Omg! I love you guys! Your support had such a goofy grin on my face, ALL DAY! I can't tell you how much it makes me happy to see your comments!
Okay, a few things ima clear up:
Emberpaw looks SIMILAR to: Twanypelt
Troutpaw looks similar to: Ashfur
Stripepaw looks like: Stonefur
Glad I cleared that up! I can't put links on the stories, so I made some comparisons to well-known cats that you can google to get a good idea!
EMBERPAW'S POLL IS IN NEED OF VOTERS! It is for her warrior name, and can be found on my profile! Please vote, YOU get to decide her warrior name, but only if you vote!
Im still getting cat names, and I love you all too much to never use them, so expect those of your names to either come up in this chapter or the next! *the gathering*
WARNING: I may use you as an evil cat (a Darksoul), so if you don't want me to, please tell me!
Request! Comment! (I still need questions to ask Emberpaw and Stripepaw in my interview skit!
Okay, enjoy!
After Troutpaw was done with the fish that she had caught, Robinflight came over with two other warriors and a small, dark brown apprentice. As they padded closer, she recognized Lilyflower.
Troutpaw stood and nodded to the white tom, who Emberpaw assumed, was his mentor. Robinflight was the first to speak.
"Emberpaw, we will go tour the territory with Troutpaw and his mentor, Pebblethorn, and Beetlepaw with her mentor, Lilyflower." I nodded to Beetlepaw and her mentor, along with Pebblethorn.
We began to make our way towards the entrance, and Troutpaw walked alongside her with Beetlepaw in front of us. Trying to make a new friend, I invited the dark brown she-cat to walk with us.
"Beetlepaw, would you like to go swimming with me later?" I asked her when she moved back a bit.
"Can you even swim?" she mewed, a sneer in her voice.
"Of course she can! She's even caught a fish, which you can't even claim, Beetlepaw." Troutpaw retorted. Slight irritation seeped into Emberpaw's mind. She could talk and defend herself, Troutpaw! She liked that he was defending her, but she wished he would just let her fight her own battles. Even if they were just annoyed retorts at a rude she-cat.
Crossing the stepping stones was so easy, she didn't even think about it until she crossed them. She had to thank Troutpaw for that later, and erasing her fear of the water. Emberpaw actually looked forward to the next time she could slide into the water.
Starting at the border with Shadowclan, they made their way around the territory. It looked much of the same, and only some parts stuck to her memory, like the huge waterfall near the Twoleg border, and a abandoned twoleg nest that was crawling with mice.
"Can you teach us how to hunt?" Emberpaw asked Robinflight. She pondered this, but Beetlepaw interrupted her answer.
"You want to hunt mice? You're acting like a Thunderclan cat! This Riverclan, where we hunt fish."
Emberpaw's fur began to ruffle. "It would be a good source of prey in Leaf-bare, when the river freezes, and I'm not a Thunderclan cat any more than you are one of those mice that you seem to hate." I replied, smirking as Beetlepaw's mentor nodded, looking surprised.
"Emberpaw's right; the mice could help us be well-fed during Leaf-bare. I think we should give it a chance." The white warrior looked to Robinflight.
"I guess we could give it a try, so let's show them the hunting crouch." She sounded unsure, but determined.
She bent down, raising her haunches and lying flat her ears, focusing on a leaf. She made a couple of adjustments, and then pounced directly on the leaf.
"Congratulations," Lilyflower purred, "You caught a leaf, Robinflight!"
Looking embarrassed, Robinflight stood up and flicked her tail towards the three apprentices.
"Your turn." she instructed them on how to balance themselves on their paws, careful to keep notice of the wind so the prey wouldn't scent them.
"Thank Starclan we don't have to do all of this for fishing!" Troutpaw muttered as Robinflight adjusted his posture for the second time.
Once Robinflight had deemed Emberpaw's crouch to be to her standards, Emberpaw got up and cocked her head.
"How do you fish?" she inquired.
