Sorry I didn't write over the weekend. I was up in Atlanta visiting my aunt. But here's your update! Please review! I love all of the reviews I get!
Snowflower's POV
Snowflower prodded her sister with a paw and rolled her eyes as Greycloud swatted her paw away and mumbled in her sleep.
Snowflower poked her in the ribs, harder this time. "Wake up mouse-brain" Snowflower hissed.
Greycloud opened one eyes and searched around until it landed on Snowflower. Greycloud heaved a sigh of irritation and stood up, careful not to wake Redfeather who had permanently chosen his sleeping spot by Greycloud.
Snowflower lead the way out of the warriors den and began to cross the clearing.
"Snowflower, don't you think Brackenflame doesn't have it in him to kill another cat?" Greycloud asked quietly.
Snowflower began to run through the plans she had thought of and let out a sigh. "I'm afraid he'll leave me if we go through with this" Snowflower admitted. She gave a nod to Goosewing and continued to pad with Greycloud.
"So you think if he kills he might see what you really are? What we really are?" Greycloud whispered to her worriedly.
Snowflower looked to Greycloud, tears pooling in her eyes. "Monsters…" Snowflower whispered, looking away from her sister.
Snowflower scented Brackenflame and rushed up to him, pressing against him with unexpected love.
"Brackenflame… Are you sure you want to do this?" Snowflower asked worriedly. Brackenflame nuzzled her, sending sparks through her body.
"Snowflower, I've been meaning to ask for a while, but will you be my mate?" he asked, eyes shining with hope. Snowflower felt her jaw drop and she stared at the tom.
This handsome tom wanted her. He wanted her as a mate. Snowflower backed up a bit and looked him in the eyes. Oh his big beautiful blue eyes.
"But why? I'm a…. I'm a monster" Snowflower choked out. Brackenflame lashed his tail and lift her chin with his tail.
"Stop listening to what other cats are saying! Look into yourself for once and tell me what you see!" Brackenflame ordered her.
Snowflower closed her eyes and everything washed over her in crimson.
Bluepaw's POV
Bluepaw gaped her jaws in a yawn and followed Flamedapple from the half-moon gathering.
"Looks like someone is tired" Flamedapple joked.
Bluepaw stared at her mentor impassively and he looked away. It had been a moon since Cinderpaw had died and Bluepaw still had nightmares about it. She stopped when she scented Snowflower and looked around.
"Flamedapple I think I'm going to go hunting" Bluepaw murmured. Flamedapple looked at her in concern and nodded his head.
"If you find any herbs be sure to bring them back" Flamedapple yawned as he headed back towards the camp.
Bluepaw waited until she couldn't scent her mentor anymore and began to follow Snowflower's scent and heard arguing in the distance.
"You're not a monster!" a tom hissed rather loudly.
"But I've killed two cats!" Snowflower's voice rang out in despair.
"It was in self-defense! And you too Greycloud, I'm sure you've killed a cat or two when Snowflower was ambushed by those filthy toms!" the tom hissed. "I would've killed them all for laying a paw on you two" the tom pointed out.
Bluepaw crept closer and spotted Greycloud, Snowflower, and Brackenflame.
"Do you not want me to be your mate?" Brackenflame asked softly, hurt radiating in his voice. Snowflower perked her ears with alarm and turned to face him, "I want you to be the father to my kits!" she blurted out, slapping her tail over her mouth.
Brackenflame stared at her with shock, but his eyes softened and he purred sweetly to her. "So… You want kits then?" he asked happily.
"W-Well… N-Not right n-now. It'd be too dangerous with this war and all." Snowflower stuttered out. Bluepaw chuckled and sat down, watching the trio.
"So they just came out to confess huh?" Bluepaw murmured softly to herself. She looked to Greycloud and cocked her head. "Then why is Greycloud there?" she asked.
Bluepaw strained her ears and began to listen to them again. "Now that you both have woken up the entire forest let's go kill ourselves some crow-food" Greycloud announced as she stood up and marched through some wild garlic, disguising her scent.
Bluepaw watched as Snowflower and Brackenflame padded through the wild garlic together. "Oh they don't know that RiverClan Medicine cats are coming back now… How will I distract them?" Bluepaw asked as she began to follow them, whisking through the wild garlic. She stopped and watched as they crossed the river over the stepping stones.
The current roaring beneath them. "We have to find a gentle part of this river and wash the garlic scent and blood off us when we come back!" Snowflower howled over the current.
Bluepaw backed up and leaped over a small part of the river; successfully hiding from the trio as they stealthily trekked through RiverClan territory.
Bluepaw spotted to silhouetted cats padding through the forest and fluffed out her fur in alarm. She grabbed a stone in her paw and threw it at a tree, causing the trio of ThunderClan cats to scatter up a tree.
Bluepaw let out a sigh of satisfaction and realized she was out in the open with nowhere to hide.
"What was that?" a deep voice growled. "Honestly for a medicine cat apprentice you're so menacing" Softwing chuckled loudly.
"I used to be a warrior you know. But StarClan has shown me I'm meant to be a medicine cat" the tom meowed.
"Oh all the she-cats were so disappointed when they learned you were going to be a medicine cat Rainstrike. You had been a warrior for moons and everybody expected you to have kits with…" Softwing trailed off as she spotted Bluepaw stumbling out of some bushes.
"Oh! Bluepaw how are you?" Rainstrike asked eagerly.
"I'm okay" Bluepaw muttered lamely. "I need some Juniper berries. I can't find any ripe ones this time of year." Bluepaw quickly explained.
