6Heyyyy guyz! Cloudypelt here!
Sorry i haven't updated in a while, i had a TON of school stuff, but im back! :D
now, ON WITH THE STORY!
Disclaimer: the Warriors books dont belong to me. That amazing honour and privilege goes to the one and only Erin Hunter! :D
Chapter 3:
Moonfur, the medicine cat, was light grey she-cat with a white muzzle and a white patch around her bright blue eyes.
She was extremely skilled at what she did and deeply believed in Starclan. Thus, making her one of the most fearless cats in Thunderclan.
But today, she was scared.
She was walking through the woods, panting.
The sun was huge. Larger that it ever was, in fact.
Moonfur suddenly heard the cackling of a fire.
As she turned around, her eyes went wide at what she saw.
Thunderclan was on fire, everything burning.
But that wasnt the scariest part.
About half of the clan cats were walking towards her, dragging their paws along the ground.
But the worst part was the fact that they were on fire.
As the burning cats were walking, every so often, a cat would drop dead.
Moonfur scrambled backwards, but then yelped in surprise as she got caught in a thorn bush.
"HELP! Starclan! Please help!" She cried. The heat and pain was unbearable.
But nothing happened.
Well, except for the fact that the cats kept walking towards her.
Moonfur watched in horror as more and more cats dropped dead.
Then, finally, when Moonfur had had enough, there was one cat left.
It sat down in front of her, its eyes glowing a water-blue.
Moonfur jumped slightly as it started to speak.
"The sun will block out Starclan, and for once cause death. The only thing to decide wether death keeps happening is the warrior with a cloudy pelt."
Moonfur stared wide-eyed as the flaming cat suddenly dropped.
The blue of it's eyes washed over her, and she woke up.
Sh looked up to see her apprentice, Silverpaw, pouring water from some moss onto her.
Silverpaw was a dark grey tom with lighter grey stripes along his pelt. He also had dark green eyes.
"You were yowling in your sleep, and i figured you wete having a bad dream, so i tried to wake you up."
He said, innocence glowing in his eyes.
Moonfur sighed, "yes, you did what your heart told you to do. Good job." She licked his forehead reassuringly. "But right now, we need to go speak with Whitestar."
Silverpaw's eyes hardened with understanding and he nodded.
The two cats made their way to the leader's den.
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Cloudykit yawned as she trotted out of the nursery.
She didnt know what woke her up, she just had feeling.
Sort of like that feeling she got when the twoleg came into camp, but not as... urgent.
She shivered at the memory.
The collar was successfully taken off of her thanks to Songkit, her best friend.
Songkit was a golden tabby tom with warm, brown eyes. He was extremely friendly and Cloudykit couldn't help but think he was attractive.
Songkit had suggested that Cloudykit stretch her neck as far as possible and twist her head slightly.
He then put on some slimy liquid, Cloudykit didnt know what it was, she just knew that he got it from Moonfur.
He then gently put the collar in his mouth, and slid it off her neck.
Cloudykit was shocked to see that it was off, and once she regained her senses, she decided to show her thankfulness by tackling Songkit and saying thank you over and over again.
Cloudykit smiled at the memory of last night.
But suddenly, something caught her eye.
She looked over and saw Moonfur and Silverpaw padding quietly over to Whitestar's den.
Cloudykit dropped down into a crouch and quickly followed them, making sure not to make a sound.
Moonfur and Silverpaw entered the den, while Cloudykit stayed crouched next to the entrance.
She pushed her ears forwards, and could hear every word.
"I-i had a very unsettling... dream." Moonfur sounded upset.
"Please, explain." Whitestar said calmly, so much different than the leader last night. Something must be bothering him, Cloudykit figured.
"Well," Moonfur retold her entire dream.
Cloudykit got frightned at what could happen in dreams, but became shocked to hear what sounded like a prophecy.
"The sun will block out Starclan, and for once cause death. The only thing to decide wether death keeps happening is the warrior with a cloudy pelt. What do you think it means, Moonfur?" Whitestar asked.
Cloudykit was surprised to hear how calm her leader was staying.
"Well, it obviously talks about the sun, and in the dream, the sun was extremely hot and-"
Moonfur was cut off by Whitestar.
"You know what i mean." He said firmly.
"Yes, yes," Moonfur sighed. "The only cat that i can think of is Cloudykit. It says that the cat who will save us is the cat with the cloudy pelt, and you must admit, her pelt looks extremely like clouds. And for Starclan's sake, her name is Cloudykit!"
