Kaith: Hey guys, Happy Halloween! I've got a special chapter for you, which is why I waited a while to release this chapter. Every chapter past this Stealthclaw wrote deals with Christmas break and I wanted to put in a Halloween chapter, so this chapter is purely mine. I'm also going to put in a chapter or two so I can justify something that happens in Stealthclaw's original version.

Rain's Song: Hmm, I don't want to say anything, as to spoil the story, but a few new characters are going to show up soon.

Dragonclaw11: Glad you liked it. I enjoyed writing about Purdy ^o^

Leafflight: All the academies are a part of Warriors High. So imagine a giant school, separated into four separate parts that all share the same gym.

Chapter 6: Halloween

"Oh come on Jayfeather." Hollyleaf said, "You'll look cute in it."

"I might not be able to see it, but I know it'll make you look like an idiot." Jayfeather said crossly. "Now get out of my room."

Hollyleaf frowned, still holding a small doctors outfit. She herself was dressed up as a Wonder Cat. "Fine, you left me no choice. Hey Lionblaze! Come in here for a minute."

"He won't help you." Jayfeather said. "He likes me better than you."

Lionblaze walked in the room, dressed up as a vampire, complete with a set of fake teeth. "What's up?"

"Jayfeather won't get in his costume." Hollyleaf said. "Can I get some help?"

"I don't need to wear it because I'm not going."

"What do you mean you're not going?" Lionblaze asked. "It's the Halloween party, of course you're going."

Jayfeather back up, now fearing his siblings as they moved in on him. "You wouldn't dare."

"Yes, we would." Hollyleaf giggled. "Lionblaze, hold him down!"

Lionblaze gave a war cry as he dived at his brother, and nailed Jayfeather to the ground. Jayfeather wriggled in protest as Hollyleaf and Lionblaze started to redress Jayfeather.

"Are you guys ready?" Squirrelflight asked, taking a look in the doorway to see Lionblaze trying to pull down Jayfeather's pants and Hollyleaf pulling the doctor's top over his head.

"Just a minute mom." Hollyleaf smiled, covering Jayfeather's mouth with her tail before he could object to anything. "We need to get the doctor ready."

"Alright kids, have a good time." Squirrelflight said in a sing-song voice as she drove away, leaving her three kids in front of the school. The gymnasium was a shining beacon in the dead of night.

"I hate both of you." Jayfeather said, his arms crossed.

"Yeah we know." Hollyleaf said. "Let's get going already!" She skipped off in the direction of the gym.

"Come on sour puss," Lionblaze said, dragging his brother along. "If you hate it that much, you can just sit in a dark corner until mom comes back." Jayfeather let himself be pulled into the gym, knowing he didn't stand a chance against his brother. The moment he set foot in the gym his senses were bombarded with loud music and sweaty students. He resisted the urge to cover his ears with his paws.

"Well aren't you frightening, captain." A familiar voice said through the music. Jayfeather could tell it was Cinderheart's voice.

"Thanks." Lionblaze replied. "I like your costume too."

"Oh Jayfeather, I love your costume too."

"Wish I could say the same." Jayfeather replied.

"I'm in an angel costume if that helps you." Cinderheart said cheerfully, still immune to Jayfeather's foul mood.

"The wings are a nice touch." Lionblaze said.

"T-Thanks. I like the fangs."

Jayfeather rolled his eyes. He didn't have to have eyesight to see that Cinderheart was blushing. How dense was his brother? "Well, I'm going take your advice Blaze, and go sit in a corner for a while." Jayfeather dashed off before anyone could catch him, and smelled his way over to the snack table.

He was only a few steps away when another body ran into him. "Watch where you're going!" A tom hissed. "Oh hey, I know who you are." His hiss became a sneer. Jayfeather could tell from the smell the tom was from RiverClan. This was going on heck of a conversation.

"Yeah, excuse me." Jayfeather pushed past the tom, trying to miss out on the conversation.

"But I want to apologize." The tom stepped in front of Jayfeather, blocking him. "Here, have a drink." Jayfeather waited for something to happen. "Oh that's right, you can't see." He laughed.

