Creampelt's Quest: The Prequel AU

Prolouge

Creamkit rolled around in her nest as the sunlight shone from within the deep brambles of the nursery. "Mommy, when will Cweamkit wake up?" A calico tom with gray replacing what was supposed to be black on their pelt asked a brown tabby. "Grasskit, don't rush her. She'll wake up in her own time." Yes...In my own time. Creamkit said inside her mind. She tried to put a paw over her eyes to block out the sunlight, however, the little kits paw was not big enough. She opened her blue eyes and turned her head to the right. She tried to stand, wobbling on her paws as she gazed around the nursery. "Hewwo?" She turned to her brother, Grasskit. "Cweamkit! You're finawwy wawake!" Said the calico tom. "Hello, my kit." Said the tabby she-cat."My name is Eagletail. Im your mommy." Creamkit rubbed her paws on her eyes, then blinked them back open as she saw Eagletail. "Hewwo mommy! Can I go outside with Gwasskit?" Eagletail glanced over at the exit to the nursery, then back at her kits. "Hmm...Maybe. If you promise to stick together. And to not go outside the camp!" Grasskit jumped up and down with joy in his eyes. Creamkit fell down, as it was not easy for a newborn kit to stand up. (Authors note: I know she can talk, but the spelling mistakes in her and Grasskits speech are done on purpose. Grasskit can walk because he is a moon older than Creamkit. Also, Creamkit is her name because the orange in her calico pelt is replaced by a cream color.) "Cweamkit, do you want to wearn how to walk? First you just have to stand up. Then you just keep putting your paws forward!" Creamkit tried to do what Grasskit said, however, she fell again on the third step. "Don't wowwy! You'll get da hang of it in no time!" Grasskit cheered her on. Creamkit tried again, and she did it! "Gwasskit! I did it! I did it!" "Yay! I towd you!" The two kits walked out of the nursery, curious about the adventures ahead...

Chapter 1- Exploring the camp The sun shown brightly, as if Sunny Sky (Authors Note: Just made him up, hes a tribe cat) himself was watching over The Tribe Of Forest Trees. There was a single cloud in the sky off the left of the sun, and the rocks formed to make the dens. A large bush marked where the warriors slept. The trees almost blocked the sky, creating a nostalgic effect. The sandy floor left pawmarks, with the fresh-kill pile in the middle of the camp, on a pile of leaves. Looking back, Creamkit and Grasskit could see brambles protecting a carved-out tree where they and Eagletail slept. "Hey, Cweamkit, do ya wanna see our baby sissy?" "Sure!" They walked back into the nursery, and saw a russet brown kit in their nest, mewling. "Back so soon, I see? This is your little sister. Her name is Applekit." A white tom with ginger markings, but no black entered. "Hello, young kits. My name's Lionfur. Eagletail, how is Applekit doing?" The brown tabby looked down at the squirming kit. "She's doing alright." Eagletail had a worried expression on her face. She feared that Applekit might not survive in the harsh forest. The white tom dropped a freshly caught vole by the kit. Mewling, Applekit moved toward the piece of prey. As she took nibbles of the vole, Eagletail and Lionfur kept talking. "Mommy, what are you talking about?" "Oh, its nothing, Creamkit. I heard Everfrost and Stripeclaw also had kits. I think their names are Tigerkit, Nightkit, and Mistkit. Go and play with them. They are all by the exit to the nursery." "Ok!" The two kits went to the exit, and saw a brown tabby tom kit with orange eyes, a black she-kit with green eyes, and a gray she-kit with blue eyes. "Hi! Im Tigerkit!" The brown tabby pounced on the two calicos. "Im Cweamkit, and this is my broder, Gwasskit!" The black she-kit smiled. She looked friendly. "Hewwo! Im Nightkit." The gray kit seemed kind of scared. She said nothing, but just gave a small whimper. "Don't mind Mistkit. She's a bit of a scardey-cat." The 4 kits ran out of the nursery, as Mistkit followed behind. "Let's play hide and seek!" Tigerkit suggested. "I count, you all hide!" Creamkit ran to a big bush and hid. Mistkit ran back to the nursery. Nightkit hid in a log. Grasskit hid behind Tigerkit. "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10! Ready or not, here i come!" Tigerkit checked behind him. "Found you, Grasskit!" They both tried to find the other 3. Grasskit checked the log and found Nightkit, while Tigerkit found Mistkit in the nursery. "Wheres Creamkit?"

