WARRIORS: RISING SHADOWS

𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐

(I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE DRAWING SO ENJOY A SLIMECICLE FOR RIGHT NOW)

Tansypaw looked around the dark empty scene, mewling for Blazingpaw, maybe Shypaw? He continued to mewl until he was suddenly poked,
"Tansypaw!" Beepaw called out, "Oh, thank Starclan you're awake." He gave him a quick lick before speaking again. "It's Hollystorm! He's setting out patrols." Beepaw then crawled out of the caved den. Tansypaw yawned, stretching out as he exited the apprentice den. Shypaw and Softpaw were already gone. He bumped into Woodflower, who he immediately dipped his head at.
"You should see Hollystorm, he's assigning patrols." Woodflower licked his head, leaving to go with her patrol. Hollystorm looked at Tansypaw...or at least attempted too."Tansypaw!" Hollystorm perked up. "I accidently put your mentor on a different patrol." Hollystorm sighed, "Sorry Tansypaw, I'll do better next time." He dipped his head in sorrow.
"Don't be sorry, it's none of our faults." He licked Hollystorm's head, who purred in return.
"I'll have Snipleap and Sharpfang go with you, they don't go until Dawn." Hollystorm called them over to watch Tansypaw during a hunting patrol. They both licked Tansypaw's ear before leaving for the patrol they were assigned too. Sharpfang, the leader of the patrol, asked from them to take different sides while hunting. Tansypaw was assigned to tree high towards Fourtrees. Tansypaw climbed the tree and swiftly leaped from tree-to-tree, taking sight upon a pigeon nearby. Sharp eyes spying on a lone pigeon, SNAP! He accidently broke a branch, scaring the pigeon off. He missed it.
"I'm such a Featherbrain." He groaned, leaping down from the tree. "Let's see how much prey Softpaw caught." He purred, if he was going to learn how to hunt with his mentor on a different patrol, then he will learn from another apprentice who's been training longer. He took scent from the ground to see where Softpaw headed. He instantly caught up with Softpaw and Shypaw, letting out a meow that he's here.
"Oh, hello! We were just counting how much prey we gathered." Shypaw spoke, lifting his tail high when he got onto his paws. "We're doing our assessment today!" Softpaw nodded. Tansypaw sparked up, this is his chance!
"I was wondering if you can show me how to hunt!" Tansypaw expected weird looks but got excited ones.
"Of course! That can get us ready when we have our first apprentice!" Softpaw cheered. Tansypaw trained with the two for as long as they could, giving his thanks, he helped them carry back the prey to camp. It's great he could send time with his new friends. He watched the two trot to their mentors, boasting about all the things they caught. Giving himself a groom, he heard paw steps coming nearby. Looking up in alert, he sees the 2 apprentices returning from their talk with their mentors, and Blazingpaw! Softpaw began to speak,
"It's almost mealtime! Maybe we can show you the taste of carp before our ceremony!" Softpaw cheered. A group of mews surrounded him. Splitpaw emerged from the apprentice den,
"I'll look for Beepaw," Splitpaw told the others. "He probably wants to relax after mediating cats all day." Splitpaw licked Blazingpaw's ear, before leaving to look for their other friend. Once everyone was here, Shypaw had already gathered some prey for the cats to eat.
"To welcome our newest member!" Beepaw cheered. The group began to eat, Tansypaw couldn't believe what he was eating. Astonished, Tansypaw spoke.
"This is the best! I never knew I couldn't tell it from the food my twolegs fed me." Tansypaw purred, taking more bites out the carp. Shypaw grinned,
"I told you; you'd like it!" Shypaw mentioned, everyone ate well and had a long conversation until a meeting was called. Shypaw and Softpaw got onto their paws.
"It's our ceremony, we should say our goodbyes." Softpaw and Shypaw gave their licks and walked up the highfall. Sheddingstar looked down at the cats and begin to speak.
"Shypaw, Softpaw, you two have proven yourselves worthy of becoming warriors. Do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your lives?" Sheddingstar looked down at the two, waiting for their responses. Softpaw spoke first,
"I do." Shypaw repeated after her. Sheddingstar nodded.
"Then I, Sheddingstar of Reedclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as a warrior in their turn." Sheddingstar mewed. "Softpaw, you will be known as Softwhisper, Starclan honors your integrity and skill." He looked down at Shypaw. "Shypaw, you will be known as Shycloud, Starclan honors your speed and cleverness." He leaped down from the highfall to face Softwhisper first, putting his muzzle on Softwhisper. She licked his shoulder and stepped back slightly. Sheddingstar then headed towards Shycloud, laying his muzzle on Shycloud, who licked his shoulder in return. Sheddingstar hopped back onto the highfall, letting the clan cheer the names of the new warriors.
