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SPOILER ALERT!
See previous chapters or first chapter for disclaimer.
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"All cats old enough to gather their own prey join here beneath high rock for clan meeting!"
Now? It barely dawn!
With a groan i got up careful not to step on Eaglekit who was twitching in his sleep.
"As you all may now the first battle with the 'kin' failed as windclan turned into cowards"
Growls of anger spread through the crowd
"Hawkkit come forward"
Yowls of protest bounced through the hollow
"Bramblestar, her kin might still be looking for her they might see us making her an apprentice of our clan as a threat! Our clan is injured enough" dovewing reasoned
"Its unlikely that they are still looking. It's been three moons since she has came to us and as fit in with our clan so without any further delay,"
The brown tabby leader jumped down from the rock and padded to Hawkkit.
"From this moment on you will be known as hawkpaw, your mentor will be birchfall
May he pass all his knowledge to you."
A light brown tabby tom padded to her and briefly touched noses with his new apprentice
"Hawkpaw! Hawkpaw! Hawkpaw!"
She new apprentice swept her eyes over the half hearted crowd and noticed leafpool look at her with a shine of pride and an unknown emotion in her eyes.
"Hey hawk it's about time you were apprenticed"
She purred at the sight of her best friend Larksong.
"I guess i will have to put up with sharing a den with Twigpaw"
"Oh and ill be showing you around the borders birchfall wanted to go hunting after"
The she-cat flicked her ear in confusion and licked her paw drawing it over her ears.
"Why can't he just take me hunting tomorrow?"
The tom shrugged his strong looking dark shoulders.
"I guess he just wants to get you ahead or something i didn't really ask why"
Hawkpaw snorted with dissatisfaction but followed the dark tom and her mentor without question.
"Hawkpaw you may recognize this place it is near the abandoned twoleg nest we found you at"
I gazed around and saw the familiar looking herbs 'Brightfrost… how does she feel right now? I wonder if any of them are thinking of me..'
"Hawkpaw are you listening?" my mentor twitched his whisker impatiently
"Im sorry birchfall i let my mind wander for a bit"
The light brown tom let out a sigh of irritation.
"That might be something we have to focus on during training"
Larksong rolled his honey colored eyes
"As birchfall was trying to say is that we shouldn't stick around here long darktails cats might be watching."
"The final border we are showing you is the border with windclan"
Birchfall spat the last words as if it was rancid prey.
"Cowards the lot of them, their actions had cost us the battle. Here we are, Windclan lives on moor so they feel as if they are closer to starclan"
Larkson lashed his tail with anger
"They run faster too. Probably how they escaped from battle with little wounds"
Hawkpaw's mentor snorted in agreement then turned towards his apprentice.
"You look as if you want to run across the moor and back" he purred with amusement.
She eagerly nodded "i feel as if my legs are trying to move by themselves"
"Well then let's get that energy out before we attempt to hunt"
The dark brown kit was ahead of them before they could even start running.
'Its as if the wind is carrying me' she felt as if she could run forever, while Hawkpaw was running she did not notice the patrol of angry cats trying to keep pace with her.
"Stop! Get away from the border!" she was knocked off balance by a small grey she cat.
Larksong and Birchfall finally caught up, their chests heaving. "Leaftail why did Smokepaw attack my new apprentice?"
"She was too close and in case you didn't know onestar wants all the borders off limits to all outsiders" the dark tabby snapped "now get lost thunderclan kittypets!"the rest of the windclan patrol huffed with satisfaction and continued the patrol.
"I thinks thats enough for today Hawkpaw" birchfall rested his tail on my shoulders.
"But what about hunting?" the apprentice shook off her mentors tail.
"We will do that tomorrow or another day, but chasing after you wore Larksong and i out"
The she-cat noticed the dark tom was trying to control his breathing and look as calm as possible.
"Ok i guess but i look forward to hunting tomorrow!" i waved my tail excitedly"
"We will see Hawkpaw" we trailed back to the hollow.
"Hawkpaw want to share prey with me?" Larksong picked out a juicy looking wood pigeon and was looking at the apprentice with eager eyes.
