Monday, June 18, 2012

First Cats

Ashstar bounded through the woods, his head raised to scent for food. He caught the scent of a squirrel, a crow, and those stupid rouges that wouldn't leave his forest. He bolted toward the cat scent and briefly slowed down to stalk the cats, two she-cats and one tom. The dark pelted cats were slinking silently through the forest. Ashstar's eyes were trained on the three cats as they padded past him. He slithered from the tree and surprised the cats. The lightest cat, the tom yowled a battle cry and pounced on Ashstar. The youngest she-cat was looking out from behind the older she-cat. Ashstar didn't struggle, he only said,
'Leave me alone, you know what I can do to you."
  At that the tabby tom let him go and asked, 
"I have asked once and will ask again, may we join you?
  "Fine. We could use strong young cats like you." Ashstar agreed. Then the older black and white she-cat  meowed,
"Thank you..."
 She trailed of as she took in Ashstar's smoldering amber eyes and handsome fur.
Ashstar smiled and led the cats back to camp where he met Mapleclaw and two other cats he didn't recognize.
"Who are they?" Mapleclaw asked her leader.
"I know who they are. So who are they?" Ashstar flicked his tail towards the cats behind his warrior.
"Night and Sea. They wandered into camp asking to join us." Ashstar nodded and leaped gracefully onto the one of the burnt, sturdy branches of the Charred Oak and called to his mere clan.
"All cats old enough to fight with fire in their eyes gather under the Charred Oak for a clan meeting!" The three original members of AshClan sat quietly under the fire scarred oak as Ashstar started the meeting.
"Many cats have found us today and we will honor their decisions to join our clan. Ice, Claw, Night and Sea please step forward. Do you all agree to serve this clan with loyalty, tooth, and claw?" The four cats' voices echoed around the quiet grove,
"I do."
"Then from now on until you descend to StarClan you are now known as Icebreeze, Coldclaw, Nightpelt, and Seamist." Ashstar finished. One by one the new warriors touched noses with their new leader. Then Ashstar turned to the youngest cat, Frost.
"Frost, do you agree to learn the ways of our clan from a mentor of my choosing?"
"I do." Frost answered, trying not to yelp excitedly.
"Then from now until you receive your warrior name you shall be known as Frozenpaw, and your mentor will be Cinderstripe. Also Icebreeze will be the deputy of Ashclan."

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Ace rolled over to see Ginger and a fluffy calico she-cat. 
"Who is that!?"
"Um, this is Caramel a lost kittypet who would rather join us than go back to her angry twolegs after she killed and ate their neighbor's rabbit..." Ginger explained quickly. Ace scoffed and agreed.
He padded out of his den and stood in the middle of the clearing. 
"Gather 'round!' Ace ordered his cats. They obeyed quickly ans looked intently at their Guide.
"This cat wants to join us, who would like to fight her in the joining battle? Ginger! Get over here!" Ginger bounded over to Ace and Caramel. Sh sank into a crouch and leaped at Caramel. The kittypet dodged and lashed out at Ginger. After many minutes of this a voice screamed,
"Stop!" The rouges turned to see their healer, Fox, standing defiantly next to Ace.
"She has proved herself, she doesn't have to fight any longer!" Ace nodded.
"It is decided." He proclaimed as the rouges made a circle around Caramel and laid their paws on her back.
"Keeper of the Forest! This cat have proved her worth, except her into your paws and let her fight with strength to help us drive out the clan cats and rule the forest!" Ace chanted, his head raised to the sky as the rain poured down. A flash of lightning sliced through the blackened sky and Fox yowled,
"The Keeper has spoken! She is one of us now!" the rouges yowled in approval. Then they each licked Caramel on the ear and dispersed into their dens to shelter from the rain.

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  1. Ivy and Ghost padded hesitantly into the camp, eyes wide and ears flicking warily.
    ~Ivyflight and Ghostpaw

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    Shadowhunter watched Caramel with wary eyes. "A softie if I ever saw one," she remarked to Niko.
    ~Shadowhunter

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  2. Ginger lapped at her few shallow cuts. "Once a kittypet, always a kittypet. A kit could fight better." She hissed.

    Ashstar growled, "Who are you? Why are you in my camp?" Ashstar leaped off the Charred Tree to stare at Ivy.

    Cinderstripe hissed at the cats.

    Mapleclaw stared at them with eyes sharper than daggers.

    Bengalpaw stood face to face with Ghost.

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    1. Cinderstripe leapt at at Ginger, howling with fury. Caramel lunged for Ashstar's throat.

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  3. Seamist looked over her shoulder at the new cat. Her eyes widened but she made no move towards them.

    Nightpelt swung her head towards Ghost and Joy. Her fur along her spine rose up, and she could feel a hiss starting at the back of her throat.

    Caramel flattened her ears against the jeers and raised her top lip up in a snarl. If only these cats knew she had killed more than a rabbit. She had also killed a few cats and even a dog. It wasn't the biggest dog she had fought, but a dog is still a dog.

