Warriors: Smokysky's Clan [Completed]

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

Smokeysky yawned whilst blinking the sleep out of her eyes. Dawn light was filtering into the warriors den. She hastily groomed her fur and padded into the clearing where Mintleaf was.

"Smokeysky!" A flash of golden fur and green eyes appeared in front of her. "How are you?"

Smokeysky shifted nervously, it was awkward being with Sunflow since he used to be so rude, "I'm fine, I just woke up though."

"Really, I've been up for ages."

"Sure you have."

"Fine, anyway, after patrols Willowfrost wants to talk to you."

"Why?"

Sunflow shrugged, "I don't know, Willowfrost always brings things up at the last minute." Smokeysky thought back to when she first became an apprentice. Willowfrost had been the nicest apprentice to her.

"Okay, thanks." Smokeysky replied, feeling her emptiness fill a little bit after talking to Sunflow. "I'm going to go see what patrol Mintleaf wants me on."

"Alright, bye." Sunflow meowed as he padded away to a group of cats. Smokeysky turned around and joined the group of cats clustering around Mintleaf.

"Frostfoot, Berrythorn, Smokeysky, and Streammist for a hunting patrol." Mintleaf announced shortly after Smokeysky arrived.

"Smokeysky, over here!" Streammist called. It wasn't just Sunflow, after Foxpaw died, it seemed like everyone was nicer.

She padded quickly through the mob of cats heading out of camp, and over to her group. She brushed against some brambles and some fur got stuck. No one said anything as Smokeysky padded with them through the territory.

"Berrythorn, I don't know what to do. I miss Foxpaw so much." She finally said.

"We all do. Silvermoon, you, and me. But we're going to have to eventually move on." Berrythorn advised.

"I-I just can't."

"You'll move on eventually. I loved Foxpaw, too." Berrythorn had sadness glittered clearly in his light hazel eyes."

"If you say so."

Leaf-bare was almost over. Snow glittered on the branches of trees and bits of frozen grass showed above the snow on the ground. Paw prints were imprinted in the snow and faded out as the hunting patrol padded farther away from camp. Fluffy white clouds drifted calmly in the sky. The sun just barely peaked over the trees, melting away the morning frost.

The smell of mice wafted into Smokysky's nose. She dropped into a hunter's crouch. Flicking her tail to signal she was going for the mouse, Smokeysky crept forward. Lightly pressing each paw onto the snow and keeping her tail still. A dead leaf quivered and blew away in the wind. Underneath was a scrawny mouse. It was small, but it would do.

Smokeysky quickly leapt without hesitation. She nipped it's neck and felt it lose it's life. Thank you Starclan. She dug a small hole and buried the mouse in it.

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Smokeysky's patrol caught a blackbird, 2 mice, and a small fish in a thawed pool of water. Blackbirds are uncommon in Waterclan, but can still be caught there.

She heard tiny paw steps and giggles behind her. Smokeysky's whiskers twitched in amusement. Lilyheart's kits were starting to explore camp and cause mischief. Unfortunately, Tinykit had died when she was born. Poppykit, Sagekit, and Waterkit were trying to sneak up on Smokeysky.

"What are you three doing?"

Sagekit stepped forward, "How'd you know we were coming?"

Smokeysky let out a Mrrroow! Of laughter, "Well, you were walking kind of loud and I bet you could here your giggling in Pineclan!"