Chapters THUNDERCLAN
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Cloudtail-long-haired white tom with blue eyes
Brightheart-white she-cat with ginger patches
Thornclaw-golden brown tabby tom
Leafpool-light brown tabby she-cat with amber eyes, former medicine cat
Spiderleg-long-limbed black tom with brown underbelly and amber eyes
Birchfall-light brown tabby tom
Whitewing-white she-cat with green eyes
Berrynose-cream-colored tom
Hazeltail-small gray-and-white she-cat
Mousewhisker-gray-and-white tom
Cinderheart-gray tabby she-cat
Lionblaze-golden tabby tom with amber eyes
Foxleap-reddish tabby tom
Icecloud-white she-cat
Toadstep-black-and-white tom
Rosepetal-dark cream she-cat
Briarlight-dark brown she-cat
Blossomfall-tortoiseshell and white she-cat
Bumblestripe-very pale gray tom with black stripes
Ivypool-silver-and-white tabby she-cat with dark blue eyes
Poppyfrost-tortoiseshell she-cat
Sorreltail-tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat with amber eyes
Cherryfoot-ginger she-cat
Moletail- brown-and-cream tom
Sunfur- white she-cat with a pink, blue, and green tail and a sun on her flank.(Celestia)
Apprentices:
Seedpaw- very pale ginger she-cat
Twilightpaw- lavender she-cat with a darker purple tail with a fuchia stripe and a magenta star on her flank.(Twilight Sparkle)
Flutterpaw- pale yellow she-cat with a pale pink tail and chest with three buterflies on her flank.(Fluttershy)
Pinkpaw- bright pink she-cat with poofy fur and three balloons on her flank.(Pinkie Pie)
Derpypaw- gray she-cat with a pale yellow tail and bubbles on her flank. Her eyes never seem to face the same direction.(Derpy Hooves)
Queens:
Tanglelegs- brown-and-black tabby she-cat with rich brown eyes
Kits:
Elders:
Graystripe-long-haired gray tom
Dustpelt-dark brown tabby tom
Sandstorm-pale ginger she-cat with green eyes
Millie-striped gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes
SHADOWCLAN
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Smokefoot-black tom
Toadfoot-dark brown tom
Olivenose-tortoiseshell she-cat
Owlclaw-light brown tabby tom
Shrewfoot-gray she-cat with black feet
Scorchfur-dark gray tom
Redwillow-mottled brown-and-ginger tom
Tigerheart-dark brown tabby tom
Dawnpelt-cream-furred she-cat
Ferretclaw-cream-and-gray tom
Starlingwing-ginger tom
Kinkfur-tabby she-cat, with long fur that sticks out at all angles
Ivytail-black, white, and tortoiseshell she-cat
Apprentices:
Sagepaw- mottled brown tom
Cedarpaw- brown tabby tom
Queens:
Applefur-mottled brown she-cat
Elders:
Ratscar-brown tom with long scar across his back
Snowbird-pure white she-cat
Tawnypelt-tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes
RIVERCLAN
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Mintfur-light gray tabby tom
Minnowtail-dark gray she-cat
Pebblefoot-mottled gray tom
Grasspelt-light brown tom
Trouttail-pale gray tabby she-cat
Mossyclaw-brown-and-white she-cat
Rushpelt-light brown tabby tom
Hollowsound-dark brown tabby tom
Moonpelt- navy blue she-cat with a dark, midnight blue tail and a black splotch and crescent moon shape on her flank.(Luna)
Apprentices:
Applepaw- orange she-cat with a golden tail and three apples on her flank.(AppleJack)
Gempaw- white she-cat with a purple tail and three diamonds on her flank.(Rarity)
Rainbowpaw- cyan she-cat with a rainbow-colored tail and a cloud-and-rainbow symbol on her flank.(Rainbow Dash)
Queens:
Kits:
Sweetkit- white she-kit with a light purple tail.(Sweetie Belle)
Elders:
Mallownose-light brown tabby tom
Robinwing-tortoiseshell-and-white tom
Petalfur-gray-and-white she-cat
WINDCLAN
Leader:
Deputy:
Medicine Cat:
Warriors:
Weaselfur-ginger tom with white paws
Harespring-brown-and-white tom
Leaftail-dark tabby tom with amber eyes
Antpelt-brown tom with one black ear
Emberfoot-gray tom with two dark paws
Swallowtail-dark gray she-cat
Sunstrike-tortoiseshell she-cat with large white mark on her forehead
Whiskerleaf-light brown tom
Furzetail-gray-and-white she-cat
Boulderpelt-large pale gray tom
Elders:
Owlwhisker-light brown tabby tom
Whitetail-small white she-cat
Nightcloud-black she-cat
Heathertail-light brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes
Sedgewhisker-light brown tabby she-cat
Author's Note
The ponies are shown in purple.