Chapter 2- The warriors den A black and white cat stared at Creamkit sternly. "What are you doing in the warriors den?" "I'm sorry, I was just playing hide and seek with the other kits..." The cat looked away and did not say another word for a couple heartbeats. "Name's Blackstorm." "Hi, I'm Cweamkit!" "Well, hello Creamkit. I've heard a lot about you. You're Eagletail's kit, right?" "Yeah! Do you have any kits?" "Hmm, only one, but their mum died. Littlekit was her name. She ran out of camp. She lives at twolegplace now." (Authors note: Littlekit is the kit, in case your confused. The mom is Sasha, he thinks she dead but she really isnt) "Oh..I'll leave then." Tigerkit pounced on her once she came out. "Haha! We found you!" (DRAMATIC TIME JUMP TO 6 MOONS LATER)

Chapter Three- The Apprentice Ceremony Treestar (a brown tabby she-cat with green eyes) climbed up the Great Tree above the Leaders Den. From one of its thickest branches, she called out: "All cats old enough to climb gather around the Great Tree for a clan meeting! Today we will be making 5 new apprentices! (Authors note: Applekit is 5 moons old now, not 6 moons old.) Creamkit your Creampaw blah blah blah, I hate my job, your mentor will be Lionfur." Lionfur gave his apprentice and kit a respectful dip of his head. "What will we do for training today, dad?" "You'll see." Lionfur bounded towards the forest, waiting for Creampaw to follow. Creampaw followed, and soon they were at a seemingly empty hunting area, however they could hear the chirps of birds. "Today we will be learning to hunt." Creampaw crouched and tried to climb a tree. She jumped at the bird, but it flew away. They kept training for a while. She did a great job at fighting but needed to improve on her hunting. "I smell something..Herbs, prey, and some unfamiliar cats." A patrol from the Tribe Of Cliffed Moors ran through the trees and jumped on Lionfur. A Tribe Of Cliffed Moors apprentice wrestled with Creampaw. She knocked the apprentice down. "Get out of TreeClan territory!" Tigerpaw and Grasspaw ran into the training hollow and fought off some other apprentices. The patrol leader yowled with a deep gash in her shoulder. "This training hollow will soon be just another Tribe Of Cliffed Moors hunting ground." Creampaw and Nightpaw tag-teamed the leader while Tigerpaw and Grasspaw dealed with the 2 apprentices on the patrol. Mistpaw ran back to camp to get Treestar. Lionfur winced at his back paw, but not for long. He jumped at one of the warriors on the patrol. Creampaw hissed at the patrol as a warning that Mistpaw would be back soon, and she was. Mistpaw and Treestar ran to the hollow. "Leave the Tribe Of Forest Trees at once!" Her eyes turned red, and she jumped at the leader of the patrol, leaving many deep wounds. "Alright, we'll leave! Just calm down already!" Her eyes turned back to green. They went back to camp.

Chapter Four- The Drought Creampaw woke up from her nest. All the calamity from yesterday made her hope today would be a normal day. As she walked out of the apprentice den, she saw one of the elders walking into camp from the area where the lake was. "The lake is gone!" What? The lake? Gone? But it's always been there! "There are some traces of water! I think the sun may have dried it up!" It was very hot that day, so it could have happened. They went to see the lake, and indeed, there was no water. Creampaw went back to sleep. She thought she was seeing things. She saw Gray Wing in her dreams. He told her to wait for the rain that would be coming. Soon after she woke up and heard rain. But it had only left a few drops of water in the lake. The only other source of water was the small stream running through the Tribe Of Dark Shadows, and the cats of the Tribe Of Dark Shadows were very wild and vicious. They would not let any cat from another clan pass through their camp alive. They had once ripped an ear off their own deputy. They were actually a band of rouges, and took the name of a tribe. Creampaw remembered the elder story about how the lake was created and wondered if it could happen again. StarClan had asked a rabbit named Rain to make a storm so that the hole that would become the lake could be filled with water. But how could I find Rain? And what did StarClan do for Rain that made her want to create the storm? Then she remembered. Rain sometimes made a storm based on her emotions. A rain only storm that might fill the lake if scared, or a thunderstorm that would fill the lake for sure if angered. There is only one carrot left in the Twoleg carrot patch..If I take it, she might be angered. So she ran from the camp to a large meadow next to a rocky moor that marked the Tribe Of Cliffed Moors camp. The carrot patch was just a couple fox-lengths up and to the left. She recognized it right away. A black-and-white rabbit jumped in front of the carrot patch. "Just what do you think you are doing? You can not take my carrot!" What? Why can I understand Rain? StarClan had a connection to every animal, but I'm just an apprentice! It started rainstorming. The lighting shot a tree behind her. It fell, and scorched her tail. She yowled, and tried to run back to her camp without getting burned to a crisp. A burning branch fell between her and the camp. She tried to jump through the wall of the flames. Fur flied off her chest, revealing her skin. She cried out in pain. She saw her father running towards her. She heard screams she could barely make out. "Get out of there!" "Creampaw!" "No!" After that, she couldn't see much, just a forest of paws, burning fire, and a frenzy of fur and blood. Then she woke up, alive in the medicine den. Frosttail, the medicine cat, prodded her leg with cobwebs and goldenrod. "Hello, Creampaw. I can see you are awake now. You were caught in a fire for quite a while. Don't worry, you're safe." She had a worried expression on her face. "Your father inhaled some smoke while he was trying to save you. I'm trying to help him as best as I can, but he won't wake up." She watched as Frosttail looked through many herbs. "Ah, here is the herb. It should help his chest." She carried some borage over to her father. "Here, eat this, it should help your chest. I'll mix some bright-eye and lovage to deal with your cough." She returned with pink flowers, some yellow flowers that Creampaw recognized as coltsfoot, a breath-easing herb, and she also saw honey and lovage. For a moment she thought she saw a couple juniper berries, but then they vanished into the other herbs. Nettle leaves and yarrow were also in the bundle. Lionfur did not wake up. Creampaw went to bury Lionfur. She noticed the lake was full. Then she realized that her mentor and father had just died. How would she train? Then, Leafstar came. A single tear went down both of their faces. Lionfur was Treestar's brother, and Creampaw's father. "Well.." Leafstar whispered. "I guess you will have to be a warrior now because at this point, the apprentices den is overflowing." "I guess I will allow your friends to become warriors as well." She bounded up to the great tree.

