Okay I know I haven't updated in a while, it was mostly because of computer problems and laziness, also I had ideas for my other story so I was focusing a bit more on Warriors Blood and Loyalty
Chapter 9
Firepaw glanced around and noticed that every cat seemed to be wondering why the gathering had begun when there were no WindClan representatives. Firepaw felt Longpaw's pelt brush against his own as he came to sit beside him. They watched as Bluestar, padded forward looking at the other cats gathered down below.
"Brokenstar wishes to speak now." She meowed before stepping back, allowing Brokenstar to take her place. The fierce looking tabby let his gaze travel over all his gaze travel over all the cats below before speaking.
"Cats of all Clans, ShadowClan has prospered well these last few moons and as a result we have grown too much for our territory and our needs are not being met." He paused to watch the faces of the cats below, before continuing. "With that said I as that every clan allow for us to hunt within their territory so that we may no longer suffer." Firepaw's jaw dropped in disbelief of what he had just heard. He looked around noticing that only ShadowClan cats were agreeing, while the other cats where yowling out protests. Brokenstar waited for silence before speaking once more.
"I simply ask that we be allowed to hunt in your territories, do you wish for our kits to starve? And for my clan to go hungry?" meowed Brokenstar darkly, as he let his gaze travel over the other cats.
"Why should we give up our territory for a bunch of pathetic cats who can't catch their own prey in their own territory?" growled a voice among the cats. Firepaw looked over and noticed that it was the dark tabby Tigerclaw, the warrior of Thunderclan, who had spoken. Cats from the other clans were meowing in agreement. Firepaw could make out the brown tabby pelt of Hawkwing and the black pelt of Blackflower. He thought he could hear Ivyclaw hissing foully at the dark leader.
"Who does he think he is?" hissed Graypaw, Scorchpaw nodded in agreement.
"The leader of all the Clans apparently" growled Longpaw. Brokenstar glared fiercely, as he waited for the cats to quiet down.
"I don't think that WindClan thought we were pathetic when we drove their Clan out of their territory." He hissed sharply. Firepaw looked at him in horror and noticed that Graypaw, Scorchpaw and other warriors did the same. He felt Scorchpaw shivering against him.
"I can't believe that they've driven WindClan out of their territory." Scorchpaw mewled. Firepaw turned his gaze back up the Great Rock and saw that the leaders looked surprised but didn't look as shocked as the other cats. Bluestar stepped forward and began to speak.
"If what you say is true then why do you need to hunt in our territories?" she meowed, turning her fierce blue gaze onto the dark leader.
"As I have said our Clan has grown too large and our territory is too small to sustain our growing Clan, I asked Tallstar to give up some of his territory and he refused so we took it from them, but unfortunately it still isn't enough to sustain my Clan, that is why I ask you to give up your territory for ShadowClan." Brokenstar meowed sharply, he glared coldly at the cats below. Crookedstar took a step forward to address the clans.
"Cats of all Clans I have agreed to let ShadowClan hunt in RiverClan territory, I feel that there is no need for such conflict." The RiverClan leader meowed. A roar of noise sprouted from the RiverClan warriors as they yowled their protest at their leader in anger. Firepaw blinked in shock, then looked up at Goldenstar, pleading to StarClan that she didn't surrender like Crookedstar. Brokenstar turned to look at the SkyClan and ThunderClan leaders.
"Well, Goldenstar, Bluestar what are your decisions?" he meowed darkly, narrowing his eyes. Goldenstar stared unblinkingly into Brokenstar's eyes.
"I need to speak with my Clan before I make such a decision that will affect them so greatly." Goldenstar meowed coldly.
"Nor will I, make such a decision without speaking to my Clan." Bluestar meowed curtly. Brokenstar's face showed his displeasure at being turned down.
"Very well I will get your answers by the next moon." He meowed darkly, he stepped forward once more to make one more announcement.
"There is one more thing, one of ShadowClan's cats has turned rogue, we have chased her out of our territory, but we do not know where she has gone, I would advise every Clan to keep a close eye on their kits." Firepaw turned sharply to face Longpaw.
"Longpaw, do you think that this rogue was the cat that was in our territory?" he whispered into his friend's ear. Longpaw nodded.
