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Warrior Cats: Blood Moon
Chapter Six
It can't be. It just can't be happening. Panic and fear rose up in Luna's chest, threatening to overtake her. Her brother, who murdered their mother in cold-blood, was here. In ThunderClan. She took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly. Calm down... Don't say anything. Memories continued to wash through her mind though, wave after wave...
"Flashstar wants to see you." A mew snapped her out of her thoughts, temporarily stopping the flow of memories. Luna turned to see a large mottled orangish-reddish furred tom and an orange-brown tail. "Come with me," the tom smiled, his brown eyes flashing with warmth. Luna instantly relaxed; she had no idea why, but something about this tom made her feel calm. Welcomed, even.
This time she snapped herself back to reality, realizing the tom had padded towards a tall rock. Curious, Luna followed slowly in his pawsteps. Once closer to the rock, Luna could see a den with bramble tendrils hanging in front of it. The tom stopped by the entrance, "Flashstar, may we come in?" The tom mewed politely.
"Yes you may, Acorntail," an energetic voice called out, then Acorntail stepped in but not before glancing back at Luna. She hesitantly followed. The first thing Luna noticed was how dark it was. Not too dark, because she could still see the two cats standing like statues clearly enough. "You must be Luna!"
She turned her attention towards a she-cat sitting on a nest of moss. The she-cat was slightly smaller in comparison to other cats, yet she could see kit-like energy flowing through her bright blue stare. Her silver fur looked silky, but it was extremely fluffy, like kits fur. Then on closer inspection, lighter gray splotches patching her pelt. This must be Flashstar. The name seemed to make sense; she had a kit's energy sort of feel floating around Flashstar, yet held the respect and wisdom a leader should carry.
Quickly realizing she hadn't answered, just staring like an owl, Luna smiled and finally replied, "yeah, I'm the cat." Flashstar instantly bounced to her paws, excitement suddenly flooding her brilliant gaze.
"I will welcome you to ThunderClan! You'd be a great addition, oh I can't wai- "
Acorntail cleared his throat, twitching his whiskers in amusement. "Perhaps you should calm down, Flashkit." He teased softly, a smile lighting up his features. Flashstar giggled, then straightened up quickly.
"Yeah, good thinking. We'll have to get you settled in before you can properly join, of course." Flashstar, surprisingly, took on a serious tone. "We've already had a rogue join our ranks as well, and I'm not sure if the clan would be quite okay with you joining completely until they've gotten to know you more."
Luna nodded her head slowly. "That makes sense, alright. What do I need to do?"
-Time Skip: One Day-
Settling down by what Luna learned to be the freshkill pile, she took a bite into the squirrel she picked out. It's been about a whole day since she had arrived, and already has learned the names of her future clanmates. There was Webfrost, the medicine cat. Something about him wasn't quite right, and it wasn't his frost-blue eyes that bothered her; Webfrost seemed to be silent, but in a cold way. He always seemed to give his clanmates a disgusted look whenever they turned their backs, yet he seemed more friendly towards Flintfang.
A chill traveled through her spine, that can't be good. But other than that, he was a slick white-furred tom, as if he was born in RiverClan. Maybe that's why he got the 'Web' part in his name. Then there was Speckleheart, and she could see why she was called that; with a heart of gold, and her pelt carried speckles. Of course she already met Dawnstone, Silvercloud, Mistpaw, Pikejaws, Acorntail, and Flashstar. Oh.. And Flintfang as well. Luna sighed softly, she wished she could forget him!
Luna shook her head, trying to shake off the cobweb of memories. "Leafclaw, Fawnleap, Shadowdrop, Applefur, Deerpaw, Ravenkit, and Mintkit..." She listed the rest of her clanmates under her breath, hoping she didn't forget anyone. Suddenly Luna felt something weigh down on her back, "ThunderClan, attack!" Luna smiled; it was one of the kits.
A small spiky orange she-kit with minty-green eyes charged into view, "Careful, Ravenstar!" Make that both of the kits. She carefully stood up and hissed playfully.
