Rise of SnowClan - Chocolatemeerkat (bookreader .txt) 📗

made a mess on the floor. Most of it was still on him.
"Oopsy." He said.
"You daft cat. Come on, lets go clean that off." Rose purred. She led Bronze and Fernwhisker up the stairs into a bright room.
"Bathroom." Rose said.
"What?" Fernwhisker didn't understand.
"This is where Twolegs clean themselfs and do their business. They use water." She flipped a lid up and looked down. There was clear water at the bottom of it.
"Get in there." She said to Bronze.
"The.. toilet? You must be kidding! I think I will use the rain." Bronze moaned at his mate. Rose laughed. Bronze padded down the stairs towards the kitchen. Here, there was a cat flap they could go through. They squezed through and padded out into the garden. It was raining heavily.
"Great!" Bronze meowed, climbing onto a plastic bucket and purring loudly. Rose laughed again. A cat peered over the fence.
"Hi Rose!" It called.
"Oh! You scared me!" Rose squealed. She turned to Fernwhisker. "That's Shadow. Good friend of mine, he lives nextdoor." Shadow jumped down from the fence.
"Narrowly escaped from the dog. Curse that thing, the amount of times it's tried killing me." Shadow moaned.
"Same with ours. It chased poor old Bronze up the fireplace again." Rose replied. Bronze padded over. Fernwhisker could now tell he was a golden tabby with brown spots and amber eyes. She felt a bit odd around kittypets, she had never before. She was scared for her kits if they thought one of the toms was their father... what would she do? Shadow noticed she looked worried.
"What's wrong?" He asked her.
"Nothing. Just homesick." She replied, not even looking at his face.
"Huh? I thought you had lived her for ages!"
"Nope. Only been here since sunrise."
"Oh. Your name?"
"Fernwhisker. I'm a SnowClan cat."
"I've heard of them, I know a cat called Berry. She told me of 3 cats tresapassing on her tribe's terrortory. They explained they were SnowClan, so she freed them. One matched you."
"Um, duh. I was Fernpaw, little ginger cat with leaf-green eyes and white stripes."
"Then why did you have a name change?"
"Me warrior now, not apprentice."
"Oh, right." Rose then said they should look around the garden for something to do. The 4 cats walked off. Fernwhisker then gave a little gasp when Shadow ran beside her. He seemed to be getting quite close, and then he was brushing against her. Fernwhisker couldn't guess that he had a crush on her. A Twoleg started to shout and Rose's fur shot up in shock.
"Gotta go. Bye Shadow!" She said, running off. Bronze ran after her. Fernwhisker followed until Shadow stopped her.
"Bye." He said, resting his muzzle on her head. He then licked her cheek and ran off. Fernwhisker gave a silent growl and went to catch up.

"Stop, I smell something." Lizardeye meowed. The patrol sniffed the scent.
"Smells like a dog came and chased a kittypet away." Darkmystery moaned. Leafdew sighed and Swiftpaw continued to smell the scent.
"Leafdew!" A voice called. Lizardeye crouched down.
"Patch! Good to see you! Have you seen Fernwhisker? She was kidnapped by Twolegs." Leafdew asked the tribe cat.
"No, sorry." Patch said, looking at the sky.
"Are you sure?"
"Wait! Are you talking about the ginger she-cat with white stripes that came with you and Bearpelt?"
"Yes, her!"
"Well, I saw her with some kittypets. Some tom was brushing up against her."
"Ok, we have to act fast. She is mated and expecting kits."
"Not good."
"I know." Lizardeye then got up. He looked back towards the forest.
"I have a feeling we're being watched." He meowed coldly. The patrol just sighed and walked on. What they didn't realise was that Lizardeye was right. It was coming closer and closer, ready to strike...
Return of an old enemy

"Watch out!" Leafdew screamed, pushing the cats out of the way. A big shadow lept over them and headed towards the Twoleg place.
"What was that?" Swiftpaw groaned, getting up.
"A dog. Must belong to the Twolegs." Lizardeye replied weakly.
"Around here?"
"Yes, they are cabable of escaping, ya know."
"Oh, sorry."
"Nothing wrong at all!"
"Yay!"
"Or really?"
"Shut up please Lizardeye, you'll scare him." Leafdew purred, helping the little apprentice up. Lizardeye nodded quietly. Patch dipped his head and ran back to the barn.
"Lets go back and report to Snowstar." Darkmystery meowed. "She'll be intrested to know about this."
"We can't return, we've only searched for a small amount of time. Lets go." Leafdew meowed. The patrol soon set off again, determained not to fail.

