Cinderstar: Double Update time! YES!
Snowstar: Did you go high on catnip?
Cinderstar:...no, but I read DragonFlames-and-Waterwhisper's Catnip gone crazy. Its really good. You should read it. And thanks for the OC's.
Snowstar: *reads * OMG! Lol, lol, lol, lol! Lol.
Cinderstar:...O_O
Amberpaw's POV
Amberpaw slowly followed Gorgepaw and Grasslace as they met a old tom that stank of Shadowclan and...garlic?
"Hello, Wildgarlic. Did you hear about Riverclan?" Grasslace asked the wiry tom.
"Oh, yes, I'm sad that no one will help them," replied Wildgarlic. "No, Gorgepaw is going to become their next medicine cat. He's getting his full name tonight." Grasslace corrected.
As Wildgarlic stared at her in surprise, Amberpaw saw some bushes quiver and another cat emerged- a yellow she-cat. "Sunear," Grasslace dipped her head politely.
"Greetings," the other cat responded coolly. "I heard of Gorgepaw. Congrats on helping those fish-breaths."
Amberpaw almost let our a squeak of surprise- Shadowclan was acting nice and Windclan wasn't! Wasn't it supposed to be the other way around?
"Yes, though I heard that you turned them down. I can only imagine why!" Gorgepaw declared sarcastically.
"Shadowclan also turned them down!" Sunear hissed. "Only because we have no apprentices! And we heard that you were thinking of taking a kit as one!" retorted Wildgarlic.
The rest of the journey continued in silence, which made it harder for Amberpaw to follow. Why did Sunear have to go and mess things up? She thought angrily. Finally, Wildgarlic and Gorgepaw started murmuring about Riverclan and herbs, making it the tiniest easier to stalk them.
When they reached the Moonpool Amberpaw's jaw dropped- it was stunning and clear water, that turned murky on the very edges. A few rocks littered the area, and there were carved in dappled pawprints in the sand. Wow...
"Before we speak with with Starclan I am going to give Gorgepaw his medicine cat name, so that he can go into Riverclan as a full medicine cat. Gorgepaw, do you wish to become a full medicine cat, and swear to defend your clan and cats in needs, whatever the cost?"
"I do!" Gorgepaw exclaimed.
"Then by the power of Starclan, you shall now be Gorgebreeze. Starclan honors your spirit and talent and welcome you as a full medicine cat, of Riverclan." Grasslace finished. "Now, touch the pool with your nose."
Gorgepaw obeyed and fell into a deep sleep. The other cats followed suit, in trance...or a slumber? Amberpaw couldn't tell.
She then crept back to Thunderclan territory, back into camp, back into her nest. Home,Amberpaw thought. And later that day, she could ask Grasslace to be the next medicine cat.
Amberpaw was sad Gorgepaw-no, Gorgebreeze, was leaving, but at the same time happy she could finally follow her calling.
Lilypaw's POV
Lilypaw woke up the next morning, and remembered that she was supposed to battle train today, and maybe border patrol, but that was until half way to sunhigh. Right now it was just past dawn.
Stretching her legs the small brown apprentice saw right away something was wrong- Grasslace was in camp, rushing to the nursery. Yellowstar was pacing the clearing with Jaggedfur and Mudwing, the father of the kits. Patchfur was talking to Muskrat worriedly. It could only mean one thing.
Lilypaw rushed to Brighttail, who had came in camp with Hoppaw, Raventooth, and Heatherfang. "What's going on?" she asked her mother."
"Slowwing must have kitted," her mother replied. "And something must be going wrong!"
Brighttail raced to the nursery and Lilypaw followed. She was just about to duck inside when Laurelclaw came out. "Three kits," Laurelclaw announced. "Then what is the big fuss?" Lilypaw questioned.
"One is still born!" the warrior responded. "And one whiskers from Starclan. When he heard this Mudwing kneeded the ground with his claws. "Can I go in?" he demanded. "That's my mate in there!"
"And my sister." Jaggedfur growled.
"Yeah, Grasslace said you two could." Laurelclaw dipped her head.
Then a head poked out of the nursery- Grasslace. "I think Heatherfang should also come, seeing as she is expecting kits!" the old cat rasped.
Everyone in the clearing gasped. "Is that true? Who is the father?" Raventooth exclaimed.
"Um..." Heatherfang suddenly looked uncomfortable. "Y-yellowstar is."
The leader of Thunderclan was being stared at all of the sudden, which made Lilypaw almost want to laugh. The moment and the look on his face was priceless!
"Yes, me and Heatherfang have been... almost mates for a while now. But it's decided...now that were have kits...we are mates now." Yellowstar nodded.
Gracepaw ran out of the apprentice den. "Did I just hear that right?" she murmured sleepily. "Heatherfang is expecting Yellowstar's kits?"
