Rise of SnowClan - Chocolatemeerkat (bookreader .txt) 📗

Rainkit, Dustkit and Cherrykit ran up.
"Until these cats have earned their warrior names, they shall be known as Rainpaw, Dustpaw and Cherrypaw. Your mentors shall be Hawkeyes, Bearpelt and Riverstripe." Some of the warriors looked angry that Riverstripe had been picked twice. Fernpaw knew that Bearpelt would teach Dustpaw well.

After the ceromony, the new apprentices went to their new den. Dustpaw was overjoyed to be in the same den as Fernpaw. Cherrypaw greeted Blazepaw by licking his ear. Rainpaw looked pleased because Bubblepaw was a good friend of hers.
"Tomorrow is the gathering. Don't forget." Lizardeye meowed down the hole. The apprnetices nodded and went to sleep.
The second Gathering

The next day was the gathering, so everyone was quite excited. Fernpaw badly wanted to go as she had never been before. Her mother had told her it was a meeting of the 4 clans in peace.
"Can I please go to the gathering Lizardeye?" Fernpaw asked.
"I'll think about it, depends on your behavour and what you hunt." Lizardeye meowed for a joke to get Fernpaw out of camp. She rushed off to find Clawedear, who was leading the hunting patrol.
"May I please come on the patrol?" Fernpaw asked excitedly.
"Sure. I'm taking Leafdew and Shadowstep." Clawedear mewed. Fernpaw followed the 3 warriors into the forest.
"The clan needs prey, so find plenty of food. We could do with a decent rabbit." Clawedear told them. The cats ran off to find prey. Fernpaw then picked up a strong scent of squirrel. She creeped up on it, pounced and caught it. She left it to a side and went to find some more.

When sunhigh came, the patrol had collected 17 birds, 9 rabbits, 4 squirrels, 2 voles and a shrew.
"Good work." Snowstar meowed when they returned. Fernpaw was very tired and went to rest for a bit. It wasn't long before someone woke her up.
"Fernpaw! Quick! Something's happened to Ivyfur!" A voice whispered sharply. It was Blazepaw. Typicial. Fernpaw rushed out to the medicine den. Here, Ghostpaw was crouching down beside Ivyfur.
"What in the name of StarClan happened?" Fernpaw demanded.
"When I returned from getting some more herbs, I heard Ivyfur yowling. She was being attacked by something. Flash of black and it disappeared." Ghostpaw explained quietly. Fernpaw looked at the poor medicine cat, covered in claw marks and bites.
"Fernpaw! Where are you?" Lizardeye called. Fernpaw said bye to Ghostpaw and went to find Lizardeye. He was standing beside Snowstar and quite a few other cats.
"You're coming to the gathering with us. Come on." Snowstar mewed to her daughter. Fernpaw nodded and went to stand next to Bearpelt. The clan started to walk to the meeting place.

Some time later, the 4 clans were gathered. Rainstar was not here, so Oceansplash took her place.
"I will start first." Leafstar meowed. "LeafClan are well, we have welcomed a new loner to the clan. He will be under the name as Twigfur. We sadly had to sit vigil for Cornkit and Bigtail. They both died in the recent flood that destroyed nearly the whole forest. We would like to thank Snowstar for allowing LeafClan to stay in their terrortory." Many cats meowed in agreement.
"Oceansplash?" Leafstar asked. Oceansplash sat up.
"Rainstar is not here tonight because she is ill with stomach ache.We also had to sit vigil for Sharpeye. He died during the you-know-what. Apart from that, RainClan are well. We have welcomed a new warrior, Pebblestep!" The cats yowled. Pebblestep smiled and then flashed a thankful look at Morningpaw. During the flood, she was in a RainClan patrol that got swept away in the flood to the SnowClan camp. Morningpaw had saved her.
"We also have welcomed Splashkit, daughter of Melodystep!" Lizardeye gave Sparrowsong a *well done* look.
"Bloodstar?" Oceansplash said frightenedly.
"Thank you. BloodClan are well, but we also lost a lot of cats in the you-know-what. We will get our revange. We also lost our loyal deprty so the new one is Featherkink." The BloodClan cats gave a growl.
"Keep your paws off our kits or die." Snowstar hissed.
"Well, I hope that Foxrunner isn't dead yet. She joined your clan apprantly at the end of that fight." Bloodstar replied coldly. Leafstar glared at Snowstar.
"I'm finshed. Snowstar?" Bloodstar hissed.
"Thank you Bloodstar. SnowClan are also well, we have welcomed Foxrunner, Wildkit and Swiftkit and they are settling in nicely. We also welcome 4 new warriors, Leafdew, Barkclaw, Darkmystery and Moonsky!" The clan yowled their names.
"We have also discovered a tribe living near the Twoleg place. They captured a patrol, but no harm was done. We have a warning for BloodClan. Kidnap any more cats from our clan and we'll make sure you have a nice vacation." Snowstar continued.
"And ours." Leafstar mewed.
"Don't forget us either." Oceansplash growled. Bloodstar looked at the leaders and deprty. They looked so fierce and angry. He didn't want to fight again, he had lost so many cats. Fernpaw pictured the battle. She had seen Badgerstripe and Sparrowsong kill Shrededtail, the deprty and Fangpaw by chasing them towards the gorge, where they fell off and died. The vision disapeared from her mind when the gathering had ended. Snowstar gathered her clan and padded back to their camp. Fernpaw looked at Bloodstar for the last time. He was glaring, looking like he was going to kill her once and for all.

