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<p style="margin-left:24px;text-align:center;">'''''The war with the Place of no Stars and StarClan has been raging many moons... the StarClan is losing... slowly.... and the enemy will strike the Clans next... but when three kits are brought into the world, they may be the only ones to save the Clans...''''' <tabber>

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Prologue=

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The night sky was speckled with stars. Deep in the forest, small dip in the mossy floor had dens scattered around. Cats sat around giggling at jokes, eating prey happily. Fireflies flew around, making the camp alight with yellow balls of light.

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A fallen tree was at one side, where an apprentice, Twistedpaw, showed his denmates battle moves. They laughed when he posed on the tree and fell into the branches. The warriors den, a lone tall maple tree, had cats eating in it, playing in it, and around the bottom, cats slept, or ate prey.

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The elders den was a small alder tree, Featherfall sat with some other cats, laughing. At the Nursery, three she-cats sat watching their kits, prey at there paws. A starlet, misty calico she-cat padded over to them. She sat right next to them, They didn't even notice her bright pelt. She began watching the kits of two queens.

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A pale tabby she-kit grappled with a small calico tom, over nothing. The other kits sat around them yowling for them to fight, giving useless tips to the fighters. The tom was kicked in the nose by the she-cat. She stood up, fluffing her fur out proudly.

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"I win!" she mewed with a glare at the tom who was staring at her. He stood up shaking his fur out. He stood watching the she-cat with a sad look. She turned her fluffy face to him. "What are you gonna do about it? cry to mommy?" the other kits mocked.

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The tom sprang at the she-kit and began biting her savagely. She screamed when blood washed from her muzzle. The mother to the pale tabby, Swallowflight, ran over to her daughters rescue, her eyes blazed at the tom. She nipped him. He squealed and fell on his back.

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"Hey!" the calico's mother, Specklewish, ran over to Swallowflight, who was standing over her daughter. "Do not bite my son!" Specklewish snarled. Swallowflight snorted. "Maybe you should watch your kit, he could have killed Stripedkit!"

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Specklewish's fur bristled. "Maybe you should do the same, Stripedkit was probably bullying Patchkit, he was just protecting himself."

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Swallowflight's eyes widened in shocked rage "How dare you talk about Stripedkit that way!" she snarled.

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Patchkit began to back away, his back arched. Stripedkit pulled herself out from under her mother and turned on her. "Specklewish is right! it's my fault Patchkit hurt me, I was bullying him!" Stripedkit snarled. Swallowflight looked even more shocked, but her rage was sucked away.

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Specklewish and Swallowflight stared at each other for a few, long heartbeats. "She's right, Swallowflight." Specklewish meowed roughly. Swallowflight stiffly nodded and padded away.

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Stripedkit snorted and left the two queens, she padded over to a younger peach colored she-kit with ginger and white splotches. "Whitekit, could you do that thing?" Stripedkit asked. Whitekit nodded and glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then, put her paw on Stripedkit's neck, which had a small nip in it. When Whitekit uncovered it, the wound was gone.

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"Thanks, Whitekit!" Stripedkit meowed, head high. "Anytime, Stripedkit." Whitekit mewed shakily. Stripedkit nudged Whitekit and pointed over to Patchkit, who was half hidden by the shadow of the nursery, and they padded over to him. The dappled starry she-cat nodded. ''One, now wheres the next? StarClan needs you...'' she thought more, glancing at all the kits.

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Patchkit looked fearfully at Stripedkit. "I'm not going to hurt you anymore Patchkit. I'm sorry." Stripedkit dipped her head. Whitekit looked too young to know what they were saying, she looked only old enough to say a few words, She just stared off into the blue instead of saying something.

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Patchkit looked wary. "Thank you, and thanks for stopping Swallowflight."

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Patchkit looked over to the Nursery, he looked excited. "Willowleaf's going to have her kits in a few moments." he mewed cheerfully.

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Stripedkit cocked her head. "How do you know?" as she spoke, a wailing came from the den. A gray and cream she-cat, Paleflower, mother to Whitekit, ran out of the den and yowled to Brownleaf, who sat close by, she was the medicine cat.

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"Willowleaf's kits are coming!"

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''That makes two. ''The starry she-cat gave an excited nod to Patchkit. She left the other kits and went into the stony cave of the nursery.

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She stopped beside a white she-cat with black points. Her blue eyes were wild. "Leafwish," a starry tom padded over. "They are coming!" he mewed, excitedly giving Willowleaf a quick lick on the ears, which she didn't notice. "Yes, this must be the litter with the next chosen kit," Leafwish said, with beaming eyes.

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After a few moments, Willowleaf bore two kits, the other kits eagerly bounced into the den to meet them, their mothers pushed them away. A she-cat who was tan with brown spots, was named Spottedkit, and a silver and white tom named Wilowkit.

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Leafwish twisted her whiskers at Spottedkit. "I know this is the one we're missing!"

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"She has the broad shoulders, the study body, this is her." Leafwish pointed out some of Spottedkit's features. Duskstorm nodded in agreement.

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Whitekit padded over to the new kits and stared blankly into the nest. She shook as she climbed in, and she cuddled up next to them, her sister, Pikekit, fallowed her and they fell asleep, curled around the newest members of the Clan. The queens in the den purred at the sight.

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Leafwish glanced at Patchkit, then Whitekit who was on top of Spottedkit. She turned to Duskstorm who nodded.

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"They hold the fate of every life in their paws."

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|-|Chapter 1=

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''(Patchkit's POV)''

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Sunkit's flame pointed form bounced over Patchkit's head. She landed in front of him, ice blue eyes locked together. She then slowly plopped down, flicking her ears and licking a paw and rubbing it over her eyes.

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She stopped and looked at him with a cheeky look. "So I saw you chatting with Stripedpaw, is there something going on between you two?"

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Patchkit looked at her like she was crazy. "What you mean? No! she's just cool...." he stated flatly, licking his fluffy white chest. He was lying a little, he did like Stripedpaw very much, he started to like her after the fight they had, they had become quite good friends. But he didn't like her that much that he felt like he was going to die if he didn't get to see her for a day.

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Sunkit rolled her eyes and shook out her short pelt. "If you say so," with that, she hopped away, leaving Patchkit alone with the snoozing Willowkit and Cloudkit a few feet away. He snorted at the sight of Willowkit and his sister. Willowkit was ''his'' friend, Not hers! He didn't really spend time with Patchkit anymore, and Patchkit was becoming jealous.

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Patchkit didn't really like Sunkit that much, yeah she was his sister, but she was super bossy, snobby, annoying, and just perfect, the Clan liked her more then Cloudkit. Cloudkit, on the other paw was awesome though, she was nice, a joker, a loser, everything Patchkit loved, but she was getting on his nerves lately.

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Patchkit didn't have anyone else to hang out with, the apprentices were cool, but they were always to busy to play. The other kits were just plain rude, or too quiet, so quiet it was like talking to the nursery's wall. And the ones he could never hang out with were Sunkit, enough said, Whitekit, rude, snobby, Pikekit, a bit too.... hyper... so no one really.

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Patchkit felt someone poke him. He spun around, closing his eyes, in case Sunkit was going to through dung in his face, again. He slowly opened them to see the tall, tan, Spottedkit, in front of him. She was taller then him, which made him nervous. "Yes?" Patchkit asked gulping. He had heard Whitekit and Sunkit talking about her, she was mean from what they said, so mean she had no friends, so mean she wasn't even with Sunkit's gang.

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She had beautiful dark sparkly forest green eyes, which almost made Patchkit gasp, he never bothered to look her in the face... he always thought she had.... yellow eyes? He never even noticed her brown spots, so that's why she was named Spottedkit!

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She scrapped her white paw along the mossy earth, pulling up small clumps of it. "I was wondering if we could play?" Spottedkit asked, in a wary tone. Patchkit stared at her. What should he do? What if she attacked him...? "Okay...." he mewed at last. Spottedkit looked surprised and jumped up. "What are we going to do?" she asked, hopefully. Patchkit looked around. ''Mossball!''

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"Let's play mossball." Patchkit meowed, padding over to a ball of moss and moving it to the tan she-cat. He threw it far into the air. Spottedkit leaped for it, and grabbed it in her jaws, her eyes gleamed. She tossed it back to him. Patchkit tensed to leap up and catch it, when claws scrapped his back.

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Pacthkit fell over and looked up to see Whitekit and Sunkit standing over him, their eyes gleaming. ''Oh great...'' "What are you two moons old?" asked Whitekit. Patchkit got to his paws. Whitekit stood next to him then she lined her body to his. "Your older then me and I'm taller then you. gross." she laughed.

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Patchkit flinched at her words. He couldn't help how tall he was! Sunkit suddenly looked brighter then ever. "We're going to battle, we're FrostClan and your IceClan," Sunkit meowed glaring at Patchkit and Spottedkit through narrowed eyes.

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"Okay," Patchkit mewed nudging Spottedkit. Spottedkit didn't move from her spot and her eyes burned as they scorched Sunkit and Whitekit's pelts. Suddenly, Spottedkit sprang at them teeth bared in a snarl. Whitekit's sea green eyes widened and Sunkit screamed. Spottedkit slapped Whitekit in the back of the head.

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Whitekit got to her paws, startled, just quick enough to not fall on her face. Sunkit raced in front of Whitekit. "Don't you dare touch her!" Sunkit hissed and leaped at Spottedkit's long neck. Spottedkit snarled and ripped Sunkit's ear with her powerful jaws.

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Sunkit fell to the ground looking utterly defeated. Whitekit pulled her up with gentle jaws. Spottedkit watched, horror in her eyes. "What's wrong with you?" Whitekit screamed, "You could have killed her, you rabid fox!" Whitekit stared at Spottedkit, then, with a snort, walked with Sunkit to the Medicine Den. Patchkit sat frozen watching as Spottedkit's head and tail dropped and her shoulders slouched.

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She turned her leafy gaze to him. They were dull with sadness. "I understand if you don't want to play anymore," she said quietly and began to turn to the clump of ferns next to the Nursery she hid in all the time.

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Patchkit stood up. "Wait..." he tried to get the words out of his throat but it was too hard. Patchkit wanted to play with her and make her feel welcome but she could have killed Sunkit, He might not like Sunkit but that's still his sister.

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Spottedkit turned to look at him her eyes filled with no life, like every bit of happiness was sucked out of her. Patchkit looked away closing his eyes. ''I want to help her but... maybe it's better to wait...'' He got to his paws, Still feeling Spottedkit's eyes burning his pelt. Patchkit padded away, His head hanged awkwardly to one side.

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Patchkit padded to the Medicine Den to see Sunkit. Inside the rock cave, it was lined with ferns and tiny pools of silver water. At the far end Brownleaf was treating Sunkit's ear. Whitekit sat farther away. ''Thank StarClan Specklewish doesn't know!'' Patchkit thought.

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Patchkit edged over to Whitekit, she gave him a snotty look. "I'm sorry about Spottedkit," Patchkit murmured. Whitekit glared at him, looking disbelieved. "Your saying sorry to me? Can't she be kind enough to say the words herself, to the cat she hurt?"

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Patchkit looked away. "She's really upset," he meowed, remembering the sad look in Spottedkit's eyes.

