his birth Clan. Whitesong said he was in danger!Her brain screamed. He can't go back!
"Why do you need to know? Breezepaw is as loyal as any ThunderClan born cat!" Honeyflower exclaimed. Foreststar winced and Honeyflower knew he was thinking about LightningClan. She suddenly regretted her words.
"I don't doubt Breezepaw's loyalty." Foreststar said. "I just want to know where he is from. Where you found him."
"I-I can't tell you." Honeyflower stammered.
"Can't or won't?"
Honeyflower was silent for a moment. She curled her tail around her paws and shifted uneasily.
"You won't send him back? You won't hurt him?" she questioned. Foreststar's eyes widened, as if he were shocked she would suggest such a thing.
"Of course I won't! I simply want to know where he's from." He said.
"Promise me." Honeyflower urged. "Promise me and I will tell you."
"I promise." Foreststar smiled at her.
"Alright," Honeyflower took a deep breath. "His mother gave him to me the night LightningClan was founded. She said he was in danger."
"Danger? From who?" Foreststar asked. He looked concerned.
"I don't know. That was all she said. She made me promise to never reveal his true heritage, but…" Honeyflower trailed off and glanced at her paws.
"But what?"
"Breezepaw figured it out." Honeyflower said. "He's very smart." She added lamely. Foreststar smiled.
"Who are his parents?" He asked. Honeyflower quickly shook her head.
"I can't tell you. I won't betray her like that." Not even after she betrayed you?
"What debt do you owe her?" Foreststar asked. Honeyflower blinked.
"What?"
"What debt do you owe her?" He repeated. "I will pay it, whatever it is."
They sat in silence for a moment as Honeyflower processed what he had said. "Debt? Oh, no. There was no debt. In fact, if anyone is in debt, it's her. She said she'd do anything if I took Breezepaw."
"Why are you so attached to her?" Foreststar questioned.
"We were friends." Honeyflower defended.
"Were? You are no longer friends?"
"She…she betrayed me." Honeyflower whispered. She fixed her eyes on the ground, refusing to even glance at the brown tabby tom.
"Breezepaw's mother is Whitesong isn't it?"
Honeyflower's head flew up so fast, she was sure it would fly right off her body. She stared at Foreststar with wide amber eyes.
"How-how did you know?" she stuttered.
"When you said you were friends I suspected but you saying she betrayed you confirmed it." Honeyflower opened her mouth to object but he continued before she could speak. "I saw you two as apprentices. You were always with each other. If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were littermates."
"She was my best friend." Honeyflower murmured. Her eyes glazed over and she had a distant look on her face. She quickly shook herself out of her trance. "It's in the past. Anyway, what are you going to do now that you know?"
Foreststar was watching her so intently Honeyflower swore she should've cracked. She shuffled her paws nervously, trying to find something to settle her eyes on other than her kithood crush.
"Nothing." Foreststar said. "I simply wanted to know who's kit was living in my Clan."
A quiet fell over them. Honeyflower wondered if he was telling the truth. She had never pegged Foreststar as a liar but she couldn't be sure. I won't leave Breezepaw's side until I know for sure.She vowed.
"You don't know whether you can trust me, do you?" Foreststar spoke up.
"What? No! I…um…I just…um…" Honeyflower protested weakly. Foreststar chuckled.
"Let me prove my trust to you." He purred. Honeyflower blinked. "Not now. At some point I will though."
Honeyflower sensed it was time to leave. She got to her paws and started out of the den, calling over her shoulder, "I don't doubt it."
…
"I love being an apprentice!" Breezepaw burst out. "It's so amazing! Our territory is huge! And I caught a mouse. I just ran past me and I chased it and pounced on it and it died and it was so cool!"
Honeyflower's paw was mid-air when Breezepaw had come tumbling into camp. She was about to start grooming her fur but his sweet jumbling stopped her.
"Sounds like fun." She commented, watching Foreststar out of the corner of her eye. The brown tom caught her watching and winked at her.
"It was. And Rowanfur caught a thrush. Have you ever caught a thrush? Who am I kidding, of course you have!" Breezepaw yelped. "Rowanfur said we could start hunting practice tomorrow. And then we can work on fighting techniques. I'm so excited!"
