Warrior cats FanFiction < The Taken>

Chapter 3

Chapter 3

"Rowantail.. you killed him!" Creekstep gasped in shock.

"Shut up Creekstep.. and help me!" the dark tabby growled dragging Sharppaw's body towards the water.

"what are you doing!" Creekstep meowed in shock as Rowantail picked up the apprentice and threw him into the water. The she-cat suddenly ragged her head up on the distracted Creeksteps paw and shot down the bank, her legs wobbly from the exhaustion she collapsed. She watched as Sharppaw's body floated round the stream and out of her sight.

"I'm so sorry" she cried into her paws she had no energy to stand.

"Frostpool!" a voice sounded behind her Rowantail beared down at her, she coward to the floor unable to get up.

"Get back to your own territory.. i find out you have breathed a word about this.. well- you have seen what i am, capable of!" Rowantail snarled. Frostpool nodded slowly as Rowantail bounded off into his territory whilst Creekstep looked down at the blood on the clearing.

"someone will find this!" he spoke to himself as he grabbed a large dock leaf and began putting water over the blood in attempt to wash it away. Creekstep lifted his head sharply as a scent drifted into his nose.

'leafpaw' he thought to himself as he darted into the reeds.

"sharppaw! Sharppaw i got the moss!" she called. her eyes full of worry.

"Sharppaw this isn't funny!" she continued bounding out of sight towards the old abandoned twoleg nest. Creekstep slowly pulled himself from the reeds and darted back towards camp.

Leafpaw pushed herself through the bracken tunnel and scanned the clearing.

'he's still not back.. where is he!' leafpaw thought, she raised her gaze as

Birchblaze, sharppaw's mother stepped out of the warriors den her tortoiseshell fur beaming from the sunlight. Leafpaw bounded over to her quickly. Birchblaze looked down at the apprentice and tilted her head.

"have you seen Sharppaw?" Leafpaw asked.

"No.. not since this morning" Birchblaze meowed looking around the camp with a worried expression on her face.

"he went out to catch prey for Smalltail and he hasn't come back" Leafpaw fretted tears streaming down her face.

"I'll help you look, go tell Hawkstar" Birchblaze meowed to her. Leafpaw nodded and ran towards the slope that lead to the leaders den. She approached the den and meowed.

"Hawkstar?"

"Leafpaw.. what is it?" he asked beckoning her in. As leafpaw entered the deputy Warrenheart dipped his head in greeting.

"Sharppaw's gone missing" Leafpaw meowed. Hawstar's eyes widened.

"what do you mean missing?" Warrenheart asked.

"He went hunting for Smalltail earlier today and he hasn't come back, when i went to get more moss for smalltail i couldn't find him, i called for him but he didn't answer" leafpaw meowed more tears streaming down her face. Her brown eyes filled with fright. Hawkstar stood up.

"Warrenheart order a patrol" Hawkstar told him. Warrenheart nodded and turned to the enterance,

"anyone inperticular?" he asked.

"Sharppaw's parents will want to come, i will search aswell" Hawkstar replied watching as warrenhearts sandy pelt dissapeared. Hawkstar then drapped his long fox-like tail around leafpaw.

"we will find him Leafpaw" hawkstar comforted pulling her into his chest.

"I know how much you care for Sharppaw, i promise you.. we will find him" he meowed to her as he got up and bounded out of the den with Leafpaw behind him.

Hawkstar jumped onto the highrock and yowled. cat began appearing all around the camp.

"all cats old enough to catch their own prey join here beneath the highrock for a clan meeting!" he yowled. Jaykit and frostkit bounded out of the nursery playfully but sunfall stood infront of them, he sat down outside the nursery trying to keep them in control.

Hawkstar then stood up on the rock.

"One of our apprentices have gone missing" hawkstar infromed, gasps arose from around the camp everyone turning their heads to Leafpaw, Brackenpaw, Blackpaw and tigerpaw.

"Sharppaw.. went missing this morning, he went out to catch prey for smalltail and he hasn't returned" Hawkstar meowed. Smalltail gasped from where she sat infront of the elders den.

"The poor boy" she meowed sorrow in her voice.

"I am ordering searching parties which will consist of two groups, Warrenheart will lead group one, i will lead group two" Hawkstar meowed dipping his head to Warrenheart who jumped up onto the highrock.

"My group will consist of, Blackpaw, brackenpaw, Birchblaze, brambletail and Harefern" the cats began to group together near the bracken tunnel, Birchblaze rubbed her head against Eaglestorm.

"Find our son" Eaglestorm meowed.

"I will" she promised as she joined her group.

"My group" Hawkstar began "will consist of, Leafpaw and Tigerpaw,Oaktail, eaglestorm and last of all creek-"

"i will go!" Sunfall meowed. the clan stared at the golden tabby.

"what about your kits Sunfall?" Hawkstar meowed.

"I will look after them" a soft meowed sounded from the nursery enterance a white she-cat her stomach swollen with kits sat down looking into the eyes of her leader.

"Are you sure Littlestep?" Hawkstar asked

"Positive" she replied smiling at Sunfall who grinned and dipped his head in many thanks and joined Hawkstars patrol.

"Warrenheart .. head towards the abandoned twolegs nest and make your way round the border, my group will head towards the training hollow" Hawkstar meowed. Warrenheart nodded and his group bounded through the bracken tunnel.

Hawkstar raised his head to his group.

"Let go!" he meowed and shot out of the bracken tunnel his maine coon pelt waving in the wind.

"Keep your eyes and ears open for him" hawkstar meowed, he looked to his left to see Leafpaw running at his side. Leafpaw's eyes were clouded with tears. Hawkstar felt a pang of sorrow for the young she-cat he knew how close Sharppaw and Leafpaw was and he was sure everybody else saw how they acted around each other, they had been bestfriends since they were kits.

Leafpaw's brown orbs scanned the forest as they walked, the group began to split up to cover more ground. Leafpaw raised her head to the sky, it was slowly growing dark.

"Oh sharppaw... where are you" leafpaw meowed with grief as she stood on the one of the training hollows stones.