Night, A Warriors story. Added SPEEDING Chapter 8!!! *Post if you like it! All comments help!* 5 Stars! NEW: Cat pictures!!!

twilight · 02-04-2009, 09:14 PM

Page 4 contains cat pictures!(after i add them!)
Map at bottom!!!
The good news:I've typed the last chapter!
The bad news :The story is almost over...

Another set of good news: I will make a second story, if i have some ideas!
okay, i decided i should make a story!! please read and rate!!! ill post a new chapter after a couple of posts!!! Okay, I lied! here's the first chapter!!!
Preface

A light gray tabby tom padded impatiently around the lake, as he waited for the cats that were meeting him. Where are the rest of the cats? They were supposed to meet me here a while ago! he thought impatiently. Abruptly, a light brown she- cat walked around the trees to meet him.
"Finally! Thanks for showing up finally, Redleaf!" he meowed. The she- cat seemed amused,as she walked over to him.
"How long have you been waiting, Smokestar? Where's the rest of the cats in StarClan?" she questioned. A noise came from behind a tree.
"Mouse dung! I thought i had it!" a black tom appeared, with a sour expression on his face. He just noticed Smokestar and Redleaf, and added "I thought i had that rabbit! would have been great food! I, for one, would have enjoyed it!" he padded over to Smokestar and Redleaf.
"Hello, Raventail. Thank you for coming here. Do you know where any other cats are?" Smokestar meowed. Redleaf touched noses with Raventail. Raventail snorted unhappily.
" I hoped they all were here, when I left. I saw Heathernose chasing another rabbit. Maybe she actually will catch something!" He snorted again. Another cat appeared from the forest. She was a reddish color, with white paws. She seemed very tired.
" Heathernose! You made it! why are you so tired? Did you catch that rabbit?" Raventail questioned. Heathernose, who didn't seem to hear him, looked directly at Smokestar.
" Smokestar, why have you called us here? There are things more important than this, this, gathering. Cats are in danger in the forest below!" Heathernose, a former medicine cat, yowled. She seemed to be in pain, though nothing looked wrong.
Smokestar raced over to her, as quick as he could. "What do you mean? I was sure nothing was wrong!" He was disturbed by what Heathernose had said. What could possibly be wrong, now, during greenleaf? Greenleaf had always been perfect when he was in the forest, so what could be wrong now?
Heathernose sighed. "A dark, smoky gray she- cat will save the Clans from horrible trouble." she recited.
Smokestar was confused. A dark, smoky she-cat? Who could that possibly be?

Chapter 1

" Ouch! Fox dung! What did I step on?!? It stings so much!!!" Twilightpelt complained to her apprentice, Lightpaw. Lightpaw just flicked his bracken- colored tail. "Okay, if you know so much, whay does it hurt? What did i step on?" She shoved her dark gray paw under Lightpaw's nose. Lightpaw scrunched up his nose.
" Gross! What do I look like? Midnightfur?" He complained at the sight of Twilightpelt's paw. Midnightfur was TornadoClan's medicine cat, and her brother.
"Well- look, here comes Yellowstripe! He can take you hunting while i go to Midnightfur!" She exclaimed, and darted away from Lightpaw, flicking her tail as a goodbye.
"Alright, bye?" Lightpaw looked after her, then joined Yellowstripe and his apprentice Bluepaw. Twilightpelt limped as quickly as possible back to the TornadoClan camp. She almost ran into her friend, Amythestfoot.
"Wha- ouch! Twilightpelt! Why are you running? Nothing really seems that important!" Amythestfoot purred, amused. Twilightpelt just shook out her fur.
"Well, actually, it is important, unless you don't care about my paw!" Twilightpelt pushed her paw under Amythestfoot's face, like she had done with Lightpaw. " Now," without waiting for Amythestfoot's reply, she trotted off in the direction of Midnightfur. She nodded to a beautiful light ginger queen, Freesiafur, on her way.
As she approached Midnightfur's den, the Clan leader slowly walked out. Skystar barely acknowledged Twilightpelt, and countinued walking to his den. He seemed confused about something, and she wanted to know what it was. She always wanted to help her Clan. She pushed through the front of the medicine cat's den.
" Hello, Twilightpelt! What brings you here today? Did you get a thorn stuck in your pad? You seem to be in pain.... Let me look." Midnightfur bounded quickly over to her. She noticed his apprentice, Paintpaw, standing in the corner. She also looked troubled, like Skystar had.
"Paintpaw!" Twilightpelt called. The calico apprentice raised her head. Her eyes brightened as she saw Twilightpelt." So--OUCH!!!" she yowled. She bent her head. Midnightfur had plucked out the thorn in her paw, and was standing next to her holding it between his teeth.
"How does your paw feel now?" Midnightfur meowed through the thorn. Twilightpelt wiggled her paw. She felt no pain at all now.
"Thanks! Now I have a question for you." she paused. Midnightfur nodded to continue. "I saw Skystar leaving your den, and I wondered why he looked so, so, different!" She looked up at her brother. He was staring at Paintpaw, questions in his eyes. She waited.
" Let me discuss it with Paintpaw, then i'll tell you at sunhigh tomorrow. Be sure to come back here. I may need to discuss with Skystar, too." He pushed Twilightpelt out of the cave and paused. "Go find you apprentice!" he yowled to her, as she ran off to the forest.
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Twilightpelt was just about to exit the camp when Yellowstripe trotted back in with Lightpaw and Bluepaw behind him. They all had jawfulls of fresh-kill, ready to be eaten. Lightpaw nodded to her.
" Okay, Lightpaw, why don't you take some to the elders? I know Dapplespot would be overjoyed with that thrush." Lightpaw bowed his head, and ran in the direction of the elder's den.
"Bluepaw, Midnightfur and Paintpaw would love that rabbit." He pushed the rabbit over to her. She nodded, and trotted off at a steady speed. Yellowstripe acknowledged Twilightpelt with a nod. She watched as he bounded by Squirreltail, the deputy, and into the warrior den. Huh, she thought, Maybe he had a bad day. She quietly followed his steps, into the den, and onto her nest.

