Due to the reviews that suddenly came in like a day time, I will be continuing the story. YAY!:D
Orangefur: thanks for the suggestion and I'll think about it. Your charrie will most likely be an apprentice. The green cat was meant to be a brown and cream tabby. I just didn't have the book with me at the time, so a just basedit off of memory, and ta name. Ill try fixing it. Thanks for the comments, and your support!
Thaliamadd: And yes, with a BIG cherry on top! :D. Thanks for the comment!
xScarclawx: Thanks for telling me. I like rushing things alot. me, myself hate rushing things! at least it's better than my first story! XD. Thanks for telling me!
Guest: Thanks for your support! I'm always happy to find some-one who loves it!
"We could use a cat with your skills. How would you like to join…. Skyclan?" the she-cat asked.
"Why would I? I have – Wait did you say SkyCLAN?" Eaglepaw asked, surprised.
"Yes, indeed I did. I'm Leafstar, leader of Skyclan," Leafstar meowed.
"We're saved!" Eaglepaw meowed, joyfully, jumping up and down. Leafstar jumped a step back, surprised by the sudden outburst of happiness and excitement from the apprentice.
"What do you mean?" Leafstar asked, confused.
"Well, my name should tell you. My name is Eaglepaw," Eaglepaw introduced herself.
Leafstar didn't react to it, her eyes narrowed, obviously not thinking right. "Where's your mentor? You should be training," she meowed, getting up, and started to herd Eaglepaw in a certain direction. Eaglepaw refused. "Are you disobeying your leader?" Leafstar growled, angrily.
"No," Eaglepaw meowed. Leafstar hissed, looking as if she was ready to pounce on Eaglepaw. "Because you're not my leader, Bramblestar is."
Leafstar's angriness was instantly washed away, and was replaced with understanding, and then it was curiosity. "How'd you get all the way over here?" she asked.
"Twolegs," Eaglepaw growled, making a disgusted look.
Leafstar nodded. "What clan are you from?" she asked anxiously.
"Thunderclan."
"How's Firestar?"
Eaglepaw looked at the ground at the question, sadness crossing her face.
Leafstar hung her head, too, after a few moments. "He will be missed," she meowed, solemnly.
"He's my great grand-father, though," Eaglepaw meowed, trying to cheer her up.
Leafstar purred. "Well, it's always an honor to meet Firestar's kin," she meowed, dipping her head. "You said 'we,' so, were are the others?"she asked.
Just then, the bushes rustled and two grown cats stepped out, three smaller ones behind them, and another grown cat in the back. A white tom stepped forward. "Leafstar, we found these two cats hunting on our territory, and they refused to leave without their other-" the tom never finished his sentence, as he was interrupted.
"Eaglepaw!" Icepaw and Marigoldpaw shouted at the same time, running towards Eaglepaw. But, they were held back by the four cats.
"It's ok, Sharpclaw, let them go," Leafstar meowed, smiling as she watched the cats struggle. The four cats let Icepaw and Marigoldpaw go and the two apprentices raced over to Eaglepaw. Leafstar turned to looked at Eaglepaw. "Were these two the other cats of your group?" she asked. Eaglepaw nodded. Leafstar looked back up to the tom that she had called Sharpclaw. "We're taking them back to the gorge," she meowed, starting to pad off in one direction. The other four cats started to circle the three apprentices, but Leafstar glanced over her shoulder. "And they can be trusted Sharpclaw!" she meowed.
Three cats backed off, including Sharpclaw, except the apprentice, who padded up alongside of Eaglepaw.
"My name's Firepaw, what's yours?" the ginger colored tom asked.
"I'm Eaglepaw," Eaglepaw answered. Firepaw's eyes widened.
"That's a clan name. How'd you get?" he asked.
"Well, I'm from Thunderclan," she answered. Firepaw looked confused, and then he nodded, understanding.
"How did you get here?" he asked.
"Twolegs," Eaglepaw growled.
"Oh. I'll never understand them," he meowed, shaking his head slightly.
"Same here, though, it really doesn't matter 'cause, well, you know. What do they care?" she meowed, amusement in her voice. He shot her a glance, and smiled.
"I guess-" he was interrupted before he could finish his sentence.
"And this," meowed Leafstar, stopping up ahead, "is our camp." Eaglepaw padded over to the edge of the cliff, her eyes widening.
"Wow, you live here?" she responded.
Leafstar nodded, meowing, "Yes, we do. We make our dens in caves that are inside the cliff, but they provide little cover from the cold." Leafstar started padding along the side of the cliff, to a pathway that led down to the bottom of the gorge. "And this is the path we use to travel in and out of camp. But we also go in and out of camp at the bottom, too," she meowed, walking down the pathway. Marigoldpaw went down followed by Icepaw. Eaglepaw was going to go down next, but she was interrupted by a voice.
"Let me help you," Firepaw meowed, going down first. She was about to snap at him, from thinking that she wasn't capable for going down herself, but she held it back. I've never done this before, maybe I should let him go first, she thought, reluctantly letting him go first.
Eaglepaw went down the path, carefully watching where she put her paws. She slowly followed Firepaw down the path. "Careful, the path is a little wet," Firepaw warned. I CAN WATCH MYSELF! Eaglepaw held back a growl, glaring at Firepaw. She wasn't paying attention to where she was placing her paws, and slipped.
She felt teeth on her scruff as Firepaw tried pulling her back up, but then felt herself start to fall again as she was too much for him to pull her back to safety. She felt the teeth being ripped from her scruff and heard Firepaw yowling her name as she fell. She looked up and saw the warriors barely stopping in time, to prevent themselves from falling over.
Eaglepaw's last thought was, Do I even deserve to live?
Next chapter might be a bit. I'm going to florida for a band trip tomorrow, and is going to be on a bus for more than 24hrs. ugh. unfortunetly, my parents wont let me bring my laptop. Even I wouldn't allow myself to bring it! XD.
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