Warriors: The Peacemaker Chapter 2, a warriors fanfic

Chapter 2

The kits woke up at dawn to find the camp deathly silent, as if the forest was listening to the upcoming battle. Jadekit realized that the warriors and apprentices had already left for the unavoidable battle that was bound to start anytime now. I wonder if we'll be able to hear the battle from all the way in camp.

She felt her brother shift beside her but he wasn't quite awake so she decided to let him sleep a little bit longer. She looked around the den to see that her mother was sitting a tail length away giving herself a thorough wash.

"Hey Tigerfang? Do battles usually end badly? Will any of our clan mates die today?" She suddenly felt a pang as she thought about it, she didn't really think that she might never talk to some of her clan mates ever again.

"Sometimes they can, especially when fighting rogues because they have no morals or any sort of warrior code. We never really know how this battle will end." Tigerfang's eyes glazed over as if remembering the battles she fought for her Clan. Jadekit wondered if her mother had lost anyone precious in a battle.

Jadekit ended up leaving the subject alone, as she didn't want to upset her mother by maybe bringing up bad memories or think about the battle that was happening today. She decided that it was time to wake up her brother and go see what the cats that stayed behind were doing in camp.

Jadekit and Russetkit eventually just found a shady patch to hide from the Leaf-fall sunlight. Jadekit was sure that by now the battle had started and she thought that if she strained her ears enough, she would be able to hear the screeches of cats as her Clan battled to keep the rogues out of their territory.

All the remaining warriors and apprentices had stayed in camp to make sure no rogues came to attack the heart of their territory. The prey pile was already well stocked and the borders had been patrolled before the battle even started. Warriors were sent on sentry duty all around camp and the remaining apprentice, Amberpaw, remained in camp, practicing her battle moves with her mentor Skyshade.

After what seemed like ages, suddenly Jadekit could hear rustling noises coming towards camp and every cat was immediately alert, Russetkit jumped in front of her, fur on end, in case rogues came crashing into camp.

Sagestar came crashing through the tunnel entrance to camp first, with the rest of the battle patrol coming in behind. The Clan waited silently for their leader to either declare their victory or yell their defeat.

"The rogues... Won't be coming back in a long time!" Sagestar yowled and the warriors behind him looked ragged and exhausted from the fight but they still yowled a victory to StarClan.

"You should have seen their faces when we jumped out behind the bushes! I bet I beat about half of them on my own!" Thunderpaw was already boasting about his skills in the battle.

Jadekit looked at the the returning warriors and apprentices and noticed with relief that none had any serious injury and everyone who went, returned. She noticed Sagestar bound toward the Highbranch to call a meeting and since the whole Clan was already gathered around, he didn't call the usual summoning for the meeting.

"Cats of JadeClan! I think today's battle proved that two of our apprentices are more than ready to take on full warrior duties." Sagestar beckoned Scorchpaw and Blizzardpaw forward with a flick of his tail, it was still too soon for Thunderpaw to be made a warrior since he was only apprenticed for a little over a moon.

Bramblebush immediately rushed over to her them to give them a quick wash while Skyshade sat gazing proudly as their kits were about to become warriors.

"I, Sagestar, leader of JadeClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as warriors in their turn"

"Scorchpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do."

"Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior name. Scorchpaw, from this moment you will be known as Scorchfoot. Starclan honors your bravery, and we welcome you as a full warrior of JadeClan." He briefly rested his muzzle on Scorchfoot's head before turning to Blizzardpaw.

"Blizzardpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

"I do!"

"Then by the powers of Starclan, I give you your warrior name. Blizzardpaw, from this moment you will be known as Blizzardspeck. Starclan honors your fighting spirit, and we welcome you as a full warrior of JadeClan." He rested his muzzle and Blizzardspeck's head and the Clan yowled the new warriors' names to Starclan.

A few moons later, Lionstorm had moved into the nursery and gave birth to three healthy kits! The first-born was a dark gray, almost black, tabby tom with red eyes, Ravenkit. He was about as prickly as the fur that stuck up on his head and neck, no amount of licking will get it to stay down.

The second kit, Foxkit, was a yellow and orange tabby with a white underbelly and paws and bright blue eyes. He was named after his sneaky qualities and always getting into trouble with the older cats.

The third kit, a she-kit, is a sandy brown tabby with yellow eyes named Aspenkit. She's the sweet one out of the three, not as much of a trouble-maker as her brothers, who always seemed to be arguing with each other.

Jadekit couldn't remember how quiet the nursery was before Lionstorm kitted, and how cramped it was now! Lionstorm's kits were only a moon old but now Jadekit and Russetkit were four moons old, so they seemed to be getting too big with the amount of cats in there.

Raggeddust was most proud of the kits his mate gave him. He spent every possible moment with those three. Jadekit didn't know how he could do it, it was enough for her to play with them on her own for a bit.

Her and Russetkit had been the ones to show the kits around camp when they opened their eyes and were allowed to explore. Foxkit seemed to want to get into everything he wasn't supposed to. Ravenkit seemed disinterested in just about everything and Aspenkit listened attentively and kept her brothers in line every time they argued.

Both Jadekit and Russetkit were both excited to know that they would be apprentices in a little less than two moons. That didn't seem so far away now but time went by agonizingly slow.

It was now well into Leaf-bare and a thin layer of snow always covered the ground. Blizzardspeck and Scorchfoot took well to their new full warrior responsibilities. They seemed to bring back a little more prey than the others during these hard times of Leaf-bare. They also were the first ones to help enforce the dens so the snow wouldn't get inside them.

On this particular Leaf-bare day, Tigerfang was going to take them out into the forest for the first time, deeming them old enough to be able to go out while it's snowing. Jadekit and Russetkit followed closely behind, clearly excited to see the forest. Blazeclaw had even taken the day off of warrior duties in order to spend some time with his kits and to see their reactions when they see the forest.

When they finally managed to climb the ravine, which seemed like a mountain to the kits, Jadekit had not imagined how beautiful the forest looked when snow speckled everywhere. She said so aloud.

"Just wait until New-leaf, when everything starts to grow back. The trees and shrubs have all their leaves and bloom flowers. The sun shines brighter and it won't be freezing cold out." Blazeclaw purred at his kits wide-open jaws and stretched eyes.

"Can we go further out? I wanna see the whole forest!" Russetkit bounced up and down and looked ready to shoot off in any direction before Jadekit sat on his tail as a precaution in case he decided to do just that.

"You guys are too young to explore the whole forest, you'll be exhausted before we even get to half of it. Plus there could be starving foxes or badgers that won't mind having kits for a morning meal," Tigerfang teased them.

"What do they look like?" Jadekit had heard dangerous stories about them, and didn't fancy meeting one.

"Foxes are dog-like creatures but they're not as big as most dogs. They have a reddish color, usually with darker or black legs and tail tip." Blazeclaw informed her.

"So kind of like Foxshade?"

"Exactly," Tigerfang let out a purr of amusement. "And badgers are big, bulky creatures, they're brown and have white and black stripes that run along their spine. They won't eat cats but will kill just because you're on their territory."

After their playful treck through the woods, Jadekit and Russetkit returned back to camp exhausted and immediately went to their nest and fell asleep.

A/N: Just going to put a description of the new kits here~

Ravenkit- a dark gray, almost black tabby tom with his head fur sticking up, red eyes
Foxkit- yellow and orange tabby tom with white underbelly and paws, bright blue eyes
Aspenkit- sandy brown tabby she-kit with yellow eyes