The adventures of Mosstalon - Death and deputies by QuailyCat (classic reads .TXT) 📕

Allegiances

Allegiances

Thunderclan

Leader: Firestar

Deputy: Brambleclaw

Medicine cat: Jayfeather

Warriors:
Graystripe
Swiftpath
Spottedhead
Lionblaze
Apprentice: Rainpaw
Cinderheart
Spiderleg
Sorreltail
Apprentice: Rosepaw
Berrynose
Apprentice: Mudpaw
Mouswhisker
Hazeltail
Apprentice: Briarpaw
Birchfall
Cloudtail
Brightheart
Apprentice: Toadpaw
Whitewing
Apprentice: Blossompaw
Bumblestripe

Apprentices:
Rosepaw
Toadpaw
Briarpaw
Blossompaw
Rainpaw
Mudpaw

Queens:
Daisy
Mother of Spiderleg's kits:
Bluekit, Fernkit
Mosstalon
Mother of Tanglekit

Elders:
Longtail
Mousefur

Shadowclan

Leader: Blackstar

Deputy: Rowanclaw

Medicine cat: Littlecloud
Apprentice: Flametail

Warriors:
Tawnypelt
Oakfur
Kinkfur
Tigerheart
Apprentice: Sparrowpaw
Dawnpelt
Apprentice: Dewpaw
Scorchfur
Ratscar
Smokefoot
Toadfoot
Crowfrost
Apprentice: Mistpaw
Applefur
Ferretclaw
Pinefur

Apprentices:
Sparrowpaw
Mistpaw
Dewpaw

Queens:
Ivytail

Elders:
Tallpoppy
Snaketail
Whitewater

Windclan

Leader: Onestar

Deputy: Ashfoot

Medicine cat: Kestrelflight

Warriors:
Hawkfire
Icebreath
Thorntail
Heathertail
Owlwhisker
Harespring
Weaslefur
Leaftail
Emberfoot
Breezepelt
Sedgewhisker
Swallowtail
Sunstrike
Boulderpelt
Furzeheart

Apprentices:


Elders:
Webfoot
Tornear
Crowfeather

Riverclan

Leader: Leopardstar

Deputy: Mistyfoot

Medicine cat: Willowshine
Apprentice: Petalfur

Warriors:
Reedwhisker
Apprentice: Hollowpaw
Mosspelt
Graymist
Apprentice: Troutpaw
Mintfur
Icewing
Minnowtail
Pebblefoot
Mallownose
Rushpelt
Mossyfoot


Apprentices:
Hollowpaw
Troutpaw

Queens:
Duskfur

Elders:
Dapplenose
Pouncetail

Lake territory

Chapter One - Many new warriors

"Hey, Tanglekit! Come play with us!" Fernkit called to my kit, Tanglekit, and jolted me awake.
"Tanglekit is too young to play." I told her.
"No I'm not! I'm nearly an apprentice!" Tanglekit struggled out of the nest.
"Not for another few sunrises." I said to him.
"Oh, please let me play with them!" He begged.
"Oh, alright." I agreed, rolling my eyes.
I watched Tanglekit bound off with Fernkit's sister, Bluekit, and was about to try to get back to sleep, when Daisy said from next to me:
"It won't be long till those two are made apprentices."
I knew that by 'those two' Daisy meant Fernkit and Bluekit.
"Hi, Mosstalon. I brought you some fresh kill." Bumblestripe padded through the entrance to the nursery.
"Thanks." I thanked him before digging in to the squirrel he had brought me.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the highledge for a meeting!" I heard Firestar yowl. I glanced at Tanglekit to make sure he would be okay without me before padding out into the clearing to see what Firestar wanted.
"The time has come for our apprentices, Rainpaw, Mudpaw, Blossompaw, Briarpaw, Rosepaw, and Toadpaw, to be made into warriors. Blossompaw and Briarpaw, Rainpaw and Mudpaw, Rosepaw and Toadpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code, and to protect and defend this clan, even at the cost of your lives?"
The apprentices nodded, and then said that the did promise.
"Then by the power of Starclan, I give you your warrior names. Rainpaw, from this day on you shall be known as Rainclaw. Starclan honours your strength and determination." Firestar said the age-old words of a warrior ceremony, then did the same for Mudface, Blossomfall, Briarlight, Rosepetal, and Toadstep.
"Blossomfall, Briarlight, Mudface, Rainclaw, Rosepetal, Toadstep!" Bumblestripe started cheering, then the rest of the clan did.
"I'm so glad I'm

