Chapter 5- Mosspaw
It was too quiet. There was snow covering the forest and wind rustling the branches of the trees. She couldn't hear the gentle snoring of the cats in the warriors den. She had the sharpest senses of any cat in the clan and she wished she would be noticed for that instead of the colors of her fur. She looked at the apprentice den. Inside was Graypaw, her brother who had glossy gray pelt. There was also Hazelpaw, who longed to be a medicine cat as much as she longed to be a warrior. Hazelpaw was beautiful, a pale gray tabby. Tabbies were not uncommon in ThunderClan, they were still solid colored pelts but hers was patches of many opposite colors. She wanted to trade with Hazelpaw but Foxstar wouldn't let them.
They asked when they were new apprentices. "Foxstar, I cannot be a medicine cat! I freak out at the sight of blood, hate herbs and cannot heal a simple thorn." She was pleading. Foxstar had told her she needed to be a medicine cat because she was the first in a long time. "I may be the last if I don't have kits." He dismissed her immediately.
She looked over at Ivyleaf who was sorting through herbs. "Ivyleaf, I know you think I would be a better warrior apprentice and Hazelpaw would be a great medicine cat apprentice so why don't you tell Foxstar you had a sign from StarClan? IT would be a lot eaiser telling him that than telling him they didn't accept me."
"Mosspaw, if you know you are meant to be a warrior apprentice then you must tell him StarClan didn't accept you as medicine cat." Her green eyes rested upon Mosspaw. "I know it is hard but you must be the one to tell him."
"I've told him I didn't want to be medicine cat before! He told me I had to be." She let out an exasperated sigh. "I just don't know what to do." She looked into Ivyleaf's green eyes "Will you come with me?"
"Of course I will." They padded into the den of the old leader. His ginger pelt was still and his eyes were closed. There was no warmth in the den. "Oh dear StarClan," her voice trailed off and she pressed her nose in his fur. "He's dead."
She pressed her nose to the still body and closed her eyes. She heard the river passing over stones and the gentle splashing of fish leaping out of it. She heard the sound of pine needles rubbing against each other and heard the sound of grass getting whipped in the wind. She finally heard the sound of mice scuffling. "Ivyleaf?" She looked around her surroundings and saw the stars.
Short chapter but I haven't been feeling this story so much because I don't really know if you all like it. I have the chapters already but I won't post unless I get more reviewers. If you read this story then please review and tell me how to get better. There should be only one shorter chapter (it comes right after this chapter) then the story will really pick up. I am still looking for a beta for my story.