Here is Chapter three! I hope you will enjoy!
(Kid's POV)
I looked at Darkstripe then at Whitestorm. "Something tells me this cat was a friend of yours...right?" I asked. Whitestorm looked at me then at Whitepaw then at Sandpaw. The white warrior sighed. "His name is Tigerclaw. His been exciled from Thunderclan." He explained. I stared at him. I looked over at Whitepaw and Sandpaw and they have the same experssion as me. I looked back at Whitestorm and my mentor.
"What happened?" Whitestorm looked at Darkstripe. "He killed a former deputy named Redtail in order to become deputy. After that he wanted to become leader, so he tried to kill Bluestar." Darkstripe explained. "What happened to Bluestar?" Sandpaw asked. Sandstorm looked at her appretice. "Fireheart stopped Tigerclaw just in time before he could kill Bluestar." She said. Darkstripe and Whitestorm nodded. Whitestorm then looked back towards the entrance of the cave.
"Although I don't remember how many lives she has left." I stared at Whitestorm.
"Wait! You mean Bluestar has more then one life?" He nodded. He then looked at Whitepaw, Sandpaw and me.
"When the deputy becomes leader after the leader dies, they go to the Moonstone and Starclan is supposed to give them nine lives. The leader is then given a star at the end of their names. Just like Bluestar." Sandpaw and I nodded our heads in understanding. I notice Whitepaw becoming confused. "So... What you're saying is that the deputy goes to a stone that looks like a moon then gets their nine lives from that from another clan?" He asked. I saw Sandpaw smack her head with her tail. I looked over at Whitepaw.
"Starclan are cats that died in battles or sickness, but the cats that go there are good. When a cat tires something like what Tigerclaw did they go to the Dark Forest. The Moonstone is located in Windclan territory and it holds a connection with Starclan. Medicine cats go there to share tougnes with Starclan and to see if anything bad happens." Whitepaw nodded his head in understading. Goodness! He's a mouse-brain alright! At least it didn't take me hours to explain it to him. I thought. Whitestorm and Sandstorm purred. I looked over at the two. Whitestorm looked at me.
"I can see that you and Sandpaw are fast learners at this. And it's your second day here!" I licked my chest in embrassment. I glanced at Sandpaw and saw her shuffling her paws on the ground. I looked back at Darkstripe and that's when I heard something coming from one of the holly bushes. I looked over and saw Thornpaw and Mousefur jump out. Whitestorm looked over at them, alarmed. Darkstripe's fur bristled.
"What's wrong! Did someone attack you while you were out hunting?" Mousefur panted then after a few heartbeats she nodded. She looked at Darkstripe and Whitestorm. "Ravenpaw scented a rouge in Thunderclan camp!" She yowled. I bit my tounge holding back a hiss. Great! Now I won't even know if Sandpaw was right about Medusa following us! I looked over at Sandpaw and saw that she was bristling. I couldn't tell if it was about the bad timing or about Medusa padding around the territory like a kittypet padding around it's twoleg den. I looked back at my mentor and Whitestorm.
"Are we going? I don't think Ravenpaw and Brackenfur will stand a chance against an oppenet they can't win." The two warriors looked at each other and nodded. Darkstripe looked back at me.
"Let's hope you know how to fight, Nightpaw." I smirked.
"I do have a good mentor who taught me, right?" Darkstripe smirked and nodded. He looked over at Sandstorm and Sandpaw. He flicked his tail.
"You two will have to come along and you," -he looked over at Whitepaw-, "you haven't trained on how to fight yet, so you'll have to stay with Whitestorm, Lightpaw, Dustpelt, Ashpaw and Fireheart to guard the camp." He then looked over at Mousefur and Thornpaw. "You two go and tell Brightpaw, Fernpaw, Longtail, Swiftpaw and Sunpaw to go back to camp. After that take Runningwind and Bluepaw with you, so you can catch up with us." Mousefur and Thornpaw nodded and started padding towards the training hollow. Thornpaw then skid to a stop and looked over at Darkstripe. "Brackenfur also told me to tell you to follow his and Ravenpaw's scents!" He shouted then followed his mentor. Darkstripe hissed then looked over at me, Sandpaw and Sandstorm.
"What are you three waiting for, leafbare? Let's move!" He then bounded off following Mousefur and Thornpaw's scent. Sandstorm followed him and me and Sandpaw followed close behind them.
"Nightpaw!" I turned my head around and saw Whitepaw.
"Yeah?" Whitepaw smirked and I saw his sharp teeths.
"Make sure Sandpaw doesn't get hurt, alright!" I nodded then followed after the three cats.