"Why don't you pick on someone else?" Jayfeather's ears perked. That was Willowshine's voice.

"Oh look, it's his little girlfriend." The tom left Jayfeather and put his arm around Willowshine. "So what's your costume supposed to be? You don't even look scary?"

Willowshine took the tom's arm off from around her. Willowshine walked over to Jayfeather and then looked back at the tom. "If I wanted to be scary, I would have worn a picture of your face."

Jayfeather smiled as the tom was struck speechless. "Come one Jayfeather," Willowshine pulled Jayfeather back to the center of the gym. "I think you owe me a dance now."

"But I can't dance!" Jayfeather said as he fruitlessly tried to get out of the dance.

Lionblaze watched Jayfeather walk off and then turned back to Cinderheart. "Well," He said to Cinderheart. "Now what?"

"Well, it is a party. So, um, how about…a dance?"

Lionblaze's heartbeat sped up and his vampire outfit felt suddenly hot, heavy, and stuffy. It was just like that time after they beat The Typhoons. He opened his mouth but nothing came out. Instead a voice from behind him spoke up. "Hey captain, Cinderheart!"

Both of the young warriors jumped as Birchfall and Mousewhisker appeared behind him. "How's it going captain? Not seducing our star player are you?" Mousewhisker laughed. He was wrapped up in toilet paper in an attempt to be a mummy.

"O-Of course not!" Lionblaze said. "We were just-"

"Flirting?" Birchfall offered with a grin. Birchfall was wearing a butler outfit, complete with the white gloves and slicked back hair.

"Why don't you go flirt with Whitewing?" Lionblaze snapped out of embarrassment.

Now it was Birchfall's turn to blush. "Well, I, you know-"

Mousewhisker was trying his best not to laugh at his friend as he tried to come up with a conversation changer. Lucky for him, the DJ spoke up.

"Okay all you young warriors." The DJ said through his speakers. "Let's slow things down a bit. Alright guys now grab a special cat and slow down with her." A quiet song that Cinderheart recognized as You Raised Me Up started playing. Everyone either paired up or moved to a separate side of the gym away from the opposite sex.

"Hey Birchfall, there's Whitewing." Mousewhisker pointed out the white she-cat dressed up as one of the Powerpuff Kittens. "Man, go ask her to dance."

"W-Well I don't know."

"Come on, let's go." Mousewhisker pulled Birchfall away and over to where the girls were all standing. Lionblaze and Cinderheart watched as Birchfall stumbled over his dance request. However, it must have worked because Whitewing nodded and followed him out into the center of the dance floor.

"I think it worked." Cinderheart commented. "So, umm…" Cinderheart smoothed some wrinkles down on her angel costume. "About that dance…"

Lionblaze's heart resumed it quick heartbeat from earlier. "S-Sure, I don't mind."

Cinderheart did her best to hide her embarrassment from Lionblaze. It was a few seconds before she spoke up again. "So are we going to dance? Or just stand here?"

Lionblaze blinked, and then exclaimed, "Oh! Sorry Cinderheart…" Lionblaze took Cinderheart's paw and lead her into the middle of the dance floor. He faced Cinderheart with his heart in his chest, only just realizing that he had no idea how to dance. As quickly and discreetly as possible, Lionblaze looked to see how other people were dancing.

He didn't like what he saw at first. Most couples were pressed up against each other, just rocking back and forth to the song. Something inside him felt that doing that with Cinderheart would be…well, too awkward. Instead he place one of his paws on her hip and took her paw with his other.

He tried to dance, and to put it in a nice way, murdered it. Cinderheart stopped him, letting go of his hand. "You don't know how to slow dance, do you?"

"Not a clue." Lionblaze admitted, making Cinderheart start laughing. "I'm more of a sports guy."

"Good, cus I'm more of a sports girl." She said, still laughing.

"Then why'd you even ask me to dance?"

