Cold Stares

Chapter 1

Wolfpaw's eyes snapped open, the thoughts and sounds from the Great War drained from her mind, a waterfall almost. Ligthningkit. My brave warrior. Wolfpaw slowly stood up and felt the cold leaf-fall breeze against her blue- but not quite- pelt. She turned and glanced outside her den that she shared with the other apprentices. Wolfpaw took a shaky step. Dreams about the Great War brought back horrible memories. Her younger brother and sister, Riverpaw and Dreampaw don't remember much, but Wolfpaw remembers in great detail. She shook her head a started trotting out into the cold world.

  The pine trees towered over Wolfpaw as she stepped out of her bracken and bramble den. She walked out into the heart of the Stormclan camp. Wolfpaw happened to be quite a popular cat around clans, Skyclan in particular. One of the little number of cats who survived The Great War.

  "Wolfpaw!" Amberkit and Icekit raced up to Wolfpaw. The two kits pounced on her, laughing the whole time.

  Wolfpaw smiled, "Hello there! Don't you two have some royal training to attend to? As the heirs to Stormclan, you can't skip training!" She fake gasped.

  "Dadd- I mean Brokenstar said we can do whatever today!" Amberkit beamed up at Wolfpaw. Icekit looked at his pale ginger sister and said," I want to stay inside the Cave! It's cold out here!"

  The fluffy white kit was right, the wind was cold. Another bitter leaf-bare. The twins raced off and disappeared into the Cave. As Wolfpaw wondered around she saw a small, sleek, handsome gray tom-cat.

  "Stonepaw!" Wolfpaw padded up to him, smiling a storm. Stonepaw looked up from his work, which was sorting herbs for his mentor, Lightfade. His face light up.

  "Wolfpaw! I thought you had a Death Mark on your head, if Brokenstar see's you just another tally!" Stonepaw fretted.

  He worries too much. Wolfpaw ducted under the fallen pine tree entrance into the mountain. The small cave was were the Medical Cats lived and were they kept the medical supplies. "Is it a crime to see my mother?" Medical Cat's aren't allowed to have kits but because Wolfpaw and her siblings were motherless, Brokenstar let Lightfade take care of them.

  "Yes! It really is. Either stay here or go back to your den!" Stonepaw demanded.

   "Wolfpaw? Is that you?" Lightfade padded up to Wolfpaw. The cream colored she-cat walked into the clearing.

  "Yeah, it's me alright." Wolfpaw walked past Lightfade," How's Riverpaw?"

  Riverpaw was recently hurt in a battle against Driftclan. Summerpaw pushed Riverpaw off a cliff. Luckily, he landed in a pile of snow, but he also somehow broke his leg in the process.

  "He's getting better, wait," Lightfade stopped herself," I thought you had a Death Mark over your name?"

  "Wolfpaw!" Falconfrost yowled.

  "That would be my queue! Later!"