Warriors Forbidden Kits

Chapter 8

Snowpaw and Shadowpaw quietly sat at the Earthclan border. The air was cold, and a slight breeze was blowing. Snowpaw's for prickled. It was horrible waiting for an Earthclan cat to show up. Finally, a patrol did come. Four cats, all walking along the border. Three Warriors and an apprentice. The cats stopped when they saw Snowpaw and her brother. Then they quickened their pace until the were directly on the other side of the border.

"What are you two doing here?" A tan she cat hissed, unsheathing her claws.

"Fleetfoot, restrain yourself. I am the leader of the patrol here." A white she cat said. She tilted her head at the apprentices.

"But why are you here?" She asked.

"We want to see Stormstone." Snowpaw said fearlessly. The Earthclan cats laughed, other than the apprentice. He was a small tom with gray and white fur, and handsome blue eyes. Snowpaw forced herself to pay attention to the warriors.

"Why won't you take us to Stormstone?" Shadowpaw complained.

"Because you're apprentices. Why do you want to see Stormstone anyway?" The white she cat asked.

"Because he's our father." Snowpaw said solemnly.

"Yeah, so?" Fleetfoot said. Snowpaw blinked, and the gray and white apprentice's mouth fell open. He started to speak, but the brown tom put his tail over the apprentices mouth. Then he turned to glare at Fleetfoot.

"Be quiet Fleetfoot!" He hissed.

"Tumbleleaf, calm down. Fleetfoot, if you don't keep your mouth shut I will send you back to camp in pieces." The white she cat threatened.

"But Frostedspirit, Stormstone-" Tumbleleaf started to say, but Frostedspirit cut him off.

"Take Starpaw back to camp. Fleetfoot and I will deal with these misguided apprentices. And I will discuss Fleetfoot's need for silence with her." Frostedspirit said. Tumbleleaf closed his mouth and led Starpaw away. As soon as Starpaw and Tumbleleaf were out of earshot, Frostedspirit began to speak.

"Snowpaw and Shadowpaw?" She asked. Snowpaw nodded. Frostedspirit sighed.

"How did you find out?" She asked.

"Sunglow disowned us, and Jaggedstar got into an argument with them over us. Then Bramblespike explained to us the story of Silvermoon." Snowpaw said.

"I suppose they said Silvermoon was a murderer?" Frostedspirit asked.

"She was a murderer." Fleetfoot muttered.

"Be quiet." Frostedspirit snapped.

"Yeah, they did." Shadowpaw said.

"And they told you that Stormstone abandoned you?" Frostedspirit asked.

"They didn't say much about him except he took a new mate and had three kits." Snowpaw said.

"At least they didn't completely lie to you." Frostedspirit said to herself.

"We want to see our dad." Shadowpaw demanded.

"Well you can't. So go home." Fleetfoot hissed. Frostedspirit hit the side of Fleetfoot's head with one of her paws.

"I told you to be quiet!" She yowled. Fleetfoot flattened her ears but didn't say anything.

"I'm afraid that Fleetfoot is right though. You can't see Stormstone. We've worked too hard to make him happy. Seeing you will only make things... complicated." Frostedspirit explained.

"What about our half siblings? Can we at least see them?" Snowpaw asked.

"No. Besides, they aren't your half siblings." Fleetfoot said. Frostedspirit spun on Fleetfoot, claws unsheathed and fur raised.

"Get back to camp! Now!" She spat. Fleetfoot hissed, then turned and began padding to camp with her tail held high.

"You two go back to your camp. Don't tell anyone you came here. Especially not Jaggedstar. And don't come back ever again." Frostedspirit said. Then she too turned and walked away. Snowpaw looked at Shadowpaw.

"Earthclan is crazy." He said, shaking his head. He led the way back to Waterclan camp. But the whole way back, Snowpaw couldn't help but wonder at the strange meeting. The apprentice who had seemed horrified that Stormstone was their father, the warrior who had been trying so hard to keep the secret, the she cat who had seemed to hate Stormstone and Silvermoon. It was all so strange. When would the secrets end? When would Snowpaw finally learn the truth about her past?

Not until the next gathering at least.

Credit for Frostedspirit's name goes to Birdfeathers Warriors Name Generator