If you want your OC cat in the story, it can be one of the Queens' kits! Just message me the name and description.
A Message from StarClan
Five cats stood in a circle, each with stars in their pelts and great wisdom shining in their eyes.
"Why have you called us here Bluestar?" A leopard furred she-cat growled to a blue-silver she-cat.
"I have news we need to discuss, something that could change Clan life as we know it," she began. "I have recently discovered that strange cats will come to the clans."
"That's not news," a tom with a longer than normal tail interrupted. "Strange cats appear all the time nowadays."
"Hush Tallstar!" A flame-colored tabby tom hissed at the older cat, tail swishing madly. "Let Bluestar finish."
"As I was saying," Bluestar continued. "These cats are much unlike those of which we see in the forest. These cats have more power than StarClan, even more than Firestar's grandkits."
The other four cats flinched a bit at this comment; the grandkits of Firestar hold the stars in their paws, what could be more powerful?
"These cats will come from a place farther than twolegplace, past even SkyClan's territory. They have only known a life of peace and harmony, but we are going to have to help them in their time of need, as it will most definitely affect us."
The other four cats stared at the blue-silver she-cat as if she had gone mad, but did not question her knowledge. The cats dispersed as they walked into the dreams of the four medicine cats.
• • •
"So what kind of spell are you going to try now?" The young purple dragon asked the lavender unicorn.
"A different type of teleportation spell. It can break through the barriers of space and time to transport anypony anywhere or time, even in another dimension. I'm not trying that yet though Spike," the unicorn said, taking a deep breath, her horn glowed a fuchsia aura as she used her magic. She envisioned the upstairs area of the library, where she herself slept, five minutes from now. Just as the spell took effect, Twilight's other five friends, the Crusaders, the Princesses, and Derpy Hooves all somehow, way, shape, or form came into the building and they were all carried in the blast-- leaving a very confused Spike alone in the library.
• • •
When Twilight awoke, she found herself in a lush forest by a stream. Looking around her, she also noticed several pastel-colored cats spurned around the small clearing. Wait, cats? she though in disbelief. The closest cat to her was a yellow tabby with a bright pink tail, ears, and chest; on her flank were three small butterflies.Fluttershy, definitely. she quietly observed. Her ears twitched as a sleek white she-cat stood up on her paws, her flowing tail a gentle pink, blue, and green, a sun on her flank.
"Princess Celestia?" Twilight asked cautiously. "Is that you?"
"Uuh, T-Twilight?" The unsteady cat asked. "What did you do? Where are we?"
"Well Princess, I was attempting that spell of Starswirl the Bearded, the spell that can transport objects through the boundaries of time and space, then everypony it seemed came into my house and now we are in some unknown forest; all of us are apparently cats too so it seems." The now violet cat explained quickly. She looked around and noticed only six of twelve ~~ponies~~ cats were in the cluster around them. By closer examination, she somehow figured that she, Celestia, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Scootaloo, and Derpy were in the one area of the woods.
"So how many ponies do we have with us?" Celestia asked, cutting Twilight's thoughts short.
"With the two of us is Fluttershy, Scootaloo, Pinkie, and Derpy. Apparently AppleJack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom, and Princess Luna got separated during the spell. Hopefully we are all in the same dimension and time period, though." She sighed.