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Whitekit hissed. "I don't understand her, she has pretty much everything she could ever want, She's the leaders daughter, Deputies daughter, She has a cool brother, In the best Clan... I guess she's like this because she's ugly."

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Patchkit's head shot up at her. "She's not ugly!"

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"She's just a bit... more... that doesn't matter! She's a nice cat!" Patchkit stated, madly. Whitekit rose to her paws, her orange tail lashing. "Why doesn't she prove herself then, huh? Oh... that's right... she can't because she's too dumb..." Whitekit gave a slight smile. Patchkit's ears pounded. "No she's not!" He stood in front of her. Whitekit suddenly let out a burst of laughter. "What? What's so funny?" Patchkit asked, a bit of fear in his mew. ''What if a bug's is on me?''

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"Your... I still can't believe how short you are! I'm ''younger'' then ''you'', A ''she-cat'' and still your so... stupid looking!"

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Patchkit lowered his shoulders. "Well your the ugliest cat I've ever seen! Your pelt's gross, Your eyes look dirty, what is that cobwebs in them? Your a gross, fat, snobby creature!" Patchkit hissed, pelt on end. Whitekit's gaze was a dead stare. ''I shouldn't have said that...''

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Whitekit screeched and leaped at him and scratched his pelt with thorn sharp claws. Terror crept through Patchkit's pelt. Patchkit went limp and curled into a ball as Whitekit landed hard blows at him. "What are you doing? Fight me!" Whitekit snarled. Patchkit didn't reply, He curled tighter, shaking. "What is wrong with you?" she asked her claws tapping the stone and earth floor. "I'm....." Patchkit began slowly. "I'm....."

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"Spit it out!" Whitekit yowled. "I'm scared of fighting!" he mewed at last with his head raised at her, his icy eyes closed. "What?" Whitekit asked then started laughing. "What is ''wrong'' with you! Your scared of fighting? Wow... you and Spottedkit are perfect for each other! You can have deformed kits and be weird together!" Whitekit purred in a mocking way.

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"Would you two rats shut your mouths!" Brownleaf suddenly yowled. "I'm busy and your making this very annoying for me." She lashed her brown striped tail. "Sorry Brownleaf, Patchkit was just being stupid," Whitekit mewed her peachy pelt still bristled and she turned away and scampered out of the den.

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Patchkit got to his paws and left. It was now turning dusk. He felt some excitement worm in him. His favorite time of the day was night.... or something like that...

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"Spottedkit?" Patchkit heard Spottedkit's mother, Willowleaf, call. "Spottedkit!?" she was starting to sound more frantic with each call. Rainstar, Willowleaf's mate, and the father to Spottedkit, padded out of his den and went over to Willowleaf. "What's wrong?" he asked, His feathery silver fur blazed orange. "Spottedkit's missing!" Willowleaf gasped.

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Rainstar rolled his eyes. "I'll send out a search party."

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A golden brown tom, Quailfeather, padded over. "Rainstar," he began. "Remember the fox scent we found earlier? It might still be on our land." Quailfetaher meowed quietly so the fretful Willowleaf couldn't hear.

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Rainstar's fur suddenly raised into spikes. "Alright, can you lead the patrol with Sunspots, Tigertooth, Funnelwhisker, and Nightpelt?" Rainstar asked Quillfeather. "Yes, I can do that." Quailfeather murmured and went to find the cats who were going.

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Sunkit padded over, Cobwebs on her ripped ear. "What's happening?" she asked eyeing the patrol that was leaving. "Spottedkit's missing and a fox could get her," Whitekit mewed. Sunkit's ears perked. "We should go find her!" she meowed heading for the entrance, Whitekit nodded following her.

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"Wait, Don't you guys think that's a little... dumb and dangerous?" Patchkit asked, his calico pelt fluffed up. Whitekit tipped her head back rolling her eyes. "That patrol needs us, I'm a great fighter," "''We're''," Sunkit's quiet voice broke in while Whitekit was babbling. "..then we can prove ourselves to Rainstar and become apprentices sooner!" Whitekit stated, proudly.

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Patchkit blinked at Whitekit, confused. "If you say so," he meowed. Whitekit and Sunkit marched to a hidden tunnel in the camps gorse wall and disappeared in it. Patchkit shook his head. They were idiots to really think Rainstar would make them apprentices sooner for leaving camp, Whitekit was an awful fighter too so he wouldn't be surprised if they came back with the patrol with bloody pelts and ripped ears.

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Patchkit walked around, when he suddenly felt dizzy. Patchkit stumbled and fell on the ground, hitting his chin on a rock. He felt a thin trickle of blood come out his it. Patchkit heard Specklewish's cries fill his ears until they faded to nothing. He gasped for breath, but his breath became shallower with every heartbeat.

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Patchkit's eyes snapped open and he looked around, scared. Everything looked misty, faded and sounded muffled, Himself included. He looked ahead of him. Sunkit and Whitekit stood there laughing, The bracken and ferns covered them and the trees made flame colored spots glow on them.

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He padded closer, Sniffing. Spottedkit appeared next to them. Suddenly, a shadow fell on them. They looked shocked and screamed. The shadow sprang and blood splashed around him. They flickered and kept fading and being replaced by new things. Spottedkit's bared teeth covered in blood with blood speckled fur, Her green eyes wild and full of fury, Whitekit and Sunkit huddled behind her fear in their eyes and blood cutting through their fur.

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Patchkit jerked awake again. He was in his nest in the Nursery. Specklewish's tan spotted pelt pressed on him. "Are you okay?" she asked, Fear clear in her voice. Patchkit stumbled up but fell back. "No!" he wailed, flailing his paws. Specklewish looked like she was about to cry. "What?" she asked. Patchkit tried to struggle to his paws but fell again, His legs were too weak to carry him. "Spottedkit, Whitekit, and Sunkit are in trouble!" he yowled.

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Specklewish jumped to her paws. "You know where they are? Where?" she asked. "In the forest, By some trees that edge a.... grass." Patchkit mewed, still flailing his paws to try to wake them up more. Specklewish nodded. "Me and some other cats will go find them, quick, And we'll talk about how you knew about this when I get back." she meowed and hared off.

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Patchkit gave up and slid back on the bracken lining of his nest. What if Spottedkit turned on Whitekit and Sunkit? What if they ran into the fox? .... What ''happened ''to him?

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''(Spottedkit's POV)''

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The dusk light made Spottedkit's tan pelt blaze orange. She looked up into the trees, Squirrels squeaked in anger at her. She ducked her and an quickened her pace. Why did she have to be so.... weird? She wished she could be like the other kits who had friends and didn't have to fear about hurting someone if they play fought.

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She didn't look like a FrostClan cat, She was tall, broad-shouldered, long legs, large paws, long neck, short-furred, none of it added up! FrostClan cats were the shortest Clan! The fluffiest! They had large paws, but they were webbed, she didn't have webbed paws, She just looked nothing like them.

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A thought took her mind. What if she was Half-Clan? She couldn't be! Willowleaf and Rainstar came from the same Clan, Her grandparents, Rosefur and Nightpelt also came from the Clan.... But what about Rainstar's? His mother was named Petalwhisker but his father was unknown, What if he was from another Clan? But Rainstar looked pure FrostClan... Willowleaf didn't, she had short fur, a long neck, didn't have webbed paws, so did Willowleaf's sister, Funnelwhisker, she didn't look too much like a FrostClan cat, her mother and aunt looked more IceClan.... She hoped she wasn't IceClan, they were the worst Clan from what she heard.

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If she was Half-Clan she'd never hear the end of it, how she was disloyal, how are you disloyal if you've never even been to this Clan? She sniffed and found a sheltered clump of ferns and curled up in them. ''I hope no one finds me... ''She thought then quickly let her eyelids drop and rest her head on the dusty ground and let sleep take her.

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"Hey! get up you lazy rat!" Spottedkit jerked to her paws at the sound of a kit. To her dismay, Whitekit and Sunkit stood in front of her they looked like Twolegs set them on fire, It was still dusk so she must have drifted off for a few moments. "What are you doing here?" Spottedkit asked, muscles tense.

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Sunkit licked a paw proudly. "We came to find you and take you back to camp!" she purred. Anger rose inside Spottedkit. "I can find my own way back to camp, and what if I refuse to go back huh?" Spottedkit asked, beginning to shake with rage.

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Whitekit flecked her short fluffy tail. "Then we'll force you!" she mewed cheerfully and padded behind Spottedkit and began to push her. Spottedkit whipped around and swiped her face.

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Whitekit backed away with a shocked look. "What? I'm helping you back to camp, Willowleaf and Rainstar will be angry!" Whitekit meowed. "And there's a fox." Sunkit added. "Which will make things worse." Whitekit added to Sunkit's words. "A fox?" Spottedkit meowed lowly. She'd never seen a fox, but from what she heard they were savage and a kit was no match, even a warrior could be killed by the bloody jaws.

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"Are you two morons? Why would you risk your lives for this?" Spottedkit spat. Whitekit rolled her eyes. "What's the chance we will really come face to face with the fox? and if we bring you home, Rainstar will be so proud he'll make us apprentices." Whitekit puffed her white chest out proudly.

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Spottedkit shook her head. "Why.... why are you so stupid..." she mewed and got harsher the more she went on. "Do you really... really think he'd make you apprentices for leaving the camp, finding me and bring me home...? You two are the dumbest creatures I've ever laid eyes on!" Spottedkit sneered, her talon sharp claws stuck out.

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Sunkit's blue eyes blazed with anger. "Whitekit! why didn't you think of that? now we're all dead! we'll be made apprentices ''later!"'' Sunkit yowled and flew at Whitekit snarling. "You are the dumbest mange ridden cat I've ever seen!" Sunkit screamed while swiping.

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Whitekit pushed her off. "Sunkit, why would you say that? I thought you were my friend!" Whitekit yowled and flew at Sunkit and the two grappled, they drew blood and crashed through brambles and bracken, they could probably be heard from camp.

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They rolled and thrashed in each others grip until they were at the each of a steep hill. "Guys? there's a hill right.... there." Spottedkit trailed off when they fell off it screaming in fury.

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Spottedkit shook her head and went down a path to the bottom of the hill. ''Idiots.'' She heard a scream at the bottom of they hill, This time not angry and rage filled, but it was full of terror. Spottedkit began to run down the hill and tripped on the steep ground and flopped on her face and slid down the hill on her neck, unable to stop and get to her paws. She slid to the bottom, it was in a boggy ditch. She got to her paws and shook the dust from her pelt, her neck and chest burned from scraps from the trip but she ran through some marsh, the mud stuck between her toes and matted her fur.

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"Whitekit? Sunkit?" she called. She perked her ears at a whimper at a sheltered corner. She splashed over and gazed in horror under the black rotting bark of a fallen maple, A large fox stood there, spit flew from it's jaws as it growled it's yellow eyes glared at the terror filled faces of Whitekit and Sunkit, in front of them lay two fox cubs, their eyes not even opened. The vixen glared from one to the other, probably thinking who to attack first.

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Fury burned in Spottedkit's blood. Growling, she sprang forward on her powerful legs and latched her teeth on to the foxes neck. The vixen screeched and swung it's russet head, It snapped it's jaws at Spottedkit's legs.

