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Moonlight Path Chapter 3

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Chapter Three

Firepaw steps into the sandy-hollow where Tigerclaw was waiting, he was the first to appear back. He drops the thrush at Tigerclaw's paws.

"You're the first back," Meowed the warrior.

"Yeah but I got loads more prey to fetch," Firepaw mewed quickly. "I buried it back –"

"I know exactly what you did," Tigerclaw growled. "I've been watching you,"

The swish of the bush announces Graypaw's return. He drops his squirrel next to Firepaw's thrush. "Yuck!" he spats "I'll be picking hair out of my teeth all evening." Tigerclaw paid no attention to Graypaw's grumbling.

"Ravenpaw's late," he observes. "We'll give her a little longer before we head back to camp,"

"What if she's been bitten by an adder?" Firepaw protested.

"Then it's her own fault," Tigerclaw replied coldly. "There's no room for fools in ThunderClan," Then it was silent, Firepaw was the first to scent Ravenpaw. She pushes through the bush, dangling from her mouth was the long, diamond-patterned body of an adder.

"Ravenpaw! You ok?" Firepaw asks as he jumps to his paws going towards the black she-cat.

"Hey!" meowed Graypaw, rushing forward to admire Ravenpaw's catch. "Did that bite you?"

"I was to quick for it!" Ravenpaw purred loudly. Then she caught Tigerclaw's eye and fell silent. Tigerclaw fixed all three excited apprentices with a cold stare.

"Come on," he said shortly. "Let's collect the rest of your prey and get back to camp."

Firepaw, Ravenpaw, and Graypaw padded into camp with their prey dangling from their mouths, Ravenpaw tripping slightly by the adders long body. They were a step or two behind Tigerclaw. The kits quickly gather to see the apprentice.

"Look the apprentices are back from Hunting," a tabby tom meowed.

"Look there's Firepaw!" a fluffly gray she-kit pointed. "They say he's a good hunter!"

"He kind of looks like Lionheart," a black-and-white tom kit meows excitedly. "Do you think he's good as him?"

Firepaw smiled at the praises from the kits, he raised his tail and head up slightly more. The trio drops their prey into the freshkill pile. "An Adder!" Graypaw meowed again.

"What should we do with it?" Ravenpaw asks pawing at the dead snake.

"Can you eat it?" Graypaw asks thinking with his stomach.

"I wouldn't, after carrying it back I have a foul taste in my mouth," Ravenpaw meows.

"We can put it on the tree stump so when Sandpaw and Dustpaw get back then can see it!" Graypaw says excitedly. Ravenpaw nods and picks the adder up and moves to the stump and puts it on. Graypaw rearranges it to make it look like it's still alive. Firepaw grabs three plump mice and follows the two to the tree stump. Firepaw drops them and starts to eat his while the two picks one up and starts it.

Tigerclaw strolls over towards the three apprentices. "Bluestar wish to speak with you Firepaw." Tigerclaw meows calmly. Firepaw nods and takes the last bite of his mouse and gets up goes towards the leader's den. Bluestar was sitting outside her den when Firepaw walked up. Her tail was flicking restlessly back and forth. When she saw him she stood up to look steadily down at him.

"Tigerclaw told me you were talking to a cat from the twoleg place," She meowed quietly.

"But –" Firepaw began.

"He said that you began by fighting with his cat but ended up sharing tongues with it."

"That's true," Firepaw admitted, feeling his fur prickle defensively. "But he was an old friend. We grew up together." He pause and swallowed. "When I was a kittypet."

Bluestar looked at him for a long moment. "Do you miss your old life, Firepaw?" she asks. "Think carefully, now."

"No." How can Bluestar think that? Firepaw wondered. His head was spinning. What was Bluestar trying to make him say?

"Do you wish to leave the Clan?"

"Of course not!" Firepaw was shocked by her question.

Bluestar shock her head, and looking suddenly old and tired. "I won't judge you if you leave us, Firepaw. Perhaps I expected too much of you. Perhaps my judgment has been clouded by the Clan's need for new Warriors."

Panic swept through Firepaw at the thought of leaving the Clan forever. "But my place is here! This is my home," he protested.

"I need more than that, Firepaw. I need to be able to trust in your loyalty to ThunderClan, especially now that it looks like ShadowClan is planning an attack. We don't have room for anyone who isn't sure whether their heart lies in the past or the present."

Firepaw took a deep breath and chose his next words carefully. "When I saw Smudge today – that's the house cat Tigerclaw saw me talking with – I saw what lifer would have been like if I had stayed with the Twolegs. I felt happy that I had not stayed. I was proud I left." He held Bluestar's gaze without flinching. "Meeting Smudge made me certain I made the right decision. I could never have been satisfied with the soft life of a kittypet."

Bluestar looked closely at him for a moment, her eyes narrow. Then she nodded. "Very well," she said. "I believe you." Firepaw dipped his head respectfully and let out a silent sigh of relief. Firepaw waited to be dismiss but Bluestar wasn't done yet. "Firepaw, although you showed bad judgment today in talking to a house cat, Tigerclaw was impressed by your hunting skills. In fact, he reported that you all did well. I am pleased with your progress. You will come to the Gathering – all three of you."

Firepaw could hardly stand still. His body tingled with excitement. The Gathering! "What about Sandpaw and Dustpaw?" he mewed.

"They will remain behind and guard the Camp," replied Bluestar. "Now you may go." She flicked her long tail to show he was dismissed, and returned to her grooming.
Warriors (c) Erin Hunter
Lineart (c) Wild Path of ShadowClan
color (c) Me

This is pretty much an AU where Ravenpaw is a female and she gets with Firepaw/Rusty. going to follow the books slightly. the only pairing that will be the same will be GrayxSilver the rest from Dustpaw down will all have different mates.

I also want Dustpaw and Ravenpaw be closer sister and brother in this story.

Allegiances
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 4: Coming soon
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Awwww, Firepaw's concerned about Ravenpaw! They're gonna scare the crap outta Sandpaw and Dustpaw by makin that snake look like it's still alive :P And Firepaw's happy he never got neutered XD Sorry it took me so long to comment. I forgot you had part 3 out for a while.