A/N: Yay! Chapter 9 of Immortal Rouges is here, be happy. At least I'm working on it. So now Arson is Sandfire and Pity is Mosspaw. Here we go back to whom? Oh yeah, Icepaw.

The Newest Warriors

The shadows swallowed the entire territory, the darkness settled around the sleeping cats. Icepaw sat up from her nest and sighed. She went and lay in the entrance of the apprentice's den. Her white pelt stood out in stark contrast to the dark around her.

"If Apollo and Artemis hadn't switched our pelt colors I'd be happy." She muttered to herself. "Alse would too." Her ears swiveled toward ThunderClan territory. A set of quiet pawsteps were coming through the forest toward the ShadowClan border.

She stood and slinked through the silent camp. She scented the air and noticed that her mentor was on duty. She stopped and looked for a hidden exit. It was behind the warriors den. She listened and noticed only two warriors lay awake in their nests.

She crawled through the gap behind the den and dashed toward the ThunderClan border. She could hear the steps clearer now. She stopped and leaped into the pine tree near the stream and waited. The steps finally stopped as a dark-pelted figure stopped by the river. The golden symbol on the cat's chest told Icepaw who it was.

The white she-cat leaped over the river from her treetop perch. "Alse!" She mewed. The black she-cat jumped and nuzzled her friend.

"Oh Ilce, how I've missed you!" Tanglepaw purred, "And I have an urgent question for you."

"What is it Alse?" Icepaw mewed. She sat with her tail across her paws. Shaking her white pelt, "Oh and how are we supposed to get our pelts switched back?"

"When we get our warrior names, and my question was about that song you used when Rat almost killed Arson, what was it?" Tanglepaw asked, "I used Oak leaves on Sandstorm and every cat wants to know how it worked."

"Rat?" Icepaw asked tilting her head to the side, "Oh! You mean the skinny tom that was in love with you and found out you were in love with Arson?" When Tanglepaw nodded she continued, "I sang with the North Wind and you, Icron, Puffball, and Pity joined in. You just grabbed some oak leaves we were using as bedding and pressed them against him to keep him from dying."

"Oh yeah!" Tanglepaw exclaimed, "The Tornado Powers, that's what it was." Icepaw nodded and Tanglepaw licked her ear, "Tomorrow I will see you again. It's full moon."

Icepaw purred and replied, "See you soon East Wind, good hunting!" Tanglepaw echoed her and they went their separate ways. Icepaw bound back toward camp and paused outside Tawnypelt's hearing range. "Around the side."

She bound around the camp and in the back way. She slinked back to her nest and finally fell asleep.

When Icepaw woke it was barely dawn. She stretched and went to find her mentor. Tawnypelt was still on guard duty. "Tawnypelt?" Icepaw asked coming up next to her mentor.

"What is it Icepaw?" The tortoiseshell she-cat asked quietly. Icepaw knew she was half-asleep.

"I can take over the rest of your watch if you want." Icepaw said innocently, "I can't sleep right now anyways."

Tawnypelt watched her apprentice for a moment, "Alright." She mewed, "When Tigerheart comes out here I want you to go hunting with him and Applefur."

"Yes Tawnypelt." Icepaw meowed taking her mentor's place among the bracken. She inched backwards and hid her white pelt.

The sun was only a few fox-lengths above the tree line when Tigerheart and Applefur got up. Icepaw smelled them and sat up. She groomed the bracken out of her fur and waited for the two warriors to leave the camp.

Tigerheart got to the entrance and she mewed, "Tigerheart, Applefur. Tawnypelt told me to go hunting with you when you got up."

Applefur nodded and Tigerheart said, "Ya, mother told us." His tabby pelt stood up in places where he hadn't groomed yet.

Applefur turned and licked the spots where his fur stood up. Tigerheart growled slightly and she hissed back at him. "Can we go or are you two going to start a love-fest?" Icepaw asked. The two trotted off into the forest and Icepaw followed.

Soon enough they had caught three squirrels and a few mice. Icepaw was in the middle of stalking a frog when she smelled the intruder. She leaped and landed on the lowest branch of a pine tree next to her.

She watched as a small, thin tom came into view. He had molted brown fur and dark brown eyes. His ears were both split from many, many battles and he had a slight limp. Icepaw tilted her head sideways and opened her jaws to inhale his scent. He was a rouge!

Icepaw leaped right when the tom stopped to intake the scents around him. She landed bristling in front of him. "Who are you?" She snarled.

The tom leaped back and bunched up his shoulders. "I'm Molt; I've traveled all over to find somewhere to stay until I fully heal from the stupid metal beasts that tried to catch me."

"Monsters?" Icepaw mewed confused, "You were chased by Monsters? Are you badly injured?"

"You act like a mother." Molt snapped. His tail swished and she noticed that it was missing a piece. "And I'll be fine." Icepaw shrugged and leaped on top of him. He yowled in protest and struggled to get free.

At that moment Tigerheart, Applefur, and Tawnypelt burst into the clearing. Icepaw bit lightly down on Molt's bad leg. He yowled in pain.

Applefur pushed past her mate and his mother. She looked down at the tom and purred, "Good catch Icepaw."

Tawnypelt purred, "I'm so proud of you!" She brushed her tail along Icepaw's flank, "Let's take this injured rouge to Blackstar and see what he says about your catch."

