Heart of a Warrior (Book 2) [A Warrior Cat Fanfiction]

Chapter Eleven: MapleClan's Secret

Ravenpaw looked at Applefall as she started walking to the warriors den. He was a bit upset by the fact that he couldn't sleep next to her anymore until he became a warrior.

Fangheart walked over to him. "Hello, Ravenpaw," he meowed quietly.

Ravenpaw turned to his mentor. "Hi, Fangheart..." he mumbled. There was still tension between the two cats from when Fangheart told Ravenpaw the secret.

Fangheart sighed. "I'm not an OakClan cat, and that's the truth. Ravenclaw was more like his father. Stubborn, annoying, always getting into trouble..."

Ravenpaw nodded. He wondered how Mistyleaf came to love Ravenclaw.

"Ravenclaw teased Mistyleaf and her littermates, and Mistyleaf would just tease back. Thunderclaw would defend Mistyleaf. Funny thing, Mistyleaf never noticed how hard he tried to make her know he liked her. Thunderclaw made it pretty obvious, and she never realized until he told her."

Ravenpaw narrowed his eyes. He didn't like insults to his family, especially to his mother. Fangheart seemed to realize. "Oh!" he meowed. "Today's your assessment."

Ravenpaw's eyes widened. He could become a warrior of he did this right! He nodded in excitement.

"Follow me, and we'll start."

Ravenpaw listened eagerly to Fangheart's instructions. He had to catch at least ten decent pieces of prey (without crossing borders), not get distracted, and finish before noon. "Got it?" Fangheart asked. Ravenpaw nodded.

"I'll be watching for a bit, then another warrior will take my place. Be careful of what you do," Fangheart finished.

"Okay!" Ravenpaw meowed. Fangheart purred.

"Your assessment begins now."

Ravenpaw darted throughout the forest, constantly checking for signs of prey. He soon caught the scent of a mouse, and he started following it.

Ravenpaw found the mouse sniffing around a holly bush. He got into his hunter's crouch and started to sneak up on the mouse. There was a rock near the mouse. Ravenpaw longed to lift it up with his telekinesis and crush the mouse that way, but he knew Fangheart or some other cat was watching him.

He pounced, catching the mouse under one of his claws and killing it with one swift bite to the next. "One down, nine to go," he breathed. He buried the mouse next to the holly bush, remembering that the bush was his "landmark" when he needed to put more prey somewhere.

Soon enough, a pile of prey was buried near his holly bush. Ravenpaw purred in pride, knowing he'd pass with the amount of prey he had.

An unfamiliar scent came into his nose as he padded back to his hole with a mouse dangling from his jaws. MapleClan? he wondered, smelling the syrup that came from MapleClan's lush maple tree forest.

He saw two cats, a tom and a she-cat, digging through his hole and taking the prey. His eyes widened. "Hey!" he shouted. "That's my prey!"

The she-cat looked shocked, but the tom stood high and growled, "What're you going to do about it, kit?"

Ravenpaw's eyes narrowed. "I am not a kit!" he yelled.

"Thornlight, stop," the she-cat meowed. "We'll find food somewhere else."

The tom, who must've been Thornlight, hissed. "You can't hunt in your condition. Besides, I could take on the little kit easily."

Ravenpaw growled. "As if," he snorted. He realized that the she-cat's stomach was extremely large, and she looked pretty uncomfortable. "Are you alright?" he asked her.

"I'm fine," she replied, "just pregnant. My kits should be coming soon."

"Why aren't you waiting in your Clan?" Ravenpaw asked.

Thornlight narrowed his eyes, and the she-cat swiped his face with her tail. She sighed. "Our Clan was attacked...by OakClan."

Ravenpaw's eyes widened. "OakClan?!"

Thornlight then spoke. "I was told to bring Hailstorm here out of the battle so that she and her kits remain safe. We only came here because we smelled all that prey."

So her name was Hailstorm... Ravenpaw thought that Hailstorm's name sounded familiar, like Mistyleaf told him something about her. Did she? he wondered.

"I could take you back to my Clan..." Ravenpaw offered, unsure of whether or not he was making the right decision.

Thornlight looked at Hailstorm uncertainly. Ravenpaw listened to them mumble some things, then Thornlight turned back to him. "Okay."

The cats ran back to the Clan. Ravenpaw wondered if Fangheart watched the entire thing, and he wondered if he did something terrible that would end in BirchClan being destroyed.

"Mistyleaf! Sunstar!" Ravenpaw called as they went into the Clan heart.

Mistyleaf's gray pelt appeared in front of him within a matter of seconds, Sunstar limping behind. Mistyleaf's eyes widened as she saw Hailstorm.

"Mistyleaf!" Hailstorm meowed, licking Mistyleaf's ear. Mistyleaf returned the gesture.

"Hailstorm, what are you doing here?" Mistyleaf asked.

"MapleClan was attacked," Thornlight answered for Hailstorm. "Hailstorm's kits are coming soon, and I was to bring her to safety."

Sunstar spoke next. "You need a place to stay, then?"

Hailstorm nodded. "Just until my kits are able to come back with me to MapleClan. Please."

"We couldn't say no to an old friend like you," Mistyleaf purred. So that was why I recognized her... Ravenpaw realized.

Fangheart then padded over. "Ravenpaw, I saw it all. You were very brave, not to mention a magnificent hunter," he meowed. Hailstorm smiled at him and licked his ear in greeting. Fangheart did the same. He looked to Sunstar and Mistyleaf. "Ravenpaw is ready to become a warrior."

To Be Continued

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