A/N: Welcome back everybody! Sorry this is a day late!

This is a RAVENHEART chapter! *applause*

Next will be Wildpaw with an inside look at FeildClan. Then Rabbitkit will a gathering...

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Ravenheart: Uh, Willow, you really don't type every day

Me: Oh, be quiet mousebrain! I do... just on my forum...

Ravenheart: Yes, yes, and what about that warriors book you started yesterday when you should've been writing this so that you got it out on time?

Me: I was inspired... do you even know what that word means: PUPPET!

RavenheartisaMousebrain: WILLOWDREAM IS AWESOME! WILLOWDREAM IS AWESOME! WILLOWDREAM IS... weird. *dances away*

Me: *shakes head*

Chapter One: The Story of the Second Clan

The blue water stilled for a moment; then a dark gray shape broke the surface, sending water droplets flying. The she-cat made her way to the shore, her paws churning the water steadily. She dropped her catch on the ground, pinning it down with one unsheathed paw.

"Is it cold?" he asked.

She shook out her sodden pelt, "Chilly, for sure, I'm surprised it's this warm yet."

"Ravenheart! Stormdance! Come on, we need to check the FeildClan border!" a fluffy white-and-gray tom yowled, "And why did you have to take a swim so early in the year?"

Stormdance shrugged, "We're coming Dovetalon! What should I do with the stinky fish?"

"I can carry it," Ravenheart volunteered.

As he stepped forward to take it from her their eyes met. He looked away, embarrassed.

"Let's go, Dovetalon will have a fit if we wait too long!" Stormdance bounded ahead.

Ravenheart stared at the sky, the fishy taste melting into his mouth.

"Ravenheart!"

He jerked, Dovetalon's cry knocking him out of his daydreams.

"Coming!" he ran to catch up.

With the exit of leafbare the forest had sprung up once again and he was reminded how it looked like. He had only just opened his eyes when it was like this last year.

"Look! There's Daisyrain and Sunflight!" Bouncetail called out as they neared the FeildClan border.

The two kitty-pet warriors where chasing a rabbit through the field, a lousy attempt if the young warrior could say so himself. Both of them stopped when they spotted the ForestClan border patrol.

"Hi Bouncepaw!" Sunflight bounced up to the border, making sure not to cross it.

"Hello! Oh, and its Bouncetail now! Emberstrike, Wolfshadow, and I just got our warrior names two sunrises ago!"

Ravenheart blocked out the three warriors' chatter, instead focusing on his paws. He sighed and put down the fish he was carrying, at the beginning of his apprenticeship they would occasionally stop to shortly chat with Nadia at the border and the patrol would move quickly. But ever since Lionstar, a former kittypet named Leo, created FeildClan long talks at the border were average. They wouldn't be home for a while.

Finally an older FeildClan warrior called for Daisyrain and Sunflight and the patrol could continue.

So much for getting home before midday…

Several groups of warrior milled around camp- those who hadn't gone hunting, patrolling, or training. Ravenheart walked up to where Blizzardstar and her apprenticed kits where talking.

"Hello Ravenheart, mouse?" Blizzardstar asked as she pushed the little creature towards the black tom, "I'll trade you for that tasty looking little fish!"

Ravenheart grinned at his former mentor, "Anytime!" He dropped the fish at her paws and gulped down the mouse, "So, how was battle training, Bonepaw?"

"Great!" Bonepaw mumbled through mouthfuls of squirrel, "Forestpath taught me this really advanced move."

"Cool, which one?" Ravenheart asked.

"It was… oh shoot! I forget- oh yeah! He taught me the back kick," Bonepaw beamed.

Ravenheart smiled at the apprentice's enthusiasm, "That one took me ages to master."

"I know, I was the one who had to teach you," Blizzardstar gently cuffed him over the ears, "And you've grown so much since then!"

Ravenheart finished the mouse, licking his lips, "Anything you would like me to do?" he asked Blizzardstar.

"Well," the white leader's gaze flickered over to the nursery, "The apprentices have been so busy and Breezeheart and Velvetstep could use a change in bedding and some fresh-kill. Plus with Moonfall's sore throat they haven't been hearing many stories. Any chance you could do that, you could always enlist Bouncetail and Emberstrike. I'm sure Emberstrike will be just be delighted to help out!"

"Oh, yes, I'm sure," Ravenheart rolled his eyes, "Okay, I'll go get them."

