As the ginger-golden tom, Blazepaw and his mentor, a black tom with grey stripes, Nightgazer watched the once member of Dragon clan and the scarlet she-cat walked away from the failed attempts of entering the medicine cat by brute force, Nightgazer and his young apprentice went off with the rest of the boarder patrol. "Alright everyone. If you see any kittypets or loners, just warn them off. But if you see any Dragon clan cats, return to the patrol and we'll fight them together." Adderfur, the leader of the patrol instructed. The patrol had Nightgazer, Blazepaw, Adderfur, Juniperpaw, Winterfrost, and Ravenwing. "Nightgazer, Blazepaw, Juniperpaw, check the mud lands. Winterfrost, Ravenwing, you're with me at Badger lands. Let's move." The ginger she-cat ordered as they were about to split up when the young she-cat, Juniperpaw began to complain. She always thought she was the most prettiest tabby she-cat. Most toms thought so, but Blazepaw would always tease her and call her a drama Mongoose.
She then grew a secret crush for him. "I don't want to get my beautiful, perfect fur in that nasty, gross, slimy mud! It will take a moon the get my fur beautiful again!" The a light brown tabby she-cat whined like a kit. "A little mud won't kill you." Blazepaw rolled his eyes with annoyance. Adderfur sighed and patted Juniperpaw on the shoulder with her paw. "I know you don't like mud, but it will make your fur more soft and more irresistible, like to certain cats..." Ravenwing whispers in her ear, trying to convince her as the both glance as Blazepaw who was staring at the melting snow. "Okay, I'm in." She quickly said as all four warriors and two apprentices began to scan the territory for any possible threat. As the trio, Blazepaw, Juniperpaw, and Nightgazer, head into the mud lands.
"Blazepaw, if a monster attacks me, you'll protect me, right?" The light brown she-cat wondered as she try to hold his tail with her own. "Ha! None could defeat the mighty Blazepaw!" The golden ginger tom proudly meowed as he walk with most cockiness. "Hehehe you sound just like your father, Blazepaw. But beware too much pride can destroy you." The black tom warned. As the two apprentices continued walking, Blazepaw saw something, a blurry light. "Blazepaw? You okay?" Juniperpaw asked but then the tom bolted to find the light.
The golden ginger tom clawed through the branches that were his way to follow the strange light that caught his eyes with glimmer and dazzle with great mystery. But as he chase it, his mentor Nightgazer and the apprentice with the obsessive trait of trying to become the most beautiful cat in the entire world, Juniperpaw chase him and trying to get him to slow down so they won't lose him. *I need to find that light!* Blazepaw growled in his mind as he followed through trees and bushes to find the that he was at and old mushy pond. The young apprentice searched around to find the odd light, then he spots it on his left, then his right, then the the whole pond began to glow.
"Blazepaw! What has- What in Star clan is going on?" Nightgazer gasped in shock of what was happening. The glowing light was heading for the stunned apprentice. "BLAZEPAW! GET OUT OF THE WATER! HURRY!" Nightgazer ordered, but the golden ginger tom did not move, but starred at the light. The glow gripped his whole being, as he screeched in pain, then everything went into a big flash. Then the two saw Blazepaw in the water fainted. "BLAZEPAW!" Juniperpaw yelled as she went to his side. "We need to take him to Pebbleston. and Hurry!" The black tom ordered.
The two return with Blazepaw unconscious, Pebblestone set a nest for him right next to the tom cat Asenfire's brother, Turtlepaw. "Hey, where's Ivypaw? I thought he would be in here with you?" The apprentice Juniperpaw wondered to the elder medicine cat. "He went out for some herbs. He wanted to do it alone." Pebblestone smiled as she placed the golden ginger tom in the new nest. "He seems more dedicated of being a medicine cat each day. Star clan was right to chose him." The grey she-cat smiled as a certain cat was listening in to the whole conversation then went to look for him, it was Littlepaw. Her pelt began to grow even brighter and more blue than she was a kit.
She really liked Ivypaw since her best friend, Sniffkit's death. He'd comfort her through the entire time. She saw the cat she always wanted to love. The dark tom felt the same way, but after he became a medicine cat, he'd kept avoiding her. She had no idea why. Are the pressures of being a medicine cat getting to him or has he lost love for her? She needed to know. She found him picking herbs from a flower field. "Hey Littlepaw. How have you doing?" Ivypaw geeted with his tone so neutral without even turning to her. "You know how I feel. But I'm surprise you even care." The grey blue she-cat grunted as she walked a step towards him.
"I have always cared for you, dear Littlepaw." The dark grey tom choked up. "Then why? Why have you been avoiding me? Why aren't you even showing your face to me?" Littlepaw demanded. "Littlepaw, my feelings towards you are against our ways of Star clan, the warrior code." The dark apprentice explained. The blue grey she-cat tilted her head to the left side in confusion. "I don't understand." Then finally Ivypaw turn towards her. "Do you know why Pebblestone has no mate or kits? Medicine cats are forbidden to have mates, let alone kits. They would never allow this." Ivypaw wisely explained with tears dripping down his chin. "Now please leave me be. I have work to do."
"I love you, Ivypaw. Why can't the warrior code let us be together?" The Blue grey she-cat cried. "Goodbye Littlepaw." The dark tom choked as the she-cat left.
After returning the Morning clan camp with her pain of losing the one she love to the warrior code weighing down at her feet like they were completely made of stone, she notice that the hunting patrol had return. It had the warriors Huntingdog, Birdsong, Barkrot, Ravenwing, Blackswipe, and Lunareyes. "You all did well on bringing prey back to the clan. After you place it in the fresh kill pile, you may all rest." Apricotheart, the deputy smiled as she headed back to her den. After Huntingdog placed a Robbin he caught in the fresh kill pile, he saw his crush, Streampaw practicing her southpaw. "H-hey Streampaw." The scarred tom smiled on his good face.
"Hey Huntingdog, how have you been doing?" The grey silver she-cat blushed. "Been doing very well... Uh... Streampaw there is something I wanted to tell you for a long time now." The black tom wondered as the beautiful daughter of Hazeleye and the long departed Riverstream tilt her head. "You see for some time I felt something that... I could not comprehend to you. Something more stronger than the word love." Huntingdog try to confess. "You don't have to say anything else. I know what you mean. I... love you too. And maybe when I become a warrior, we could be mates?" The grey silver apprentice suggested. Huntingdog nodded. "I'll wait for you to be warrior, my little warrior." He'd purred as he put his paw gently on Streampaw's. But with the darkness coming in to the clan will they be ready. Find out on part three