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Chapter 7 Ruffledfern- RiverClan

When morning light came I decided I had one chance to get my act together. I went out hunting and managed to get a couple of trout. I snagged 3 so I ate one. I was already going to be punished so I figured why not. I walked back to camp and relayed my goal. It was now or never.

"Longfang?" I called into camp. My brother lifted his head, saw who was calling then put his head back down. "I really wan to talk ot you. Why can't you listen, please?"

"What traitor?" He growled.

"I was apprentice, it was frog-brained. Longfang why won't you forgive me?" My brother's yellow eyes peered into the depths of my soul as he held my green gaze. By now most of camp was watching us to see what we were quarreling about.

"Walk now, you know where." I hissed, breaking the staring contest as I stalked out of camp lashing my tail, not bothering to see if he was following or not.

Out in the trees of RiverClan's thin forests I sat in an old hollow tree. IT was near the marsh that sat next to the WindClan border. I remembered myself as a kit carefree with Longkit by my side. Gusttail ruined it. I met him at a gathering. At the 2nd gathering we were both at we decided it would be fun to get together and play/train sometime. We would meet at this hollow tree. It was fun; all we did was play, nothing more. After my warrior vigil I ran to meet him little did I know Longfang had followed me. He found us and refused to talk to me since. 2 season cycles later we're still traitor and brother. To my relief my chestnut colored brother showed.

"What?"

"I'm sorry I met Gusttail behind your back I should have stayed and played with RiverClan cats and I'm sorry. But I can't go into the games knowing you want me to die." Longfang was caught off guard. He looked at me and took a deep breath.

"I never wanted you to die. I'm sorry I was such a frog-brain and rejected you time." I let out a purr. "Let's go home." He murmured.

Sunhigh came all to fast for me. I felt like I had been reunited with a long- lost littermate. I twined my tail one last time with his and I sorrowfully walked off.

"I'm ready." I muttered as I walked with my clan mates who were flanked by Breezepelt, Silverhawk, Darkstripe, and Clawface. He still bore scars from Swiftstep's attack. I laughed when I noticed that he was guarding farthest from Swiftstep.

The gathering island came into view and I saw RiverClan had arrived last. Snake appeared at my side and gently herded me towards Dark and the rest of my allies. Yes, I joined "team Dusk" or "the Badgers". But I wasn't going to make it on my own and I could always leave in the middle of the night when the number of tributes shrunk. I'm pretty sure Sparkflight hated me but we were both walking into a death trap and my brother loved me. I couldn't care less.

"Listen up!" a yowl from THistleclaw hushed our tiny crowd. "You will train in groups. You will train in ally groups! If you are on your own you will receive a Dark Forest mentor." Stormcloud took off towards a group of singles. I stopped her.

"What are you doing? I thought you were with us."

"I am" she quickly whispered. "I'm going to see what trained I can get and teach every one at night. We'll wake you." I nodded in understanding and turned back to my training group.

"So what are we going to do?"

"You tell us teach." Dark said as if that made sense. I stared wide eyes at the cats, most of them looking at me. Staring expectantly at me.

"Hold your breath longer! Dark, claw lighter! Snake it's Splash, claw, splash, claw, splash, dunk, run. Not Claw splash dunk!" It turns out teach is short for teacher. Tomorrow Blackthorn would teach undergrowth and tree techniques and so on. But focusing on now I had from Sunhigh to sunset to teach these 3 stubborn cats everything I knew about water fighting. Mentoring suddenly seemed a lot easier. Time passed quickly. Stormcloud came back coughing and bruised.

"Hey guys. Cu-cu-cu." She had a coughing fit and her knees buckled. Dark and I were at her side instantly at her side holding her up while Snake and Blackthorn stared without a care.

"Toms." Dark muttered. "Make yourselves useful and go get Goosefeather!" The bulky toms were confused and surprised when Dark spoke. "Yes you. GO!" She snapped. And we helped the gray she-cat hobble over to the makeshift nest. She collapsed into while the 2 of us dragged over a huge rabbit. She devoured it only to claim she was still hungry. Goosefeather showed up somewhere around there.

"It just looks like you lost a lot of blood and you were a bit bloated then threw your selve into harsh training and your body is rejecting it." He said toucjig her slightly swollen stomach. She nodded and he walked away. Dark and I grabbed another rabbit to share then curled up to sleep. No night training from Stormcloud tonight. I was kind of relieved. I was exhausted. That was day one of a world of nightmare.

So? What do ya think? I liked it and I had a lot of fun writing the beginning when she's being all assertive and stuff. Sponsor a cat! Review! Take my poll! Wow I'm asking a lot of you guys… Oh, well! I'll see how many people do it. Thanks for reading!

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-Skystar