• • •
Opening her eyes and groaning, Luna found herself by a calm river. To her surprise, she was surrounded by five pastel colored cats, each bearing resemblance to one of her pony subjects.Wait, paw?! she quickly though to herself lifting her paw up to her face to examine it, she didn't realized Rainbow had awoken. The Lunar Princess almost screamed when she realized that Twilight had indeed succeeded in turning them all into colorful kitties. Rainbow Dash lifted her head sleepily and stretched. When she took a look at Luna-cat, she jumped back as only a cat could.
"Fear not, dear Rainbow Dash. We shall find Twilight Sparkle and attempt to fix this problem of ours."
"So w-wait, we're CATS?!" The she-cat shrieked. She turned to her side and let out another small scream. "I don't even have my wings anymore! You don't have your wings or horn either!" She said, pointing at Luna.
"We are well aware of that Rainbow Dash, we are all cats as you can tell." Luna deadpanned.
"Yeah I can tell," Rainbow said sarcastically.
"Now what in tarnation are y'all blabberin' 'bout?" An orange cat with a golden tail and three apples on their flank asked impatiently. "Woah, why're y'all cats?"
"Yeah we get it, we're cats. Lets just go find Twilight already." Rainbow Dash said as she stomped off in a random direction.
"And just where do you think you're going?" A gruff, male voice said. The bushes rustled, and from them came a sturdy brown tom. "I hope you have a good reason for trespassing on RiverClan territory."
Author's Note
Yay! MLP Warrior Cats! XP
I tried to do my best with the writing, but it seems a little fast paced. I'll try to slow down the chapters as they come.
And guess what?! I didn't try super hard to get 1,000 words, it just happened that way!
"Answer me!" The brown tom demanded. Just at that point, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle woke up.
The drowsy Apple Bloom took a groggy look at AppleJack and knew who she was talking to. "Big sister, where are we?" She asked with her southern drawl.
"Not now Apple Bloom, we got ourselves a visitor." AppleJack quickly replied. She and Rarity shuffled over to the kittens to protect them from the hostile cat.
"I am Luna!" Luna cried out in her too-loud voice. "We ask that you tell us where we are, as we seem to be lost!"
"Lost huh? Well Luna , I think I'll take you and your colorful friends to Mistystar, just to make sure none of you are ShadowClan or WindClan spies. Oh, by the way, we are currently in RiverClan territory, but I do think you know that." He replied with slits as eyes. He motioned for the group to follow him and walked off towards the center of the territory.
"Are you sure this cat isn't full of ponyfeathers?" Rainbow Dash asked the Lunar Princess.
• • •
"Hollowsound, who are these cats you've brought?" A gray she-cat asked the brown tom.
"I found them by the stream, Mistystar. I think they may be spies, but the colorful pelts and their lack of knowledge says otherwise." Hollowsound answered. Their colorful pelts did stand out among the many gray and brown cats in the camp, drawing stares from kits and elders alike.
Suddenly, a gray tabby she-cat came running from one of the caves towards the group of cats.
"Thank you Willowshine, I will remember that." Mistystar gently told the young cat. "CATS OF RIVERCLAN! ALL CATS OLD ENOUGH TO CATCH THEIR OWN FISH GATHER BELOW THE HIGHROCK!" Mistystar yowled.
After all the cats had gathered, Mistystar began the meeting.
• • • • •
Checking on the other ~~ponies~~ cats, Twilight determined that no~~pony~~ cat was injured. Once everypony was awake( Twilight was all, screw this species! I'm talkin' Equestrian!!), they tried to grip the situation and determine a plan.
"Let's throw a party!"
They went with Fluttershy's idea if you couldn't guess.
The group of cats walked off deeper into the forest, Fluttershy carrying Scootaloo by the scruff. The forest was composed of not much more than a few types of trees, bramble thickets, various herbs, and a beach surrounding the large lake. The six cats walked on, barely speaking a word and only stopping to pick Derpy off the ground a few times. After nightfall, they made a small camp in a tree's roots. Nopony was really hungry, so no food was gathered. The day was uneventful and they quickly dosed off.
• • •
"Are you sure you saw multicolored cats, Bumblestripe?" A ginger she-cat asked a gray tom farther off in the forest.
"I'm sure, Squirrelflight. Should we just let them stay in our territory?" Bumblestripe asked.
"No, we will take action tomorrow at sunhigh. For now we watch them."