not in the warriors den anymore. It will be so crowded now!" Mousefur told them.
"Wait!" Firestar said "Before this meeting ends, there is something else I must say. Two of our kits have now reached their sixth moon. Bluekit, Fernkit, you will now become apprentices. Fernkit, from this day on, you shall be known as Fernpaw. Your mentor will be Spottedhead. Bluekit, you will now be Bluepaw. The mentor best for you is Mosstalon."
"What? But I'm still a queen!" I protested.
"Tanglekit is almost an apprentice, and you can still sleep in the nursery till he is made one." Firestar told me.
"Okay." I padded up to Bluepaw and touched noses with her.
"What shall we do first?" Bluepaw asked.
"How about I show you around the territory? I can show you the best places to hunt, and maybe then I could teach you how to catch prey." I suggested.
"Ooh! Okay! I'd love to see Thunderclan's territory for the first time!" Bluepaw squealed enthusiastically.
I led the way out of the thorn tunnel and into the forest.
"So where should we go?" Bluepaw asked.
"I'll show you the borders first." I decided.
"Oh! Look, Mosstalon! It's a vole! I'll go catch it!" Bluepaw told me.
"Bluepaw, wait! I haven't taught you the hunters crouch yet!" I called, but it was too late. Bluepaw bounded strait up to the vole, claws unsheathed, and scratched the vole's back. The vole darted into a small burrow.
"Oh, no! It got away!" Bluepaw said sadly.
"Well, how do you expect to catch anything if you haven't even learn't the hunters crouch? You stalk prey, not pad right up to it and scratch it!" I told her, but said it more in an amused voice than an angry voice.
"Sorry, Mosstalon. Can you teach me the whatsitcalled called crouch then?" Bluepaw asked.
"Oh, good. I have an enthusiastic apprentice." I joked and began to show her the 'whatsitcalled crouch'.

Chapter Two - Gathering

I padded along the lake shore, trying not to jump up with excitement. I could barely keep a serious face as I followed Mosstalon across the towards the gathering island.
"Hurry up, Bluepaw!" She called as she leaped up onto the dead tree bridge.
"Come on." Fernpaw gave me an encouraging nudge before following Mosstalon.
Summoning up all my strength, I leaped up onto the fallen tree and raced across. I was the last Thunderclan cat to cross, and I didn't want to be left behind. Suddenly, I felt my paws slipping. I saw the lake's water, black as the night sky, looming closer and closer...
"Look out!" I heard an unfamiliar cry and felt jaws gripping my scruff just before I plunged into the murky depths of the lake. My savior pulled me up away from the water and onto the island. I looked up and saw a muscular light brown tabby tom standing in front of me. From his scent I could tell he was from Shadowclan.
He looked to the heart of the island and flicked his tail towards where the other clans were.
"You'd better go join your clan." He said.
I entered the clearing and looked around. I noticed Fernpaw sitting beside Spotted head and Mosstalon, and went to join my sister.
"Where were you?" Mosstalon flicked my ear with her tail.
"Um, uh..."
What should I say? What will Mosstalon think of me if I tell her I fell of the tree bridge and had to be rescued by a warrior from another clan?

I glanced at the warrior who had saved me, and was surprised to meet his gaze. Is he looking at me?

I saw he was alone, and that Riverclan still needed to arrive. While I still had the time, I quickly darted over to him and said:
"Hey, um, thanks for saving me."
"No problem. I'm Ferretclaw. What's your name?" He asked.
"My name is Bluepaw. This is my first day as an apprentice. You seem like a brave warrior."
Ferretclaw shifted his paws uncomfortably. "Well, actually, this is my first day as a warrior."
"Okay Ferretclaw. Want to sit next to-" My meow was cut off by a yowl from another cat.
"Riverclan's here!"
"Oh, um, I'll go." I told him.
As the gathering was starting, me and Ferretclaw kept on exchanging awkward glances. Ferretclaw seemed special, I wasn't sure how, but he just did.

Chapter Three - Dawn patrol

The next morning, I woke up early. I stretched and yawned, and tried to get back to sleep, but in vain. I decided to get up and see if I could take Bluepaw on her first patrol. I gently got up from my nest, trying not to wake Tanglekit.
As I left the nursery, I saw Graystripe and my father, Swiftpath, murmuring seriously together.
"What are we going to do? Badgers are murderous and cruel. What about the kits?" Swiftpath asked anxiously.
"What? A badger? Here? On our territory? What will happen to Tanglekit if the badger gets him?" I asked nervously.
"Don't worry. We won't let that badger anywhere near our camp." Graystripe reassured me.
"Make sure that it doesn't."
I saw Firestar bounding down the highledge.
"Have you seen Brambleclaw? I need to plan the days patrol with him." Firestar asked for his deputy.
"He led a patrol to go find that badger and chase it off our territory." Swiftpath informed him.
"Well, I need someone to at least help