A Warriors Promise

Authurs note
Gasp :O I have started this finally jeez took me long enough *Dies of gaspness* anyways hope you enjoy  Birdstar  To the world I am one cat, but to Darkstar I am the world 01:42, July 6, 2010 (UTC)

Chapter 1
Birdwing sat in the middle of the clearing the moon glittered brightly in the sky she looked around and saw her friends Rushfoot, Goldheart and Spiketail who got held back by his fieirce mentor Ashwhisker then there were her two brothers Iceclaw and Treeclaw who were looking at the sky she saw Squirrelflight sleeping in the warriors den Birdwings mother had acted diffrent since Brambleclaw died and Birdwing knew some cat killed him not a fox but she could not remember the scent that hung on Brambleclaw the fox scent was a diversion so they would all think that a fox did it. Goldheart looked at her and then looked at the sky and Firestar padded out and nodded "You can speak now" Rushfoot sighed and went into the den with Spiketail following her and Birdwing stood up and was about to follow her when she was cut off by Goldheart "Do you want to come hunting with me?" Birdwing tipped her head to one side and said "Ok...." Goldheart smiled and said "Lets go" he led the way out and they were heading toward the lake Birdwing hunted in the undergrowth and Goldheart was hunting by the lake. She heard a yowl and headed toward the lake. Goldheart had a she cat pinned and was growling in her face and the she cat spat and tried to wriggle out and then she heard another yowl "Waterwing!" a tabby tom had jumped out of the bushes and was attacking Goldheart and Goldheart was battering with his paws but the tom would not move. Birdwing was about to jump in when she realised who the tom was, It was Crookedpaw. "Crookedpaw stop" Birdwing begged "Its Crookedjaw and i cant let him go or he will attack Waterwing again" Birdwing looked at him "So you became a warrior eh?" Crookedjaw nodded and Goldheart growled "If you let me go i wont attack Waterwing" Crookedjaw growled "You better not" he let him go and stood beside Waterwing and Birdwing asked "Hello Waterwing im Birdwing" Waterwing still had her ears back was becoming relaxed when Goldheart said "We should get more warriors and Firestar" Birdwing spun to face him "Why they have not done anything" Goldheart stammered but he then bowed and said "Okay Birdwing" and she turned to face Waterwing again "So, What are you two doing here?" Waterwing and Crookedjaw looked at eachother and Crookedjaw said "Um im worried about Waveheart" Birdwing asked "Why?" Crookedjaw looked at her territory and continued "Because hes been heading toward the lake alot" Waterwing cut in and said "And i smelled his scent with two other scents and we followed the two scents here..But one was not yours Birdwing" Goldheart had a sheer look of horror on his face. Birdwing asked "Whats biting you?" Goldheart shook his head and said "Im going back to camp" Birdwing flicked her tail at him and he trotted away Birdwing asked Crookedjaw "are Darkpaw and Windpaw warriors?" Crookedjaw nodded "Their names are Darkfoot and Windflight" Birdwing looked at Shadowclans territory and sighed. She loved Darkfoot but she had a guess Goldheart liked her too but she does not like him. Crookedjaw asked "Do you think that the leaders will cause a war?" Birdwing shrugged and said "I don't know i guess we will have to wait....See you later Crookedjaw...Waterwing" they nod and run back to their own territory.