Chapter 2

Twilightpelt woke up early the next morning. She scrambled up, blinking sleep from her eyes, and yawned. She then streched out her body, and unsheathed her claws. She quickly sheathed her claws again. She stumbled out of the warriors den, and looked up at the sun. It was bright, and brought great warmth to her pelt.
Suddenly, the dawn patrol burst through the brambles guarding the camp. The deputy, Squirreltail, was in front of the group. Something seemed to have made him furious.
"Skystar!" he yowled accross the camp. Midnightfur and Skystar padded slowly out of the medicine cat den. She noticed Paintpaw behind them. Squirreltail pushed past Twilightpelt, over to Skystar. Then he yowled loud enough for all the cats in the Clan to hear:
"Silverwing has been killed!"
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Twilightpelt found herself lying in Midnightfur's den. What happened? she quickly thought. Paintpaw was sitting next to her, though she seemed to be asleep. "Paintpaw?" Twilightpelt mewed softly. The medicine cat apprentice snapped up immediatly.
"Twilightpelt! You're awake! You fainted when Squirreltail announced Silverwing's death!" she stopped, probably seeing the pain in Twilightpelt's eyes. Silverwing. Silverwing had been her best friend, kitted around the same time as herself. She had been with Silverwing for most of her life. Just the thought of Silverwing's death made Twilightpelt want to be a kit again, snuggled close to her mother, waking up from a bad dream. Her heart ached for her best friend. She got up slowly, and thanked the calico apprentice.
"Good luck, Twilightpelt. You missed the information from Midnightfur, you know." The appentice tried to use humor to cheer her up.
"Sorry, Paintpaw, but I think I'll go take Lightpaw out to the forest. Maybe I can talk with Skystar and give him an assessment." She limply smiled, and padded out of the den. She needed a friend, and Lightpaw would be a great supportive cat, even with his sarcasm. She wanted to smile and look happy, but couldn't seem to do it.
"Lightpaw!" she called into the apprentice den. He came bounding out, a sad look on his face. He padded slowly over to her.
" I heard about Silverwing." he meowed simply. She nodded. " So I went and talked to Skystar. He says I need to have one more assessment, and if I do good, I can be a warrior! He says Bluepaw will be assessed too. Can I fetch Yellowstripe, and start the assessment now?" He looked hopeful, and she paused. This would keep her mind off of Silverwing. She nodded.
" I'll go tell Skystar. You get Bluepaw and Yellowstripe." He nodded, and padded back to the apprentice den, to get Bluepaw. Twilightpelt turned and walked to the highrock, where Skystar's den was. She meowed at the entrance, to alert him of her presence. He mewed softly, to tell her to come in.
"Hello, Twilightpelt. What can I do for you?" his eyes were sad as he looked up at her. She swallowed uneasily. The death of Silverwing had affected him, too.
"Lightpaw told me what you said to him. I agreed, and now Yellowstripe and I are going to give them an assessment. Is that okay with the-" Skystar cut her off by nodding. He seemed enthusiastic about the idea.
"That would be good for you, Twilightpelt." He mewed. He told her she could leave, and she went off to find Lightpaw. She found them sitting at the entrance, right before the brambles. Bluepaw seemed excited. Yellowstripe was cleaning his left paw. Lightpaw was trying not to beam in happiness, though it wasn't working.
"Okay..." she meowed. She pushed through the entrance first, and then looked back to see if the others were following her. Lightpaw smiled a small smile when she looked back. I wonder what his warrior name will be? She glanced back at him. Maybe Lightfur, or Lightpelt, or Lightfoot... Lightwhisker? No... She mentally debated. Bluepaw meowed.
"Twilightpelt! stop! Don't run into tha-" but it was too late. Twilightpelt slipped on the muddy banks of the river that separated them from OceanClan. If Seastar, or Coralfoot saw her now, she'd be fresh-kill! She tried to swim out, but her struggles were worthless. Her head dipped underwater.
"Twilightpelt!" was the last thing she heard, as she dipped back under the water . A brown shape moved on her right, but then she soon slipped into darkness.

