(Cole POV)
Cole couldn't believe that he and Jay were now Cats. How did it happen? No one knows. he doesn't think the other cats will take the fact that they're actually humans very well either.
The orange cat they call Firestar sent them to sleep in the nursery for a little while longer. Three cats named Daisy, Poppyfrost, and Ferncloud took care of them. Firestar told us we would be made apprentices in the morning. Today was that morning. He went around, explored. Ate a mouse and was told of all the Mind-bending things about the clans and StarClan.
Cole barely remembered what happened after he heard that howel. That howel that scared him half to death.
Cole took a deep breath, to find himself in a foggy area. Cole remembered how the elder, Mousefur, told him of StarClan, a place where Clan Cats go when they die. Was this StarClan? Did the dog kill him?
He stood up weakly, only to see a spotted cat with a white muzzle, and paws. "Hello, Cole. It's nice to see you here."
"Wh- Nice to see me! Jay and i are probably dead and you say nice to see me!" Cole meowed in outrage.
"Calm down, Cole. You are safe here. You and Jay are not dead. You are sound asleep in the medicine den, Though you are gravely injured." She said.
"How?" asked Cole, with Dismay in his voice.
"Your Spine, it's broken. Not as bad as some others... but you will never be a Warrior.
Never a Warrior! I barely know these cats, but, after listening, i want to be a Warrior! Cole thought.
"Jay, on the other hand, Will make a fine warrior. Another cat in ThunderClan has not completed her destiny. Cats who do not complete their destiny are unhappy in StarClan. Most cats do. This cat's destiny, is to train an apprentice with the modified ways she was tought. We knew the dog pack was coming, so, we had to, we didn't want to, but we did." She said, with disappointment in her voice.
Cole's vision was clouded, then cleared, to see Jay. Parts of his fur was torn, he was bleeding. The left side of his face had furr torn off, where it would never grow back. His eye was missing and his ear was shredded.
"NO! He's going to die! How could you let this happen! I thought StarClan Watched over the Clans and Protected them! You Did this on Purpose! What's the use of fulfilling another cat's destiny if you're going to kill others in the process!" Cole yowled, Outraged.
"Jay is going to live." The misty cat said. "But you must be able to protect him, and keep him from dying. That will be your final test. Then we will see if you're ready.I will send a message to firestar, telling him to make your friend an apprentice, tonight." The cat began to fade.
"No! You didn't tell me your name!" Cole pleaded, but she didn't answer.
Cole's vision began to fade, and he saw himself on the mossy floor of the medicine den. He sat up, with difficulty, and craned his neck around to see the Clan Medicine Cat tending to Jay's wounds. Cole flinched at the sight of Jay's matted, bloody fur and the missing parts of his face.
Firestar watched the medicine cat as he went around, tending to the wounds of all of the other injured cats. He remembered Briarlight showing him some of the herbs in the medicine stock.
He tried to get up, but his back hurt. He was worried he was Paralyzed, like Briarlight, Unable to ever move her hind legs, but he tested his tail, and it moved properly, to his relief.
He tried t get up once more, but was stopped by the Medicine cat. "Lay down! Your spine is broken. you shouldn't move. "Wait a minute!" Cole said. "You're the medicine cat right? Don't you speak to StarClan? I saw a StarClan cat in my dream. She had a spotted and white pelt. Do you know her?" The cat never looked up. "I do know her. That was Spottedleaf. How can you speak to StarClan?" The cat asked. "I don't know. she just spoke to me. Spottedleaf said that my final test was to make sure Jay lived." Said Cole. The cat looked up, but Cole was surprised to see that the Cat's eyes never moved, and weren't looking at him.
"If that is what StarClan told you to do, than that is the best thing to do. I'm Jayfeather. We will work together.
Jayfeather helped Cole up and led him over to Jay's limp body. He began to work. Cole used leaves and medicines hat Briarlight never even told him about. He knew he was doing it right, because if he wasn't, Jayfeather would have stopped him by now.
"Ok, that's enough." Jayfeather said. Cole hadn't even realised Jay had opened his eyes. Just then, the cat he had recognized as Cloudtail, had barged into the medicine den. Firestar followed, as well as another cat He hadn't seen, but he knew who it must be. The cat was white, with ginger patches, and had a missing eye, torn face, and a shredded ear. this must be the cat to train Jay! Cole thought
"I don't know how this could have happened" Meowed Firestar. "Jayfeather, do you remember those nursery tales, of how that dog pack was trained by Tigerstar, and how They gave these injuries to Brightheart?" he asked. Jayfeather nodded. Firestar waved his tail to the other She-cat. Brightheart will train Jay.
"That was the dog pack. the same dog pack. I had a vision too. StarClan told me i had to make The injured Outsider kit an apprentice tonight." Firestar said, with confusion in his voice. Briarlight piped up. "But he's injured!" "Yeah," Cole was happy Jay as finally speaking. He looked at Firestar with confusion in hi one eye. "I can't train now."
Jayfeather rested his tail on Jay's head. "You can be apprenticed, but you don't have to start your training today.
Cole laid down to rest. never a warrior.
The thought stung in his head.
Most of the cats began to leave the medicine den that night. despite the injuries given to him and Jay, the other cat's injuries weren't too serious.
"You know," Cole recognised Jayfeather's mew. "You really have a talent for medicine. And Your broken spine will prevent you from being a Warrior. With your skill, you would make an excellent Medicine Cat." He meowed.
"A Medicine Cat! All you do is mix herbs. Boring." Cole snorted. What was the fun of being a medicine cat if you don't have any action!
Jayfeather sighed. "That's what i said when Leafpool told me I should be a Medicine Cat." he meowed.