"Yeah it would make since right? You did say there had only been one scent present." He whispered back. Firepaw nodded he turned to look at Scorchpaw who was looking nervous.
"What's wrong Scorchpaw? You seem upset." He murmured to his friend. Scorchpaw looked uneasy but beckoned Firepaw over behind one of the large oak trees that made up Fourtrees. Once they were settled behind the tree and they were sure no one had seen them they began to talk.
"What's wrong?" Firepaw repeated softly.
"Not long ago, Graypaw and I were out hunting and we found ShadowClan's former medicine cat. She said that she had been banished. I fed her a little while Graypaw got some of the warriors. We've kept her as a prisoner for now, but what if she does something while we're not there?" Firepaw had not expected that.
"I'm sure it will be fine, think about what you're saying Scorchpaw, you didn't leave your camp unprotected did you?" Scorchpaw snorted.
"Of course we didn't, we would never leave the Clan unprotected."
"Exactly, do you really think she'd do anything while there were other warriors there?"
"I suppose your right, thanks Firepaw." The two returned to the clearing to see that every cat was starting to gather around their respective leaders to go back to camp.
"Well I guess we'll see each other at gatherings, okay? Firepaw meowed softly touching his tail against his friends shoulder. Scorchpaw nodded sadly.
"Yeah, I hope we can see each other at the next one." Scorchpaw mewled. Firepaw nodded gently and took off toward Goldenstar who was calling his clanmates together. As he bounded toward his leader, he noticed out of the corner of his eye, Ravenpaw cowering away from the dark tabby warrior, Tigerclaw. He stopped for a moment noticing the look of fear Ravenpaw was giving Tigerclaw, Firepaw thought it was strange that he was scared of his own clanmate, but he remembered Ravenpaw's earlier story. 'I wonder if that's why Ravenpaw is so scared, because of that story?' he thought momentarily, but didn't think about it for long, quickly caught up to his clanmates.
Once they had arrived back in camp Goldenstar called a meeting, jumping up to sit on the high branch. Other cats came crawling out of their nests to hear the news of the gathering. Firepaw came to sit in between Dovepaw and Longpaw.
"What happen?" whispered Dovepaw softly into Firepaw's ear.
"Brokenstar has asked every clan to allow ShadowClan to hunt in their territory." Dovepaw dropped her jaw in shock. Runningpaw, who had just approached, and overheard what was said, also wore a look of shock and surprise.
"What did Goldenstar say?" mewled Runningpaw. Firepaw started to speak when Sootpelt spoke up first.
"If you don't be quiet we won't know," he growled softly. The apprentices quieted do to hear their leader speak.
"Cats of SkyClan, we have just come to the knowledge of a serious threat to our Clan." She meowed loudly. "Brokenstar, ShadowClan's leader, has asked every Clan to allow for ShadowClan to hunt in their territory." The clearing filled with yowls of outrage from every cat present. Goldenstar raised her tail for silence.
"I haven't allowed for ShadowClan to hunt on our land, but that won't stop them from trying, I want extra patrols along the borders, any cat that leaves camp needs another cat with them. I want no cat alone," Murmurs of agreement rose from the cats sitting below. "Brokenstar also mentioned a rogue wandering around that was formerly from ShadowClan, this may or may not be the scent that was found by Dovepaw and Firepaw the other day, but we will keep our eyes open for her." Firepaw thought about what Scorchpaw had said at the gathering, about Thunderclan having taken the she-cat as a prisoner. 'Should I tell Goldenstar? No I can't betray Scorchpaw's trust and what would it matter, we're already increasing the patrols.' Firepaw reasoned that it wouldn't do much to harm to keep the information to himself for now.
As the meeting ended, Goldenstar leaped down from the High Branch and began to speak with Ashstorm, cats remained in the clearing to talk about what they had heard. Firepaw padded toward Goldenstar, with the intent of finding out what duties he would perform tomorrow. Just as he had reached Goldenstar, Fallowpelt had slipped over to her and began to speak.