• • •
Once the sun rose in the morning, to all the cats' surprise, especially Celestia, the group pushed out to find the other six cats/ponies and find a way to fix the mess.
After a while, Scootaloo got antsy.
"Alright, but stay close." Twilight replied to the kitten.
Happy with her answer, Scootaloo ran off towards a strange-looking tree a few meters away. Past the tree, she noticed a large wall of brambles and bracken.
"Oops! I just don't know what went wrong!" The grey she-cat called back up, but everypony else could see plenty of other cats closing in around her. As a sudden act of courage, Twilight jumped down in front of her and the other four followed. A brown tabby tom stomped past the other cats and right up to Twlight.
"Who are you and why are you in ThunderClan's camp?!"
• • •
After at least a half-hour of explaining to the tom, they finally convinced him that they were no more than confused cats far away from home.
"Equestria you say?" The brown cat inquired. "What is that like, a horse?"
"Yes Bramblestar," Celestia explained. "I am Princess Celestia, co-ruler of Equestria. My sister and several of my student's friends have disappeared when Twilight cast the spell sending us here. We wish to find them and find a way home as well."
"Bramblestar," a gray tom asked from in front of a small crevice in the stone walls. "I need to tell you something."
"Of course, Jayfeather." Bramblestar replied as he walked over to the tom's den. "StarClan recently told me of the coming of these cats, all the Clans know. Bluestar said that these cats come from a faraway place of peace and harmony, which they have already explained, but all together are more powerful than even Lionblaze, Dovewing, and I. We must help them in their time of need, as it will become ours. In other words, Bluestar said those cats are our new Clanmates."
"Well then, it must be time for their Clan names, as sudden as this may be. Thank you, Jayfeather. This could save our Clan as we know it." Bramblestar walked out and onto a large rock in the camp.
"It is time for these cats to receive their Clan names..."
Author's Note
This would've come out sooner if I could've found the alliances from "The Last Hope" quicker.
ALLIANCES AND MAP COMING SOON.
Comet's Dumb Advice of the Day!
*puts on tiny reading glasses*
Sticking your nose into an owl pellet stinks. (Firestar and Cinderpelt learned the hard way)
"'Time for them to receive Clan names'?! They just appeared out of nowhere not long ago!" A golden brown tom screeched once the sentence was said.
"Let me explain first, Brackenfur." Bramblestar calmly stated. "StarClan has told Jayfeather of the coming of strange cats who, if we help them in their time of need, will help us in ours. These six fit the description exactly as Jayfeather has described. They look unlike any cats we have ever seen," Bramblestar took a quick glance at Derpy's eyes at this comment. "But they also act unlike any cats we have ever known. If they are indeed the cats StarClan told Jayfeather of, then we should welcome them with open paws."
"And how do we know that Jayfeather didn't just make this up so these cats could join the Clan?!" Brackenfur shot back.
"You dare doubt your medicine cat?!" Jayfeather spat. "Firestar himself delivered the message to me!"
"Um, if you don't mind, could you please explain how the Clan functions and whatnot?" stated a very confused Celestia. Many of the cats glared at her, murmuring to their Clanmates.
"Oh, of course." Bramblestar said awkwardly. "The Clan hierarchy consists of the Leader, Deputy, Medicine cat, Warriors, Apprentices, Queens, Kits, and Elders. I am the Leader of this Clan, Squirrelflight is my Deputy," he gestured towards the ginger she-cat." And Jayfeather is our Medicine cat. Squirrelflight and I lead the Clan and assign patrols. Jayfeather heals cats of any illnesses or injuries. The Warriors protect the Clan and hunt for the Clan, while they train Apprenties to become Warriors. Queens are Warriors who are expecting or nursing kits. The Elders are retired Warriors and Queen who share their knowledge with us from in their youth, and that pretty much sums it up." Bramblestar finished, inhaling deeply.
"Thank you Bramblestar," Celestia calmly replied.
Jayfeather coughed quickly. "Weren't you giving them their Clan names?" He stated.
"Oh right," Bramblestar said, flustered. He straightened himself up and motioned for the first of the cats to come forward, which happened to be an excited Scootaloo. He looked over the kit carefully and asked, "Now what is your name?", which she quickly replied to, with several giggles from the cats.