Birdwing padded into the den and yawned she settled beside Rushfoot who was in deep sleep with Spiketail on her other side. Birdwing closed her eyes and went to sleep. She dreamt that she was in alarge clearing with no moon but lush prey and a river it was beutiful but there was something about this place that gave her the creeps she heard a sound and jumped to see she was face to face with her reflecton. The reflection said "Don't act all surprised Birdwing you should know who i am" Birdwing tipped her head to one side and said "You must be Scourge" Scourge nodded "Yes Birdwing and do you know what this place is?" Birdwing shook her head and he mewed "This is Twilight falls where cats that are not evil but not good or do not believe in Starclan go when they die" Birdwing shuddered and said "It's nice but creepy at the same time" He laughed "Thats kind of the point" Birdwing started to say something but was cut off by him saying "We walk paths alone and if we do meet it usually always ends ok" BIrdwing asked "Does that mean im going to come here when i die?" Scourge laughed and said "No..But this is also a place where the Warriors before us go" Birdwing asked "As in forgotten spirits?" Sourge nodded "That and and something else..Follow me" Birdwing hesitated before following him and saw him go into a deep dark cave she froze at the entrance and she heard Scourge say "Don't be scared Birdwing" she nodded dand padded in she saw him place some crystals in order and he siad "Cats were not warriors before" he continued "They were ruled by a diffrent kind of warrior" he sighed and said "Look on the wall" she looked up and gasped. There were a lot of paintings drawn by stars like constellations and there were prints that were too big too be a cats" she put her paw on one that was bigger then hers. Scourge said "Now look behind you" she turned around and saw a huge animal. she wanted to scream but she could not it was not a dog. Lionblaze told her a story when he went into the mountians a tribe cat told him about wolves. And one was standing right in front of her it said in a mystical voice "Hello Birdwing i am Rainspirit, One of the last Warrior wolves." She felt the ground shake and she woke up to see Goldheart saying "Come on wake up Birdwing we have to go on patrol". She said "Ok and followed Goldheart out of the den Ashwhisker said "Birdwing,Rushfoot,Spiketail and Goldheart will check the Shadowclan border" he continued "Me,Sandstorm,Millie and Ivypool will check the Windclan border" he looked around and said "As for hunting patrols you can all figure that out" he nodded and flicked his tail toward his cats on his patrols and they ran out of the camp. Birdwing just nodded to the cats on her patrol and they bound out as well. They walk toward the Shadowclan border and soon it got all foggy and unwelcoming. She sniffed the air and smelled the Shadowclan markers. She said to her patrol "You guys look down there" they nod and she paced the border and stopped by a tree and marked it. But she felt as if she was being watched she looked around and stopped when she saw a pair of green eyes looking towards her she glared at the eyes and they blinked and dissapeared she paced back a couple steps and saw Blue eyes. She sniffed the air and said "Darkfoot don't scare me like that" he mrrowed in amusement and said "Why are you afraid of this territory Birdwing?" she shuddered and answered "Cause of all the fog around here" Darkfoot looked on and said "Looks can be decieveing Birdwing" she looked at him and asked "Did you know the cat that was staring at me from another bush?" Darkfoot answered her question with another question "Didn't you?" she gazed at him for a second and shrugged "I could not tell cause of the fog" He said "I think you should be getting back to your clanmates Birdwing" she nodded and bounded awway from him to meet up with her clanmates.