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  4. Ivy flattened her ears and her eyes hardened, but she made no move to attack. Every cat here was clearly hostile, and she was prepared to take Ghost and run. She nudged her brother, and Ghost nodded.
    ~Ivyflight

    "Easy," he said. "My sister and I mean no harm. We've heard a lot about the Clans and want to join." Ghostpaw stood tall, looking Ashstar in the eyes, as did Ivy beside him, though inside he was tense, prepared to flee at a moment's notice.
    ~Ghostpaw

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    "Shadowhunter," Niko said, laying his tail on his sister's shoulder. "Don't." He had a very bad feeling as to what would happen if she shouted a taunt at the former kittypet.
    ~Niko

    Shadowhunter shot her brother a look but fell silent, a jeer dying on her lips. Instead, she settled for giving the kittypet a cool look through narrowed eyes.
    ~Shadowhunter

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  5. Dagger laughed at Caramel. That snarl didn't look right on her fluffy face.

    Flare hissed angrily and shook herself to get rid of the blasted water droplets on her pelt.

    Ginger growled, "What you just going to sit there in the rain? Or are you going to go back to your twolegs for some kittypet mush?" She laughed.

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  6. Ashstar nodded tersely and got back on the Charred Tree. "These cats, Ivy and Ghost, would like to join our ranks and serve the clan to there full ability. Ivy, do you promise to live up to the warrior code and fight to defend your clanmates with tooth and claw?"

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  7. (Joining Forever Lost... ;)

    Ivy smiled, relaxing. She nodded vigorously. Finally, Ghost and I can be safe, she thought.
    ~Ivy

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  8. Caramel snorted. "You wish. At least rain is warmer than snow." She'd left her Twolegs long ago, and hadn't tasted kittypet food for over a year. She shook her pelt and flicked her tail in Dagger's direction, heading under an old oak tree just out of sight of the other cats. Snorting, she laid down and tucked her paws under her to keep warm.


    Seamist looked at Ivy and Ghost sympathetically. She knew what it felt like to have every cat glaring at you hostilely. The last group of cats she tried to join wanted to kill her, at the least. She looked up at Ashstar happily, glad he was letting them join.


    Nightpelt shifted her paws, glad that the new cats weren't going to be chased out.

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  9. (cool!)

    Ashstar smiled, "Then from now on until you join StarClan, you will be know as Ivyflight! Ghost, do you agree to learn the warrior code under the supervision of a mentor?"

    Dagger growled angrily.

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  10. Ghost nodded, secretly wondering what a mentor was. "I do," he said.
    ~Ghost

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  11. Ashstar continued, "Then from now until you recieve your warrior name you shall be known as Ghostpaw!"

    Cinderstripe cheered the new cats names.

    Mapleclaw greeted the new cats happily, "Hi, I'm Mapleclaw!"

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  12. Ivyflight smiled at Mapleclaw. Nice to meet you, she mouthed.
    ~Ivyflight

    Ghostpaw blinked and flicked his tail, feeling a sense of ease. He spotted two cats who looked his age and padded over to them. "Hi," he said.
    ~Ghostpaw

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  13. Ashstar smiled and leaped off of the Charred Tree.

    Bengalpaw grinned and meowed, "Hi, I'm Bengalpaw! sorry about earlier..."

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  14. Ghostpaw smiled. "It's alright. I would've done the same in your position."
    ~Ghostpaw

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  15. "Cool, do you want to help me collect moss for the new nests?" Bengalpaw flicked his tail towards the entrance.

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  16. Ghostpaw shrugged. "Sure," he said.
    ~Ghostpaw

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  17. Bengalpaw grinned and bounded out of camp to a mossy patch at the base of a tree. "Here we go," Bengalpaw meowed.

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  18. Ghostpaw unsheathed his claws and carefully sliced away at the moss. "There," he said through a mouthful of moss.
    ~Ghostpaw

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  19. Bengalpaw cut away thick slabs of moss from the roots and stuffed as many pieces as he could in his mouth and bounded back to camp.

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  20. Icebreeze padded over to Ashstar. "Hello." She meowed to him.

    Coldclaw watched one of the new cats 'what was her name...Ivyflight?' with utmost curiosity. 'Why was she not talking?'

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  21. Ashstar looked Icebreeze up and down. He hadn't noticed her pretty silver eyes before. "Hello. How is it in the clan so far?"

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  22. ("Flood!"

    Ashstar yowled frantically and all of the cats shrieked in terror as warriors helped the apprentices and struggling cats to higher ground. The stonger cats were hauling the weaker ones to dry land as they struggled through the rush of water. Everyone's faces were fearful and worried as the water rushed in, tearing apart their dens; their lives. A sleek soaking wet body slithered through the water like a fish and snagged up a limp white body. Ashstar was too busy helping cats to higher ground to notice Icebreeze limp form on the unknown cat's back.

    the new post is this so far)

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