Bramblestar repeated the procedure with the other five cats.
"Um, if you don't mind, Bramblestar, I think I'd prefer to be a medicine cat. I just couldn't hurt others, if you don't mind."
"Of course not." Bramblestar replied. "Your mentor shall be Jayfeather then."
"And lastly...?" The tom trailed off, signaling for the final cat's name.
"Celestia." The white she-cat stated.
"Then you shall be known as Sunfur. I hope you defend your new Clan well as a Warrior." And with that the cats went to find their respective dens. As the newly named Sunfur went to find the Warriors' Den, she was stopped by Squirrelflight.
"It's Clan tradition for all new warriors to stand a silent vigil out in the camp all night. I'd suggest you go on ahead. I remember when I became a warrior, ah memories..." The ginger cat said.
"If you say so," Celestia/Sunfur replied to the deputy. She walked out to the center of the clearing and began her vigil, sitting erect facing the camp entrance.
“Warrior names?! We just met these cats!” one of the cats in the crowd shouted for Mistystar to hear. Many others began to join in.
“I am well aware of that, Pebblefoot. But if StarClan has sent us a message regarding these cats, would it not be right to accept them into our Clan?” Mistystar addressed the cat.
“I believe that these cats are here to help us, would you doubt your own Medicine cat?” Willowshine asked him.
“Well what happened to Mothwing? Why hasn’t she received a sign? She’s a Medicine cat too!” another cat cried out through the crowd, which the others soon became to comment on.
“Even if I didn’t receive the message, would you have believed me? I trust in my apprentice, and I would hope you would too.” A cat in the crowd said, coming up to Mistystar. She was a golden she-cat; Mothwing.
“Thank you Mothwing.” Willowshine said, nuzzling her mentor.
“Now let us begin,” Mistystar said, motioning towards the group of ponies.
“But may we ask first, how is this entire society governed? What is this centered around?” Luna asked.
“Oh, of course,” Mistystar replied. She gave a small speech about Clan life, not unlike Firestar’s. “And that is the majority of Clan life,” she finished.
“Thank you,” the ponies replied.
“And which one of you would like to go first?” the leader asked. Instantly the two kits/fillies ran forward. “And what is your name?” Mistystar asked Apple Bloom.
“I’m Apple Bloom,” she replied in her accent.
“Well then, you shall now be called Applekit,” Mistystar said, dipping her head to the kit. Applekit stood there for a few seconds, before realizing she was supposed to do something. She licked the leader’s shoulder, unsure of what to do. “Good job,” Mistystar whispered to her. She backed away, and Applekit walked over to her sister.
“And what is your name?” she mewed to Sweetie Belle.
“I’m Sweetie Belle,” she replied, a few cats snickering at her kittypet-like name.
“You shall be called Sweetkit,” Mistystar said to her. Sweetkit repeated the process as Applekit had, then returned to sit by her sister. “Who’s next?” she asked to the cats.
“I’ll go,” Rainbow Dash said, stepping forward. “I’m Rainbow Dash.”
“I admire your enthusiasm,” Mistystar said calmly, somewhat surprised no one had even giggled in the crowd. “From this day you shall be known as Rainbowpaw. Your mentor shall be Reedwhisker.” Reedwhisker came up through the crowd and touched noses with his new apprentice. One by one the others began to step up to Mistystar.
“…Applepaw. Your mentor shall be Mintfur.” She said to AppleJack.
“And your name is?” Mistystar addressed Luna, the remaining pony/cat.
“Our name is Luna, Princess of the Night,” the lunar princess replied to the cat, standing regally. A few cats held back snickers of amusement, but tried not to let their doubt of Luna’s title show.
“Then you shall now be called Moonpelt. I welcome you as a warrior of RiverClan.” Mistystar said to Moonpelt. She dipped her head to the midnight blue she-cat, who licked the leader’s shoulder in return. As she stepped back, the rest of the Clan began to chant the names of the cats.
Once the ceremony was over, the other apprentices and warriors showed the newly named cats their dens. As Moonpelt searched for the warriors den, Mistystar came up to her. “Moonpelt, as a new warrior, you must hold a silent vigil tonight. One of us will get you in the morning so you can get some prey and sleep,” the leader said calmly.