Chapter 3

Lightpaw watched with his mouth ajar as his mentor, Twilightpelt, was washed away in the currents. The river, by far to strong for an apprentice to swim through, was long, then turned into a waterfall, that flowed into a small stream, that ended in the ocean on OceanClan's side. Lightpaw couldn't believe his mentor was going to fall down the waterfall, and end up in the ocean! He wanted to jump in, but knew he'd probably fall down too. He tried to think, but couldn't concentrate.
Suddenly, a dark brown cat shape darted from deep in OceanClan. It lunged into the water, a few feet ahead of Twilightpelt's bobbing tail. She would run out of air soon. He held his breath as he waited for the brown cat to reappear. The dark brown cat's head bounced up, as it swam bravely against the current.
"Twilightpelt!" he called. He noticed Bluepaw had jumped up, and was waiting on the edge for Twilightpelt. Yellowstripe had come back, with a branch that he had found. He was dragging it with his teeth. He quickly threw half in the river, and held the other half on the river bed.
"Bluepaw, Lightpaw, help me hold this!" Yellowstripe called. Lightpaw rushed over, Bluepaw on his heels. Lightpaw looked into Yellowstripe's eyes. He saw something he had never seen before in the warrior's eyes. What was that? Lightpaw grabbed the branch, and Bluepaw took the other side. The OceanClan warrior was swimming slowly toward them.
"Grab the branch, Otterfoot!" Yellowstripe yowled to him. At first Lightpaw though the brown warrior, Otterfoot, hadn't heard him. But, Otterfoot nodded slightly. The warrior swam over to the branch. He grabbed it in his paws. Together, Bluepaw and Lightpaw pulled the OceanClan warrior and Twilightpelt out of the water. Yellowstripe rushed over.
" Is she alive?" He whispered to Otterfoot. Otterfoot flicked his tail.
"Where is your medicine cat?" He questioned. Yellowstripe turned his gaze over to Lightpaw. Lightpaw nodded, and was about to charge off, but Midnightfur and Paintpaw had just appeared from the forest.
"Thank StarClan you're here!" Bluepaw mewed. She had finally let go of the branch, and was padding over to them. "She's in bad shape." She meowed sadly. "But really, who wouldn't be after they nearly drowned?" Paintpaw snorted, and Midnightfur pushed past them. He ran over to his sister, and immediatly checked for a pulse. Lightpaw watched in amazement. How could any cat learn to do all this? He realized his sister was learning how to do all of this.
"She's alive!" Yellowstripe exhaled. Really, why did he act like this, today, Lightpaw wondered. He was about to mew some sarcastic comment to Paintpaw when the Clan leader, Skystar, pushed into the clearing. He looked at the apprentices, but quickly walked over to Twilightpelt. Amythestfoot pushed through next. She stepped with the apprentices.
"What happened to Twilightpelt?" She whispered to Lightpaw. Lightpaw paused, and showed her to wait with a flick of his tail. She nodded, to show she'd seen. Lightpaw stared at Twilightpelt. Suddenly, she coughed out all the water she had swallowed.
"She is going to be okay!" Yellowstripe seemed overjoyed. Lightpaw glanced at Amythestfoot. He saw the same look of confusion mirrored in her eyes. She nodded, mostly to herself. She flicked her tail to tell Lightpaw to continue the story.
"We were going to give Bluepaw and me an assessment, and she was walking in this direction, obviously not paying attention," He allowed a brief mrrow of laughter. "Then, she slipped on the mud on the bank of the river. She almost drowned, but that OceanClan warrior saved her. His name is Otterfoot." Lightpaw walked over to Skystar. Skystar looked over at him.
"Did you help save Twilightpelt?" Skystar mewed quietly. Lightpaw nodded. He continued "Yellowstripe says you and Bluepaw help save her. I believe you should be made into full warriors at dusk. Then, you will be able to stand vigil tonight." Lightpaw grinned. He was waiting to be a warrior! Now, Paintpaw would be the only apprentice! He thought about it. At least the kits were about five moons old.
"It's settled. You and Bluepaw will be warriors tonight!" He yowled. "Now, Twilightpelt, can you walk yet?" Twilightpelt looked over toward them. She smiled with a new look at Lightpaw. Lightpaw bowed his head. "Thank you, Lightpaw." She mewed softly.