Cloudykit's eyes went wide as she listened to the cats talk.
Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed cats appearing from their dens.
She stood quickly and, as casual as she could, made her way back into the nursery.
She poked Songkit.
"Psst! Songkit! Wake up!' She whispered in his ear.
She saw his eyes flutter for a bit, but didnt open, so she pounced on him.
"Alright, alright! Im up!" He said, stretching then yawned.
"Good! Cause i have something to tell you. And it's extremely important." She said that last part seriously, catching Songkit's attention.
"What is it?" He asked curiously.
"Follow me."
Cloudykit led Songkit behind the nursery.
"Okay, so," Cloudykit told Songkit everything that she heard.
Songkit's eyes went wide, but then he smiled when she got to the part when Moonfur thought that Cloudykit could be the cat in the prophecy.
"This is awesome! You are gonna save the forest!" He said, licking her cheek.
Cloudykit felt her face heat up.
"Y-yeah," she stuttered, "but i also could keep the deaths going!" She said frantically, realization dawning on her.
"But im sure you wont." Songkit said reassuringly.
"Thanks. Hey, by the way, do you know when we get to become apprentices?"
But before Songkit could answer, Greyfoot ran up to them.
"Thank Starclan i found you two! Today you both become apprentices, and i wanted to clean you up Cloudykit! Timberkit is allready clean, and you are not going to become an apprentice with a dirty pelt! Also, Songkit, sweetie, your mother, Sunfur, was looking for you." She said, as she dragged Cloudykit away, ignoring her protests.
Sunfur was a bright orange she-cat with brown paws. Her eyes were a light brown and she was very carefree, but if something bad happened to her clan, she could get extremely fierce.
As Cloudykit was dragged away, she could hear Songkit chuckle softly, even though now he was on the other side of the camp.
She was just a little curious about that.
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All the cats were grouped around Whitestar.
Timberkit was sitting in the middle of his mother and sister.
Cloudykit was on his left, with Greyfoot on his right.
Next to cloudykit was Songkit, just a little farther apart. With Sunfur next to him.
Whitestar began to speak, and everyone became silent.
" Cloudykit, you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Cloudypaw. Your mentor will be Scarletfoot. I hope Scarletfoot will pass down all she knows on to you." Whitestar said, looking down at the soon to be apprentice. She thought she saw something flash in he leader's eyes, maybe worry? But as soon as it came, it was gone.
Scarletfoot was a beautiful she-cat with a reddish-orange pelt and soft green eyes. She was a very energetic cat and loved to play as if she were still a kit.
"Scarletfoot, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You had received excellent training from Brackenclaw, and you have shown yourself to be an extremely patient cat and always willing to keep a smile on someone's face. You will be the mentor of Cloudypaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to Cloudypaw."
Cloudypaw turned around to face Scarletfoot.
The two she-cat's touched noses.
Cloudykit happily bounded off to her family and Songkit as the clan chanted her name.
"Cloudypaw, Cloudypaw."
"Cloudypaw, Cloudypaw!"
"CLOUDYPAW! CLOUDYPAW!"
After the cheering died down, Whitestar repeated the process with Timberkit and Songkit.
Timberpaw's mentor was Thorntail, a dark brown tom, who seems mean, but is extremely nice once you get to know him.
And Songpaw's mentor was Thistlefur, a brown-greyish she cat with a spunky attitude.
The three apprentices ran up to eachother after the cheering went down and he crowd slowly started to trickle away.
"We're finally apprentices! And now we get to learn how to hunt and fight!" Timberpaw said excitedly, shaking his haunches, as he was about to pounce on Cloudypaw.
Cloudpaw squeaked when she realized what her brother was about to do.
Her brother jumped, and right before he could hit her, Songpaw jumped him from the side at a blinding speed and tackled him.
"Gotchya!" Songpaw said happily.
"Yeah, yeah. Watever." Timberpaw huffed.
The three laughed, as their mentors came up to them.
"So, we were all talking and we thought it would be a good idea to take you three on a tour of the borders." Thistlefur said happily.
"Yeah!" The three apprentices said at once.
Like I said before, sorry about the long wait, but, i hope i redeemed myself by making this the longest chapter i have ever written so far! :D
Anyways, i will hope to update soon!
Peace out!
-Cloudypelt