“Of course, We shall guard the night as we have for centuries,” Moonpelt replied, padding over to the center of camp.
“If you say so,” Mistystar murmured as she walked into her own den.
Author's Note
Hey look, a quick look on the Clan hierarchy for those who haven't read the books! XD
Aqua's Dumb Advice!
*puts on silly giant glasses*
Never give up on piano, you'll regret it.
AQUA!! I DO THE ADVICE!!
Whoops, gotta go!
I'm sorry I took so long writing this, I felt I never had time, and the website kept Derping whenever I acutally tried to get this done. I promise there won't be such a long gap between the next chapters.
“Wake up! You’ll miss your first day of training!” a voice said, a paw prodding her in the side. Twilight opened her eyes, squinting in the sunlight. “Come on Twilightpaw!”
Twilightpaw got up on all fours, using her tail for balance. At least this new tail is good for something, she thought to herself. Lilypaw sat impatiently in front of her, then they both padded out of the apprentice den.
“Lilypaw! Want to share some prey with me!” another voice said from farther off. Twilightpaw and Lilypaw looked to the side to see Seedpaw coming over to them.
“Sure, Seedpaw. I was getting ready to get some myself,” Lilypaw replied. She then turned to Twilightpaw. “Maybe you should get some Twilightpaw.”
“Sure, I’ll grab one of my friends in a bit and we can get some,” Twilightpaw replied. She padded over to where she saw Fluttershy enter the night before. She walked closer to the den, where she could hear voices coming from.
“Cobwebs are used to bandage wounds, and marigold is used to keep wounds from getting infected. Before applying we chew up the leaves to get the juices, got that?” Twilightpaw could hear a voice ask.
"Yes, this isn't hard so far, I think I got this." Flutterpaw 's voice sounded from in the den.
"Good. Now why don't you get something to eat, you've been in here all morning."
"Sure Jayfeather," Flutterpaw said as she walked out of the den. "Oh hello Twilight, uh, paw." she said, correcting herself.
"Would you like to go get something to eat? Pinkie, er, Pinkpaw and Derpypaw went out to train already, I think, and Cele-, I mean Sunfur went out on patrol, possibly." Twilightpaw said awkwardly. "I still don't fully understand all this 'Warrior Names' and how the Clan works yet."
"Neither do I, I'm just going with the flow so far, which is learning herbs." Flutterpaw shrugged.
"Well let's see what happens next so far, I'm hungry." The two cats/ponies walked towards the pile of food(They didn't know what exactly it was called yet), and they saw Lilypaw and Seedpaw walking off with... "Is that a bird?!" Twilight asked, quite loudly.
"Uh, yeah. What else would we eat, plants?" Seedpaw replied, looking at Twilightpaw with a confused gaze.
"It's just, ugh. This is getting way too confusing for me," Twilightpaw said, facepawing.
"And how's that?" Lilypaw asked, putting down the bird.
"Let's just say we aren't 100% used to eating animals, and that kinda stuff," Flutterpaw said sheepishly.
"Uh, if you say so..." Seedpaw said, as the sisters padded off towards the apprentice den.
"You sure this is a good idea?" Twilightpaw asked, then her belly rumbled. "Okay, let's try this." The two cats/ponies walked off to the pile, and grabbed a mouse to share.
"Don't worry Twilightpaw, it's only natural. Hopefully we can get back to Equestria and eat plants again in no time," Flutterpaw said quietly, but assuringly.
"Okay then," Twilightpaw said, taking a small bite of the poor creature in front of them. She then took several more bites of the mouse. "This is good!" she said, before she realized only a little more than half of the food was left. "Oops, you can finish this off."
"Teehee, I knew our new bodies would effect our taste buds," Flutterpaw said, as if she knew it would happen. A pink whirr passed by them and the pile got a bit bigger.
"HeyTwilightpawHeyFlutterpawLikethefoodWejustgotbackfromhuntingand-" the pink cat was cut off as a purple paw was stuck in her mouth.
"Calm down Pinki-paw," Twilightpaw said, remembering to correct herself. "You may have just got back from hunting, but shouldn't you at least be tired?"
