Warriors Fanfic: ~SunStream's Fate~

Chapter 7

 Sunpaw spotted her sister, Honeypaw, sitting near the fresh-kill pile. She padded over to her and sat down. "Hey" She meowed, grabbing a plump starling off the pile. "Hey" Came the drowsy reply. "I have to tell you guys something..." Honeypaw added with a sigh. "uh, okay? Meet next to the great oak." Sunpaw meowed, confused. "Ok. I'll tell Featherpaw and Cloverpaw" The light-golden she-cat padded towards the apprentice den. Sunpaw stared after her sister. What does she need to tell us? She wondered. She got up and put her starling back on the pile as she saw her sisters and Cloverpaw emerging from the apprentices den; She followed them out of camp.

When they got to the great oak, Sunpaw sat down next to her sister and her best friend as Honeypaw paced in front of them, explaining what she had seen in her dream. "I thought that Honey was me, Feather was Featherpaw, and Light must be you, Sunpaw" Honeypaw finished as she sat down. "So....we're special?" Featherpaw asked. "I guess so" Sunpaw shrugged. "Wait, why am I here then?" Cloverpaw asked. "Because your my best friend!" Sunpaw exclaimed. "Still, what should that change? I bet it isn't even us!! Maybe it was just a dream." She added. "Sunpaw, This was no ordinary dream...We are special. But who is the other thing that creates light?" Honeypaw wondered out loud. "The stars?" Featherpaw asked. "Yea. Yea! Maybe they meant that the stars will guide us!!" Honeypaw began bouncing up and down. "Okay, ya. But this shouldn't take away from our duties. I bet are mentors have noticed we're missing" Sunpaw pointed out, disappearing behind a bramble thicket. Sunpaw padded back to camp after hunting a vole and a mouse. At least my mentor will think I was doing something productive, Sunpaw thought. She got back to camp and brought her prey into the elders den. She noticed that Oakpelt was asleep and MintBreeze was looking at the mouse. "Can you ask Mudflower to have a look at my pads? They ache and it feels sore." The elder asked. "Of course" Sunpaw replied as she left the den, only to see her sisters padding into camp. Featherpaw was carrying a thrush and a squirrel, Honeypaw was carrying some Ragwort leaves, and Cloverpaw was carrying a sparrow and two plump mice. Sunpaw went into the medicine den and saw Mudflower sorting through her herbs. "Hello, Mudflower" Sunpaw greeted, dipping her head respectfully. Mudflower turned, noticing Sunpaw. "Hello. Does MintBreeze need more herbs for her cracked pads?" The medicine cat asked. "Yea. She told me to tell you" Sunpaw replied awkwardly. "Ok. Thank you" The medicine cat grabbed a few herbs and padded out of the den as Honeypaw entered. "Hey" Sunpaw greeted. "Hey" Honeypaw returned the greeting. Sunpaw left the den and went to find her mentor. She spotted Vixentail sitting near the fresh kill pile with Rainfall and Sharpflight. Her mentor padded over. "we're going to practice fighting" Vixentail explained. Sunpaw followed Vixentail out of the camp and into the training hollow.

"Now, try and use the attack I showed you. The one for confusing the enemy with a surprise dodge" Vixentail commanded, sitting down to watch her apprentice. Sunpaw Got into a half-crouch and jumped up as though an enemy had leapt at her paws. She came down on the other side of the invisible foe and dodged to the right a small amount before making a sharp turn to the left, running her paw against the air as though she had scratched her enemy's pelt as they turned, confused. "How was that?" Sunpaw panted, slowing down. "Great!" Her mentor praised, getting to her paws. "Let's go back to camp. When we get there, you may have a piece of fresh kill and rest. You have worked hard today." She added, padding towards camp.

Sunpaw entered camp and saw FoxFrost near the fresh kill pile. Sunpaw noticed how plump the she-cat looked. Pineclaw sat next to her, a proud expression on his face. She must be having Pineclaw's kits, Sunpaw realized. Just then, Creamcloud, Sunpaw's mother, came out of the nursery and sat next to her. "I'm a warrior again." She bragged happily. Sunpaw rolled her eyes and nuzzled her mother affectionately. "I'm off on a hunting patrol" Her mother got up and padded away with the rest of the patrol. Sunpaw suddenly was reminded of her own hunger and padded over to the fresh kill pile, selecting a plump mouse and devouring it in swift, famished, gulps. She caught Pineclaw pushing FoxFrost towards the nursery out of the corner of her eye and suppressed a mrrow of laughter. She yawned and padded drowsily to the apprentice den, where she curled up in an empty nest next to Cloverpaw, who came there after she gave her prey to the elders, and fell asleep.