Hello! I decided to update early since I won't be here this weekend . . . :P A little trip to the beach. Anyway, here is the actual chapter 16 of Rainfall- Last chapter was 15.
Disclaimer: I don't own Warriors. If I did, Swiftpaw would be alive and Hollyleaf would be in detention writing "The warrior code sucks" on the blackboard. :P
Chapter 16- Shadow
Stormpaw awoke with a sigh. Yet another confusing dream with the duplicate had occured, now the gray apprentice was grumpy. He stood up and padded out of the apprentices' den, shaking his pelt.
"Stormpaw!" Frozenleaf was padding over to him. Stormpaw turned towards her, bracing himself for the usual insults of "Stupid rogue!" and whatnot.
But Frozenleaf's eyes were gleaming. "You're coming on patrol with me, Jadeheart, and Redoak."
"Fine by me," Stormpaw meowed. As he finished his answer, his jaws stretched open in an enormous yawn. Stupid dreams, he thought.
Frozenleaf's whiskers twitched in amusement. "Let's go," she hinted, and the two padded over to where the others were waiting.
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"ShadowClan!" Jadeheart spat, green eyes shining with fury. "They moved the border line!"
"We have to do something about them," Redoak hissed. He turned to Amberdapple, who was the eldest warrior there. "Ideas?"
"Let's go into their territory!" Frozenleaf jumped to her paws from where she sat licking her shoulder. "Let's show Ivystar what we're made of!"
"We can't just barge into their territory," Storm,paw pointed out, his ear twitching. "We need proof that they've been in our territory."
"That's right, Stormpaw," Amberdapple meowed proudly. She turned to the other warriors, narrowing her eyes playfully. "Look at that, an apprentice having more sense than you all!"
Redoak's tail twitched. Frozenleaf lowered her ears, as did Jadeheart.
"I suppose we'll renew the scent markers," Amberdapple decided, "and then hunt for a little while, as the WindClan border is fine."
Stormpaw nodded and began to prowl through the grass. Suddenly he heard a loud shriek. He turned to see Jadeheart bring a large thrush down and kill it.
"Great catch, Jadeheart!" Redoak called.
Stormpaw was determined to impress the senior warrior as well. He lowered himself deeper into the hunting crouch and scented rabbit. It was moving fast towards the cats, obviously unaware that it was in danger. "Thistle-brain," Stormpaw muttered as he watched its cream-colored shape race towards them.
"Stalk it," he heard Frozenleaf hiss.
But Stormpaw had something else in mind.
When the rabbit came within a few fox-lengths, Stormpaw burst out of the grass with a yowl. The rabbit squealed and scampered off. Stormpaw gave chase, energy pulsing through him.
With a yowl, the dark gray tabby leaped into the air and landed on top of the rabbit. He felt it go down. He dispatched it with a swift bite to its neck.
Stormpaw sat up, a bit dazed. The rabbit lay dead at his paws. It was a plump one, too.
"That was amazing!" Redoak commented. "That rabbit will be enough to feed Flowerpetal and maybe the elders too!"
"Nice catch, Stormpaw," Frozenleaf meowed. "Where'd you learn that?"
Stormpaw froze.
"That looks like a WindClan move," Jadeheart put in.
"I just came up with it," Stormpaw mewed quickly.
"Well, it's--" Jadeheart began.
Then, a hoarse yowl sounded. "AMBUSH!"
And five ShadowClan cats burst into ThunderClan territory.
"Whoa!" Redoak grunted as he was tackled by a big gray tom. Amberdapple clawed at a black tom, who hissed as she struck his ear.
Frozenleaf went down under a tabby tom- Hawkwhisker, Stormpaw realized. He was at the Gathering. He raced to help Frozenleaf, only to be tackled by an apprentice.
The apprentice was bigger than Stormpaw; he couldn't get up. She had pinned him down and had shredded his left ear. Stormpaw batted her stomach as she raised her paws to hit his flank. The ShadowClan she-cat hissed and released him. She went scampering into the bushes.
Shaking spots from his eyes, Stormpaw lunged to Frozenleaf's aid. The white she-cat was out cold, and Hawkwhisker was gone. Stormpaw hissed and pushed Frozenleaf to the shelter of some waving ferns.
Suddenly he was tackled from behind-- Jadeheart. "Move!" she hissed, as the big gray tom rammed into her side.
"Jadeheart!" Stormpaw yowled. He leaped onto the ShadowClan cat and dug his claws into his back.
The tom hissed with pain and swatted a huge paw at the apprentice. Stormpaw's vision went fuzzy and he fell to the ground. He heard Amberdapple's echoing voice yowling, "Stormpaw!"
And a ShadowClan cat's voice rang out: "This territory belongs to us!"
Stormpaw closed his eyes, wanting the pain in his head to just stop . . .
Cliffie! ShadowClan really wants that territory, huh? Anyway, please give a review and I will give out virtual Stormpaw plushies! Also, only a couple more chapters to decide on Stormpaw's warrior name, so vote vote VOTE! :D