Another fanfic of Erin Hunter's Warrior Cats series

ShadowClan
Leader: Ivystar (Ragged tortoiseshell she-cat, blue eyes)
Deputy: Violetfrost (White she-cat with unusual purple eyes)
Medicine cats: Taurusfoot (Yellow tom, green eyes),
Timeleap (Large white tom, blue eyes and large paws)
Warriors:
Snakefang (Tortoiseshell tom, yellow eyes with a long tail)
Rockclaw (Black fuzzy tom with dark orange eyes, old scars all over)
Treecloud (White she-cat with green eyes, flank scar
Zebratail (Black striped white tom with brown eyes)
Arieswing (Orange tabby she-cat with cyan eyes)
Beesong (Cream furred she-cat, green eyes with a half tail)
Juniperheart (Brown tabby tom with amber eyes)
Lilyflight (Small gray tabby she-cat, orange eyes)
Timeleap (Large white tom, blue eyes and large paws)
Pallasfur (White and grey tom, with brown eyes and a fluffy tail)
Apprentices:
Darkpaw (Black tom with dark blue eyes)
Staggerpaw (Orange tom, green eyes and a crooked left foot)
Queens:
Lynxfoot (Light yellow she-cat with unusual lime eyes, and large paws)
Kits: (Marchkit, a she-kit, Jaguarkit, a she-kit, Curlkit, a tom)
Elders:
Marshstep (Old dark brown she-cat, brown eyes and a torn ear)
It was almost daylight. A border patrol was coming back from WindClan, by the drifting scent of ShadowClan. Sunshine was just slithering across the nursery, where the queens and kits thrived until 6 moons, where they became apprentices. Marchkit was one of the kits, but of Lynxfoot. Pallasfur was their father too, Jaguarkit's and Curlkit's. Marchkit stretched out her legs, lifting her head. Marchkit squeaked to Lynxfoot, pawing at her,"Can we please go out? It's been five moons and we've never seen camp before." Curlkit's eyes broke open when she finished her question. He jumped up in delight,"Oh yes! I would love to go out as well!" He gasped. Lynxfoot murmured,"Sure, kit. Just don't bother Rockclaw today, he's in a mood of a fox right now. He's waiting for tonight's Gathering to find anything about a kit to steal from WindClan." Jaguarkit stirred, and exclaimed,"A kit! That's against the code, isn't it?" Lynxfoot replied,"Yep."
Marchkit said,"Come on, let's go out already." The three kits ventured out of the nursery entrance. As they did, a dark flurry of fur knocked Marchkit over. Marchkit shrieked, and fought to take the heavy weight off of her. She failed and fell limp, growling. "Hey kit, first time seeing the outside? You'll be going back with a little something, hmm?" A voice snarled above her. Marchkit looked up, seeing Staggerpaw. He stared down at her, his piercing green eyes gazing at her. They were full of hostility. Jaguarkit peeped,"Leave her alone!" Staggerpaw glanced to see her sister, ears flattened angrily. Staggerpaw laughed,"And what are you gonna do now, kit? Try to bite my leg?" Jaguarkit leaped at Staggerpaw's crooked foot, digging his teeth in while kicking him with his hind legs. Staggerpaw snarled, and kicked Jaguarkit away with a shove of his crooked foot. A call from nearby called,"Staggerpaw! Come here, leave Lynxfoot's kits alone."
Staggerpaw whipped around. Marchkit could see a white tom, with black stripes. He was glaring at Staggerpaw with disapproval. The orange tom gave an irritated sigh and shoved himself off of Marchkit angrily. Jaguarkit bounded to her. "Are you okay, sister?" Curlkit walked over to her and cuddled her with soothing licks. Curlkit said,"It's okay. Staggerpaw is just like Rockclaw's attitude today. A fox." Marchkit softened her muscles, and sighed,"Thank you both."