Cinderheart stopped laughing and looked down. "Well, captain, cus-"

A loud crash, complete with the record scratch from the DJ, interrupted Cinderheart. Everyone in the gym looked over to the snack bar to see Halloween decorations come tumbling down, destroying them and the food. She-cats started screaming and everyone back away from the destruction. When the dust settled, Hollyleaf and Berrynose were standing there, a guilty look on their faces.

"Um, hey guys." Hollyleaf fake laughed.

When Hollyleaf first entered the gym, she was struck silent. It looked absolutely horrifying, and she loved it. The walls were covered in fake cobwebs and giant spiders, ghost's hung from the ceiling, and the snack bar was surrounded by an amazing assortment of fake gargoyles, werecats, and tombstones. The lights were even covered with orange, purple, and black tissue paper to change the light. I really felt like a Halloween night. However, Hollyleaf was looking for something else. A handsome tom dressed in a Supercat costume.

Hollyleaf started prowling through the crowd, searching high and low for Berrynose. What she found she didn't like; Berrynose was chatting with Poppyfrost and Honeyfern over by the snack table. She didn't mind Poppyfrost, it was just her little deal with Honeyfern that worried her. However, Berrynose spotted her and Hollyleaf's worry dissipated with the look he gave her. Hollyleaf walked up to him and quickly kissed Berrynose. "I never Wonder Cat would look so good." Berrynose smiled.

"And I never though Supercat could be so handsome."

Poppyfrost made a gagging noise. "I you excuse me, I have to go throw up now."

"I'll join you." Honeyfern offered. They both turned to leave.

"Oh don't go." Hollyleaf said, "I'll keep the mushy crap to minimum, okay? I just wanna spend a night with my girlfriends, considering you're the only two without dates."

"No we aren't. Whitewing and Cinderheart showed up alone." Poppyfrost interjected.

"Don't mean they're leaving alone." Hollyleaf purred, as the song You Raise Me Up started playing. "I think my brother and Birchfall have that covered. See?" Honeyfern and Poppyfrost looked to where Hollyleaf was pointing.

"Well now I'm depressed." Poppyfrost sighed. "All the good toms are taken now."

"Oh there are still plenty of good toms left."

"Who? It's obvious to everyone but Lionblaze and Cinderheart that the basketball captain is taken, Jayfeather's out of the question, you've got Berrynose, Whitewing looks like she'll be hooking up with Birchfall any moment, and Mousewhisker…" Poppyfrost faded off and watched the tom. He was currently stumbling around the dance floor trying to act like a zombie while interrupting dancing couples.

"Still acts like he's in middle school?" Honeyfern said.

"Exactly."

Hollyleaf crossed her arms. "Fine, have it your way. That just means I get Berrynose all to myself."

Honeyfern said nothing but quickly walked away, followed by her sister. Hollyleaf turned back to her Super Cat. "So, wanna dance?"

Berrynose shrugged. "Not really." He walked up to her until he was only a few inches from her face. "Do you wanna know what I really want to do?"

Hollyleaf got chills down her spine as he whispered that into her ear. "S-Sure." She mewed quietly.

"This…" Berrynose cupped a cheek in his paw and pulled Hollyleaf in for a kiss. Hollyleaf returned the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling herself closer. Berrynose's first mistake was thinking that the tombstone he was leaning on was made of rock.

"I can't believe they kicked us out." Hollyleaf said crossly. "And our parents don't expect us home for another two hours."

"To be fair, you did ruin the party for everyone else." Lionblaze pointed out. After the collapse of the decorations, most of the ThunderClan students rushed over to see if Hollyleaf and Berrynose were alright. Unfortunately for them, the supervisor of the event, Blackstar, also came. Upon seeing the wreck and all the ThunderClan students, he kicked every single ThunderClan student out of the gym without a question. Now they were all sitting on some benches just outside of the school gate.

"I still can't believe none of us have our cell phones." Poppyfrost mewed. "I mean are we teenagers or what?"

"So now what do we do?" Jayfeather complained. "Just sit out in the cold for a few hours?"

"We could go trick or treating." Honeyfern suggested.

"Trick or treating? We're too old for that stupid."

"Hey, she's not stupid!" Berrynose said, sticking up for his friend. A touch of envy coursed through Hollyleaf.