Cole looked at him, and saw that he was mixing Herbs. He also noticed that Jayfeather wasn't looking down so see what he was doing. He was just staring blankly at the wall.
"Um, Why don't you look down to see what you're doing, or will I have to learn to do that without lookin." Cole said.
"Wy would i look down if there's nothing to see?" Jayfeather Meowed. Cole just stared at him, until he realised what he meant. His eyes widened and a chill ran down his back. This cat is blind!
(Jay POV)
Pack Pack, Kill Kill! That was the only voice that ran through Jay's head when he was asleep. Firestar said he would become an apprentice tonight, but how? I just got half my face torn off by a dog! He thought.
Jayfeather told him to start walking before his apprentice ceremony. It was still daylight outside. Every cat seemed to have an injury of some sort. Weather it was minor scratches, torn ears, or ripped off fur, it was somthing. Broken backs, shredded faces... He thought, angrily Why were he and Cole so wounded when other cats were fine?
The only cat that had no injuries at all was that one cat he knew as Lionblaze. how did he fight so well?
Jay, to his surprise, was walking fine. He walked laps around camp until he spotted another She-cat. She was white, with ginger patches, and a missing eye, and shredded ear. She has the same injuries as me!
He was about to go talk to her, but he was interrupted by Cole calling his name."Jay! Come here!"
Jay went to the crippled cat. "Jay, i need to talk to you about something. Do you know why you lived?" He asked. "Uh, I was Lucky?" Jay guessed. "No" Cole snorted. "That was me! I helped Jayfeather heal you. I'm the reason you lived. After that episode, Jayfeather asked if i wanted to be a Medicine cat." Jay looked at him.
"Well, I think you should do it. This could be your chance to be something in the Clan. I know we don't even know how we got here, but we need to live here anyway. If you can't be a Warrior, then be a Medicine Cat. You have my full support." He Meowed, trying to act like that was some kind of inspiring speech.
Cole looked up. "Ok, I'll do it. I'm starting my exercises tomorrow. Tell Firestar that I'm going to be a Medicine cat Apprentice."
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"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey join under the highrock for a Clan meeting!" yowled Firestar.
It was almost sunset. "You ready" Jay asked Cole. "Never more ready."
"Two kits were gravely injured during this horrific dog attack. Somehow the dogs that killed bluestar have found their way into our place from the old territory. No matter any injuries, these outsider kits are now ready to take on training. Jay, Cole, please join me under the Highrock."
Jay's paws shuffled with excitement.
"Jay and Cole, from this moment until you earn your warrior name will be Boltpaw. Brightheart, you have suffered very similar injuries as Boltpaw. Cloudtail has given you ways to overcome that. now you will teach Boltpaw how to overcome his disabilities."
Brightheart joined Boltpaw and touched noses with him.
Jayfeather stood up. "Cats of ThunderClan, It is time i've taken on an Apprentice. I have chosen a cat who has saved Boltpaw's life when he was injured. Cole, do you wish to train as a Medicine Cat?" Cole nodded.
Firestar spoke next. "Then from this point until you earn your Medicine Cat name, you will be known as Earthpaw."
The Clan cheered The two Apprentices names. "Boltpaw! Earthpaw!"
(Zane POV)
"Did you hear all that?" "It sounded like the dogs from the old forest!" "I remember those howls from anywhere!" It sounded like they were heading for ThunderClan Territory!"
While cats gossiped, Him and Nya headed to the Apprentices den. They landed in the middle of this Clan together. They were just re-named As apprentices. "He was named Snowpaw. Nya was Goldenpaw.
"So we've agreed to call each other by our Clan names?" Goldenpaw said. "Correct." Snowpaw meowed.
They laid down together and Snowpaw drifted into a soft sleep. That soft sleep became a nightmare. He could see himself and Goldenpaw, bigger and more muscular. He could see gigantic dogs swarming all around him. He began fighting. He raked his claws down the flank of a dog when he found himself in Willowshine and Mothwing's den. He saw the bloodied body of Mistystar and Reedwhisker. Mistystar's flanks were heaving. Reedwhisker looked dead.
He teleported again. He was back to his smaller self. He could hear whispers. The whispers belonged to two other cats. Dark shapes of those two cats circled around him.
He could feel himself falling into a pool. The pool was in a cave, and it was cold. He could see the shapes of nine cats. The nine cats circled him. their mingled scents made Snowpaw Dizzy. He could hear the whispers of the two cats hissing in his ear.
"Warriors of the world" Golden": Snow" "Star" "Patch" "StarClan grants you this"
Stars will rest on Snow's glossy pelt
The sun shines on shimmering patches of Gold
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Snowpaw woke the next morning.
"Mornin'" Goldenpaw meowed. Snowpaw barely felt awake. he was so used to the grinding of gears in his head, silence felt strange.
His mentor, Graymist, taught him how to hunt fish that day.
"Got it!" Goldenpaw said in triumph. Her fish was quite large. His was scrawny. "Good catch!" Icewing, her mentor, praised.
He brought his catch back to camp and began practicing battle moves with Graymist. He trained for a while until midday. The Gathering was tonight and he was going.
Time to meet the other Clans.
Ok, guys, so it seems totally weird, but yeah, The dog pack from the original arc are back and ready shred something, (Which they already did "hahaha terrible joke hahaha") but yes. i know i'm gonna get a lot of hate for doing that to jay, but the main reason for that was to give Brightheart a major role in the story, and a reason for Jay to have a main enemy in the story, AND an excuse to make Cole a Medicine Cat, becayse that just sounds awesome for an unknown and crazy reason (Besides being me)
I'm sorry for not uploading. My computer was acting up and wouldn't let me use the internet. I will try to update normally again soon. R&R!