As moons passed by, cats streamed over by dens, chatting like the usual way. Marchkit looked at Snakefang. She heard of Snakefang helping to train underage kits that Rockclaw stole from the Clans. Marchkit even knew he didn't like it, but was ordered to by Ivystar anyway. Snakefang was dozing off near the warrior's den, sleeping quietly. Violetfrost was sitting next to him, washing the warrior's ears.
Snakefang suddenly opened his yellow eyes, narrowing them at the kit. Snakefang then closed his eyes. Marchkit had noticed he had a look of genuine fear, before he closed them. Jaguarkit was saying to her,"Marchkit! Play with us!" Curlkit was next to her, his gaze warm with affection. Marchkit trotted to them. Jaguarkit flung a moss ball at her, and she reached up to catch it. She caught it and hurled it at Curlkit. As the game continued on, a deep voice meowed loudly,"All ShadowClan cats old enough to hunt their prey come gather here for a Clan meeting!" Marchkit suddenly noticed. In the swarm of cats as she looked closer, there was no Rockclaw. "Now, Rockclaw has given me a quite good idea. He has said we should attack WindClan after the Gathering tonight in their camp, while they sleep. Any other ideas of how we attack?" Ivystar meowed. Snakefang was looking down, his eyes hard.
A loud mew sounded from beside Snakefang. It was her father, Pallasfur. "We can destroy their herbs." Ivystar glanced down at him, and dipped her head. "Sure, we can do that." Marchkit held back a gasp quietly. She quickly shoved her paws against her mouth. Curlkit's ear flicked beside her, letting her know he heard her. Ivystar stared at the nearly dark sky, and said,"I will now choose the cats to come to the Gathering. After the Gathering, we make our kits into apprentices. The Clan meeting is over." Marchkit let out a horrified squeak. "We! Apprentices? No way! We're 1 quarter away to be apprentices!" Jaguarkit piped up,"Yeah! We have to fully be 6 moons for that!" Lynxfoot growled,"Ivystar doesn't care. I'm sorry, my kits, but sometimes we just need more warriors." Marchkit looked down, a confused feeling flooding her from inside. She nodded, and followed her siblings into the nursery again.
"All ShadowClan cats old enough to hunt, gather beneath here for a Clan meeting!" Nighttime had came at the moment. Marchkit walked up nervously to next of the other cats and sat down. A Clanmate next to her, Treecloud, murmured to her kindly,"You know what's gonna happen, huh? I'll be happy for you even though your 1 quarter away from 6 moons." Marchkit purred back, and watched as the leader spoke. "Marchkit, Jaguarkit, Curlkit. Come here." Marchkit followed Curlkit above the rock, and stood next to Ivystar.
"Marchpaw! Jaguarpaw! Curlpaw!" When the ceremony ended, Marchpaw leaped down the rock, and sighed. Jaguarpaw muttered,"Now we have to use these non-existent battle moves we totally learned for an early battle. I'll probably die before I set my claws on a WindClan cat." Marchpaw nodded agreement.
Snakefang met her as she walked to the fresh-kill pile. He mewed,"May I teach you some quick moves before we head out for attack?" Marchpaw took a dark brown frog, and settled it on the ground. She replied,"Okay." Snakefang said,"First, this is one of the best, easy moves to numb a cat's leg. You will need it. First, when a cat leaps at you, you have to quickly grab their shoulder. Understand?" Marchpaw answered,"Yeah."
"Then, you need to swiftly kick your leg at theirs, extremely hard. It stuns your opponent, and weakens them. Now, let's practice." Snakefang snarled, and leaped at her. Marchpaw gripped his shoulder as quick as she could, and immediately kicked his left leg." Snakefang dropped to the ground, and croaked,"Good, you crippled me." He joked. "Now, another move you need. If an enemy attacks you from the back, you have to fall limp first. They will think you are weak."
