Warriors Secrets of Shadows: Alpha and Omega

Chapter 3

"Grr! I'm gonna get you Starpaw!" A white apprentice puffed.
"Not if you don't run out of breath first Risingpaw." Teased the glossy furred black apprentice to her brother as he had tried to pounce on her, but she had the upper paw and avoided him. Thornpaw was seen grappling with Badgerpaw in a mock battle just a foxlength away. Starpaw suddenly blinked slowly, watching the fluffy tortoiseshell she-cat fight, admiring her strength and skill. Thornpaw pinned the WolfClan apprentice down. "Ha!" She gloated. "How does it feel to be beaten again?" Her paw pressed him down harder. "Okay okay!" Badgerpaw gasped. "Don't smother me to death!"
"Sorry!" she purred stepping back and away from Badgerpaw. The black and white tom shook his pelt. "It's okay." He puffed.
Thornpaw gave Badgerpaw a nudge. "Maybe next time you can win."
Starpaw suddenly started to frown.
"What's with that look on your face?" A voice caused her jolt. It was Risingpaw.
"Oh! I-it's nothing." Starpaw mewed facing Risingpaw.
"You sure about that?" The white furred apprentice asked.
"Yes!" The black glossy she-cat snapped.
"Don't become an elder like Willowpelt." Risingpaw teased.
"I heard that!" Yowled the tan tabby medicine cat.
Starpaw rolled her eyes. "Shouldn't have said that one adderbrain." She mewed.
"This is so stupid!" Came an enraged yowl. A mottled male ViperClan apprentice, was lashing his tail irritated, grumbling and making his way to the others.
"What's wrong with you Snakepaw?" His sister Palepaw asked.
"Stormclaw won't train with me and he's spending his time with his family." Snakepaw rumbled.
"This is what you call stupid?" Thornpaw asked as she exchanged a glance with her sister Foxpaw.
"Yes! It seems like every cat is having kits. Kits, kits, kits!" Snakepaw growled. "This place seems to be turning into one giant nursery!"
"Snakepaw!" A voice of anger growled. "That is no way to talk about the queens of the clans!" His mentor, Stormclaw meowed angry by his apprentice's behavior.
The mottled apprentice's tail looked to be lashing so hard that it would snap off. "Ugh! Now you pay attention to me!" He stormed off into the apprentice's den.

The sun filtered through the trees. Whitestar and Onestar could be seen by their cats as they looked down at their one clan.
Duststripe was sharing tongues with Falconwing as he washed her tail.
"This is going to be Duststripe's first litter." Onestar meowed as he looked down at Liontail and Ottertail who were chatting with Tallclaw, Silverleap, and Dogshade.
"And they're going to be successful. StarClan would want it to be successful. We have brilliant medicine cats." Whitestar reassured him.
"Yes." The white and ginger leader meowed.
"Father!" His daughter Rainfrost bounded up to him and Whitestar on the rock. "Something terrible has happened!"
"Rainfrost! I saw you, your, sister, your mother, Leafpelt, Blackflight, Ravenwing, Howlingdawn, Feralstorm, and Bramble Claw leave for the sunhigh patrol just moments ago.." Onestar meowed.
"I know! We got back from it! We were attacked by those creatures and Bramble Claw is dead!" Rainfrost yowled, her white and gray pelt spiking.
"Dead?!" Whitestar blurted out before Onestar could even yowl his own shock. Suddenly, the camp was filled with meowing to when Feralstorm and the other carried a limp, blood stained, brown speckled cat into the camp on their backs through the entrance. Onestar stared in horror, his amber eyes sparking with shock. "Great StarClan..." He mewed at barely a whisper.
Leafpelt had a stunned look plastered on his face, Howlingdawn looked equally as stunned as his father was. While Blackflight held a look of defeat and disgust. Their leader bounded to them, through the crowd of cats and to his warriors. "What happened?" He asked.
"I was with Bramble Claw just at the tip of the border when suddenly, the thing came out of no where!" Ravenwing meowed. "It threw him in the air and bit his throat.. Then the rest of the patrol came and managed to lead it away."
"It was horrible." Blackflight meowed. "We're just glad we were able to bring him back for a burial..." Onestar's mate, Whitemane meowed softly. "We will keep a vigil on Bramble Claw's body.." Feralstorm mewed to the WolfClan leader, his words a long way off in Whitestar's very own ears. She stared on at the cats. Dawnreed came and sat by her leader's side. "Scratchpelt was shattered when we came back with Nightheart the same way.. Shadowrip, Mistheart, and Duskfur.. His own kits he watched grow.." She mentioned, seeming to remember the elderly tom's unfortunate fate, as she brung that up, a mortified wailing sounded from his mate Ashwhisker who was crouched by his body.
"StarClan please... Help us.." The white she-cat leader prayed.