Um... we don't own Warriors, just all the cats here but Tornkit and Flyingkit. Their OC's of Dragon, the person I had last chapter.
Cinderstar: We don't own Warriors, like the author just said.
Snowstar: XD
Gracepaw's POV
Gracepaw finally saw Firepaw fall asleep. She looked up at the sky, where she saw Silverpelt. The stars are really pretty, she thought. She saw Raventooth on guard. Hm... if she wanted to meet Rockpaw tonight she would have to be careful.
A/N: Gracepaw doesn't know anything about Raventooth at all.
Gracepaw crept to the dirt place tunnel and ran out where she ran to the edge of the lake. But about halfway there she smelled an odd scent. Sniffing she smelled-
Windclan! She thought, alarmed. She had to go back and warn camp! But then she saw a shadow dapple on the ground.
Gracepaw ran into a bush- she was just in time to see three Windclan warriors trot past. A dark gray tom... Graystreak. From the Gathering, she also recognized Runningclaw, Whitefoot, and Crosstail.
Then a large shape trailed behind, almost letting out a gasp.
Vinestar herself. The leader was flanked by what seemed like two apprentices. "Sparrowpaw, Icepaw, stay close. We are in enemy territory." Vinestar snickered. "At least, soon-to-be-our territory."
Icepaw nodded eagerly while Sparrowpaw dipped her head- at least, Gracepaw thought she had them correctly, but she couldn't be sure because Icepaw could be the brown she-cat. But very unlikely.
Vinestar stooped her patrol right in front of the bush Gracepaw was hiding behind. "Now, who remembers why we are here today?" she asked.
"Er- because one of their warriors if offering a few cats for peace?" One warrior, Runningclaw, meowed.
"Yes. So lets review who we take. Actually, from what the warrior told us, this should be easy. Go and grab the six smallest cats, other than kits." Vinestar replied.
"Okay," Graystreak said. "Runningclaw, Sparrowpaw will rush into camp and demand for an apprentice. Jump onto the first cat you see and say that you'll kill that cat unless you get one. After you leave, Crosstail and I will go into the apprentices den and take a few more. If we need help, Icepaw and Whitefoot will help. Vinestar will be ultimate backup."
He paused, looking around. "Got the plan?"
Gracepaw saw all the cats nodding. "Good. And if there is no guard cat... we will go to Crosstail and I." Graystreak declared. "But that's unlikely."
Gracepaw stared in horror as Windclan started charging to her camp. She had to help Thunderclan!
But then she remembered Rockpaw. He could hate her if she didn't meet him.
Bracing herself, Gracepaw ran after Windclan. Saving her clan was much better than Windclan taking- wait!
Gracepaw stopped cold. Windclan was taking her and her siblings hostage! And that meant a Thunderclan warrior was a spy for Windclan. Oh no! She thought.
The apprentice skirted the edge of the hollow, and saw that Windclan had not arrived yet- she had taken a short cut, while they were fumbling around the territory. She was about to run into camp when she smelled Windclan. I'm too late! She saw Windclan, and raced to the thorn tunnel. I have to stop them!
Vinestar was the first to spot her, and mewed, "Get her!" Icepaw and Sparrowpaw ran after Gracepaw, and she knew she was doomed. Icepaw tackled her while Sparrowpaw held Gracepaw down. "Hey! What's your name?" Icepaw demanded.
"G-gracepaw..." she replied. Gracepaw's heart was beating much faster and her breath was short. In other words, she was scared out of her mind. What do I do? She wondered.
"Hm...this is one of the cats. Great!" Graystreak meowed. "This will be easier than I thought!"
Vinestar took over watching over Gracepaw while the rest of the Windclan cats went as they planned. Gracepaw heard a screech and a cat yelling, "Heatherfang!"
A few moments later Vinestar saw Lilypaw being dragged through the thorn tunnel, her fear scent rolling off of her like Gracepaw smelling Windclan. "Gracepaw! They got you too?" the small apprentice whispered. Runningclaw and Vinestar took them through Thunderclan territory, and Gracepaw noticed that they were heading for the lake. "Why are we going to shore?" she murmured to herself. Lilypaw also noticed.
"So they can run. It must be easier for them," Lilypaw replied miserably. "I wonder i-if they caught anyone else?"
Gracepaw was filled with dread when they heard shuffling and soon saw Firepaw, Hoppaw, and Amberpaw pushed into a small clearing Gracepaw's group was in, near the lake. "No!" Amberpaw cried out. "All of us but Jumppaw..."
Then Gracepaw noticed that everyone but Graystreak was there. Where is he? She wondered, and then there was a thud and an unconscious Jumppaw was dragged by Graystreak.
"This one put up a fight!" the deputy muttered.
"So did this one!" Icepaw retorted, pointed with her tail at Hoppaw. "And Firepaw, I think, almost beat me."
"I would have if Sparrowpaw didn't come," Firepaw grumbled.
"Okay, lets get moving," Vinestar ordered, and the patrol with their captives walked and trudged past the lake shore.
Then Gracepaw saw something that made her heart leap. As they entered Windclan territory, she saw the island was near them. And staring at her, not the rest of the patrol, her, was...Rockpaw!
Hoppaw's POV
Great Starclan, why does life suck? He thought in his mind. He wasn't the only one.
Firepaw's head was down, Amberpaw's tail drooping, Jumppaw...breathing, he wasn't awake yet. Lilypaw, looking tiny and defeated.
Gracepaw seemed to have a simaler status but as Hoppaw watched her face changed into...happiness?
What would make Gracepaw happy at a time like this? He wondered. He looked at the island, which Gracepaw was looking at... and saw a tiny figure on there, waving his tail. Glancing back at Gracepaw he saw her jaw opening. And Hoppaw knew what she was about to do.