Another betrayal

The next morning, Fernpaw was woken up a scream. It was coming from the nursery, so Fernpaw guessed it was Foxrunner. She rushed out to the nursery, where Foxrunner was there, but sleeping. She dashed out and then found 3 little kits sitting by a tree. Their mother was no where in sight.
"Hush, little ones. Who are you and where do you come from?" Fernpaw asked softly.
"My name is Falconkit. My brothers are Shrewkit and Molekit." A she-cat piped up. She was a golden tabby with yellow eyes.
"Come with me, i'll see if someone can look after you? How old are you?" Fernpaw meowed.
"All 3 of us are 3 moons old." Falconkit replied. Fernpaw led the kits back to camp, where she was greeted by Snowstar.
"And who is this?"
"Falconkit, Molekit and Shrewkit. They've been left alone, so I was wandering if Foxrunner could take them?"
"I'll check, she does have.."
"Snowstar! I can take them!" A voice shouted. It was Spottedflower. "I am expecting Riverstripe's kits." Snowstar nodded and nudged the kits over to her. Spottedflower took them to the nursery. Fernpaw smiled and went to get fresh-kill for Ivyfur. To her surpise, Ivyfur was there alone.
"Good day. How are you?" Fernpaw asked, dropping the sparrow she got.
"Ah, good thanks. Ghostpaw's out collecting herbs. She badly wanted to do it today, very strange but good of her." Ivyfur purred. Fernpaw looked puzzled. Ghostpaw wasn't that excited about collecting herbs, so why was she today? Curiously, she padded out of camp to find Ghostpaw.

Some time later, Fernpaw gave up and decied to rest in a tree. She streched her legs and jumped onto the branches. She was about to sleep until she heard Ghostpaw's voice. Fernpaw climbed down to a lower branch to see Ghostpaw with a BloodClan warrior.
"Thank you for these deathberries, i'd like to test them on kits and elders." Ghostpaw meowed.
"Your welcome, they grow around our camp all the time." The warrior replied.
"I love you Growlfang. Can we be mates? I'd have to give my kits for your clan to raise." Ghostpaw asked, her black eyes shining with pride.
"Of course I will. I love you too Ghostpaw." Growlfang purred. They rubbed against eachother and Fernpaw's fur shot up in fury. Ghostpaw had broken the warrior code, twice! She had also been given deathberries to give to kits and elders. She had to run back to camp and warn everyone not to eat berries given by Ghostpaw. Fernpaw then lost her grip on the branch and fell to the floor! Growlfang hissed and pounced onto her. Ghostpaw allowed him to attack her.
"Help me!" Fernpaw squealed. She kicked his face and clawed his ear. Growlfang yowled in pain and then screamed when something small and brown jumped on him. It was Dustpaw! As usual, he was always there to save Fernpaw. She was very greatful for this.
"Now get running before I claw your eyes out!" Dustpaw growled. The big tom ran away and Ghostpaw tried to run back to camp.
"Oh no you don't!" Fernpaw hissed. She grabed the deathberries and threw them over the mountain. Ghostpaw yowled angerily and flung herself at the 2 apprentices. She knocked them out cold. She dragged them away.

When Fernpaw woke up, she was beside Dustpaw and 2 cats that smelt familar. It was Rock and Flower, 2 cats from the loner tribe!
"Um, hi again. That tom there is my friend Dustpaw." Fernpaw meowed.
"Greetings once again Fernpaw." Flower said, smiling. "Unfortantly, we have seemed to be captured in some sort of container.."
"It's a cage. I was a former kittypet and my Twolegs put me in one of these after I ws born." Rock interrupted. Fernpaw nodded and turned to Dustpaw. Still out cold, she thought. Without thinking, she curled up beside him and licked his cheek. Dustpaw woke up and looked up at his friend and the tribe cats.
"Keep off him or I'll claw your whiskers off!" A voice growled. It was Ghostpaw. She was standing beside 2 bigger cats that Fernpaw guessed were loners.
"I'm going to keep you here for a while. See how you cope." Ghostpaw mewed coldly. She then left. One of the toms handed the 4 cats a rabbit to share. It was tiny, impossible to fill even 1 cat's belly.
"We're going to die." Flower whispered. Fernpaw looked at Flower and burried her muzzle in her fur sadly. She cried quietly. Dustpaw looked at her and came closer to her.
"If any of us die today Fernpaw, I just want you to know that I.. love you." He whispered.
"Me too Dustpaw." Fernpaw replied. Dustpaw touched noses wih her and Fernpaw licked his ear.
"Young love, they are only apprentices." Rock whispered to Flower.
"I know, but I am happy for them." Flower whispered back, nudging him playfully. A cloud appeared above them. It then started to rain. The 4 cats laid down and