Chapter 7: Lioness
A few moons later, Honeypaw had just finished training with her mentor: Mistyshadow. She decided she should go to the nursery and visit her mother. During the past few moons, the three oldest apprentices became warriors. Birdpaw became Birdfeather, Greenpaw became Greenclaw and Duskpaw became Duskfur
She stepped inside the den and looked around and to her surprise, she saw Silverpaw, Stormpaw and Rainpaw there also and they seemed to be talking to the queens. There was a new queen that just joined the nursery: Heatherfur, Duskfur's former mentor. And her mate was the Clan's leader: Cloudstar. The apprentices sat in a bundle and the queens sat in front of them and were telling them stories about when they were apprentices. Honeypaw sat down next to Silverpaw and he smiled when she settled down
"My mentor when I was a apprentice was Brackenlight. She was very strong and nice to others. But then she died during a battle against WindClan just after I became a warrior." said Dappleheart. Honeypaw's eyes brightened as her mother told them about her excellent battle skills when she was a warrior. Heatherfur told all of them about her story too but when they were all about to listen to Lioness's story, she just sat there like a stone
"Lioness? Isn't it your turn to tell us?" asked Rainpaw. Lioness shivered
"Umm...I was never an apprentice..." she muttered. Rainpaw's ears flattened
"Oh..." he said. Lioness nodded and Dappleheart interrupted the silence and laughed
"Anyways...I bet you're wondering who are friends were! Well I had one best friend when I was a kit all the way to being a apprentice. Her name was Gingerpaw," Honeypaw made a tiny gasp and at the same time she saw Lioness shiver even more, Is Lioness...Hiding something?, she wondered, "She would always be there for me but then one day, she suddenly went missing after another battle against WindClan and we never saw her again...Not even until this day. But then a moons later, I met Lioness. She was so nice to me-just like Gingerpaw and everyone even said she acted like Gingerpaw and looked like Gingerpaw but I just refused to believe that-" suddenly Lioness flicked her tail till it was waving in front of Dappleheart's muzzle
"B-Be quiet! You're embarrassing me!" she whined and licked her chest fur in embarrassment. Dappleheart smiled
"Ok I'll stop. Anyways you apprentices better get going now. We'll see you later!" said Dappleheart. The apprentices stood up and dipped their heads to leave but Honeypaw stayed behind and watched the apprentices leave until they were out of sight
"Honeypaw? Why are you staying here?" asked Heatherfur. Honeypaw looked up at the queens and walked to Lioness then looked back at the other queens, "I need to talk to Lioness for a while. I want to ask her something." she explained. The two queens nodded and went away and Lioness and Honeypaw were soon alone together. Lioness shifted closer to Honeypaw and gave her a weak smile
"What is it, Honeypaw?" she asked. Honeypaw looked suspiciously at her with narrowed eyes but quickly wiped it away
"I want to ask why don't you have a warrior name like everyone else." she said. Lioness hesitated
"Um...I-I was a loner and so I stuck with my name when I was given a choice of to be named as a warrior." she said. Honeypaw stopped herself from growling and just straightened her back
"Ok." she said simply and padded away and she felt Lioness keep an eye on her until she left, That she-cat is definitely hiding something. And I need to find out why and what she's keeping from the whole Clan.
Cliffhanger! Have you figured out why or what she's hiding from them? I'm not sure if I made it interesting to read but I hope I did...Please review! I would love your comments on my story!