"Don't!" he hissed at his sister. "You'll get beaten up by Vinestar!"
But Gracepaw shook her head and replied, "flank me." Hoppaw realized what she meant and whispered the same thing to Lilypaw. Then Firepaw, and Amberpaw. He watched Gracepaw again, snug with her siblings, and her jaw parted again.
"HELP, ROCKPAW! WINDCLAN CAPTURED ME AND MY SIBLINGS! H-" she was then cut off by Graystreak finally pushing through Hoppaw and slapping his tail across her mouth. Gracepaw looked up, terrified.
"Why is...an apprentice...on the island?" he asked, his voice quiet.
"I-I don't know, Graystreak," Gracepaw replied. Hoppaw watched with dread crashing down on him. Her plan failed...
"And who is this...Rockpaw you speak of?" Graystreak demanded. "Well, I met him at the last Gathering, and I saw his brown fur and the cat was small, so I figured it was him. It probably wasn't." Gracepaw responded carefully. To Hoppaw, it was like her trying to pick her way through a thorn bush. With a fox chasing after you. And you as slow as Riverclan.
"Okay..." Graystreak frowned. "Anyway, Icepaw, I want you to guard Gracepaw, Hoppaw, and Lilypaw. Sparrowpaw, guard Firepaw and Amberpaw. And I'll carry Jumppaw now." Hoppaw watched him take Jumppaw's body from Runningclaw and started to carry it.
The cats soon started to cross the open moor, shooting swift glances for rabbits- or intruders. Vinestar was the first to walk over a rise and walk into a gorse tunnel that led to a dip. Windclan camp.
Once there, Hoppaw, Lilypaw, and Firepaw were forced into a tiny cave that could really only hold them- and just only. Amberpaw, Gracepaw, and Jumppaw were led to the other side of the camp.
"If we were any bigger there wouldn't be any room left in here," Firepaw complained as they settled down.
"Shut up!" Hoppaw hissed. "That doesn't matter. What does matter is that Windclan captured us, and I overheard Gracepaw telling Amberpaw there's traitor in out clan that set this all up!"
"What?" Firepaw growled. "Not possible!"
Both toms looked at Lilypaw- she should know the most, because she was captured second. "It's true, you guys. Someone set this up, so that Windclan could get more land."
"Then what I said was true... Windclan will do what I thought they'd do!" Hoppaw whispered.
"What's true?" a voice outside demanded. Graystreak.
Hoppaw did some fast thinking. "I hit my head when I was shoved in here," he moaned. "I was asking my siblings where we were..."
Graystreak nodded. "Okay. No more talking."
Lilypaw rested her head on her paws. "'k. Night, Hoppaw. Goodnight, Firepaw."
Hoppaw murmured goodnight to his siblings too, and the three slowly fell asleep.
Jumppaw's POV(Um...he's not knocked out anymore...)
"Move it."
Jumppaw felt a prod in his side and opened his eyes to see Vinestar looking down on him. Confused he laid there for a moment and tried to figure out where he was.
Then it crashed down on him. Graystreak. Vinestar. Windclan.
"I-I'm getting u-" Jumppaw was interrupted by a huge yawn.
A/N: Um, I kind of also yawned when I wrote this. I had just gotten up...so...
"Good. Come out to the clearing." Vinestar growled.
Looking around, he saw no one else in the cave he was in, but Gracepaw's and Amberpaw's scent was there. They must have slept with me...but where is Hoppaw, Firepaw, and Lilypaw?
Jumppaw walked out into the Windclan camp and saw all five of his litter mates standing in the middle, surrounded by Windclan warriors. As soon as they saw him the warriors -and an elder, and two apprentices- pushed him to the front with his siblings.
"Last night, if you don't know," Vinestar began, "We captured six Thunderclan apprentices! We will use them to get more land, and train them as Windclan warriors!"
Jumppaw frowned- didn't Vinestar know that they would run for the border the first chance they had?
"As you know, we have less warriors then everyone else, so we will be going to Twoleg place to be recruiting rouges and kittypets for our clan. Also, you will not tell the other clans that they used to be, are, or was, a rouge or kittypet." Vinestar paused. "Okay?"
The clan around Jumppaw nodded. "Okay Vinestar!" a warrior called out.
"There is one last plan. To have guaranteed Windclan warriors... we will be stealing new born kits that don't know anything about their clan!" Vinestar howled.
The clan started yowling happily, and Jumppaw was reminded of his clan once when they went to war. He was a tiny kit then but still remembered.
"Good! Now, after Graystreak sets patrols, I will take a couple of warriors or apprentices to Twoleg place. And, one thing, is it okay if you hunt for us Hareclaw?" Vinestar finished.
What Jumppaw was guessing was Hareclaw then dipped his head, and Jumppaw realized that Hareclaw was an elder! Wow, he thought.
Looking around at the cats,he saw that after Graystreak did the patrols everyone but Vinestar, Sparrowpaw, and Pheasentclaw were here.
"Good." Vinestar decided. "Now lets put up the brambles."
Brambles? What does she mean? Jumppaw wondered, and was answered a few minutes later when he and his siblings were forced into a deep pit on the other side from the entrance. Brambles were put up so they couldn't escape.
"There." Sparrowpaw mewed. "Okay, I'm ready to go Vinestar!"
Vinestar nodded and led her cats out of camp, leaving it deserted except for the six apprentices huddled, waiting for the Windclan cats to get back.
Is it just be or did I just make that chapter bigger? If so, yay!
Cinderstar: Um...okay...
Snowstar: *is still reading the catnip Fanfic. * No! Blackstar! Don't you dare!
Cinderstar: …um...Chapter 13...