Chapter 4

Twilightpelt walked back to camp slowly. She didn't feel well, and decided to sleep after the naming ceremony for the two apprentices. She turned and looked at Lightpaw. A shiver ran through her spine.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Midnightfur mew quietly in her ear. His whiskers twitched when another shiver went throught her body. She looked up, then sagged her head. She was suprised she was cold, since it was greenleaf. She sighed. I hope I'm not catching a cold! she thought. She shivered yet again. The camp was straight ahead. She nodded slightly to Lightpaw. He did deserve to be a warrior.
Skystar padded directly to the Highrock. He yowled to the Clan.
"May all cats old enough to catch their own pray gather here at the Highrock!" She noticed most of the cats, besides Freesiafur, and Candypetal, the queens, walked over to the Highrock. She looked at Yellowstripe and Lightpaw.
"Are you ready?" She mewed quietly to Lightpaw. He flicked his tail in dismissal.
"Twilightpelt, Yellowstripe, are you satisfied that Lightpaw and Bluepaw are ready to become warriors?" Skystar had pride in his eyes. Twilightpelt knew he loved to make new warriors.
"I am." Yellowstripe seemed overjoyed. She realized they were waiting for her approval.
"I am." She meowed, as loud as she could in her wet and cold state. Skystar nodded.
"Bluepaw, come forward." Bluepaw looked nervous. She walked slowly over to him."Lightpaw, come forward also" Lightpaw walked surely, quickly. "I, Skystar, leader of TornadoClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on these apprentices. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as a warrior in their turn.Bluepaw, Lightpaw do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your lifes?"
Bluepaw paused. "I do." She mewed. Lightpaw purred in amusement.
"I do." He mewed loudly.
Skystar nodded. "Then by the powers of StarClan I give you your warrior names. Bluepaw, from this moment you will be known as Bluepool. Lightpaw, from this moment you will be known as Lightfall. StarClan honours your heroism and caring, and we welcome you as full warriors of TornadoClan." Lightfall padded up, and Skystar put his muzzle on top of him. Lighfall licked his shoulder. Bluepool padded slower, and Skystar rested his muzzle on her head. She licked his shoulder, and followed her brother down.
"Bluepool! Lightfall!" The rest of the Clan chanted. Twilightpelt called loudly, to show her approval. It hurt her throat a little to yowl.
"You look like you could use some Feverfew and Culver's root. We don't want you to catch a cold." Twilightpelt's brother mewed. There was humor in his eyes, but he was serious.
"Good idea. Maybe that will soothe this fever, and my throat!" She followed him, but paused halfway there. "Can I say congratulations to Lightfall and Bluepool? I feel I should." He paused, and nodded.
"That would be a great idea. They're probably looking for you. Take Paintpelt too. She will become a full medicine cat soon. Paintpaw!" He yowled. Paintpaw darted out of the den, and over to them.
"Come on, Paintpaw. We are going to Lightfall and Bluepool." She padded to the Highrock, where the two new warriors were still sitting. Yellowstripe was next to his former apprentice. He looked overly proud.
"Twilightpelt! I'm a warrior!" Lightfall was meowing loudly. "Look, Bluepool! She brought Paintpaw!" They ran towards her. She paused. They stopped next to her and Paintpaw.
"Congratulations! Now, you have fun with your vigil, while the rest of us sleep!" She let out a mrrow of laughter, then she padded to the medicine cat den, to get the herbs she needed. She decided to ask for some poppy seeds too, so she could sleep.