Pebblethorn answered her. "It's all about patience. You wait on the bank for a fish to come by, and you," he got up and demonstrated with his paws as he continued, "Hook you claws under the fish as you dart by, and give it the kill-bite so it doesn't hop away!"
"And you have to position yourself so your shadow doesn't alarm the fish," Lilyflower added.
"Yes, and that," Pebblethorn admitted.
After making the way back to the camp, Emberpaw was exhausted. She and Troutpaw made their way over to the caves, a fish in each of their jaws. Beetlepaw, who followed them, mumbled around her fish,
"Why does she of all cats get to sleep with Troutpaw? There are plenty of empty caves…" Beetlepaw continued with her grumbling, but Emberpaw was too busy fighting that warm feeling in her chest. Troutpaw said there were no empty caves… had he really wanted her to sleep in his cave with him? Maybe.
After eating, she and Troutpaw were just settling down to share tongues when an ear-splitting yowl came from the medicine den. A light brown she-cat came stumbling out into the open, collapsing in a sobbing pile. Lilyflower and Maplebelly were the first to get to her. Troutpaw, upon hearing the She-cats sobbing, shot up and bounded over, fear in his river blue eyes. Almost all of the clan was gathering around the she-cat, still sobbing hysterically.
"Leafkit! Leafkit… No! Why…" she cried out. Troutpaw's head was low, tears falling down to his muzzle and deep sorrow in his eyes.
Lost, Emberpaw found Thunderpelt and whispered in his ear,
"What's going on…?"
"That's Troutpaw's mother, Wetstone. Her newest litter, Whitekit and Leafkit, came down with greencough. Whitekit made it through, but…" sadness was heavy in his mew. The whole clan, it seemed, had an aura of despair, cats sobbing quietly and misery in every eye she met. Then, another cat came out of the medicine den, a ragged, grey tom.
"That's Stormwater, our medicine cat," Thunderpelt whispered into her ear at her perplexed expression. "You haven't met him yet because he was taking care of the two kits."
Just then, a small white tom climbed from the den, also, and came over to his mother, who was shaking, her eyes blank.
"Mommy? Where's Leafkit? And, why is everyone so sad…?" Whitekit was huddled away by Maplebelly, along with his mother and Troutpaw.
What was Emberpaw supposed to do? Sure, she was sad, but she didn't feel the hopeless despair that it seemed the other cats were feeling. Was she supposed to sit vigil, or would the other cats see it as offensive, because she never knew Leafkit? What would she say to Troutpaw? At the thought of his name, her chest throbbed painfully. She knew what it felt like, to lose a sibling. Sure, Stripepaw didn't die, but she was sure the concept was similar.
She started to pad to her nest, weariness making each step harder. Suddenly, she had an idea, on how to make sure Troutpaw felt at least a little bit better.
"Hey, Robinflight? Where's the best place to collect moss?"
TROUTPAWS POV
Troutpaw had just gotten back from sitting vigil, the moon starting to disappear and the slightest bit of sun was peeking through the cracks in the far-off trees. Finally getting to his and Emberpaw's cave, he sleepily padded to his nest, only it was a lot bigger then he remembered. His eyes adjusting to the dark hole, he saw his nest had been completely rebuilt, with new reeds and brambles, and pawfuls of green moss. Then, he noticed swan feathers, gently lining the edge. Confused, he glanced to the sleeping calico cat. When he studied her closely, his heart almost stopped with gratitude. There Emberpaw slept, with moss stuck behind one of her ears and a sawn feather on her nose.
Just then, Emberpaw's nose twitched, and the feather fell to the cave floor. Warmth filling his actions, he licked her ear affectionately and laid down for, hopefully, a dreamless sleep.
AWWWW that was so sweet of Emberpaw! 3 … but are her dreams okay? Troutpaw thought she seemed a little restless….
Okay, THANKYOU ALL FOR READING! Please please please vote for Emberpaw's warrior name, the poll is located on my profile page!
'till next time,
ME~~