"You will take your silent vigil until sunhigh." Sheddingstar mewed, "Clan dismissed." Sheddingstar hopped off the highfall once more, to only lay down in his den. Rabbitwhisker left the den too congratulate the new warriors,
"Congratulations, Shycloud and Softwhisper." She licked the two as if they were her kin. Softwhisper beamed,
"Thank you, Rabbitwhisker." Softwhisper flicked their tail. Tansypaw watched from afar, not listening to the conversation the three cats had right next to him. He wishes that he was hold enough to have his own ceremony, but that's far away, he'll have to learn. Foxtail was seen sprinting away from an aggressive cat, he must've been trying to fix clan relations, and ended up saying the wrong things to the wrong cats. Foxtail laid briefly before Hollystorm came by and touched noses, how sweet. Tansypaw watched the group of cats leave, leaving him by himself. He looked around to see if he could do anything. Shrugging, he began to head outside camp. He's in the middle of the forest until he sees a dilute calico, with mole fur stuck to his pelt, he both make eye contact. The cat hisses and runs to attack him, though Tansypaw is far enough to run away as fast as he could. The dilute calico scoffs and returns to what he was doing. Tansypaw had realized he was on a different territory when he recognizes the scenery of ReedClan. Scolding himself, he gives himself a good groom so other cats doesn't realize where he's gone. By the time he's returned, it has already been Sundown, and cats were returning from a patrol. Cats who were chosen for Dawn patrol has already beginning to leave. He moved aside to let the cats pass, but was immediately startled by Heronfur, who gave him a fierce look in his face. Tansypaw hissed and startles her back, and she just growls. Tansypaw heads toward the apprentice den, who is now flooded with cats who had returned from patrol. Tansypaw stretched, before laying down in his nest. Looking at Softwhisper and Shycloud who were silently sharing tongues with each other, Tansypaw pupils widened when the trio returned from their own patrol, exhausted, they must've had a lot of fun. He watched the three begin to also share tongues with each other. He wished he had someone to talk too about his near-death experience, wait, that's it! Foxtail! Reedclan's second mediator! Tansypaw got up to find Foxtail, who was immediately found in the clearing, grooming himself. Tansypaw trotted up to the other, meowing to give alert that he's here. Foxtail greeted him with surprise.
"-There's something I need to tell you," Tansypaw began to speak once he realized the moon was beginning to rise. "I was talking a walk, and I found myself across the border." Foxtail listened to what the apprentice had to say, once Tansypaw finished speaking, Foxtail didn't look at him, instead, his face held pure fear. Was Tansypaw in trouble? Did he do something wrong?
"You ran into SorrelClan territory.." Foxtail muttered, "Bouquetwhisker, out of all cats." He whispered too himself. "Don't worry about it! I'm sure nothing bad would happen..." Tansypaw looked up at him when Foxtail began to speak. "Though, you should go to sleep, we have a lot to do around camp tomorrow." Foxtail licked his shoulder, before heading towards the warrior den. 'He reacted weirdly; does he have something to do with SorrelClan?' Tansypaw thought to himself, watching the tom disappear into the darkness of the caved den. He hopped onto his paws, heading towards the apprentice den himself. He saw the apprentices laying in their nests, already asleep. Tansypaw heads towards his nest, placing his head onto his paws. Slowly falling asleep, He looked at the apprentices for one last time, before completely shutting his eyes. He's going through his dream again, mewling around to figure out what's going on. He sees a cat, a ghost...? They're floating how is that possible? The Starclan cat said nothing, more began to swarm him. He began to panic. He immediately woke up quickly from his death, breathing heavily. Splitpaw lifted their head, licking his cheek.
"Are you okay?" Splitpaw spoke in a soft voice to not wake the other cats. "You were mewling in your sleep and woke up with pure shock!" They left their nest to come sit next to him.
"It's this dream," Tansypaw spoke, "I don't know how to explain it..." Splitpaw looked at him,
"I can sleep with you," Splitpaw mewed, "I was having a bad dream myself." Splitpaw laid down on the nest, curling his tail onto the other's back. Tansypaw laid his head onto his paws.
"Yeah, sure, I'll like that." Tansypaw spoke, Splitpaw purred placing his head onto Tansypaw's back and falling asleep. Tansypaw heard Splitpaw murmuring in his sleep, he slowly closed his eyes.

(This chapter was kind of short because I didn't know what else to type :( Sorry!)