Featherheart's Wish





Treeclan

 * Leader - Nightstar
 * Deputy - Flametail
 * Warriors -
 * Hollowleaf
 * Leafsong
 * Echoflight
 * Acornsky
 * Cloudtalon
 * Slatejaw
 * Wolfberry
 * Fishdust
 * Snowtuft
 * Shadowsky
 * Beetail
 * Apprentices
 * Cricketpaw
 * Puddlepaw
 * Streampaw
 * Kitpaw
 * Lemonpaw
 * Elders
 * Hareclaw
 * Sunnewt
 * Weedpool
 * Falconswipe
 * Redstripe
 * Eaglepetal
 * Dogberry
 * Medicine Cat(s)
 * Shadowfall
 * Featherpaw

Iceclan

 * Leader - Adderstar
 * Deputy - Hawkswan
 * Warriors
 * Gooseflight
 * Newtclaw
 * Yarrowflame
 * Heatfur
 * Deerbounce
 * Apprentices
 * Wheatpaw
 * Beetlepaw
 * Gorsepaw
 * Bluepaw
 * Medicine Cat(s)
 * Flyfur
 * Nettlekick
 * Elders
 * Lynxheart
 * Frogstorm

Chapter 1
"Okay kits, who's ready to try some mouse?" A she-cat told 4 tiny kits. All the kits yelped with excitement.

"ME! ME!"

"Okay guys, here it is." Their mother pushed a plump, brown, mouse towards the kits.

A white and grey kit jumped on the mouse and took a bite. "Yum!" She mewed. A golden tabby kit looked at her sister and licked her lips. A black kit jumped on the mouse, pushing his sister off. A tiny calico kit looked at her siblings.

"Mama? I don't want any mouse right now." The calico kit said.

"Why, Featherkit?"

Featherkit shrugged. "I wish Treespring was alive."

Featherkit's mother tucked her tail in between her legs. She had told her kits their father was a cat named Treespring, who had died recently. Their real father was Shadowfall, Treeclan's medicine cat. "Featherkit isn't eating the mouse, mama. Is she is trouble?" The white and grey kit asked. "No Snowkit. Did you guys finish?" Their mother said. Snowkit shook her head and headed back to the mouse.

"Featherkit, you must eat- Featherkit?" Featherkit was missing. Then her mother spotted her running across the clearing. "Oh Featherkit." Her mother laughed.

Featherkit continued running and stopped outside the medicine cat den. "Shadowfall?" The kit called out. A black and grey cat came out of the den. "Hello."

"Hiya Shadowfall! Can you test me? I've been practicing!"

"Oh you have, have you?" Shadowfall teased. Featherkit nodded. "Okay then. Let's begin." Shadowfall led Featherkit into his den.

Once Shadowfall and Featherkit sat down, Shadowfall began.

"Alder bark?"

"Eases toothaches!" The 3 month old kit said.

"Good. Borage?"

"Uh, well, fevers? Oh and helps bee stings!"

"Almost. Your right on the fever part but it doesn't help with bee stings. But do you know what does?" Shadowfall mewed. "Um, I can't remember- Oh! Blackberry leaves!"

"Yep!" Shadowfall licked Featherkit's head. After a few more questions, Shadowfall showed Featherkit the rest of his den, then gave her a piece of moss shaped like a tiny kit. "Woah! That looks like me!" Featherkit sniffed the moss. "Yea it does, doesn't it. Now, this kit has a wound from playing too rough. What do we use to wrap his leg up?"

"Cobwebs! That one's easy!" Featherkit squeaked. "Yes! Now, I taught you how to wrap cobwebs yesterday. Let's see if you remember." Shadowfall got a tiny piece of cobweb and gave it to Featherkit. She grabbed it with her paws and put it on the moss 'leg'. She crossed the cobwebs and then once done, pressed gently down on the moss. "Good! Very good! You're going to be a wonderful medicine cat!" Shadowfall cheered. Featherkit gasped.

"But, I want to fight evil clans and foxes!" Featherkit whined.