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She kicked it in the face. She climbed up onto it's shoulders and peered down, hanging on with her claws. "Get out of here!" Spottedkit yowled at Whitekit and Sunkit. They locked their fearful eyes on her and scrambled out of the den.

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Spottedkit ranked the vixens eye. It howled and shook her off, blood spattered everywhere. It stood there, unmoving. It slowly began to raise it's head. It's eye was a red pool of dripping blood and scratches cover it's muzzle. It's lips curled, It suddenly look towering and it charged for her.

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Spottedkit turned and ran out the den. She stopped when she spotted Whitekit and Sunkit sitting right outside the den under some bracken. ''Will they ''ever'' learn?''

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Spottedkit ran over to them, her paws leaving a trail of crimson prints. "Why are you right outside the den? Idiots!" she yowled. She pushed Sunkit to her paws and nudged her with her nose to a path up the hill. She turned to Whitekit and did the same. They scrambled up the hill and hid under some thick bracken. the dusk light was turning dark, which made her shiver.

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"What were you two thinking?" Spottedkit whispered harshly. "Wouldn't you think that leaving the area would be smarter?" She added. Whitekit and Sunkit looked at each other. "Whitekit wanted to make sure you didn't get killed." Sunkit glared at Whitekit. Whitekit rolled her eyes.

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"Can we please just get out of here?" Whitekit added then her eyes widened and she backed away. Spottedkit turned around to see the fox staring down at her. It's muzzle was curled in a snarl and it's one eye blazed with fury.

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It took a step forward, not darting right to them, as if it was playing around with them before it made the kill. Whitekit and Sunkit backed up into the bracken, pure fear shone in their eyes and showed in their faces. Spottedkit stood boldly in front of them, hissing with her back arched.

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The fox seemed bored with toying them and sprang at them again. Spottedkit was ready for this and as the fox flew to them, Spottedkit sprang at it's neck and clamped them over it's throat. The vixen seemed surprised at the strength in her jaws and began to struggle while Spottedkit bit down harder.

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The vixen began to panic and tried to shake her off. Spottedkit sensed it's fear and let her jaws open and fell onto the earth in front of the fox. She glared at it with her mouth and eyes twitching and her teeth bared to show the vixen her own blood on Spottedkit's fangs. The vixen seemed to figure out it wasn't worth it and it slowly backed away until, far enough, ran into the forest away from them at full speed.

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The forest was nearly pitch black when they heard the undergrowth crunching from heavy paws and a patrol made up of Specklewish, Flowersplash, Funnelwhisker, and Nightbreeze came into the ditch. Specklewish's eyes let up as they fell on Sunkit. "Sunkit!" she yowled and ran up to her daughter purring and licking her ears.

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She stopped and looked at the rest of the kits, a bit of soft anger on her face. "What were you doing? your all hurt!" she hissed softly and picked Sunkit up in her jaws. Sunkit kicked her chest. "I can walk!" she squealed and still struggled from her mothers grip.

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Specklewish didn't let go. "I don't trust you right now, just let us get back to camp and I'll put you down." she huffed and vanished with Nightbreeze padding alongside her. Funnelwhisker snorted and grabbed Spottedkit. Spottedkit didn't try to stop the warrior, she hang limply from her jaws.

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Flowersplash padded up from behind them a moment later with Whitekit in her mouth. To Spottedkit's surprise Whitekit wasn't fighting Flowersplash off, she didn't even move, her eyes were thoughtful and her ears twitched.

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Soon, they reached camp, the queens sent the rest of the kits to the nursery but they kept taking excited peeks outside the stony wall and jerking back inside when a cat glanced over to them. Paleflower sat in front of the three with Willowleaf and Specklewish on each side.

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"What were you doing?" Willowleaf demanded. "You nearly got killed." Paleflower added. Whitekit was looking up at the moon as if nothing else was happening in the world, Sunkit stared at her flame colored paws, gray in the silver moonlight, her ears flat.

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Spottedkit shifted when her mothers eyes rested on her. "Why?" she repeated. All the kits didn't reply just kept doing what they were doing. Paleflower's eyes narrowed and her ears flattened. "Okay then, your not allowed out of the den for a moon. And you will be made an apprentice later." Paleflower stated.

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Whitekit's head snapped to her mother. "What!? you can't do that!" she yowled. Warriors heads poked out of the den with annoyed looks at the kits. Specklewish's pelt bristled. "Will you please not scream? it's the middle of the night and there are cats trying to sleep."

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Whitekit's tail lashed. "Me and Sunkit only left because we wanted to save Spottedkit so the warriors wouldn't be bothered." she stated, Sunkit nodded fast. Paleflower hissed. "You still should have, you could have ''died'', you don't know how to fight." Whitekit went silent and glared away, Sunkit went back to staring at her paws. "Go to the den." Willowleaf ordered them. Whitekit and Sunkit rose to their paws and began to stomp away.

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Spottedkit got up to follow them but Willowleaf's paw held her tail down. Spottedkit turned to her. "Uh.... you told us to go to the den." Spottedkit murmured looking half away from her mother.

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"Not you." Willowleaf meowed. Paleflower and Specklewish padded to the nursery and ducked inside, Willowleaf watched them go. Spottedkit sat down waiting in the awkward silence for her mother to speak.

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"Why did you leave camp?" Willowleaf asked at last. Spottedkit shrugged. "I wanted to be alone." Willowleaf sighed then raised her black tail. "Go to your nest now." she ordered. Spottedkit got to her paws and padded to the den, she felt Willowleaf's eyes boring into her pelt as she crossed the clearing.

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When she reached the den, Paleflower was curled around Whitekit and Pikekit and Specklewish was grooming Cloudkit's pelt while Sunkit slept on Patchkit. Patchkit's eyes flecked open when she entered the den. He watched as she crossed the den to her nest where Willowkit was humming.

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Patchkit's eyes closed when she disappeared into her nest, She realized Whitekit was also watching her and Pikekit was peeping at her from under her mothers tail. Spottedkit's pelt burned as she crouched low in her nest to get the eyes off her. ''Why are they all staring at me? ''She asked herself.

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Willowkit jerked to his paws when he saw her. "So is it true? you beat a fox with no help at all?" he asked, his olive eyes shimmered. Spottedkit sighed. "It doesn't matter." she stated and curled up with her tail over her face. Willowkit snorted and curled up on the other side of the nest and began snoring after a short time.

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The nursery went quiet only filled with the snore of sleeping cats. Spottedkit was still awake though. ''Is something wrong with me? I hurt Sunkit then I almost killed a full grown fox.... ''She shook her head and curled up tighter and tried to let sleep take her but it never came.

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''(Whitekit's POV)''

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Whitekit sat bored in the Nursery. Exactly... ''nearly'' one moon past since she and Sunkit went hunting for Spottedkit. Whitekit glared outside the nursery, their denmate's were apprentices. Willowpaw and Cloudpaw play-fought in the middle of camp while the older warriors watched with pleased looks. Graypaw and Palepaw cheered them and gave tips.

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Patchpaw came out of the elders den from picking ticks off them, he got in trouble arguing with his mentor. Whitekit puffed madly. She couldn't take it anymore! trapped in the stone walls of the nursery.... with Sunkit babbling stupid stuff in her ears. She liked Sunkit but.... she had become nearly unbearable in the past moon.

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Strange to say, Spottedkit and Whitekit had become friends, they hung out more then Whitekit ever did with Sunkit, Sunkit was jealous of her 'replacement' Whitekit wasn't ''trying ''to replace Sunkit, but Sunkit always made things hard, she, for some reason, always had a burning hatred to Spottedkit.

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Spottedkit padded over to her. "Sunkit's screaming at nothing again." she hissed softly, looking over her shoulder to Sunkit who was rolling around yowling. Whitekit flattened her ears and padded over. "Sunkit, stop this, your making a fool of yourself." Whitekit mewed, sitting down and licking her paws.

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Sunkit stopped, standing up to face Whitekit with blazing eyes. "I can't take this anymore! my heads gonna blow up! and we're in here with ''her''." Sunkit whispered the last part with a glance at Spottedkit who watched from the other side of the nursery with a dumbfounded look on her face.

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Whitekit lowered her head. "What's wrong with her...?" she asked glaring up at Sunkit. Sunkit nearly gasped in shock. "Are you... friends with her?" she asked with a look of disgust on her face. Whitekit's fur prickled. "Yes I am, why don't you like her?" Whitekit growled, flicking her tail around.

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Sunkit shook her head. "She's a weirdo." she stated simply. Whitekit's jaw nearly dropped. "No she's not, your a weirdo!" she hissed shoving Sunkit. Sunkit looked outraged. "You thought the same thing only a moon ago!" Sunkit roared, giving Whitekit a shove back.

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Whitekit felt hot with anger at herself. "Well I was wrong." Whitekit hissed, she scratched Sunkit's nose. Sunkit looked confused and mad. She suddenly looked ready to fly at Whitekit with her claws unsheathed. Whitekit braced herself for it. "Hello you savage little creatures." a voice came from the entrance.

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Whitekit turned around and was nearly overjoyed to see Stripedpaw's face. "I haven't seen you in forever! and when I do our talks are so short." Whitekit purred and butted her head to Stripedpaw's chest.

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Stripedpaw purred and licked Whitekit's ear. "Well apprentice duties ya know?" she mewed, flicking her tail. "Hi Stripedpaw." Spottedkit chirped from her spot. Stripedpaw waved her tail and sat down.

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"So... Rainstar sent me here to tell you the best news you cranky goblins have ever heard," Stripedpaw began. "Your allowed out of the den." she announced at last. Sunkit screamed and flew out of the den and rolled around on the earth. "I've never been so happy to be dirty..." Sunkit murmured to herself as she rolled.

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Whitekit ran out of the den taking deep breaths. The Leaf-bare breeze made her shiver and feel happier then ever. Spottedkit followed, happily flicking her tail for Stripedpaw to follow. Stripedpaw padded out of the Nursery to stand beside Whitekit.

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"So.... are your.... umm..... whatever they are.... powers still working?" Stripedpaw asked, having a tang of excitement to her voice. Whitekit nodded. "Yes, they are." she mewed. Stripedpaw nodded. "Just wondering." she meowed and stood up.

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"Rainstar also wants you to know, you are becoming apprentices today at sunhigh." Stripedpaw purred. Whitekit gasped. "Really!?" she yowled. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" she screamed running around in circles. Stripedpaw nodded. "Now we can hunt together!" Sunkit let out a moan, sounding like a dying badger, and fell back, limp.

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"This ''is ''the best day of my entire life." Sunkit muttered under her breath. Spottedkit blinked. "Willowpaw!" she yowled to tom, he was holding Cloudpaw down with one large paw planted on her chest.

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He spun his head to Spottedkit. "Huh?" he asked, with a confused look, probably wondering what Spottedkit was doing out of her prison. Just then, Cloudpaw kicked him in the belly with her hind paws and sent him flying into a short tree. He hit the trunk with a light thump.

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"Ow." Willowpaw grunted, twitching his whiskers. "Nice one Cloudpaw!" Sunkit called to her sister. Cloudpaw flicked her ears as a reply to her sister. Willowpaw sulked up and glared at Spottedkit. "Sorry." Spottedkit meowed in a small voice with her head ducked.

