DarkHeart's Promise (A warrior cat fan-fiction) *On Hold*

Chapter 6 "love at first fight"

"b-but appleleap" i hissed in a low voice "i-i can't fight, i don't know how to"

He whipped his head around and glared at me "you have to darkpaw, If you don't you could be killed yourself!"

I froze. I didn't know how to fight, and the though of death scared me.

you have to fight darkpaw, you have to, i thought to myself.

     I went to look at appleleap but, i stared at the spot he was in. He was gone. He left me out here to decide if i should chicken out or commit suicide. I couldn't help but feel a lump inside of my throat. My mind was arguing with its self. I didn't know what to do. But i needed to fight, i had to at least protect my sisters. I slowly padded to camp. I heard battle screeches and painful yowls. My spine chilled at the sound of yowling. I walked down the tunnel to see a couple of cats i did not recognize very well. They must have been from fire clan. It looks like they were guarding it. I turned around and walked out. I needed to find another way in. A huge gust of wind blew by and shook the tree branches below. That gave me and idea. I hopped up on one of the lowest branches and climbed up the tree. I slowly made my way to the top of the tree. I could now see the battle. Appleleap was pinned down by a spotted tom that looked kinda old. I could see our clan was struggling to fight back fire clan. I leaped down from the tree and landed on a pale tom. We rolled over and i pinned him down. I stared into his green eyes.

"hey, what are you doing here" he yowled trying to get free.

"i'm now a clan cat" i hissed as the tom was sandpaw.

"let go of me" he hissed.

"NO" i hissed back.

He couldn't free his legs to claw me, which was nice..for me.

"leave moon clan territory NOW!" i hissed.

"can't not till leopardstar says so" he hissed giving a smile.

"i don't care" i said "just leave before i kill you"

"how?" he asked "i just met you yesterday and you didn't know how to fight..kit"

"oh yeah" i hissed extending his claws and digging them into his stomach.

He yowled in pain.

"don't touch my son"i heard a tom his. it was the spotted tom.

He leaped into me and i dogged my a mouse ear and clawed his eye, leaving a scar. The cats stopped fighting and stared at me. I stood there looking at sandpaw and the spotted tom.

"fire clan, retrate!" Hissd the spotted tom.

All the fire clan cats fled moon clan camp. Gemstar walked to me. I was a bit nervous.

"darkpaw, you have natural warrior skills, i'm impressed" she said flicking her tail.

I looked over to see flowerpaw and swanpaw excited for me. I gave a weak smile.

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    It has been two moons since the battle. I now know that i attacked leopardstar when we went to the gathering. It was one of my assessments today. I don't know why appleleap suggested for me to hunt over by the fire clan border though. i caught the scent of a mouse on our side of the border. I saw it nibbling on a leaf and was sitting on a pile of sticks. I crouched down and tried to move carefully. There were twigs everywhere and one step on any of them, i could lose my catch. I kept my tail low and waited patiently. The mouse ears twitched and it bolted to the thunder path. A cat leaped on it and caught the mouse. I ran out and pounced on the cat. I could scent this cat was from fire clan. Not only that but once i recognized the eyes, i knew it was sandpaw.

"what are you doing on our side of the border" i growled.

"hunting, what does it look like?!" he hissed.

I slashed the left side of his face and it left a bloody mark. He looked at me with hurt and....something else in his eye which i could not tell. I stepped off of him but not turning my back. He shook off the dirt in his fur. And glared at me.

"i could have pushed you off" he said.

"yeah right" i chuckled "you couldn't even try to"

"i just didn't warm up"

"warm up?" i asked "what kind of idiot needs to warm up before they attack?!"

he glared at me.

"leave, let this be a warning to you" i hissed.

I looked at me and hissed. he walked across the border and back to his clan. He forgot to take his mouse that he caught. So i picked it up and brought it back to camp. I can't stand sandpaw! I swear, he's going to annoy me to death!

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I was sitting around camp. Appleleap let me have the day off. I sat with swanpaw and flowerpaw.

"i love how well my traning's going" said flowerpaw "we'll be made warriors in a cople of moons"

"or weeks" said swanpaw flicking her white tail with pride.

I chuckled.

"i wonder when silverpaw is getting her warrior name?" said flowerpaw.

"yeah, i know, she should be getting it any time soon" i said.

"thislefern and her are so cute together" squealed swanpaw.

"would you guys take a mate?" asked flowerpaw.

"probably not" said swanpaw "i'm more focused on warrior duties"

"i wouldn't mind one"said flowerpaw "it would be fun to raise kits"

Swanpaw looked at me "would you?"

"would i what?" i asked.

"take a mate and have kits?" asked swanpaw.

"well....i don't know" i said "maybe but, i'm not too focused on it right now"

    I saw pinekit run into the medicine cat den excited. She was always bugging cloudfoot. Orangekit and cottonkit were playing outside and were tumbling over each other. Unfortunately, smokekit and moonkit died due to green cough. I always like moonkit, and the name was beautiful. It was quite a loss for the clan. Jumblekit was somewhat okay. He had become deaf due to something he caught when he was little. Gemstar fears that he may never be a warrior ever. He is her only son and her only kit left. Swiftkit, berrykit and breezekit had become apprentices and were now swiftpaw, berrypaw, and breezepaw. Berrypaw was too stuck up for my type, i never liked her. She is always bragging on how she will be the first out of us to have a mate and kits. Berrypaw walked by with her tail up in the air. I gave a low hiss. She didn't hear me and kept walking. I rolled my eyes and sighed.

"hey darkpaw" said flowerpaw.

"yeah" i said looking at her "what?"

"who would you take as a mate?"

"i-i don't know" i said.

I knew i was lying. There was a lump at the pit of my stomach and i tried not to think about it. Sandpaw popped up in my mind and i well....started blushing. I hurried and shook that feeling off.

I can't like sandpaw, i-its agaist the warrior code, i hissed to myself.

"well, i'm going to take a nap" said swanpaw.

"i'll take one with you" i said giving a yawn.

Me and swanpaw both walked in the apprentices den. I curled up in my mossy bed and started to close my eyes. Flowerpaw looked at me.

"i'm going hunting" she said.

"okay, remember not to go alone" I said.

She nodded and ran out of the den. I began to close my eyes and i drifted off to a deep sleep.....