"Oh. Well, maybe you will. You never know-" Shadowfall was cut off by a scream. It was a warrior named Acornsky. He climbed up the tree, which was where Treeclan lived, in a hurry.

"BADGERS! AND A GROUP OF FOXES SMELLED ME! TREECLAN IS IN DANGER!" He yelled.

Chapter 2
A brown cat with black ears and tail came out of the den. "Acornsky! Get Hollowleaf, the elders, and the kits in the nursery! That's the strongest shelter we have. Stay with them. Echoflight? Leafsong? Cloudtalon? You and some other cats fight the foxes if they don't leave. Shadowfall? Get some herbs ready." She instructed everyone.

"Yes Nightstar!" The clan said and went to go what they were told. As Acornsky got the kits and elders to take them to the nursery, Featherkit escaped. She went to the entrance of her clan and stared down at the foxes. She always wanted to go down but was never allowed too.

"Why is everyone so scared of you?" She whispered to herself. Featherkit tried to remember how she saw her clanmates climb down. She dug her claws in the bark and started to go down, her head up, and her tail down. As she wiggled her way down, she could hear growls and smell 2 strange smells. She looked down and saw badgers and foxes fighting each other. "Don't be mean!" She mewed and wiggled the rest of the way down the tree. As she dropped onto the floor, she whimpered. She didn't like the scratchy grass. The badgers noticed her first. Then the foxes.

"Hello-" She was cut off by a growl. A fox came forward and sniffed her. "He-he! That tickles!" Featherkit giggled. The fox grabbed the kit by her scruff. "FEATHERKIT!" The tiny kit heard her name. "Mama?" Featherkit questioned.

Featherkit looked up at the fox. She was getting farther from her home. "MAMA!" Featherkit cried. The fox looked down at her. It dropped the kit and ran away. Featherkit's mother, Hollowleaf came running. "Oh thank Starclan! Don't ever run off like that!"

"Sorry mama."

"The badgers and other foxes are gone. C'mon." Her mother said and lead her back to Treeclan.

Chapter 3
"Let all cats old enough to climb, join beneath high-branch for a clan meeting." Nightstar called out. All of Treeclan came out from their dens or stood up and walked over to gather under high-branch.

"We have 4 new apprentices here today. Shadowkit. You have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Shadowpaw. Your mentor will be Cloudtalon. I hope Cloudtalon will pass down all he knows on to you. Cloudtalon, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Weedpool, and you have shown yourself to be strong and loyal. You will be the mentor of Shadowpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to him." Cloudtalon went up to Shadowpaw and touched noses with him.

"Shadowpaw! Shadowpaw! Shadowpaw!" The clan cheered. The tiny black cat smiled.

"Snowkit. You have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Snowpaw. Your mentor will be Leafsong. I hope Leafsong will pass down all she knows on to you. Leafsong, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Falconswipe, and you have shown yourself to be brave and caring. You will be the mentor of Snowpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her." Leafsong walked up to her new apprentice and touched her nose.

"Snowpaw! Snowpaw! Snowpaw!" The clan cheered the new apprentice's name.

"Beekit. You have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Beepaw. Your mentor will be Echoflight. I hope Echoflight will pass down all he knows on to you. Echoflight, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Eaglepetal, and you have shown yourself to be loyal and brave. You will be the mentor of Beepaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her."

Echoflight touched noses with Beepaw as the clan cheered, "Beepaw! Beepaw! Beepaw!"

Featherkit wondered who would be her mentor. Maybe Slatejaw. Or Wolfberry!

Shadowfall leaped up onto the branch and whispered something into Nightstar's ear. The leader nodded as Shadowfall leaped down.

" I, Nightstar, leader of Treeclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as a warrior in their turn. Cricketpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

The apprentice Cricketpaw came up. "I do." He smiled at Nightstar. He had taken her outside of camp before the ceremony and asked for a specific name and she had agreed.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Cricketpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Cricketpaws. StarClan honors your cleverness, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Treeclan." Nightstar said.

"Cricketpaws! Cricketpaws! Cricketpaws!"

