[OLD AND OUTDATED] Warriors: Foxclaw's Dive

Chapter 20

Foxclaw laid on her back, her fur fluffed out as her tail curled around her paws. Hot warm air filled the den, the sun was shining high in the sky. Foxclaw stood up stretching, scents of the bramble bush filled her nose.

Foxclaw sat outside the den, grooming her pelt. Flatwhisker had finished his vigil, now Streamcloud and he went out to hunt. Foxclaw blinked, she trotted over to the fresh-kill pile.

Dovekit and Talonkit were pretending to hunt a mouse, Duskkit was watching from a few fox-lengths awake. Foxclaw blinked, she took a plump thrush, plucking its feathers out.

Foxclaw watched the kits wrestle each other. "I can't believe a kittypet doesn't live like this." Duskkit commented, he opened his mouth widely revealing a huge yawn.

"Can you imagine us being a kittypet?" Talonkit agreed, his tail waved.

Dovekit nodded. Foxclaw sank her teeth into the juicy vole, biting a piece out. She sat up giving her chest fur a few licks. If only they knew they have kittypet blood.

"Foxclaw!" Dovekit mewed. "When can I be a warrior?"

"It takes a while." Foxclaw replied smoothly. "You can't be a warrior just a few heartbeats after you're born."

Dovekit looked down sadly. "Oh okay." she sighed, whipping around to meet her brothers.

Joysong, Sunstar, and Bramblenose were sitting by the entrance. "Are you going to dawn patrol?" Bramblenose meowed impatiently.

Joysong's eyes flickered with hope, Foxclaw let out a sigh. It was just patrolling. "Okay." she finally meowed.

Joysong leaped up from his paws, his tail waved. Sunstar nodded. "Head out."

Foxclaw bounded behind Joysong. Joysong blinked and bristled his fur. "I won't say anything." he finally spat out quietly as if it was crow-food. "About you meeting up with Featherheart." he whispered.

Foxclaw blinked hopefully. "Thank you." she breathed, she pressed herself towards Joysong giving him a lick on his forehead then picking up the pace to meet with Bramblenose.

They got near BreezeClan's border, Foxclaw leaned her head closer to the river giving it a few laps. Pulling her head back, she noticed Bramblenose's fur bristling. Foxclaw blinked in confusion, there was a patrol of cats climbing the fallen tree!

Yellowtooth, Spadepaw, Heathertuft, and Twistear, she groaned, it was the same patrol of cats that she met when she took Creampaw to her Twoleg home. Foxclaw crouched down, her green eyes pierced through the blue water.

Foxclaw unsheathed her claws, ready to launch herself to Spadepaw. "Sunstar." Twistear meowed.

Yellowtooth flicked his tail to silence the jet black she-cat. "We smelled a CloudClan cat on our territory last night." the ginger tom hissed.

"You did?" Sunstar's eyes narrowed, there was a sense of concern in her voice. "I don't remember any cat of mine going to your territory."

"Well they did." Heathertuft butted in, she bared her teeth.

Foxclaw's fur began to bristle, Heathertuft stared at her almost as if she knew Foxclaw went. "Did you see any cat?" Bramblenose acknowledged.

"No . . ." Yellowtooth replied, his voice quivered as if he was worried.

Joysong pressed himself against Foxclaw. "What's wrong with him?"

Foxclaw flicked her ear. "I dunno." she replied truthfully. "It's as if he was scared of something."