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Willowpaw snorted and licked the leaves from his thick silver pelt. Patchpaw and Graypaw walked over. "What are these little bundles of joy doing out here?" Graypaw asked, sitting down. "I am not a bundle of joy." Sunkit meowed. Whitekit rolled her eyes. Sunkit was so dumb.... "We're allowed out, Rainstar let us." Spottedkit shoved in before Whitekit could begin her babbling.

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"Cool." Patchpaw murmured, sitting down next to Stripedpaw, he gave her a kind look then turned back to his former denmates. Patchpaw ''clearly'' liked Stripedpaw, but Whitekit knew she'd never fall for a dummy like him. She was too smart for him. Whitekit walked up to Patchpaw.

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"I'm ''still ''taller then you." she laughed. Patchpaw cringed and took a step back. Out of no where, Paleflower snatched Whitekit and pulled her to herself. "Hey!" Whitekit hissed and struggled to get free.

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"I'm cleaning your disgusting pelt before your made an apprentice." Paleflower meowed through fierce laps. Whitekit slightly growled. She didn't want anyone else to know she secretly liked being fret over. Graypaw slightly laughed and Whitekit shot him a glare that made him shut up and look at his paws

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. After Paleflower stopped, Rainstar hopped onto the tree stump. "Let all cats old enough to swim gather here for a Clan meeting." he called, his silver tail hung over the stump and glowed in the sunshine.

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Sunkit ran over to him, casting Whitekit a glare and stood with her head high and her shoulders squared. Whitekit pounded to stand next to Spottedkit who was shaking with excitement. Whitekit's pelt felt like it was burning, every cat in the Clan sat around her, looking at her and her denmates.

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Rainstar stood up and began to speak. "Sunkit, Spottedkit, and Whitekit have reached the age of six moons, and it is ready for them to be apprenticed." he said, looking down at the kits, mainly keeping his blue gaze on his daughter.

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"From this day on, until you receive your warrior names, you will be know as Sunpaw, Spottedpaw, and Whitepaw, your mentors will be Snowtail," he nodded to Spottedpaw when he said his brothers name. Snowtail padded up and touched his nose to Spottedpaw's. Her eyes gleamed with excitement.

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"Swallowflight," he then nodded to Sunpaw and the mentor and apprentice did what Spottedpaw and Snowtail did. "And Rosefur." As soon as he said that name, whispers came from the cats. "Can we trust her?" Whitepaw caught a cat say who sat near the front.

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Rosefur ignored the murmurs and padded gracefully over to Whitepaw. Whitepaw had heard things about this warrior, how she betrayed her Clan, before Whitekit was born, and killed the leader of FrostClan. She also heard that Rosefur had a nasty temper, yowling a lot and attacking others for no reason whats so ever.

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She had scars on her pinkish pelt and a blind, scarred eye and ripped ears. Whitepaw hesitated before at last touching her nose to Rosefur's. The Clan seemed silent for a moment, then a few cats began cheering the new apprentices names, then that gave the rest of the Clan courage to follow.

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"Sunpaw! Spottedpaw! Whitepaw!"

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After awhile, talking to friends and kin, Rosefur took Whitepaw out, with Spottedpaw, Snowtail, Sunpaw, and Swallowflight. They had already seen SnowClan's borders, CrystalClan's, and now they were going to see the last one, IceClan's.

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Snowtail lead them along a narrow path, he ducked underneath tall ferns that lapped over the path. It was going to be dusk soon, so he was rushing quite a bit to get the tour over. He stopped along a stream, across the stream was a pine forest speckled with oaks. "This is IceClan's borders." he annouced with a bit of an edge to his voice.

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Rosefur looked very uncomfortable, shiftingfrom side to side, casting wary looks into the forest. Swallowflight walked over to stand in front of the three apprentices. "IceClan is the most savage Clan, you must ''never'' cross their borders." Swallowflight meowed with an edged to her voice. Spottedpaw perked her ears. "What do they do that's so savage?" she asked, sitting back on her hunches to listen.

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"Well, they've always had a bloody history." Swallowflight began, sitting down as well. "They had an evil leader when the Clans first came to be, they always are the first to jump into an argument. They cause battles with other Clans all the time." Swallowflight cut off for a moment to catch some breath.

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"The Clans thought their dark days were over when Ravenstar became leader after Brownstar, she was a kind, peaceful cat and helped any in need, but now there is a new leader, Ravenstar's former deputy, Brackenheart is now their leader, Brackenstar. He is cruel, he kills cats and starts battles for no reason, you never want to meet him in person." Swallowflight was nearly gasping when she finished.

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Spottedpaw's ears flattened. "Brackenstar sounds like a jerk." she meowed, scratching her ears. Whitepaw cast a glance at Rosefur. She was sitting farther away from the others with a troubled look on her face, her ears suddenly perked. "We have to leave." she murmured, rising to her paws. "No your not." came a voice behind a tree. A russet tom, followed by black and white she-cat and a gray and white tabby tom. "We didn't cross your border, Russetfoot." said Snowtail in a growl.

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Whitepaw's pelt prickled at Russtfoot's grin. He looked like he was very annoying, and his voice didn't help. "I see that." Russtfoot meowed, staring at them with wide blue eyes.

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"Get out of here you dried up leach!" Whitepaw suddenly found herself blurting out the words. Russetfoot looked hurt, but Whitepaw could tell it was fake from the gleam in his eyes. The patrol all had the same look of hurt.

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"I'm sorry about our apprentice," Snowtail mewed quickly pointing at Whitepaw. "She just became one today." The black and white she-cats eyes suddenly glittered with interest. Whitepaw narrowed her eyes, the patrol was glancing at each other, they seemed to be passing words without speaking, flicking their tails, glaring eyes, tense stance.

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Snowtail's patrol all looked just as confused as Whitepaw felt. The patrol stopped, turning to Snowtail's patrol, they sprang at them with unsheathed claws. Whitepaw gasped in surprise at their quick movement as they each dashed to a cat.

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Whitepaw was blown over by the she-cat. She started batting Whitepaw's ears with fierce swipes, and Whitepaw felt blood trickle from them.

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Whitepaw froze when the she-cat stopped and was scrabbling at Whitepaw's throat. ''What do I do? ''she thought, trying to recall Willowpaw and Cloudpaw's fight earlier, but it was no use. So instead, Whitepaw starting flailing her paws in her attackers face. The she-cat stumbled, with a stunned look, as if surprised to see a new apprentice this strong.

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Whitepaw sprang to her paws before the she-cat had a chance to catch her again. She dodged from side to side at the she-cat slow blows. Whitepaw began to relax. This was easy! her attackers to much like a slug to even reach Whitepaw.

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The she-cat stopped, her eyes locked over Whitepaw's head. Whitepaw looked up just in time to see the gray tabby tom fall down on her shoulders, he was bigger then Rainstar, he had scars on his pelt and ripped ears. His weight pinned Whitepaw down so hard she couldn't breath.

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Whitepaw closed her eyes, ready for the tom to break her neck when the weight disappeared. Whitepaw dizzily looked up to see Rosefur fighting the tom, she looked far to small to be fighting him, but she was using her size to win, she stopped to let him hit her, then when his paw was close to her, she swerved away, leaving him more tired each time. "Retreat." she suddenly noticed the she-cat and Russetfoot were standing on their side of the border.

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The gray tabby crawled away from Rosefur and stood behind the she-cat. Russetfoot snorted and disappeared with the two others behind him in some shadows. Sunpaw was gasping for breath after the fight, looking like she was going to die. Spottedpaw was watching Snowtail as he gathered the patrol and they left to go back to camp.

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Whitepaw trailed behind and hid behind some bracken. She had an awful scratch on her hindpaw paw she wanted to heal. She set her forepaw on the wound and closed her eyes and let her mind go blank. She twitched her whiskers and peeked her eyes open. Wasn't she supposed to feel a sting or something? She uncovered her paw.

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To her dismay, the wound was still there and bleeding more. ''Are my powers gone?''

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''(Patchpaw's POV)''

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Patchpaw woke to Whitepaw shoving a spider into his face. He screeched and kicked her. "What is wrong with you!?" he asked shaking, while she giggled and tossed the spider outside the den.

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"It's funny." she stated, licking a paw to draw it over an ear. "No, it's not!" Patchpaw wailed. "Great StarClan Patchpaw shut up." Spottedpaw groaned, pulling herself up to stand beside the smiling Whitepaw.

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"Anyway, our mentors want us to hunt without them for the first time with the older apprentices as our partners." Whitepaw yawned, standing up. "Come on, let's go." she meowed and exited the den, Spottedpaw on her heels. Patchpaw huffed. Why was she so mean to him? And now Spottedpaw's her friend? Great....

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Patchpaw crept out of the fallen tree where the apprentices slept and trotted across the camp to reach Spottedpaw, Whitepaw, Stripedpaw, Graypaw, and Twistedpaw at the camp entrance.

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"Anyway, our mentors want us to hunt without them for the first time with the older apprentices as our partners." Whitepaw yawned, standing up. "Come on, let's go." she meowed and exited the den, Spottedpaw on her heels. Patchpaw huffed. Why was she so mean to him? And now Spottedpaw's her friend? Great....

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Patchpaw crept out of the fallen tree where the apprentices slept and trotted across the camp to reach Spottedpaw, Whitepaw, Stripedpaw, Graypaw, and Twistedpaw at the camp entrance. "What took you so long?" Whitepaw asked, hitting him in the head with her short tail, nearly sending him crashing to the ground. Patchpaw shifted away from her.

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''It was only like, two heartbeats. ''He thought, feeling utterly annoyed. Tigertooth padded over, being the mentor to Twistedpaw. "Alright, the pairs are Whitepaw and Graypaw, Twistedpaw and Spottedpaw, and Stripedpaw and Patchpaw, Lilypaw is already out with Pikepaw, and Palepaw is with Cloudpaw. All your doing is working together on hunting? got it? okay, go," Tigertooth said, whisking his tail to point outside camp.

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"And you can go where ever you like," Tigertooth added. Everyone runs off, Whitepaw hissed under her breath, she was probably hoping to get paired with Stripedpaw. Patchpaw suddenly realized he was paired with Stripedpaw. ''I'm paired with Stripedpaw!'' he thought excitedly.

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He felt freaked out and excited all at the same time. Stripedpaw's tail brushed Patchpaw's ear. "Come on!" She purred and hopped outside into the forest. Patchpaw followed quickly. His paws sprayed up leaves earth and leaves from the ground. It was nearing Leaf-fall, but the sun still blazed hotly overhead and the leaves were still green.

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Patchpaw had been so caught up in everything, he hadn't noticed Stripedpaw had stopped. He stumbled into her. She let out an "Oof!" and nearly fell on the ground. "Sorry!" Patchpaw flipped out. ''Smooth''. he thought in anger at his stupidness.

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"It's fine, I used to get excited like you.... well... ''still'' do," Stripedpaw purred. "Anyway, which way?" she asked, pointing up a leafy hill or below the hill, in the undergrowth. It would probably be easier to hunt on the more open hill, but less prey, more likely, the prey would be hiding in the undergrowth.

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"Under the hill," Patchpaw decided. Stripedpaw nodded and ducked under the overhang. Roots dangled from the roof and ants crawled along the walls, making Patchpaw shiver at the thought of them creeping through his pelt.

