Warriors: Rise of the Maple Moon

by SammySun7

The Maple Moon must rise to defeat the Talons. Mapleclaw and Moonpaw are the two sisters in the prophecy: "The maple moon must rise before the clans may be at peace from the Talons wrath." Hope you like it!

2. Chapter 1

CHAPPIE ONE! Hehe, I like that word, chappie, it's fun to say! Anyways, enjoy! And remember, always R&R!

CHAPTER ONE

Moonpaw

Moonpaw padded into the Sparkclan camp with a mouthful of freshly picked herbs. She dropped it off in the medicine cat den and found a fat thrush from the fresh-kill pile to share with her sister, Mapleclaw. Moonpaw found her near the patch of long prairie grass next to the warriors den grooming her fur.

"Hey, Mapleclaw. Would you like to share some fresh-kill? I just came back from gathering herbs for Tulipheart." Moonpaw meowed.

"Sorry, Moonpaw. But I have to organize a couple more hunting patrols, then go out on a border patrol myself. Maybe some other time?"

"Yeah, I guess." Moonpaw sighed. Mapleclaw seemed to be busy all the time, now that she was deputy. Moonpaw brought the thrush over to share with Nettlesplash, he was the only one who ever payed her any attention these days. Her dad was always busy, he was one of the most senior warriors of the clan. Her sister, the deputy, was always organizing patrols or out on one herself. And her mother, Lavendershine, was busy in the nursery with her new litter of kits. So Nettlesplash was the only one who wasn't always too busy to pay her any attention, but Moonpaw thought it was just because she was Mapleclaw's sister. Nettlesplash and Mapleclaw were getting pretty close.

"Hello, Nettlesplash. Would you care to share this thrush with me?" Moonpaw greeted Nettlesplash.

"Sure, but have you seen Mapleclaw anywhere?." Nettlesplash asked. Moonpaw was glad he couldn't see her face go red with anger underneath her thick silver fur. Why couldn't he like her? She was just as pretty as Mapleclaw! Because I'm a medicine cat, Moonpaw told herself, you can't have a mate, mouse brain.

"Thank you Nettlesplash, I was afraid I'd have to ask my father to share! He would have bugged me 'till the next Gathering for "interrupting his work"" Moonpaw laughed. "But to answer you question, Mapleclaw just went out on a border patrol on the Willowclan border."

"Oh, thanks Moonpaw. I'm going to go find her." The blue-gray tom said with a dreamy look on his face. "But what about the-" But the warrior had already slipped out through the hole in the old Acacia tree that served as the entrance to the camp. "Never mind" Moonpaw muttered to herself as she padded towards he medicine cat den.