Rise of SnowClan - Chocolatemeerkat (bookreader .txt) 📗

through the trees, trying to beat her.

"I won!" Fernpaw gasped, falling on her paws. She was excausted after the race. Leafdew helped her up.
"I can smell something. Stay close." Bearpelt warned them. The 3 cats walked towards the Twoleg nests, keeping a distance. They heard monsters growling and dogs barking. Fernpaw squealed when she saw a Twoleg walking his dog. Bearpelt hushed her. They followed the scent until the came to a abandoned farm. It had several barns and lots of space to move around. Leafdew then noticed something.
"Look! Someone's settled here already, there's a claw mark on that fence!" She whispered, directing with her tail. Bearpelt nodded and crawled under the fence. Leafdew and Fernpaw followed her. Suddenly, Fernpaw saw a patrol!
"Run!" She mewed. The 3 cats ran up a oak tree and watched the cats.
"Flower, are you sure you marked the boarders?" A tom asked. He was a smokey black tom with green eyes.
"I did, honest. I made sure that no one crossed it either." A she-cat replied. Fernpaw guessed it was Flower. She had grey fur with white paws.
"Wait, stop. I smell something." Another tom meowed. He had white fur with black patches
"Ok, whatever you say Patch." Flower giggled. Patch looked at the other tom. "Do you speak at all Soot?" Soot looked angry and nodded. Fernpaw flinched. Would they be found? Suddenly, Patch climbed up the tree and wobbled it. The 3 she-cats fell to the ground in a heap.
"They trespassed!" Soot hissed. He glared at Flower.
"Come with us so you can explain yourself!" Patch growled. The SnowClan cat followed the cats back to a large barn.

In the barn, Fernpaw and Leafdew were pinned down by two toms. Bearpelt, being the senior warrior was taken to the leader to explain what happened.
"I am Berry, leader of the loners. Who are you?" A redish-brown she-cat asked Bearpelt.
"Greetings Berry. I am Bearpelt, a SnowClan senior warrior. I have come on patrol with Leafdew and Fernpaw. We were exploring and we didn't know that you and your clan had settled here. We are very sorry." Bearpelt apolgised.
"Clan? We are a tribe! Tribe of the Flying Grass!" Berry snorted. "My real name is Berry of the bush." All the cats started to call their names.
"I'm Soot of the everlasting fire!"
"I'm Flower of the sky!"
"I'm Patch of the wild prey!"
"I'm Shadow of the night sky!"
"I'm Rabbit of the running prey!"
"I'm Wing of the swooping birds!"
"I'm Light of the dancing flames!"
"I'm Feather of the brave eagle!"
"I'm Secret of the surprises!"
"I'm Star of the swirling shadows!"
"I'm Rock of the highest mountain!" This continued for a while. Berry decided to free Leafdew and Fernpaw from Shadow and Rock.
Fernpaw looked up at the tribe. They were still strong and bold, that was good. She knew that her and Bearpelt and Leafdew would have to go soon, they couldn't stay here forever.
"Do you know of RainClan, LeafClan and BloodClan?" Fernpaw asked Rock.
"Yes. We've heard of them. Ok bunch I suppose, little crazy but hey, they're ok." Rock meowed.
"Fernpaw." Bearpelt whispered. "Do be careful with what you say, they look all nice but they could use what you tell them for their own plans and it won't finsh well." She had a sharp tone to her voice and Fernpaw's ears drooped. She couldn't trust the tribe yet, and she had to follow what Bearpelt said or she would loose her whiskers.
"Sorry." Fernpaw mewed, feeling small and guilty. Bearpelt nodded and left to speak to Leafdew. It must have been about her, because Leafdew gave her a puzzled stare. Fernpaw just sighed and listened to Flower and Patch speak about the "good ol' days".

