Chapter 16

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Sunhigh had dawned on WolfClan. The warriors were all still asleep. Duskstar was curled in his nest. Onefang had got up from his nest. The ginger and white tom stretched. He walked out of the warrior's den as he looked down to Sandy, who was asleep outside the den. Onefang got some prey from the fresh-kill pile. The tom took a bite of his vole. Whitemane woke up and saw the WolfClan deputy. She suddenly caught a scent in her nose. Onefang turned to her. "What's wrong?"
"There's a cat outside camp," she took a sniff. "And it's heading for us!"
The deputy turned his head to the warriors. "Heatherstorm, Dawnfrost, Whitefang and Whitemane." The cats he called all ran to his side.Duskstar got up."What's going on?" He asked them.
"Whitemane said she sniffed a cat,"the deputy then snorted. "It's probably those band of kittypets that are making a mockery of clan life." Dawnfrost sneered. Feralpaw decided to check it out. Lillypaw looked at her brother and followed behind. The cats all ran to find a she-cat. She laid unmoving."Look!" Whitefang meowed. They all gathered around her. Dawnfrost sniffed her. "Well, she doesn't look nor seem dead." They saw her brown, gray and white stripped flank rise and fall. "We should take her to Tigerclaw and Hollyflight..." Whitemane suggested. They all stared at the white and gray she-cat. "Are you--" Onefang started but Whitefang cut her off. "She's right."
"We don't need another possibly treacherous mouth to feed!" the ginger and white deputy hissed. The white pelted tom silenced himself. "I rest my case."
"You both are acting as foolish as ducks!" Duskstar yowled to the amber eyed tom.
"Says the star-crazed old tom!" Onefang growled. All had seemed silent. "Whitemane, Heatherstorm, bring her into camp to be looked at"the leader ordered. The two nodded and hauled her as they walked carried her along both of their backs then bumped into the two apprentices. "What are you two doing out of camp?" Heatherstorm asked them. Feralpaw opened his mouth to speak but was cut off by Whitemane. "Come you two, your parents must be worried." She mewed walking with the two back to WolfClan camp. Feralpaw looked back as they left Dawnfrost, Whitefang, Onefang and Duskstar. Dawnfrost cleared his throat. "We should probably get back to camp with them." They walked to camp. Feralpaw stopped to hear a little."I at least thought you of all cats would've understood Duskstar. These are difficult times for our clan. This is the time where we need to rely on us and only us."
"So StarClan isn't important to you?" the old leader asked. "Of course it is!" Onefang answered. "So it is the misdemeanors that have happened to us--that must happen to us because StarClan says so!"
"Oh! So StarClan says we should be attacked by mousebrained Kittypets?!"
Duskstar turned to stare at his deputy."We will discuss this later".
The two toms walked back into camp."Oh! They're back!"Hawkleaf told Dusty,Jadepelt,and Heatherstorm.She nodded to him."Onefang looks tense."
"You think he and Duskstar got in a fight?" the calico tom asked."Possibly." Dusty replied.
"I always thought he was tense." Jadepelt mewed.
"Eh,he's okay"Heatherstorm told the cats as she has a bit of uncertainty in her voice. They all nodded.
"I sure hope we can be warriors soon!" Feralpaw meowed excited. "But we don't become warriors in a quater moon from now." Lillypaw told her brother.
"Which is why I can't wait!" Darkpaw meowed as he jumped up and down. Lightpaw purred in amusement at her brother. "You look like a rabbit!"
"I'll show you rabbit." he then tackled his sister. Lillypaw leaped and meowed,"Pile!"
Fearlpaw leaped and landed on his sister. The apprentices all laughed.
The she-cat Whitemane and Heatherstorm took into camp was in the medicine cats den.
"How is she?" Tigerclaw asked Hollyflight.
"Fine.I just gave her a few cobwebs to heal the cuts in her fur and-"
She was cut off by rapid breathing. Liontail! It's probably time! Ottertail and his mate walked up to the two warriors. "The kits are coming!" Liontail shrieked. The warriors all heard. The four apprentices stared at one another then Liontail. "Where do kits come from?" Darkpaw questioned. The three looked at each other then shrugged. "Let's ask Tigerclaw" Lightpaw suggested. "He's helping Liontail." Lillypaw meowed. "Speaking of kits, what are we gonna do to get that ViperClan cat's kits back?" Feralpaw asked. His sister stared oddly, but gave a chance for his words to sink in for a moment. "Maybe we can help.."
"Our parents will kill us if they found out we left camp. Remember last time?" Lightpaw asked her friends and brother. "We'll be helping out a clan Lightpaw." Darkpaw reasoned. The white and brown apprentice sighed."Okay."
