Thunderstar yawned, and watched as the sky started to lighten. He nudged his new mate. "Shadowstar!" He whispered.
She blinked. "Yes? Oh." She giggled. "Dawn."
The two got out of their nest, yawned, and stretched.
"Barely got any sleep last night, thanks a lot for letting me come in here." She hissed playfully as she groomed herself.
"Oh, you are welcome." He said, grooming himself as well.
Shadowstar went over and awoken the two. "Guys, it's time. Go grab something to share in the prey pile and get ready." She told them.
Blueberry and Cherrypaw awoke, and nodded at what Shadowstar told them. They bought picked out a rabbit from the prey pile. Blueberry let Cherrypaw have the first bite.
She took a small bite, chewed, and swallowed, slowly. She looked at Blueberry, devastated. "I'm too scared, Blueberry. I don't know if I can fight..."
"Oh please, Cherrypaw!" He licked her cheek. "You are the best apprentice ever. I'm sure you will be able to kick all of their butts, easy."
She blushed. "Thanks, Blueberry. I just, it's my first battle, and I'm sure Windstar hates me. Something kind of happened between us earlier then yesterday, but I don't wanna explain. It was long ago. I'm just scared he's gonna shred one of us to pieces, or make fun of us. Also, we have to fight our new friends, Cloverpaw and Snowpaw! Also, what if he calls over Riverstar? Riverstar must be to upset to fight! Ugh, this is gonna be terrible..."
Blueberry rolled his eyes. She-cat's always expect the worst, when will they ever learn? He asked himself. "Don't worry Cherrypaw." He finished the rest of his part of the rabbit, then left two big bites left for her. "Come on Cherrypaw, eat." He told her.
The apprentice nodded. She did need to eat, maybe having a bit more prey would get her less worried. She ate the rest of it, then glanced at Blueberry. "I'm ready." She told him.
The two walked up to the two leaders who were talking and joking around. "We're ready." Blueberry said.
The tom stood up bravely and tall. He looked strong, but something else. He looked protective, protective of Cherrypaw. She looked up at him and smiled. "Yup, we are."
The four slowly and quietly walked to the WindClan border. They saw Windstar peacefully reviewing a hunting move with the apprentices.
Cherrypaw sighed. They looked so innocent, why did she have to attack her own friends?
"You have to be ready, okay? I will be there for you though," The white tom said to the apprentice, "every second of the battle."
Thunderstar started to walk to them. Once the WindClan cats could see them, Windstar gulped. Snowpaw and Cloverpaw's eyes widened as they got close to Windstar. "What do they want?" Cloverpaw asked.
Snowpaw also asked, "Why are they here?"
The tom smiled. "I may have done a teeny tiny mistake."
Thunderstar growled once he got up to the cat. "Almost killing Cherrypaw was not called for." He hissed.
Cloverpaw and Snowpaw gasped, and looked at each other, then back up at Windstar.
"I see she is alright now." Windstar purred, and glanced at the she-cat.
Cherrypaw gulped, but stood up tall, as if she wasn't afraid of him.
Blueberry's eyes enclosed on the tom. "You bet she is!"
The apprentice took a deep breath. This is all my fault, they are fighting because of a stupid mistake of me going outside!
"ThunderClan and ShadowClan," Thunderstar started, letting out a battle cry, but Windstar interrupted him.
"First of all, it is funny, Thunderstar, how you need two Clans just to attack me." He smiled.
Cherrypaw examined the tom very closely. She watched his legs shake just the tiniest little bit. She looked at his face, and felt around her without moving. She smelt his fear, it was very strong.
"He is scared," Cherrypaw whispered to Blueberry. The white tom nodded. "Ahuh."
"Maybe it is, maybe it's not." Thunderstar said. "ThunderClan and ShadowClan, attack!"
Thunderstar and Shadowstar dove into battle, while it took a little bit for Blueberry and Cherrypaw.
The brown tom's eyes widened as Shadowstar tackled him. He shook her off, and they battled each other with swipes with unsheathed claws, but both would dodge.
Blueberry went over to help Shadowstar with Windstar, but Snowpaw didn't accept that. She charged at him from the side, bringing him down. Thunderstar ran over to Shadowstar, who seemed to be struggling a tad.