(Soul's POV)
I watched as Nightpaw raced after Darkstripe, Sandstorm and Sandpaw then I sighed. I can't believe I'm staying back here and letting my meister go into battle! I thought. I still don't know if I can transform into a scythe, but even if I try will I get killed? As I thought Iwas nudged by Whitestorm. I looked at him and saw his worried face. "Come on. We have to report this to Fireheart." He said. I nodded and we walked inside the camp. Once inside I saw Fireheart bounding over us. "Is everything okay?" He asked. I looked at Whitestorm and yawned. "I'm going to find Lightpaw and Ashpaw!" I said as I padded towards the apprentices den. I poked my head inside to see Cloudpaw, Ashpaw and Lightpaw talking. "...What's it like being a kittypet?" I heard Ashpaw asked. Lightpaw shrugged. "It's hard to remember." She replied. I padded inside the den and sat down next to Lightpaw and Cloudpaw.
"She's right it is hard to remember, but I guess that's because we had bad owners." Cloudpaw and Ashpaw looked at me. "Owners?" They said.
"Twolegs." She said. I nodded.
"Yeah that. I may be cool and all, but I'm still getting used to this place." I saw Cloudpaw shuffling his feet and then he looked at me.
"Did you all have the same twolegs?" I looked at him and then thought for a minute. Fox-dung! I never that of that! I looked at Lightpaw and she shrugged. I then looked back at Cloudpaw.
"Well... Me and Sandpaw had the same twolegs, Lightpaw, Sunpaw and Nightpaw had the same and Bluepaw and Ravenpaw had the same." Cloudpaw nodded. Ashpaw looked at Lightpaw.
"Do you know if Ravenpaw likes any one?" Me and Lightpaw looked at Ashpaw like he spruted wings and was flying through the air. "Excsue us?" We said. Ashpaw blinked a couple of times then repeated the question.
"Do you know if Ravenpaw likes any one?" I looked at Lightpaw and she looked at me. Then we looked at Ashpaw.
"Yes she does and why do you want to know? Do you like her?" Ashpaw shook his head.
"No. Thornpaw does. I guess you could say love at first sight." He then shrugged. "I'm more interested in Sandpaw. She seems to be catching up to the more experince apprentices and she's already learned a lot from Sandstorm, Fireheart and Whitestorm!" I stared at Ashpaw then burst out laughing. Ashpaw looked at me like I just grew a second head. "What? What'd I say?" I shook my head.
"Why would you like someone like her? She's so boring! Trust me Ashpaw she is!" Lightpaw looked at me.
"Can't you stop insulting her even when she's not here?" That's when Lightpaw looked around the den. "Speaking of which weren't you supposed to be on patrol with her and Nightpaw?" Ashpaw and Cloudpaw looked at me. I nodded my head.
"Yeah, but Mousefur and Thornpaw came running towards uss like their was a fire in their pelts. They said that Ravenpaw found a scent of a rouge cat. Sandstorm, Sandpaw, Darkstripe and Nightpaw are following Mousefur and Thornpaw's scents towards Brackenfur and Ravenpaw." I explained. Ashpaw and Lightpaw nodded. Cloudpaw started to bristle.
"A rouge on Thunderclan territory! I'm going to find them!" He was about to stand when I flicked my tail towards him.
"Don't worry. Darkstripe ordered Mousefur to tell Runningwind and Bluepaw to follow their scent trail. In the meantime Longtail, Sunpaw, Swiftpaw, Fernpaw and Brightpaw are coming back to the camp to help guard it." Cloudpaw started to calm down.
"I wish I could stop them out there then stay here." I chcukled.
"Don't worry, but I'm more interested on what Longtail's experssion would be when he comes back." Ashpaw looked at me.
"Why's that?" Lightpaw poked Ashpaw's flank.
"Because my sister, Sunpaw doesn't pay attention to anything and is super hyper!" Ashpaw and Cloudpaw started to surpress their mrrows of laughter in. I did the same. Ashpaw then looked over at me.
"What did Sandpaw do all the time that makes you think she's boring?" I stopped chuckling and looked at him. I shrugged.
"Frankly she doesn't play with us have the time. She just... I don't know I just think she's boring." Ashpaw's ear flicked.
"She may be boring to you, but she's not to me!" I sighed. I noticed that Lightpaw was smiling. I looked at her.
"What's gotten into your pelt?" Lightpaw looked at me.
"Oh it's nothing! Why don't we go outside and see if Longtail came back with my sister?" The three of us nodded and we padded out the den. We then walked over to the clearing. I looked around the clearing when my eyes spotted amber eyes. I saw a dark brown tabby kit pad outside the nursery den. Along with Goldenflower. Then a tortoiseshell kit came bounding out and the two kits spotted us. The bounded towards us and skid to a stop. The dark tabby kit looked at me. "Are you the new apprentices from last night?" He asked. I smirked showing my sharp teeth. The kit then shrunk. I looked at him and noticed that he was afraid of my teeth. I sighed and looked at Lightpaw.