"You'll be an amazing hunter." Honeyflower purred. She swiped her paw over her ear in a weak attempt to groom her fur.
"I know." Breezepaw said, confidently. "Can you come with us tomorrow? I'm sure you'd help. You're the best teacher ever, even if Rowanfur is my mentor. You're like my very own mother!"
Both cats froze as the word 'mother' left his mouth. Breezepaw was the first to recover. He ducked his head and flattened his ears, clearly embarrassed.
"I'm sorry!" He exclaimed.
"No, no. It's fine." Honeyflower reassured him. "I love you like a son."
Breezepaw beamed. He lay down next to her and began grooming her pelt. Honeyflower smiled at him and let herself relax, enjoying the feeling of his tongue against her fur.
"Can I call you Mama?" Breezepaw asked shyly. Honeyflower blinked at him and purred.
"Of course!"
"Really? Awesome! Thanks!" Honeyflower's…son exclaimed.
"I love you, Breezepaw." Honeyflower mewed as she rested her head on his back.
"I love you too, Mama."
Allegiances
ShadowClan
Leader: Redstar – dark ginger tabby tom with a white underbelly, chest, muzzle, and paws, and amber eyes
Deputy: Hawkshadow – dark gray and white tabby tom with yellow-amber eyes
Medicine Cat(s): Nightpool – sleek black she-cat
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
Flamestripe – dark ginger and white tom
Eagleflame – ginger and white tabby tom with amber eyes
(Apprentice, Tigerpaw)
Morningsky – pale blue-gray she-cat with blue eyes
(Apprentice, Icepaw)
Cinderlight – blue-gray she-cat with blue-green eyes
Sunburst – small golden and orange tabby tom with green eyes (daughter: Wildkit)
Littleclaw – small dark gray tom with green eyes
(Apprentice, Pinepaw)
Mosstail – dark brown tabby she-cat
(Apprentice, Firepaw)
Oakdust – long-furred light sandy-brown tom with brown eyes
(Apprentice, Thrushpaw)
Hazelrose – brown and white tabby she-cat with green eyes
(Apprentice, Waterpaw)
Dustcloud – pale brown tom with a white underbelly, paws, and blue eyes
Ravenwing – sleek black she-cat
(Apprentice, Snowpaw)
Apprentices (toms and she-cats training to be warriors or medicine cats)
Tigerpaw – dark brown tabby tom with green eyes
Icepaw – white she-cat with blue eyes
Pinepaw – black she-cat with green eyes
Firepaw – dark ginger tabby tom
Thrushpaw – dark brown tabby she-cat
Waterpaw – pale blue-gray she-cat with green eyes
Snowpaw – gray and white tabby she-cat
Queens (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)
Sparkpelt – orange tabby she-cat; mother to Dustcloud's kit: Cherrykit (cream and ginger she-kit); foster mother to Stormkit (tortoiseshell and white she-kit) and Wildkit (small calico she-kit)
Elders (former queens and warriors who are now retired)
Patchtail – small black and white tom
ThunderClan
Leader: Foreststar – white tom with dark brown tabby patches and green eyes
Deputy: Emberfeather – small, short-furred ginger she-cat with amber eyes
(Apprentice, Sootpaw)
Medicine Cat(s): Leafheart – brown and white tabby she-cat
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
Stagleg – black tom with brown legs and paws and yellow eyes
Dustwhisker – ginger she-cat with brown patches
(Apprentice, Smokepaw)
Honeyflower – slim golden tabby she-cat
Spottail – calico she-cat with pale green eyes
Pigeonwing – large dark brown tabby tom
Icefang – white she-cat with pale yellow eyes
(Apprentice, Patchpaw)
Blizzardfrost – large gray and white tom
(Apprentice, Lovepaw)
Dewtail – large black and gray tom
(Apprentice, Russetpaw)
Harestorm – ginger tabby tom
Rowanfur – dark brown tabby she-cat with green eyes
(Apprentice, Breezepaw)
Apprentices (toms and she-cats training to be warriors or medicine cats)
Smokepaw – blue-gray she-cat
Sootpaw – dark gray tom
Patchpaw – ginger and white she-cat
Russetpaw – dark ginger she-cat
Lovepaw – black she-cat
Breezepaw – black tom with ice blue eyes
Queens (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)
