Once a Warrior Always a Warrior

Chapter 9

Whiskerbreeze

"All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the high rock for a clan meeting!" Riverstar's yowl rings across the clearing. I pad towards the giant rock and I sit on the ground with my tail placed neatly around my paws. Mountainpaw pads towards me and does the exact same. We make eye contact.
"I know what this is about. But I won't tell you." She giggles as she stares into my eyes. I shrug I really don't believe her. She lets out a huge sigh and she looks upwards. I feel a soft paw poke me and I whip around. Snakepaw! I paw at her and she paws at me back. We both laugh then we look back the high rock.
"In a patrol that included Mountainpaw, Leaffang, Growlpool and hiddenleaf they found something important. Our lost kits Fernkit and Rosekit were found by Mountainpaw. The kits were told by Topaztail that they would be warriors sooner if they followed her. They were told that warriors 'hunt for themselves'and the could not feed each other. Thankfully, they found Rosekit before she starved." She speaks somehow very calm for what she had just said. She looks over at Sanddollarpelt and gives her a quick nod.
"To make sure Rosekit lives we must find pray that is extremely fat. Or you must give her 2 thin peices. Or she will die." Sanddollarpelt's mew went sharp and she looks at everycat. Her gaze is icy and she pads off.
"Grapepaw's mentor was killed in a battle between her half sister. Sageclaw will be Grapepaw's new mentor. meeting dismissed." Riverstar growls as she pads into her den. My heart stops beating for a second. I look around and I see my mentor; Scuttletail, nod at me. I jump around, not to sure what to do. So I follow her away to the training hollow.

I look around. I haven't been here yet. There is a huge tree that looks a tiny bit hollow on the inside. I crouch down, my belly pressing against the ground. I squeeze in and the ground gives way beneath me. Fear consumes me and I start to fall downwards. Pain surges through my tail and I slowly get dragged out.
"What in the name of starclan are you doing?" Scuttletail hisses arching hiss back.
"I...I was just curious." I stammer as I pad further away from the tree. Scuttletail scowl at me then teaches me how to attack if a cat knocks you down. I do all off them the exact same but for some odd reason he keeps scowling. I slink down, feeling terrified of my own mentor. Suddenly, he lunges towards me with his claws unsheathed. He slashes me across my face. Blood starts to seep out of my face. It floods into my eyes and I try so hard to see. He scratches my back and my muzzle.
"What in the name of starclan clan is going on?" Sanddollarpelt hisses towards me cobwebs in her mouth. I explain everything to her as she dresses my wounds with weird herbs and cobwebs. Sanddollarpelt glares at Scuttletail as she drags me off.

I look around to see if anyone is looking at me. Mountainpaw! I call her over and she slowly approaches me.
"I don't care!" She hisses and she pads away with her claws leaving her toes over and over again. I sigh and sit down. What did I do to HER anyway?