"Everytime I look at a kit and smile they cower away. Am I that scary?" Lightpaw chuckled then looked at the dark brown tabby on the ground.
"What's your name?" The dark brown tabby then jumped up and puffed out his chest.
"My names Bramblekit!" He then pointed his tail towards the tortoiseshell she-cat. "That's my sister, Tawnykit!" Tawnykit smiled at us. I smiled back and this time Bramblekit didn't get freaked out. I then heard rustling coming from the entrance and when I looked up I was surprised to see a dark tabby tom come out. He looked like an older version of Bramblekit only this cat had unusual long front claws. I then sniffed the air. He smelled almost like a Thunderclan cat, but then he smiled like a rouge. I heard a growl come from Highrock. We all looked over and saw Fireheart and Whitestorm. Fireheart jumped down and his pelt was bristling.
"You have some nerves coming here, Tigerclaw!" I looked at Ashpaw and Cloudpaw and noticed them bristling, too. I then looked over at the kits and they weren't there. I then looked back up and saw them run inside the nursery. My ears twitched. So this is Tigerclaw... Wait! Does that mean that Goldenflower mated with this guy and had Bramblekit and Twanykit! That does kind of makes sense... Bramblekit looked a lot like Tigerclaw. I thought then I noticed something behind him. It looked like a purple snake-like arrow. My eyes widen. I looked over at Lightpaw and noticed she was trembling. She must of saw it, too. This is not good!
(Tsubaki's POV)
I followed my mentor and when we got to the place where the rouge smell came from I saw no cats. I looked around left and right trying to figure out where they are. I looked over at Brackenfur and saw that his jaw was parted. I did the same and I smelled a scent that kind of smelled faimilar. I looked over at a bramble bush and started padding towards it. When I reached it I got attacked by a black tom with white paws and ears. I looked over and saw Brackenfur fighting two toms; a gray tom with ginger and white flecks and a golden tom with matted pelt. My eyes widen when I smelled the Thunderclan scent on the tom that was pinning me down. They must of gotten their scents from around the forest! I thought. I tried to get out of the toms grip, but the cat was too strong. When I looked at him I saw that he rasied a claw and I closed my eyes, waiting for the finishing blow. But it never came. That's when I heard yowling. I opened my eyes and saw that the black tom wasn't pinning me anymore. I looked over at my left and saw Sandpaw and Nightpaw fighting the black tom. I then looked over at my mentor and saw that Sandstorm and Darkstripe were helping to defeat the rouge cats. I looked around the forest when I saw Mousefur, Thornpaw, Runningwind and Bluepaw bounding towards us to help. Bluepaw and Thornpaw bouned towards to help Nightpaw and Sandpaw, while Runningwind and Mousefur ran over to help Darkstripe, Sandstorm and Brackenfur. I nodded to myself and got up on my paws only to stop when I heard a frog sound coming from near by bushes. I looked over and a sliver she-cat tackled me. I yowled in surprise as the she-cat scratched my cheek. I then kicked the she-cat off me and jump back up on my paws and charged towards her. The sliver she-cat flinched then turned around and bouned towards the other apprentice. That's when I recgoinzed her. I yowled over the fighting cats, "Sandpaw, Nightpaw and Bluepaw! Watch out for the sliver she-cat she's Eruka!" Nightpaw, Sandpaw and Bluepaw stopped righting and saw the sliver she-cat that was bounding towards her. I saw Bluepaw smirk and he started running towards Eruka. Bluepaw jumped and landed on Eruka's back. The she-cat yowled in surprise then yowled in pain as Bluepaw sank her teeth on the she-cat's shoulder. "Why you!" She shouted then left her body go limp and landed on her back, knocking the breathe out of Bluepaw.
"Bluepaw!"
(Kid's POV)
I looked back at Bluepaw and saw that he was on the ground with Eruka on top of him. I looked over at the black tom who retreated shortly after Thornpaw chased him away. I then looked over and saw that Darkstripe, Sandstorm, Brackenfur, Mousefur and Runningwind had chased the other three cats away as well. That just left Eruka all by herself. I looked at the sliver she-cat, the she-cat didn't looked scared only smiled. I glared at her, teeth bared and claws unsheathed. Eruka looked at all of us then smirked. "Looks like Medusa was right about that distraction." She said and that got all of our attention. Darkstripe padded towards her and was able to knock her off of Bluepaw, who had troubles trying to get her off. Darkstripe then placed his paw, unsheathed, on Eruka's chest. "What do you mean by 'distraction'?" He growled baring his fangs and showing his white teeth. Eruka then smiled.