"Don't get your tail in a bunch." Jayfeather sighed. "It's just an expression stupid."

"I've got an idea." Cinderheart spoke up, trying to stop the two toms before they started swinging fists at each other. "I know this restaurant that serves really good ice cream. They're staying open late for tonight and it's only a few blocks away. But we'd have to cut through some alleys."

The group thought it over. "I don't know." Hollyleaf mused. "What if we get jumped?"

"Don't worry, I'll protect you!" Berrynose boasted.

Mousewhisker and Poppyfrost both fake gagged.

"But Hollyleaf's right." Whitewing put in. "Dad always told me to stay away from the alleyways. He said that's where the cat's calling themselves BloodClan attacked him and Firestar when they were still in school."

"Please, that was ages ago." Mousewhisker said. "I thought they all got arrest or something."

"Yeah, for killing a teacher." Honeyfern said. "That's how Whitestorm died, remember? He tried to get between Firestar and Graystripe and the BloodClan cats."

Lionblaze scratched his head. "Wow, I never thought that this city could be such a dangerous place."

"It shouldn't be that dangerous." Cinderheart protested. "I take the route all the time."

"Yeah but that's during the day when no one's willing to risk anything." Berrynose mewed. "But seriously, how far is this place again and how many alleyways are we talking?"

"It's only two alleys. Only about ten blocks."

Mousewhisker stood up and stretched. "Well I don't know about you guys, but ice cream sounds pretty good right about now." His stomach growled and he blushed slightly. "Plus I didn't get to eat anything. I thought I'd be eating here."

"Don't forget me." Cinderheart stood up too, "You don't even know where it is."

"Then you'll need me too." Lionblaze said, "You'll need more than Mousewhisker if you run into any thugs."

"Gee, thanks captain." Mousewhisker said sarcastically. The rest of the ThunderClan students laughed and stood up.

"So you're all going I take it?" Jayfeather asked, still the only one sitting.

"Yeah, why not?" Lionblaze asked.

"Oh just wondering what would happen if you left a poor, defenseless, blind, frail, small,-"

"Oh you're coming too." Lionblaze said, grabbing his brothers hand and pulling him up. Only then he just realized how much bigger he was than Jayfeather. Compared to Lionblaze, Jayfeather looked like a 'paw' from middle school. "And I'm sure you would have been safe. Your big whinny mouth could scare off the ugliest dog in history."

"Alright!" Mousewhisker yelled for no apparent reason. "And here we go!" Mousewhisker started off heading west.

"Hey Mousewhisker, it's the other way." Cinderheart said giggling.

Mousewhisker stopped, turned around, and proceed ahead of the group. "I knew that."

"Okay, it's just through this last ally and across the street." Cinderheart led the way in, followed by Lionblaze and Jayfeather. "I knew you guys were overreacting."

"Whatever," Poppyfrost said, "Let's just get going. Alleys gives me the creeps."

"Everything gives you the creeps." Berrynose laughed.

Poppyfrost was about to object, but she ran into Jayfeather. "Ow, Jayfeather, what's-"

"Guys, go back." He said. Jayfeather's fur was starting to stick up. A chill ran down the spines of everyone there when they saw three large, tall cats walk into the ally. One of them was carrying a bat.

"Now!" Lionblaze yelled. Everyone turned but was greeted by two more cats. All five of the cats were dressed in ragged clothing and obviously hadn't used soap for years.

"What's the hurry?" The biggest of the three that they first saw spoke. His speech was slurred and alcohol was on his breath. "We just want to play a trick. I mean isn't that what trick or treat's about?" The others, obviously the first guy's underlines laughed. "Why don't I introduce myself? Name's Scar. And who is the pretty little angel?"

Lionblaze moved instantly, putting himself between Scar and Cinderheart. "Just ignore them." He whispered to her.

"Hey, the boss asked you a question." The guy on the right of Scar said. "If you don't let the little lady answer, we'll have to remove you." He laughed.

"Take you best shot, mouse breath." Lionblaze taunted.

"Don't encourage them!" Jayfeather hissed.

