I can't believe I'm almost at Chapter Twenty, and I haven't even written most of the plot yet... sigh...
Anyway, who's up for a book two? I know I am, but Review and tell me what you think. Also I'm still accepting OC's!
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Author: Anyway... Chapter 18...And it's almost Moonpool time when I'll announce the names of Amberrain's kits. So anyone who wants a Shadowclan cat(I have one so far) please Review or PM me. Thanks!
ALSO! Skykit's eyes weren't supposed to be open yet, of course, so I'm sorry for that mistake! Sorry!
LAST THING: I'm sorry I haven't updated for a few weeks but I'm on vacation and I finally got to download Open Office...soooooooo...XD Read on!
I tried to upload this the night before we left but my computer acted up and completely freezed so I got my dad to send it to me...
My birthday was last week. XD
Cinderstar: Happy Birthday!
Snowstar: happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birth day dear J-
ON WITH THE STORY!
Hoppaw's POV
Hoppaw peered inside the nursery. "Hi Heatherfang... how are the kits?" he asked.
Heatherfang smiled. "Great! I think that they will be playing outside and causing trouble soon enough!"
"Have any of their eyes opened up yet?" It was three days after Heatherfang gave birth, and Hoppaw really wanted to see one of the kit's eyes open.
"Nope, but any day now they will." Heatherfang replied. "I told Yellowstar that when they open their eyes I'm going hunting or something. Being cooped up in the nursery is boring!"
"Ah...I'm glad I'm a tom." Hoppaw shuddered as he thought of giving birth.
"It isn't that bad. But still. Why don't you go outside and do some training with Firepaw? I need to start doing hunting practice with him soon." Heatherfang mewed briskly.
Hoppaw blinked. "Okay."
The tabby walked outside the nursery and over to where Firepaw was sitting, bored. "Hey Firepaw, lets do some battle practice."
"Um... okay." Firepaw said in reply.
The two brothers padded to the sandy clearing where they sparred. "oof!" Hoppaw grunted as Firepaw tackled him- again.
"Your too easy to beat..." Firepaw grinned. "How about we do one of those tree climbing exercises?"
Hoppaw knew what he was talking about. On one side of the clearing there was a small maple tree that they would climb on top of and use their tree-dropping moves.
"Sure."
Hoppaw was first to sprint up the tree as Firepaw slowly came over. "Okay, walk back and forth from beneath the tree!" Hoppaw called out.
He saw Firepaw nod. "I will!" Hoppaw quickly got into position as he watched Firepaw like an owl. Finally, there was one part where Firepaw slowed down the tiniest bit. He's trying to trick me. But I can't be tricked. Thats when Hoppaw thought of an idea.
Leaping down, Hoppaw thrust his paws on Firepaw's head and used him to turn himself around so the two brothers were facing each other. Firepaw, stunned, didn't do anything but fall when Hoppaw swiped at him. "Whoa!" Firepaw yowled. "I can't see!"
"That's because I shoved dirt into your faced," Hoppaw growled. "You can't defeat me with tricks!"
Firepaw shook his head to clear the dirt. Hoppaw saw his paws moving to the side, and knew that when Hoppaw ran at him again he would feint to the side.
But Hoppaw was ready. He swerved at Firepaw swerved and tackled him. They kept fighting until finally Firepaw was pinning Hoppaw down. "I win!" the orange tom panted.
"Darn it, why did I have to lost!" Hoppaw muttered.
"Maybe next time?" Firepaw offered, but Hoppaw smiled again. "Nah, you'll just beat me again that time too! I'm smart with strategy, but not as strong as you."
"Yep! Let's keep it that way." Firepaw mewed as the two toms walked back to camp. "That was a good fight."
"Only because you won!" Hoppaw shoved his brother into a tree, and Firepaw bared his teeth. "You'll regret that!"
Laughing, Firepaw ran after Hoppaw and Hoppaw spent the afternoon hunting, fighting, and talking with his brother, just the two of them..
Jumppaw's POV(See? I don't ALWAYS skip over him!)
Jumppaw ran into Gracepaw on the way back from a hunting patrol. "Where have you been?" he asked.
"I did border patrol with Raventooth and Laurelclaw. Why?"
"Because Yellowstar, Lilypaw, Fuzzyfoot, and I were looking for you so we could hunt. We had to leave without you." Jumppaw replied angrily.
"I didn't know!" Gracepaw shot back. "The patrols are messed up because of Heatherfang not being here to sort it out!"
Jumppaw breathed,"I know, I'm just frustrated because of that. Speaking of Heatherfang... Skykit opened her eyes today."
"really?" Gracepaw gasped. "I have to see them!"
Jumppaw shrugged. "I guess I'll go with you. I'd like to see the kits."
"'k."
The two got there quickly to see Heatherfang grinning happily. "Blizzardkit opened an eye!" She meowed.
"Cool." Jumppaw answered as he looked at Blizzardkit. There was one frosty blue eye.
Then Blizzardkit blinked- wait, he blinked! "His other eyes opened!" Jumppaw exclaimed.
Heatherfang looked over. "Pretty..." she murmured.
Jumppaw and Gracepaw left the nursery a few minutes later to watch the sun go down.
"Jumppaw!" Brighttail called out. "Come here for a second."
Jumppaw obeyed and walked over. "Yes, mom?"
Brighttail sighed. "I don't know how to say this. But... something is wrong with Raventooth."
Jumppaw quickly looked around. Luckily, Raventooth was exiting camp -most likely for a patrol- and most cats in camp were sharing tongues in their dens and on the other edge of the clearing.
"...I know." Jumppaw replied.
"What?" Brighttail exclaimed, and a few cats from around camp gave them curious glances. She leaned closer to her son. "What do you mean?"
"Um... I promised that I wouldn't tell anyone about it." Jumppaw suddenly felt really nervous.
"Look tell me, Jumppaw. I'm your mother, you need to tell me."
Jumppaw gulped. "Bu-but-"
"We should tell her." It was Firepaw, standing next to Lilypaw, Gracepaw, Hoppaw, and Amberpaw.
"Brighttail, Raventooth is a traitor."
Amberpaw's POV
"He killed Riverclan's medicine cat... and he set up the trap to capture us." Amberpaw finished.
"What?" Brighttail cried out. "That's impossible!"
Amberpaw shook her head. "It isn't. I'm sorry, mom!"
Then she heard Brighttail murmur her ears almost couldn't catch. But she did hear it. "Sometimes... my kits are smarter than me."
Amberpaw quickly excused herself to see Grasslace.
"I need you to go find some marigold for our store. The battle ran us dry," the old she-cat ordered briskly. "Okay?"
Amberpaw nodded and ran out of camp. She needed time to herself so she could think.
When will the rest of the prophecy be fufilled? She wondered as she bit off a chunk of the marigold bush she was inspecting. Amberpaw picked it up in her jaws and set off to the abandoned twoleg nest, where she gathered some more marigold and cat mint to please Grasslace.
Then the prophecy echoed in her mind again.
Leaves of amber will not go to waste
if the Three go to a certain place
The graceful heart is facing trouble
and if the jumping hare comes there'll be double
A orange soul must glow bright
in order for the pond lilies to see the light
The Three are coming, they will destroy,
what matters most to the flying raven loves
And beware, for the hopping hare
will hold more pain than it can bare.
Sorry that was short, but I'm on vacation in AZ for the next two weeks
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Next chapter(when I can put it up) will have more of Windclan in it. :D Cliffy soon!