Chapter 5

Squirreltail padded through the forest, his patrol behind him. He walked through the trees, to the border with FireClan. No cat wanted to go to the OceanClan border, after Twilightpelt's accident. He sighed.
"What's wrong, Squirreltail? You look troubled." His mate, Flowerfrost, mewed. He flicked his tail. Flowerfrost justed cocked her head to the side.
"Ha, you looked like a mangy dog!" Squirreltail mrrowed. Flowerfrost snorted in good humor, and followed him. They had reached the border. Squirreltail noticed the fresh scent- markers. The FireClan patrol had passed by recently.
Squirreltail sniffed. All he smelt were FireClan. That was a good sign. "Do you think everything's fine here?" He asked Flowerfrost. She nodded. They quickly refreshed the scent- markers on their side, and started toward the back of the territory. Abruptly, Squirreltail smelled badger. He looked back at Flowerfrost, but she had frozen in terror. He looked straight ahead of him. Lumbering over him, a badger had appeared. It looked as if it wanted to kill him, and it smelt of milk. It must have kits. He quickly moved to the left. The badger struck right where he had been before. He swallowed. If he hadn't moved, he would have died. The badger snarled, and turned to Flowerfrost. It was lumbering toward her.
"No!" He yelled. The badger lifted its huge arm. He ran ahead of it, and pushed Flowerfrost out of the way. The badger struck him. "No-!" was the only thing he heard, then, nothing. He saw blackness ahead of him. Then, he realized he was high above the forest. Where am I? He asked himself.
"You are a member of StarClan now." The young brown tabby cat meowed. "I am Redleaf. You are Squirreltail of TornadoClan, correct?" He nodded limply. "You are probably wondering why you are here." He nodded again. "Okay, I will tell you. That badger killed you. Flowerfrost is safe, and Skystar is sending a patrol to kill the badger. Flowerfrost brought your body back to camp." He nodded again.
"Okay, so if I am dead, who will be the new deputy?" He questioned. "And how did you get the name Redleaf. You are brown." The brown tabby bowed her head.
"I do not know who will be deputy. That is for Skystar to decide. As for my name, I was a red color, like you, when I was a kit. Smokestar was going to change my warrior name to Brownleaf, but a dog got me before he could. He is here now, if you would like to meet him..." Squirreltail flicked his tail, he was starting to become more comfortable here, knowing he would be stuck here forever.
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"What do you mean by 'Squirreltail is dead?'" Twilightpelt demanded. Flowerfrost hung her head limply. Immediatly, Twilightpelt felt bad.
"H-He got killed by a badger." She sighed, and Twilightpelt comforted her. " H-He wa-was saving me fr-from a baad- baad- baaadger!" She wailed. Twilightpelt layed her tail on Flowerfrost. She never knew what it felt like to lose a mate, so she couldn't feel Flowerfrost's pain.
"Squirreltail- My father is dead!" Twilightpelt turned her head. Bluepool was at the entrance, listening to the conversation. Flowerfrost let out a strange mewl, and continued wailing. Twilightpelt noticed Skystar and Midnightfur approaching quickly.
"Where is his body? Bluepool, you might want to alert your brother and sister, so that it won't suprise them later." Skystar commanded. Bluepool nodded limply, and walked with her tail down.
"It-It's over there!" Flowerfrost wailed. Midnightfur came over to comfort her. Skystar nodded.
"Go get some elders, Twilightpelt." She nodded, and walked quickly to the elder's den. She burst through the front. Mooncloud turned to look over. Rabbitfoot nodded, and got up. Twilightpelt looked at Mooncloud questioningly. Mooncloud shrugged.
"We heard Flowerfrost." Was her explaination. She got up and padded after Rabbitfoot. Twilightpelt looked at them. Suddenly, she heard a yowl from the warrior den.
"What?! Squirreltail can't be dead! It's not possible!" The voice belonged to Lightfall. She walked quickly to her old apprentice. He was mewling like a kit.
"I'm sorry, Lightfall." She mewed quietly. He glanced up.
"I know."