Lilyfoot – long-furred dark gray and gray she-cat with hazel eyes; mother to Stagleg's kit: Gracefulkit (silky, fluffy, black she-kit with hazel eyes)
Lavendermist – blue-gray she-cat; mother to Pigeonwing's kits: Redkit (cream she-kit with red stripes), Lambkit (white she-kit), and Bluekit (blue-silver she-kit)
Elders (former queens and warriors who are now retired)
None
LightningClan
Leader: Silverstar – black she-cat with silver paws, spots and bright amber eyes
Deputy: Ashfang – gray and black tom
(Apprentice, Blizzardpaw)
Medicine Cat(s): Mistyheart – dark gray she-cat
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
Rivertail – blue-gray tom with black and white paws
(Apprentice, Stagpaw)
Thrushtalon – pale brown tom with green eyes
(Apprentice, Frozenpaw)
Birchpelt – light gray tabby tom
(Apprentice, Crimsonpaw)
Timberclaw – brown tabby tom
Berryfur – orange she-cat
(Apprentice, Typhoonpaw)
Tawnysky – tawny brown she-cat with amber eyes
(Apprentice, Troutpaw)
Moonflash – silver she-cat
Fireblaze – fire coloured tom
Apprentices (toms and she-cats training to be warriors or medicine cats)
Stagpaw – gray tom with black ears and one black paw
Troutpaw – gray she-cat with golden eyes
Crimsonpaw – ginger tabby tom with aquamarine coloured eyes
Frozenpaw – pale gray she-cat
Typhoonpaw – gray tom with yellow eyes
Queens (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)
Blacksong – black she-cat with soft blue eyes; mother to Rivertail's kits: Shadekit (black tom with dark gray stripes and blue eyes and Bluekit (blue-gray she-kit with silver spots and green eyes)
Elders (former queens and warriors who are now retired)
Redhollow – black tom with russet spots and amber eyes
WindClan
Leader: Moorstar – light brown tabby tom with green eyes
Deputy: Whitesong (currently in the nursery)
Medicine Cat(s): Cloverleg – brown, gray, and white she-cat with golden eyes and a lame leg
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
Fungustail – smoke gray and cream tom
(Apprentice, Duskpaw)
Mothtail – pale cream she-cat with three gray paws
(Apprentice, Emberpaw)
Clayspots – tortoiseshell tom with amber eyes
(Apprentice, Rainpaw)
Sunpatch – golden and white tom
(Apprentice, Stormpaw)
Brownfur – light brown tabby tom
Ashenwing – gray she-cat with green eyes
(Apprentice, Dustpaw)
Dashfoot – pale gray and white tom with green eyes
(Apprentice, Rabbitpaw)
Flowerfoot – pale brown tabby she-cat
(Apprentice, Murkpaw)
Apprentices (toms and she-cats training to be warriors or medicine cats)
Duskpaw – dark gray tabby tom
Emberpaw – gray tom with yellow eyes
Rainpaw – gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Stormpaw – dark gray she-cat with gray eyes
Dustpaw – pale brown tabby she-cat
Rabbitpaw – light brown tabby she-cat with a white muzzle, chest, and paws
Murkpaw – sleek black tom
Queens (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)
Whitesong – fluffy white she-cat with one amber eye and one ice blue eye; mother to Moorstar's kit: Iriskit (brown she-kit with a white chest and paws)
Ferndapple – dappled black, brown, and ginger she-cat with a white underbelly, chest, muzzle, and paws; mother to Nightkit (black tom) and Applekit (orange she-kit)
Squirrelfoot – dark brown tabby she-cat; mother to Snakefire's kits: Blackkit (black tabby she-kit), Bramblekit (dark brown tabby she-kit), and Beetlekit (black tabby she-kit)
Elders (former queens and warriors who are now retired)
Bluebreeze – blue-gray tabby she-cat with pale green eyes
Poppywing – blind tortoiseshell she-cat
Grayheart – battle scarred pale gray tom with deep green eyes
RiverClan
Leader: Alderstar – dark brown tom with yellow eyes
Deputy: Foxclaw – gray and ginger tom
(Apprentice, Minnowpaw)
Medicine Cat(s): Volestripe – dark brown tabby and white tom
Swiftbirch – messy furred cream and white tom with a light brown muzzle and yellow eyes
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