"Sure why not"
The two young cats laid down next to each other their pelts almost blended into a perfect mixture of brown and black and dug into the pigeon.
The young warrior and apprentice shared tongues until moonhigh and went off to separate dens.
-Desertclan earlier that day-
-Snakekit-
Part of me was happy the other was filled with sorrow to know that Hawkkit wasn't going to be apprenticed with us. 'Hawkkit? Did starclan give you a mentor up there? Are you an apprentice now?'
"Ravenpaw i have consulted our ancestors and they have agreed to have Darkfall be your mentor. Darkfall i trust that you will teach Ravenpaw all there is for her to know"
The brown footed tom nodded and touched noses with my sister.
"Snakekit, from this moment on you will be known as Snakepaw. Snakepaw i have consulted our ancestors and they have agreed to let Brightfrost mentor you"
My breathing stopped for a moment 'what?! He can't be serious?!'
I breathed a sigh of relief to see the amusement in his eyes
"Just kidding! They have agreed to let Cloudbreeze mentor you. Cloudbreeze i trust that you will teach Snakepaw all there is for him to know." i felt a Strong rush of excitement and pride as they cheered me and my surviving sisters name.
'Don't worry Hawkkit or Hawkpaw i will make you proud to call me your brother!'
"One more thing. In honor of Hawkkit, if she were here her mentor would have been Quailfeather. Stand with pride Quailfeather."
The clan outcast stood with his chest puffed out in pride and happiness glimmering in his eyes despite the angry hisses aimed towards him. I had to admire him really no matter how bad a good majority of the clan treated him he remained loyal to his clan.
"Now Snakepaw and Ravenpaw i assume you know what is next. Endurance training and then you can clean out the elders den and the nursery"
I internally voiced my complaints
'But i just left the nursery why don't they just get the older apprentices to do it!'
"Yes mentor" Ravenpaw and i sigh
"Good now let's go" Darkfall and Cloudbreeze quickly padded to the camp entrance with us following closely behind.
"We want to test you two. Your father Adderstar although he was trained as a brute he had amazing and unmatched speed and balance. We want to see if either of you posses the same ability"
Ravenpaw flicked her ear and i nodded.
"Well then let's get started" they both took off at a great speed while ravenpaw and i trailed after them.
'How are we running so fast?'
After running the borders a total of four times we finally stopped.
-third person pov-
The gray tom halted beside his sister who looked as if she wasn't even out of breath none the less tired.
Cloudbreeze padded towards the two siblings.
"Good job you two while it doesn't either of you inherited your father's ability
Ravenpaw you however inherited Fadingmist's endurance. While Snakepaw you were close. Your father was right to name you that. You will be an excellent hunter with my help of course"
She purred and licked her new apprentices ears.
"Ravenpaw, Cloudbreeze was right but your speed needs work. In you final warrior assessment in the far future if your speed falters even just a little the coyote will possibly kill you"
The gray tailed she cat looked angry at her mentors criticism for a moment but managed a nod and they walk to the oasis to the unclaimed territory to gather moss.
In the distance Snakepaw noticed the oasis of the dead.
"Cloudbreeze? Do you think we have time to visit my sister's grave today?"
His mentor lifted her head to the sky "if you hurry with the elders den i'll talk to Antpaws mentor about having her take over cleaning the nursery with Ravenpaw"
"Why can't i go?!" the gray apprentice growled at their mentors.
"Didn't think you wanted to. So do you want to go?" Darkfall asked his apprentice as they headed back from the territory.
"No but it would have been nice if you would have asked if i wanted to earlier" the apprentice huffed and lashed her tail.
"Just do the elders den alright?" her mentor sighed.
"I can not believe that starclan would have chosen that filth you call your son to mentor my sons daughter.i am glad she is dead so she wouldn't have to put up with such shame!"
Fading mist was on another rant, does she have anything else to do with her time?
"Fadingmist, the heat must have truly warped your mind."
No matter how hard the crazy elder Fadingmist tries to get under Ashwind's pelt he just brushes her off like she was dirt.