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-<p style="margin-left:24px;text-align:center;">'''''The war with the Place of no Stars and StarClan has been raging many moons... the StarClan is losing... slowly.... and the enemy will strike the Clans next... but when three kits are brought into the world, they may be the only ones to save the Clans...''''' <tabber>
-Prologue=
-The night sky was speckled with stars. Deep in the forest, small dip in the mossy floor had dens scattered around. Cats sat around giggling at jokes, eating prey happily. Fireflies flew around, making the camp alight with yellow balls of light.
-A fallen tree was at one side, where an apprentice, Twistedpaw, showed his denmates battle moves. They laughed when he posed on the tree and fell into the branches. The warriors den, a lone tall maple tree, had cats eating in it, playing in it, and around the bottom, cats slept, or ate prey.
-The elders den was a small alder tree, Featherfall sat with some other cats, laughing. At the Nursery, three she-cats sat watching their kits, prey at there paws. A starlet, misty calico she-cat padded over to them. She sat right next to them, They didn't even notice her bright pelt. She began watching the kits of two queens.
-A pale tabby she-kit grappled with a small calico tom, over nothing. The other kits sat around them yowling for them to fight, giving useless tips to the fighters. The tom was kicked in the nose by the she-cat. She stood up, fluffing her fur out proudly.
-"I win!" she mewed with a glare at the tom who was staring at her. He stood up shaking his fur out. He stood watching the she-cat with a sad look. She turned her fluffy face to him. "What are you gonna do about it? cry to mommy?" the other kits mocked.
-The tom sprang at the she-kit and began biting her savagely. She screamed when blood washed from her muzzle. The mother to the pale tabby, Swallowflight, ran over to her daughters rescue, her eyes blazed at the tom. She nipped him. He squealed and fell on his back.
-"Hey!" the calico's mother, Specklewish, ran over to Swallowflight, who was standing over her daughter. "Do not bite my son!" Specklewish snarled. Swallowflight snorted. "Maybe you should watch your kit, he could have killed Stripedkit!"
-Specklewish's fur bristled. "Maybe you should do the same, Stripedkit was probably bullying Patchkit, he was just protecting himself."
-Swallowflight's eyes widened in shocked rage "How dare you talk about Stripedkit that way!" she snarled.
-Patchkit began to back away, his back arched. Stripedkit pulled herself out from under her mother and turned on her. "Specklewish is right! it's my fault Patchkit hurt me, I was bullying him!" Stripedkit snarled. Swallowflight looked even more shocked, but her rage was sucked away.
-Specklewish and Swallowflight stared at each other for a few, long heartbeats. "She's right, Swallowflight." Specklewish meowed roughly. Swallowflight stiffly nodded and padded away.
-Stripedkit snorted and left the two queens, she padded over to a younger peach colored she-kit with ginger and white splotches. "Whitekit, could you do that thing?" Stripedkit asked. Whitekit nodded and glanced around to make sure no one was watching, then, put her paw on Stripedkit's neck, which had a small nip in it. When Whitekit uncovered it, the wound was gone.
-"Thanks, Whitekit!" Stripedkit meowed, head high. "Anytime, Stripedkit." Whitekit mewed shakily. Stripedkit nudged Whitekit and pointed over to Patchkit, who was half hidden by the shadow of the nursery, and they padded over to him. The dappled starry she-cat nodded. ''One, now wheres the next? StarClan needs you...'' she thought more, glancing at all the kits.
-Patchkit looked fearfully at Stripedkit. "I'm not going to hurt you anymore Patchkit. I'm sorry." Stripedkit dipped her head. Whitekit looked too young to know what they were saying, she looked only old enough to say a few words, She just stared off into the blue instead of saying something.
-Patchkit looked wary. "Thank you, and thanks for stopping Swallowflight."
-Patchkit looked over to the Nursery, he looked excited. "Willowleaf's going to have her kits in a few moments." he mewed cheerfully.
-Stripedkit cocked her head. "How do you know?" as she spoke, a wailing came from the den. A gray and cream she-cat, Paleflower, mother to Whitekit, ran out of the den and yowled to Brownleaf, who sat close by, she was the medicine cat.
-"Willowleaf's kits are coming!"
-''That makes two. ''The starry she-cat gave an excited nod to Patchkit. She left the other kits and went into the stony cave of the nursery.
-She stopped beside a white she-cat with black points. Her blue eyes were wild. "Leafwish," a starry tom padded over. "They are coming!" he mewed, excitedly giving Willowleaf a quick lick on the ears, which she didn't notice. "Yes, this must be the litter with the next chosen kit," Leafwish said, with beaming eyes.
-After a few moments, Willowleaf bore two kits, the other kits eagerly bounced into the den to meet them, their mothers pushed them away. A she-cat who was tan with brown spots, was named Spottedkit, and a silver and white tom named Wilowkit.
-Leafwish twisted her whiskers at Spottedkit. "I know this is the one we're missing!"
-"She has the broad shoulders, the study body, this is her." Leafwish pointed out some of Spottedkit's features. Duskstorm nodded in agreement.
-Whitekit padded over to the new kits and stared blankly into the nest. She shook as she climbed in, and she cuddled up next to them, her sister, Pikekit, fallowed her and they fell asleep, curled around the newest members of the Clan. The queens in the den purred at the sight.
-Leafwish glanced at Patchkit, then Whitekit who was on top of Spottedkit. She turned to Duskstorm who nodded.
-"They hold the fate of every life in their paws."
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-''(Patchkit's POV)''
-Sunkit's flame pointed form bounced over Patchkit's head. She landed in front of him, ice blue eyes locked together. She then slowly plopped down, flicking her ears and licking a paw and rubbing it over her eyes.
-She stopped and looked at him with a cheeky look. "So I saw you chatting with Stripedpaw, is there something going on between you two?"
-Patchkit looked at her like she was crazy. "What you mean? No! she's just cool...." he stated flatly, licking his fluffy white chest. He was lying a little, he did like Stripedpaw very much, he started to like her after the fight they had, they had become quite good friends. But he didn't like her that much that he felt like he was going to die if he didn't get to see her for a day.
-Sunkit rolled her eyes and shook out her short pelt. "If you say so," with that, she hopped away, leaving Patchkit alone with the snoozing Willowkit and Cloudkit a few feet away. He snorted at the sight of Willowkit and his sister. Willowkit was ''his'' friend, Not hers! He didn't really spend time with Patchkit anymore, and Patchkit was becoming jealous.
-Patchkit didn't really like Sunkit that much, yeah she was his sister, but she was super bossy, snobby, annoying, and just perfect, the Clan liked her more then Cloudkit. Cloudkit, on the other paw was awesome though, she was nice, a joker, a loser, everything Patchkit loved, but she was getting on his nerves lately.
-Patchkit didn't have anyone else to hang out with, the apprentices were cool, but they were always to busy to play. The other kits were just plain rude, or too quiet, so quiet it was like talking to the nursery's wall. And the ones he could never hang out with were Sunkit, enough said, Whitekit, rude, snobby, Pikekit, a bit too.... hyper... so no one really.
-Patchkit felt someone poke him. He spun around, closing his eyes, in case Sunkit was going to through dung in his face, again. He slowly opened them to see the tall, tan,  Spottedkit, in front of him. She was taller then him, which made him nervous. "Yes?" Patchkit asked gulping. He had heard Whitekit and Sunkit talking about her, she was mean from what they said, so mean she had no friends, so mean she wasn't even with Sunkit's gang.
-She had beautiful dark sparkly forest green eyes, which almost made Patchkit gasp, he never bothered to look her in the face... he always thought she had.... yellow eyes? He never even noticed her brown spots, so that's why she was named Spottedkit!
-She scrapped her white paw along the mossy earth, pulling up small clumps of it. "I was wondering if we could play?" Spottedkit asked, in a wary tone. Patchkit stared at her. What should he do? What if she attacked him...? "Okay...." he mewed at last. Spottedkit looked surprised and jumped up. "What are we going to do?" she asked, hopefully. Patchkit looked around. ''Mossball!''
-"Let's play mossball." Patchkit meowed, padding over to a ball of moss and moving it to the tan she-cat. He threw it far into the air. Spottedkit leaped for it, and grabbed it in her jaws, her eyes gleamed. She tossed it back to him. Patchkit tensed to leap up and catch it, when claws scrapped his back.
-Pacthkit fell over and looked up to see Whitekit and Sunkit standing over him, their eyes gleaming. ''Oh great...'' "What are you two moons old?" asked Whitekit. Patchkit got to his paws. Whitekit stood next to him then she lined her body to his. "Your older then me and I'm taller then you. gross." she laughed.
-Patchkit flinched at her words. He couldn't help how tall he was! Sunkit suddenly looked brighter then ever. "We're going to battle, we're FrostClan and your IceClan," Sunkit meowed glaring at Patchkit and Spottedkit through narrowed eyes.
-"Okay," Patchkit mewed nudging Spottedkit. Spottedkit didn't move from her spot and her eyes burned as they scorched Sunkit and Whitekit's pelts. Suddenly, Spottedkit sprang at them teeth bared in a snarl. Whitekit's sea green eyes widened and Sunkit screamed. Spottedkit slapped Whitekit in the back of the head.
-Whitekit got to her paws, startled, just quick enough to not fall on her face. Sunkit raced in front of Whitekit. "Don't you dare touch her!" Sunkit hissed and leaped at Spottedkit's long neck. Spottedkit snarled and ripped Sunkit's ear with her powerful jaws.
-Sunkit fell to the ground looking utterly defeated. Whitekit pulled her up with gentle jaws. Spottedkit watched, horror in her eyes. "What's wrong with you?" Whitekit screamed, "You could have killed her, you rabid fox!" Whitekit stared at Spottedkit, then, with a snort,  walked with Sunkit to the Medicine Den. Patchkit sat frozen watching as Spottedkit's head and tail dropped and her shoulders slouched.
-She turned her leafy gaze to him. They were dull with sadness. "I understand if you don't want to play anymore," she said quietly and began to turn to the clump of ferns next to the Nursery she hid in all the time.
-Patchkit stood up. "Wait..." he tried to get the words out of his throat but it was too hard. Patchkit wanted to play with her and make her feel welcome but she could have killed Sunkit, He might not like Sunkit but that's still his sister.
-Spottedkit turned to look at him her eyes filled with no life, like every bit of happiness was sucked out of her. Patchkit looked away closing his eyes. ''I want to help her but... maybe it's better to wait...'' He got to his paws, Still feeling Spottedkit's eyes burning his pelt. Patchkit padded away, His head hanged awkwardly to one side.
-Patchkit padded to the Medicine Den to see Sunkit. Inside the rock cave, it was lined with ferns and tiny pools of silver water. At the far end Brownleaf was treating Sunkit's ear. Whitekit sat farther away. ''Thank StarClan Specklewish doesn't know!'' Patchkit thought.
-Patchkit edged over to Whitekit, she gave him a snotty look. "I'm sorry about Spottedkit," Patchkit murmured. Whitekit glared at him, looking disbelieved. "Your saying sorry to me? Can't she be kind enough to say the words herself, to the cat she hurt?"
