This chapter is strictly Snowflower. I'm thinking about doing a little betrayal thing with certain cats, but I'm not sure yet. If you guys would be a dear please read and review!
Snowflower's POV
Snowflower fluttered her eyes open and looked around quickly. The warriors den was empty and Brackenflame had gone to assess his apprentice.
The snowy white warrior purred at the thought of Gingerpaw bouncing all over the place out of excitement.
Snowflower got to her paws and padded stiffly out of the den and narrowed her eyes as the sunlight scorched over them.
"Oh you're finally awake. Have you forgotten that you're getting an apprentice today?" the voice of her sister came from her right side.
Snowflower turned her head and spotted Redfeather and Greycloud sharing tongues. She stared at her sister in shock and shook her head lightly.
Before she could reply Leafstar leaped to the top of highrocks and let out a yowl. "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather for a clan meeting."
Snowflower looked over to the nursery and spotted Flamekit sitting with all four of Leafstar's kits.
The tortoiseshell she-cat flicked her tail, beckoning the five kits closer, addressing Flamekit first. "Flamekit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Flamepaw" she meowed, scanning over the crowd before making eye contact with Snowflower.
Snowflower stiffened and looked to her paws. "Snowflower you have not yet had an apprentice. Sunstar was a great mentor and I expect you to pass down everything you learned to young Flamepaw" she meowed, dipping her head formally.
Snowflower scrambled to her paws and awkwardly shuffled towards Flamepaw. The fiery tom looked up to her and stretched his neck out, attempting to touch noses.
Snowflower stifled her purr and touched his nose gently, breathing in his new ThunderClan scent.
"Spottedkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Spottedpaw, your mentor will Redfeather. I hope Redfeather will pass down all he knows to you." Leafstar meowed proudly as she watched her son touch noses with Redfeather. She looked to Cinderkit who stood next in line.
"Cinderkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Cinderpaw. Nightheart you have not yet had an apprentice. I expect you to pass down everything I taught you to Cinderpaw." Leafstar mewed, watching her daughter scamper up to the pure black she-cat.
The two she-cats touched noses and went to go sit down near the other mentors, Nightheart's eyes shining with excitement and grief.
Kinkkit was after his only sister, "Kinkkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Kinkpaw. Wildfur, your brother was Kinkclaw who my kit is named after. I expect you to teach everything Goosewing has taught you" Leafstar meowed as Wildfur dipped her head in respect and padded over to an overly excited Kinkpaw.
Snowflower watched as Kinkpaw bounced over to Flamepaw, Wildfur trailing behind him.
Sunkit stood alone in the clearing, pawing at the ground nervously. "Sunkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Sunpaw. Your mentor will be Greycl-" she began to meowed when a group of RiverClan cats burst through the entrance.
"You killed them!" the voice of Willowflower screeched above Leafstar.
Leafstar growled and jumped off her perch until she was nose to nose with Willowflower. "What are you doing here?" the tortoiseshell leader demanded, her claws unsheathing from her white paws.
"You killed Gorsetail and Pikeclaw! You scum deserve to die!" Willowflower screeched as her claws slashed open Leafstar's nose.
Leafstar recoiled and backed up quickly, hissing at Willowflower.
Snowflower shrunk back and noticed that Brackenflame and Greycloud looked at her with fear.
Willowflower padded up to Leafstar again and snarled, baring her fangs "And I know who did it! It was those two wretched, murdering, she-cats you call warriors! Greycloud and Snowflower!"
Willowflower screeched madly while Flamepaw fluffed up his fur and bounced in front of Willowflower, much to Snowflower's dismay.
"Don't you dare talk about her like that! Snowflower and her sister are the sweetest cats in the world! If they killed stupid ol' Gorsetail and hot headed Pikeclaw then they deserved it!" Flamepaw hissed.
Willowflower sneered at the flame colored apprentice and knocked him aside "Stay out of my way kit" she snarled.
Snowflower felt her hackles rise as she leaped at Willowflower, clawing at her ears.
As Willowflower's shriek rose from her throat the clearing exploded into a battle ground. "Get off me you murderer!" Willowflower hissed, knocking Snowflower off of her and leaping onto an unsuspecting Brackenflame.
"I bet you helped too you filthy piece of crow-food! After all you are mates with a murderer." Willowflower purred silkily, beginning to claw Brackenflame.
Snowflower got to her paws shakily and tried to reach Brackenflame.
A flash of dull silver stood in front of her, giving her a wicked grin. "You don't get to save him pretty little Snowflower. I do!" Silverstorm hissed, scratching Snowflower's cheek, leaving a deep gash.
Words echoed within Snowflower's mind, crippling her senses as another cat pinned her. Traitor… storm… Snowflower yowled, pawing at the tom's belly, with her claws unsheathed.
The tom let out a hiss of pain and loosened his grip.
Snowflower surged upward and knocked the tom over, pinning him down and baring her fangs.
Snowflower recognized the scar on his neck and let out a purr of satisfaction. "I do believe that I'm stronger than you Fishscale" she meowed to him.