"I will defeat you with my own two paws!" Luna reared up and a fluffy bundle of black fur tumbled onto the ground with an 'oomph'. The little kit quickly got up onto it's paws, "Mintflower!" The black tom, Ravenkit, yowled as he lunged at Luna, stumbling over his oversized paws.
"I'm coming!" Mintkit mewed dramatically, charging over and swiping at Luna.
She chuckled softly then let out an over-exaggerated wail, "Oh no! My own demise!" Luna toppled over onto her back, closing her eyes, and stuck out her tounge. Ravenkit bounced onto her belly, victory glinting in his amber eyes.
Mintkit began hopping around, "ThunderClan claims victory!" She squealed.
"Mintkit, Raventkit!" A voice called from the nursery; it must've been Applefur, the kits' mother. The kits muttered their disappoints and trudged over to where the pretty brown she-cat stood. Applefur flicked her tail and disappeared in the mouth of the den, whilst the kits slowly followed.
"I will not be left out!" A familiar voice floated to Luna's ears. Before she could move even a muscle, Flashstar yowled and landed on top of Luna.
Fluffy fur went of her nostrils as Flashstar squashed Luna beneath her. "Not again!" Luna cried, her words muffled by Flashstar's fur. The fluffy clan leader shook with laughter as she removed herself off of Luna.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't help myself." Flashstar giggled with a goofy smile. Luna couldn't help but grin; usually clan leaders were more serious, but apparently that wasn't the case with Flashstar. She always had a way to make cats smile and laugh through tough times, yet was serious when she truly needed to be. "I think you're ready to join." Luna was caught off guard. She had thought it'd be longer before she did join, but apparently it wasn't the case.
Flashstar smiled again and flicked her tail then turned towards the Highledge. Luna didn't know why they wanted to name a big pile of rocks, but who was she to complain about it? "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting!" Flashstar yowled, excitement filling her brilliant gaze. That must be the call for a meeting... Luna rolled her eyes at her own thought pointing out the obvious. Slowly cats gathered around, padding out of dens or just turning to look up at the leader. Webfrost stepped out of his den, and Flintfang sat down beside him. They both shared the same cold gaze as they looked at Flashstar, and she saw Flintfang lean over and whisper into Webfrost's ear. A wicked grin grew on the white-furred tom.
Luna shook her head and turned back towards the leader, who began to speak again. "Luna," the slender she-cat stepped forward, her eyes trained apon the leader, "you have decided to join our ranks in ThunderClan, so I will accept you into this Clan as an apprentice. From this day on, you will be known as-"
"Actually, I'd like to keep my name if you don't mind." There was no real reaction, as if every cat expected this. "My name is the last bit of my mother that I have, and I rather like it."
Flashstar smiled, understanding dawning on her features. "Then you shall continue to be known as Luna. Your mentor will be Pikejaws. I hope Pikejaws will pass down all he knows on to you." Luna groaned inwardly; Pikejaws didn't seem to be the most pleasant of cats. He was usually grumpy and stuck mostly to himself.
"Pikejaws," the sandy-colored tom stepped forward, "you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Pearlfur, and you have shown yourself to be loyal and strong-willed-" is that just a nice way to say 'stubborn'? Luna purred quietly at her own thought as Flashstar continued, "-you will be the mentor of Luna, and I expect you to pass down all you know to her." Pikejaws leaned down and touched noses with Luna, and she saw a flash of excitement quickly pass through his green eyes, but it was soon gone. They pulled away and the Clan began to chant;
"Luna! Luna! Luna!"
Luna flattened her ears against her head and smiled awkwardly; maybe it's not so bad here.
Another chapter done! I wanna thank you guys for the support and views, hehe. I actually would've stopped at Prologue if it wasn't for you guys.. Then again, a writer's support are usually their supporters~ Today I went to check story views and visits stats, and I was just mindblown. Last month I got like 100-something of views! Like whoooaaa. Well I'll see you next update. Mew out!
- Silly
Yo guys! Sorry if this chapter seems a bit late! Seems like Silly and I are posting bi-weekly. So ah, expect that from now on, I guess... But that aside, lets all give a big hand to Silly for a great chapter! *Claps at Silly* And Silly, before you ask, it is the symbolism, not the effect.
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