Warriors: The Renaissance - Stormwing's Trial

Chapter 1

Stormkit wandered around the Thunderclan camp like the curious kit he was. He, more than once, has been tripped over by warriors, as they told him off. He didn't understand why they were so angry at his curiosity. His mother, Rosewhisker, would always scold him afterwards.

"You're so nosy! Don't get in the warrior's way!" she would always mew. Every time he tried to tell her that he was just curious, she scolded him more.

That was a very long time ago. He was now an apprentice. However, becoming an apprentice only made him more curious. He questioned a lot of dumb things with his mentor.

"Why do we hunt during patrols? Why don't we sporadically hunt, so we get food at all times of day?" he asked his mentor, Whiteflame.

"It's a tradition we've had for many moons! We cannot give it up so easily!" Whiteflame scolded. Stormpaw's ears drooped a little, but he continued training.

A few moons later, he was shown the border of Twolegplace. There, they saw sheep. Stormpaw noticed their soft fur and softly pat it.

"What are you doing, Stormpaw?" Whiteflame mewed impatiently.

"Hmm... This is very soft. It could be used for bedding." Stormpaw mewed calmly, not taking any form of notice of Whiteflame's anger.

"What? I don't understand..." Whiteflame mewed, now more interested if anything.

"Soft bedding." Stormpaw repeated, clawing off some of the fur of the sheep. "Easy to claw off. I've seen the Twolegs claw it off with buzzing things, and it always comes back."

Whiteflame failed to suppress a light purr. "Let's see it, then."

"This has fleas in it!" one of the elders complained.

"It was Stormpaw's idea! Blame him!" Whiteflame mewed impatiently. However, Stormpaw was already far ahead of him. Earlier, he discovered a tiny flame that was producing lots of smoke, and leaped far into the air in fear. The wool he was carrying caught on a low-hanging branch, which was right above the fire. He stopped for a moment when he realized that the fleas were gone when exposed to smoke. He was now intrigued. He walked back to camp.

"I found a way to get rid of the fleas!" Stormpaw announces to the elders when he reaches their den.

"Oh, really? Pray, tell us!" Brokeneye mewed.

"Fleas don't like smoke!" he mewed excitedly.

"How do we get smoke, though?" Halfleg asked.

"Mmm... We had a small fire, ignited on some pine wood..."

"How do we ignite fires?"

"Hmmm..." That's all Stormpaw mewed before running off again to find out.

He finds the wood, which is now extinguished, and starts searching. Out of nowhere, a rock about the size of Stormpaw's head falls on the wood at an alarmingly high speed. It ignites the pine with only a tiny spark, but it gradually grows. His eyes grow along with it, now excited to tell the elders about his discovery.

When he reached the den, he was very excited. "A stone! A stone struck it, and it ignited!" he mewed excitedly.

"A stone caused a fire?" Halfleg mewed, obviously confused.

"Yes! A stone struck it, and it made a spark! It grew bigger and bigger, and then it made lots of smoke!"

"So, we can get rid of fleas with that? How did the stone strike it, though?"

"It fell from a tree!"

"So, we're going to make bedding with this method?"

"Yes! And it shouldn't get dry, since it's not moss! So, we won't need to get more moss every day!"

"I think it's brilliant! I really hate having a dry bed, and this feels amazing!" Halfleg mewed, padding the wool softly. Stormpaw purred, knowing someone appreciates his effort.

Later that day, the medicine cat, Berrybush, stared down at Stormpaw. Stormpaw was quite intimidated, so he shrunk back and bristled his fur.

"... You will be remembered by every cat, and every generation henceforth." Berrybush stated. "That is what Starclan told me to tell you."

Stormpaw tileds his head. "W-What do you mean..?"

"... Exactly what I said." Berrybush mews before heading back to his den. Stormpaw wasn't satisfied with that answer, but it was getting late, so he went to sleep in the apprentice's den, along with his littermates Shadowpaw and Pondpaw.