"Then, when they go for the bite, you have energy, so use it to surge up and fling them. Practice again." Marchpaw stood silently as Snakefang walked behind her. She felt a sudden grip of paws on her back, and fell to the ground. Snakefang pretended to hiss with triumph, and softly bit her neck. Marchpaw flung at the air above her, and threw her mentor off. Snakefang fell aside. He leaped up and meowed,"And, the best way to defeat your enemy easily is to claw their eye, throat or belly. You will know when the time comes." She nodded, and settled to her frog while he walked away. Marchpaw took a bite out of the frog's leg, and chewed, waiting for the time to come.
Hawkstar spat,"ShadowClan! I always knew something would happen with Ivystar under control." He yowled, and leaped at Ivystar. The ShadowClan leader hissed, and flung a wild paw with claws unsheathed.
She slit Hawkstar hard on the eye, and he screeched. A piece of his eye slid out from the socket, torn with a eye muscle. Hawkstar plunged blindly at her, and cuffed her harshly by the ear. Ivystar hissed, and retaliated with a grab of his neck, and flung him away. She leaped after him, and flipped him on his back, then clawing open his belly. Hawkstar shrilled wordlessly, extreme pain flooding him. The WindClan deputy, Boysentail called out an order to the rest of her Clan,"WindClan, attack!"
Before Marchpaw knew what was happening, a strong cat bundled into her, pinning her down with deadly claws above. Marchpaw howled, and kicked up at her enemy desperately. The cat spitted angrily, and bit down in her throat. She gasped, and released her paw to dig into the cat's shoulder. He jumped, escaping. Marchpaw leaped to her paws, and gave chase. She tugged at his tail, biting it. The cat still escaped, going free.
"No! My kit!" A wail sounded from a den that seemed like the nursery. Rockclaw emerged, speeding away with a kit. The WindClan kit was white all over. He mewed, squirming in Rockclaw's grip. He glanced at her meaningfully, beckoning her to follow with his tail. Marchpaw leaped after the tom. As the two cats went into an abandoned fox den nearby, they gasped for breath. The kit was dropped softly to the ground. Marchpaw breathed,"What will you name the little guy?" Rockclaw was silent for a second. He panted back,"I dunno. Snowkit? Because he's white all over." Snowkit. She thought. Nice. The kit snarled at her,"Who are you, frog chewer! Why have you stolen me?" Marchpaw muttered,"Fox dung. He's angrier than a grumpy badger." Rockclaw looked interested. "He must be about five moons old, for his size. Are you, Snowkit?" Snowkit hissed,"Leave me alone! Let me go!"
A nearby screech split the air. "I will find my kit, before you all know it! You can't take him away from me!" Rockclaw spat in a whisper,"Hurry! Roll in that old fox stuff, it'll hide your scent." Marchpaw and Rockclaw rolled on the rotten droppings of the fox. Marchpaw grabbed for the kit, and stuffed him in it. Snowkit was about to speak in disgust, but she put her paw around his mouth tightly. A shadow crept past, and a black she cat hurried past, sniffing the air. A mutter came from her,"No, no, no! Cranekit can't be gone." Rockclaw murmured as the scent faded away quickly,"Let's go to camp, and go to that pond nearby to wash off this mouse brained thing off." Marchpaw picked up Snowkit, following the brown covered tom.
"Ivystar is losing her last life! Come quick, Taurusfoot!" A yellow tom hurried over to the leader den, his gaze unreadable.
Snowkit groaned,"That cat deserved it anyway. She killed my lead-"
Marchpaw hissed,"Shush!" Snowkit mimicked her under his breath. "Shushy shush shush. I am so not annoying." Marchpaw whipped around to glare at the kit, but he ignored her dramatically. Then, the deputy came out of the den, and leaped onto the Highrock. "All ShadowClan cats old enough to hunt, gather under the Highrock for a Clan meeting!" She guided Snowkit, walking over to a random spot nearby the tall rock. Violetfrost said,"Ivystar has met StarClan this night. I shall hurry to the Moonpool before moonhigh comes along, and I will appoint a new deputy. Jaguarpaw and Curlpaw exchanged glances, then looking around. "The Clan is dismissed from this meeting." The deputy leaped down the rock, and went out from the entrance of the ShadowClan camp. Marchpaw said,"Jaguarpaw, Curlpaw. Who do you think will be deputy?"