"We are here to change your nests" the apprentices mewed in unison.
"About time! I swear apprentices get lazier with every generation!" Fadingmist went into another rant about lazy apprentices, everyone tunes her out nowadays it's a little bit sad but what could the clans do about it?
Thy finally finished near the beginning of sundown.
A gray she-cat poked her head in the entrance to the elders den "Snakepaw you said that you wanted to visit your sister's grave" the gray tabby apprentice nodded
"Well now is the time make sure you bring an offering. I'll be waiting by the entrance"
The she-cat made her way to the entrance leaving her apprentice.
"Ashwind? Why do i have to bring an offering and what should i bring"
The elder shifted his position to look at the gray tom,
"It is said that an offering will appease the souls of the dead. So since it is your sister, bring her soul something that reminds you of her. Oh and since your brother Foxkit is buried not to far away bring him something as well."
'That makes sense' the tabby looked at the fresh kill pile and took out a feather of a thrush for the brother he never met and in the medicine den he chose a sweet smelling flower for his late sister."
"I'm glad Fadingmist didn't talk you to death. Well let's get going"
The tabby tom followed his mentor to the oasis his mind heavy with what if's.
'Oh sister if only i was more observant i could have stopped you from leaving the camp'
"We are here but something is wrong. Let me go in first." Cloudbreeze crouched down and silently stalked into the oasis.
"Snakepaw! You will want to see this!"
Quickly padding in following his mentors scent trail, he came to see his mentor sniffing a small open grave.
"It's your sister's grave but her body is gone." the apprentice looked confused
"Maybe my mother found a better spot and moved her?"
His mentor hissed at him
"No hot brain! Sorry but look closer"
He blinked and got a closer look
"What am i looking at mentor?
The dirt was inside the grave but no fur was found
"I see you have a lot to learn Snakepaw. The grave was dug from the inside and i slightly smell your sister's scent do you know what that means?"
The gray tabby tom's heart dropped to his stomach as he shook his head no.
"Your sister is alive Snakepaw! Come we have to tell Adderstar!" they raced back to camp at press-paw speed.
The crashed into Adderstar's tree-root den breathing heavily at their excitement.
"Adderstar Hawkkit's body is gone!" Cloudbreeze managed to breathe out.
"Yeah and her grave was dug out from the inside!"
The gray tabby leader laid his ears flat on his head
"Follow me deeper into my den, too many ears could be listening"
Adderstar beckoned them with his tail and they followed him deeper under the tree to an even more underground den.
"I already know what you have found" he mewed quietly unwilling to meet his son and his son's mentors eyes.
"How? And why did you keep this a secret to your clan? Your family?! Do you not see that even though Palmheart gave birth to another kit that she still weeps for her daughter? Why adderstar?"
"The night of the half-moon gathering the overwhelming feeling that something was wrong was too much so i went to the caverns"
"So that is why Sorrelcreek took us to the gathering.." Cloudbreeze mewed silently
"Yes. and in the dream i had two strange cats came to me their names were Yellowfang and Goldenflower. They claimed to hail from a clan called thunderclan. They told me that Hawkkit is safe and showed me to a puddle where i saw your sister in their nursery."
He explained with a look of pure guilt as he ran a massive gray paw over his ears.
"Ok but why did you not send a search party? Or at least tell you mourning mate and kits?"
Cloudbreeze's tail twitched in frustration.
"Oh cloudbreeze even when you were an apprentice you were always hard headed"
The leader sighed.
"The reason is starclan told me not to tell, the guilt eat away at me whenever i stare into my mates tired eyes. Please if anyone asks why you barreled into my den tell them you spotted a twoleg on our territory.
The two hesitantly nodded.
"Good. now please leave me"
The two got up as the leader ungraciously plopped down into his nest.
Mentor and apprentice looked at each other and knew that this will be a long apprenticeship.
-back in thunderclan-
It has been a half moon since her apprenticeship started and tonight will be her biggest mission yet. She was tasked with getting the riverclan hostages to safety and was walking along the border with ivypool,lionblaze,Alderheart, and Sparkpelt with a second patrol on another side of the border.
