Silverpaw ran from one side to the clearing to the other. The cats were leaving the island today! Silverpaw was so excited. She could tell all the other cats felt the same.
The cats started grouping into their individual clans, getting ready to depart. Silverpaw sat next to Hollowpaw and Ravenpaw. Eaglepaw and Shadepaw were sitting in front of her and wouldn't be quiet.
"Silence! Now is every cat here?" Blizzardstar said. Every cat looked around.
"Alright. One clan will leave at a time. Windclan may go." Blizzardstar said. Swiftstar dipped her to the leaders and led her clan out. Then Riverclan left and Shadowclan and Thunderclan were left in the clearing. Emberstar and Blizzardstar were speaking to each other. Silverpaw decided to use her new power, given by Dovewing, and eavesdrop on the leaders.
"Are you sure? Maybe they are good friends." Blizzardstar said.
"I know what they said. They are going to meet sooner or later. Keep an eye on her just to be sure." Emberstar said.
"Of course. You keep an eye on Longwhisker. May Starclan light your path, Emberstar, and may Starclan give you good hunting." Blizzardstar said.
"You too, Blizzardstar. We will speak again soon." Emberstar said. She flicked her tail and her clan followed her out of the clearing.
Who is Longwhisker going to meet?
Thunderclan made it back to camp at Sunhigh. Silverpaw had already seen the camp because of her short journey there, so she wasn't surprised when she saw the camp.
All the cats gasped as they looked around their destroyed camp. Blizzardstar tensed and flicked his tail to Stormtail and Brackenflame. They investigated the elders den and disappeared into the den. Whisperwind wrapped her tail protectively around Silverpaw. Then the den shook and an orange and white creature stumbled out. All the cats jumped back and Whisperwind shoved Silverpaw under her belly. Silverpaw watched what was happening from between her mother's legs.
Blizzardstar hissed and jumped onto the creature. Brackenflame and Stormtail jumped at it from the sides. Hollyflower and Ashcloud jumped at it and weighted it down. It collapsed and Blizzardstar slit its neck and it went limp.
"Beetlefur, Mousepelt, go and bury her outside of Thunderclan territory." Blizzardstar said. They padded forward and dragged it out of camp. Blizzardstar leaped onto Highledge.
"Everyone! As you can see the camp is destroyed. We need to begin repairing the damage. Hawkflame and Buzzardheart will lead patrols to retrieve brambles, leaves, moss, anything that we can use to repair the camp. The rest of you use what we have to repair some of the things." Blizzardstar said. All the cats got to work.
Silverkit, now named a kit again, dragged a bramble over to the nursery. Smokefur bent down and weaved it through a hole in the side.
"Thanks, Silverkit. Three more and the nursery is finished." Smokefur said.
"Ok. Be right back." Silverkit said. She dashed to the pile of brambles and pulled three out of the pile. She stepped and pain shot up her leg.
"Ow!" Silverkit screeched. Smokefur leaped from the nursery and dashed to her. Silverkit laid down and flipped her left paw over.
There was a thorn in her pad. Blood started to form around the puncture.
"Oh. A thorn. Come on Willowleaf will make it better." Smokefur said. He led her to the medicine den.
"Willowleaf! We have a patient." Smokefur called.
"Another? Alright bring them in." Willowleaf called back.
Silverkit limped into the den with Smokefur behind her. Willowleaf sat by a nest and the nest was Silverkit's sister.
"Snowfrost? What are you doing here?" Smokefur said before Silverkit could say anything. He padded over to the nest and they began talking.
"Silverkit, what seems to be the problem?" Willowleaf asked, leading Silverkit to a nest in a quiet corner.
"I have a thorn in my pad." Silverkit said. She flipped over her paw to reveal a paw starting to swell from the wound.
"Ah. Just a thorn. I'll have it out in a heartbeat." Willowleaf said. She grabbed the thorn between her teeth and quickly, gently, and cleanly pulled the thorn out. Silverkit only winced a little. Blood started to form around the fresh wound.
"Wow. You're one of the only cats that don't yelp when I pull a thorn out." Willowleaf said. Silverkit and Willowleaf purred in amusement. Willowleaf went into her store and pulled out some herbs and moss.
"Give your paw good lick." Willowleaf advised. Silverkit licked her paw.
"Silverpaw, have you dreamt of Dovewing since the visit?" Willowleaf whispered as she dripped a few drops of water into the wound. Silverkit licked it again when Willowlead advised it.
