Warriors: The Prophecy of Frost - Danger Lurking

Chapter 6- Never too Late to Learn

"Go!" Silvercloud yowled. She climbed up the den with her elder brother, Webfoot, and Mudpelt.

"Try breaking here," the senior warrior adviced, banging onto the hard shiny thing. The three warriors began their attempt to break it.

"Hurry!" Breezestorm yowled from below them. Silvercloud gathered her strength and hit it once more, and it surprisingly gave way.

Light seeped into the dark den and most of the cats who are near the entrance, rushed in.

Within seconds, the den was filled with screeching and fighting cats. Silvercloud jumped from the top and landed on a rogue. Mudpelt and Webfoot followed her, and all the clan cats are now inside.

Lilypaw and Heavytail, a RiverClan warrior, was working together to push back the wave of rogues and stood between them and ThunderClan's leader and deputy.

"Froststar!" Specklebreeze yowled when she saw the familiar light gray and white she-cat. The ThunderClan leader was pinned down by a rogue and Appleshade was unconscious.

"Push forward!" Breezestorm ordered, dodging quickly at a swiping rogue.

Goldenfeather and Icetail tore through a rogue to reach the rogues that Lilypaw and Heavytail was fighting, yowling with fury.

Webfoot flung off two rogues that was pinning him down and limped determinedly towards the others.

Sunfeather padded forward to help Silvercloud defeat another rogue that blocked their way while Softfoot and Stormleaf began climbing the walls of the den, while is uneven enough for cats to climb.

The two she-cats pounced onto the rogue pinning down Froststar and tackled him as Froststar got up, panting. "Thank StarClan you came!"

Softfoot knocked out the rogue and Froststar mewed, "We need to get Appleshade to safety."

"Not so fast," a familiar voice snarled. Longdrop was standing on a strange looking thing with a menacing look.

"You dare injure my sister's kit?" Specklebreeze growled furiously, thrusting her nose to his.

"What can you do old cat?" he taunted. "Pat me?"

Specklebreeze lost her temper and pounced on him with a dangerous snarl. Longdrop looked surprised for a moment as she raked his pelt with her claws.

Suddenly, he quickly dodged and pelted off, disappearing into the shadows with the rogues following him.

"Don't chase him," Froststar mewed when Specklebreeze was about to run after him. "We need to take care of our wounded."

She turned to Mudpelt, and mewed politely, "ThunderClan thanks RiverClan for your help."

Mudpelt nodded in acknowledgement as he gathered his patrol to return.

"Come we need to get back," Froststar mewed. "I also do believe that we need to arrange a warrior ceremony too."

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After she gave the yowl to gather the cats together, she mewed, "Lilypaw have shown great courage yesterday at the battle. Although she has not started on her warrior accessment, she has proven herself today."

"I, Froststar, leader of ThunderClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend her to you as a warrior in her turn."

Specklebreeze looked proudly at her daughter, who looked even more excited and anxious.

"Lilypaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and to protect and defend this Clan, even at the cost of your life?" Froststar asked.

"I do," Lilypaw replied, holding her head high.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name: Lilypaw, from this moment on, you will be known as Lilyflower. StarClan honours your kindness and loyalty and we welcome you as a full warrior of ThunderClan," she finished.

"Lilyflower! Lilyflower!" the clan yowled.

"Thank you," Specklebreeze purred as Froststar walked towards her. "It means a lot to me."

She smiled and went back to her den to sleep.

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"Don't worry, Fireclaw, I will get you back to camp," a light gray tom with pale green eyes mewed to a red tom, who was bleeding from his wounds.

"Rockpelt," the tom, Fireclaw, managed to speak. "Something is following us."

Rockpelt bristled with alarm as he saw a bush nearby rustle. "Come out if you dare!" he growled bravely.

"Rockpelt, what are you talking about?" Patchheart mewed in confusion, stepping out. "And thank StarClan that you are safe!"

"I thought you were an enemy," he grumbled as Fireclaw coughed. "I am injured over here."

"Well, the clan will be surprised to see you two," Patchheart commented laughingly. "Come on now."

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A/N: Next chapter is special :D