"But lets go see Liontail and Ottertail's kits first." Lillypaw mewed. The apprentices all bounded to the medicine cat's den. They all saw the kits. "Ottertail you can come in now..." Hollyflight mewed. He looked down at his kits. "You are the proud parents of two healthy kits." Tigerclaw told him. It was a tortoiseshell amber eyed tom-kit. "I think we should name him Lizardkit." Ottertail mewed to his mate. "That's a wonderful name." Liontail purred, exhausted. Then there was a golden pelted dark blue eyed she-kit. "We should name this beauty Duskkit." Liontail purred. The she-kit mewled and then went to her mother's belly. The mother laid on her side for the kits to drink. Her mate lowered himself on his belly beside her. Feralpaw looked up at Dusty. "Dad where do kits come from?"
He widened his eyes."You'll understand when you're older".The apprentice nodded,but was still confused."But why can't I get it now?"."Okay everyone lets leave Liontail to her kits"Tigerclaw mewed,nudging cats as they walked out of the medicine cat's den.Feralpaw ran to his sister and two friends."Hey guys!"."Hey Feralpaw"Lightpaw greeted.Hollyflight walked up to the cats."Feralpaw? Can I talk to you?"."Sure thing Hollyflight"he replied as he followed her to the medicine cat's den."What do you want to talk to me about?"he asked."Moons after you were--born,I had a prophecy.About cats fighting in a fire"the amber eyed she-cat explained."Wow..this is big news,but what do I have to with this?"he asked."I'm not sure but I'm hoping StarClan can give me an answer"she mewed.Hollyflight said something else,but the apprentice didn't listen.He looked at the nest with the she-cat the warriors had found."Has she woken up yet?".Just as he asked,she strained and tried to move."Ugh,wh-where am I? Who are you?"she asked the two cats"It's okay. You're alright. You're in the medicine cat's den of my clan"Hollyflight replied.Duskstar walked in and saw her."Oh! She's awake?"."Yes Duskstar"she mewed.The she-cat in the neat lifted her head up slowly and asked,"How did I end up here?"."Some of our clanmates sniffed you in the forest near the edge of the boarder of our clan territory"Duskstar replied.Feralpaw blinked for a heartbeat.She winced,aching a bit then told them,"My head hurts"."Don't you remember how you ended up near our camp.Sandy walked to see why they were all huddled in the den."What's going on?"."The she-cat the others found outside camp is awake"Feralpaw replied.Sandy had almost looked like she knew her.The WolfClan leader cleared his throat to speak to the brown,gray and white stripped she-cat. "What's your name?"."It's A-Ashfire"she stammered."How did you end up near the edge of our camp?"a voice asked.The cats turned to Onefang."I-I d-don't remember. The only thing do remember is me running but other than that,nothing else really"she replied.The deputy stared."Hm.Alright"."This is my deputy Onefang.I am Duskstar,the leader of this clan,WolfClan,that's Hollyflight one of our medicine cats,our other one is Tigerclaw,but he's checking on the elders and kits.And that's Feralpaw,"he motioned to the tan tabby apprentice,who beamed with a smile."One of our clan's apprentices."
"And I'm Sandy" the short sand pelted tom introduced. Ashfire gave a nod to him. "It's nice to meet you all and I hope I get to know the rest of the clan soon."
Moonhigh had set in on the clan, as the moon shone in the sky. The apprentices were in their nests. Darkpaw and the others waited until all of the cats were asleep. "Okay lets go.." he whispered. The three other cats up from their nests and ran silently out of camp. Feralpaw looked to Ashfire, who saw the apprentices walking out if the corner of her eye. She followed them."Okay,lets go.." Lightpaw said. Ashfire cleared her throat. "Where do you all think you're going?"
The four apprentices stared at one another. "We're going to help out ViperClan." Darkpaw replied. "A she-cat got her kits stolen." Feralpaw added."We have to get them back! We can't let two cats lose their kits!" Lightpaw mewed in a whisper."So don't try and stop us!" Lillypaw hissed. "You all didn't let me finish," Ashfire meowed.
"Huh?" Feralpaw asked.
"Where do you all think you're going--without help?" She asked the four apprentices.
"You're helping?" Darkpaw asked shocked. "I'm helping too" a voice spoke. The cats looked at the camp entrance. "You too Sandy?" Ashfire asked him."Why not?" he replied with a question. The cats all stared at one another. "Let's just say I know AshClan.." the sand pelted tom told them."But, c'mon there's no time to lose." Feralpaw ordered. The six cats ran through the forest, across the Thunderpath, then past Twoleg nests."Where to Sandy?" Lightpaw asked. The tom angled his ears forward. They then followed him. Feralpaw ran and sniffed the air. Kits! They had to be close!
Sandy looked around at the AshClan cats,to make sure they were asleep. "Alright it's clear" he whispered. He, Feralpaw, and Ashfire stalked silently on their paws as if they were slithering snakes. They saw the kits. "Safe and sound" the young apprentice whispered. They each took a kit in their mouths by the scruff. A low growl sounded that made the three cats stop dead in their tracks.  "Not another step!" a voice hissed.

(The cat Ashfire belongs to MangleMeow . Thanks for letting me use her! And i hope to use her more in the future if that is okay)

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