Chapter 6

Paintpaw was still sad from her father's death a few hours before, but she would need to get back some strength, to travel to the Mooncave, since tonight was the half - moon. She sighed. Flowerfrost was still grieving over her lost mate, but, of course, Paintpaw couldn't blame her. Paintpaw shook her head to clear it.
"Midnightfur, something's wrong with Goldenkit!" Freesiafur rushed in, holding the small golden tabby kit. The kit did look wrong, but was still active.
"Freesiafur, I didn't need to come here! I am perfectly fine!" Goldenkit and her sister, Dazzlekit, were almost ready to become apprentices. Paintpaw sighed again, and showed herself to the queen and kit.
"Midnightfur went to gather some more herbs." She explained. "But I may be able to help you." The reddish queen nodded. She walked closer, and put the kit down at Paintpaw's paws. The kit looked up at her.
"I'm fine, right, Paintpaw? Nothing's wrong, right?" The kit asked hopefully. Paintpaw bowed her head.
"We'll see. Can you walk fine? Can you breathe fine? You aren't coughing, are you?" Paintpaw started quizzing the little kit. Goldenkit shook her head. She lifted her paws, and ****** in a deep breath. Paintpaw nodded.
"Okay, then what has been bothering you? You do look a little different." The kit's eyes widened. She started to jump around.
"I look different? Something has got to be wrong then!" She started licking her paws, then looked at her tail, and started to inspect her fur. Paintpaw laughed at the sight.
"Well, Freesiafur, she seems fine. Bring her back if something else happens." Goldenkit walked out of the den, testing each paw movement. Paintpaw laughed again. Freesiafur paused.
"Okay, I will." With that, she walked out after Goldenkit. Midnightfur padded in then, with a mouthfull of herbs. Most of the herbs were traveling herbs. Suddenly, she heard Skystar yowl.
"May all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here, at the Highrock!" She looked at the sky. It was almost moonhigh. They were going to be late!
"Midnightfur!" She yowled. He walked out, and glanced at the sky. His eyes widened, and he mewed quicky.
"Hurry, eat your herbs! We must be quick, or we will miss the other medicine cats!" He commanded. She nodded. She ate fast, and padded after him. He broke out into a run, and she did the same. Midnightfur was panting. She looked ahead. There were the medicine cats from the other Clans. Flareblaze, the LightningClan medicine cat. Breezefoot, the FireClan medicine cat. And Sharktooth, the OceanClan medicine cat. Flareblaze brought his apprentice, Willowpaw. Paintpaw padded up to Willowpaw, and touched noses.
"Look, TornadoClan cats made it! We thought you abandoned us!" Breezefoot snickered. Midnightfur flicked his tail at her in good humor.
"You should be happy we even showed up, Breezefoot!" Paintpaw purred. Willowpaw joined her purring.
"Okay, enough. Let's get moving. Look at how close the moon is! We may be late anyway!" Sharktooth frowned, and started padding up the hill. Paintpaw could see the Mooncave ahead. The Mooncave was actually pretty close, but the hill was steep. Paintpaw kept a steady pace next to Willowpaw. Willowpaw was purring lightly.
"Now," Midnightfur cast a glance at her. "I am going to give Paintpaw a full medicine cat name." Flareblaze widened his eyes.
"Already? She's not much older than Willowpaw..." Paintpaw was shocked. She would be a full medicine cat tonight? That was a huge shock for her. She never expected it. Flareblaze nodded."That's it. Willowpaw will be given her full name tonight, too. Right after Paintpaw." He nodded again. Willowpaw looked shocked also.
"Look, you will be a full medicine cat at the same time as me!" Paintpaw meowed happily. Willowpaw bounced excitedly.
"I know!" Paintpaw paused, and pushed into the cave, after Midnightfur. He was waiting by the brambles in the back, the ones that glow with moonlight. He waited for Paintpaw. Paintpaw padded next to him. He nodded. Willowpaw padded up to her mentor. She nodded. They were going to do it seperately. She waited for him to continue. Midnightfur looked at the shining brambles.
"I, Midnightfur, medicine cat of TornadoClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has trained hard to understand the way of a medicine cat, and with your help shewill serve your Clan for many moons. Paintpaw, do you promise to uphold the way of a medicine cat, to stand apart from rivalry between Clan and Clan, and to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?" He waited for her answer.
"I do" She nodded slightly.
"Then, by the powers of StarClan, I give you your true name as a medicine cat. Paintpaw, from this moment you shall be known as Paintsky. StarClan honors your knowledge and certainty, and we welcome you as a full medicine cat of TornadoClan." His eyes gleamed. Paintsky realized that he was proud. She looked at Willowpaw. "Now, Flareblaze, you may name Willowpaw." He moved out of the way, and Paintsky followed him. Willowpaw seemed frozen. Flareblaze nodded and took over Midnightfur's spot. Breezefoot looked restless. She walked slowly to her.
"What's wrong, Breezefoot?" She whispered. Breezefoot glanced at her. Her eyes softened.
"I need to aquire an apprentice soon." She mewed. Paintsky nodded. Then they would have a new medicine cat here! She was about to comment when Flareblaze yowled.
"I, Flareblaze, medicine cat of LightningClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has trained hard to understand the way of a medicine cat, and with your help she will serve your Clan for many moons. Willowpaw, do you promise to uphold the way of a medicine cat, to stand apart from rivalry between Clan and Clan, and to protect all cats equally, even at the cost of your life?" He also waited. He was more impatient than Midnightfur, but he still waited. Willowpaw looked more scared than she had felt. Poor Willowpaw, She thought, looking at her friend.
"I do." She replied shakily. Flareblaze appeared proud.
"Then, by the powers of StarClan, I give you your true name as a medicine cat. Willowpaw, from this moment you shall be known as Willowfern. StarClan honors your knowledge and certainty, and we welcome you as a full medicine cat of LightningClan." He stated. He looked at all of the cats in the cave, then got back down to join them.
"Willowfern! Paintsky!" Breezefoot started. The rest of the cats joined in, Paintsky looked at Willowfern. She looked embarrassed. Paintsky nodded encouragingly.
"Now, let us share tongues with StarClan!" Sharktooth declared. The cats started laying around the brambles. They had to eat one to fall asleep. Paintsky reached for one. They tasted awful, but at least they made her sleep. She closed her eyes.
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She opened her eyes. She was in the forest again. Except she didn't recognize this forest. It seemed more... Magical. She looked around, and noticed a red-furred cat running to her.
"Paintsky!" It called. She sniffed the air. This cat smelt like her father. She looked up. The cat was her father!
"Squirreltail! Where are we! I can't believe it's you!" She meowed happily. She raced toward her father. He purred.
"This is the part of StarClan hidden from warriors and apprentices. Only leaders and medicine cats will see this part, before they join StarClan, of course." He explained. She looked around again. She noticed another cat appearing. This cat was brown, and smelled like a she-cat. She pointed her nose in the new arrival's direction. Squirreltail mrrowed in laughter.
"That's Redleaf. She is brown, I know. She was supposed to be renamed Brownleaf, but joined StarClan before she got it." Paintsky nodded. This she-cat was young, then. The cat approached them.
"Congrats, Paintsky." She meowed, looking at her happily. Paintsky was confused.
"How do you all know my name?" She yowled, looking for more cats that knew her. She spotted a silver-gray pelt. This cat smelled like Silverwing, which, it probably was.
"Hello, Paintsky!" Silverwing meowed loudly. She glanced to the side. Midnightfur had joined her dream. "Hi, Midnightfur. Would you say hello to Twilightpelt for me?" Silverwing looked sad, from remebering her friend. But she held her head high.
"Sadly, it is time for us to go." Midnightfur mewed. Paintsky looked up sadly.
"Already? But I-we just got here!" He nodded, and she woke up. The other cats were also waking up. She looked for Willowfern. She spotted her still laying, but she opened her eyes. Willowfern jumped up as she saw Paintsky.
"Goodbye, for now, Paintsky!" She meowed. Paintsky nodded her goodbye, and followed Midnightfur out of the cave.

