Chapter 4
"Dawnblossom! Silverheart! Duskfoot! Go with Jayfang on a border patrol near the abandoned twoleg nest." Duststar ordered.
Silverheart followed her deputy out of camp to the twoleg nest that had been abandoned many moons before.
"Stop." Jayfang said. He stood there silently for a moment, then he shook his head. "It's probably nothing." He muttered.
Silverheart felt like it was more than nothing. She heard something, and smelled something faint. It smelled like a—
"Jayfang. I think I smell something." She meowed.
Jayfang looked up. "Start searching."
The patrol nodded, and began nosing around bushes and leaves. Silverheart looked up when she finally caught sent of the so she thought cats. She started to walk towards the scent, crouching so she wasn't seen. Finally, she saw a gray tom with very long fur, a pale gray she cat, a pale calico she cat, and a gray she kit with very long fur.
Silverheart stood a little taller and cleared her throat. "Uh, hi."
The cats jumped and turned around, their fur bristling. "Sorry! I didn't mean to startle you." Silverheart meowed nervously. "I'm Silverheart. Who are you?"
"I'm…Mist." The gray tom looked wary of her.
"I'm White." The pale gray she cat meowed.
"Starling!" The calico she cat said, smiling.
"Hi! My name's Echo, and I look just like my father!" The kit meowed excitedly.
Silverheart guessed that Mist was Echo's father. "Yes you do!" She purred.
"What do you want?" Mist asked.
"Well, I am a part of AcornClan, and we were on a patrol and noticed you were on our territory." Silverheart stopped. She was sounding like ADDERTAIL! She shook her head.
"Clan?" White asked.
"Yeah! We're a group of cats who help each other every day and night. There are four Clans in the forest, FrostClan, ThornClan, SunnyClan, and AcornClan. I'm in AcornClan. Duststar is our leader."
"Leader?" Echo meowed.
"Our leader is the one who leads us through battles, Gatherings, and just being in a Clan. We also have a deputy, Jayfang. He helps our leader, Duststar. And when Duststar dies, Jayfang will become leader. We also have medicine cats, who heal us and speak with our ancestors in StarClan."
"StarClan?" Starling said, tilting her head.
"StarClan is where all Clan cats go when they die. Or, if you broke the warrior code, and were really bad and evil, you go to the Dark Forest."
"So there are leaders…deputies and medicine cats, what are you?" Echo asked.
"I'm a warrior! Warriors hunt and fight for their Clans. There are also apprentices, who train to be warriors. Or, if they wanted to be a medicine cat, they would train with a medicine cat. Also, there are queens, who nurse kits, and elders who are too old to do their jobs anymore."
"Wow!" Echo purred. That sounds fun!"
Starling took her side. "I would love that!"
"Can we be warriors?" Echo asked Mist and White.
Mist looked at his mate. "Well…" He meowed.
"Oh come on! You've always been a careful brother, father, and mate. It'll be an adventure!" Starling said to her brother.
"I think it's a yes." White laughed.
"Fine," Mist sighed. "Can we join AcornClan?"
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Okay, I know this was a short chapter, but I felt like that was the perfect place to stop. Do you think that Silverheart will let them join?
Also, I won this art competition on the warrior cats website. My username was Poppywish118919, and now my CreatorClan account is Wolfsong13. So pls check out my art!
Thanks for reading!
-Wolfsong