"No. Maybe she realized she's wrong or something." Silverkit said, wishing it were true. Willowleaf dripped marigold juice into Silverkit's paw and wrapped it in cobwebs.
"I don't think so. The stars are rarely mistaken." Willowleaf said. "Now, if you dream of her again, please-"
"Pregnant? You're pregnant?" Smokefur exclaimed.
"Yes! Isn't it wonderful?" Snowfrost said.
"Well…It's just so…unexpected…" Smokefur said. Snowfrost looked up at him in alarm and fear.
"Wait…Do you not want them?" Snowfrost choked.
"What? Of course not! I mean, I do want them, Snowfrost. I just couldn't believe it was happening. I-I'm going to be a father!" Smokefur exclaimed. He almost collapsed but Willowleaf caught him.
"Oh, Silverkit. This means you're going to be an aunt." Snowfrost said.
"Me? But I'm only five and a half moons old." Silverkit said.
"Yeah. You're one of those lucky cats." Snowfrost said.
No cat knew how lucky Silverkit really was.
Half a moon later...
"Silverkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Silverpaw. Your mentor will be Hollyflower. I hope she will pass on all she knows to you." Blizzardstar said.
"Hollyflower, you have received excellent training from Cindercloud, and you have shown yourself to be a brave and determined warrior. You were an excellent temporary mentor to Silverpaw and I expect you tobe a fine mentor for her once again." Blizzardstar finished the ceremony. Hollyflower stepped forward and touched noses with Silverpaw.
I'm finally a real apprentice. Silverpaw thought as she touched noses with her new mentor. Blizzardstar nodded and the clan began chanting Silverpaw's name.
"A wonderful way to start off New-Leaf. And on another happy note, for every cat who doesn't know, Snowfrost is expecting kits. But we cannot forget about the horrible plaque, Neetle, that swept around the clans last New-Leaf. Please, if you feel dizzy or ill or sick in anyway, visit Willowleaf. We do not want to start that deadly illness again." Blizzardstar finished. He flicked is tail and the clan was dismissed.
"Neetle?" Silverpaw asked Hollyflower.
"It's an illness that spread last New-Leaf and killed many cats. The symptoms are vomiting and high fever. No cat knows how you catch it so that's why you have to be careful. It's highly contagious so that's why Blizzardstar doesn't want to have one cat get it and not get checked out. It's a horrible illness that even killed our last medicine cat, Gorsefur." Hollyflower explained as she led Silverpaw out of camp. Silverpaw knew very much about Gorsefur.
"Did you catch it?" Silverpaw asked.
"Yes. It was a horrible illness. I was very close to joining Starclan because of it." Hollyflower said. Silverpaw felt her shudder. She guessed she was remembering the illness.
"So, what are we doing today?" Silverpaw said, trying to get her mentor's mind off the illness.
"Well, since you've already seen most of the territory I've decided to let us hunt. You already excel at hunting but I want to see how far you can go with it." Hollyflower said. Silverpaw followed her to a clearing where she was told to hunt and catch as much prey as possible. Silverpaw set off.
By Sunset Silverpaw had caught a mouse and a squirrel, which was pretty good especially in New-Leaf. Hollyflower had caught a thrush. Silverpaw was proud of her catch and as she walked into camp she held her head high. She listened to the cats praises and glanced at their admiring stares. She put her catch on the fresh-kill pile and joined her mentor who was talking with Stormtail and Darkpaw. Stormtail touched noses with Hollyflower and did the same to Silverpaw when she came up to them.
"So Silverpaw, I saw that you did pretty well for your first day." Stormtail said.
"Pretty well? She did fantastic! She hunted better than me." Hollyflower said, giving Silverpaw and proud glance.
"Wow. Beats me." Stormtail said. "Come on Hollyflower let's go eat. Darkpaw, Silverpaw you two can take the rest of the evening to relax." Stormtail purred and turned toward the assembling warriors around the fresh-kill pile.
Darkpaw and Silverpaw grabbed a mouse and began to share. Later, Hollowpaw and his mentor came in and Hollowpaw dropped a mouse in front of Silverpaw.
"You probably already ate but I was wondering if you wanted to share." Hollowpaw said. Silverpaw was still a little hungry so she accepted.
"Mmm. That mouse was delicious, Hollowpaw." Silverpaw said. Hollowpaw was laying on his side dozing. He lifted his head.
