Notes and Disclaimer:
SnowstarRocz: Hiya everyone!
FlamefeatherRoxz: I have something AMAZING to tell you!
Skypaw: What!
FlamefeatherRoxz: The next chapter is up!
Everyone apart from FlamefeatherRoxz: ¬¬'
Birdpaw (Sarcastically): No really!
Icestorm: That's THE WHOLE REASON for doing this disclaimer, Birdbrain Twoleg writers...
SnowstarRocz: WHAT did you say?
Goldenfur: She, umm, said who should do the disclaimer!
FlamefeatherRoxz: Yeah, right! Anyway, I think Hailcloud and Cherryblossom should get do this disclaimer.
Birdpaw (In strop): Hmmpf. That's not fair!
Hailcloud: Yeah it is bird brain. FlamefeatherRoxz and SnowstarRocz
Cherryblossom: Do NOT own warriors
Hailcloud: And with that, on with the story! YAY!
To her relief, Snowstar just carried on walking. Birdpaw let out an angry hiss. At that moment, Foxwing walked in with a angry expression on her face, "Birdpaw I hope you are trying to Flamepaw feel welcome and NOT being such a bully. Oh, Flamepaw, for no battle training at all you dealt with Birdbrain here very well," Birdpaw growled in annoyance at his mentor, "Don't worry, I won't tell Snowstar. Come on Birdpaw, you can help Fernpaw and Rainpaw with the elders bedding." Birdpaw glanced at Flamepaw and stood up. To Flamepaw's suprise, he actually did as he watold for once and stormed off towards the elders den. "Come on, lets see what Emberfang and Silvermist want us to do"
Flamepaw hurried to her new mentor, Silvermist. Excitement flowed through her. "What are we doing first, battle training? Hunting? Seeing the territory? Doing the elders bedding?" Silvermist smiled and looked at Flamepaw with warm eyes. "It's good that you are enthusiastic young one, I think we should start with showing you around the territory, and then you can do a very important job." Flamepaw was glad that she wasn't doing the elders bedding first, even if it was an important job it didn't look like her idea of fun.
Flamepaw could hardly wait to get out of camp for the first time. Her mother had often told her stories about the forest with its massive trees, massive rivers and lush undergrowth and stories of how Snowstar was actually from ThunderClan originally but to see it herself would be amazing.
Flamepaw reached the top of the hill that was just outside the camp enterance which was well disguised as a tunnel that looked like a fox hole under a bramble bush. Flamepaw starred in amazement. She could see huge rivers running down hills, great rocky spiralling paths leading up many hills and down to the forest below, mountains in the distance, lush greenery, moorland and marshland and a massive great blue lake with a tiny island in the middle. She looked at the shore; it seemed to be calling to her as if it wanted her to go there. Flamepaw shook her head. Shores don't talk she thought. "It's so big! Is all of this our territory?" Flamepaw asked her mentor curiously.
"No, our territory ends at them oak trees and that side of the lake shore. Do you want to see the lake?" Flamepaw looked at the forest. Even if it wasn't all their territory, it was still huge. Flamepaw looked at the lake; her paws itched to go there, to explore the forest, to smell the musty scents of the forest. "Yes please!"
Silvermist ran through the trees, Flamepaw just managing to keep up, green blurs past them as they speed into the forest. Finally they reached the lake shore. Flamepaw's eyes widened as she looked at the crystal clear lake. She looked at the rocks on the shore as gentle waves lapped her paws. Suddenly, Flamepaw noticed something strange, a single paw print imprinted in to the stone. "Silvermist, why is there a paw print in that stone?"
"That rock is the border marker to ThunderClan." Silvermist gestured with his tail for her to sit down. "My mother once told me a story about them; do you want to hear it?" Flamepaw nodded.
"Ok, a long, long, time ago, in a place far away from here, a leader of ThunderClan met an unusual Kittypet from a Twoleg place. She saw had seen him fight back with one of her apprentices when he crossed the border and asked him to join her Clan. The next day, they took him into the Clan and trained him as an apprentice with the name Firepaw in honour of his flame coloured fur. He saved the Clans from disaster. Slowly after time, he became the greatest leader the forest had ever known. He eventually died here, if he had not came to the Clans, we would not be here today. In that rock is his paw print and no other cats fit it." Silvermist finished his story and padded back towards the forest. Flamepaw padded over towards the rock and slid her paw onto it. To her amazement, her paw fitted.
Just then, Silvermist called "Come on Flamepaw, let's go." Flamepaw immediately raced towards him, she had a forest to explore!