Chapter 2
Birdwing yawned slowly and saw Fogkit and Sunkit tackleing each other and Fogkit growled "Take this Shadowclan warrior" Sunkit giggled and said "You will never beat me Fogstar" Birdwing watched in amusement and Fogkit saw her and sneaked up to her she put her head on her paws and watched him carefully he then let out a battle squeak and jumped on her. she felt a heavy weight land on her head and she pawed him off carefully and said "Hey cant you leave a warrior to rest?" Fogkit mewed excitedly "I'm going to be an apprentice soon" he bounced around until put her paw on his head and he mewed "Hey!" Birdwing growled playfully and said "Can't you cause trouble somewhere else?" Fogkit mewed "Where's the fun in that?" Birdwing sighed and said "I guess you have a point" Fogkit started to brag "Hah i'm right you're wrong a warrior is wrong!" Birdwing said "Go wait for the apprentice ceremony before i attack you" She growled playfully and Fogkit said "Oh no a warrior is after me". He ran out the den and into his sister and Moonkit she watched them and Firestar called her "Birdwing, Can i talk to you?" Birdwing nodded of course Firestar what is it?" Firestar twitched his tail indicating for her ot follow him into the leaders den and she sat down on the soft ground and said "What is it Firestar?" Firestar mewed "Birdwing i am about to trust you with a job" Birdwing perked her ears up but stayed silent. Firestar continued "I am giving you an apprentice" Birdwing looked at him and said "Who?" he said "Fogkit..I'm giving you Fogkit" Birdwing bowed "Yes Firestar" she padded out the den and went into the warriors den and sat down waiting for Firestar to call the ceremony to a start. She heard him yowl "Let all those cats olld enough to catch their own prey join hear beneath the highrock for a clan meeting" she padded out and sat beside Cloudtail and Rushfoot. Everyone slowly came out and sat down. Fogkit,Sunkit and Moonkit were last. They sat down in front of Firestar and he yowled "It is time to make new apprentices. Fogkit,Sunkit and Moonkit from this moment on until you recieve your warrior names you will be Fogpaw,Sunpaw and Moonpaw" Everyone cheered and Firestar said "Moonpaw your mentor will be Iceclaw." Moonpaw headed over too Iceclaw and touched noses with him. Firestar continued "Sunpaw your mentor will be Rushfoot" Sunpaw also padded up to her mentor and touched noses. And finally Firestar said "Fogpaw your mentor will be Birdwing" Fogpaw ran toward her and automatically touched noses with her and Firestar jumped off the high rock and went to talk to Ashwhisker. She just stared at Ashwhisker wondering how far would he go to get what he wanted. She was broken out of her staring by Fogpaw who poked her saying "Come on i want to learn the territory" Birdwing sighed and said "Lets go" she bounded out of the camp with Fogpaw behind her. She froze at the Shadowclan border and sniffed the air and Fogpaw mewed "It's creepy" Birdwing loked at him and stared into the territory and thought ''What does Darkfoot see in his territory? ''She looked at the lake and mewed "Come on" she heard a "Psst" but it was not Fogpaw she knew who it was. She looked back and nodded and continued down the lake. Fogpaw was staring at the lake and his reflection and he sqeeked "Cool" she stared across the lake to Riverclan territory. She said "Come on Fogpaw" and she led him toward Windclan territory and stopped. Fogpaw stopped beside her and stared into the moorland. Birdwing heard a noise and said "Fogpaw get behind me now" Fogpaw nodded and 4 warriors leaped out of the heather and Birdwing did not have time to see whos who. A brown she cat leaped on her and hissed "What do you want Thunderclan?" Birdwing saw Fogpaw watch with a look of horror on his face. Birdwing pushed her legs on the she cat then the rest of the warriors joined the brown she cat and surrounded her and she loked at all of the patrol. One of them was Heartshine the fierce Windclan warrior. Another was Breezepelt who she did not know very well. The other one was Onestar. The last one is what made her stop dead cold.It was Windflight who seemed more stronger and lithe from the last time Birdwing saw her. Birdwing said "I was showing my apprentice the territory" Windflight got a flash of horror on her face when she realised who was talking but Onestar said "Thunderclan can't be trusted" Breezepelt added "Isin't that right? I mean you can't be trusted even more than Thunderclan" Birdwing bristled and Windflight looked behind the patrol then winked at Birdwing and Wndflight unsheathed her claws and nodded. Birdwing smelled Riverclan and Shadowclan mixed together she ducked when she saw two pelts jump into the patrol and start atacking the Windclan warriors Windflight whispered "Attack me" Birdwing asked "Why? but she leaped onto Windflight and scratched her. Windflight winked at her and let out a yowl and Onestar yowled under Crookedjaws heavy weight "Windclan retreat" and Crookedjaw let him go and Darkfoot let go of Breezepelt and the Windclan warriors ran off Crookedjaw and Darkfoot just looked at her before running off to their own territories. Birdwing heard a sqeek and realised Fogpaw was still there.

