Warriors Fanfiction: Fireclaw's Lives

Chapter 9

     "It was your fault Bluekit died, wasn't it?" Swiftstar growled.

     "What do you mean Swiftstar?" Firepaw asked. "I couldn't ever kill Blu-"

     "Your such a mouse-brain Firepaw! Now tell me, did you help Bluekit to get to Starclan?" Swiftstar meowed harshly

      "Y-Y-Yes Swiftstar." Firepaw murmured.

       "I thought so. Remember, all leaders are murders at one point in life. Go on, I think Brightsky is calling you." Swiftstar nudged Firepaw and he padded off.

       "Firepaw! There you are! Now, I wanted you to decide what we should do today. Border patrol, hunting patrol or battle training?" Brightsky meowed.

       "Battle training!" Firepaw squeaked. Brightsky gave a little laugh. 

       "Hold up now!" Grasspelt meowed. "Just because I've stopped applying herbs does not mean battle training!"

        "Don't worry Grasspelt we won't touch his back. I'm just teaching him different paw strikes and maybe improve his pounces." Brightsky replied.      

        "Fine, and be extra careful with those pounces! Run-on!" Grasspelt growled, unsure. They both took a run to the training hollow, warming them both fully up. When they had both reached the training hollow, they had found a spot to practice. It was full today since Skycloud though the apprentices should practice battle tactics so they can help better in battle. 

        "Now, have you learn the front paw slide?" Brightsky asked.

       "No?" He meowed.

       "Good. What you do is you quicky stand on your hind legs and rake your claws into their belly sideways. Also, do this with cats larger. When they duck scatch their backs hard, till you fall back to the ground." Firepaw tried to balance, finding it hard and fell back to the ground.

       "Try to use your tail to help balance" Brightsky instructed. He had tried again, letting some weight fall to his tail, and before he knew it, he was standing as high as he could to reach Brightsky's most vulnerable part. He struck. Trying his hardest he just managed to push Brightsky down to four paws, but he also soon fell back on to his paws.

        "Good Firepaw! But in battle, you won't have to push so far, you know you've got claws." 

       They had practised until Sunhigh, learning different techniques on how to balance. He was tired, but he knew he would have to do more, it wasn't the end of the day. Most of the apprentices had gone out hunting, while Firepaw and Brightsky headed back to camp.

         "There you are! Skycloud asked us to go Treeclan border to ask for permission to go to the Moss cave. Oh, and Swiftstar wanted to see you Firepaw." Cloudtail meowed

         "Rember to going hunting afterwards." Brightsky added. He watched Brightsky and Cloudtail padded off, and headed towards Swiftstar's den.

         "You wanted to see me Swiftstar?" Firepaw asked.

        "Yes. Firepaw we need to keep our distance. Windstar told me to stay away from the fire. That means you, Firepaw. You are fire. He also told me to tell you this, share thought with the moon." Swiftstar meowed

        "What is that supposed to mean?" He asked.

        "I don't know Firepaw! Don't ask me! Just keep your distance from me!" Swiftstar growled loudly. "Get out of my den! Now!"

        "Y-Yes Swiftstar." Firepaw murmured. He quickly dipped his head and padded out quickly. The thought of losing the only cat he could talk to about Starclan hit him painfully and walked tail dropped to the entrance where Dawnpaw was waiting.

       "Got growled by the leader?" Dawnpaw asked

        "Yep, pretty much." Firepaw answered.

      "Don't worry, the elders think he hasn't been sleeping well or something. He's like this to every cat today."

      "Hope so, otherwise I'd be the only pile of mousemeat!" Firepaw joked. Dawnpaw let out a murrow of laughter, and they both took a short walk moor. 

       In the end, they had both caught one mouse and padded back to the camp. Firepaw drop the mouse and picked a smaller mouse. He was not deciding to share today, so he sat in his nest and gulped his prey down, then fell asleep.

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