Wow... Going to my Grandma's house for Christmas has made me delay my chapters. :( Oh well.

swirlspot88: Since the cats have never found out about Firestar's and Scourge's relation, the kits won't either. And, as for Storm, you'll just have to guess. ;) I don't want to give away any of future chapters.

WispFeather981: I totally know what you mean! I will do a Minecraft fic sometime, once I get a idea for it, so there's another thing to look forward to!

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Dawn woke, stretching her paws out. Ice and Bird slept beside her, skeletal sides rising and falling in sync.

Sunlight filtered through the overhead leaves, dappling the floor and illuminating the various herbs and plants that lined the walls.

Thunderclan medecine den? Why are we here? It's not like we're sick. Right? Dawn sat up, noticing for the first time the rabbit that lay near her.

"Ice! Bird! Wake up! Time to eat." Dawn prodded her kits with her tail, ripping the rabbit's skin open, exposing the juicy meat inside.

Ice blinked bleary eyes, ears shooting straight up as he caught a whiff of the meat. Bird dragged herself to the rabbit, letting her head fall into the rabbit as she fell back asleep.

Dawn pushed Bird's head aside, waking her up again as they began to eat.

A small, grey cat backed into the den suddenly, dragging a large clump of herbs. "Windy?" Dawn said, perking up.

The cat turned, revealing blue eyes. "Windy? My name's Cinderpelt. I'm Thunderclan's medecine cat."

Dawn's ears sagged in sadness before she smiled. "Hi. I'm Dawn, and these are my kits, Ice and Bird." She pointed to each kit with her tail as she introduced them.

Cinderpelt nodded. "Glad to see your eating. Might not want to eat too fast after being starved, you might throw up. " Just as she finished saying that, Bird turned her head and barfed across the ground. "See?" Cinderpelt said, grabbing some moss and putting it on the barf.

"Sorry." Bird lowered her head in embrassment, helping Cinderpelt clean the mess up. "It's fine. I should have warned you earlier."

Ice watched them before turning back to the remains of the rabbit.

Dawn cleaned her paws and mouth of all rabbit remnants. "So, this is Thunderclan? I've heard so much about the forest clans!"

Ice nodded, mouth full of rabbit as he spoke. "I've always wanted to be a warrior!" His white fur was spotted with red where the rabbit's blood had brushed onto him.

Cinderpelt nodded, tail slowly drifting up and down. "I'm rather suprised that you've heard of the clans, but welcome anyway!"

Bird looked at Cinderpelt. "I kinda want to be a medecine cat. I've never been one for fighting. I'm still good at it though." She smiled expectantly.

Cinderpelt nodded. "Maybe you can become my apprentice. I don't have one yet. "

Dawn stood. "Well, now that we've eaten, we can be going if you want us too." Cinderpelt jumped up. "Oh my Starclan! You have to meet Firestar, he's the leader of this clan! This way!" Cinderpelt bounced out the entrance, leading the way.

Ice, Dawn, and Bird followed, squinting their eyes as they entered the bright sunlight. The chatter from the other cats stopped abruptly, staring at the newcomers.

The trio's heads lowered, their fur heating up. "Come on!" Cinderpelt ducked into a vine-covered entrance, her waving tail ushering them inside.

A tall, handsome orange cat smiled at them as they entered. His green eyes swept over them before he spoke. "I'm Firestar. By what Cinderpelt has said in the short moments that she has been here, you are Ice, Dawn, and Bird?"

Dawn nodded. "Their my kits."

Firestar nodded once, accepting it. "Can you tell me a bit about your history, where you came from, Dawn?" He asked, wrapping his tail around his paws.

"Sure. " Taking a breathe, Dawn began. "I lived most of my kit life in a twoleg house before the leader twoleg killed the other twolegs and himself. I was scared, so I ran, meeting my future mate, who took care of me as I grew. He taught me how to fight, and we soon became mates. He was leader of a large clan that lived in the twoleg city, but the clan soon dispersed after a battle with another large clan. By that time I was pregnant with my kits, so me and my mate fled the city, living off scraps from twoleg houses we came across. Then I found out that my mate wanted to use my kits for revenge against the leader that had beat him in battle. So, after I had my kits, we fought, and I barely beat him. I thought I had killed him, so I took my kits and fled, hiding in the forest until my best friend, Windy, found me. She took care of us all in a empty twoleg house for months. There I gave my kits basic training, then my mate appeared. He took my third kit, and presumbly killed her. Then he came back for another kit, but Windy sacrificed herself for me and my kits." Dawn stopped for a moment, tears filling her eyes. "We wandered about for a while, until we found the clans. I wasn't sure how you'd take us, so I stole food from the other clans until I came into your territory, where you found us."

Firestar stared at Dawn. "What was your mate's name?" He finally said, watching for her reaction.

"..."

"What? Speak up please."

"Scourge."

Firestar and Cinderpelt gasped, recoiling.

Dawn's eyes filled with fresh tears, and Bird rubbed against her, comforting her as Ice glared at Firestar.

"Scourge?! But... I didn't know he had a mate!" Cinderpelt looked at Firestar axiously. "We can't tell the clan! There's no telling what they'd do!"

Firestar nodded in agreement. "You can stay, Dawn, and we will not tell the clans who your mate was."

Dawn nodded, wiping her tears away.

"Since you have long since outreached apprentice age, and have been trained by Scourge, I will make you a warrior right away. Your kits can begin by being a apprentice. I trust you know the warrior code and such?" Dawn nodded. "Scourge taught me."

Firestar excited the den, hearing Dawn's whispered "Thank you!" "All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather at High Rock!"

The warriors gathered around their beloved leader, whispering excitedly amongst themselves.

"As you all know, three new cats were found in Thunderclan territory! They have been accepted into Thunderclan. Dawn." Dawn came up, fur heating at all the stares. "She has been already trained for battle, and is warrior age, so she will become a warrior. I, Firestar, leader of Thunderclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this cat. She has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code and I commend her to you as a warrior in her turn."

"Dawn, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this clan, even at the cost of your own life? "

"I do!" Dawn said proudly.

"Then by the powers of Starclan I give you your warrior name. Dawn, from this moment on, you will be known as Dawnfeather. Starclan honors your stamina and courage and we welcome you as a full warrior of Thunderclan!"

Dawnfeather lowered her head and licked Firestar's shoulder before turning to the crowd of cats. "Dawnfeather! Dawn feather!" They chanted.

Dawnfeather leaped down from the rock and sat down beside her kits. They nuzzled each other, before Ice and Bird were called up, and entered Thunderclan as apprentices, Bird getting Cinderpelt and Ice getting Mudpelt.

Then Dawn sat silent vilgile for the night.

It's nice to be accepted. Dawn thought contentedly.

Rada!

:D

Hope you enjoy this new chapter!
So, Dawn's life is now looking up!

Now, I may seem like a bit of a Scourge fanatic, but I'm really not. Granted, I really like him and all, but I am making Scoure stories because there needs to be more of him out there. ;) Evil as he is...

Also, I saw something on a Warrior fact thing one time. It said Scourge was castrated, (Taken to the Cutter) so he never had any kits and didn't want a mate. Oops. To late for that now though.

AquaJinx~