The Founders of FireClan

Chapter 3: The New Cats

  Cloverleaf yawned, deep in thought. Were all the preparations ready? How many sunrises had it been since she talked with those cats? Then it suddenly hit her, Today was the meeting at sunhigh. She quickly woke up the lazy furballs and they strode to the large rock. At sunhigh, several cats started pouring in. Cloverleaf recognized Cherry, the blue-gray tom, and countless others, yet loads of them didn't show. It looked as if some of the kittypets, rogues, and loners invited their friends to come as well. Cats shared tongues and ate prey together, it seemed as if they all knew each other.

  "Hello kittypets, loners, and rogues!" Rainstar's booming voice made Cloverleaf jump.

  "Hello!" a few voices replied.

  "I can't hear you! Hello!" Rainstar said louder.

  "HELLO!" Came most of the cats voices.

  "Hello, I am Rainstar, leader of FireClan and I will speak about hunting," Rainstar meowed "Every cat must do his or her share while hunting. Cats who have served their Clan and their bones are too old become elders which Hollyleaf and Cloverleaf will tell you a little about that. In FireClan you will learn our hunting technique. Sometimes you will come across enemies, they can be wolves, badgers, foxes, or even other cats! Those are only a few of the enemies you can come across, twolegs, dogs, and monsters can also harm you. When hunting, you will want to stay away from the twolegplace. We also have borders that we protect from other cats, be prepared to risk your life to protect the borders. We mark the borders by leaving our scent in a rather smelly way,urinating, but sometimes even excreting." Cats cheered.

  Holly stepped up and spoke, "I am going to talk to all you cats who may become loyal warriors one day, greetings, I am Hollyleaf, deputy of FireClan. Let me first talk about my life. I came from a tribe, the Blizzard Breeze tribe. I knew there was a better life for myself and I ran away. I met Rainstar, who was Rain at the time and Cloverleaf, who was Clover then soon after. We are loyal so we decided to start FireClan. If you want to join FireClan, you must be willing to die for your Clan! As Rainstar said, '...Be prepared to risk your life to protect the borders.' When you have served your Clan, and you are old, you can become an elder. Elders usually tell stories to the younger cats and will sometimes go out and stretch their legs or even catch prey. Elders even sometimes join in battles! Warriors or apprentices should never try to start one though." Every cat cheered.

  Cloverleaf knew it was her turn, "Hello! I'm Cloverleaf, the medicine cat of FireClan. I guess I'll talk about my life like Hollyleaf." After she said this, somehow her whole life poured out of her, how did she remember this all? "I was born a loner, just my mother, my sister, my brother, and I. My mother and brother died when a tree fell on our nest. My sister and taught ourselves to hunt and fight. We lived like this for many harsh moons, but my sister found love in a Clan. I knew just like Hollyleaf that there was a better life than that Clan and I met Rainstar and Hollyleaf. The end is just like Hollyleaf's. The medicine cat's duty is to heal cats and help with birth. I have to follow the medicine cat code and I can't mate. I can choose an apprentice, but the cat, his or her parents, and the leader have to agree. We follow the warrior code and we honor StarClan." 

  Cats were cheering loudly as Rainstar walked up, "We will give you two sunrises to think, if your answer is yes, come back here at sunhigh, if it is no, then do not come. But if you change your mind and you want to come after that then you can come to our camp and prove your worth."

  Two sunrises had passed and a few cats came. All their names were learned. Cherry, the thin coated white she-cat with blue eyes, Thistle, the blue-gray tom with green eyes, and a young she-cat named Blossom. Cloverleaf was surprised that so few cats came.

  They were given their names, Cherryfur, Thistlebelly, and Blossompaw, who became Cloverleaf's apprentice. The three new cats learned about clans and what to do. They were trained in warrior skills and Blossompaw learned a thing or two about medicine cat skills. A few sunrises passed, and Cloverleaf took Blossompaw to the moon place during the half moon.

  The other two Clans, NightClan and SkyClan's medicine cats were there, "Who are you two?" they asked at once.

  "I'm Cloverleaf and this is my apprentice, Blossompaw. We are medicine cats fromt he new Clan FireClan." Cloverleaf nodded in greeting.

  "Welcome," The NightClan medicine cat said. "I am Dockheart, and this is my apprentice Birdpaw." She put her tail on Birdpaw's head, "We are from NightClan."

  "Hello, I guess." The SkyClan medicine cat said, "I'm Spottedleopard of SkyClan. I don't have an apprentice, my mentor, Rowanstripe, recently died."

  "I'm sorry for Rowanstripe." Cloverleaf replied and started the ceremony for Blossompaw, "Blossompaw, is it your wish to enter the mysteries of StarClan as a medicine cat?" 

  "It is." she replied.

  "Then come forward." Cloverleaf mewed as Blossompaw padded forward. "Warriors of Starclan, I present you with this apprentice. She has chosen the path of a medicine cat. Grant her your wisdom and insight so that she may understand your ways and heal her clan in accordance with your will." All the medicine cats lay down, their noses touching the stone, and slept.