Chapter 7: The trouble begins
Orangepaw stepped back in horror. "N-no! I know that's not true! StarClan did save me." Orangepaw snarled. Nightfang eagerly padded towards her. "I need an answer." He growled. "Either waste your life picking leaves, or defend your clan with tooth and claw." Orangepaw hesitated. They both knew that Orangepaw wanted to be a warrior more than anything this world had to offer. Orangepaw drew a deep breath before replying. "Yes. I want to be a warrior. Besides, it can't hurt anyone if I choose that path." Orangepaw admitted, accepting the dark warrior's offer. An evil grin spread across the tom's face. "I'm glad you see it my way, see you tonight." Nightfang finished.
Orangepaw awoke in the medicine cat's den. "What have I done?" Orangepaw whispered. "You've nearly broken your neck is what you've done." A tawny colored she cat growled. "You got really lucky," the she-cat went on, lecturing Orangepaw about the risks of leaping off of sky oak. "It's not my fault! There are no trees taller than me in the mountains! I was never taught that tree bark makes that noise!" Orangepaw blurted. The she cat looked taken back, she narrowed her eyes. "You've just fallen out of Sky Oak, and yet you're still a fire-ball. I'm impressed. But just because you grew up in the mountains does not mean you wear a protective starry coat or at least not yet." The tawny cat growled. "Bu-" Orangepaw tried to defend herself but was quickly cut off. "You are not as powerful as StarClan. Be careful what you do from now on. Or you won't survive here for more than a moon." The she-cat continued. "Um who are you?" Orangepaw meowed. The she cat looked taken back. Their argument had quickly turned into a civilized conversation. "Turtlefur. Now you can go, nothings broken. You'll be sore for a couple of days though." Turtlefur warned before picking up some stems. Orangepaw staggered to her paws. "Thanks, uh Turtlefur." Orangepaw mewed before trotting into the clearing.
As soon as Orangepaw got out of the medicine den Cloudpaw rushed towards me, her eyes wide. "I'm so glad you're ok! I thought you were dead back there." Cloudpaw yowled, her fluffy white pelt puffed up in relief. Orangepaw shrugged. "What can I say, us mountain cats are risk takers. We laugh in the face of danger!" Orangepaw joked. Cloudpaw playfully flicked Orangepaw in the face. "Hey!" Orangepaw meowed, smoothing her pelt over. Sweetpaw trotted out of the apprentices' den to greet Orangepaw. "Wow! You're already allowed out?!" Sweetpaw yowled in surprise. Orangepaw nodded. "Turtlefur said that nothing was even sprained." Orangepaw explained. "Lucky! One time I fell off a little tree while I was learning how to climb, I fell off and nearly broke my paw! I couldn't train for an entire moon." Sweetpaw complained, her whiskers twitching in jealousy. "Well one time while I was training back in the mountains, I fell off a ledge and into a rocky river and cut myself up pretty bad." Orangepaw meowed, her eyes shining with the sweet, pure, perfect memory of the mountains. Cloudpaw turned her gaze to the apprentices' den. "What are you staring at?" Sweetpaw mewed, trying to follow her gaze. Snakepaw and Thornpaw trotted out, side by side deep in conversation. Orangepaw rolled her eyes. "Well that explains it." "Yep." Sweetpaw meowed dryly. Cloudpaw padded over to Snakepaw and Thornpaw and joined the conversation. "Want to walk to the lake?" Sweetpaw offered. "No you two shouldn't. You'll need your rest for tonight." Wolfheart, a pretty black she-cat dictated. "Why not?" Orangepaw asked, cocking her head in confusion. Wolfheart laughed. "Oh right, you don't know do you? Rosestar chose you, Sweetpaw, Thornpaw, Cloudpaw, and Snakepaw to go to the gathering tonight." Wolfheart explained. Sweetpaw and Orangepaw exchanged excited glances, their tails rose into the air in delight. "Really?" Sweetpaw asked, barely able to speak. Wolfheart nodded. "Really. Now get some rest, this gatherings going to last a while. Especially if StormClan causes issues. I mean, there's no territory left for them. And Rosestar's not going to take pity on them, she's a good leader but she's no Firestar. She only cares about her clan." Wolfheart warned before padding off towards the warriors' den. Orangepaw's heart sank. She had forgotten about the clan who abandoned her. Her eagerness instantly vanished. Orangepaw sighed, "why couldn't I have just been born into ThunderClan?"
Sorry this one took so long, I kind of forgot about this series for a while and I also have a youtube account to keep up with so yeah. Anyway, please comment and leave me some feedback!