Chapter Sixteen
"I say these words before the body of Stonestar, so that he may hear and approve of my choice, Emberstep will be the new deputy of ThunderClan," Mudstar, the new leader held his chin high as he appointed the new deputy.
"Emberstep! Emberstep!" The clan called out in approval for their new deputy.
Echopaw flicked her tail from side to side, it had been a long night with Mudstar leaving to receive his nine lives and all the news from the battle, apparently RiverClan had lost Mintclaw. So WindClan did fight to kill, atleast we ended up winning in the end though. "Echopaw, are you okay?" Dappleleaf asked, she was sitting beside her.
"Y-yeah," Echopaw replied.
"Did you want to go hunting? the clan needs food."
"I suppose so." she lifted herself to her feet and followed her mentor out of the camp.
"I want to go to WindClan's border to see if there's any patrols there, it'd be interesting to see what they have to say," Dappleleaf meowed.
"That's if they do say anything," Echopaw murmured.
"I suppose that's true," her mentor agreed.
A cold breeze washed over Echopaw as they reached the WindClan border, causing her pelt to fluff up like a kit's. "Brrrr!" she shivered, "Leafbare sure is coming."
"I know, Smokefang reckons the first snow will fall tonight," Dappleleaf replied.
"He may very well be right," Echopaw agreed.
"We'd better hunt before it gets too cold," Dappleleaf suggested and padded off.
Echopaw scanned the area around her, she spotted a frail rabbit picking at a berry bush, it too looked like it wanted food. She lowered into her hunting crouch and crept forward, when she was close enough, she leapt onto it, killing it with a swift blow to it's neck. Wow, I just killed a rabbit! Echopaw thought for a moment, Wait, I killed a rabbit without my blind eye closed. Excitement washed over her like water, Finally, things are starting to get better, like Stonestar predicted. She glared up at the sky, was he watching over her in StarClan and blessing her with the ability to be a warrior? Keep going Echopaw, things are going to get even better, a voice whispered in her ear. Who was that? "Echopaw, you caught a rabbit!" Dappleleaf leapt out from the bushes behind her, a frail squirrel was clamped in her jaws. "Not only did I catch a rabbit, I caught it without closing my bad eye." Echopaw boasted, her chest was puffed out in pride. "Congratulations!" Dappleleaf purred, "you're overcoming you're bad eye more and more as the days go by." Have faith young warrior, you'll get there one day, you've got plenty of potential ahead. Stonestar's last words rang in Echopaw's ears. Just don't let the evil capture you. A voice added.
Oooh, what could the evil be? This chapter was a bit more interesting, keep reviewing!