"Goldenstar, my supply of chervil, is near empty I need it to fight infection for wounds, along with comfrey and golden rod, for mending bones and healing wounds. Spottedleaf has gratefully offered to share some of her supplies with me and she is in need of Dock and Coltsfoot, which we have plenty of, I was hoping I could borrow an apprentice to help me take some over to her in return for her giving me the herbs I need." She meowed softly. Goldenstar regarded for her for a moment.
"Very well, you may go there tomorrow and you can take Firepaw with you." meowed Goldenstar, Firepaw looked up at Goldenstar in surprise.
"Really Goldenstar?" Firepaw asked. Goldenstar nodded
"Was there something you needed Firepaw?" asked Goldenstar. He shook his head.
"No, I just wanted to know what we we're doing tomorrow." He meowed softly.
"I understand I want you to help Fallowpelt, you will listen to her closely, alright? When you return you can join your denmates in training" FIrepaw nodded gently. Goldenstar lead Ashstorm away to plan the patrols for the next day. Firepaw turned to Fallowpelt who wore an unreadable expression.
"Meet me at my den before dawn, we will then depart for ThunderClan territory." Fallowpelt mewled curtly; she then turned sharply to return to her nest. Firepaw blinked in surprise, he had a feeling that Fallowpelt was upset with him for some reason, but he couldn't fathom why. He shrugged it off as being tired and decided to head to his own nest knowing he was going to ThunderClan the next day. His pelt tingled with excitement with the thought of seeing Scorchpaw and the beautiful tortoiseshell he met at the gathering. He could almost smell her sweet scent, as he nodded off to sleep.
Firepaw stretched out of his nest, flexing his hind legs to feel the supple muscles. Longpaw awoke from his nest, watching Firepaw.
"Were you tired last night? We looked all over for you; and by the time we found you, you were already asleep." He meowed. Firepaw shrugged a little.
"I was tired, but Goldenstar told me to help Fallowpelt today, we're going to Thunderclan to exchange herbs with their medicine cat." Longpaw's jaw dropped in surprise.
"You get to go to another Clan's territory? That's cool, wish I was going" Longpaw sighed sounding almost depressed. Runningpaw purred softly, brushing her tail over Longpaw's ears.
"Well in the mean time we'll be at the training hollow." She purred. "Remember we'll be training together today after ShadowClan's threat." Fireheart became a little disheartened. He had forgotten that his denmates would all be training together today, and he would miss it. Dovepaw who had just woken up, stretched out of her nest, and nudged Firepaw gently.
"Don't worry, will be training for most of the day anyway so you'll probably meet us later." She mewled softly. Firepaw sighed softly padding out of the apprentice den. He crossed the clearing and padded toward Fallowpelt's den, the brown tabby she-cat sat staring at him with her tail tucked over her paws and her piercing emerald gaze locked on Firepaw as he approached her. She rose to her paws fixing Firepaw with a stern stare.
"Okay Firepaw, you carry the coltsfoot." She meowed pushing a bundle of the small yellow flowering plant to Firepaw's paws. "I'll carry the dock." Firepaw nodded picking up the coltsfoot gingerly and following Fallowpelt to the camp entrance. They stopped slowly as they approached the tunnel at the sight of Sootpelt and Stonetooth sitting there patiently, along with Icefeather who was guarding the camp. Icefeather gave the two a nod as they approached, while Sootpelt and Stonetooth rose to their paws.
"Fallowpelt, Goldenstar asked me and Stonetooth to escort you and Firepaw to the border." Sootpelt meowed. Fallowpelt nodded and followed the black and white tom through the tunnel. Firepaw slid into the tunnel behind the medicine cat with Stonetooth bringing up the rear. Icefeather bid them a safe trip, before going back to watching the entrance.
After emerging from the tunnel they padded down the hill, through the trees toward the border with ThunderClan. Firepaw could feel Stonetooth's eyes boring into his pelt as they walked, making him shiver slightly as they continued forward. They padded quietly through the trees fluffing their pelts out a little for warmth, due to the lack of sun.
As they reached the border the first rays of sun began emerge into the sky. Sootpelt and Stonetooth fell back as Fallowpelt and Firepaw crossed the border.
"We'll wait here for you both to return." Sootpelt meowed, as he sat down in a spot not far from the border. Fallowpelt turned to face the black and white warrior as she placed her bundle on the ground.