"Yeah," Lilypaw replied. "And anyway...I'm going to try to go see the kits that were born." When she reached the nursery, the apprentice was stopped by Laurelclaw. "No one else can go in," she ordered.
"But Brighttail went in there! And what if I have kits one day!" Lilypaw frowned.
"...fine." Laurelclaw seemed to have given up. "But only for a minute!"
"Yay!" Lilypaw skipped aside and tried to adjust her eyes to the darkness. When she did she saw all the cats allowed to come in crowding around Slowwing. Mudwing's eyes glowed in the darkness. "I'm a father!" he smiled as he meowed it.
"So you are, Mudwing. What are you going to name the kits, you two?" Grasslace asked.
"Well...Flyingkit would be good for the tom, he's black and he's really cute..." Mudwing suggested. "Like you, Slowwing."
"Okay. I'll name the she-kit Tornkit. Her gray pelt looks like a cloud or the sky torn in half." Slowwing mewed. "Those names are perfect," Brighttail purred. "Tornkit and Flyingkit. Welcome to the world."
Lilypaw smiled. "They look so cute! Did we look like that as kits?"
Brighttail nodded. "If not cuter." and Slowwing hissed playfully.
"Beautiful. Now Heatherfang, Brighttail, Lilypaw- get out. It's family time for Mudwing and Jaggedfur." Grasslace commanded. "If you eat this borage, Slowwing, I'll leave too."
Everyone obeyed, even Lilypaw, and soon she was out in the clearing looking at the sun. It was Sunhigh.
"Lilypaw! Come one!" Yellowstar called out, and they left with Laurelclaw, Amberpaw, and Robinfoot for a border patrol.
Firepaw's POV
Firepaw got to see the kits later that day, a little after Lilypaw and her patrol came back. Right after that he got to see the kits, and as he did he saw Lilypaw leaving again for battle training.
"Cute kits- Flyingkit and Tornkit, right?" he mentioned to Jumppaw as they shared a squirrel.
"Yeah...listen, I need to tell you something," Jumppaw veered off subeject and told Firepaw about Amberpaw.
"Wow. At least she isn't 'wasting away' or anything though. She can be the next medicine cat." Firepaw replied.
"I guess. That's why I didn't stop her." Jumppaw smiled.
"Yeah...so have you seen Flyingkit and Tornkit yet?" Firepaw asked.
"Yeah, after a hunting patrol. I caught this squirrel we are eating right now!" Jumppaw mewed.
"Good job- your first prey?"
"No, mine was a vole."
The two brothers went out for battle training.
Firepaw demonstrated the leap and hold to Jumppaw, who hadn't learn it yet.
"Cool, but have you learned the lighting strike?" the other apprentice challenged.
"You bet I have!" Firepaw growled. "Then lets try it out on Lilypaw together!"
The two toms snuck out of the training hollow and to the other side where they head behind a bush. Lilypaw was down there, practicing a move with Yellowstar.
"Perfect." Firepaw whispered. This would be easy. After a few minutes Yellowstar started cleaning himself, and Jumppaw and Firepaw started creeping forward. "One, two...and THREE!" Firepaw exclaimed and they attacked at Lilypaw, who stared at them in terror. Barreling at her, Firepaw swept her off her paws and Jumppaw clouted her ear.
"Jumppaw- and- whoa!" Lilypaw shouted as Firepaw yelled out, "over here Gracepaw!", trying to distract her, and Jumppaw replied, "Okay, Hoppaw!"
"Whoa!" repeated Lilypaw. Then, with a flick of his tail, Firepaw led Jumppaw out of battle.
Yellowstar looked up from his washing. "What's going on?"
"I-I don't know!" Firepaw heard Lilypaw reply. "Gracepaw and Hoppaw and Jumppaw -I think?- attacked me or something. Odd."
"Go! Again!" Jumppaw yowled and the two apprentices attacked.
"Ah!" Lilypaw gasped as she jumped up as high as she could. Firepaw looked up and saw Lilypaw really high, like a Skyclan cat! Then Lilypaw crashed down onto Jumppaw and pinned him. Firepaw stalked backward, growling.
"It's only you too?" Lilypaw asked. "It seemed like the whole clan was attacking me!"
"We were trying out the lightning strike, and we beat you good!" Firepaw boasted, while Jumppaw nodded in agreement.
Yellowstar laughed. "Well, you two did good. That was a perfect imitation! Any way, it's time to go back to camp. It's going to be sunset soon."
They called Jaggedfur and Heatherfang and left the training hollow, coming into camp. Jumppaw went straight to bed; he must have been really tired. Firepaw stayed up and talked to Lilypaw about training, while Gracepaw seemed annoyed at something, something Firepaw couldn't figure out. But it didn't matter to Firepaw, and as the night went on Firepaw's eyes started drooping until he couldn't open them anymore, and he fell asleep.