"Oh yeah!" Icepaw mewed. She turned and leaped on the frog that was stupidly sitting behind the five cats. She carried it and the mice back to camp while Tigerheart and Applefur escorted Molt and Tawnypelt carried the squirrels.

When they got back to camp Tigerheart sneezed and all cats turned towards them. He bowed his head and went to see Littlecloud and Flametail. Tawnypelt purred at him and dropped her prey on the pile with Icepaw right behind her. Blackstar bound forward and meowed to them.

"Good hunting I guess?" He asked eyeing the pile. He looked over at Applefur and Molt, "Who is this?" His white pelt rippled at the sight of the intruder.

"Blackstar," Tawnypelt said, "This is the intruder Icepaw caught by herself." Tawnypelt's eyes glowed with pride.

"By herself?" He asked looking at the smaller she-cat, "Very well, Icepaw get cleaned up. I'll make you a warrior at sun-high." With that Blackstar swatted the rouge over to the broken tree nearby. "Rowanclaw! Get over here and guard this piece of fur."

Rowanclaw, a dark ginger tom, dashed up and sat beside Molt. Icepaw groomed herself and sat across the clearing from them. She set her head down to take a nap and dozed until Tawnypelt nudged her awake.

"Come on sleepy head, warrior ceremony time." Icepaw jumped up and licked her mentors shoulder. Tawnypelt purred and sat beside the stump Blackstar used to address the Clan.

Blackstar yowled and the cats came running. The white tom sat proudly looking down at Icepaw. "Today we gather to celebrate our newest warrior. Icepaw step forward please." She did and Blackstar hopped down with a purr.

He continued to talk, "I say this beneath StarClan so they approve my choice. Icepaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect the Clan with your life?"

"I do." Icepaw said with a slight tail twitch.

"Then by the power as Clan leader I present you with your name: Icefire." Blackstar said resting his chin on her head. She licked his shoulder respectfully and stepped back.

"Icefire! Icefire!" Her Clanmates called out. They surrounded her with praise.

When the cats drifted away Icefire mewed, "Oh and Blackstar, I'm not your kit so stop acting like I am."

Blackstar bowed his head and only replied with, "You're going to the Gathering tonight." Icefire purred and strode over to the warriors den.

"Hey Icefire!" Toadfoot called, "Come sleep by me and Applefur." He invited her. Icefire nodded and lay down next to him. Applefur was sleeping on his other side with Tigerheart laying a few nests over and Tawnypelt near the middle. All of them were asleep. Icefire nodded off to sleep.

Icefire woke when she felt fire run through her pelt. She jumped up and hissed. Her pelt was shifting from white to gray to black. Her tail was already black and her crescent moon was beginning to show better on her fur.

By the time Toadfoot and Applefur woke Icefire was already black minus her face and paws. Toadfoot hissed, "What's going on!" Icefire hissed as the fire ran across her face again. The gasp from Applefur told her that she was completely black again.

"Finally, mother and uncle decided that we should get our colors back." Icefire mewed. She shook her pelt and left the den. Tigerheart and Tawnypelt followed her.

"Your pelt shifted to black!" Tawnypelt yowled. Blackstar leaped off the stump and raced over to them. "Blackstar! She's a black cat."

"I see this," was his reply, "Let's get going to the Gathering." He gathered his cats and they left the camp. The group raced off towards the island. Icepaw raced alongside Flametail and helped him when he stumbled.

They got to the island and crossed the tree. Icefire decided to leap off the tree and swim across the gap. Flametail and Tigerheart waited for her. She got out and smacked them with her tail.

Loudpaw and Tanglepaw bowled over her as she got to the tree line. "Icepaw!" They yowled. Sandfire and Mosspaw leaped after them.

Icefire separated herself from her friends and purred, "I'm Icefire now you guys."

"I'm Tangleclaw," Tangleclaw said proudly, "And Arson has become Sandfire with his apprentice Mosspaw." The two toms purred happily.

Icefire finally got a good look at her best friend. "You're white!" She gasped, "It worked!" The two she-cats looked extremely pleased with themselves.

Sandfire purred in pleasure at the girls, "Now that your both full warriors I, er we," He said indicating Mosspaw, "Wanted to know if you would go save the Tribe from umm well."

"We wanted to know if you would save the Tribe from Sharpfang's mate." Mosspaw covered, "She's tearing the Tribe apart again."

"I'll go," Tangleclaw said automatically. "I can do it." Sandfire looked at Icefire pleadingly. Icefire nodded in agreement. "Okay good, I'll tell Firestar and Jayfeather I had a dream that told me to take my ShadowClan friend up to the Tribe and help them."

Icefire and Sandfire agreed. Mosspaw looked around, "Where's Hawkpaw?" He asked. Loudpaw shook his head and his white friends shrugged.

"Probably trying to fly due to her name." Icefire mewed without realizing how accurate she was. The five cats looked around the island but couldn't find her. "She did come right?"

Loudpaw nodded and started saying something when the insane she-cat leaped out of the near-by pine. "Wee!" She yowled causing a whirlwind to keep her up. The rouges hummed together. Tangleclaw and Icefire at a high soprano tone, Mosspaw and Loudpaw at a low bass tone, and Sandfire at a mid-tenor tone.

Hawkpaw spun to the ground below and did a face plant. Mosspaw nudged her to her feet. The six of them joined the cats in the center of the island just in time for the meeting.

A/N: I'm sorry if that was weird, Hawkpaw hadn't been mentioned here of late so she leaped in... Literally. LOL.