"That won't be necessary, we are visiting ThunderClan, they have as much to fear from ShadowClan as we do, and it is against the warrior code to harm a medicine cat." She replied softly. "Besides I'm sure the clan would probably benefit more from you two hunting or guarding our ShadowClan border." With that said she picked up the dock and pelted further into ThunderClan territory, with Firepaw on her tail.
Fallowpelt slowed to a stop after a few minutes and dropped her dock on the ground. Firepaw stopped and looked at her in confusion. Fallowpelt fixed him with a stern glare.
"Listen we are in hostile territory, so you shouldn't hunt or even let your guard down while we're here." She meowed sharply. "I don't want you wandering off while we're here and I want you to stay near me at all times. Is that understood?" Firepaw nodded his head. Fallowpelt pick up the dock once more and set off with a quick pace for the ThunderClan camp. Firepaw let his mind wander back to his earlier assumption that Fallowpelt was upset with him about something. He reasoned that the medicine cat had never been so cold to him before and he wondered what he had done to get this response from Fallowpelt.
Suddenly they heard rustling of bushes ahead of them, Firepaw froze staring straight ahead as he caught the scent of ThunderClan . Fallowpelt stopped and sat down waiting patiently for the cats to reach them.
"Let me talk, don't start anything with the other cats." She meowed through the dock she was carrying. As she finished speaking, the ThunderClan patrol pushed through the bushes. There were three in this patrol. Firepaw recognized the pale gray fur of Willowpelt, but didn't recognize the other two. The leader or the patrol was a large white tom, and another smaller pale ginger she-cat came to stand next to the white tom. Fallowpelt stepped forward placing bundle of dock on the ground.
"Greetings Whitestorm, I've here to exchange hers with Spottedleaf." She meowed calmly. The tom, Whitestorm, dipped his head in greeting to Fallowpelt.
"Greetings Fallowpelt, let us escort you to ThunderClan." He meowed. Fallowpelt nodded once more picking up her bundle and following Whitestorm as he led them to the camp. Firepaw padded next to Fallowpelt, with Willowpelt and the pale ginger apprentice padding behind them. 'Why do I suddenly feel like a prisoner?' he thought briefly.
They soon reached a ravine, and then climbed down the side of to reach the gorse tunnel which led into the ThunderClan camp. They moved quickly through the tunnel and entering a clearing. Firepaw glanced around in surprise to see so many cats in the clearing. 'It's just like SkyClan' he thought briefly. A familiar dark tabby pelt caught his eye, 'Tigerclaw', Firepaw noticed the dark warrior was talking to Bluestar. He also noticed just how anxious she looked. Whitestorm turned to face the pale ginger apprentice
"Sandpaw, go tell Bluestar we have guests." The ginger apprentice nodded before bounding of to Bluestar. Whitestorm turned to Willowpelt.
"We should gather the prey we caught." He meowed to the pale gray warrior. Willowpelt nodded and two bounded off through the gorse tunnel, leaving Firepaw and Fallowpelt alone in the clearing. Firepaw could feel many eyes scorching into his pelt as he sat patiently. He felt a chill go down his spine and turn to see an old she-cat, with gray ragged looking fur, staring unblinkingly at him. He was going to ask Fallowpelt who she was when he noticed Bluestar rising to her paws.
Firepaw watched as Bluestar got to her paws and padded over to him and Fallowpelt, after speaking to Sandpaw.
"Greetings Fallowpelt, I understand you're here to meet with Spottedleaf." She meowed. Fallowpelt placed down her bundle down and dipped her head to Bluestar.
"Greetings Bluestar, I hope we aren't intruding too much, Spottedleaf confided in me her lack of herbs and I within my own, we merely want to exchange herbs." Fallowpelt meowed briskly. Firepaw watched as Bluestar fixed her gaze on him.
"Is this your apprentice Fallowpelt?" Fallowpelt shook her head.
"No this is Goldenstar's apprentice; she let me borrow him to help me carry the herbs." Bluestar nodded in understanding.
"I see, shall I have a warrior escort you?"
"That won't be necessary, I will lead them to my den." A warm familiar voice meowed. Firepaw almost purred when he saw the familiar tortoiseshell pelt of Spottdleaf.
