Warriors New Rivals
Chapter 2
"Honeypelt!" Chestfall called to his mate.
"What do you want?" She replied sleepily.
"Come on, lets go for a walk" He replied, Chestfall had woken up earlier than every other cat and had done some extra hunting so he was wide awake.
"But it's not even dawn yet," Honeypelt stared outside through the entrance to the warriors den and shivered.
"Oh come on!" Chestfall pleaded.
"Fine… but you owe me a nice big vole," Honeypelt stood up and stretched before giving herself a quick groom and padding out into the clearing beside Chestfall.
"Where do you want to go?" Chestfall asked Honeypelt.
"I thought you were leading this!" Honeypelt joked, flicking his ear with her tail-tip.
"Well I just thought… You know since I woke you up," Chestfall gave his chest fur a couple of embarrassed licks.
"Fine, how about we go to the training hollow? There aren't any apprentices to bother us now," Honeypelt replied.
"Ok!" Chestfall raced off outside the thorn tunnel, when suddenly he realized that Honeypelt was catching up, soon after she had overtaken him.
"Oh come on Chestfall," she called.
"Seems like you're more awake than I thought!" He called back. Honeypelt had stopped ahead of him and, when he caught up he couldn't see what had stopped her.
"Honeypelt?" Chestfall rested his tail-tip on her shoulder.
"Fire…" He heard her whisper.
"Where?" Chestfall tried to catch its scent it but he couldn't smell anything.
"This way!" Honeypelt shot off through a bush and Chestfall followed her, suddenly Honeypelt stopped and looked straight down.
"We need to warn the clan!" Honeypelt warned.
"I'll stay here you go get Brindlestar!" Chestfall ordered.
"Stay safe my love," Honeypelt pressed her muzzle into his forehead before racing off .
Honeypelt still hadn't come back and the fire had spread closer to the camp destroying everything in its path.
Where are they? Chestfall thought. What happens if Honeypelt didn't make it back? Chestfall was starting to get worried so he tried to find her scent or the others' but nothing reached his nose except for smoke. Suddenly, he heard voices off in the distance.
"How did it happen?" Brindlestar hissed.
"I don't know I just smelt it and then Chestfall and I found it," he heard Honeypelt reply.
"Great Starclan!" Brindlestar eyes flew open when she saw the flame.
"Chestfall go back to camp and wake everyone up. Tell them to get the queens and elders out first; we will go to the Clans Camp!" Brindlestar ordered.
Chestfall nodded and dashed back towards camp as far as his paws could take him but the fire had gotten bigger and blocked his way.
How will I get through this? There! Chestfall saw an opening big enough for a cat to squeeze through. When he arrived back at camp he could tell that cats had smelled the fire because Swiftleap and Dapplecoat were organizing the queens and elders through the dirtplace tunnel.
"Ashclaw!" Chestfall heard Shredflame call the name out.
Who's Ashclaw? No time to figure it out… In the corner of his eye he saw Swiftleap stiffen. What ruffled his fur?
"Shredflame! Stop being mouse-brained and come help me with these kits!" Chestfall heard Redfeather growl.
"But… I-"Shredflame stopped his sentence to see Redfeather glaring at him with bright green eyes almost reflecting the fire that was roaring through the camp already.
"Mamma!" Chestfall heard Squeakkit call.
"My kit!" Leafclaw called back in reply, Icebreeze was shoving her out of the camp.
"I'll find her Leafclaw!" Chestfall shouted to the distraught queen.
"Mamma!" Squeakkit called again.
"I'm coming Squeakkit!" Chestfall called, he found her lying next to a bramble bush with her paw caught in it.
"It hurts…" Squeakkit whimpered.
"I'll get you out, I promise," Chestfall turned and checked that the clearing was clear before reaching for Squeakkit.
"Please hurry, I'm so hot!" Squeakkit whined, Chestfall picked her up by the scruff and dashed out into the clearing.
Where's the dirtplace tunnel?
The fire had engulfed everything; all that was left was the highcliff.
"Squeakkit?" Chestfall meowed through a mouthful of fur.
"There's a way out over there," Squeakkit replied gesturing toward a hole with her paw as if she had read his mind.
"Thanks," Chestfall quickly squeezed through and pelted toward the Clans Camp.
Oh Starclan please let Honeypelt be okay…