Brambleclaw's Trouble
Okay next chap coming up! Plus if you believe in love at first sight then you should enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 5: Lovestruck
Sagepaw was stalking a vole (which indeed is rodent) when all of a sudden he heard this pitiful mew. The vole had apparently heard it too for it scurried away. Quietly cursing the mew, he started to look for the source of this cry. He heard it again, it sounded very desperate this time and louder. Sagepaw opened his mouth slightly and took in the scents, one was a kittypet the other…
He gasped. Sagepaw took off to the scents that were behind a boulder. He knew what he was going to find. A kittypet and a big stupid badger searching for the poor cat. Without thinking Sagepaw flung himself at the badger in attempt to save the kittypet. He raked his claws down the back of the badger, that in which got the badger's immediate attention.
It swung around sending Sagepaw to the ground, he jumped up but immediately ducked just barely missing one huge hit to the head. Sagepaw jumped up and scratched the badger's forehead missing its nose, but got the same reaction he had hoped for. The badger turned tail and fled. Sagepaw rushed over to the kittypet.
"Are you okay?", he asked it. But he never heard the answer because he caught in awe by the beauty of the small she-cat. Besides the fact that the cat was so skinny you could see her ribs, and that she was covered in clumps of dirt and large masses of ticks. To Sagepaw she was a painting, with her astounding colors. A creamy tan trickled her face, black, gray, and a dark brown streaked her sides and her belly a tan tinged with an auburn brown, with really dark brown spots. Her paws were multicolored and orange also decorated her coat.
"Well u-um, w-w-what's your name?" he stuttered.
"Sadie, well that's what the humans call me." She replied.
"Human…?" said Sagepaw looking confused, "What's a human?"
"What's a human?" cried Sadie weakly, "Well they're tall, no fur, ride in automobiles on a…" suddenly the strange kittypet fainted. Sagepaw realized he had to get the kittypet back to the clan.
When he got back, after dragging Sadie along he was exhausted. But he ran straight to Leafpool's den and took her to Sadie.
"She'll be fine Sagepaw, just when she wakes up give her some fresh kill, but while your at it bring her to my den and help get her clean. I'll get the mouse bile for the ticks." Instructed Leafpool.
"Okay!" cried the young tom, to excited to say anything else.
"But before you do, tell Firestar these events please."
"Okay…" said Sagepaw with a hint of disappointment in his voice.
The following days Sagepaw was in charge of taking care of Sadie ( which he had completely no problem with ). As Sadie got stronger Firestar considered even more about letting her join the clan, because she was about old enough to be apprenticed. Plus Thunderclan needed more warriors. The only issue was if the clan would accept her because of her kittypet background. But everyone in the clan had taken to her quite nicely. Finally when Sadie was ready she got her clan name.
"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather around the Highledge!" yowled Firestar. "Now you all should by now know of our new visitor Sadie, and she has stayed with us for nearly a moon now and I'm sure she has studied our ways. So I am willing to allow her to join our clan! Though she will have to agree to clan rules and abide by the warrior code! Also she needs a clan name!" yowls of approval rose up, Firestar quieted them with a flick of his tail. "Sadie will you please come here." The shy she-cat slowly approached the Highledge as the cats parted a pathway for her.
"Now Sadie will you promise with your very life to uphold the warrior code and stand by the clan to fight for it at any cost?" questioned Firestar boldly.
"I do." Replied Sadie confidently.
"Good," said Firestar approvingly, "then you are deserving of your apprentice name, I hope you will like it. By the power of Starclan I name you Amberpaw!" every cat there began chanting Amberpaw's new name. But I believe you can guess who was chanting the loudest.