Curlpaw answered,"Eh. Probably Zebratail?" Jaguarpaw was focusing. He murmured,"Or Treecloud." Marchpaw said,"Can't be her. I heard she's expecting kits with Snakefang." Jaguarpaw shrugged, dipping her head. "We'll see anyway. I'll go to help the elders get some water." Marchpaw waved her paw. She walked away as well, going to the apprentices' den. Snowkit mewed, getting in her path. He glared at her,"I'll get you in trouble for taking me from my mother!" Marchpaw stared at the kit, confused. "What in StarClan's name to you mean?" Snowkit flattened his ears even more, fluffing out his coat of white fur. "I'll say you were planning with your siblings to go against Violetfrost!" Marchpaw suppressed a gasp of shock. "You can't do that! Besides, I'm a loyal apprentice, they won't believe you." Snowkit smirked at her, his whiskers twitching in amusement. "I can make them believe me, apprentice."
Chapter 2
"Pallasfur, will be ShadowClan's new deputy. Now, this meeting is dismissed." Marchpaw bowled Pallasfur over as he stepped lightly down the Highrock. She squealed in pure happiness,"Father! You're the deputy now! Congratulations!" Pallasfur grunted,"Yeah, yeah, now get off me you great lump of fur." Marchpaw got off of him, and shoved him humorously. "Marchpaw! Come to my den. Now." She hesitated at the sound of anger in the leader's voice from the den. Filled with confusion, she padded over to the den of the leader. She stepped inside, and instinctively sat down in front of Violetstar. Marchpaw asked,"What's wrong, leader?" Violetstar bared her teeth in a snarl,"Did you plot against me with Jaguarpaw and Curlpaw? Be honest, or you'll be an apprentice for three more moons." She answered,"No, I did not, Violetstar."
Violetstar hissed,"Do not lie to me! Answer again." Marchpaw stared in shock at her hostility. She protested,"I didn't! Snowkit was mad at me for taking him away from his camp, that's all! He wanted me to get in trou-" Violetstar whipped her paw in the air and slashed it at her ear. Blood gushed from the fresh wound like a river. Marchpaw gasped, and bent over, clenching her teeth from the pain. Violetstar roared,"Lies! A kit would never had done that just because they were mad at you! Get out of my sight, traitor!" She spat the last word in pure disgust. Marchpaw winced silently, and walked out the den. She glanced back at Violetstar, before going back to the apprentices' den. Marchpaw curled up in her moss nest, light tears erupting from both eyes. Staggerpaw and Darkpaw were glancing at her while laughing. Marchpaw snapped,"What's funny now? Did a fox backflip suddenly? Shut up you deformed frog brains!"
Darkpaw jumped in fear at her sudden outburst, and fell silent as Staggerpaw did the same. Marchpaw flattened her ears with a scornful scoff, and fell asleep.
"Gray mist is coming from the moors. He will take three with him, and die with them from lone. Gray mist will come.." Marchpaw broke out with a whimper, and woke up immediately. She had seen a blurry gray figure in her dream. It was obviously a cat, but it was small too. Marchpaw shook her head, taking out the grogginess of her sleep. She stretched out, and purred quietly as sunshine stabbed her pelt warmly, covering it in light. Snakefang came to the entrance, peeking in. He said,"Uh, Marchpaw? Lynxfoot wants to see you. Can she come in?" Marchpaw licked her paw, and ran it over her head. "Sure, that's okay with me." She knew what would happen though, she would be yelled at by Lynxfoot possibly.