Chapter 7

Twilightpelt yawned as she walked out of the warriors den. Moonshine was standing out, waiting for the dawn patrol. Moonshine had been named the new deputy last night, and poor Midnightfur and Paintpaw had missed it. She looked at the medicine cat den, and decided to visit Paintpaw, since she hadn't seen her last night. She padded over, hardly noticing the strong wind that blew her almost across the clearing. She noticed Paintpaw outside, staring into the increasing clouds. Paintpaw turned to look at her.
"Paintpaw, you're back!" She yowled, hardly over the strong wind. Paintpaw cocked her head to the side.
"Paintpaw, who in the forest is Paintpaw? I'm Paintsky, thank you very much." Paintsky called out to Twilightpelt. Twilightpelt widened her eyes.
"You're a full medicine cat now? You don't really seem old enough...." Twilightpelt trailed off. Paintsky had turned her head in the direction of the wind. Twilightpelt saw her eyes widening.
"Paintsky, what on earth are you doing?" Twilightpelt demanded. Paintsky didn't look to her, she just continued into her den. Twilightpelt followed. "Paintsky?"
"What? The storm was coming to kill me!" Paintsky yowled. Twilightpelt understood. Paintsky had always hated storms, even the smallest rain shower. She seemed more scared this time, though.
"Is there something different about this upcoming storm?" She pressed. Paintsky looked up.
"Maybe. StarClan seemed to be telling me to hurry inside. I don't know why, but, the feeling just scared me into here." Paintsky shook her head. "I just don't kn-" A loud crash of thunder shook the ground, cutting Painsky off. Twilightpelt heard many loud yowls from the other cats, and she saw Midnightfur rush in. He looked terrified.
"A tree has fallen into the middle of camp. We think there were a few cats right under it." He was sorrowful. She looked at Paintsky. Paintsky looked even more terrified then Midnightfur. Twilightpelt shivered.
"Wwwwwwell, wwhat aarrrre we ggggoinggg ttto doo?" Paintsky was shivering, and her teeth were clattering. Another loud roar of thunder occured. This brought another round of yowls outside. She heard Skystar's yowl the loudest.
"Hurry, into the medicine cat's den! It's safest from the forest around!" A rush of disgruntled cats ran in, They paused upon seeing the group in back, and most of their eyes rested on Paintsky. Flowerfrost trotted over to her.
"What's wrong?" She asked her kit. Paintsky shook her head, shivering too much to speak. Flowerfrost nodded, used to her behaviour. Paintsky shook her head.
"Wait for it..." Paintsky mewed quietly. Twilightpelt was silent, and they heard a roar of thunder and a crash. She paused, wondering what was going on outside. She heard yowling from the group of cats near the front of the cave.
"What is it?!" She heard a yowl. She realized it was Moonshine. She heard Skystar yowl, above the roaring that sounded like a huge twoleg monster outside.
"Move to the back, or Clanmates will be blown out!" The end of the trail pushed them right up against the wall. Twilightpelt hissed as she hit the wall. She noticed Paintsky seemed to be hyperventilating.
"Calm down, Paintsky." She soothed. Paintsky shook her head. She whimpered dog-like.
"No, there is a wind-monster, a tornado, roaming through TornadoClan. It's not safe anymore, not this leaf-green. This usually happens during new-leaf. Why!" She yelled.
Twilightpelt felt the ground shaking. She could hardly see through the dim green light. Wait, green? She pondered. She heard some more roaring, then silence. Cats around her shifted uncomfortably. Wait. Paintsky mouthed. Suddenly, the roaring began again. The tornado had turned around and was coming back to them!