Bouncetail was easy enough to find, but Emberstrike proved a bit tougher for the black warrior. He finally found her chatting up a storm with Graypaw. Well, mainly she was doing the 'chatting' part.

"Blizzardstar's asked us to help out the queens today," Ravenheart braced himself.

"Oh, ok. Bye Graypaw!" Emberstrike purred.

Ravenheart shook his head, "She's giving the day off for the apprentices because they've been training very well. She asked you, Bouncetail, and me to do it instead."

"You have got to be joking!" Emberstrike complained, "I'm a warrior not some little dumb apprentice! All she does is boss us around! Do this- do that! Doesn't she know that I was training and hunting and doing warrior duties all day long!?"

"Actually you were lying around camp all day long and watch us train. The only time you were actually doing warrior duties was this morning's hunting patrol- and even that was short lived. I still have some hunting to do and the evening border patrol!" Graypaw growled.

"Fine!" Emberstrike snapped, stiffly jumping up the boulder to the nursery.

Ravenheart shrugged his shoulders, "Don't worry about her. You're the only one she'll forgive without second thought."

He quickly left the confused apprentice and followed Emberstrike. Bouncetail had bundled up clean balls of moss around the corners of the den, ready to be changed. When he entered Emberstrike was already throwing the dirty bedding everywhere.

"Hi Ravenheart!" a tiny voice sounded from beside him, "Can you tell us a story while they clean?"

Ravenheart looked down on the golden kit. His name fit him, "Sure Goldenkit. Snowkit, Rabbitkit, would you like to join?"

Rabbitkit placing her paw on Snowkit's and nodded to Ravenheart, her lips moving silently.

"O-kay," Snowkit raced over, sitting down beside Goldenkit. Rabbitkit made her way over in one leap.

"How come you get to tell them the stories?" Emberstrike hissed.

"Because we wanted him to," Rabbitkit smiled, totally oblivious to the hatred spewing off the gray-and-white she-cat.

Emberstrike growled, "This is totally no fair!"

"The world is no fair," Bouncetail retorted, "You're a warrior, get used to it."

Ravenheart turned his attention off of the arguing siblings and back to the kits.

"Would you all like to hear about the gathering where Lionstar- Leo back then- told us he was forming FeildClan?"

He got, surprisingly, three nods.

"Ah, Ih caun read ure libs," Snowkit spoke.

'I can read your lips.' Wow… he's come far for a little deaf kit.

Ravenheart smiled, "I'll talk slowly so it's easier for you. At that time I was just a new paw', I had joined the clan a moon earlier. Breezeheart had found the tunnel leading to ShadowCave, so we started our tradition of going there as a clan every full moon. At that time we would tell stories and the apprentices and younger warriors would have contests. The kits who were four moons old always came- a tradition we still keep up to this day. I know you all are anxious for your fourth moon so that you can go. Blizzardstar quickly made it the place where kits would have their apprenticeship ceremony and apprentices would get their warrior names. Well, it was full moon and we scented rogue scent on our territory. Sunpaw, Bonepaw, and Mosspaw- at that time all kits- where due to have their apprenticeship ceremony. Blizzardstar almost sent them back to camp when the scent got stronger as we neared the ShadowCave. But right outside sat a fluffy ginger-and-white tom, patiently waiting in the clearing. He introduced himself as Leo, a kittypet. He wanted to know about the clans and said he had found a couple cats and they wanted to form their own. The talked for what seemed like ages and then we entered the ShadowCave. Unlike most clans though there wasn't much hostility. They were friendly kittypets just like Leo and they quickly picked up conversation. Soon enough their young cats began to play around with our own and the warriors were happily chatting away. Then Blizzardstar spoke, gave her kits their apprentice names, and gave Leo his warrior name, Lionroar. He said he would be going to WhisperWood to be getting-"

Rabbitkit cut him off, "I'm sorry! But what is WhisperWood?"

Ravenheart smiled, "No big deal, WhisperWood is the old birch where we communicate with our warrior ancestors. So Lionstar got his nine lives and created FeildClan and when we got back to camp everybody was exhausted and we all feel asleep, the end!"

The kits scurried away to reenact the story and Ravenheart turned to help the others clean.

Kits… you've got to love them.

A/N: And yes, I am in the beginning of writing another warrior story. Don't know if I'll put it on here, but we shall see indeed.

XXxxxXX

Q) Does Ravenheart like Stormdance?

1) no

2) maybe

3) YES!

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~Willow