Chapter Six-
Cloverkit followed Dapplekit as they climbed up the mountain. They have traveled for three days, only resting when they had enough room to. Cloverkit paws were not used to the hard terrain. She felt her paws beginning to bleed. She needed to rest. She needed to eat. She needed to drink.
Suddenly, the whole group stopped. Cloverkit bumped into Dapplekit. Cloverkit couldn't see anything, but she had sensed that Frogstar had turned around to face the Clans. "We need to stop here. We are not fit to travel anymore. I am sending a patrol out to search for a nice spot to rest. Honeyspots, Flamepaw, Mudstep, and Graystar will go and search for a spot."
The four cats made their way to the front. Cloverkit twitched her tail in annoyance. She would have found a good spot to sleep, but instead she was following the Warrior Code which was just a bunch of rules. Cloverkit sensed something unusual going on over the ridge. Cloverkit slipped to the edge of the group and looked up. Suddenly, a sleek black cat stood against the edge, wind tugging against his fur.
"I knew I smelled cats!" The cat hissed. A small white tom and a black she-cat with stunning blue eyes stood next to the black cat.
"Cloverkit! Get back!"A cat pushed Cloverkit into Dapplekit.
"Cloverkit, who is he?" Dapplekit looked at Cloverkit.
"I have no clue but he is stunning!"
"Cats please do not attack! We are to find a search of a new home. Our home is disappearing because of sink holes. It is no longer safe." The black cat meowed. "Sorry to alert you!"
Graystar looked at the black cat. "We are in search of a new home too. We hope there will be a better future over the edge of the mountain. One filled with hope and happiness."
"I am Ravenstar, leader of Whisperclan."
"There are more than three clans?" Dapplestar meowed.
"You are clan cats!" Ravenstar hissed. "You have the same desires we do."
"Wait a minute, Ravenstar, we should work together would you want your clan to die out? I know I don't want mine to die out." Dapplestar quickly found a way out of a battle.
"Ravenstar, the she-cat is right. We have lost too many already." The white tom meowed.
"Hawkstorm, go alert the other cats we have visitors." The white tom scurried away, his paws sending rocks flying down.
"Come, fellow cats." Ravenstar flicked his tail to the path. The path might lead to the other clan cats.
"So there are more than our three clans." Dapplekit seemed excited.
"You never had known these cats?"
"Well, I barely know about these cats, but I didn't know there are more than us three clans." Dapplekit explained. As the group of cats scrambled to the clearing, Cloverkit saw a lot of cats. There were group of cats scurried along the small clearing.
"The queens are over there. Warriors kept to the clearing. Elders are welcomed to join our elders." As Ravenstar rambled on, Cloverkit followed the group of kits to the two new kits. An orange cat leaped up onto Cloverkit. Cloverkit yowled out in surprise.
"Filthy rouges! You will not take our hopes and dreams!" Cloverkit scrambed to her paws, facing the orange cat.
Cloverkit purred. "We aren't rouges but warriors!"
"More like young kits!" The mother of the orange cat purred in amusment. "Oh, come on, Flamekit. Give it a rest."
"Flamekit, I can fight you!" Tigerkit stood next to Thunderkit.
"Let's do it! I am way better than you." Flamekit crouched, ready to fight.
"Yeah, I know my moves." Thunderkit and Tigerkit crouched. A black she cat crouched next to Flamekit. Dapplekit and Cloverkit lay down to watch.
It wasn't long before a full moon passed. Traveling with a group of cats was hard, especially when there were some many clans thrown in. Cloverkit was tired of traveling, but she kept on moving. It wasn't until they were back on the grass, the land Cloverkit admire, that traveling became easier. Hunting was much easier and they traveled next to a small river. They were climbing a hill, when the group stopped.
Cloverkit looked around. She scrambled up next to her father. "This is perfect." Spiritheart breathed.
"Spiritheart, is this our new home?" Cloverkit asked, sitting in front of her father.
"Dapplestar?"
"Who will give up a chance for this beautiful land? Brambleclan is staying here." Graystar meowed.
"I do agree, this is a beautiful land, and I smell mouse!" Dapplestar eyes shone with happiness. Dapplestar ran down the hill. A moment later she came back with a mouse. She dropped it in front of Cloverkit and her father. "Eat up young kit." Cloverkit lay down by the mouse and began to eat. "Featherclan is staying here."
Stonestar, leader of Rockclan, walked up to the two warriors. Froststar, leader of Snowclan, and Goldenstar, leader of Sunclan, followed. "We see a perfect place for our three clans to settle. I am sending out a patrol with my deputies out to that rocky land. We have adapted well to the rocky life and that is where the best of what we needs come from."
"Sandwind," A small dusky brown tom was walking past the leaders. "Gather Snowspots and Mistywhisker. Take your apprentices if you like." Sandwind nodded and walked away.
"We do all agree this is the place to settle right?" Dapplestar asked. All the leaders nodded. "Well, Honeyspots, take Flamepaw and go search over there across the river. You make take one warrior to see if you can find prey in those woods." Honeyspots dipped her head towards her leader.
"Mudstep!" Frogstar ran over to his deputy.
"Willowstar, Ravenstar, and Darkstar, I am going to send our deputies out to go search over there." Graystar spoke out. The three warriors nodded. Gray star hurried away. Cloverkit looked at Barkstar. She was leader of Woodclan, very similar to her clan. She was talking to two calico cats.
Cloverkit looked up at her father. She hasn't been able to spend time with her father because of traveling. "Spiritheart, we are going to live here now?"
"Yes, and once we find our camp; you better not cause any trouble!" Spiritheart playfully batted his daughter's ears.
"Me? Talk about Thunderkit and Tigerkit!" Cloverkit purred. Not far from the father and daughter was the two friends play fighting. "Can we be apprentices now?"
"Ask me again in three moons." Cloverkit pounced on her father's tail. Graykit came over to them. Cloverkit purred.
"Cloverkit, do you want to go with me to the other kits. I am too shy to go over there by myself." Graykit asked, ducking his head in embarrassment.
"Do you want to play with me and Spiritheart?" Cloverkit backed up and bounced on Spiritheart. She was heading for his back but went too far over and landed on the other side of him. Graykit leaped up on top of Spiritheart. For awhile they play with the deputy of Featherclan, when they were done they were sent to go to sleep so when the warriors all came back, they will head their separate ways.