The Story of Mapleshade

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There are many stories about Mapleshade's past. I know that no one will read it, but I already started, so... Enjoy!

Allegiances
ThunderClan Leader: Redstar - dark ginger tom, yellow eyes Deputy: Oakwhisker - dark brown tom, amber eyes Medicine cat: Oatspeckle - golden she-cat with creamy mottles, pale gold eyes Apprentice, Ravenpaw Warriors: Bluestone - dark blue-gray she-cat, blue eyes Mossfur - gray and white tom, blue eyes Sandpelt - pale ginger tom, amber eyes Rabbitfur - gray tabby tom, amber eyes Hollyshade - black she-cat, amber eyes Lizardtail - tabby tom, green eyes Stormheart - gray tabby tom, green eyes Bloomheart - gray tabby tom, golden eyes Moonsong - silver tabby she-cat, blue eyes Beetail - dark brown tabby tom, amber eyes Nightfall - black she-cat, amber eyes Flashheart - ginger tom with white chest, amber eyes Apprentices: Leopardpaw - golden spotted she-cat, emerald green eyes Birchpaw - dark tabby tom, amber eyes Frecklepaw - golden spotted she-cat, amber eyes Dawnpaw - pale ginger she-cat with white underbelly and paws, blue eyes Ravenpaw - black tom, blue eyes Queens: Squirreltail - ginger and white she-cat, green eyes (mother of Flashheart's kits, Maplekit, tortoiseshell and white she-kit, Cloudkit, gray tom and Honeykit, golden tabby she-kit) Leafstem - tortoiseshell and white she-cat, green eyes (mother of Lizardtail's kits, Breezekit, tabby and white she-kit, Thrushkit, tabby tom and Deerkit, silver tabby she-kit) ShadowClan Leader: Dawnstar - dark creamy she-cat Deputy: Snaketail - brown tabby tom Medicine cat: Molepelt - small black tom Apprentice, Sloefur (black tom) Warriors: Nightclaw - black tom Redpelt - ginger tom Apprentice, Stormpaw (dark gray tom) Specklepelt - pale brown spotted she-cat Stonestorm - big gray tom Hollowbush - black and white tom Talonheart - dark brown tom Apprentice, Briarpaw - dark brown tabby she-cat Shadepool - dark gray she-cat Queens: Brightfire - tortoiseshell and white she-cat (mother of Brackenkit, light brown tabby tom) Elders: Mallowpelt - pale gray tom WindClan Leader: Swiftstar - dark gray tom Deputy: Runningstream - tabby she-cat Medicine cat: Larkwing - silver tabby she-cat Warriors: Pouncefoot - dark brown tom Apprentice, Wrenpaw (tabby she-cat) Harefoot - light brown tom Doepounce - tabby tom Ryestem - tabby she-cat Apprentica, Oatpaw (pale tabby tom) Heronfeather - gray tabby tom Doveflight - gray she-cat Queens: Breezeflight - tortoiseshell and white she-cat (mother of Morningkit, brown she-kit and Quickkit, gray tom) Elders: Kinkpelt - tabby tom RiverClan Leader: Birchstar - light brown tabby she-cat Deputy: Splashfoot - pale gray tom Medicine cat: Icewhisker - silver-gray tom Warriors: Spottedtail - tortoiseshell she-cat with white paws, muzzle, chest and tail-tip Apprentice, Applepaw (light brown tom) Eeltail - silver tabby tom Larkfeather - gray tabby tom Leafclaw - tabby tom Apprentice, Milkpaw (white she-cat) Mistyshade - dark gray she-cat Apprentice, Mottlepaw (black and white tom) Crowpelt - black tom Qeens: Silverwater - silver tabby she-cat (mother of Sunkit, golden tabby she-cat, Tigerkit, golden tabby tom and Reedkit, dark orange she-kit) Darkpelt - black she-cat Elders: Lilyflower - tortoiseshell and white she-cat Mossleaf - dark gray tom Cats outside the Clans: Myler - black and white tom

Prologue
''Sadly, the first half got deleted so I will tell you: Squirreltail, Maplekit's mother recieved an omen from a StarClan cat called Silvershine where she saw her daughter killing Ravenwing and she neglected her. I will rewrite it later. Squirreltail and Flashheart were speculating how to get rid of Maplekit when Oakwhisker called Flashheart for a battle with WindClan where Redstar died. I will rewrite it later.''

It was evening. Squirreltail was lying in the nursery. A patrol finally emerged from the brambles around ThunderClan camp. Squirreltail jumped up and walked towards the patrol to greet Flashheart. Oakwhisker came close to her. His tail was dragging in the dust. "Squirreltail," he startdd sadly "Redstar is dead. I'm the new leader now."

After the vigil, Squirreltail returned to the nursery. Her kits were lying in her nest. Maplekit brought her this bad luck. At first her, and then whole ThunderClan. She let out a snarl. She wanted to sink her teeth in Maplekit's back, but she just layed and fell asleep.

