Blossoming Flower|Warrior Cats|

Chapter 7

Blossompaw raced towards Jumpingpaw pushing him out of the way of talons from hawk!

"T-thank you." Jumpingpaw muttered quickly. "You're welcome." Blossompaw mewed, out of breath. The hawk swooped down again, aiming for Blossompaw. Not knowing what to do, Blossompaw grabbed Jumpingpaw's scruff, hauling him up and ran.

In sync, they weaved through the trees, trying to get to safety. "Where should we go?" Blossompaw asked not knowing what to do. She was horrified. One wrong movement and she will be crow-food. "RiverClan's territory isn't far from here! We shou-,"

"I don't want to go to those fish eaters!" Blossompaw interrupted, forgetting that Jumpingpaw was one himself, she felt hot in embarrassment. It was easy to forget he was part of another clan.

"It's our only chance of survival right now!" Jumpingpaw stated, running out of breath and loosing stamina. "Fine." Blossompaw sighed. She just didn't want Jumpingpaw to get hurt, wait.. why was she thinking about saving Jumpingpaw and not her own?

"Come on!" Jumpingpaw articulated. Blossompaw noticed she was falling behind.

RiverClan scent washed over her. It was almost overwhelming to take it all in at once. "We can't go directly to camp since there are kits." Jumpingpaw reasoned. "A patrol should be out by now, searching for me." Jumpingpaw stated. "Why did you go to Tall Trees anyway?" Blossompaw asked, curious. "I don't know, it's like I was called there."

Blossompaw could make out the silhouettes of cats in the distance. "Hey! Help! Please!" Blossompaw screeched as loud as she could. It got the cats attention and they soon met. "Hailclaw, Minnowleap, Shallowmint, Wetwhisker, Palefish! A hawk, chasing us, exhausted!" Jumpingpaw exclaimed before half collapsing on the frosty earth.

"Jumpi-," "Who is this?" A giant brown tabby tom interrupted. "I saved Jumpingpaw from being crow-food!" Blossompaw pronounced. "It's Jumpingice now." Rasped Jumpingice.

"Congrats!" Blossompaw enthusiastically said, forgetting that there were warriors around her. "Hawk!" One of the she-cat warriors rasped. "We tried to warn you!" Blossompaw lectured.

"Stay back, we got this!" The giant brown tabby tom told triumphantly. "You don't have to ask me twice." Jumpingice proclaimed. Blossompaw giggled. "Palefish, escort them to the camp, then come back." The giant tabby tom ordered. "Of course Hailclaw." Palefish responded.

Blossompaw helped Jumpingice up and they walked to camp. "So, Jumpingice," Blossompaw mewed, exaggerating the 'ice' part. "Do you like your new name?" "Of course I do!" Jumpingice mewed.

"How do you two know each other?" Palefish asked in an intimidating tone. "Through medicine cats." Blossompaw responded in a sassy tone. "So, you're a medicine cat apprentice?" Palefish asked suspiciously. "Well, no, I'm a warrior apprentice, we met through medicine cats because... I followed our medicine cat to RiverClan." Blossompaw mewed quietly.

"ThunderClan can't even control their kits!" Palefish mewed mockingly. "If I have never met Jumpingice, then he wouldn't be here right now!" Blossompaw yelled at the warrior. "What are you talking about?" Palefish questioned. "I was about to get taken by the hawk but Blossompaw pushed me out of the way and saved me." Jumpingice explained.

They soon reached camp. "Go to Brindlebreeze." Palefish said as she took off towards the hawk.

"What is a ThunderClan apprentice doing here?" Some warriors asked. Blossompaw didn't feel safe in an enemy clan. She felt like they would pounce her any minute. They all stared at her with narrowed eyes. Did any of them care that Jumpingice was back?

"Brindlebreeze!" Jumpingice called. Brindlebreeze came racing out of the den, happy to see her apprentice. "Blossomkit?" Brindlebreeze wondered. "It's Blossompaw now." Blossompaw said with a little pride. "Congratulations." Brindlebreeze said in a whispery voice.