Rainstrike turned to Softwing who rolled her eyes. "Listen as much as I would love to help you and your mentor out I need all the herbs I can get. Leaf-bare will be here soon and with our clans waging war on each other I don't want a single herb to go out of my den" Softwing meowed to her.
Bluepaw looked down with shame and flicked her tail. "Sorry to bother you" she murmured sadly.
"Oh please Softwing? Can't we just do it this one time?" Rainstrike asked.
"No Rainstrike, I must take my leave now and I suggest you do the same Bluepaw" Softwing growled as she padded away.
Bluepaw looked up to the handsome tom that glared at her as she walked away.
"Stupid arrogant fur-ball" Rainstrike began to mutter. He turned to Bluepaw and his eyes softened and emitted a warm glow.
Bluepaw began to imagine having kits with this tom, but she looked away from his brilliant blue eyes quickly. She was a medicine cat for StarClan's sake!
Bluepaw peeked back up at him and purred softly. "Thanks for trying to help me Rainstrike" she mewed shyly.
Rainstrike purred loudly and nuzzled her softly. "Anything for a pretty she-cat like you" he meowed quietly.
Bluepaw felt her jaw drop as she stared dumbfounded at the tom. He thought she was beautiful! Bluepaw almost let out a yowl of happiness, but kept herself contained. She shouldn't even be feeling like this. She was a medicine cat. Medicine cats weren't supposed to have mates!
Bluepaw realized she was staring at Rainstrike and that he was staring back. "S-Sorry!" Bluepaw began to apologize and back up.
"Wait Bluepaw no!" she heard Rainstrike call out as she slipped and fell into the raging river and felt her body get swept away. She heard a splash from under water and heard the churning of steady paws. Bluepaw thrust her head above water and felt the river begin to flow more peacefully and she turned to see Rainstrike looking up to the sky.
They both waded out of the river and it began to roar again. "W-What happened?" Bluepaw asked, turning to Rainstrike.
"Only the purest heart of the crashing thunder can soothe the raging river" Rainstrike muttered as he stared at the river once more.
Rainstrike looked at her with understanding and dipped his head. "I think you should go back to RiverClan and tell Flamedapple of what happened tonight. Maybe he can help you figure it out" Rainstrike meowed softly, licking between her ears.
Bluepaw looked away shyly and began to pad towards the stepping stones, forgetting that three of ThunderClan's warriors were sneaking around RiverClan.
Brackenflame's POV
Brackenflame jumped from tree to tree, following after Greycloud and Snowflower. His thoughts lingered on what Snowflower had told him and he purred happily as they arrived at the last tree.
They watched as Softwing entered the camp and waited for her apprentice to appear. "Maybe we shouldn't have left Bluepaw to fend for herself." Greycloud mewed guiltily.
Brackenflame looked to the light grey warrior and noticed the darker grey fur along her back stood up straight. She didn't look scared.
Brackenflame nearly toppled over when she looked at him; the fiery gaze in her eyes told him she was ready for bloodshed.
Brackenflame hopped onto the branch Snowflower stood and he looked into her ice blue eyes and felt the same lust for bloodshed. He spotted a dark grey tom padding towards the entrance, soaking wet with water.
"That must be Rainstrike." Snowflower muttered as he slid past the guard easily.
"Their guard is asleep, let's go in!" Greycloud hissed as she began to climb down the tree.
Brackenflame watched as Snowflower followed closely to Greycloud with ease.
The sisters had been together their entire life. The death of their parents making their bond stronger. He began to climb down the tree and landed with ease next to Snowflower.
One by one the trio of cats slipped into the RiverClan camp undetected. Brackenflame halted the two she-cats as Stormstar padded out of the nursery in front of them, his head still in the nursery.
"Redkit and Streamkit are fine dear, the death of Featherkit isn't bringing them down anymore" Stormstar murmured to his mate. He backed up more and began to head towards his den, the scent of milk overpowering the three cat's scents.
Brackenflame let out a sigh of relief as he looked to the two she-cats.
"I knew it" Greycloud meowed smugly. "She just used the poor tom." Greycloud muttered as they began to head towards the warriors den.
Brackenflame spotted the apprentice that had attacked Cinderpaw sitting in the middle of the camp, his eyes on the stars.
"Pikeclaw is doing great" the soft voice of Softwing drifted through the air.
"Prepare to die Pikeclaw" Brackenflame muttered, lunging at the cat, pressing his paw on the cats jaw. "This is what you get for killing an innocent apprentice!" Brackenflame hissed, slicing open the tom's throat.
The blood began to ooze out of his throat and onto Brackenflame's paws, staining his claws crimson. He spotted Snowflower and Greycloud slipping out of the warriors den, their paws stained in blood.
Snowflower looked at him and saw Pikeclaw beneath him. She gave a curt nod and he leaped off the dead warrior, following after the sisters.
They were heading towards WindClan, and they stepped into a shallow part of the river. "Was that Pikepaw?" Snowflower asked.
Brackenflame nodded, rolling around in the river to get all the scents off of him. As he surfaced he looked to Snowflower.
"He was doing his warrior vigil. I think his name was Pikeclaw." Brackenflame mumbled, his body felt numb, he didn't feel bad at all like he thought he would.
The words of Silverstorm echoed in his head, "If you mate with… with… that thing you're path will grow dark! You'll probably be in the Dark Forest with her!"
Brackenflame shook his head, no he wouldn't go to Dark Forest. And neither would Snowflower. All she had done was kill in self-defense.
It was within the warrior code. Brackenflame pressed against his newly found mate and nuzzled her gently.
"It's done. RiverClan is no longer filled with murderers" Brackenflame muttered.
Now ThunderClan was filled with three new murderers.