Inside, Fernwhisker was sitting beside Bronze in a strange room.
"This is the spare room, where myself and Rose sleep." Bronze meowed. Rose was kitting, so she had to be alone with a Twoleg who would help her. Fernwhisker prefered the SnowClan way, not this way. It sounded painful. It was raining heavier now, and thunder was getting louder. The dog was barking loudly, which scared Fernwhisker. Suddenly, a cat appeared outside the window. It was white and covered in scars. It was small too. Bronze smiled at it, but the cat didn't smile. She had dark black eyes like the night, and Fernwhisker knew who it was. The cat opened the window and crawled in.
"Well, well, we meet again Fernwhisker." The cat hissed.
"Ghostpaw! You murderous little beast!" Fernwhisker gasped, crouching down to attack the former medicine apprentice.
"Yes, yes. Did you miss me?"
"Not at all! You tried to kill me! And how do you know my warrior name?"
"I kidnapped that foolish medicine apprentice. I threated her with death, so she told me everything. About you, Duststorm, Morninghawk and Lizardeye."
"No!"
"Yes, it is true. I see you're expecting, so i'll just kill you now for revenge. My revenge for you making me live like this." Ghostpaw pounced onto the she-cat and bit her neck. Bronze jumped onto Ghostpaw and hit her ear.
"Is that ment to hurt?" She snarled. She kicked her hind legs in the air, which sent him flying into the wall. Suddenly, the dog came in. It was a big gold one. (Golden Retriever) He barked loudly and charged into Ghostpaw. She squealed in terror and jumped out of the window. The dog was only here to chase Bronze, so they were off. Fernwhisker licked her wounds until a Twoleg kit came in.
"You're so cute!" She squealed, picking up Fernwhisker. The little girl ran down the stairs and put Fernwhisker down on a comfy cusion. Here, Rose was suckling 3 kits.
"Their beautiful." Fernwisher meowed. "What are their names?"
"The little golden tabby is Cheetah, the black one is Raven and the white one is Snowy. That's what the housefolk decided." Rose purred, licking their little heads. Bronze padded in, surprising clean and shining. He licked Rose's head and then curled up beside her. Fernwhisker curled up by herself and went to sleep, dreaming of her own kits.

A daring rescue

The next day, Shadowstep chose Duststorm, Rainflower, Falconpaw and Bubblepaw to go on the daily patrol for Fernwhisker. It had been 4 moons since she disappeared, and some cats were not their normal selfs. Wildpaw, Falconpaw, Shrewpaw and Molepaw looked small and sad. Morninghawk wasn't as chatty and Duststorm, Blazestrike, Ivyfur, Lizardeye and Rainflower didn't really feel up to patrols apart from the searches for the missing she-cat.
"Let's go." Rainflower meowed quietly. The 4 cats left until a cat ran over to them.
"You can come too, Riverstripe." Duststorm meowed kindly to the tom. Riverstripe smiled and walked on with them. They continued walking and stopped.
"I can smell cats and a fox." Bubblepaw mewed worriedly. The patrol stopped dead. They could hear squealing, yowling and shouting coming from a Twoleg nest.
"I think I know where she is." Rainflower meowed. "Follow me." The 5 cats ran towards a large Twoleg nest.
"Keep quiet, that monster is sleeping." Riverstripe whispered. Everyone crept past the monster and up onto a tree. Here, 3 kits and 4 cats were relaxing in the sun. One of them was Fernwhisker.
"Thank StarClan you're here!" Bubblepaw said to Rainflower. It was true that if she wasn't on the patrol, they wouldn't have found Fernwhisker so quickly. Duststorm then gave a deep, quiet growl. Shadow was coming over to Fernwhisker.
"Hi." He meowed.
"Hello Shadow." Fernwhisker sighed.
"Can I sit with you?"
"If you really feel the urge to." Shadow sat down beside the she-cat and licked her ear.
"Knock it off!" Fernwhisker growled, rolling over to another spot.
"Sorry, I can't help looking at your... um.."
"My what?"
"Um.."
"Come on, cough it up."
"Your... fur. It's beautiful and it looks like pure golden leaves on the trees in Leaf-Fall."
"Well.. thanks?"
"You're welcome. Anytime."
"So..."
"I.. like you Fernwhisker." Duststorm now was getting worried and distressed. Fernwhisker was expecting his kits, not the other cat's!
"Um.. I'm mated.. sorry." Fernwhisker said, standing up.
"Well, you're mate's not here, so you could.."
"No! I won't leave my mate for you! I'm expecting his kits!"
"Really?"
"Yeah!"
"Well, you could stil mate me and expect that other cat's kits."
"No! I have never betrayed anyone since I was born!"
"Too bad." Shadow sneered. He chased after Fernwhisker, shouting her name.
"Charge!!!" Riverstripe then yelled. The SnowClan cats jumped down and tried to attack the evil kittypet. Shadow yelped in pain and hissed. Fernwhisker just froze in shock.
"Run to that bush and hide there until we fetch you!" Falconpaw meowed to the she-cat. Fernwhisker nodded and ran into the bush. Shadow then ran to the bush, escaping the grasp from the other cats.
"Quick! We can't let him get away with this!" Duststorm said. The cats jumped into the bush to find Shadow trying to mate with Fernwhisker still. Riverstripe, Duststorm and Bubblepaw attacked Shadow while Fernwhisker, Falconpaw and Rainflower tried to find a hiding spot. The cats then stopped when they heard a yowl in sorrow and anger. Riverstripe came out with blood around his muzzle and his back.
"He's gone too far with this. He has taken Bubblepaw for his own uses and retreated." He mewed sadly. Duststorm came out of the bush and nodded. He only had a few claw marks on his head and flank. He raced over to Fernwhisker and nuzzled her ear.
"You're safe now." He whispered calmly. Fernwhisker purred