Warrior Cats: Shademist's Destiny

Chapter 15

ER. MAH. GERD. School. Homework. Timed testing. SCIENCE PROJECT DUE ON TUESDAY. TEACHERS WITH PICTURES OF ME LOOKING LIKE A FOOL AND PUTTING THEM ON PRESENTATIONS FOR OTHERS TO SEE. GAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Ack. Sorry, needed to rant a bit. ;) I thought that I would be really busy cause I was told that someone I know was in the hospital........but they're okay now, I guess. :/ My parents are all obscure about it and never tell me anything.

O.o I was talking to this person, and some stuff was said, and.........lol best story ever :3 so yeah, I got a ton of sleep last night. (NOT)

Anyway, the next chapter is here! My friend gmenthen22 "kindly persuaded" me to keep writing. (XD no she was all like FU!!!!! Y U NO UPDATE SHADEMIST?!!!!! But it's cool. I don judge ;) )

Go check her out, she's helped me with this story so much!

Scorchpaw leads us to a few cats who are sitting together, purring and talking. One, a slender but powerful looking she cat, turns to us.

"Hello," she looks a bit amused.

"Darkwing, these are the new ThunderClan apprentices." Thornpaw mews.

"Hi." Lightningpaw looks up at the warrior. She smiles, flicking a white tipped ear.

"Would you like to introduce them to us, Thornpaw?" she asks.

The apprentice shuffles her paws.

"I was about to. This is Emberpaw and Lightningpaw," she nods to my clanmates.

"And Silverpaw," my sister sits up, blinking. She must have been focused on something else, what was it?

"And Shadepaw." When the ShadowClan apprentice gets to my name, Darkwing purrs.

"I've heard things about you, Shadepaw. Crazy things." My ears perk up.

"Like what?" Some other warriors lean in.

"Who are we talking about?" A dark tabby tom asks.

"Tigerheart, this is Shadepaw." Scorchpaw mews.

"Shadepaw, I've heard some strange things about you and your friends....." another chimes in thoughtfully.

"Like what?" My tail flicks back and forth thoughtfully.

"Something about a hawk.......and then a tunnel......" The warrior recalls, blinking her sparkly green eyes. I turn to my fellow apprentices.

'Should we tell the story?' I mouth. Silverpaw shrugs.

'There's not much to tell, but if you want.' I nod.

"Yeah, we've had a few escapades. Nothing really worth a discussion....."

They seem to respect that and begin introducing themselves.

Tigerheart is Scorchpaw's mentor, and Crowfrost is Owlpaw's. Oakfur mentors Tigerpaw, and he gives me a knowing nod. Dark Forest.

I flick an ear in acknowledgement as Dovewing and Ivypool walk head over to us.

"Mind if we join?" My mentor mews.

"No problem." Tigerheart moves over. Dovewing glares at him and sits, her sister next to her. We all sit and talk for a little while, until the leaders interrupt us.

"Clans, it's getting late. We are pleased to have some extra time to share tongues tonight, with no huge war approaching or anxious cats among us. Thank you." Onestar mews.

I share a knowing look with Silverpaw.

'The war that's coming is bigger then they could have imagined......'

Her eyes seem to say. I flick my tail.

"We'll talk later." I whisper as we head back to our clanmates.

On the way home, I run to catch up to Sootpaw.

"Why didn't you come with us at the Gathering?" I ask, a bit hurt.

He shuffles his paws.

"I didn't want them to see me. They accused me of something I didn't do, something I'll never do. I would never hurt my clanmates." His voice is soft, filled with regret.

The realization strikes me; he never wanted to leave ShadowClan, they just kicked him out. He doesn't want to be one of us, either. He misses them.

"Well, I trust you. Even if they don't." I press a bit closer to him and flick him with my tail. He blinks his bright orange eyes.

"Thank you, Shadepaw. I think I'll come to like it here......."

When we get back to camp, we collapse into our nests.

I curl up and close my eyes. I seem to have special power training tonight........

Mmmph. A bit short, but my friend Faith is pestering me about another story we're writing........... Curse my nerdy ways of writing multiple stories! -.- Aaanyway, I will write when I can, but probably not for the next few days. At school we're NWEA testing. Fun, right? Nope. Not at all. I'll just be plain exhausted when I get home. Maybe Friday.........I'm goin on a field trip! (of sorts) Yeah, we're learning about careers and stuff, but I get to miss all but the last twenty minutes of school! (Oh, and I'm one of only like fifteen people that get to go. How exciting!) See ya bros later

~Shadestar