Scar laughed. He looked amused. "Look boys, the vampire's got some backbone. I respect that kid, but," The amused looked vanished. "it's been too long since I've felt a she-cat's touch. Now why don't you get out of the way?"

"Make me." Lionblaze hissed. By now all the she-cat's and Jayfeather had moved to between the guys; Birchfall and Lionblaze on one side, Berrynose and Mousewhisker on the other . However, it didn't look good. Four high school toms against five drunken adults.

"How dare you speak to the boss like that!" The one with the bat yelled. He came in swinging, but he was so drunk Lionblaze easily dodged it. Birchfall wasn't as lucky. The other guy must not have been as drunk because his fist connected with Birchfall's gut. Birchfall gasped and staggered backwards.

Scar moved in for his prize, dodging past Lionblaze and heading for the group of she-cats. Jayfeather's tail puffed up to twice its size. "Back off if you know what's good for you." He hissed.

Scar laughed. "You blind or something? There's no way you could even scratch me."

"Berrynose, look out!" Hollyleaf yelled, obviously not paying attention to Scar.

Lionblaze wanted to rush back and nail Scar right where it would hurt, but he noticed the bat guy had turned his attention on the still staggering Birchfall. Sorting his priorities quickly, Lionblaze ran for Birchfall and pushed him out of the way. Lionblaze was just able to raise his arms above his head as the bat came down with a sickening crack.

Lionblaze yelled in pain and his left arm fell to his side. The pain was overwhelming, his vision blurred and he was forced to one knee.

"Heh, serves you right." Bat guy raised his weapon over his head. "This ought to shut you up."

"Captain!" Cinderheart yelled.

"Drop the bat or I put a bullet in your skull!"Relief washed over the ThunderClan cats when they saw the two police officers standing on either end of the ally. "The rest of you on the ground, now!"

"You got luck brat." Bat guy hissed, putting the bat down slowly. The two officers started to hand cuff the men and Cinderheart and Jayfeather rushed over to Lionblaze.

"Are you alright Blaze?" Jayfeather asked.

"Y-Yeah." Lionblaze yelled. "I'll be fine."

"You're crazy!" Cinderheart exclaimed. "I could hear your bone break from where I was standing! You need to get to a hospital now!"

"Lionblaze, Jayfeather, is that you?" The two toms looked at the first police officer, now getting a good look at his face.

"Ashfur?" Lionblaze exclaimed.

"Yeah, we heard some yelling and ran over here as fast as we could." Ashfur smiled. "But what about you, are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Lionblaze said. "See?" He tried moving his arm but only managed a twitch and a cry of pain.

"No you're not." Ashfur objected. "Hey Ratscar, can you handle the rest of these guys? I need to take this one to the hospital."

"They shouldn't be a problem." The other officer replied. "I'll just pop a round or two in them if they try anything."

"What the hell were you thinking?" Squirrelflight yelled. She was past the stage of worry, now that Lionblaze was in a cast, and was now in full blown anger.

"I told you, if I didn't do anything Birchfall would have been hurt badly."

"Then why did you even leave the school!"

"Blackstar kicked us out and we-"

Squirrelflight whirled on her son. "And why did you get kicked out?"

"Um, that was my fault." Hollyleaf said hesitantly. Squirrelflight faced her daughter and Hollyleaf continued. "You see, I accidently destroyed a few decorations and the snack table. Everyone else came to see if I was alright and Blackstar blamed the ThunderClan students and kicked us out."

Squirrelflight looked like she was about to explode. Luckily, Brambleclaw was there to stop that. "Squirrel, the important thing is that they're all okay. And that was a very brave thing you did Lionblaze."

Lionblaze sighed and looked at him arm resting in the sling. "Yeah well that bravery cost me two months of no basketball."

Squirrelflight seemed to relax a bit. "I guess your father is right, but you're all grounded for a month!"

All three cats groaned. "But-" They started.

"And if I hear anything out of any of you, I'm going to add another month onto that."

Kaith: Happy Halloween! How will the other ThunderClan cat's parents react to this? Check in next time for the answer!

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