The Adventures Of Mosspaw - The start of my life - QuailyCat (read people like a book TXT) 📗

for catmint,I murmured to myself:
"I knew it! I knew that I wasn't supposed to be a stupid medicine cat! This is fantastic! This will be the last time I have to collect boring herbs!I can't wait to start warrior practice!"
Chapter Six - The Fox

I didn't notice the rustling of bushes or the quite growling.
Suddenly, a large fox jumped out of the bushes towards me. It jumped on top of me and as it was about to grab my neck in it's jaws, I wriggled out of between the foxes legs. I lashed at it's side and climbed on top of it, digging my claws into it's back. But the fox was smart. It rolled over and squashed me. I couldn't breath and as I was about to exept the fact that I was going to die, it leaped up. I wondered what had caused it to do that, and then I saw another cat.
At first I thought that it was Brambleclaw, Thunderclans deputy, But then I saw that they had a torn ear and a scar across their muzzle. This cat's fur was messy, as if they hadn't washed it for moons.
This was not a clan cat.
The cat lashed out at the foxes cheek, blood pouring from where he had scratched the fox.
I stood watching, trying to get my breath back, and then when I had, joined the fight.
The fox turned to me, and was about to take my pelt in it's jaws, when I jumped up onto it's head. I pressed my powerful hind legs into my eyes while the other cat raked it's sharp claws across the foxes neck.
The fox yelped with pain and limped as fast as it could away.
"Good work." The cat said to me.
"Thankyou. But, who are you?" I asked him.
"I'm Bramblenose! Who are you?"

Chapter Seven - Bramblenose

I was shocked. Bramblenose had sounded terrible in Longtail's story, but this Bramblenose seemed very well, different.
"I'm Mosspaw. But are you the Bramblenose that was a clan cat?" I asked him.
His eyes shone with pain. "How do you know about that?" He asked.
"Longtail told me." I replied.
"Yes. I am Bramblenose." Bramblenose told me.
"What is it like? I mean, being a rogue?" I asked him.
"Well, at first I couldn't live as well, not being with a whole clan of cats. But now I am used to it." He told me.
"I should thank you for helping me. I would probably be dead by now, if it wasn't for you being here." I suddenly realised.
"You shouldn't be here!" I warned."What are you doing here?"
Bramblenose looked guilty."I wanted to see how Thunderclan was getting on. I wanted to see what state the clan was in, which new kits had been born, which cats had died." He answered.
"You mean you wanted to spy?" I gasped.
"Not really spy, more of check up on. You won't tell will you?" He hoped.
"I owe you my life, so I won't." I agreed.
"So Mosspaw, are you a medicine cat, or a warrior?" Bramblenose questioned.
"Well, I'm a medicine cat, but last night I had a dream that I certain meant that I should be a warrior." I explained.
"Very interesting. Do you need any help finding herbs? I know where you can find loads!" Brablenose replied.
"Yes. I need catmint." I told him.
"Great. I'll show you where some is." He led me further into the undergrowth.

Chapter Eight - The tunnels

"Thanks, Bramblenose!" I thanked Bramblenose.
"Your welcome." He told me.
"I don't want this to be the only time I see you, ever." I told Bramblenose.
"We should meet somewhere. I know the perfect place Follow me!" Again, Bramblenose led me away.
I followed him to a small rabbit hole.
"So this is it? A rabbit den?" I asked.
"No! Come inside!" He scrambled into the hole.
As I wriggled inside after him, I realised that this was a long tunnel. I thought that this tunnel would go on forever, but then it opened into a huge cave.
"Wow! This is amazing! Look at this!" I padded over to the tiny river flowing through the middle of the cave. "And there are so many tunnels! For all we know, one might lead to Windclan territory! How did you find this?" I asked Bramblenose.
"When I was an apprentice, I was hunting a mouse, and I fell down into here." he told me.
"Wow! I'll meet you here every other night!" I told him.
"Okay! I'll see you tommorow!" He agreed.

Chapter Nine - Jayfeather's objection

"What took you so long, Mosspaw?" Jayfeather demanded.
"Sorry Jayfeather. I won't do it again." I apoligised.
"You'd better not." He said.
"Jayfeather, I have something important to tell you."
"What is it?" Jayfeather sounded worried.
"I had a dream last night. I was Rainpaw, in the training hollow. I was doing Rainpaw's lesson, Lionblaze said that I would be a fantastic warrior.I think that I am supposed to be a warrior." I explained.
"Mosspaw, I must tell you, many moons before you were born, I had a dream sent from Starclan. They said a kit by the name of Mosskit. They said that you would be a great medicine cat and that it is your destiny."
My heart sunk to the bottom of my paws.
"But..." I protested.
"I fell that the whole of Thunderclan will be affected by your choice, so you mustn't become a warrior."
"Jayfeather, I..."
"Not another word on this subject."

Chapter Ten - Medicine cats can't take mates?

I decided not to argue anymore. I padded out of the medicine den and over to the fresh kill pile. My paws ached to run back to the tunnels and see Bramblenose there, but I knew that he wouldn't be there.
"What are you thinking about?" Blossompaw was padding over from the apprentices den.
"Um, uh... you know that cat, Bramblenose, that Longtail told us about? I was wondering if he could cope out in the world on his own." I was glad I had made up that excuse.
"I'm sure that he would have found another lone she cat by now and had kits with her and started a family." She reasured me.
I hope not! I thought.
I remembered the way that Bramblenose had first looked at me, his eyes shining with kindness and affection.
I wondered if I would take any other cat as a mate. I couldn't think of any other cat that I could possibly love in Thunderclan.
I saw Hazeltail sitting beside the halfrock. I picked up a squirel and went over to her.
"Hazeltail?"
"Yes, Mosspaw?" She asked.
"Who do you think I should take as a mate? I don't know who, because there isn't really any cat I could love in Thunderclan."
"Wait, medicine cats can't take mates!" Hazeltail told me.
"They can't? I never knew that. Thats really unfair." I complained.
"Why do you care though? You don't seem to want to take a mate. Is there something your not telling me?" Hazeltail cautioned.
"No! Of course not!" I protested.
"All right then."

Chapter Eleven - First meeting at the tunnels

I was just entering the cave when a dark shape scared the life out of me.
"Mosspaw! You're here!"
"Bramblenose!" I exclaimed.
"I was thinking, we should pretend we have a secret clan."