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Character: Breezepaw of OakClan

Ch.1 Plans

"Get off you lazy butt you worthless apprentice," shouted Nightclaw into the apprentice den. "We are going on dawn patrol and if you aren't in the clearing within a minute, I'm going to beat you like a she-cat."

I rose out of my nice nest of moss and into the cold morning air. Dew had settled on my back, and the water slowly dripped down my side. I rolled back in the drier moss to warm up a bit. I turned to see a striped brown tom looking at me with hate in his eyes.

Pinepaw snarled at me. "If had gotten up like you were supposed to, your mentor wouldn't be tearing into the den waking us all up. I knew what to do when I was you age." He put his head back down to catch a couple more hours of sleep.

I was about to make a comment back, when Nightclaw stuck his scarred head in the entrance. "You had better get up Pinepaw. I heard Jadeclaw calling for you earlier. You know how he hates to be kept waiting." I could swear there was a smile on his face as he said it.

The striped brown tom shoot out of his nest. "You little she-cat," he whispered into my ear. He made a swipe at my legs with unsheathed claws, but I leaped high in the air and dodged him. "I'll get you," he whispered in my ear and strutted out.

Walking out behind him, I gave him my best smile. "Too bad I'll be watching and waiting. For the oldest apprentice, you aren't a smart one." I ran my claw along the twigs that formed the entrance. When a sliver of wood pealed off, I flicked it at him.

It lightly tapped him on the back of the head. The piece slowly floated to the dirt floor. I saw his claws unsheathe and he hissed at me. "This is what will happen to you if that happens again." he barked.

The wood sliver that had fallen on the floor was quickly shredded to pieces. "Like you could do that to something that can fight back."

"You bet I can." he retorted. "It would be even easier. The wood can probably fight better than you can. I saw Nightclaw talking to Adderstar. It was probably about your incompetence."

I had nothing to say to that, so I just ignored him. When he moved to saw something else, I unsheathed my own claws and dug them deep into the dirt.

When we reached the center of the clearing, I moved to grab a piece of prey, but Nightclaw stepped in front of me. "Breezepaw," he said threateningly.

Pinepaw laughed at me. "Look who is in trouble and doesn't get to eat a morning meal. Being treated like a bad queen." He moved right past me and moved to grab the biggest squirrel in the pile. Jadeclaw, his mentor, appeared out of nowhere and stepped in from of him too.

Their eyes stared at us accusingly. "Aren't you two forgetting something that you need to do?" The seemed to find joy in our confusion. "I think you are." said Nightclaw, his voice dark.

'Darn, the young queens.' I muttered under my breath. I couldn't believe I had forgotten about them. Pinepaw saved me this once. "Why do we even have to feed them? All they do is sit there and talk. They would be better off dead and starved."

Jadeclaw smacked him outside the head. "You will feed them because we told you to. You must learn to follow orders. What kind of warrior will you be if you don't listen to Adderstar or any warriors? The queens are just a chore and a lesson for you to learn."

Pinepaw hung his head, but the malicious glint from earlier was still in his eye. "Of course, I'll take Breezepaw with me. I'll get the nursing queens, and he can get the useless ones."

I barred my teeth at him. The nursing queens were a much better crowd than the ones without kits. They never said a word against anything you did to them. Always looking out for their kits.

Pinepaw leaned over the tiniest bit and whispered in my ear. "I told you I would get you back. All your watching and waiting didn't help, did it?"

"Shut your mouths," yelled Nightclaw as he grabbed four mangy birds and added it to the squirrel Pinepaw had originally picked up. "The nursing queens get the squirrel. All the others have to split the birds. No coming back for more."

The two of us rolled our eyes at the deputy. We knew better than to listen to the queens pleas for more prey; we had known that even before we became apprentices. There would be less for us when we got back from our patrol.

"Take those birds to Blossomfrost, Moonfrost, Skyfrost, Gingerfrost, Snakeleaf, Serpentleaf, and Brookleaf. Spottedfire already got something for Waterberry. Also, make sure to tell Moonfrost I'm going to see her later." Pinepaw said to me as our mentor walked away.

"I'm not you queen." I shouted back to Pinepaw. "You can tell Moonfrost yourself when you finish with the nursing queens," I yelled towards him while walking in the opposite direction.

Since I wasn't looking where I was going, I tumbled into someone. Thinking it was a queen, I snapped, "Watch where you are going you lazy lump of fur." I turned around ready to cuff them on the head, but I turned around to see an elder tom.

"When I was an apprentice, we didn't talk like that." snapped Weaseltooth. "We respected our elders and I didn't have to go get prey myself." He walked toward the center clearing mumbling to himself about stupid apprentices.

I shrugged my shoulders and continued walking to the queen's den. "What ever you say!" I called back to Weaseltooth. "What ever you say, you insane queen lover," I mumbled just loud enough so he could hear me.

"I'll have you know," he shouted without turning around, "That my Snowleaf is a beauty. Nothing compared to your frosts."

"Sure, sure," I said to myself. Blossomfrost might be beautiful, but she wasn't going to be an elder with me.

The birds in my mouth were covered in saliva from my talking. They were starting to taste funny, and the feathers were slowly chocking me. I picked up my pace the smallest increment.

When I walked into the queen's den, I forcefully pushed aside the hanging moss and made sure everyone inside heard me. They all turned to look at me, a different expression in each of their eyes. Some looked defiant while others scared.

"Snowpaw," called Skyfrost. "Is that you?" She was cowered in the back of the den where the water from the rocks above dripped on her head. She took a couple steps out of the dark corner, but ran back when she noticed it was me.

"Nope," I smiled at the young queen. "Your she-cat of a mate is still sleeping like the weakling he is. Instead, you have me to deliver your morning meal." I ceremoniously spit out the prey at their feet.