"What a weird name! It sounds like he's still an apprentice!" Featherkit mewed as Nightstar touched Cricketpaws' forehead with her muzzle.

"We have 2 more ceremonies." Nightstar called out when a cat stood up.

Nightstar got ready to repeat everything. "I, Nightstar, leader of Treeclan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I commend them to you as a warrior in their turn. Kitpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your Clan, even at the cost of your life?"

Kitpaw blushed. She never liked the name her mother gave her. Her mother gave it to her in honor of her older brother, who had died as a kit. "I do." She finally said.

"Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Kitpaw, from this moment on you will be known as Kitspirit. StarClan honors your fighting skills, and we welcome you as a full warrior of Treeclan."

Nightstar laid her muzzle on Kitspirit's forehead as the words "Kitspirit" rang out in the clan.

"Last one." Featherkit heard Nightstar sigh and looked at her as she shook her fur.

"Featherkit. You have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Featherpaw. Your mentor will be Shadowfall. I hope Shadowfall will pass down all he knows on to you. Shadowfall, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Dogberry, and you have shown yourself to be kind and clever. You will be the mentor of Featherpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to her." Nightstar said.

Featherkit, now Featherpaw, gasped. She wanted to be a warrior! As Shadowfall came to Featherpaw, she lashed her tail from side to side.

"Featherpaw! Featherpaw! Featherpaw!" She could hear her name ring out. As Shadowfall touched noses with Featherpaw, she hissed quietly. Shadowfall took a step back. "What in Starclan was that for?" The medicine cat asked. All her clanmates looked at her.

"I don't want to be a medicine cat! I want to be a warrior!" The tiny apprentice yowled and ran behind the medicine cat den. Nightstar jumped down from the branch, raising her tail for everyone to continue on with their day. As the two cats went towards the apprentice, they heard a muffled noise.

"Featherpaw?" Nightstar asked and out came the apprentice. "Yes?"

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have told Nightstar I wanted you to be my apprentice." Shadowfall looked down.

Nightstar looked at the black cat. Hollowleaf, Shadowfall, and her were the only ones who knew about Treespring. "Featherpaw, Shadowfall has something to tell you." Nightstar said. "Maybe, it might make you accept this."

Shadowfall looked up and looked at Featherpaw.

"Featherpaw. I, um. Treespring, is, well." Shadowfall hesitated. "Treespring isn't your father."

Featherpaw gasped and her tail fluffed up.

"W-who is my father then?"

Nightstar sat down and nudged her brother. "Tell her." She whispered.

"I'm your father. I broke the warrior code. You're probably angry, huh? I bet you wished your own father was a good cat. Not one that always messes up."

Featherpaw layed her ears down so they pressed the back of her head. "I can't believe it! You lied to your own kin!" She hissed. Nightstar stood up. "Featherpaw. Settle down."

"No! You're probably lying too! Who's the real leader? You're all mouse-brains for lying!" She yowled.

"Featherpaw! You will not speak like that!" Nightstar growled.

Shadowfall looked down at the ground.

"You will accept your fate and deal with it! Besides, do you want a dead father or one that would do anything to protect you!" Nightstar hissed.

Featherpaw put her ears back up. "Fine! I'll deal with this fox-dung." Featherpaw pointed her tail towards Shadowfall.

Nightstar gasped and raised her paw, claws unsheathed. "Wait, Nightstar!" Featherpaw pressed her stomach onto the ground, fear in her eyes. "Nightstar!" Shadowfall looked up and went in the way of the attack.

Nightstar gasped. "Shadowfall! What have I done!" Her brother had blood coming from his left eye and muzzle. "No." She whispered. Featherpaw opened her eyes and looked up at her father, who had protected her. "No Nightstar. It's not your fault. You have issues dealing with your anger. I know Shadowfall is your brother. I'm the one who caused this." Featherpaw dug her claws into the wood ground. Shadowfall turned around and looked at his daughter.

"It's okay." He whispered. He walked away, Nightstar looking at her paws, which were red with blood, then turning to Featherpaw, growling, and walked away. Featherpaw stood up and went to her father, feeling bad for all the things she said.