-Patchkit looked away. "She's really upset," he meowed, remembering the sad look in Spottedkit's eyes.
-Whitekit hissed. "I don't understand her, she has pretty much everything she could ever want, She's the leaders daughter, Deputies daughter, She has a cool brother, In the best Clan... I guess she's like this because she's ugly."
-Patchkit's head shot up at her. "She's not ugly!"
-"She's just a bit... more... that doesn't matter! She's a nice cat!" Patchkit stated, madly. Whitekit rose to her paws, her orange tail lashing. "Why doesn't she prove herself then, huh? Oh... that's right... she can't because she's too dumb..." Whitekit gave a slight smile. Patchkit's ears pounded. "No she's not!" He stood in front of her. Whitekit suddenly let out a burst of laughter. "What? What's so funny?" Patchkit asked, a bit of fear in his mew. ''What if a bug's is on me?''
-"Your... I still can't believe how short you are! I'm ''younger'' then ''you'', A ''she-cat'' and still your so... stupid looking!"
-Patchkit lowered his shoulders. "Well your the ugliest cat I've ever seen! Your pelt's gross, Your eyes look dirty, what is that cobwebs in them? Your a gross, fat, snobby creature!" Patchkit hissed, pelt on end. Whitekit's gaze was a dead stare. ''I shouldn't have said that...''
-Whitekit screeched and leaped at him and scratched his pelt with thorn sharp claws. Terror crept through Patchkit's pelt. Patchkit went limp and curled into a ball as Whitekit landed hard blows at him. "What are you doing? Fight me!" Whitekit snarled. Patchkit didn't reply, He curled tighter, shaking. "What is wrong with you?" she asked her claws tapping the stone and earth floor. "I'm....." Patchkit began slowly. "I'm....."
-"Spit it out!" Whitekit yowled. "I'm scared of fighting!" he mewed at last with his head raised at her, his icy eyes closed. "What?" Whitekit asked then started laughing. "What is ''wrong'' with you! Your scared of fighting? Wow... you and Spottedkit are perfect for each other! You can have deformed kits and be weird together!" Whitekit purred in a mocking way.
-"Would you two rats shut your mouths!" Brownleaf suddenly yowled. "I'm busy and your making this very annoying for me." She lashed her brown striped tail. "Sorry Brownleaf, Patchkit was just being stupid," Whitekit mewed her peachy pelt still bristled and she turned away and scampered out of the den.
-Patchkit got to his paws and left. It was now turning dusk. He felt some excitement worm in him. His favorite time of the day was night.... or something like that...
-"Spottedkit?" Patchkit heard Spottedkit's mother, Willowleaf, call. "Spottedkit!?" she was starting to sound more frantic with each call. Rainstar, Willowleaf's mate, and the father to Spottedkit, padded out of his den and went over to Willowleaf. "What's wrong?" he asked, His feathery silver fur blazed orange. "Spottedkit's missing!" Willowleaf gasped.
-Rainstar rolled his eyes. "I'll send out a search party."
-A golden brown tom, Quailfeather, padded over. "Rainstar," he began. "Remember the fox scent we found earlier? It might still be on our land." Quailfetaher meowed quietly so the fretful Willowleaf couldn't hear.
-Rainstar's fur suddenly raised into spikes. "Alright, can you lead the patrol with Sunspots, Tigertooth, Funnelwhisker, and Nightpelt?" Rainstar asked Quillfeather. "Yes, I can do that." Quailfeather murmured and went to find the cats who were going.
-Sunkit padded over, Cobwebs on her ripped ear. "What's happening?" she asked eyeing the patrol that was leaving. "Spottedkit's missing and a fox could get her," Whitekit mewed. Sunkit's ears perked. "We should go find her!" she meowed heading for the entrance, Whitekit nodded following her.
-"Wait, Don't you guys think that's a little... dumb and dangerous?" Patchkit asked, his calico pelt fluffed up. Whitekit tipped her head back rolling her eyes. "That patrol needs us, I'm a great fighter," "''We're''," Sunkit's quiet voice broke in while Whitekit was babbling. "..then we can prove ourselves to Rainstar and become apprentices sooner!" Whitekit stated, proudly.
-Patchkit blinked at Whitekit, confused. "If you say so," he meowed. Whitekit and Sunkit marched to a hidden tunnel in the camps gorse wall and disappeared in it. Patchkit shook his head. They were idiots to really think Rainstar would make them apprentices sooner for leaving camp, Whitekit was an awful fighter too so he wouldn't be surprised if they came back with the patrol with bloody pelts and ripped ears.
-Patchkit walked around, when he suddenly felt dizzy. Patchkit stumbled and fell on the ground, hitting his chin on a rock. He felt a thin trickle of blood come out his it. Patchkit heard Specklewish's cries fill his ears until they faded to nothing. He gasped for breath, but his breath became shallower with every heartbeat.
-Patchkit's eyes snapped open and he looked around, scared. Everything looked misty, faded and sounded muffled, Himself included. He looked ahead of him. Sunkit and Whitekit stood there laughing, The bracken and ferns covered them and the trees made flame colored spots glow on them.
-He padded closer, Sniffing. Spottedkit appeared next to them. Suddenly, a shadow fell on them. They looked shocked and screamed. The shadow sprang and blood splashed around him. They flickered and kept fading and being replaced by new things. Spottedkit's bared teeth covered in blood with blood speckled fur, Her green eyes wild and full of fury, Whitekit and Sunkit huddled behind her fear in their eyes and blood cutting through their fur.
-Patchkit jerked awake again. He was in his nest in the Nursery. Specklewish's tan spotted pelt pressed on him. "Are you okay?" she asked, Fear clear in her voice. Patchkit stumbled up but fell back. "No!" he wailed, flailing his paws. Specklewish looked like she was about to cry. "What?" she asked. Patchkit tried to struggle to his paws but fell again, His legs were too weak to carry him. "Spottedkit, Whitekit, and Sunkit are in trouble!" he yowled.
-Specklewish jumped to her paws. "You know where they are? Where?" she asked. "In the forest, By some trees that edge a.... grass." Patchkit mewed, still flailing his paws to try to wake them up more. Specklewish nodded. "Me and some other cats will go find them, quick, And we'll talk about how you knew about this when I get back." she meowed and hared off.
-Patchkit gave up and slid back on the bracken lining of his nest. What if Spottedkit turned on Whitekit and Sunkit? What if they ran into the fox? .... What ''happened ''to him?
-|-|Chapter 2=
-''(Spottedkit's POV)''
-The dusk light made Spottedkit's tan pelt blaze orange. She looked up into the trees, Squirrels squeaked in anger at her. She ducked her and an quickened her pace. Why did she have to be so.... weird? She wished she could be like the other kits who had friends and didn't have to fear about hurting someone if they play fought.
-She didn't look like a FrostClan cat, She was tall, broad-shouldered, long legs, large paws, long neck, short-furred, none of it added up! FrostClan cats were the shortest Clan! The fluffiest! They had large paws, but they were webbed, she didn't have webbed paws, She just looked nothing like them.
-A thought took her mind. What if she was Half-Clan? She couldn't be! Willowleaf and Rainstar came from the same Clan, Her grandparents, Rosefur and Nightpelt also came from the Clan.... But what about Rainstar's? His mother was named Petalwhisker but his father was unknown, What if he was from another Clan? But Rainstar looked pure FrostClan... Willowleaf didn't, she had short fur, a long neck, didn't have webbed paws, so did Willowleaf's sister, Funnelwhisker, she didn't look too much like a FrostClan cat, her mother and aunt looked more IceClan.... She hoped she wasn't IceClan, they were the worst Clan from what she heard.
-If she was Half-Clan she'd never hear the end of it, how she was disloyal, how are you disloyal if you've never even been to this Clan? She sniffed and found a sheltered clump of ferns and curled up in them. ''I hope no one finds me... ''She thought then quickly let her eyelids drop and rest her head on the dusty ground and let sleep take her.
-"Hey! get up you lazy rat!" Spottedkit jerked to her paws at the sound of a kit. To her dismay, Whitekit and Sunkit stood in front of her they looked like Twolegs set them on fire, It was still dusk so she must have drifted off for a few moments. "What are you doing here?" Spottedkit asked, muscles tense.
-Sunkit licked a paw proudly. "We came to find you and take you back to camp!" she purred. Anger rose inside Spottedkit. "I can find my own way back to camp, and what if I refuse to go back huh?" Spottedkit asked, beginning to shake with rage.
-Whitekit flecked her short fluffy tail. "Then we'll force you!" she mewed cheerfully and padded behind Spottedkit and began to push her. Spottedkit whipped around and swiped her face.
-Whitekit backed away with a shocked look. "What? I'm helping you back to camp, Willowleaf and Rainstar will be angry!" Whitekit meowed. "And there's a fox." Sunkit added. "Which will make things worse." Whitekit added to Sunkit's words. "A fox?" Spottedkit meowed lowly. She'd never seen a fox, but from what she heard they were savage and a kit was no match, even a warrior could be killed by the bloody jaws.
-"Are you two morons? Why would you risk your lives for this?" Spottedkit spat. Whitekit rolled her eyes. "What's the chance we will really come face to face with the fox? and if we bring you home, Rainstar will be so proud he'll make us apprentices." Whitekit puffed her white chest out proudly.
-Spottedkit shook her head. "Why.... why are you so stupid..." she mewed and got harsher the more she went on. "Do you really... really think he'd make you apprentices for leaving the camp, finding me and bring me home...? You two are the dumbest creatures I've ever laid eyes on!" Spottedkit sneered, her talon sharp claws stuck out.
-Sunkit's blue eyes blazed with anger. "Whitekit! why didn't you think of that? now we're all dead! we'll be made apprentices ''later!"'' Sunkit yowled and flew at Whitekit snarling. "You are the dumbest mange ridden cat I've ever seen!" Sunkit screamed while swiping.
-Whitekit pushed her off. "Sunkit, why would you say that? I thought you were my friend!" Whitekit yowled and flew at Sunkit and the two grappled, they drew blood and crashed through brambles and bracken, they could probably be heard from camp.
-They rolled and thrashed in each others grip until they were at the each of a steep hill. "Guys? there's a hill right.... there." Spottedkit trailed off when they fell off it screaming in fury.
-Spottedkit shook her head and went down a path to the bottom of the hill. ''Idiots.'' She heard a scream at the bottom of they hill, This time not angry and rage filled, but it was full of terror. Spottedkit began to run down the hill and tripped on the steep ground and flopped on her face and slid down the hill on her neck, unable to stop and get to her paws. She slid to the bottom, it was in a boggy ditch. She got to her paws and shook the dust from her pelt, her neck and chest burned from scraps from the trip but she ran through some marsh, the mud stuck between her toes and matted her fur.
-"Whitekit? Sunkit?" she called. She perked her ears at a whimper at a sheltered corner. She splashed over and gazed in horror under the black rotting bark of a fallen maple, A large fox stood there, spit flew from it's jaws as it growled it's yellow eyes glared at the terror filled faces of Whitekit and Sunkit, in front of them lay two fox cubs, their eyes not even opened. The vixen glared from one to the other, probably thinking who to attack first.
-Fury burned in Spottedkit's blood. Growling, she sprang forward on her powerful legs and latched her teeth on to the foxes neck. The vixen screeched and swung it's russet head, It snapped it's jaws at Spottedkit's legs.