Snakeleaf and Serpentleaf walked forward. The two identical silver she-cats flicked a paw towards the prey and walked away. "This isn't even enough for one of us," said one of them. "Adderstar would be shocked out how you are treating his sisters." The other turned to me. "Get us more prey," she demanded.

"Can't do that," I smiled viciously at them. "You know Adderstar can't stand you two hideous beasts. He won't kill you because you could have some strong tom-kits. Talonfoot and Whitestripe are strong warriors."

They snarled at me and moved to grab two pieces of prey. I silently moved in front of them and snatched one from them. "I can't let you guys take half the prey. I won't have my mate dying on me. I would hate to end up like Hawkpaw and have no mates."

One of the sisters spit at me. "I would hate to see any of your kits. They would probably be to ugly to look at." The nicer one, Serpentleaf, smiled at Blossomfrost. "No offense to you."

Blossomfrost shrugged. "I know. The ones that take after their father will have to be thrown in the river. No one will want to see them."

I gave the plumpest bird, still pretty scrawny to Blossomfrost and her friend Moonfrost. To my mate, I said, "Any kit that takes after you will have to be killed right away. The warriors would go blind before they could make it to the river."

Moonfrost stood to defend her friend, but I spoke before she could. "Oh, Moonfrost," I said causally. "Pinepaw mentioned he wanted to see you later. He wasn't in a very good mood this morning. I really hope it get better."

I could see a small shudder travel through Moonfrost. "Look who is scared of the big, strong toms." I announced so the entire den of queens could hear. "Moonfrost is frightened of Pinepaw."

Blossomfrost rose to her feet. "It is just a little cold and damp in here." She announced. "Brrrrr. I'm really cold." She threw in a little fake shiver to try to get me to fall for her trap.

Soon, Moonfrost and Skyfrost had joined in; Skyfrost was actually shivering because she had been sitting in bug ridden water since she left the nursery as a kit.

I waved my paw in front of my mate. Slowly, I unsheathed each claw until there was a dazzling display of five razor sharp claws. "I think we should go for a walk later tonight. How does that sound to you?" I said through gritted teeth.

She was making me look like a fool in front of all the queens. Did she not realize that Nightclaw could be standing right outside the entrance. He was probably wondering what was taking me so long.

She stared at me with her fiery green eyes and shining white teeth. "I would love to go on a walk with you. How kind of you to invite me. Can I bring a friend?" she asked in a sickly sweet voice.

"No," I snapped at her. "You can't bring a friend with you." I swiped my unsheathed claws at her ear. " Eat you prey and stop asking stupid questions."

Blood dripped down from her ear and splattered on her white pelt. She gave me a smile and whispered in my ear as I was walking out, "I hope hurting an innocent she-cat made you feel strong."

I left the den greeted by the silence of the queens. They were all the same. The sight of a tom's strength made them all cower in fear. It just took some longer to learn than others. I had no clue when Blossomfrost would learn that.

The clearing was empty when I walked back. Well, almost empty. Weaseltooth was sitting off to the side eating with his mate, Snowleaf. The two stuck to the shadows and were easy to ignore.

Jadeclaw had left the clearing and so had Nightclaw. I was about to call for him when I saw a black tail disappear into the nursery. It probably was him going to see Dawnkit and Icekit. He might even decided to see Blueflower, Lilackit, and Rosekit.

That also meant I had a couple minutes to grab a quick bite to eat before my patrol. I settled down comfortably under Great Stone when Nightclaw walked right back out.

I quickly stuffed the thrush in my mouth and hurried over to Nightclaw. "I left you for one second, and I come back to see you stuffing yourself with food. You know it goes to the warriors first." He huffed out before starting to walk away.

"You can't expect to eat after the patrol when the queens have already eaten. She-cats are ranked below me." I cried indignantly with feathers still sticking from my mouth. "My mate is eating right now while I'm hungry. That is not how OakClan works."

Nightclaw smacked me outside the head. This claws bit gently into my cheek. "That is no way to talk to your mentor. She-cats might rank below you, but I rank way above you. Remember that Breezepaw."

I didn't give him any response. I just silently walked beside him; my paws barely touched the ground as I crept along. We walked past the stone rocks that encircled our camp.

Our way across the open grassland was quiet. The only sound was the wind whistling over the grass, and the dew splashing on our pelts. He didn't speak until we reached the edge of the forest.

"Breezepaw," he said. "I was talking to Adderstar before I woke you. He was talking about some plans he has for OakClan."

I nodded slowly, not wanting him to see how excited I was. I would be the only apprentice to know. Ha to Pinepaw who had seen the talk but had no clue what it was about. "What did he tell you oh wise Nightclaw?"

"Stop with you nonsense language," snapped Nightclaw. "Your lucky I'm telling you in the first place. Not even Spottedfire and Thornpaw know this." He whispered. "He didn't even tell his medicine cats."

Excited shiver ran over my body. "I"m sorry mentor." I groveled in front of him. I never would have done this if it had been anything less than Adderstar's secret plans. "I'm sorry I interrupted you. Please continue with whatever you were saying."

He glared at me, but didn't smack me. "Well, he wants to see if there is a way across the river. And, I volunteered us to go see if there is a way. Surprisingly, Adderstar said you were a good choice."

"When do we leave?" I asked as soon as he finished speaking. I couldn't wait to shove it in Pinepaw's face. He would be furious that he, the oldest apprentice, wasn't chosen.

Nightclaw gave a vicious smile. "You aren't very smart Breezepaw. I'm almost regretting not switching you with Pinepaw. We just left."

I'm planning on sticking with Breezepaw for the next couple chapters. He was a lot of fun to right. Remember to review and ask any question you have.

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