"You cats are really-" That's when a yowling sound intruppeted her. Darkstripe looked over and that gave enough time for Eruka to kick him off and get up on her paws and run. I growled after she left and was about to follow when I heard bushes rustling. I stopped and looked over to see Ashpaw running towards us. He skidded to a halt and looked around. My eyes widen as I saw that one of his ears was torn, there were scratches nearly everywhere on his body and blood trickled down his bottom jaw. Ashpaw looked at Darkstripe and the other warriors. "Th... There a-a-are rouges fighting inside th-th-the camp." He starmmered as he coughed up blood. Sandpaw ran towards the gray tom. "You shouldn't be running around when you're injured like that!" She scolded. I looked at Ashpaw and saw him looking at his paws for a little while. I then looked over at Sandstorm, who was padding towards Sandpaw and Ashpaw. "Sandpaw's right. You have to go and see Yellowfang." She said. Ashpaw straighted up and held his head high.
"I'm not going anywhere! Fireheart told me to find you and when I was looking around I found your guy's scent trail and followed it here. When we get back there we have to stop Tigerclaw and this weird golden she-cat!" Runningwind, Darkstripe, Mousefur, Brackenfur and Sandstorm's eyes widen. "Tigerclaw is back!" They shouted. I padded towards Sandpaw and Ashpaw with Ravenpaw, Bluepaw and Thornpaw behind me. "Sandpaw you don't think..." I trailed off and looked at Sandpaw. She nodded her head.
"It's Medusa!" All the other cats looked at Sandpaw. Ashpaw gave me and Sandpaw a confused expression.
"Who's Medusa? Is she a rouge?" Sandpaw looked at Ashpaw and nodded. Her eyes then widen and fear gripped her scent like fire.
"Oh no! We have to get back to camp!" And before anyone could object she dashed back the way Ashpaw came. I looked at the other apprentices and we nodded. Then we followe Sandpaw leaving the warriors trying to recoil on what was happening. I was very surprise to see Ashpaw running ahead of me and catching up with Sandpaw. Bluepaw and Ravenpaw were surprised as well. When we reached the camp we burst through the camp and our eyes widen. We saw all the warriors, apprentices, elders, queens and their kits, Fireheart and I believe is Bluestar in the middle of the clearing being circled by a lot of rouges. I then looked over and saw a golden she-cat with snake-like eyes, a black tom with wolf-like ears and has two fangs coming out of his mouth, a she-cat with unusual pink fur and has mouse-like ears, Eruka and a dark brown tabby tom with unusual front claws. And right off the bat I knew who the cats are. The golden she-cat saw us and smirked. "Well if it isn't Sandpaw and Nightpaw." She said. All the cats paid their attetion towards the cats that were named. I looked at Sandpaw and saw her fur bristling.
"Medusa!" And after that she ran towards Medusa only to be stoped by the dark brown tabby tom. The tom grabbed her scuff then threw her back towards us. Me and Ashpaw started hiss at the former Thunderclan warrior. I then saw Sandpaw get back up and I heard Medusa chuckling. We all looked at her.
"If you think you can just waltz up here and attack like that, then you surely want to die." Sandpaw hissed.
"Like I care about that! What is it with you and following us? You died twice and yet here you are! You know what will happen right? You're only going to die you snake-hearted she-cat!" I was shocked to hear Sandpaw say that, but then again everytime she sees Medusa she goes on a rampage because of what she did to Crona. I looked over and saw Bluepaw, Ravenpaw and Ashpaw yowling agreements with her. I was surprise to see Ashpaw yowling along with Bluepaw and Ravnepaw since he has no clue on who Medusa is. The only way he would do that if he has a crush on her... Oh great! He does! I thought. I then looked over at Whitepaw, Sunpaw and Lightpaw who were encouraging Sandpaw to say more about Medusaw. I could also tell that Sunpaw was yelling out, "Break her neck, Break her neck!" I smiled at her hyperactiveness. I looked over at Medusa who was glaring daggers with Sandpaw. Neither she-cat would give up on the stare contest. I nodded my head and looked over at Ashapw.
"We have to find a way to set our clanmates free." Ashpaw nodded.
"Yeah but how are you..." He trailed off as he saw me stare at Sandpaw. Ashpaw's eyes widen and he hissed in my ear, "Are you crazy! Those two she-cats will rip each other's pelts off!" I looked at Ashpaw and nodded.
"That's what we need. Sandpaw isn't the type of she-cat to give up, so easily." Ashpaw looked at me and blinked his eyes a couple of time before he smiled.
"Okay. What's you plan?"
There we go! I'm not going to go any farther 'cause it may look weird. So hope you enjoyed this chapter. =)