Hello! This is chapter 2 in my Warriors story! ENJOY! P.S. is it just me, or are the Warriors Cats way better than the bear and dog ones…? :$
Starfall approached Emberpaw after the ceremony ended. She was excited; she would finally get to explore Thunderclan's territory! Her paws itched to race Stripepaw to the tunnel, but she held herself back. She had to be more mature, now, she was an apprentice!
"Emberpaw, are you up to a border patrol? Afterwards I can show you the territory." Emberpaw was about to answer when Frogleap came thundering through the barrier.
Her father looked up from his conversation to address the grey and tan dappled tom.
"Frogleap! Where have you –," her father was cut off by his earsplitting yowl:
"Riverclan cats! There are Riverclan cats wanting to speak with you, Cloudstar!"
The hollow became in an instant uproar, all the cats speaking at once.
"Riverclan? What do the fish-breath mouse-brains want?"
"I wonder if it's about sunningrocks…?"
"Maybe they need herbs?"
"Why in Starclan would they come here? We're not their allies!
Emberpaw tried to block out the din of confusion and look for her brother, without success. She decided to move towards the back, and try and spot his grey stripes, but she was unsuccessful.
Finally, after what seemed like forever, the Riverclan cats came in through the barrier and the cats of Thunderclan became even more suspicious.
"So many warriors! It must be a battle patrol!"
"Even Riverclan isn't mouse-brained enough to bring a battle patrol into the heart of Thunderclan…"
Again, Emberpaw struggled to block out the mews and look for her brother, but she soon after decided the attempt was futile. She padded towards the apprentice den and sat, with her tail wrapped neatly around her paws and looked forward with a frosty glare towards the Riverclan patrol.
Cloudstar leapt onto the skyrock.
"Cats of Thunderclan! Silence!"
The mumbles and mewing died down almost immediately.
Cloudstar then addressed the leader of the group.
"Reedstar, what do you wish to announce that is so important as to come into Thunderclan's camp and bring along with you what appears to be a battle patrol?"
This cat was Reedstar! The leader of Riverclan! Emberpaw suddenly felt small and insignificant, but her attention was rapt on Cloudstar and Reedstar's exchange.
"Cloudstar, may we please speak in private?" Reedstar suggested. His voice held no sign of aggression, but Emberpaw knew that calm presence could be broken in a heartbeat.
Cloudstar scowled. "And let your battle patrol breathe down my cats' necks? What you have to say to me can be said to all of Thunderclan"
Reedstar's demeanor shifted slightly, almost like he was rethinking something. He then cleared his throat, but another warrior spoke before Reedstar could quiet her.
"I want back my kits! their father is a Thunderclan cat, and I have come to claim them."
Emberpaw was taken aback. A Thunderclan cat, falling in love with a Riverclan cat? Impossible!
Just as she began to wonder who the father was, a tom stood up and walked forward.
A tom with dark grey fur and Morningbird close on his heels.
Her father.
Heroncall.
"Emberpaw and Stripepaw are mine. You have no right to them!" Her father growled, his ears flattening and his tail stiff.
"This," Reedstar spoke, raising his voice as to not be cut off again, "is why we came. Riverclan wishes to take back their cats, and we are willing to fight for them."
Emberpaw's mind spun. Impossible! Her mother was Morningbird! Not… not… a Riverclan cat!
The female warrior spoke up. Emberpaw's mother.
"Where… where are they? Where are Emberpaw and Stripepaw?"
Emberpaw tentatively stepped forward, and two Riverclan warriors came over to her and nudged her forward, towards her mother. Emberpaw was more than reluctant, but the warriors on either side of her were unrelenting.
Finally, she saw Stripepaw. We were both stiff, fur bristled and eyes narrowed towards our mother. She came forward, and purred so loud, Emberpaw was wondering whether there would be any prey later.
"you both have grown… you two aren't little kits anymore…" she murmered softly into our ears.
Got that right, I'm not, She thought, I'm an apprentice, now!
Stripepaw glanced at her through the corner of his eye, and they knew they were thinking the same thing; what happens, now?
Cloudstar was pensive through this exchange. Finally, he spoke.
"Heroncall, is this true?"
"Yes," Heroncall spat, "but not anymore."
Cloudstar shifted his attention to Reedstar. His eyes were clouded, sad. Emberpaw wondered what he would say.
He'll say he'd rather fight then give them up, she reminded herself, there's no way he'd let us go.
Cloudstar spoke with sadness in his mew.
"I… I believe kits… should be with their mothers."
What?
Woah! Even I didn't see that one coming! My fingers take over and I just sit back and watch!
I answer all PMs, Comments (if they're relevant), and Idk if they're offensive; that just helps me fix my mistakes!
Sorry this one was a tidbit shorter... I'm working on 'cliffhangers' (although I hate them)
I said this would come out on the 9th or 10th, but I was so excited when I saw people had actually read my creations.. I got a little out of control :$
Well, now chapter three will be out on the 9th or 10th :P
Until then, Happy Hunting, and may that fish, mouse, thrush, rat, brid, or whatever it is you hunt, come into your jaws!
~~~ME