"Very well. I will leave them to you Spottedleaf." Bluestar meowed curtly. Firepaw shivered as the ThunderClan leader's eye met his own once more before turning and heading for her den. Spottedleaf beckoned them to follow her, with her tail, toward her clearng. Firepaw eagerly followed the beautiful tortoiseshell with Fallowpelt padding alongside him.
When they reached Spottedleaf's clearing, he noticed that the she-cat had bundles of herbs sitting outside her den. 'Those look like traveling herbs. Why do they need traveling herbs? Is someone going somewhere?" he thought briefly. He was tempted to ask Spottedleaf, but remembered what Fallowpelt had said about being in enemy territory and decided against it. Spottedleaf padded into her den entrance, Firepaw went to fallow her but was stopped by Fallowpelt.
"Wait out here, give me your coltsfoot." She meowed evenly. Firepaw blinked at her in confusion, and then placed his bundle on the ground, he watched Fallowpelt pick it up and pad quickly into Spottedleaf's den. Firepaw sat patiently outside the den waiting for the two medicine cats to emerge from the den the den. Suddenly a familiar voice called out to him.
"Hey Firepaw," Firepaw whipped around to see the familiar face of his friend Scorchpaw.
"Hi Scorchpaw, how are you?" asked Firepaw asked as Scorchpaw approached.
"I'm great, how are you? And what are you doing here?" he asked curiously.
"I'm helping Fallowpelt deliver some herbs to Spottedleaf." Scorchpaw looked at Firepaw with excitement.
"This is great I could show you around camp." Firepaw shook his head.
"No I probably shouldn't, I'm supposed to stay with close to Fallowpelt." Firepaw meowed gently. "But I we can talk a little if you like."Firepaw added quickly when he noticed how crestfallen Scorchpaw had become. Scorchpaw perked up a little.
"Yeah I probably wouldn't be able to show you all around the camp, since I'm supposed to leave with Graypaw, Ravenpaw, Tigerclaw and Bluestar for an important assignment." Firepaw looked at Scorchpaw in alarm.
"You're leaving ThunderClan?" he whispered. Scorchpaw nodded.
"Yeah, but only for a short time, Bluestar wants to visited something called a Moonstone." Firepaw thought about this a moment. He remembered Goldenstar once telling him that leaders go to the Moonstone to share tongues with StarClan in their dreams. Once more Firepaw felt a little uncomfortable knowing such important information.
"Can we not talk about that here Scorchpaw? I don't think I'm supposed to know this." Scorchpaw looked abashed and lowered his head.
"Yeah, sometimes I forget that we're not in the same Clan, we don't get to see each other outside of gatherings" Scorchpaw sighed. Then Scorchpaw seemed to be filled excitement. Firepaw looked at him curiously.
"What are thinking about?" Scorchpaw motioned for Firepaw to follow him over to the side of Spottedleaf's den.
"I was thinking that we could talk to each other more if we saw each other outside of gatherings." Firepaw looked confused.
"How? We already established that he can't hangout outside of gatherings."
"Yeah so if we sneak out of camp at night, and head for our clan's borders we can talk more and practice warrior moves." Scorchpaw meowed quietly. Firepaw looked at Scorchpaw in shock.
"I don't know Scorchpaw what if we get caught? I don't feel comfortable being in another clan's territory with their permission." Firepaw murmured.
"We won't get caught, everyone will be asleep but the guard right? So just find a way to sneak past the guard and meet me at the border, we don't have to cross our clan's borders, we'll just stay on our respective sides. We can compare hunting techniques and battle moves. What do you say Firepaw?" Firepaw thought for a moment. He did miss his friend, and he didn't see much harm in hanging out with his old friend.
"I suppose it couldn't hurt." Firepaw murmured to Scorchpaw.
"That's great, and just think the two of us will become strong and better warriors, it'll be like extra training." Scorchpaw meowed quietly. "Let's meet near that large birch tree on your side of the border. Tomorrow night." Firepaw nodded just as Fallowpelt and Spottedleaf exited Spottedleaf's den with chervil, golden rod, and comfrey. Spottedleaf placed the golden rod she was carrying at Firepaw's paws, then turned to Fallowpelt.
