Warrior Cats: Lost Moon

Chapter 1

'May StarClan light your paths.' Shelltail looked at her leader with twinkeling eyes. They where finally Warriors! Skunknose almost let out a little squak of happiness while Droprunner looked calmly at Poppystar. The calico leader went silent and the Clan went to their ususal duties. Blackmask ran to his kits. 'I'm so proud of you! And i know your mother would be proud to!' He mewed. Shelltail dropped her gaze. Silversky was a great mother but when Shelltail and her siblings where just apprentices, a huge storm went over their territory. A kittypet with two tiny kits tried to escape the river while standing on a step stone and Silversky, together with Icebird and Dapplepelt had saved her, but Silversky had died in the progress, the white and silver she-cat had drowend while saving one of the kits. If that kittypet just waited for the storm to calm down Silversky would still be here. Shelltail thought with a dark gaze. The RiverClan deputy, Redreed, stepped to the three new warriors. 'Being a warrior is fun and all but you have duties now. Skunknose and Droprunner, i want you two to join Goldenstreams patrol to Sunning Rocks. Shelltail, your duty is to help Icebird train Fishpaw. Thanks to Snowfall we know that ThunderClan is willing to start a battle for Sunning Rocks and the apprentices havn't had a change to have battle training.' The red and brown tom didn't wait for an answer and just left the three siblings. Shelltail felt sorry for Snowfall. The white medicinecat was, ever since his mentor died, a spy for RiverClan. He was good friends with Juniperleaf, the ThunderClanmedicinecat but every half moon gathering, Snowfall had to ask his friend ThunderClan secrets. So ThunderClan is willing to battle, and Poppystar and Redreed were willing to let the apprentices battle to. Don't be a codbrain Shelltail. If they've attacked yesterday you where an apprentice to. She stepped in the direction of Icebird and Fishpaw. The dappled ginger apprentice looked determined in her mentor's eyes. 'Are you ready to learn how to kick some ThunderClan cats but!?' Shelltail asked Fishpaw. Icebird look slightly annoyed at her but softened his gaze. 'What was you're plan for a training area?' Icebird asked. Shelltail looked suprised at the older mentor. 'I'd say we train near the Maple Trunk?' The silver and black she-cat sugested. Icebird nodded. 'Good idea, you're coming Fishpaw?' The young ginger apprentice was chasing a dragonfly. 'Coming!' She screamed. Icebird gave Shelltail a wink and shouted. 'The one who is last near Maple Trunk is an rotten cod!' The two cats immediately ran out of camp. Shelltail gave her siblings a flick of a tail before heading out of camp.

The warm sun made everything live inside RiverClans territory. Dragonfly's and bees buzzed around and the fish splashed in the water. Shelltail saw Kiteblaze catching a minnow. 'Nice catch!' She greeted the elder. Kiteblaze just moved to the elders den after her kits Fishpaw and Pebblepaw became apprentices. But the mousegray she-cat still had all the skills of an senior Warrior. Kiteblaze gave her a nod before heading back to camp and Shelltail decided to make a sprint. Fishpaw and Icebird where probably near Maple Trunk by now. When she arrived she saw Fishpaw lying on the ground. The dappled ginger apprentice almosed choked of laughter while Icebird look annoyed at his apprentice. 'What happend?' Shelltail asked. 'Icebird slipped in the mud! He's a rotten cod!' Fishpaw yelled. Shelltail looked at Icebird. Now she could she a bit of mud around his chin. 'Okay whatever. ThunderClan is likely to attack and you'll need to learn how to defend yourself.' Icebird grunted. Shelltail jumped on the Trunk. 'We don't know if they'll attack but today is all about defence. ThunderClans fighting is more likely to go on you're back. We RiverClancats have learned that so our skills are more based of swiping the paws of an enemy away. As aprenctice it is you're duty to drive the enemy near a warrior. We'll start with that. What do you do when a full grown ThunderClan warrior-' With a flick of her tail she made sure that Icebird understood what she was doing. 'Comes running at you?' Fishpaw looked puzzled at Icebird. The white warrior had understood het massege and was creeping at Fishpaw. 'Attack it!' Screamed Fishpaw while jumping at Icebird. The white warrior simply jumped out of her reach and pinned her to the ground. This is gonna take a while..

The sun was already setting when the three cats returned. On the way home Icebird decided that he wanted to hunt and they all caught something, although Fishpaws cod was small nobody explained. Shelltail dropped her catfish and walked to her sister and brother. Both black cats where chatting with Blackmask. It hit Shelltail hard to see them. She was the only one out of their litter who didn't look like Blackmask. She did had dark stripes but that was it. Her father always said that she should be proud to look like her mom and have her blue eyes. She saw her former Mudpuddle with his mate Brindlesong. She gave them a nod before sitting next to Droprunner. 'Your vigil will begin any moment. Think about your duties as Warrior and take a good look at silverpelt.' Blackmask looked at his kits with al the love he could find. Shelltail stood op, she wasn't hungry and she would not eat until the sun would rise again but that didn't matter for her. Tonight she was going to look silverpelt in the eyes and scream at them for taking her mother away from her..