Fishscale widened his eyes and began to thrash around. "She's going to kill me! Just like she did my brothers!" he cried out.
The battle came to a halt as Fishscale began to thrash around more violently. "She's gonna kill me!" the tom howled again.
Snowflower rolled her eyes and stepped off the tom as he writhed in pain.
Willowflower shoved her way past Snowflower and helped Fishscale to his paws. "You cats are worse than rogues!" she snarled, baring her fangs.
"Takes one to know one!" a voice meowed over the crowd.
Snowflower watched as Greycloud and Redfeather emerged from the group, Redfeather bristling.
"Honestly Willowflower the only reason we're at war with each other is because you can't get over the fact that I didn't choose you as a mate." Redfeather growled.
Willowflower opened her jaws when Stormstar burst through the entrance, noticing Willowflower and her bloodied silver fur.
"Great StarClan what happened here?!" Stormstar demanded.
Leafstar shoved past her clan mates and RiverClan cats to be face to face with Stormstar.
"Your so called mate barged into my camp madder than a fox in a fit and interrupted my son's apprentice ceremony!" Leafstar hissed.
Stormstar took a step back, shocked that Willowflower had done this.
"I apologize on behalf of my clan Leafstar. I know that naming your kin as an apprentice is an important thing" he meowed, truthfully ashamed.
The RiverClan patrol let out yowls of protests, but Stormstar shot them an icy glare making them settle down.
Snowflower looked behind her and spotted Brackenflame leaning heavily on Silverstorm, scratches covering his body. He nuzzled her softly and spotted Snowflower watching. He pressed his ears to his skull and she looked away, feeling an emotion resonate deep within her.
Snowflower perked her ears up as Stormstar began to offer a deal. "If there's anything RiverClan can do for ThunderClan we will happily help." Stormstar meowed.
Snowflower stepped to the front of the crowd and dipped her head towards Stormstar who acknowledged with a quick dip of his head.
"May we have Sunningrocks back?" Snowflower meowed loudly.
Willowflower began to bristle and jumped in front of Stormstar "What?! Absolutely not! RiverClan won Sunningrocks with a fair fight!" she hissed.
Stormstar shoved her back and glared at her "Go back to the nursery and take care of my kits, take your patrol with you!" he snarled, scaring Willowflower into a submissive pose.
"Go!" he growled loudly, causing the patrol to scatter like mice.
Stormstar let out a long sigh and turned to Leafstar. "Do you accept your warriors offer?" he asked, tilting his head slightly.
Leafstar scanned her eyes over the crowd of hopeful cats and met Snowflower's gaze.
Snowflower dipped her head with understanding as Leafstar returned her leaf green gaze to Stormstar.
"I will accept my warriors offer and ask for Sunningrocks back." Leafstar confirmed, as the sun began to set.
Stormstar turned his back and began to pad towards the entrance. Before he disappeared her turned back and looked at Snowflower.
"Thank you for not killing her, I know if you had it would've been within the warrior code" he meowed.
Stormstar let out a sigh and looked to the stars, flicking his tail casually.
Snowflower kneaded her paws guiltily against the ground and ran up to the RiverClan leader.
"Stormstar I don't know if you know this, but Willowflower… You see she doesn't-" Snowflower began to explain.
"That she doesn't love me? It's fairly obvious don't you think? Naming two of our kit Redkit and Featherkit. I named Streamkit after my deceased littler sister" he meowed.
His eyes suddenly hardened and he glared over to Leafstar, "Just because I've shown an act of kindness doesn't mean we're still at war!" he yowled, disappearing through the entrance.
Snowflower turned around and noticed that Leafstar was back on the highrocks, looking around for her son.
"Sunkit you can come out now" she yowled loudly as a golden tabby stuck his head out of the nursery. Sunkit scampered out of the nursery and stood in the clearing, his fur messy as ever. Snowflower purred and watched as Greycloud stood taller. "Sunkit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Sunpaw. Your mentor will be Greycloud. I expect her to pass on her intelligence to you" Leafstar finished, jumping off the highrocks and going to greet her kits.
Snowflower watched as Greycloud and Sunkit rammed their noses together. Greycloud sat on her haunches and held her nose with two paws, Sunpaw doing the exact thing as her.
Snowflower heard a chuckle beside her and she turned her head and spotted Brackenflame looking at Greycloud.
"I think StarClan destined them to be together" he murmured softly.
Snowflower didn't respond, feeling her fur begin to bristle as she looked to the ground, the images of Brackenflame nuzzling Silverstorm forever burned in her mind.
"Snowflower I'm sorry" he meowed suddenly.
Snowflower snapped her head up and gaped at the flame pelted warrior. "W-What do you mean? Sorry for what?" she asked.
Brackenflame looked at her sternly and let out a soft sigh. "I was thanking Silverstorm for saving me, but I noticed that you had a gash on your face and there was white fur snagged underneath her claws" Brackenflame explained, licking the gash on her cheek gently.
Snowflower let out a sigh, forcing her fur to lay flat as she pressed herself against Brackenflame, hoping to StarClan that nothing would take him away from her.