Some time later, the 3 she-cats returned to camp. The other patrols had returned and the fresh-kill pile was massive. Fernpaw felt guilty that they brought back nothing to eat. Snowstar padded towards them. "Well?"
"There's a tribe living at the barn near the Twoleg nests. They pose no threat, yet." Leafdew mewed. Snowstar nodded and turned away. Morningpaw bounded over to greet Fernpaw.
"There you are! You'll never guessed what happened!" She chriped.
"Spill the beans."
"We met a fox on patrol!" Fernpaw's ears pricked up. A fox?
"Really? What did it do?"
"It tried to attack us, but Lizardeye and Duckfoot fought it. They were so brave."
"We were ambushed by loners."
"Wow!"
"Not greatly amazing. We nearly died but Bearpelt mentioned the clan and we were freed." Fernpaw sounded tired and bored. Morningpaw nodded and padded over to Cloudpaw. Fernpaw gave a short sigh and walked towards the fresh-kill.
"Oh no you don't!" A voice meowed. It was Ivyfur. She looked very tired. "I haven't eaten yet. Anyway, I need to speak to you. Come to my den." Fernpaw nodded and followed Ivyfur. They sat down while Ghostpaw was out looking for herbs.
"Nightflame came to see me about your brother today."
"Really?" Fernpaw looked confused. "What did he say?"
"He said some ridiculous story about Dustkit trying to feed Blazepaw deathberries."
"What!?" Fernpaw looked furious. Her tail kept thumping the den floor angrily. How dare he!
"Yeah, heard me right. Is this true?"
"No! It's not! Dustkit would never do that! The whole thing is impossible."
"That's what I said, little Fernpaw. He shouted in my face and... did this." She turned around so Fernpaw could see her tail. She had lost half her tail!
"That piece of mouse dung!" Fernpaw snapped angrily. Her eyes were blazing with fire.
"Yes, indeed. He is spiteful and a disgrace to this clan."
"I agree. I bet he's trying to do this to keep Dustkit away from me. Blazepaw spied on him and said that Nightflame said he liked me. I'm so scared Ivyfur, what can I do?" She started to blink rapidly. Ivyfur licked her ear and sighed. Fernpaw left quietly to find Blazepaw. He was sitting by a log, watching a beetle climb up it.
"Blazepaw!" She called to her brother.
"Yes?" Blazepaw asked, eyes watching the beetle's every move.
"I have to show Nightflame who's boss. Where is he?"
"Out."
"Whereabouts?"
"River."
"Thank you!" Fernpaw licked his shoulder and ran to the river. Here, Nightflame was waiting to catch a fish.
"Nightflame!" Fernpaw growled.
"Ah, hello Fernpaw." Nightflame purred, cranking his head towards her. He padded over and licked her ear.
"Keep off me! Why did you lie about Dustkit?" Fernpaw hissed.
"What? I never!" Nightflame meowed confused. Fernpaw snarled. Nightflame just sighed and looked at Fernpaw with inoccent eyes.
"Fernpaw, I swear I didn't." He meowed.
"Really? Then how comes Ivyfur happened to loose half her tail?" Fernpaw challanged him.
"I didn't! It must have been Blazepaw or.."
"Don't you even dare blame my brother! If I could i'd kill you!"
"Ha ha, very funny. That is very unlikely, because I shall tell Snowstar."
"She is my mother." Fernpaw breathed. Nightflame's eyes blaze with anger. He pounced onto Fernpaw, pinning her neck down so she couldn't breath.
"What were you saying?" He snarled. Fernpaw could only manage a little squeal and Nightflame laughed.
"StarClan help me!" Fernpaw gasped. Suddenly she heard a very loud yowl. It was Bearpelt! She had rounded up all the apprentices, Leafdew and Barkclaw to save her. Dustkit was there too.
"Let her go Nightflame." Leafdew hissed. Nightflame moved his paws away from Fernpaw's throat and went for her back. Blazepaw and Dustkit jumped onto him and pulled him off the helpless apprentice. Fernpaw jumped onto Nightflame and her brother and best friend jumped off him. Nightflame pulled her off and started to lick her cheek. Dustkit couldn't take it and gave a signal to everyone else. They chargeed down and clawed him. Dustkit dragged Fernpaw away from him. She gave the kit a faint smile.
"Thank you." She purred. Nightflame then shoved her towards the edge of the fast-flowing river. She had to grip onto a branch to stop her from falling. She then felt teeth grabbing her scuff. It was Blazepaw! He pulled his sister up and laid her down on some long grass. Fernpaw thanked him and ran over to Nightflame, who was hanging on the edge with his head resting on the ledge.
"Help.. me.. please." He whispered.
"After what you've done?"
"Please, I won't do it again. I'll leave you and Dustkit alone."
"And my brother."
"Yes, him too. Now please help me!" He whined. Fernpaw grabbed his scuff and got him up. Bearpelt padded over.
"If you dare touch Fernpaw or any friends or family of hers, i'll rip your ears and whiskers out. Clear?"
A new warrior

Chapter 14: A new warrior
Nightflame gave a small nod and ran back to camp as fast as the wind could carry him. Everyone laughed and cheered. Fernpaw, Blazepaw, Dustkit and anyone realtive to them were safe! Fernpaw thanked Bearpelt continueus times for saving her, and Bearpelt just sighed.
"You daft apprentice. Stop being so dramatic." Fernpaw giggled and padded over to Morningpaw.
"Gather all the apprentices to the den when we get back. I want to speak to them." She asked her friend. Morningpaw nodded and went to Leafdew.
"Fernpaw!" A voice called. Fernpaw looked round at the cats around her. Who called her name?
"Fernpaw!" The voice said again. Fernpaw recgonised the voice. It was Badgerstripe, her father!
"There you are! We've being looking for you lot everywhere!" He purred. Fernpaw and Blazepaw greeted him and Badgerstripe put his tail around them protectively.
"Lets go home." Dustkit meowed. Everyone agreed and went back home.

In the apprentice den, Fernpaw thanked everyone for rescuing her and promised to repay them. It was a quiet night, so everyone was bored.
"Hey, everyone! What do you want your warrior name to be?" Cloudpaw asked, trying to make a game they could all play that didn't include running like mad. "I would like mine to be Cloudrain."
"Moonsky!" Moonpaw meowed.
"Emeraldheart!"
"Squirrelfur!"
"Fernflower!"
"Blazefire!"
"Morninghawk!"
"Bubblesplash!" Suddenly, someone was coming through the hole! The apprentices squealed in fear but it was only Lizardeye.
"There's a ceromony, come on." He sighed. The apprentices rushed to camp, where Snowstar was standing on the rock. Heartfly and her kits were there, so Fernpaw guessed it was their ceromony.
"Can Moonpaw come up here please?" Snowstar meowed. Moonpaw rushed up to the front with glee.
"Moonpaw, do you accept the SnowClan way of life, will follow the warrior code and use it to defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?"
"I do!" Moonpaw squealed excitedly.
"I, Snowstar, leader of SnowClan, call apon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has trained hard in your noble code, and I command that you make her a warrior in turn." She rested her muzzle on Moonpaw's head. "Moonpaw, from this day forward you will be known as Moonsky. (lucky guess) StarClan honours you for your bravery and loyalty and welcomes you as a full warrior of SnowClan." Moonsky licked Snowstar's shoulder respectfully. The clan yowled her name 3 times.
"Can Heartfly's kits come here now?"