Sorry, I couldn't find enough time to update this story. Maybe I'll go back to doing a new chapter every week. None of you said anything about not doing ThunderClan again so I did ThunderClan (well started out with ThunderClan). Once again sorry for the late update! Please review and tell me if I should do ThunderClan in the next chapter!
Frostpaw woke up to a loud noise coming from outside the den. What is it this time? she thought, raising her head sleepily. "Oh come on! Why does everything happen when we're sleeping?" Robinpaw growled drowsily, clearly very unhappy about something disturbing his sleep.
"I dunno, maybe it's because our luck is just awful," Maplepaw yawned. Frostpaw shook her head and got up. She walked out of the den and scanned the camp. The only thing out of the ordinary is that giant branch in the camp. Wait a second, where did it come from? Is anyone hurt? she thought running towards the branch. There was no one under the branch, which was good, but there was no one around either which was also pretty great. Normally the whole Clan would be alive, even the rocks and the thorns seemed to move and sing.
"What happened? Is anyone hurt?" Stormstar called as she leaped out of her den. The other warriors started coming out of their dens. They were all alert and surprised.
"Well no one's under the branch, so I don't think so," Frostpaw replied. Stormstar let out a relieved sigh.
"Why was the Clan so quiet when I came out? There should be patrols leaving and coming back right about now," Stormstar asked, cocking her head.
"I though Oakfall already sent out the hunting and border patrols! I wasn't invited so I decided to rest a bit longer!" Birchtail answered slowly. "Wait, talking about Oakfall, where is he?"
Frostpaw was suddenly alert. Oakfall? What happened to Oakfall? Where is he? Oh no, Something must of happened to Oakfall! she thought, how could her father go missing?
Maplepaw came from behind her. "Isn't Oakfall your father?"
Frostpaw nodded her head, thoughts rushing through her head like rabbits being chased by dogs. How could she have not noticed Oakfall's absence? She felt dumb, deputies are supposed to be in charge of all of the patrols. Robinpaw padded up from behind her. "Oh, what could have happened to Oakfall?" he mewed rudely.
"What did you mean by that?" Frostpaw growled, whipping her head around to look at Robinpaw.
"Nothing," Robinpaw gulped, taking a step back.
"Oh it better have meant nothing," Frostpaw growled angrily as she took a step towards her denmate. Robinpaw took another step back, his eyes were filled with fear. Frostpaw said nothing else and walked out of the camp. I don't care what he thinks about Oakfall. He was never going to help me find him anyway. she thought, stalking through the woods. What he said hurt, badly. What if Oakfall really was hurt? He wouldn't care.
Just then she heard the rustling of bushed behind her. Instantly picking up a familiar scent. "Maplepaw, I know you're there!"
"Okay, um, how are you doing?" Maplepaw whispered, walking out of the bushes to stand next to her friend.
"Fine, just looking around for Oakfall," Frostpaw snapped, turning her head to look at her den mate and friend. She trudged on through some ferns, not caring about how she acted to her friend. I need to find him! He has to be okay, he just has to be! she thought desperately.
Once she searched every whisker length of the territory, she gave up, feeling more depressed than ever. Forcing one paw in front of the other, she walked towards camp. She didn't think it could get any worse.
Shadepaw shivered as he woke up from yet another horrible dream about the Blur. Getting onto his paws, he walks out of the den and yawns. It was a bright and beautiful day despite his dark and dreary nightmares. There was no freshkill in the freshkill pile. Well if there's no freshkill, it isn't really a pile is it. he thought to himself.
"Shadepaw? Wait, why hasn't the hunting patrol come back yet?" Redpoppy yawned as she poked her head out of the elders den. "Now I have to go back to sleep hungry."
"That's strange, they should be back by now," Shadepaw murmured to himself. "Why is the freshkill pile empty?"
"I'm starving! What did the hunting patrol catch this time? Hopefully they caught a rabbi... um where's the food?" Antpaw asked as he stepped out of the apprentices den. Shadepaw didn't answer, not being sure himself. He turned towards his brother and walked over into the apprentices den to get some more sleep. This time instead of a terrible nightmare that makes the fur on his neck spike up when he wakes up, he was in StarClan. Not only was he in StarClan, he was also very confused.
"Don't worry, you're okay. You're still sleeping in your nest," a brown and white she-cat with blazing amber eyes. "My name is Mudshade, I was a loyal warrior of ShadowClan season before you were born and I need to tell you something."
"Wait what?" Shadepaw felt even more confused. "If it's important, why not go tell the leader or the medicine cat?"
"Because, well, you're the only one that needs to hear this," Mudshade purred, her eyes softening. "We chose you to stop the Blur. Remember your dreams? Those were all just warnings for what might happen."
"Huh? What?" Shadepaw gasped, unable to soak the information in. "Me, by myself?"
"No silly, of course we wouldn't put an inexperienced apprentice in an impossible battle by himself!" Mudshade purred in amusement. "And we wouldn't leave him defenseless either."
"Are you saying that I don't know how to protect myself?" Shadepaw growled, getting into a low crouch.
"Of course not! Why would I come just to tell you that you're not strong enough?" Mudshade laughed. "I came here to give you what you need for the upcoming battle."
"What are you going to give me?" Shadepaw asked, getting out of the crouch.
"You'll find out once you wake up," Mudshade whispered as she press her nose against is. He felt something go into him, something good and positive. It shocked him at first, but then he slowly drank it in. "Don't tell your clan mates, this is your battle and remember you won't be alone."
Shadepaw felt normal once she backed away. "What did you do to me?"
"As I said, you'll find out when you wake up," Mudshade whispered as she faded away slowly. "Sweet dreams Shadepaw!"
Shadepaw was the first to be warned a get powers. Again ShadowClan is not my favorite clan. Actually it's probably my worst favorite clan, but hey, you have to give them a chance of being first on something else besides having the largest amount of evil cats. Have a great week!