Foxbright's Wish

Prologue

They've only just lost their father, surely there's something you can do!" Voices drifted into the nursery, lulling the small kits from their slumber. They exchanged a glance, then snuggled in closer to their mother as a gust of wind made its way through the nest. The two shivered and mewled, shifted closer in a desperate attempt to get closer but to avail. Something was wrong. The larger of the two kits scooted out from under his brother and prodded at his mother, confusion clouding his eyes. "Riversong? I'm cold! Wake up." Using his tiny paws, the kit once again poked at the pelt of his mother, but no response came from the queen. The kit took a few pawsteps backwards, leaving his brother stumbling after him in confusion. Neither understood the severity of it, but they both knew something was wrong. 

"Foxkit, what's wrong with her?" The smaller of the two kits stuck closely to his brother, his small frame shivering as the leafbare air swam through the den. For some reason, it just seemed so much darker and colder all of a sudden. The other brother, who's name was Foxkit stared for a few minutes lowered his gaze, his paws trembling. He could barely keep himself standing. 

"She's with Fernthistle, Finkit." Finkit opened his mouth to reply, but the only thing that came out was a mournful sob. This immediately gained the attention of the cats gathering outside of the den. Several cats entered, but what came next seemed like a blur for the tiny kits. The two could hardly keep with what was being said to them. They just nodded, their eyes dull and empty. They were parentless now, but they had both on that night made a silent vow to remain by each others side no matter what. After all, they were all they had left of their parents. 
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"From this day, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Foxpaw. Your mentor will be Tigerfrost." Amber eyes shot across the clearing towards the scary old tom, he hesitated for a moment, and then rushed forward to touch noses with him. Tigerfrost seemed caught off guard for a moment, but returned the gesture with the newly made apprentice. 

"Can we explore the territory?" Foxpaw stared up at the large, white cat with excitement. "I want to see every inch of it! Oh, can Finpaw come with? Mossfire, can he? Please?" It was evident that there was a lot of energy buzzing through the small tomcat, but amusement was the only emotion that the clan seemed to have in the moment. Even old Tigerfrost, the cat that everyone feared twitched his whiskers at his outbursts and simply shook his head. Before a word could be said in response though, Foxpaw had already bolted out of the camp. 

"It would appear that you have a lot of work." Mossfire commented, her eyes glimmering as she watched the pale red fur disappear behind the gorse bush. "We should catch up with him. Come along, Finpaw." She nudged her young apprentice, but he seemed reluctant. Nevertheless, he got to his paws without a word and followed silently behind the two warriors, unknown to the eyes watching him. 

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"Are we certain that his decision to be a warrior after everything that happened was correct." An agile, black and gray molly pushed her way into the leaders den after the ceremony had completely and sat herself beside a beautiful silver she-cat. "He spent most of his side observing everything that I did. On top of that, he barely spoke a word." 

"If he wanted to be a medicine cat, he would have said something, Shadywing. Unless Starclan speaks, there's nothing that can be done." Jaystar sighed, her crystal blue eyes shimmering in the darkness of her den. "Even still, I do have to agree with you that he'd make for an excellent one. I just think that with everything that's happened, he doesn't want to leave his brothers side." 

"I suppose that we can only just watch for now." Shadywing sighed, though there was a look in her eye, one that prompted the leader to nudge her. 

"I know that look. You leave that poor cat alone. Only he can decide his own path." 

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A/N: AHHHHHHHHHHHH, okay so this was originally written on my other account and it was way worse too, so hopefully this is okay. idk if ill update or not, but it was worth a shot. i miss these boys so much so yeah