Warriors Fanfiction: Fireclaw's Lives

Chapter 5

        "Let all cats old enough to run the moor gather around the Skyrock for a clan meeting!" Cats gathered around Swiftstar with exited eyes. He had battle-trained for the whole day and even found of there positions on Treeclan territory. He had had a little nap but was struggling to stay awake. 

        "As you know, tonight is the gathering, so I will be taking Skycloud, Cloudtail, Brightsky, Shapstorm, Lightheart, Hareflight, Yarrowleaf, Darkclaw, Spottedclaw, Grasspelt, Lovepaw, Flightpaw, Firepaw, and Dawnpaw." They walked to Great Mount. When he arrived he scented so many different scents, saw so many different cats.

        "Let's explore!" Dawnpaw meowed. They padded to the Great Clift. He looked down with terror in his eyes. A few heartbeats, h e backed away. 

         "Are you ok?" He heard Dawnpaw say.

         "Fine" He trembled.

         "Let the gathering begin!" That must be Waterstar. He thought. He scented his fishy scent and found a place next to Brightsky. That must be the Great Tree he thought. He had heard elder tales about how it had a hollow opening that could fit an entire clan! It was really strong, for sure, and it was really big.

        "I will begin," Waterstar announced. "We have a new queen in the nursery, Fishleap."

        "Fishleap! Fishleap!" Cats chanted. Even Firepaw joined in.

        "Prey has been good. Fish is thriving in our lakes. I want to give a warning. We are increacing border patrols because we have been scenting trespassers." Waterstar shot a glance to Nightstar.

        "I will speak next. We have two new apprentices. Please welcome Fightpaw and Strengthpaw!" Nightstar He thought.

        "Fightpaw! Strengthpaw! Fightpaw! Strengthpaw!" Treeclan cats chanted. Lakeclan and Grassclan stood quiet.

        "Prey has been thriving. I have one more announcement. What is your decision Swiftstar?" 

        "We will not tell you yet. You gave us three sunrises to think about Windkit Nightstar. Keep her for now. Please feed her."

         "Fine. We will give you two more sunrises. If you don't send a cat, we will kill her." Worried eyes spread through Grassclan and Lakeclan.

          "Anyways, we have four new apprentices. Moonpaw, Sunpaw, Firepaw and Dawnpaw."

          "Moonpaw! Sunpaw! Firepaw! Dawnpaw!" Cat chanted. Firepaw held his head high and proud.

           "Prey has been good. We have been catching plenty of rabbits and mice. The gathering is to an end!"  

           Swiftstar leads the clan back to camp. Most of the camp was awake and so he called a meeting

           "Let all cats old enough to run the moor gather around the Skyrock for a clan meeting! The next Moonhigh, we will attack. No more battle training tomorrow. Skycloud will order only border patrols and hunting patrols. Grasspelt, do you need to collect herbs?"

         "No thanks. We can collect the herbs." 

          "Ok thank you. Go back to sleep all. You will need your strength." The cat slowly moved back to there dens.

          He woke up to fine dawn blinding him. He stretched and padded out to he clearing

        "You're on apprentice duties." Brightsky meowed. "After that, you can go hunt."

         "Alone?" Firepaw asked.

        "Skycloud thinks your capable of fighting Treeclan, can you even hunt on your own?" She teased. He dipped his head and headed off to the medicine den.

        "Mouse Bile please!" He meowed.

         "Here you go. Remember not to get any on your paws." Lovepaw meowed. He headed off to the elder's den. 

          "Hello, Firepaw! Are you on apprentice duties? Good. I have a tick on my back I can't get. Can you help me?" He padded to Brighteyes and dabbed a bit of mouse bile on it. It hopped off. He took off the others and moved on to Sharpclaw.

          "No need to check. There's no more." Sharpclaw meowed. He dipped his head to both of them. 

         "I'll change your bedding." He meowed

        "Never seen an apprentice with so much respect" Sharpclaw meowed. Firepaw he gave his chest a few embarrassed licks and padded off.

        By sunhigh, he was out hunting birds. He had mastered the pounce. He scented the air. Blackbird! He dropped into a crouch and walked towards it. Got it! He was proud of his second catch. He had only just realised it was near sundown and picked up his two birds. He headed back to the camp.

         "A blackbird!" Skycloud noticed. Soon cats were crowding around him.

         "Back off!" Brightsky meowed. "Give him space to breathe. Nice catch. All yourself."

        "Thank you." He dipped his head and picked a small mouse for himself. Seeing Skycloud and Brightsky share his blackbird he held his head high and padded to a small corner to eat.

        "Is that enough?" He saw Sharpclaw leaning over him. "We can finish this rabbit ourselves, would you like to share?"

        "Sure." He meowed. He had just realised he had made friends with the elders this morning. They were so kind, he felt like he was a kit again. He had finished his half and dipped his head. Padding to his nest he though the should have an early rest for the battle. 

        He was ready.

Late chapter! Sorry! I think I'm having writer's block these days. So many things could happen! Struggling to think about what to do! I will finish this book, don't worry. Please don't hesitate to comment if I have typos. Goodnight!