Chapter 5 - The Death

"Let all cats old enough to climb gather around the Great Tree for a clan meeting! We have just lost Lionfur. He was a fine cat. Although not a senior warrior yet, he would have been a great deputy, and he served as a great mentor for young Creampaw. We will be making Creampaw and some other apprentices warriors tonight. Creampaw, with the powers of The Tribe Of Endless Hunting, your new name is Creampelt, in honor of the orange on your calico pelt being replaced by a cream color. Grasspaw, with the powers of The Tribe Of Endless Hunting, your new name is Grassclaw, in honor of your strength. Tigerpaw, with the powers of The Tribe Of Endless Hunting, your new name is Tigerclaw, in honor of your tiger claws. (Authors Note: No this is not the same Tigerclaw. Not that Tigerclaw.) Nightpaw, with the powers of The Tribe Of Endless Hunting, your new name is Nighteyes, in honor of your pelt black as night, and your eyes representing the trees that almost block the moon. Mistpaw, with the powers of The Tribe Of Endless Hunting, your new name is Mistface, in honor of your shy nature hiding your face like mist. And, Fallenpaw, Because you have shown to be very good at both fighting and hunting, we will make you a warrior as well. With the powers of The Tribe Of Endless Hunting, your new name is Fallenfeather, in honor of your grey tabby pelt with the texture of a feather that had recently fell from the sky." Leafstar finally finished talking, and went into her den as the sun set. It was undescribably beautiful. Creampaw went to take the body of Lionfur back to camp for her vigil. The deputy, Stripeclaw spoke out. "The cats who were closest to Lionfur will sleep by his body tonight and share tounges with him one final time." Eagletail came out of the nursery, crying. Applekit followed. Grassclaw came and sat with them by Lionfur's body. Creampaw walked with them, head down, putting weight on her legs. Leafstar came, too. A blue-grey tabby came and sat with them. "He was my best friend.." Said the she-cat. "Who are you?" Creampelt asked. "I'm Skyheart." Replyed the tabby. Several cats came by and dropped prey by Lionfur's dead body. Then they all went to sleep. Creampelt woke up. She was in a twoleg trap. As she was carried into a monster, she screamed and hissed. Clawing at the metal, she squirmed around, hissing. She was the only one to be taken. Then, purple smoke flew in her face, and she went back to sleep. She woke up again in a twoleg nest (Shadow Bay Apartments). The floor was brown as a tree. There were twolegs everywhere. A black-and-white tom with green eyes came up to her. "Hello! I'm Bowser!"

Chapter 6 - New Friends

The first thing Creampelt said was "How do I get back to the lake?" Bowser shook his head. "I have no idea. What's your name?" A gray-and-white old tom with green eyes came out of a room. "What's all the noise about? I'm trying to sleep, so you two keep it down, will you?" Bowser turned to him. "Oh, sorry Pilot." "My name is Creampelt." Creampelt told Bowser. Bowser walked into a room with a giant bed where the twolegs slept. They seemed to be on top of each other (a bunk bed). A twoleg kit was on the top one. She came down and spoke twolegspeak. "What did she say, Bowser?" Creampelt asked. The girl spoke into a strange piece of stone and metal (a phone). The thing said "Apperantly the Twoleg Cat Prison (Feral Cat Shelter {made up}) thought you were a loner. I know you're a warrior cat, though. I bought you! I still don't know why you where the only one taken..." (A/N: They ran out of cages I guess) The twoleg kit put some sort of harnesses on Creampelt and Bowser. "Pilot, do you want to come? I know the way to the lake." She called. Pilot came into the room. "Fine. I don't get to go outside much anyways." She put a harness on Pilot as well. "Bowser, Pilot, why do we have to wear these strange harnesses?" Creampelt asked. Bowser looked like he knew, but Pilot interrupted him. "Because the housefolk always imprison us. No exceptions." Bowser looked at Pilot like he was crazy. "Pilot, it's so we don't get lost." plz send ideasssssssss