"Look! Across the thunderpath!" Lionblaze quietly hissed.
I was apprehensive thinking that it could be cats of Darktail's 'kin'
As they drew closer it was Violetpaw leading two shadowclan elders.
Both the old cats let out breaths of relief and plopped down beside Alderheart and the rest of the patrol.
Hawkpaw was still worried, they had to get through shadowclan territory.
Alderheart went to work on any of the wounds that the elders had, and Ivypool and i dropped one mouse in front of each elder.
After they gulped down their mice they were insisting that we head for thunderclan camp.
Alderheart ad the elders purred their thanks to Violetpaw
'Violetpaw isn't so bad why was rowanstar so angry with her?' she shrugged off her thoughts and touched her nose to one of Violetpaw's ears in a friendly and grateful way.
'If this happened to Desertclan would i have been brave enough to do this for Fadingmist and Ashwind?' she was getting really tired of being distracted by her own thoughts.
Lionblaze alerted everyone quietly when he spotted two rouges hunting near some vole burrows.
Hawkpaw trailed behind keeping watch with Sparkpelt raised her ginger tail in alarm.
"Rouge patrol!" she hissed the dark brown apprentice darted her eyes around straining her eyes to see in the underbrush.
The former Desertclan she-cat noticed the clearing where Birchfall told her twolegs put up pelt dens during greenleaf.
Her hopes of getting to camp were ruined when the elder named Ratscar let out a hollow cough.
The apprentice froze on the spot 'what is wrong with you?! Get your act together you are the kit of Palmheart and Adderstar'
She shook her pelt and stayed behind with Lionblaze and Ratscar while the others escaped .
"Look at this loki, some clan cats too close for our liking" the a dirty and greasy silver tom taunted.
"We aren't looking for trouble we are just taking this apprentice out for her first night patrol" The golden tabby warrior gestured towards me with his tail.
"Well it's about her last! Loki let's teach these cats a lesson!"
The two toms sprang at us. Ivypool swiftly dodged a blow from roach and counter attacked him with well aimed slashes to his face and flank.
Lionblaze was dealing with loki. This kittypet looked as if he had never had a true fight in his life!
Hawkpaw charged and barreled into roach who flopped on his side.
Something washed through the dark brown she-cat as she slammed her forepaws against the rogues head and slashed at his belly.
"Hawkpaw i got this go help Lionblaze"
I nodded and charged at the kittypet sliding under him and kicking him across the border.
"Wha-what?" the tom swayed on his feet before collapsing.
The tom Roach wriggled his way out of ivy pools claws and dragged loki's body into the pine forest.
"You did well but your battle skills need work."
The apprentice twitches her whiskers at the warriors praise and they made their way to the hollow.
To the patrols relief the rest of them had indeed made it to camp.
"Go see Leafpool for that gash on your shoulder" Birchfall ordered his apprentice.
She hadn't even noticed her wounds in the heat of her skirmish.
Nonetheless she obeyed his order.
"Leafpool i'm back" she whispered loud enough for the brown tabby medicine cat to hear.
The she cat sniffed her shoulder wound.
"Whichever rogue did this to you must had some filthy claws there is the beginning of an infection but i can stop it especially this early"
She got marigold and horsetail and immediately went to work.
"There. I will tell you this unless you want a worse infection don't strain yourself take it easy tomorrow ok?" the apprentice nodded.
she left the medicine cat's den and bumped into Larksong.
'Does this tom follow me everywhere or something?'
He purred a greeting at her
"Hey Hawk,i heard about how well you did fighting the rogues at the border"
The black tom and the brown she cat sat in a secluded corner of the cat and shared tongues with each other. He put his tail over her shoulders and looked at her with soft eyes.
"You know looking at you in the moonlight makes you look even more beautiful"
'Surely he is only being friendly'
"T-thank you im speechless"
She felt her pelt grow hot as the made a nest together and spent the rest of the night with each other.
