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ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ—DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN WARRIORS, ERIN HUNTER AND THEIR RESPECTIVE CREATORS OWNS THEIR FRANCISE—
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The trio gets up, stretching. Its a quiet night, with owls hooting and crickets clicking as the wind slowly blows. "Lets go guys." Firepaw says, yawning in the night. "Yeah, its late."
They venture through the forest to find their silent, sleeping clan.
"Right, let's go. I'm sleepy.." Firepaw mews, walking past the two. Ravenpaw and Graypaw trek alongside her, sniffing at the pleasant Thunderclan scent.
They get up from their spots, pad into the sleeping Thunderclan camp, lay in their nests in the apprentice den, and sleep peacefully.
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Time skip - a week, they have chilling / exploring together.
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Its been a week, and Graypaw and Firepaw is at their first gathering now, and Firepaw is quite excited about this first gathering of hers...
They talk about their business until the leaders silence them.
"We are doing great so far, though there has been a rogue going around the territories, they had killed our kits, 3 young kits. We had driven them out of our territory." Brokenstar says, sitting on the high rock with the other 3 great leaders.
Most of the cats from all clans get sick, slighty disgusted with queasiness, and partially shook with bewilderment at the thought of someone killing innocent, young kits.
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Who did this..?
I don't know...
Who would kill innocent kits?
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The clan murmurs and spreads rumors about it, as they watch the 4 leaders tell their daily business of clan things. Runningnose isn't having a great time, and worries this supposed rogue.
He also states that since ShadowClan are the strongest and most thriving Clan, they require more territory to support themselves, and that they drove WindClan out of their territory and claimed it for their own after they refused to surrender it willingly, and sadly.
This explains WindClan's absence from the Gathering. Crookedstar, announces that he has allowed ShadowClan hunting rights on the edge of their territory.
After the Gathering the ThunderClan cats rush back to camp, suspecting Yellowfang to be the cat Brokenstar warned them of, but Bluestar orders that Yellowfang should not be harmed, arguing that since there is no proof of Yellowfang being the culprit.
As Brokenstar has not named her as the rogue—and since she has not yet done anything wrong to ThunderClan, Yellowfang will remain in camp. She puts the Clan on battle-readiness as they are now the only ones standing up to Brokenstar.
Firepaw watches, and so does Graypaw and Ravenpaw. Nothing much is said after that, really, so the gathering wraps up their speeches and pads off to the clans.
"A rogue.. Could that be Yellowfang?" Graypaw meows, as Firepaw replies, "Maybe, but we still need to find out about this rogue."
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Time skip - a few days, the apprentices have been training carefully with the mentors
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Bluestar goes to the Moonstone to seek guidance from Starclan with Firepaw, Ravenpaw, Graypaw, and Tigerclaw, leaving Lionheart in charge. Bluestar goes to the moonstone this day, and Firepaw watches carefully.
"Woah, this is cool..." Firepaw says, his eyes twinkling with surprise and wonder. Tigerclaw flees, like he's scared of the divine light.
Bluestar does her business in finding out solutions by speaking formally to the ethereal Starclan.
After a while, the team goes back to camp, meeting barley.
"Hey Bluestar, its been a while." Barley says, striking up a small conversation. They talk for a bit, and eat some mice that's around camp. "Also, watch out for the dogs, they are leashed, but don't get close." Barley says.
They soon venture out of there, only to be met with a fierce battle of at least 100 rats!
They fight those buggers, and they kill a lot. Bluestar is getting piled up by rats, and loses a life. Firepaw rushes to her aid, killing the rats around her leader. So this is what it's like for a leader to lose a life.. Firepaw thinks.
Some rats jump for Bluestar, trying to eat at her with hunger in their eyes. Firepaw swipes for them, trying to get them off her wise leader.
UGH! Get off her you stupid rats! You foxdungs!
Tigerclaw watches carefully, before rushing back in to save them. "Stay back, Barley. what have you gotten us into?!" Tigerclaw says, spitting at Barley. "I didn't assign or let rats invade you on purpose!" Barley says, getting back from a few rats.
They kill off lots of rats, and they finally stop approaching for bites, so they scurry away in their small holes. Tigerclaw and the other softly pant, taking a quick breather, looking at the scurrying rats ahead.
The surrounding is all bloody with rat blood and a mix of theirs, that's for sure.
"You need to keep your barn clean of rodents, Barley!" Tigerclaw says, voice dripping with some begrudging feelings. Bluestar finally gets up, groaning in slight pain. "Calm down, lets go. We cleared these rats out. We don't need trouble, Tigerclaw."
They head back, with Tigerclaw softly growling at Barley, accusing him of what had just happened to them.
After the team came back from the forest, there was tension in the clan. Something was going on at camp when they were at the moonstone, something is off, what could have happened?
They eventually scour the place, all curious.
"Hmph... Something is going on, what happened?" Graypaw says, as Ravenpaw scurries over to check. "Guys, come over here!" Ravenpaw says, as the 2 of them come over. They checked the nursery.
They didn't find anything, but soft bedding for queens and kits. The Nursery was empty and basically dead silent.
The kits are gone!
"Their gone! My kits are gone!" Frostfur says, circling around as the other warriors look around. Yellowfang isn't here. Firepaw pads around, searching until she found Spottedleaf dead, with lots of warriors grieving for the medicine cat.
Spottedleaf! She was my friend... How could they..
They will pay dearly...
Firepaw looked at her dead best friend. Even though they never talked as much, Spottedleaf was always friendly with Firepaw. Firepaw put her paw on Spottedleaf's dead, cold paw, feeling and looking at her lifeless body.