"I hope that's enough for you, please let me know if you need more." Spottedleaf meowed gently to Fallowpelt.
"The same to you Spottedleaf take care, and may StarClan light your path." Fallowpelt mewled through the chervil and comfrey in her jaws, before beckoning Firepaw to follow her. Firepaw meowed a quick goodbye to Scorchpaw and Spottedleaf before bounding after Fallowpelt. As he followed he felt a cold shiver run down his spine and turned to see two large orange eyes staring unblinking at him from the ragged furred she-cat who had been watching him earlier. It made him quicken his pace out the camp entrance.
Falowpelt kept a brisk pace through ThunderClan territory heading for the SkyClan border. Fallowpelt slowed her pace as they grew closer to SkyClan's border. She slowed her pace to a stop and turned her piercing gaze at Firepaw.
"Beware of your choices Firepaw." She meowed lowly. Without waiting for an answer she dashed off for the border once more. Firepaw stared after her in shock, confusion and a little fear. 'Does she know I plan to meet Scorchpaw? No she couldn't have we were quiet and we had moved away from the entrance of Spottedleaf's den. Maybe it's because I'm friends with Scorchpaw maybe she thinks I'll betray SkyClan's secrets' Firepaw thought angrily. 'I'll show her I'll become a strong warrior, one of the best SkyClan has ever seen. Scorchpaw's right the extra training wouldn't hurt.' He thought to himself before picking up his pace to catch up with Fallowpelt, putting on a burst of speed to overtake the medicine cat.
When they reached the SkyClan border they saw Stonetooth and Sootpelt still waiting for them but saw that they were in a confrontation with three ThunderClan cats. There was a young warrior with a pale tabby coat and a long tail, the other warrior was a gray tom with dark tabby stripes and the third was a brown tabby tom who looked like he might be a little older than Firepaw.
"What's going on here?" Fallowpelt meowed around there herbs as she padded toward them. The three warriors whipped around to growl at Fallowpelt and Firepaw, who felt his fur along his spine raise and his claws start to become unsheathed.
"What are you doing in our territory?" hissed the brown tabby. Fallowpelt ignored the brown tom to stare at the dark striped tabby. The tom stepped forward to address her.
"Why are you in our territory Fallowpelt?" asked the tabby evenly.
"I'm a medicine cat Darkstripe, and I'm carrying herbs surely even you know why I'm here." She meowed briskly. "I had gone to your camp to exchange herbs, and now that I have, I'm going home. Stonetooth and Sootpelt were sent to wait for Firepaw and myself to return."
"So he's your apprentice?" hissed the pale tabby with the long tail, using said tail to point at Firepaw.
"No Longtail, he was merely sent to help me, now if you would kindly move aside so that we may return to camp." The three ThunderClan toms glared fiercely at her, making Firepaw believe that they might leap at her and try to fight her, but to his surprise they moved out of the way to let Fallowpelt and him through. As they walked past the hostile cats, he had to force his fur to remain flat and keep his claw's sheathed. Once they were on their side of the border, Firepaw turned to look at the other ThunderClan cats. The three ThunderClan cats sat in a line, watching them head back to camp. 'You would think they just caught us stealing prey' Firepaw snorted in his head. He pounded after his Clanmates happy to get away from the hostile stares of the ThunderClan cats.
Firepaw had never been happier to see the entrance to SkyClan's camp before, he looked up at the sky and realized quickly that it wasn't long after sunhigh. 'I can still make the practice.' Firepaw purred happily, as he slid through the tunnel. Once he had reached the other side he was glad to see the familiar faces of his Clan mates but was more disappointed to see that all the apprentices were sitting outside their den chatting excitedly. He started toward them but quickly remembered that he was carrying the Fallowpelt's golden rod and quickly bolted over to Fallowpelt's clearing placing his bundle of golden rod in the entrance of the den, before racing over to his denmates.
"Hey Firepaw, it's great that your back, looks like it's going to be you and me for a while." Longpaw meowed as he saw FIrepaw approach. Firepaw blinked in confusion.
"What do you mean? What's going on?" Runningpaw looked at Firepaw with excitement.
