Ok, some replies to some great reviewers. ;)
swirlspot88: Thanks for pointing out that typo. I'll need to proof-read my stories more carefully. Cinderpelt's leg is still crooked, why wouldn't be? :) And that Scourge thing makes sense... so, phew! Safe! :D
Also, I TOTALLY forgot to mention something: I will be adding OCs into Thunderclan, and taking out some of the ones that are normaly there. Like Mudpelt. Sorry... :/ Also, this is BEFORE they move to the lake. It's in the period between the first and second series. So... BABY SQUIRRELFLIGHT! :D :D :D :D
Wow... was that it? Hehe... Ok...
On with this chapter, I guess?
"Dawnfeather, Mudpelt, and Cloudtail! You are on hunting patrol today!" Greystripe said, padding toward the talking group. "Yes, sir, boss sir!" Mudpelt said sarcastically, waving his tail at him in a friendly way.
"I'll lead the way." Cloudtail said briefly, standing and shaking the dust off his long white coat. He turned and slipped through the bramble tunnel, his white waving tail showing Dawnfeather the way out.
Mudpelt was close behind, nearly pushing her in his hurry to get out. "Sorry," He said when she stumbled. "I don't like small places."
Once out into the open forest, Mudpelt breathed a sigh of relief. Dawnfeather couldn't help up grin.
Padding through some ferns, Cloudtail motioned with his tail for them to spread out slightly.
Dawnfeather crouched, quietly stalking through the undergrowth. The scents of prey wafted up her mouth and nose, and she pinpointed the nearest mouse. It nibbled on a pine seed, perched underneath a fallen leaf. Its bright black eyes scanned the underbrush for predators, and its ears scanned for the heavy footfalls of-THUMP!
Dawnfeather landed on the leaf, trapping the mouse underneath. It lay trapped under the leaf, tiny body shaking from fear. Uh oh. Now what? I can't give a mouse a killing blow when I don't know where it's neck is! Dawnfeather thought, looking around for Mudpelt or Cloudtail.
The small body under the leaf suddenly stopped shaking, and the faint aroma of death filtered through Dawnfeather's nose. Ah... Died from the fear. Hehe.
Dawnfeather removed the leaf, burying the dead mouse for later as she continued her hunt.
One vole, two birds, and a small garter snake later, Dawnfeather figured it was time to meet up with her other two hunting buddies.
Gathering her prey proved difficult, but she managed-barely.
With the rodents and snake in her jaws, she held the two birds carefully on her head. (Don't bother asking how they got there: That's the magic of Warrior Cats! ;D)
The bushes rustled nearby, and Mudpelt emerged with one lone mouse in his jaws. Which he promptly dropped at the sight of the laden-down Dawnfeather.
"I wondered where all the prey went!" He chuckled, taking the two birds off her head. "I'll carry these for you. That and I don't want to look so incompetent!" He winked at her, mouth full, and she followed him through the underbrush, meeting with Cloudtail, who had a vole and a rather large white bird.
He nodded and grinned at Dawnfeather's catch, then once more led the way back to camp.
Placing the prey down on the freshkill pile, Mudpelt grinned at Cloudtail. "Dawnfeather also caught the two birds I was carrying."
Cloudtail purred his approval, causing Dawnfeather to blush.
Icepaw walked up to his mother just then, distracting her from the laughing toms. "Hey, mom, is it okay if I explore the forest with a few apprentices? Firestar gave special permission that all the apprentices can go into the forest alone for one day." Dawnfeather smiled at her only son. "Sure. And thanks for asking."
Icepaw's fur heated up, and he nodded, before turning and running off with the other apprentices, in among the males teased Icepaw for getting permission before going.
Dawnfeather proudly noticed her son ignored the teasers, instead standing near his smaller sister.
It's good to know that Icepaw will protect Birdpaw. Dawnfeather's thoughts turned to Windy. What would it be like if Windy hadn't sacrifieced herself for me and my kits? Would I even be still alive? Would my kits? And how would they have turned out? Dawnfeather's thoughts jolted from the tracks as Mudpelt tapped Dawnfeather on her shoulder.
"Hello? Dawn?" Blinking, Dawnfeather looked at him, suddenly aware of the small space between them. "Oh, ah, yeah. I'm good. Just thinking about my friend, Windy."