It was the first time her kots opened their eyes. Squirreltail was sharing fresh-kill with Hollyahade. Suddenly, she reminded something. She said sorry to Hollyshade and walked inside the nursery. Her kits were tumbling around the nursery. She took Honeykit and Cloudkit aside and told them: "Don't play with Maplekit, alright? Never. I don't want you to get hurt by playing with her." Two pairs of blue eyes looked at her. "Okay, mom, we won't." said Cloudkit. "Just, don't like her or don't take you as your sister. It's for your own good." "Alright, mom," said Honeykit. The both kits walked away to explore. Squirreltail just sighed happily.

Two moons later Squirreltail sighed. Finaly. The day came - she did no longer have to feed her kits. Which meant that she could finaly give Maplekit her own nest. She came to Maplekit. Maplekit looked at her. "Is something wrong, Squirreltail?" Squirreltail told the kit not to call her "mom" or anything like that. She looked at Maplekit. "From now, you will have your own nest to sleep in, like an apprentice - they don't sleep with they mothers. She nodded towards a small nest, big enough for a kit. Maplekit jumped inside the nest. Squirreltail just sighed. Sometimes, she wished she would've left her to die all that time ago.

Chapter 1
Maplekit opened her eyes. Another day. She tumbled out of her nest. Squirreltail told them that their father will come and visit them. She glanced at Leafstem, licking her kits. She saw Squirreltail doing the same thing to Cloudkit and Honeykit every morning, but she never did that to her. A ginger and white tom emerged into the nursery. Flashheart! Her father licked Squirreltail's ear. She just leaned on his shoulder. "I was awake the whole night," she mewed "Maplekit was tossing in her sleep." Althrough Maplekit knew that she didn't, she was quiet. She went to join her siblings at her father's paws. Honeykit pounced on his tail, bitting down. "Honeykit!" he purred playfully. "Stop it!" Cloudkit tried to jump on his back, but failed and tumbled down. Maplekit came to her father. "I'm Maplekit!" she mewed. Flashheart glanced at her. "Oh yes, you," he said coldly, turning his back on her as he followed Squirreltail, Honeykit and Cloudkit out of the nursery. Maplekit's tail dropped sadly. She followed her parents and siblings out of the nursery into ThunderClan camp. A dawn patrol came back - Birchpaw, Frecklepaw, their mentors Bluestone and Lizardtail, followed by Stormheart. Oakstar was sitting on the Highrock, watching his Clan proudly. Maplekit came to the place her family was sitting. Her siblings were playing together, Squirreltail and Flashheart watching proudly. She came to her siblings and tried to play with them. They looked at her. "Why are you playing with us?" asked Honeykit. "Yes," added Cloudkit "you should be sitting in the elders' den, picking their ticks and bringing them moss!" he teased her. Maplekit's fur started to rise. "I'm not an apprentice yet!" she exclaimed. "I'm not old enough!" Honeykit gave her amused look. "Oh, yes you are! In fact, you should be in the elders' den!" she teased. Before Maplekit could say something, Honeykit interrupted. "We wil sneak out of the camp! I want to see the forest!" she yowled. "Me too!" exclaimed Cloudkit. "But that is against the warrior code!" Maplekit exclaimed, her eyes widened. Cloudkit gaveher a suspicious glance. "Are you scared, Squealkit?" he asked, teasing her. "That's not my name! And I'm not scared!" she yowled. "Alright, then come with us!" said Honeykit. She ran out of the camp, followed by Cloudkit. After short hesitation, Maplekit followed them. The territory she came into was unfamiliar. Her pads brushed the forest grass. "Come on, or I wil call you Squealkit!" yowled Honeykit and ran deeper into the forest. Althrough the leaf-bare was coming, snow was nowhere to be seen. She didn't even know how, but they were already at Sunningrocks. The river was frozen. Maplekit's paws were raw and leaving mottles of blood on the cold ground. She settled on one of the rocks to rest. She closed her eyes and let the warmth of the rock warm her up. Suddenly, something pushed her off. She fell into a big, deep, cold, muddy puddle. The coldness gave her a chill as she darted out of the puddle, only to be struck by coldness of the chilling air on her soaked fur. She glanced at the rock she was pushed off. Cloudkit and Honeykit were lying on it. "Hey!" she yowled, her wet fur bristling. "I was there first!" Cloudkit jumped down. "Do you want to fight for it?" he asked with a challanging voice. Before Maplekit could say or fo anything, Honeykit pushed her from the other side. Maplekit tripped and fell into the puddle again. When she wanted to get up, a small gray paw pushed her down. Maplekit started to gasp for air, trying to free herself. Finally, the gray paw let her go. She swam up and crouched on the ground, shivering. Honeykit and Cloudkit were standing around her, not giving her a way to escape. "We have our own Clan now!" Honeykit exclaimed. "SunClan, after Sunningrocks! I'm the leader, Honeystar! Cloudkit is Cloudfur, my deputy and you are Squealkit, our prisoner! If you make trials, we will let you go." "That's stupid! I can't-" Maplekit was interrupted by Cloudkit, who pushed her into the puddle again. He hold her there for a while, until he let her go. "If you refuse, we will push you there again!" he yowled. "And now, time for the first trial!" yowled Honeykit. "Squealkit, follow us!" Honeykit jumped down from the rock, followed by Cloudkit. Maplekit just followed them.