Chapter 8

Twilightpelt shivered, like Paintsky. There was loud crashing, and lots of lightning. Twilightpelt heard something hitting the roof of the cave. Hail, Paintsky mouthed. Twilightpelt nodded, and stared to te entrance. This time, she noticed something different. She could actually see the tornado! Then, she realized now, it would be going to all the Clans!"
"No!" She yelled. Skystar looked to her. Most of the other cats were looking, too. "The tornado! It's going to the other Clans now! We have to save them!" She tried to push through the cats, but they all stood right where they were. Skystar yowled.
"Twilightpelt, what are you doing? You are going to be killed, ****** up by the tornado!" Most of the other cats nodded, but Midnightfur and Paintsky remained still. Midnightfur looked to Skystar.
"Actually, Skystar, we heard a StarClan prophecy, that we didn't exactly share with you, yet." Paintsky looked down, as Midnightfur told Skystar. Twilightpelt understood. They didn't know what it meant, until today. "The prophecy was 'A dark, smoky gray she- cat will save the Clans from horrible trouble.' We believe this cat, now, is Twilightpelt. She fits the desciption, dark and smoky color, and wants to save them." Skystar seemed to consider it. Then, he nodded.
"Okay, we shall let Twilightpelt save us, though we have no idea how. Cats, form a path for Twilightpelt to come through." The cats quickly moved, and Twilightpelt paused. Did she really want to do this? She swallowed, and slowly walked through.
"Hurry! They don't have much time, and they won't know what a tornado is!" Paintsky yowled. Twilightpelt nodded, and quickly trotted out.
First, she decided to head for FireClan, since that was the first direction the tornado would go. She quickened her trot, hoping to make it to Flareblaze and Willowfern before it was too late. She doubted Flamestar and Bluefoot would listen to her. She hurried right over the border, soaking wet from the rain.
She yowled."Breezefoot! Come outside! I have news for you!" She was silent, to listen for her, or any sign of FireClan.She didn't see any cats, and comtinued to the camp, almost blown away by the wind.
"Twilightpelt, what in StarClan are you doing here? This is our camp!" Breezefoot called. Twilightpelt shook her head.
"Breezefoot, get everyone in the safest part of your camp! There is a wind-monster, a tornado heading straight toward your camp! Hurry, I have to go to LightningClan's camp next! Hope you're safe!" And she darted out of the camp, hoping Breezefoot would listen to her, and save the Clan. She rushed through the trees of FireClan, that never had leaves, and hurried over the border between them and LightningClan. She would have to find Flareblaze or Willowfern, to send them the message. She frowned. Willowfern would probably boot her out immediatly, so that the rest of the Clan wouldn't attack her. But Flareblaze probably would listen. She shook her head. A piece of hail had just fallen from the sky onto her head. She sighed, and quickened her pace again.
"Willowfern! Flareblaze! Hurry outside! I really need to tell you something!" Flareblaze trotted out, Willowfern behind him. They both looked confused.
"What do you need Twilightpelt? And why are you out here, in this weather, with all of this hail?" He paused, staring behind her with horror in his eyes. Willowfern didn't notice.
"There is a wind-monster coming here. It's called a tornado. Get all of your Clan, and find the safest part of the camp, and hide there. Get away from the tornado!" She yelled and ran off to OceanClan when the sky at LightningClan started turning green. She hoped they would hurry, of Willowfern would see the tornado and realize they were in danger.
She rushed over the border, and slightly paused at the river between the Clans. She quickly swam through the cold water, and ran directly to the middle of the territory, for OceanClan's camp. She heard the waves of the river, which is why OceanClan is OceanClan. She spotted Sharktooth, the medicine cat.
"Sharktooth!" She called. Sharktooth paused, and turned to her. Sharktooth didn't even look at her.
"Twilightpelt, what is that cloud thing behind you, that looks a little greenish and deadly?" His eyes were wide, and terrified.
"It's a wind-monster, or better known as a tornado. It will destroy the territory, and kill any cat left outside. Take all of your Clan, and quickly get inside the safest part of camp. Oh no! The sky!" She looked up at the green, then rushed off, back to her camp, hoping to make it.
She heard the wind roar close behind her, and ran as fast as her legs could carry her. I have to make it. The Clan needs to know I did my job. She thought, and it kept her running. She spotted her camp, and the tree that had falled over the middle. She gasped. Moonshine was one of the cats that had been under it, along with a few of the cats going on the patrol. Twilightpelt shook her head in sorrow, and decided to yowl to the Clan.
"I'm back! I got to all of the other Cl-" And the sky went dark green, as she was pulled inside the cave.

ok, i made a map of the territories!

coolawesomeAbby · 02-04-2009, 09:17 PM

I'll post! It's really really good!

twilight · 02-05-2009, 07:32 PM

thanks!! ive been wanting to write a Warriors story for a while!!!

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just wanted to say my first chapter is longer than this one!! and the second is double the length!!

Snicklefritz096 · 02-05-2009, 08:19 PM

It's good, just hard to follow. Love it! Keep working!

xSophiexx16 · 02-05-2009, 08:37 PM

OHHH! I like this story! I wish it had more attention! FIVE STARS!
AND A SUBSCRIBER.

twilight · 02-05-2009, 10:17 PM

thanks!! i tried to make it sound like the books, though i don't think i'm anywhere near as good!

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i'm working on the third chapter, but so far, my favorite is the second!!