-She kicked it in the face. She climbed up onto it's shoulders and peered down, hanging on with her claws. "Get out of here!" Spottedkit yowled at Whitekit and Sunkit. They locked their fearful eyes on her and scrambled out of the den.
-Spottedkit ranked the vixens eye. It howled and shook her off, blood spattered everywhere. It stood there, unmoving. It slowly began to raise it's head. It's eye was a red pool of dripping blood and scratches cover it's muzzle. It's lips curled, It suddenly look towering and it charged for her.
-Spottedkit turned and ran out the den. She stopped when she spotted Whitekit and Sunkit sitting right outside the den under some bracken. ''Will they ''ever'' learn?''
-Spottedkit ran over to them, her paws leaving a trail of crimson prints. "Why are you right outside the den? Idiots!" she yowled. She pushed Sunkit to her paws and nudged her with her nose to a path up the hill. She turned to Whitekit and did the same. They scrambled up the hill and hid under some thick bracken. the dusk light was turning dark, which made her shiver.
-"What were you two thinking?" Spottedkit whispered harshly. "Wouldn't you think that leaving the area would be smarter?" She added. Whitekit and Sunkit looked at each other. "Whitekit wanted to make sure you didn't get killed." Sunkit glared at Whitekit. Whitekit rolled her eyes.
-"Can we please just get out of here?" Whitekit added then her eyes widened and she backed away. Spottedkit turned around to see the fox staring down at her. It's muzzle was curled in a snarl and it's one eye blazed with fury.
-It took a step forward, not darting right to them, as if it was playing around with them before it made the kill. Whitekit and Sunkit backed up into the bracken, pure fear shone in their eyes and showed in their faces. Spottedkit stood boldly in front of them, hissing with her back arched.
-The fox seemed bored with toying them and sprang at them again. Spottedkit was ready for this and as the fox flew to them, Spottedkit sprang at it's neck and clamped them over it's throat. The vixen seemed surprised at the strength in her jaws and began to struggle while Spottedkit bit down harder.
-The vixen began to panic and tried to shake her off. Spottedkit sensed it's fear and let her jaws open and fell onto the earth in front of the fox. She glared at it with her mouth and eyes twitching and her teeth bared to show the vixen her own blood on Spottedkit's fangs. The vixen seemed to figure out it wasn't worth it and it slowly backed away until, far enough, ran into the forest away from them at full speed.
-The forest was nearly pitch black when they heard the undergrowth crunching from heavy paws and a patrol made up of Specklewish, Flowersplash, Funnelwhisker, and Nightbreeze came into the ditch. Specklewish's eyes let up as they fell on Sunkit. "Sunkit!" she yowled and ran up to her daughter purring and licking her ears.
-She stopped and looked at the rest of the kits, a bit of soft anger on her face. "What were you doing? your all hurt!" she hissed softly and picked Sunkit up in her jaws. Sunkit kicked her chest. "I can walk!" she squealed and still struggled from her mothers grip.
-Specklewish didn't let go. "I don't trust you right now, just let us get back to camp and I'll put you down." she huffed and vanished with Nightbreeze padding alongside her. Funnelwhisker snorted and grabbed Spottedkit. Spottedkit didn't try to stop the warrior, she hang limply from her jaws.
-Flowersplash padded up from behind them a moment later with Whitekit in her mouth. To Spottedkit's surprise Whitekit wasn't fighting Flowersplash off, she didn't even move, her eyes were thoughtful and her ears twitched.
-Soon, they reached camp, the queens sent the rest of the kits to the nursery but they kept taking excited peeks outside the stony wall and jerking back inside when a cat glanced over to them. Paleflower sat in front of the three with Willowleaf and Specklewish on each side.
-"What were you doing?" Willowleaf demanded. "You nearly got killed." Paleflower added. Whitekit was looking up at the moon as if nothing else was happening in the world, Sunkit stared at her flame colored paws, gray in the silver moonlight, her ears flat.
-Spottedkit shifted when her mothers eyes rested on her. "Why?" she repeated. All the kits didn't reply just kept doing what they were doing. Paleflower's eyes narrowed and her ears flattened. "Okay then, your not allowed out of the den for a moon. And you will be made an apprentice later." Paleflower stated.
-Whitekit's head snapped to her mother. "What!? you can't do that!" she yowled. Warriors heads poked out of the den with annoyed looks at the kits. Specklewish's pelt bristled. "Will you please not scream? it's the middle of the night and there are cats trying to sleep."
-Whitekit's tail lashed. "Me and Sunkit only left because we wanted to save Spottedkit so the warriors wouldn't be bothered." she stated, Sunkit nodded fast. Paleflower hissed. "You still should have, you could have ''died'', you don't know how to fight." Whitekit went silent and glared away, Sunkit went back to staring at her paws. "Go to the den." Willowleaf ordered them. Whitekit and Sunkit rose to their paws and began to stomp away.
-Spottedkit got up to follow them but Willowleaf's paw held her tail down. Spottedkit turned to her. "Uh.... you told us to go to the den." Spottedkit murmured looking half away from her mother.
-"Not you." Willowleaf meowed. Paleflower and Specklewish padded to the nursery and ducked inside, Willowleaf watched them go. Spottedkit sat down waiting in the awkward silence for her mother to speak.
-"Why did you leave camp?" Willowleaf asked at last. Spottedkit shrugged. "I wanted to be alone." Willowleaf sighed then raised her black tail. "Go to your nest now." she ordered. Spottedkit got to her paws and padded to the den, she felt Willowleaf's eyes boring into her pelt as she crossed the clearing.
-When she reached the den, Paleflower was curled around Whitekit and Pikekit and Specklewish was grooming Cloudkit's pelt while Sunkit slept on Patchkit. Patchkit's eyes flecked open when she entered the den. He watched as she crossed the den to her nest where Willowkit was humming.
-Patchkit's eyes closed when she disappeared into her nest, She realized Whitekit was also watching her and Pikekit was peeping at her from under her mothers tail. Spottedkit's pelt burned as she crouched low in her nest to get the eyes off her. ''Why are they all staring at me? ''She asked herself.
-Willowkit jerked to his paws when he saw her. "So is it true? you beat a fox with no help at all?" he asked, his olive eyes shimmered. Spottedkit sighed. "It doesn't matter." she stated and curled up with her tail over her face. Willowkit snorted and curled up on the other side of the nest and began snoring after a short time.
-The nursery went quiet only filled with the snore of sleeping cats. Spottedkit was still awake though. ''Is something wrong with me? I hurt Sunkit then I almost killed a full grown fox.... ''She shook her head and curled up tighter and tried to let sleep take her but it never came.
-|-|Chapter 3=
-''(Whitekit's POV)''
-Whitekit sat bored in the Nursery. Exactly... ''nearly'' one moon past since she and Sunkit went hunting for Spottedkit. Whitekit glared outside the nursery, their denmate's were apprentices. Willowpaw and Cloudpaw play-fought in the middle of camp while the older warriors watched with pleased looks. Graypaw and Palepaw cheered them and gave tips.
-Patchpaw came out of the elders den from picking ticks off them, he got in trouble arguing with his mentor. Whitekit puffed madly. She couldn't take it anymore! trapped in the stone walls of the nursery.... with Sunkit babbling stupid stuff in her ears. She liked Sunkit but.... she had become nearly unbearable in the past moon.
-Strange to say, Spottedkit and Whitekit had become friends, they hung out more then Whitekit ever did with Sunkit, Sunkit was jealous of her 'replacement' Whitekit wasn't ''trying ''to replace Sunkit, but Sunkit always made things hard, she, for some reason, always had a burning hatred to Spottedkit.
-Spottedkit padded over to her. "Sunkit's screaming at nothing again." she hissed softly, looking over her shoulder to Sunkit who was rolling around yowling. Whitekit flattened her ears and padded over. "Sunkit, stop this, your making a fool of yourself." Whitekit mewed, sitting down and licking her paws.
-Sunkit stopped, standing up to face Whitekit with blazing eyes. "I can't take this anymore! my heads gonna blow up! and we're in here with ''her''." Sunkit whispered the last part with a glance at Spottedkit who watched from the other side of the nursery with a dumbfounded look on her face.
-Whitekit lowered her head. "What's wrong with her...?" she asked glaring up at Sunkit. Sunkit nearly gasped in shock. "Are you... friends with her?" she asked with a look of disgust on her face. Whitekit's fur prickled. "Yes I am, why don't you like her?" Whitekit growled, flicking her tail around.
-Sunkit shook her head. "She's a weirdo." she stated simply. Whitekit's jaw nearly dropped. "No she's not, your a weirdo!" she hissed shoving Sunkit. Sunkit looked outraged. "You thought the same thing only a moon ago!" Sunkit roared, giving Whitekit a shove back.
-Whitekit felt hot with anger at herself. "Well I was wrong." Whitekit hissed, she scratched Sunkit's nose. Sunkit looked confused and mad. She suddenly looked ready to fly at Whitekit with her claws unsheathed. Whitekit braced herself for it. "Hello you savage little creatures." a voice came from the entrance.
-Whitekit turned around and was nearly overjoyed to see Stripedpaw's face. "I haven't seen you in forever! and when I do our talks are so short." Whitekit purred and butted her head to Stripedpaw's chest.
-Stripedpaw purred and licked Whitekit's ear. "Well apprentice duties ya know?" she mewed, flicking her tail. "Hi Stripedpaw." Spottedkit chirped from her spot. Stripedpaw waved her tail and sat down.
-"So... Rainstar sent me here to tell you the best news you cranky goblins have ever heard," Stripedpaw began. "Your allowed out of the den." she announced at last. Sunkit screamed and flew out of the den and rolled around on the earth. "I've never been so happy to be dirty..." Sunkit murmured to herself as she rolled.
-Whitekit ran out of the den taking deep breaths. The Leaf-bare breeze made her shiver and feel happier then ever. Spottedkit followed, happily flicking her tail for Stripedpaw to follow. Stripedpaw padded out of the Nursery to stand beside Whitekit.
-"So.... are your.... umm..... whatever they are.... powers still working?" Stripedpaw asked, having a tang of excitement to her voice. Whitekit nodded. "Yes, they are." she mewed. Stripedpaw nodded. "Just wondering." she meowed and stood up.
-"Rainstar also wants you to know, you are becoming apprentices today at sunhigh." Stripedpaw purred. Whitekit gasped. "Really!?" she yowled. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" she screamed running around in circles. Stripedpaw nodded. "Now we can hunt together!" Sunkit let out a moan, sounding like a dying badger, and fell back, limp.
-"This ''is ''the best day of my entire life." Sunkit muttered under her breath. Spottedkit blinked. "Willowpaw!" she yowled to tom, he was holding Cloudpaw down with one large paw planted on her chest.
-He spun his head to Spottedkit. "Huh?" he asked, with a confused look, probably wondering what Spottedkit was doing out of her prison. Just then, Cloudpaw kicked him in the belly with her hind paws and sent him flying into a short tree. He hit the trunk with a light thump.
-"Ow." Willowpaw grunted, twitching his whiskers. "Nice one Cloudpaw!" Sunkit called to her sister. Cloudpaw flicked her ears as a reply to her sister. Willowpaw sulked up and glared at Spottedkit. "Sorry." Spottedkit meowed in a small voice with her head ducked.