Chapter 2
After what seemed like moons, they finally arrived to Snakerocks. Maplekit's soft pads were bleeding, but whenever she tried to stop, her siblings never let her. Her first trial was to bring a small rock from the Snakerocks. After that, they walked all the way to Fourtrees. There was Maplekit's second trial. Maplekit was so exhausted she could hardly place one paw in front of another, but her siblings still pushed her. Her trial was to climb the Great Rock. She stood in front of the big boulder. She looked up. It looked so high! Honeykit came to her. "Me, Honeystar, challanges Squealkit to climb the Great Rock!" she yowled. Maplekit looked up. Then, she placed one of her swollen paws on the hard stone. After all that climbing, Maplekit finally stood on the rock. Honeykit and Cloudkit were standing there too, not exhausted at all. Suddenly, Cloudkit pushed her off the edge. She fell into a puddle. She got up and faced her siblings. "Good job, Squealkit," mewed Honeykit. "Now, for your final trial. Follow me." She darted into the woods. Cloudkit followed her just as fast. Maplekit just sighed and darted after them. They finaly arrived back to Sunningrocks. Honeykit stood up on one of the rocks. "Squealkit, your final trial is to cross the river on that stick. She nodded towards the stick lying across the river. Maplekit stood shakily on the stick and then backed away. "I can't-" she said but Honeykit pushed her into the puddle. "Cloudfur, show Squealkit how to do that." she said to Cloudkit. Cloudkit nodded and balanced on the stick. But in the middle, he fell. His body landed on the thin ice, thus destroying it. After few seconds, he disappeared under the ice. The ice started to crack, and soon the stream was running again. Honeykit and Maplekit were watching in horror. Suddenly, cats darted out of the bushes. Lizardtail, Bluestone and Birchpaw. "Thank StarClan you are safe!" said Lizardtail. "But where is Cloudkit?" "He fell into the river!" Maplekit yowled. Bluestone's eyes widened in shock. "Birchpaw, stay here and guard the kits, we will be back." she ordered. The she gestured with her tail and sarted towards the river, followed by Lizardtail. After what seemed like moons, they finaly came back. Bluestone was holding in her jaws Cloudkit's limp body.

Chapter 3
Maplekit was carried by her scruff by Bluestone when they came to camp. Lizardtail dropped Honeykit on the ground and Birchpaw was carrying Cloudkit's limo body. When Squirreltail saw them, she ran straight towards Honeykit and covered her in licks. When she was Cloudkit's body, she stopped. "What happened?" she cried. "Cloudkit fell in the river," Honeykit sniffed. "Is he dead?" cried Squirreltail. Lizardtail sighed. "Yes, I'm afraid," he replied "I'm so sorry." Squirreltail let out a yowl of grief. Cool chill ran down Maplekit's spine. She wouldn't mourn like that over me... Squirreltail stood up. She slashed Maplekit with burning green gaze. "How could you? Cloudkit is dead because you took your siblings out of the camp!" she hissed. "Come to the nursery, there is no dinner for you today!" Oatspeckle came to the clearing. "It didn't have to be Maplekit's idea," she said. "I know it was! I know my kits, Oatspeckle!" hissed Squirreltail and walked towards the nursery, carrying Honeykit in her jaws. Maplekit followed them, but sneezed, loud enough for Oatspeckle to hear. "What happened?" she asked. The medicine cat sniffed Maplekit. "Oh, you have fever! Come with me." Maplekit followed Oatspeckle, sneezing. "Ravenpaw, make Maplekit a nest! She has chill!" she called. The small black tom emerged with a lump of moss in his jaws. Oatspeckle helped him make Maplekit a comfortable nest. Maplekit then settled in. Ravenpaw gave her some catmint. "Thank you," she muttered, gulping down. Her eyes were closing, but she forced herself to ask the last question. "Oatspeckle?" she asked sleepily. "Yes?" replied the medicine cat. Maplekit gulped. "Why... Why Squirreltail doesn't like me? What have I done wrong?" she asked. Oatspeckle gave her a sorrowful glance. "You have done nothing wrong, Maplekit. But I promise you that she loves you, she is just scared to admit it." "Then why does she blames me for everything? Maybe she is right. I'm useless lump of fur." Oatspeckle gave her a lick. She didn't know the answer for that. "Sleep well, Maplekit. You need it." With that, Maplekit's eyes closed and she fell asleep.

So, shall I write more?