Who could have done this..? The others mentioned Lionheart was attacked too...
Lionheart is found dead by the trio, and Graypaw mourns his mentors death. Graypaw softly sighs and watches him get carried out of camp, ready for his burial and second mourn.
Firepaw then thinks for a bit, before landing on Yellowfang. It better have not been Yellowfang. I hope.
Bluestar is wary and calculated about the situation, while Frostfur and some of the clan is panicking, searching around the camp frantically, even though she searched around a dozen times!
Bluestar is talking to some warriors, as Tigerclaw bickers about it being Yellowfang who caused this. "We need to find out who it was, and we need to send Firepaw and some others to find Yellowfang!" Bluestar says, to the clan.
Tigerclaw blames it on the former Shadowclan medicine cat, and Ravenpaw...
Bluestar assigns some warriors, though Bluestar had second thoughts. So she assigned the trio of Firepaw, Graypaw and Ravenpaw to find Yellowfang and the kits. "Shoo! You have no time to waste you 3!" Bluestar says, swiping her paws to them.
Tigerclaw is made deputy that time, and some clanmates are looking up to him. Tigerclaw is proud of himself, but... there's is very small, hungry glint in his eyes, but its quickly cancelled out by his pride and power.
The trio quickly pads off, ready to find the cat who caused this mess. "Lets find some scent trails guys!" Firepaw says, following faint scents. Graypaw speaks up, "Its stronger over here!"
"Got it!" Ravenpaw says, using his keen senses. "Woah, your good at this, Ravenpaw." Firepaw says, as Ravenpaw tries to hide his embarrassment. "It was nothing, really."
Graypaw rolls his eyes, seeming slightly envious.
"Lets just go, you guys are wasting time on your precious... whatever you were doing just now!" Graypaw says, slapping their backs. "Okay, okay!" Ravenpaw says, hurrying up to keep following the scent.
After a while, they decide to bring Ravenpaw to the barn with Barley, since they think Ravenpaw would be safe at Barleys barn.
Tigerclaw may kill him if he was around longer.
They bring Ravenpaw to Barleys place, and they greet him. "Were gonna keep Ravenpaw here, Barley." Graypaw says, and he continues explaining. Barley nods and gets Ravenpaw cozy in his barn.
Soon, Firepaw and Graypaw keep up with finding Yellowfang. They catch on some scents...
The scent smells like yellowfang, but its quite weak. They keep following.
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Getting closer...
Closer..!
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They get closer and closer, until they find Yellowfang, surprisingly...
Though there is no kit scent, just her and the mushy green forest.
Yellowfang hisses, not expecting the 2 of them. "who is that- Oh, its just you 2 mouse-brains." Yellowfang softly says, getting up. "Hey, are you the one who's been stealing the kits?!" Graypaw spat, but Firepaw got in the way, putting her paw on Graypaw's chest.
Firepaw looked at Graypaw, signaling him to calm down. Graypaw steps back and lets her handle things like a boss. It makes Graypaw fuzzy inside...
"Okay," Firepaw looked back at Yellowfang. "Yellowfang, what happened?"
Yellowfang gave her a stern look, before speaking up. She tells the 3 that she hasn't stolen the kits, but somebody else did, and it was one of Brokenstar's followers, Clawface. Yellowfang had told them that Brokenstar killed 3 kits, and she wasn't the one who did such a thing.
Yellowfang had basically fled camp once she found out the kits were gone, and had to search for those kits.
Graypaw gets slightly sick about the thought of Brokenstar slaughtering innocent kits. "How could he..?" Graypaw says, listening intently with the others. "He has been training kits since they were 3 moons! And they were made warriors at around 6 moons. Not to mention, they took brutal training under Brokenstar."
This suspects why the apprentices and warriors looked so young, and Graypaw is thinking the same thing. They both sigh, taking in the saddening and brutal information.
After getting up with Yellowfang and walking around the territory in search for the kits. Soon, they find Whitestorm's patrol of 5 cats, and they follow him and his team. "Lets go, warriors!" Whitestorm says, signaling them to follow.
They all follow, and they keep walking behind him, as Yellowfang explains the whole situation to them.
Some of them are slightly shocked, but expected this.
They think of a plan to get those kits back, and maybe get revenge on what they did to Lionheart and Spottedleaf.
They scent some Shadowclan warriors and cats, and they brace for any bloody encounters.
They keep going along a small dirt path, the scent of Shadowclan and their territory strong.
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They find a team of kicked-out Shadowclan warriors, and at first, they hiss and bristle. "Wait, we can use their help! Calm down!" One of them says, its an old cat, an elder. "Hey, calm down! We mean no harm! We promise!"
"How can we trust you?" Mousefur says, as they speak up, "We were banished from Shadowclan, and we need your help, please! Brokenstar kicked us out because they thought we weren't worthy or strong enough!" They say, coming close, slightly scared. "Alright, alright. No trickery though, lets get going, now!" Whitestorm says.
They arrive to Shadowclan camp, above it. Some of them take in the scenery, and it isn't so bad. The wind blows in their fur, driving away their scent so that the Shadowclan cats can't detect them.
Their all ready for the battle ahead of them, and they planned it out. Their gonna fight, while some of them get back the precious kits. Graypaw nudges Firepaw. "Lets get ready, Whitestorm said for the 10 of us to jump in, separate, and steal back the kits!" Graypaw says, looking ahead.
Firepaw is ready for this. She isn't afraid anymore, she's a wildcat now, and nothing is gonna stop her from this moment of proving herself.
This is gonna be my first, real fight... Its been such a long time since I've joined Thunderclan. I can prove myself! I promise..!
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