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Chapter 7

Petalpaw watched as Snowdrop moved his nest next to Mintberry's nest, whats gotten into him? Petalpaw silently asked herself. Ignoring strange thoughts Petalpaw continued cleaning the moss in the elders' den, but she still kept a close eye on Snowdrop.

She wandered her gaze to Cinderpaw training with Cloudydawn, "Lift your tail off the ground!" Cloudydawn yowled to Cinderpaw. Her thoughts were broken off by Vineshade's brushing past for a chat with the elders. Silently snorting, Petalpaw began throwing the old moss and feathers away.

Suddenly a deafening call from Heartstar rose, cats instantly left their work and gathered beneath the stump for the clan meeting. "Snowdrop has told me that Streamclan were secretly meeting to steal our territory, so we planned to raid Streamclan before they take over us. We will depart in a few days," Heartstar meowed quietly, looking down at her paws with an ashamed gaze.

Rainpaw let out a bored sigh as the sunlight shone through the hay, Sparkpaw was letting out soft sighs beside Rainpaw. Sparkpaw's tail brushed pass Rainpaw's paw, making her cheeks red.

Rowan wasn't there, neither was Dandelion, "Where did they go?" Rainpaw questioned Jasmine, grooming herself.

"Hunting, prey is not much in the wild," Jasmine muttered, not looking at Rainpaw as she spoke. Rainpaw let out a soft snort and lightly rose up, as not to wake up Sparkpaw.

"Can't you just try to find your home again?" Rainpaw meowed, walking to Jasmine and sitting down. Jasmine let out a sigh and looked at the ceiling of hay as if seeing through out.

"The eagle's always coming and..." Jasmine began but trailed off, looking to the side as if she forgot the words.

"You're not ready to travel," Rainpaw finished, Jasmine kept silent and nodded. The hay suddenly shuffled like it was about to fall any moment. Two figures jumped through- Dandelion and Rowan, their mouths full of prey. A plump rabbit, two scrawny mice and a large shrew.

Sparkpaw's head groggily rose up, "Food?" He moaned, his nose snuffled a bit and soon he woke up of drowsiness. Ripping a mouse in half he began chowing down on the carcass.

Rowan grabbed the other half and began chowing down faster, Sparkpaw let out an angry snuffle and tried to increase his chowing speed, Dandelion's eyes glinted, "Toms, they sure have competition," The she-cat whispered. Rainpaw silently agreed and took her a shrew to share with Jasmine.

Shadepaw let out a silent sigh as he watched Wavestar lick Jayflight's cheek, "Soon you'll be moving to the nursery," Wavestar purred, Jayflight let out a pleased meow.

"Boring," Shadepaw muttered, all of a sudden Stripepelt shot out the medicine cat den.

"Nightsong is ready to have kits sooner or later," Stripepelt informed Brinefall, Brinefall looked shock and dashed to the nursery to check on Nightsong. Isn't early? Shadepaw silently asked himself, a pang of worry shot into his heart. A few murmurs came from the nursery and then silence.

Twotail stepped out the warrior's den and shot him a glance, "Remember it's time to train," she reminded Shadepaw, Shadepaw glanced at the nursery several times and followed Twotail to the Training Oak.

Shadepaw winced as a leaf was shoved in front of him, "Show me a hunting crouch," Twotail ordered Shadepaw. Shadepaw quietly obeyed and shifted himself into a hunting crouch.

"Lift your tail off the ground and lower your head, prey can be smart!" Twotail yowled, Shadepaw let out a breathless sigh and gruffly lowered his head, lifting his tail an inch above the ground.

"Pounce!" Twotail's cry rang out into Shadepaw's ears, pouncing eagerly he expected his paws to land on the smooth surface of the leaf. But it didn't, instead he flew over the leaf as if it was far away, Shadepaw let out a shocked cry as he helplessly watched himself flinging into a briar bush, its thorns glinting with malice.

The cry of Twotail was faint, he felt a massive paw pin him down before he was dabbed by the thorns. Shadepaw looked up with glee, Mudstripe!

Sparkpaw let out a satisfied meow and readied his last bite, suddenly Rowan tapped him on the shoulder. Sparkpaw let out a wail when Rowan swiftly took the last bite. "That's not fair! You cheated!" Sparkpaw cried.

Rainpaw let out a quiet snicker, much to Sparkpaw's annoyance. Suddenly Rainpaw let out a meow, "The eagle would probably come, why don't you ever travel back to your home when you have the chance?" Rainpaw meowed.

"I agree," Dandelion quietly meowed, "I never thought about that, we've always been staying here, mooning helplessly like cowards."

"Have you lost your minds?" Rowan hissed, the edges of his lips covered with leftovers of prey, "Jasmine can't travel yet, I'm not losing my mate and my kits!"

Jasmine bravely stepped up, "No I can travel, I'm a new queen so I can still walk with my own paws." Rowan seemed to hesitate but finally nodded.

"The eagle comes to search in this area in the late afternoon, we should leave now." Dandelion informed the cats. Sparkpaw silently agreed.

Very soon, the cats were speeding far from the hay, casting glances at their now abandoned shelter. Jasmine was at the back of the line, huffing in exhaustion, "Can we rest?" She asked breathlessly.

Rainpaw quickly dug a small hole, Sparkpaw helped her so that she could progress faster. Within minutes they made a den big enough to shelter the whole group. Jasmine settled herself first, then Rainpaw and Sparkpaw, then Dandelion and last but not least Rowan settled.

Finally a disappointed screech echoed and then there was dull silence.

A yowl caught Shadepaw's attention, Twotail was soon rushing to Shadepaw, "We must return to camp, I fear something bad is happening." She meowed. Curiosity beated Shadepaw and without a word he ran back to the pathway to camp.

*Little Time Skip*

"Shadepaw!" Twotail's gasp loud, Mudstripe followed on.

Stripepelt was walking to the nursery, looking calm and cool. Gritting his teeth, Shadepaw rushed after him. "Your mother is about to give birth," Stripepelt informed Shadepaw, but Shadepaw didn't need telling for he was already at his mother's side.

Nightsong let out a yowl, Stripepelt gently stuffed a stick between her teeth. "It shouldn't be hard, just push." Stripepelt informed Nightsong. A tiny she-kit slipped out, it seemed so weak and frail as if it wasn't expected to live.

"What are you doing?" Flightpaw hissed, "Don't just stand there, save your sister!"

Shadepaw quickly bit the sac open and licked the kit's fur the wrong way, to his amusement the kit's fur piked up again like thorns, like thorns... like the thorns of a briar...

To his relief the kit let out a a squeak and opened her mouth, breathing for air. It scrambled to Nightsong's side, greedily suckling.

"So that's it, my new sister..." Shadepaw whispered, the kit looked exactly like Brinefall, having grey and white fur, however it was unknown kits he inherited the eyes. Brinefall was already running to his mate, proudly staring at the kit.

"Briarkit," Brinefall meowed, nudging his new daughter. Briarkit let out a squeak and piked up her fur, causing Brinefall to sneeze in amusement.

As vicious as the thorns of a briar,

Yet not the true power revealed...

The words flew inside Shadepaw like icy glares, he hoped that his sister would live a normal life.

Please make up some kits for the future chapters:

Name:

Gender (I might change):

Pelt Colour:

Eye Colour:

Personality:

Wanted Mother:

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