Lynxfoot suddenly leaped inside the den, and spat at her,"What is wrong with you? You never plotted against someone, but now you just did." Marchpaw began,"I didn't-" Lynxfoot cuffed her hard against the ear, on the old wound the leader made. Marchpaw shrank beneath her pelt, bracing herself for another attack in case. "You don't lie to me as you did to Violetstar! Actually nevermind, you're not my daughter anymore. Goodbye, traitor!" Lynxfoot ran out the den. Marchpaw laid there in stunned silence. Marchpaw wanted to run away, but instead stayed. She decided to go drink some water outside camp, and went sadly. Snowpaw, the new apprentice laughed at her,"Hah, you deserved that definitely." Even her kin stared at her as she walked out of camp. Marchpaw let out a sigh, and kept on going. She reached the river of water later, and took a drink out of it. A badger emerged from nearby, and let out a snarl.
Marchpaw looked up, and muttered,"End me for all I care, stinky breath." The badger roared, and lifted a heavy paw up in the air to slash it down at her. Marchpaw bared her teeth in pain, but taunted it,"Mouse heart! Do better, you load of rotten frogskins." The badger again snarled, and snatched her from the ground in its jaws. Suddenly, the badger threw her harshly against a tree stump. Marchpaw shrieked. Then, a yowl erupted from somewhere not far. "Leave her alone!" Then, Marchpaw's vision darkened, and she fainted from pain.
"Why would you let it attack you! You did absolutely nothing to that thing. Also, my name is Rosefur, you?" Marchpaw stirred weakly, and her gaze sharpened. A orange she-cat with red eyes stared at her. The stench of WindClan filled her nostrils. Marchpaw's eyes widened. She gasped,"You're WindClan!" Rosefur rolled her eyes sarcastically.
"Yeah, weirdo. But why did you let the badger nearly kill you?" Marchpaw growled in pain as she moved. "Every one of my Clanmates think I'm a traitor, because a kit lied on me for what reason." Rosefur snorted,"Oh. A kit. That's very funny. Anyways, I believe you. Do you need anything before I find your medicine cats?" Marchpaw shook her head. The orange cat sped off in the way of ShadowClan's camp. Later after a few minutes, Rosefur came back with Taurusfoot only, but also with Lynxfoot and her siblings. Jaguarpaw cried,"Marchpaw! Are you okay?" Marchpaw replied,"Fine. Why do you care, since I'm some traitor to you all?" Taurusfoot dropped his herbs in a stash. He mewed,"You're not a traitor. I overheard you and Snowpaw before Pallasfur was appointed deputy." Marchpaw fell in stunned silence. She didn't notice his smell nearby when Snowpaw was talking to her! "You did?" Taurusfoot nodded.
Lynxfoot snarled softly,"I don't believe that. I never saw those two talk before the appointed deputy was announced." Rosefur sat aside, and dipped her head. "I will go now, and let you all deal with the situation." Marchpaw groaned as Taurusfoot put on an unknown herb on her wound,"Bye." Rosefur answered,"Bye." When Taurusfoot was halfway done, he murmured,"It seems that your leg broke, but it's not too bad. I will go for more herbs. Be right back." Marchpaw sighed silently, and closed her eyes. Curlpaw came around behind her, and stroked her head with soothing licks. Lynxfoot exclaimed,"Curlpaw! Get back here." Curlpaw growled,"Why, because she's a traitor? No. She needs comfort, not you yelling at her because someone lied." Lynxfoot opened her mouth to protest, but thought the better of it and fell silent. Taurusfoot arrived again, and dropped the herbs next to Marchpaw.
