Chapter 9

Two moons later..

Lionpaw was sitting outside the apprentice den he was finally 11 moons old, tomorrow was him, his brother's and Mintpaw's warrior assessment.(A/N I had no idea what moon apprentices became warriors.) Her ceremony was held back a moon because she got attacked by a rouge while hunting with Tigerpaw.

A couple of days ago Tigerpaw told Mintpaw he loved her. She told him she felt the same, and they became mates. Lionpaw was not surprised that they became mates. Though Bramblepaw didn't seem happy.( Another A/N Lionpaw never knew about the argument Bramblepaw and Tigerpaw had.)

Bramblepaw then walked over to Lionpaw. "I cannot believe him!"

Lionpaw was curious. "Tigerpaw?"

"Yes Tigerpaw! He took Mintpaw as a mate! I told him not to!"

"Why would you do that!" stated Lionpaw. "He loves her!"

"I know but he might get distracted! Our prophecy is huge! We have to save Starclan. Having a mate will get in his way!"

"Oh will it?" a voice said behind Lionpaw. Lionpaw looked over and saw Tigerpaw.

"Yes it will." said Bramblepaw.

"Look," said Lionpaw. "Love is part of life! Even I want a mate! And you will want one too!"

"I want one too, but I think the prophecy is more important! Love is the least of our problems!" stated Bramblepaw.

Lionpaw sighed. Tigerpaw dropped his head. "How do I tell Mintpaw? How can I tell her I can't have a mate!" Tigerpaw said sadly. "I love her too much, so I can't."

"I'm not saying you have to, I'm saying to be careful." said Bramblepaw sighing in defeat of his brother.

"Thank you." Tigerpaw murmured. "I won't let her get in my way. I just won't tell her about the prophecy."

Lionpaw and Bramblepaw nodded in agreement as Tigerpaw walked off.

-Line Break-

Switching to Tigerpaw.

Tigerpaw walked over to his mate. She was eating a mouse. Mintpaw purred as he approached. "Hey Tigerpaw, want to share this mouse?" she mewed.

"Yes, I would love to." Tigerpaw said. "Is your stomach healed enough?

She mrrowed in laughter. "It healed a moon ago!"

"I know!" he said. "You can never be to careful."

Mintpaw rubbed her muzzle against his. "I'll be fine, I really want to be a warrior and I trained for this. I won't get hurt."

Tigerpaw sighed. "Sorry, I'm being overprotective."

Mintpaw purred "I know. You will never have to worry about me."

Tigerpaw nodded but he knew she was wrong, 'I might lose you because of the prophecy. The dark forest will attack Starclan. And my brother's, me, and every other apprentice and warrior will have to fight them. That was something to worry about.

Long A/N coming at you.

In case you are wondering there are new apprentices and warriors:

Apprentices:

Flamepaw- Dark ginger tom with golden eyes; Cherrytail and Thistlethorn's son. 7 moons.

Cinderpaw- Gray she-cat with blue eyes; Flamepaw's sister.

Lilyflower(Lilypaw)- Med. Cat apprentice.

Warriors:

Sunshine(Sunpaw)

Darkcloud(Darkpaw)

This has to be the longest chapter so far took me a while to write PLZ REVIEW, REMEMBER THE BUTTON LIKES IT!

~MossStarFromRiverclan