♢ Shadestar's Rage ♢ A warriors fan fiction ♢

[Rnouki]

 ♢  Shadestar's Rage  ♢

Shadeheart ran through the woods, her paws skidding on the leaves. I've got to keep running! she thought, fear searing through her mind. Blacktuft chased after her, crashing through the brambles and thick undergrowth. I need to make it to Shadowclan! she thought, her mind locked on crossing into her father's clan's territory. Suddenly, something caught her paw. Pain seared through her paw, as if a claw had dug into it. She tried to run, but soon she felt her other paws give in beneath her. He can't catch me! He'll kill me if he does! Shadeheart thought desperately.

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 ♢  Allegiances  ♢

Thunderclan

Leader- Adderstar, a gray she-cat 

Deputy- Blacktuft, a black long furred tom with yellow eyes and a tuft of fur on the top of his head _{(apprentice, Dustypaw)}

Medicine cat- Featherleap, a soft grey she-cat with orange eyes _{(apprentice, Tinypaw)}

Warriors:
Wolfnight, a dark gray tom with amber eyes

Hawkflight, an orange and white she-cat with a scarred tail

Acornthroat, a brown tabby she-cat with blue eyes

Heavycloud, a gray tabby tom with yellow eyes

Blazeclaw, a silver she-cat with a missing eye

Apprentices:

Dustypaw, a pale orange tom with green eyes and a dusty-colored muzzle

Tinypaw, a small calico she-cat with amber eyes

Queens and Kits:

Darkwhisker, a lithe black and white she-cat with a yellow and a blue eye (Mother of Shadekit and Stormkit)

Shadekit, a gray she-cat with long fur, a blue and a green eye and a short muzzle

Stormkit, a black and white tom with stormy blue eyes

Elders:

Badgerstep, a black and white broad-shouldered, big tom

Shadowclan
Leader- Acornstar, a brown tabby tom with yellow eyes
Deputy- Longwhisker, a tan she-cat with long, white whiskers
Medicine cat- Swallowherb, a blue-gray she-cat with brown eyes

Warriors:

Snowheart, a white tom with a green and a blue eye

Yellowtooth, an elderly dark gray she-cat with yellowing teeth

Apprentices:

Queens And kits:

Elders:

Windclan
Leader- Blazestar, a fire-colored tom with fiery amber eyes
Deputy- Lilyflower, a tortoiseshell she-cat
Medicine cat- Smallpelt, a sandy colored, small wiry tom

Warriors:

Apprentices:

Queens and Kits:

Elders:

Riverclan
Leader- Russetstar, an orange tom with torn ears and thick, long fur
Deputy- Tailfur, a gray long-tailed she-cat with a strikingly fluffy tail
Medicine cat- Leafpetal, a blue tabby she-cat

Warriors:
Lightsong, a light orange she-cat with many scars

Apprentices:

Nettlepaw, a prickly-furred white she-cat

Queens and Kits:

Elders:

Map

(Image from Google search, it does not belong to me ^ )

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 ♢  Prologue  ♢

    A white tom and a lithe black and white she-cat touched noses, the tom's short muzzle barely reaching hers. The she-cat shifted, moving the pine needles under her fur. The white tom purred, shifting himself around to curl his body around the lithe she-cat's body. "Our kits will be beautiful." he sighed, gazing at the stars. The she-cat shifted uncomfortably. "Do you think my clan will accept them, Snowheart, knowing that they're yours?" the she-cat asked the white tom. "Of course, Darkwhisker! If they aren't, then my clan will welcome both you and our kits!" he soothed. Then he dug his nose into Darkwhisker's scruff. "Shadowclan would never turn down to helping kin in need." he added. Darkwhisker sighed and closed her eyes.

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    The moon began to set. As the sun rose on the other side, it turned the sky a pinkish color. Darkwhisker opened her eyes, sticky from falling asleep. She woke Snowheart by prodding him in the chest. "The sun is rising. We have to head back to our clans quickly!" she mewed, worried that they wouldn't make it in time. The two parted ways, exchanging their goodbyes and touching each others' noses, as the sun rose behind them.

 ♢  Chapter 1   ♢

    "Come on!" Stormkit yowled to Shadekit. "Dustypaw is going to show us some battle moves!" Shadekit tried to run faster, but her legs wouldn't let her. "Wait up!" she called. Dustypaw was standing in the center of camp, waiting for the kits. He looked over and flicked his tail. Stormkit reached him first, and Shadekit arrived soon after. "Follow me." Dustypaw mewed, heading towards a corner of the camp where they could practice easily. As Shadekit walked by, she heard some warriors talking about her mother, Darkwhisker, loving a Shadowclan cat named Snowheart. Just because my father was a Shadowclan cat doesn't meant I'm not a loyal Thunderclan cat! She thought angrily. Stormkit didn't seem to notice, he was too excited. Then, Shadekit heard something she'd never want to hear. "I think that Dustypaw is teaching them battle moves because Adderstar decided that they're going to be apprenticed later than usual. Dustypaw will be a warrior by then!" Wolfnight mewed to Acornthroat. Shadekit lashed her tail. So that's why! she hissed to herself. "Maybe Dustypaw wants one of them as an apprentice!" Acornthroat joked. The two warriors began to laugh and Shadekit felt an anger churn inside of her. I couldn't choose who my parents were! she thought angrily, running to the corner before she heard any more.

    Dustypaw was already showing Stormkit how to swat an enemy. "You didn't wait for me!" Shadekit mewed sadly. Stormkit looked at his paws. Dustypaw looked at her with a sorry look in his eyes. "I'm sorry, but Stormkit was so eager and I didn't want to keep him waiting." Shadekit leapt over to Stormkit. "Well, then show me what you showed Stormkit!" She mewed, getting into a messy looking crouch. "Ok." Dustypaw mewed, lifting up one of his paws slightly. "Let's begin!"

♢   Chapter 2   ♢

    Moons seemed to pass like minutes. Soon, Shadekit and Stormkit were six moons old. "All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here to hear my words!" Adderstar yowled from highledge. Cats scrambled over to the ledge, looking up at their leader. Shadekit and Stormkit sat next to Dustypaw. There was an eager look in his eyes. Adderstar scanned the group. "Dustypaw, come forward." She called. Dustypaw stepped in front of highledge, his eyes shining and his whiskers quivering with excitement. "You have completed your training and now deserve your warrior name." Adderstar yowled. "From now on, you shall be known as Dustymuzzle." Dustymuzzle looked at the crowd of cats, looking for Stormkit and Shadekit. He smiled at Shadekit as his clanmates cheered his name. "Dustymuzzle! Dustymuzzle!" Shadekit and Stormkit joined in.

♢   Chapter 3   ♢

     "Shadepaw! Get over here!" Blacktuft hissed. "Tinypaw is faster than you, you worthless half-clan apprentice!" Shadepaw hissed. Why couldn't she have gotten Dustymuzzle as a mentor? Darkwhisker watched quietly, a sorry look in her eyes. Shadepaw padded over to her mentor. "Where's Wolfnight with Stormpaw?" she asked. Almost instantly, the pair emerged.