LEGENDARY | Warrior Cats #1

-An Amazing Warrior-

"What!" Eelstar yelled. "Where?"

Thrushkit did her best to get the sentence out. "Where... the... apprentices train."

She hardly finished speaking before she fell to the ground. She tried to get up, but her still-growing body would not let her.

"Thrushkit!" Russetcloud yowled. "Thrushkit, are you okay? Someone get Moonspeck!"

Thrushkit saw Moonspeck, the medicine cat, run over to her. The black tom stared down at her. He inspected her for any bites or scratches. Thrushkit assumed he didn't find anything but thorns, because he just nodded to Russetcloud and asked her, "Thrushkit, are you feeling any serious pains?"

The young kit shook her head and said, "No, but I do feel like I could sleep for a moon."

He turned to Russetcloud and said, "It's natural. She ran a long distance."

"But, will she be okay?"

"Yes, but she needs to rest."

When Moonspeck finished speaking to her mother, Thrushkit saw Eelstar run out of camp with three warriors, Roseblaze, Birchsong, and Oddfall.

Thrushkit didn't even realize that Moonspeck was trying to get her attention until he poked her. "Thrushkit, do you think you could walk to your nest?"

"What? Oh, yeah. I should be fine," she said, still staring at the camp's entrance.

She started walking towards her den until she remembered something.

Oh no! Dad is still out there!

She quickly turned around and ran towards the entrance. She ran past the big oak trees that led the way to the carrion place. She ran and ran until she saw the battle. She looked all over, but could not find her father.

Oh, where is he? I hope he's alright.

When she looked again she saw the three RiverClan cats runoff. She was right behind Eelstar when he turned around. Quickly, she ran off and hid in another thorn bush.

She saw the four ShadowClan cats gather around in a circle with their heads down. Thrushkit moved closer to the cats until she says something lying on the ground. A first she couldn't make it out, but then she knew. It was Palecloud.

She rushed over to her father. "Dad! Your oka..."

Her voice trailed off as she saw her father's body limp on the ground. She stared at her father until she realized why he was limp. Her father was dead.

Eelstar looked at Palecloud, blankly. "RiverClan got here before we could..." He said, flatly.

Right now, Thrushkit wanted to run to Russetcloud and ask her if she was dreaming.

But she knew the answer.

Oddfall shook his head. "He was an amazing warrior..." The tom looked at Thrushkit. "I think we should get back to camp. Eelstar, may I take her?" He asked.

Eelstar nodded, and Oddfall stocked away, Thrushkit close behind.

"Did you see the RiverClan cats kill him?" Thrushkit asked, the fluffy kit still shaking.

Oddfall nudged her. "We saw them right before they left, they gave him one bite to the neck and..." Oddfall couldn't bare to say anymore, Palecloud had been his best friend, and Oddfall was Russetcloud's brother, meaning he had lost kin.

Thrushkit wanted to stop walking and just sleep, she wanted to wake up in the morning and Palecloud be there, greeting her like he had every day before that.

But she knew she had to sit vigil for her father.

Thrushkit didn't want to stay up all night, staring at him. It would remind her of what happened, but it would be disrespectful not to.

After a few minutes of walking, they arrived at the camp. Thrushkit sniffled, she told herself she'd be okay, but she knew that wasn't true, either.

Thrushkit saw the speckled brown she-cat. Russetcloud.

Thrushkit ran up to her, pushing her head into her fluffy chest. She looked into Russetcloud's amber eyes, that looked just like hers. She could tell Russetcloud knew just by looking at her kit.

Graykit padded up to her sister. "Hey, Thrushkit! Is Palecloud okay?" She said, in her always bubbly way of saying things.

Russetcloud gave Graykit a look that said, no, my sweet kit. Graykit nudged herself right beside Thrushkit, knowing how her sister loved being near other cats when she was sad. Darkpaw and Onepaw walked up as well, they had been Russetcloud and Palecloud's first ever litter, also mourning the loss of their father, and deputy. Onepaw looked at Thrushkit and Graykit. "I think you might be hungry," She whispered, and walked away, bringing back a big, juicy squirrel for Graykit and Thrushkit.

"Thanks..." Thrushkit managed to say to her sister. She took a mouthful of the squirrel and at it quickly.

She saw Birchsong, Roseblaze, and Eelstar carrying Palecloud to the middle of the camp, setting him down. Thrushkit padded up to him, laying beside his lifeless body.

Eelstar stood on Shadowrock. "All cats old enough to catch prey, meet under Shadowrock for a Clan meeting!" He yowled.

Cats gathered under Shadowrock, most of them knew what was happening.

"Palecloud has gone to walk with StarClan." he continued. "I say these words before StarClan, that the spirit of Palecloud may hear and approve my choice, the new deputy of ShadowClan is Oddfall."