She padded back to the camp and Fogpaw asked "Can we learn battle training tomorrow?" Birdwing nodded and mewed "Good idea Fogpaw go get some rest" Fogpaw nodded and ran toward the apprentices den. She saw Iceclaw with Sunpaw showing her a hunting crouch and Birdwing tipped her head thinking Iceclaws apprentice is Moonpaw, But why is Iceclaw teaching Sunpaw something that she should learn from her mentor? she shook her head and padded into the warriors den and curled up. She dreamt she was in a clearing and she saw a mouse. She pounced on it and ate it but she smelled a sour tang that made her uncomfortable.The clearing was soon filled with blood she ran away but she heard a voice ''Danger is closer then you think Birdwing, Beware. ''She woke up with everyone sleeping and she stood up and walked out of the camp toward the Shadowclan border. She froze at the edge and saw Darkfoot and he crept toward her and he said "You seem worried about something" She nodded and said "I had a dream" Darkfoot listened and she continued "A voice said "Danger is closer then you think Birdwing, Beware." what do you think it means?" she asked and Darkfoot said "I don't know but follow me" she nodded and they headed into his territory he flicked his tail over her eyes and led her to an open space and he took his tail off her eyes and she was shocked at what she saw. She always thought that Shadowclan territory was uncomforting but this clearing she was in had sparkling mist and glowing mushrooms and Fireflies. She gasped and thought Wow i did not know Shadowclan territory could be so beutiful she stared in awe at the clearing and Darkfoot said "I usually come here when i dont fell right about something" he hesitated and continued "Shadowclan dont usually use this place and Balackstar told me if he finds a Thunderclan cat on it he does not care" Birdwing looked at him and asked "So its neutral territory between our clans?" Darkfoot nodded "Yes Firestar was talking to Blackstar about it and they both agreed that their cats can come here" Birdwing smelled the clearing. It was pleasant smell like prey. She looked at the moon to see it was going down and she said "Sorry Darkfoot but i have to go" He just bowed his head and Birdwing ran to her territory. She jumped over a fallen log and ran into something she got back her sense and realised who it was. It was Goldheart. She bristled and asked "Did you follow me?" Goldheart said "Yes because i saw that you were not in the warriors den so i tracked you" Birdwing looked at him and growled "You don't have to worry about me you know." Goldheart ignored her and said "I saw you with that Shadowclan cat" he had a glint in his eyes "You know the warrior code Birdwing" Birdwing flicked her tail and said "Yeah i do" Goldheart got a angry loko in his eyes and was about to continue when Birdwing cut him off "Listen Goldheart i know you like me, But i don't like you ok? I just want to be friends." Goldheart stayed silent so she continued "Promise me that you won't tell anyone?" She heard a very faint i promise from a bush but Goldheart said "Ok i will uphold your Warriors promise" he flicked his tail and headed off toward camp. She followed him slowly and realised there was another cat there but she did not know who. She went into the warriors den and slept the rest off the night. When she woke up she saw Fogpaw a little ways from the den talking to Sunpaw and she padded out towards Fogpaw and said "Come on im going to teach you some moves" he nodded to Sunpaw and followed her. She froze in the training hollow and turned. Fogpaw seemed distracted by something so Birdwing took the chance to teach him Lesson number 1. Never turn your back on your enemy. She jumped towards him and bowled him over and he squeeked and said "Hey" but she said "Do i have your attention now?" he nodded and atacked her clumsily. She dodged the attack easily and pushed him and siad "Come on Fogpaw use something i don't expect" Fogpaw stared at her and looked up and down and braced himself he jumped so did Birdwing. To her surprise he landed under her and when she landed he pushed his legs up and she slid to the other end of the clearinG. She panted and said "Well done...But now it's my turn" Fogpaw nodded and stared at her she made her move and he ducked but she jumped and did a twist over him and pinned him down saying "Watch where your enemy is going Fogpaw" Fogpaw nodded and watched as she attacked him. He dodged and stopped. Birdwing nodded and her and Fogpaw went back to camp.