-Willowpaw snorted and licked the leaves from his thick silver pelt. Patchpaw and Graypaw walked over. "What are these little bundles of joy doing out here?" Graypaw asked, sitting down. "I am not a bundle of joy." Sunkit meowed. Whitekit rolled her eyes. Sunkit was so dumb.... "We're allowed out, Rainstar let us." Spottedkit shoved in before Whitekit could begin her babbling.
-"Cool." Patchpaw murmured, sitting down next to Stripedpaw, he gave her a kind look then turned back to his former denmates. Patchpaw ''clearly'' liked Stripedpaw, but Whitekit knew she'd never fall for a dummy like him. She was too smart for him. Whitekit walked up to Patchpaw.
-"I'm ''still ''taller then you." she laughed. Patchpaw cringed and took a step back. Out of no where, Paleflower snatched Whitekit and pulled her to herself. "Hey!" Whitekit hissed and struggled to get free.
-"I'm cleaning your disgusting pelt before your made an apprentice." Paleflower meowed through fierce laps. Whitekit slightly growled. She didn't want anyone else to know she secretly liked being fret over. Graypaw slightly laughed and Whitekit shot him a glare that made him shut up and look at his paws
-. After Paleflower stopped, Rainstar hopped onto the tree stump. "Let all cats old enough to swim gather here for a Clan meeting." he called, his silver tail hung over the stump and glowed in the sunshine.
-Sunkit ran over to him, casting Whitekit a glare and stood with her head high and her shoulders squared. Whitekit pounded to stand next to Spottedkit who was shaking with excitement. Whitekit's pelt felt like it was burning, every cat in the Clan sat around her, looking at her and her denmates.
-Rainstar stood up and began to speak. "Sunkit, Spottedkit, and Whitekit have reached the age of six moons, and it is ready for them to be apprenticed." he said, looking down at the kits, mainly keeping his blue gaze on his daughter.
-"From this day on, until you receive your warrior names, you will be know as Sunpaw, Spottedpaw, and Whitepaw, your mentors will be Snowtail," he nodded to Spottedpaw when he said his brothers name. Snowtail padded up and touched his nose to Spottedpaw's. Her eyes gleamed with excitement.
-"Swallowflight," he then nodded to Sunpaw and the mentor and apprentice did what Spottedpaw and Snowtail did. "And Rosefur." As soon as he said that name, whispers came from the cats. "Can we trust her?" Whitepaw caught a cat say who sat near the front.
-Rosefur ignored the murmurs and padded gracefully over to Whitepaw. Whitepaw had heard things about this warrior, how she betrayed her Clan, before Whitekit was born, and killed the leader of FrostClan. She also heard that Rosefur had a nasty temper, yowling a lot and attacking others for no reason whats so ever.
-She had scars on her pinkish pelt and a blind, scarred eye and ripped ears. Whitepaw hesitated before at last touching her nose to Rosefur's. The Clan seemed silent for a moment, then a few cats began cheering the new apprentices names, then that gave the rest of the Clan courage to follow.
-"Sunpaw! Spottedpaw! Whitepaw!"
-****
-After awhile, talking to friends and kin, Rosefur took Whitepaw out, with Spottedpaw, Snowtail, Sunpaw, and Swallowflight. They had already seen SnowClan's borders, CrystalClan's, and now they were going to see the last one, IceClan's.
-Snowtail lead them along a narrow path, he ducked underneath tall ferns that lapped over the path. It was going to be dusk soon, so he was rushing quite a bit to get the tour over. He stopped along a stream, across the stream was a pine forest speckled with oaks. "This is IceClan's borders." he annouced with a bit of an edge to his voice.
-Rosefur looked very uncomfortable, shiftingfrom side to side, casting wary looks into the forest. Swallowflight walked over to stand in front of the three apprentices. "IceClan is the most savage Clan, you must ''never'' cross their borders." Swallowflight meowed with an edged to her voice. Spottedpaw perked her ears. "What do they do that's so savage?" she asked, sitting back on her hunches to listen.
-"Well, they've always had a bloody history." Swallowflight began, sitting down as well. "They had an evil leader when the Clans first came to be, they always are the first to jump into an argument. They cause battles with other Clans all the time." Swallowflight cut off for a moment to catch some breath.
-"The Clans thought their dark days were over when Ravenstar became leader after Brownstar, she was a kind, peaceful cat and helped any in need, but now there is a new leader, Ravenstar's former deputy, Brackenheart is now their leader, Brackenstar. He is cruel, he kills cats and starts battles for no reason, you never want to meet him in person." Swallowflight was nearly gasping when she finished.
-Spottedpaw's ears flattened. "Brackenstar sounds like a jerk." she meowed, scratching her ears. Whitepaw cast a glance at Rosefur. She was sitting farther away from the others with a troubled look on her face, her ears suddenly perked. "We have to leave." she murmured, rising to her paws. "No your not." came a voice behind a tree. A russet tom, followed by black and white she-cat and a gray and white tabby tom. "We didn't cross your border, Russetfoot." said Snowtail in a growl.
-Whitepaw's pelt prickled at Russtfoot's grin. He looked like he was very annoying, and his voice didn't help. "I see that." Russtfoot meowed, staring at them with wide blue eyes.
-"Get out of here you dried up leach!" Whitepaw suddenly found herself blurting out the words. Russetfoot looked hurt, but Whitepaw could tell it was fake from the gleam in his eyes. The patrol all had the same look of hurt.
-"I'm sorry about our apprentice," Snowtail mewed quickly pointing at Whitepaw. "She just became one today." The black and white she-cats eyes suddenly glittered with interest. Whitepaw narrowed her eyes, the patrol was glancing at each other, they seemed to be passing words without speaking, flicking their tails, glaring eyes, tense stance.
-Snowtail's patrol all looked just as confused as Whitepaw felt. The patrol stopped, turning to Snowtail's patrol, they sprang at them with unsheathed claws. Whitepaw gasped in surprise at their quick movement as they each dashed to a cat.
-Whitepaw was blown over by the she-cat. She started batting Whitepaw's ears with fierce swipes, and Whitepaw felt blood trickle from them.
-Whitepaw froze when the she-cat stopped and was scrabbling at Whitepaw's throat. ''What do I do? ''she thought, trying to recall Willowpaw and Cloudpaw's fight earlier, but it was no use. So instead, Whitepaw starting flailing her paws in her attackers face. The she-cat stumbled, with a stunned look, as if surprised to see a new apprentice this strong.
-Whitepaw sprang to her paws before the she-cat had a chance to catch her again. She dodged from side to side at the she-cat slow blows. Whitepaw began to relax. This was easy! her attackers to much like a slug to even reach Whitepaw.
-The she-cat stopped, her eyes locked over Whitepaw's head. Whitepaw looked up just in time to see the gray tabby tom fall down on her shoulders, he was bigger then Rainstar, he had scars on his pelt and ripped ears. His weight pinned Whitepaw down so hard she couldn't breath.
-Whitepaw closed her eyes, ready for the tom to break her neck when the weight disappeared. Whitepaw dizzily looked up to see Rosefur fighting the tom, she looked far to small to be fighting him, but she was using her size to win, she stopped to let him hit her, then when his paw was close to her, she swerved away, leaving him more tired each time. "Retreat." she suddenly noticed the she-cat and Russetfoot were standing on their side of the border.
-The gray tabby crawled away from Rosefur and stood behind the she-cat. Russetfoot snorted and disappeared with the two others behind him in some shadows. Sunpaw was gasping for breath after the fight, looking like she was going to die. Spottedpaw was watching Snowtail as he gathered the patrol and they left to go back to camp.
-Whitepaw trailed behind and hid behind some bracken. She had an awful scratch on her hindpaw paw she wanted to heal. She set her forepaw on the wound and closed her eyes and let her mind go blank. She twitched her whiskers and peeked her eyes open. Wasn't she supposed to feel a sting or something? She uncovered her paw.
-To her dismay, the wound was still there and bleeding more. ''Are my powers gone?''
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-''(Patchpaw's POV)''
-Patchpaw woke to Whitepaw shoving a spider into his face. He screeched and kicked her. "What is wrong with you!?" he asked shaking, while she giggled and tossed the spider outside the den.
-"It's funny." she stated, licking a paw to draw it over an ear. "No, it's not!" Patchpaw wailed. "Great StarClan Patchpaw shut up." Spottedpaw groaned, pulling herself up to stand beside the smiling Whitepaw.
-"Anyway, our mentors want us to hunt without them for the first time with the older apprentices as our partners." Whitepaw yawned, standing up. "Come on, let's go." she meowed and exited the den, Spottedpaw on her heels. Patchpaw huffed. Why was she so mean to him? And now Spottedpaw's her friend? Great....
-Patchpaw crept out of the fallen tree where the apprentices slept and trotted across the camp to reach Spottedpaw, Whitepaw, Stripedpaw, Graypaw, and Twistedpaw at the camp entrance.
-"Anyway, our mentors want us to hunt without them for the first time with the older apprentices as our partners." Whitepaw yawned, standing up. "Come on, let's go." she meowed and exited the den, Spottedpaw on her heels. Patchpaw huffed. Why was she so mean to him? And now Spottedpaw's her friend? Great....
-Patchpaw crept out of the fallen tree where the apprentices slept and trotted across the camp to reach Spottedpaw, Whitepaw, Stripedpaw, Graypaw, and Twistedpaw at the camp entrance. "What took you so long?" Whitepaw asked, hitting him in the head with her short tail, nearly sending him crashing to the ground. Patchpaw shifted away from her.
-''It was only like, two heartbeats. ''He thought, feeling utterly annoyed. Tigertooth padded over, being the mentor to Twistedpaw. "Alright, the pairs are Whitepaw and Graypaw, Twistedpaw and Spottedpaw, and Stripedpaw and Patchpaw, Lilypaw is already out with Pikepaw, and Palepaw is with Cloudpaw. All your doing is working together on hunting? got it? okay, go," Tigertooth said, whisking his tail to point outside camp.
-"And you can go where ever you like," Tigertooth added. Everyone runs off, Whitepaw hissed under her breath, she was probably hoping to get paired with Stripedpaw. Patchpaw suddenly realized he was paired with Stripedpaw. ''I'm paired with Stripedpaw!'' he thought excitedly.
-He felt freaked out and excited all at the same time. Stripedpaw's tail brushed Patchpaw's ear. "Come on!" She purred and hopped outside into the forest. Patchpaw followed quickly. His paws sprayed up leaves earth and leaves from the ground. It was nearing Leaf-fall, but the sun still blazed hotly overhead and the leaves were still green.
-Patchpaw had been so caught up in everything, he hadn't noticed Stripedpaw had stopped. He stumbled into her. She let out an "Oof!" and nearly fell on the ground. "Sorry!" Patchpaw flipped out. ''Smooth''. he thought in anger at his stupidness.
-"It's fine, I used to get excited like you.... well... ''still'' do," Stripedpaw purred. "Anyway, which way?" she asked, pointing up a leafy hill or below the hill, in the undergrowth. It would probably be easier to hunt on the more open hill, but less prey, more likely, the prey would be hiding in the undergrowth.
-"Under the hill," Patchpaw decided. Stripedpaw nodded and ducked under the overhang. Roots dangled from the roof and ants crawled along the walls, making Patchpaw shiver at the thought of them creeping through his pelt.
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