Mudpelt nodded, then pushed a mouse toward her. "I was asking if you wanted a mouse."
"Oh, sure."
Taking a bite, Dawnfeather looked Mudpelt over as he went to get himself a piece of prey. Chocolate brown, with lighter brown points, the handsome, blue-eyed tom was taller then most of Thunderclan's cats.
He's nice enough. Dawnfeather thought, finishing the mouse and sitting back. "Um, Dawnfeather?"
Dawnfeather turned at the sound of her name, nearly jumping when she met the eyes-eye of Brightheart. The once-pretty she-cat was looking calmly at Dawnfeather. "Would you like to join me and my friends?"
"Sure!" Dawnfeather said, smiling shyly. Once you got used to Brightheart, she didn't look so scary, and to some, beautiful.
Brightheart walked back over with the rest of the queens, her pregnant belly swaying.
I remember what that was like! Dawnfeather thought symphethetically. She joined the rest of the queens, stepping over a pair of playfighting kits.
"Hi, Dawnfeather." The queens greeted as she sat down. "Squirrelkit! Leafkit! Stop fighting and come meet the new member of Thunderclan!" A light tabby queen, Sandstorm, said, motioning the pair over with her tail.
"Hi there!" The bright ginger kit with green eyes looked at Dawnfeather cheerfully, while the brown-grey kit just shuffled her paws shyly.
Dawnfeather smiled back, replying with a quiet "hi".
The two kits ran back off, the sounds of their play filtering back to the group. "I'll be Tigerclaw, and you can be Firestar!" Squirrelkit was saying, arching her back and stalking toward her younger sister. "Ok!" Leafpool eagerly replied, leaping at her sister. "Ha!" Squirrelkit leaped to the side, tripping over her own paws and landing in the dust. Leafkit collasped in laughter, completely forgetting she was supposed to be Firestar, the mighty leader of Thunderclan.
Dawnfeather chuckled to herself, before turning back to the queens. "...And Cinderpelt wanted to make sure I was fine, so I had to sleep in the medecine den! It was rather creepy, if you ask me. So that's where I was last night!" A pale-grey queen was saying, her stomach swollen with pregnancy.
The other queens nodded, then Sandstorm spoke. "So, Dawnfeather, what all adventures happened when you were pregnant?"
Dawnfeather's fur heated up, and she looked down. "Nothing really. But I did fight my mate after the kits where born." Sandstorm, who knew who Dawnfeather's mate was, nodded in awe, while the other queens leaned in closer. "Well?! What happened?" Skysong, a golden, green-eyed queen with one kit, demanded.
"Well, I had had my kits a few days before, when my mate wanted to train them to be murders..." Dawnfeather spoke quietly, then grew louder and more animated as her story progresses. The bored queens became enthralled with Dawnfeather's story, their eyes following her every movement.
Mudpelt, Cloudtail, Dustpelt, and Brambleclaw where heading out on a patrol when they saw the queens. "Look! They act as if they've been hypnotized!" Cloudtail laughed, Greystripe joining in.
Mudpelt merely grinned, seeing that Dawnfeather was the center of attention, obviously telling a story.
"I bet my tail that the new she-cat is telling some outrageous tale about the heroics of some cat! She looks like she'd be good at that sort of thing!"
Mudpelt bristled at the comment, then calmed himself down. Why did that make me bristle? He wondered. It was, after all, just a comment...
He shrugged it off and followed the other toms out the bramble tunnel, hurrying through it.
After all, it's not like I LIKE Dawnfeather... Right?
What he didn't notice was three pairs of eyes following him as he entered the tunnel.
OOOOHHH! Hehe...
So, what pairings do you think would happen? Hehe...
And, I was like, halfway through this chapter when I realised I had put BRAMBLECLAW as the deputy of Thunderclan, when he would actually still be a kit. So I had to go back and change him to Greystripe. :P Not that there was much of either in this one to begin with.
Please, tell me what you think of my additions to Thunderclan. So far there's Skysong, and Mudpelt, and Skysong's kit, Sunkit. He's a cream color, with a black splotch on his side, along with green eyes.
There will probably be more, so prepare youselves!