Shadepelt – large black tom with dark green eyes
Reedtail – golden-brown tom with blue eyes
Icescar – white tom with a scar along his left flank
Trouttail – white tom with gray patches
(Apprentice, Perchpaw)
Pearlpelt – white she-cat with yellow eyes
Dewdust – mute dark gray she-cat with amber eyes
Palestripe – pale cream tabby she-cat with hazel eyes
Pinemask – very dark brown and black tom with hazel eyes
(Apprentice, Eskerpaw)
Smokefoot – black tom with white paws, muzzle, and tail tip
Lightningstrike – golden tom with amber-green eyes
(Apprentice, Rabbitpaw)
Mistywater – very pale gray she-cat with green eyes
Moonheart – brown she-cat with white paws, muzzle, and tail tip
Apprentices (toms and she-cats training to be warriors or medicine cats)
Minnowpaw – white she-cat with golden-brown spots and yellow eyes
Perchpaw – golden-brown tom with a white underbelly and yellow eyes
Eskerpaw – light gray tom with blue eyes
Rabbitpaw – very fluffy white tom with strong hind legs
Blizzardpaw – lean dark brown she-cat
Queens (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)
Featherheart – white she-cat with dark blue eyes; mother to Smokefoot's kits: Spottedkit (black and white tom), Darkkit (black tom), Shykit (white she-kit), and Dovekit (white she-kit)
Pebblespots – gray she-cat with darker spots; mother to Icescar's kits: Shadekit (gray and white she-kit), Mottlekit (gray tom with darker spots), Brackenkit (white tom with brown patches), and Sunnykit (gray and white she-kit)
Elders (former queens and warriors who are now retired)
Icyeye – gray and white tom with ice blue eyes
SkyClan
Leader: Stormstar – pure white tom with ice blue eyes
(Apprentice, Thornpaw)
Deputy: Ravenflight – black tabby she-cat with deep green eyes
(Apprentice, Bramblepaw)
Medicine Cat(s): Lilywish – pretty silver tabby she-cat with yellow-green eyes
(Apprentice, Morningpaw)
Warriors (toms and she-cats without kits)
Cloudsoar – gray and white tom with blue eyes
(Apprentice, Eveningpaw)
Iceflight – large white tom with golden eyes
(Apprentice, Lilacpaw)
Flightheart – white tom with ginger splotches
(Apprentice, Midnightpaw)
Blizzardshade – lean dark brown she-cat
(Apprentice, Sagepaw)
Nightspots – white tom with black spots
Hayblossom – dilute calico she-cat
Apprentices (toms and she-cats training to be warriors or medicine cats)
Thornpaw – sandy gray tom
Bramblepaw – small dark brown tabby tom with green eyes
Morningpaw – beautiful scrawny small white she-cat with golden, red, and orange patches and black paws; bright blue eyes
Eveningpaw – beautiful scrawny small white she-cat with golden, red, and orange patches, bright amber eyes
Lilacpaw – long-furred dull ginger she-cat with green eyes
Midnightpaw – black tom with golden, and yellow spots; amber eyes
Sagepaw – cream and white tom
Queens (she-cats nursing or expecting kits)
Bloomshadow – tortoiseshell she-cat with hazel eyes; mother to Stormstar's kits: Tanglekit (pure white tom) and Littlekit (small tortoiseshell she-kit)
Moonspirit – silver she-cat with gray stripes and green eyes; mother to Flightheart's kits: Whispkit (silver she-kit), Branchkit (brown tom), and Frostkit (silver and white she-kit)
Elders (former queens and warriors who are now retired)
Orchidpounce – cream coloured she-cat with brown paws
Cloudfang – white tom with green eyes
Treebird – brown she-cat with blue eyes
Pooltail – silver tom with green eyes
Cats Outside Clans
Willow – pale tortoiseshell and white she-cat
IMPORTANT: I am no longer accepting OCs. Please don't submit more because if you do, I will not be using them.
ALSO IMPORTANT: I just want everyone to know that if I kill your character off, it is because the story needs more dead cats...that sounds strange but oh well. The point is, some of your characters WILL die.
I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Hopefully I'll be able to post again soon.
- Hollyshade