Cloverpaw and Cherrypaw stared at each other. They both didn't want to attack each other, but they had too.
The brown WindClan apprentice jumped up at Cherrypaw. The ThunderClan apprentice slid to the side, and then jumped on Cloverpaw. Cloverpaw rolled over, getting Cherrypaw off of her, then swatted at the apprentice. Cherrypaw wasn't fast enough, so Cloverpaw successfully scratched her side. Cherrypaw who was upset with her, tackled Cloverpaw and scratched at her chest. Cloverpaw struggled to get out of Cherrypaw's hold, but did end up doing so, and ran over to help Snowpaw with Blueberry. Snowpaw had several injuries herself, but she was doing fine.
Blueberry, where are you going so hard on the poor apprentice? Cherrypaw thought. She didn't want this at all. She was friends with them, after all. But, her Clan loyalty was more important. The scratch on her side did hurt though, but that couldn't stop her.
Windstar noticed Cherrypaw with nobody to fight with. He smiled and escaped from Thunderstar and Shadowstar by leaping at the apprentice. Thunderstar's eyes widened. "You can't fight her!" The gray tom shouted. He quickly jumped up and pushed Windstar to the ground.
Cherrypaw gasped. "You didn't have to do that!" She yelled. She went in and joined the battle, but Snowpaw attacked her from the behind, so she started fighting the white she-cat.
Snowpaw was tough, probably more tough and easier with fighting than Cloverpaw, but Snowpaw did not have as much experience as Cherrypaw, so it was an easy defeat.
Snowpaw hissed as she saw a big cut across her belly. "I thought we were friends, Cherrypaw!"
Cherrypaw gulped. "My only friend is my Clan and my Clan's alliances in a time of battle like this. I am sorry, Snowpaw." Cherrypaw didn't complain about the several scratches she had from the she-cat.
Cloverpaw looked at both of them. "Stop fighting! Cats are getting to hurt, we have to ask the leaders if we can stop the bat-" She got interrupted by Blueberry, who tackled her.
"Blueberry!" Cherrypaw yelled. She wouldn't care less if he attacked Snowpaw, but Cloverpaw didn't deserve that!
The she-cat gasped. Cloverpaw must be the one that would become the medicine cat.
Snowpaw charged at Cherrypaw, but Cherrypaw jumped up and pushed her down to the ground. As the cats battled, they soon heard a scream.
"Windstar, you didn't have to take one of the poor cat's lives!" Shadowstar said, looking down at her limp mate.
Cherrypaw kicked Snowpaw off as she ran over to Thunderstar. "No!" She shouted, and looked back at Shadowstar. "Is he coming back? Please tell me he's coming back..."
Shadowstar nodded. She then turned to Windstar, and gave him a death blow. Windstar yowled in pain. Shadowstar bit his neck as well. Windstar's eye's widened as he fell limp.
"This battle has been done, and set." She hissed, one paw on top of Windstar in victory.
Snowpaw gasped as she ran up to Windstar.
Cloverpaw and Cherrypaw escaped from their battles with other cats and looked at one another. "That was brave, what you said, Cherrypaw. I would have never said anything like that to Snowpaw." She told her. Cherrypaw blushed. "Thanks. I am so sorry about your wounds..." She told the WindClan apprentice. "It's okay. I'm sorry about your wounds too." The she-cat said. She still had sorrow about your voice. "I'm also sorry about your Clan leader."
"I'm sorry more, Cherrypaw. He started it."
The apprentice turned around. "Do you not like him?"
Cloverpaw took a big breath. "He did save me in my time of need, but I don't necessarily like him. He's a little to rude, and all he cares about is winning and being stronger then any cat else." She said.
Cherrypaw nodded.
She sighed. "Cherrypaw, I don't think I can become a warrior. This has been the saddest thing ever for me..."
"Then become a medicine cat!"
The hazel brown she-cat shook her head. "It won't work like that. Windstar won't approve."
"Oh...I'm sorry, Cloverpaw. I'm sure you can convince him. Also, if you aren't happy, just leave WindClan."
Cloverpaw sighed. "I wish I could..."