"I will use some kind of long branches to help put your leg back in place. Yes, it will hurt, but only for a second." Marchpaw nodded weakly and braced herself. Taurusfoot aligned both branches next to her leg, and gripped her leg firmly. He tugged it back in place. Marchpaw let out a screech, and bared her teeth. The pain was awful, but when it was over with, it didn't hurt much anymore. Marchpaw gasped out,"That feels better, thank you." Taurusfoot nodded, then grabbing long ferns to wrap around her healing leg. Jaguarpaw said,"Here, let's go back." She nudged Marchpaw to her paws, and led her to the camp again as the others followed behind her. Since the camp wasn't far, they easily arrived about a minute later. Horrified gasps emerged across the clearing of cats. Pallasfur ran over to Marchpaw and wailed,"Marchpaw! What happened? Are you okay?" Lynxfoot muttered,"Badger attack."
Pallasfur mewed,"It's alright, Marchpaw. I'll make sure you're okay just in case." She nodded. Taurusfoot said,"It's time for her to go to the medicine den." He nodded, and Taurusfoot let Marchpaw lean onto him as they headed for the den.
Moons passed by like pebbles in a river. ShadowClan, once again attacked WindClan for more kits. And of course, Rockclaw stole them. Marchpaw's leg healed easily, and she was back in the apprentice den, healing a little more. There was a sudden chatter of mews outside, and looked out to see a WindClan kit next to Snakefang. It seemed as if he was talking to him about something, because of the movement of Snakefang's jaws. Violetstar emerged from the entrance, with a yowl,"WindClan won, but next time we will." Then, the kit walked over to Violetstar with Snakefang. They talked more again, and Marchpaw pricked her ears.
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Another fanfic of Erin Hunter's Warrior Cats series

ShadowClan
Leader: Ivystar (Ragged tortoiseshell she-cat, blue eyes)
Deputy: Violetfrost (White she-cat with unusual purple eyes)
Medicine cats: Taurusfoot (Yellow tom, green eyes),
Timeleap (Large white tom, blue eyes and large paws)
Warriors:
Snakefang (Tortoiseshell tom, yellow eyes with a long tail)
Rockclaw (Black fuzzy tom with dark orange eyes, old scars all over)
Treecloud (White she-cat with green eyes, flank scar
Zebratail (Black striped white tom with brown eyes)
Arieswing (Orange tabby she-cat with cyan eyes)
Beesong (Cream furred she-cat, green eyes with a half tail)
Juniperheart (Brown tabby tom with amber eyes)
Lilyflight (Small gray tabby she-cat, orange eyes)
Timeleap (Large white tom, blue eyes and large paws)
Pallasfur (White and grey tom, with brown eyes and a fluffy tail)
Apprentices:
Darkpaw (Black tom with dark blue eyes)
Staggerpaw (Orange tom, green eyes and a crooked left foot)
Queens:
Lynxfoot (Light yellow she-cat with unusual lime eyes, and large paws)
Kits: (Marchkit, a she-kit, Jaguarkit, a she-kit, Curlkit, a tom)
Elders:
Marshstep (Old dark brown she-cat, brown eyes and a torn ear)
It was almost daylight. A border patrol was coming back from WindClan, by the drifting scent of ShadowClan. Sunshine was just slithering across the nursery, where the queens and kits thrived until 6 moons, where they became apprentices. Marchkit was one of the kits, but of Lynxfoot. Pallasfur was their father too, Jaguarkit's and Curlkit's. Marchkit stretched out her legs, lifting her head. Marchkit squeaked to Lynxfoot, pawing at her,"Can we please go out? It's been five moons and we've never seen camp before." Curlkit's eyes broke open when she finished her question. He jumped up in delight,"Oh yes! I would love to go out as well!" He gasped. Lynxfoot murmured,"Sure, kit. Just don't bother Rockclaw today, he's in a mood of a fox right now. He's waiting for tonight's Gathering to find anything about a kit to steal from WindClan." Jaguarkit stirred, and exclaimed,"A kit! That's against the code, isn't it?" Lynxfoot replied,"Yep."
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