DesertClan
Leader: Adderstar:Grey tabby tom with sharp amber eyes
Deputy: Sorrelcreek- ginger tabby tom with green eyes
Medicine cat: Brightfrost- white mollie with light grey almost silver patches
Apprentice: Cactustail- pale brown tom with a ginger tail and spiky fur
Warriors:
Oakstorm- reddish brown tom with orange eyes
Morningmist- cream colored tabby she-cat with amber eyes
Sandtail: sandy colored tom with long fur and green eyes
Apprentice- Coyotepaw
Goldenwhisker- golden she cat with a white chest and underbelly
Palesand: sandy coloured tom
Pumastripe- Big muscular dark brown tabby tom with blue eyes
Copperstrike- tall ginger tom with a white belly and piercing amber eyes
Dappleheart - light brown she-cat with small brown flecks and a bobtail
Roseshade- A creamy soft brown colored tortoiseshell mollie with bright green eyes
Amberdawn- golden tabby she-cat with white flecks and sunset colored eyes
Spottedwish- dusty brown tom with ginger flecks
Poppyfoot- black tom with brown paws
Apprentice- Berrypaw
Quailfeather- mottled grey and brown tom
Spiderfur- brown tom with odd black legs and orange eyes
Cloudbreeze- grey she cat with white paws and belly
Petalflight-golden she cat with cream patches and mossy green eyes
Apprentice- Antpaw
Scorpiontail-light ginger tom with dark ginger rings on his tail
Sunstone-bright ginger tom with blue eyes and grey paws
Duskfall-dark brown tom with black ears and green eyes
Apprentices:
Antpaw-ginger she-cat with amber eyes
Coyotepaw-light brown tom with a ginger spot above his nose
Berrypaw- ginger tom with black flecks
Ravenpaw- Dark grey she-cat with green eyes and a lighter grey tail.
Queens:
Palmheart- dust brown she cat with white paws with green eyes (mother to Adderstar's kit:
Streakkit- light ginger she-kit with amber eyes and barely visible stripes)
Moorshadow- Golden she-cat with a mossy green gaze. Mother to Pumastripe's kits:
Leopardkit-golden she-kit with black spots black paws and tail tip mossy green eyes, Sparrowkit- black tom with golden brown chest and tail tip light green eyes, Squrrielkit-
ginger she-kit with white paws and tail tip blue eyes
Elders:
Fadingmist- old grey mollie with blind green eyes
Ashwind- dusty grey tom with a battle scar covered pelt. Retired early due to a battle with a coyote that rendered his tail useless
Thunderclan:
Bramblestar: brown tabby tom with amber eyes
Deputy: Squrrielflight-ginger she cat with green eyes and one white paw
Medicine cats: leafpool- light brown tabby she cath with white paws and chest with amber eyes.
Jayfeather- blind grey tabby tom
Alderheart- short furred dark ginger tom with amber eyes and a white tipped tail.
Darktail's 'kin':
Leader: Darktail-A strong muscular tom, with white fur broken up with black spots around his eyes and a black tail.
Medicine cat: Puddleshine: brown tom with white splotches and light blue eyes.
Cats outside of the clans:
Honey- cream she cat with dark cream paws (rogue oc)
Dagger- black she-cat with a brown belly chest and ears with amber eyes(kittypet turned rogue oc)
Toffee- cream tom with white paws, chest and belly. Light green eyes. (rogue oc)
Blueberry- Russian blue tom with dark blue eyes (kittypet turned rogue oc)
Chloe- skittish pale ginger striped tabby she cat with bright green eyes and a notched ear (kittypet oc)
Thomas- Tall and muscular black tom with white paws,ears, and tail tip with blazing amber eyes.
-end-
Yes i know that some people find it cringe worthy when people ship their oc's with actual canon characters. But this reason im making Hawksong possibly happen is because everyone in her clan minus her father brother and her brother's mentor knows she is alive right now.
QOTD: should i skip the final battle with Darktail and skip to Hawkpaw's warrior ceremony
Or do you want to see how she blends in with the canon clans?
My answer: if it would be longer and less plot holes sure. And it will let Hawksong not feel so rushed.
~zombie oshawott