"Well, you're welcome. Come on, let's go to our nests." Hollowpaw said to his brothers and Silverpaw. The first Starclan warriors were coming out so they padded into their den.
"I made you a nest over here, Silverpaw." Hollowpaw said. Silverpaw curled into her nest. It was so comfortable. Almost as comfortable as the nest in the nursery, which were always the most comfortable nests in the clan.
"Thank you, Hollowpaw. It's so soft and comfy." Silverpaw said.
"You're welcome. I used some moss from my nest and added it to the moss already in your nest. I even found some feathers and added them." Hollowpaw said, curling into his own nest next to Silverpaw.
"Hollowpaw has a crush! Hollowpaw has a crush!" His brothers started chanting. Silverpaw giggled and her fur became a little warm. Hollowpaw pounced on Dustpaw, who started the chant, and pinned him to the floor.
"Enough of that or I'll claw your ear." Hollowpaw said. He crawled off his brother and settled into his nest again.
"Well, Good night everyone." Darkpaw said.
"Good night." Every cat said back.
Silverpaw didn't get to sleep long because her super powerful senses woke her up. She heard a noise that sounded like a cat trying to get out of the camp. Silverpaw dragged herself out of her very, very warm and comfortable nest. She tip-toed around the sleeping bodies of her denmates and pushed past the bramble screen.
Silverpaw stretched her eyes wide. It was about midnight and it was a clear beautiful night. Silverpaw looked around the clearing and saw a yellow she-cat sneaking into dirtplace. It was Honeypelt.
Silverpaw had a feeling she was really going there to make dirt the way she was sneaking around. Silverpaw followed her and waved her tail to the guard that night, Buzzardheart.
Silverpaw walked into the dirtplace just in time to see Honeypelt's tail-tip disappear through the back of the dirtplace. Silverpaw followed her being as quiet as a mouse.
She started heading toward the Shadowclan border. She wasn't trying to be quiet. In fact, she was being very noisy, pushing past ferns and bracken and sloshing around in the mud. She seemed to know exactly where she was headed because she padded on almost blindly.
Silverpaw on the other paw jumped from tree branch to tree branch, being as silent as she could. Her senses were being used to their full extent and made Silverpaw get a headache, but she still went on. Honeypelt didn't even notice Silverpaw slip and noisily land in the branch.
Finally, Honeypelt stopped at the Shadowclan border. She sat down and began grooming herself Silverpaw jumped from her tree and hid in a bramble bush. Honeypelt still washed herself not seeming to notice Silverpaw or the approaching Shadowclan scent. Silverpaw braced herself for a fight but instead the cat came calmly out of the dark and gloomy forest.
"Honeypelt! I've missed you!" The Shadowclan tom said happily. He dashed to her and nuzzled up against her.
"Sorry I haven't been meeting you lately. Blizzardstar has been putting me on night guard duty. I-I think he might know about us." Honeypelt said.
"No, he couldn't. Maybe he thinks you're such a great warrior that he puts you on the harder and longer duties." The Shadowclan tom said. Silverpaw realized it was Longwhisker, the Shadowclan cat that was going to meet with a Thunderclan cat. Suddenly he coughed and collapsed.
"Longwhisker, are you alright?" Honeypelt asked, she wrapped herself around him.
"Honeypelt, promise me you wont tell any cat. Shadowclan has the Neetle plaque again. So many cats are ill. Emberstar is worried most of the Shadowclan cats will die again and if any clan found out Shadowclan is weak we would be doomed." Longwhisker explained.
"I wont tell a single cat, my love. You need to rest if you want to get better." Honeypelt said, soothing him.
"I-I love you, Honeypelt." Longwhisker said.
"I love you too, Longwhisker." Honeypelt said.
Silverpaw had heard enough. She turned and pelted back to the Thunderclan camp. She didn't know if Honeypelt and Londwhisker heard or saw her and truthfully she didn't care. She just wanted to get away from there. Honeypelt had been the one betraying Thunderclan and Longwhisker was making her do it.
Hellooooo. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I've been busy with family business so I've only gotten glimpses of fanfiction this past week. Well thank you for reading and I will update soon. Maybe on the 4th but don't know yet. And please review. I really need reviews. Please just take a minute and write a quick one. Please tell me if I could improve and improve on what or if it's good. Well it's late so I'm gonna go. Bye bye my lovely Marshies.