Hi everybody! Happy late Thanksgiving! Do you know what I'm thankful for?
a) I finally get some peace and quiet
b) sombody voted on my poll
What are you thankful for?
Thank you to who ever voted on my poll! Because of you, I got Chapter 5 up! All the stuff you suggested for chapter 5 can't come in but I will try to make them come in soon. For everybody who has NOT stopped reading the AN by now, the poll is off now. Thanks and keep reading.
(Dapplepaw POV)
We are heading toward the WindClan border when I smell it, a smell that comes from no clans' and doesn't smell prissy, like kittypets. Rogue! I flick my tail towards Cherrypaw to get her attention. Rogue! I imply with my eyes. I will her to understand. She takes a deep breath, letting the air flow over tongue and past her scent glands, like she would if she was stalking prey.
Her ears prick up, trying to hear what they are doing. I prick mine as well, almost immediately I hear talking. I gesture with my tail to hide under a holly bush so we can peer out at them.
"How much longer do you think it will be until we find the Clans, Lily?"
"How am I supposed to know?" The she-cat named Lily asks. "Ravenpaw just said to follow the setting sun until we find four big groups of cats, ThunderClan, WindClan, ShadowClan, and RiverClan. He never mentioned how long it would take us. He probably doesn't even know where the Clans are, he certainly never implied it, mouse-brain!" Ravenpaw, I wonder, the Ravenpaw? Firestar's old friend? I glance at Cherrypaw to see that she is just as confused as I am. I tilt my head towards Lily and the tom, asking if we should go down there. She replies with a nod of her head.
"Why are you on ThunderClan territory and why were you looking for us?" I ask the rouges' as we make our way out of the holly bush. The cats start, apparently not knowing we were there.
"ThunderClan? We are here? Finally!" The tom with no known name says.
"What are you doing on ThunderClan territory?" I repeat myself, allowing my claws to unsheathe themselves and glint in the sunlight.
"Pardon my brother's choice of wording, but we came a long way looking for the Clans." I let out an exasperated sigh, we're not getting anywhere! "We came from a place where the old forest used to stand." I glance at Cherrypaw and nod.
"Come with us to talk to our leader." With that I move to stand in front of them, and flick my tail for Cherrypaw to come closer. "Run on ahead to tell Firestar we are coming. I can handle them." I say quietly for just Cherrypaw to hear. She nods and takes off in the direction of camp. "Come on." I say louder for Lily and the tom to hear. And start at a brisk trot towards camp, glancing back every few steps to make sure they are still following me.
(Cherrypaw POV)
"Firestar!" I burst through the thorn barrier and race up to the leader's den.
"Come in." It sounds like I just woke him, oops.
"Firestar, Dapplepaw and I were taking a walk along the WindClan border, when we saw two rouges. Dapplepaw is bringing them to camp right now; they say they came from the old forest and know Ravenpaw. I believe that they were talking about your old friend." Sorrow flashes across his face, but he quickly recovers. He bounds out of his den onto Highledge, with me following.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey, gather beneath the Highledge for a Clan meeting." His voice rings throughout the hollow, bringing the warriors, elders, queens, and apprentices with it, basically the whole Clan. "Cherrypaw has just informed me that she and Dapplepaw found two rouges near the WindClan border that say they came from where the old forest used to be and knew Ravenpaw."
Murmurs ripple from the clearing, mostly the senior warriors and elders who knew Ravenpaw. Firestar flicks his tail for silence. "I want Brambleclaw, Wolfspirit, Dovewing, and Lionblaze to go out and help Dapplepaw with the rogues." At that, Dapplepaw and the rogues stumble in the thorn tunnel, okay just the rogues stumble. Their mouths drop at the sight and smell of so many cats. "Um, never mind. Cherrypaw, Dapplepaw, please bring the rogues up to my den. Meeting dismissed." The queens have already swept their kits into the nursery, away from Lily and the tom.
(AN: Ugh, the next part will take forever to write!)
(Dapplepaw POV)
"Meeting dismissed." Cherrypaw heads over to me and the others. We start to bring them to the path leading towards Firestar's den. Cherrypaw gets in front and I get in the rear.
"Stay close to the wall so you don't fall." Cherrypaw meows. The rogues do as they are told. We finish climbing the path and stop in front of Firestar's den. "May we come in, Firestar?"
"Yes, you may." Firestar's voice calls from the cave. We emerge into his den, blinking to adjust our eyes to the dim lighting. "I hear you have come from far away, but, what are your names?"
"I am called Lily," The pretty cream and brown speckled cat replies. "And this is my mouse-brained brother, Lark." At that, the light-brown with dark-brown paws tom turns around and glares at his sister but keeps quiet.
"Where do you come from, young ones?" He asks the young cats. Perhaps the same age as me and Cherrypaw.
"We come from a barn that used to stand near a forest." Lark replies before his sister for once.
"My apprentices tell me that you know a cat called Ravenpaw, is that true?"
"Yes, Ravenpaw is our father."
Bet you guys you didn't see that coming! Or maybe you did, idk. So did anybody like this chapter or get mad at me for not updating forever? Sorry. I won't be able to update on a regular basis for a while due to a book report, a Social Studies report, schoolwork, and using the rest of my freetime (which will be very little) to play Warriors with my neighbors outside. And thanks for the cats, Lakestorm. I will try not to change them, much.
Disclaimer: jayleaf1 does not own Warriors. Anybody that uses Cherrypaw, Dapplepaw, or any of the other OC's in this story that a reviewer did not review to me will feel my wrath. That's right, YOU will be Brackenfur who is mentor to my crazy neighbor, Icepaw. Good luck keeping him from NOT being crazy. Toms are sssssssoooooo crazy, at least 6 year old one's are. And I need you to make him and yourself cats' so you can properly teach him how to become a warrior and not a looney apprentice. May StarClan light you path (you will need it)!