"Her? Tired? The only one tired out right now is me, and I barely hunted at all!" a gray tom said, trudging up to the pile and setting down a squirrel. "I need a nice long nap to get my energy back."
"Okie Dokie Lokie, Bumblestripe! I'll just stay here with my friends!" Pinkpaw called to the tom, who was heading straight for the warrior's den.
"Twilightpaw! How about some training? It's nearly sunhigh!" a voice called from behind the three apprentices. Twilightpaw looked towards the voice and saw the golden tom who was her mentor, Lionblaze if she remembered right. "Cinderheart and Lilypaw are coming with us, come on."
"Uh, okay Lionblaze!" Twilightpaw called. "Looks like I'll see you later." She said to her friends as she followed after her mentor.
* * *
When she, Lionblaze, Cinderheart, and Lilypaw had all made it to a clearing in the forest, Twilightpaw managed to say the one thing she needed to ask since she left with Lionblaze.
"What kind of training are we going to do exactly?"
"Hey, wake up! Wake up already!" Rainbow Dash's voice bombarded Rarity's ear.
"Can't a lady have her beauty sleep?" Rarity said back to her friend.
"No, ya can't. This ain't Carousel Boutique anymore, we got some kinda 'training' to do." AppleJack's voice said. Rarity groaned as she woke up, remembering that she and her friends were cats.
"Let's get this over with."
* * *
"Gempaw! Keep your body low to the ground! And keep your tail above the ground!" Trouttail called to Rarity/Gempaw. Gempaw had gone to do some hunting training, while Rainbowpaw and Applepaw were exploring the territory.
"I'm trying!" she almost whined to the she-cat. "Why do I need to learn this anyway?"
"Why do you-?!" Trouttail groaned. "A warrior's job is to hunt and protect the Clan, they can't do that if they don't know how to hunt."
"Okay, fine," Gempaw huffed. She lowered her body to exactly one inch off the ground, keeping her tail level with her body. She crawled forward slowly, touching the ground like it was the softest, most fragile thing in the world. "Like this?"
"Exactly Gempaw! I've never seen better from an apprentice," Trouttail said happily. "Now how about we try those skills for real?"
"If it can get me out of repeating these same old boring movements over and over, let's try it."
* * *
Who's terrible idea was this?! Gempaw thought to herself as she watched Trouttail stalking a mouse. The older she-cat pounced on the small rodent as soon as it realized she was there.
"Now that you've seen how a warrior catches prey, why don't you try?" Trouttail said the apprentice, covering the mouse with dirt. "Then I'll teach you to fish."
"Why on Equis do we need to fish?" Gempaw asked, although the words didn't sound as silly in her head.
Trouttail rolled her eyes slightly, then turned to Gempaw. "Fish are the main source of RiverClan's diet. Without it, we would starve."
"Oh," Gempaw said, lowering her head slightly. "Still, let's try this 'hunting'."
Her mentor smiled at the young cat. "Okay, now first you must scent out the prey."
Gempaw nodded, sniffing for any of the tell-tale signs of the prey she had already seen. She caught scent of what she thought was a vole, and instantly went into the hunting crouch she had practiced or so long this morning. She crept forward slowly, making sure to be quiet and stalk the rodent with precision. She got maybe a foot away from the vole when the wind changed direction, sending her scent to the vole. Oh no you don't! she thought, chasing after the fleeing vole. She pounced with a small burst of energy, and landed right on top of it. Her cat instincts kicked in, as well as a bit of the training, and she bit the back of the rodent's throat, killing it. She lifted her head up for her mentor to see her catch, her eyes shining like a filly's who had been complimented for a good deed.
"Good job Gempaw! For an apprentice who's just started training, you did spectacular!" Trouttail said happily. Gempaw beamed at the older she-cat, and followed her after she had grabbed her mouse.
Maybe this won't be so bad, being a cat, Gempaw thought to herself. But still, why exactly are we here? And how long will we be staying?
Author's Note
Sorry this took so long, it took me forever to concentrate to write anything.
Very awkward chapter, I know. I'm hoping to possibly get a plot going in the next chapter or so.