"Dovepaw, Lightningpaw and I are having a warrior ceremony today." Firepaw's eyes widened in shock.
"But I thought your warrior assessment wasn't for another moon?"
"It was, but while we were training, Goldenstar wanted to the four of us to have a hunting assessment. So she put us in teams, Runningpaw and I was in one team and Lightningpaw and Longpaw on the other and they told us we could choose where we wanted to hunt. We had just separated from each other, when Runningpaw and I were attacked by a group of weasels. Luckily Lightningpaw and Longpaw were close by to help us fight them off till our mentor's found us." Dovepaw meowed softly.
"Yeah Lightningpaw had to pull this large one off of Dovepaw," meowed Longpaw excitedly, his eyes getting a faraway look in them as if reliving the fight. Dovepaw thanked Lightningpaw, who seemed to puff up a little. Firepaw then noticed for the first time his denmates' pelts were littered in scratches and bite marks.
"Are you ok?" Firepaw asked Dovepaw looking at her in concern.
"Of course she's fine, thanks to me." Lightningpaw growled. Firepaw glared angrily at Lightningpaw.
"I wasn't asking you Lightningpaw." He hissed
"Well maybe if you weren't picking flowers with Fallowpelt all morning you'd know how she was." Lightningpaw snarled back. Firepaw flung himself at the pale ginger tom only to have a flash of gold break them apart.
"That is quite enough, what has gotten in to you Firepaw?" Goldenstar fixed him with a stern glare forcing Firepaw to look at his paws in shame.
"I'm sorry Goldenstar."
"That doesn't excuse your behavior; I think some time with the elder's will help improve your judgement." Goldenstar whipped around to fix Lightningpaw with a glare.
"And as for you, I starting to think you're not ready to be a warrior." Lightningpaw's eyes widened in horror. "However since you didn't fight back, I suppose you have enough judgement." Lightningpaw relaxed afterward looking a little smug.
"But you will be helping Fallowpelt for the next few days since you feel that all Fallowpelt does is 'pick flowers.'" Goldenstar meowed sharply. "Now the four of you go get your wounds looked at by Fallowpelt." she finished looking at Lightningpaw and turning to glance at Longpaw, Dovepaw and Runningpaw. The four apprentices raced off to Fallowpelt's den. Goldenstar turned her glare back on Firepaw.
"I want you to go check on the elder's now." Goldenstar meowed curtly. Firepaw his head bowed in shame heading for the elder's den.
"I'm disappointed in you Firepaw." She meowed softly. Firepaw flinched a little after hearing what his mentor had told him. He padded into the elder's den.
"I Goldenstar, leader of SkyClan call upon my warrior ancestors to look down upon this apprentice. He has trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend him to you as a warrior in his turn."
"Lightningpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and defend this clan, even at the cost of your life?"
" I do " Lightningpaw meowed with his chest puffed out. Firepaw snorted in disgusted from his spot in the back of the clan meeting.
" Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior name. Lightningpaw, from now on, you will be known as Lightningstrike. SkyClan welcomes you as a full warrior." Meowed Goldenstar as she pressed her muzzle to his head and Lightningstrike lick her shoulder.
"Dovefeather, Runningstream, Lightningstrike."
"Doverfeather, Runningstream, Lightningstrike." Yowled the clan in excitement. Firepaw cheered for Dovefeather and Runningstream but couldn't bring himself to chant for Lightningstrike. Longpaw nudged him a little.
"Cheer up, that'll be us soon enough." He meowed in his ear. Firepaw nodded and got up to congratulate Dovefeather and Runningstream.
"Congradulations Dovefeather and Runningstream." Firepaw and Longpaw meowed together. Runningstream thanked them both while, Dovefeather thanked Longpaw softly but gave Firepaw a curt 'thanks' before turning her attention to Smokecloud. Firepaw feeling hurt by Dovepaw's cold reaction to him, headed toward the apprentice den with since of loneliness. 'That's it I'm defiantly going to see Scorchpaw tomorrow night, will become strong and capable warriors together.'
Okay once again sorry I haven't updated in a while but I've been focusing on a other things and WBaL but I'm going to try and update this story soon.