Ttyttt, Yes, I have read the Unwanteds. This story is based on the book. It is a cross-over between Warriors and the Unwanteds.
"Snakepaw will you play with me?" Fallenkit mewed. All the other apprentices were out with their mentors, leaving me by myself. Cloudlight was out collecting herbs and told me to watch the older kits. There weren't very many, only three. Hazelkit, Honeykit and Fallenkit. Moonlight's kits, Seedkit, Sedgekit and Sootkit were all too little to play. Fallenkit was the only tom, all the other kits were she-cats. He didn't seem to mind at all.
"Sure." I shrugged. He batted a ball of moss over to my paws. I stared at it hesitantly. This is how I got my last infraction.
"Snakepaw don't you know how to play moss ball?" Fallenkit laughed.
"Of course he does, it's just hard for him." Tawnypaw mewed. She was there when it happened, but she wasn't the one who had reported me. It was Duskwind, my mother.
"You guys are no fun! I'm going to go play with Hazelkit and Honeykit!" Fallenkit told them before bounding off to the two sisters.
"He doesn't understand. He was born here, where he's safe. He doesn't know what isn't like to be cast out from your small Clan. Where your whole life is full of cats scolding you for playing, and suddenly get placed into this huge Clan with more cats than you've ever seen and they tell you it's okay to play. He won't ever have to go through that because he's safe here." Tawnypaw mewed.
"You're right." I sighed. I just need to forget about StormClan and all its cats. They cast us aside, We are the Unwanteds!
"This place seems familiar." Moonshine frowned. She glanced nervously at Wolffang who just shrugged.
"It feels like we've been here before." Fuzzynose mumbled. We stood at the edge of a small field.
"Vinepelt, where are we?" My apprentice, Shrewpaw asked.
"Hang on," I told him. I padded over to Smoketail. Jaykit began squirming uncomfortably.
"Yuck! What's that smell?!" Jaykit coughed. I tasted the air. Monsters and twolegs! I knew immediately where we were. It had been long ago, but I could still remember the smell of all the monsters and twolegs. All those vicious cats who had attacked Snowberry when she was just a small kit. We were close to my old home, twoleg place.
"Smoketail, will you carry Jaykit?" I asked him. The young tom nodded and took the trembling tom from me before I padded over to Foxtail and Shadowstar.
"Do you remember this place?" I asked them.
"It seems familiar." Foxtail frowned, trying to remember the field.
"We can't be sure, We'll stop here." Shadowstar mewed, turning to the three other leaders who happily obliged.
"If you don't mind, I would like to take a small group of my warriors to patrol the field." Shadowstar mewed.
"I don't mind." Pebblestar mewed.
"Nor do I," Rabbitstar purred. Runningstar thought for a while before he said anything.
"Go ahead Shadowstar." He dipped his head. Shadowstar nodded before turning to the StormClan cats.
"Foxtail, Fuzzynose, Snowberry, Moonshine, Wolffang, Vinepelt and Ashpaw will come." Shadowstar mewed. Ashpaw? Why Ashpaw? I glanced over to the light gray tom as he puffed out his chest proudly. The little brat thinks he's so special because his father chose him to come! He probably just wanted to keep an eye on him so he didn't cause trouble. I lashed my tail irritably. I scowled before following my Clan leader and the rest of the patrol into the field.
"I smell someone!" Ashpaw growled, disappearing into the tall plants.
"Ashpaw wait!" His mentor, Wolffang hissed but he ignored her. Stupid little brat! I thought angrily as we raced after him. I could hear Ashpaw snarling and the wails of another cat. Probably a kittypet.
"Who are you?" Ashpaw growled, pressing his paw against a black tom's throat.
"Ashpaw release him." Shadowstar ordered. Ashpaw scowled before retreating. The black tom coughed before sitting up.
"T-thank you." He mewed, smiling at Shadowstar.
"No problem, who are you?" Foxtail asked. I narrowed my eyes at the tom. He seemed vaguely familiar, as familiar as the field was. I gasped, I knew this tom. It was long ago I had seen him, and he was younger then, but it was him. He had the same toothy smile where he had lost his tooth as a kit, he had the same shiny black pelt.
"Flicker!" Wolffang gasped.
"Tawnypaw, where are you going?" Mistycloud asked.
"I was going to help Snakepaw collect herbs for Cloudlight's supply, but if you have a better thing for me to do than I'd love to hear it." I purred.
"Do you want to join the hunting patrol?" She asked.
"Who's on it?" I asked.
"Me, Nightsun and Ravenpaw." She mewed. I smiled, it had been a while since I had been on a patrol with Ravenpaw.
"Sure." I mewed, following her over to my brother and his mentor.
"Hi Tawnypaw!" Ravenpaw purred.
"Hey," I mewed awkwardly. It had been a while since I spoke to him. He was always busy with his mentor and Skypaw he didn't really have time for me anymore.
"Let's go then." Nightsun purred, leading the way out of the camp. I followed after them numbly.
"Ravenpaw, do you miss Ashpaw?" I asked him.
"No," He told me.
"You don't? Why not?" I frowned, leaping over a small brook.
"Tawnypaw, they cast us out. They didn't care about us. they don't miss us so I don't see why I should miss them." Ravenpaw scoffed.
"But he's our brother!" I gasped.
"So? Mistycloud was Shadowstar's daughter and he doesn't miss her. They don't care about us Tawnypaw, I've moved on from that sad little kit who missed his Clan. I'm not a StormClan kit anymore, I'm a UnwantedClan apprentice. I'm training to be an UnwantedClan warrior. I don't see why should sulk over them because you know what? Ashpaw's doing exactly what I'm doing, training to be a strong and loyal warrior for his Clan, not thinking about us." Ravenpaw hissed, padding up ahead. Is Ravenpaw right? Should I just forget about everyone from before and move on like the rest of the apprentices have?