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Wolfsound
Author: Wolfsound
Date: 03-22-2008
Title of Book: New Blood: The beginning
Announcement from the Author:Well, I don't know when New Blood will be done. I guess when I decide for it to end. If people like it well enough I'll make a second story, but other than that, it has no end date. And I'm still adding chapters every other day, so if you want me to send you updates message me!
Shadowclan
Leader
Shadestar- Dark gray , almost black,tom with yellow eyes.
Deputy
Redclaw- red tabby tom with amber eyes and large claws.
Medicine cat
Spottedpool- Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes.
Warriors
Brownclaw- Brown tom with grayish blue eyes, unusually kind for a Showclan cat.apprentice- Brownclaw
Darkpelt-sleek and handsome black, almost red, tabby tom with brownish eyes.apprentice- Amberpaw
Blackstep- Black tom with green eyes. Nicknamed "Blacky" by crimsonkit. Missing his tail.
Apprentices
Amberpaw- Amber colored she-cat with amber eyes. Very aggressive and is alway looking for a fight. Unusually large for a she-cat. mentor- Darkpelt
Dirtpaw- Dirt-colored tom with amber eyes. Is afraid of Amberpaw.Mentor-brownclaw
Queens
Brightblossom- Cream colored she-cat with long and soft fur. Mother of Flowerkit and Graykit
Kits
Flowerkit- Unusually cream-colored she-cat with green eyes.
Graykit- Cray tom kit with amber eyes. has a grouchy attitude.
Windclan
Leader
Swiftstar- Light brown tabby tom with green eyes.
Deputy
~Unknown~
Medicine cat
Runningecho- Gray she-cat with lighter gray at the face merging into darker gray farther behind.Warriors
~Unknown~
Apprentices
~Unknown~
Queens
~Unknown~
Kits
~Unknown~
Rouges, Loners, and Kittypets
Angel- Beautiful,long-haired, cream-colored she-cat with ginger stripes and misty green eyes.
Rouges
~Unkown~
Loners
~Unkown~
Starclan
Barkstar- Brown tom with green eyes, once leader of Riverclan and father of Silverstar and Frostpool.
Noclaws- Black and white medicine cat of Riverclan, he became a medicine cat because he was born with very small claws that were great with handling herbs, but bad for fighting.
Dark Forest
Tigerstar- Massive dark tabby with amber eyes. Crimsonkit's great great grandfather.
Hawkfrost- Massive dark tabby with some white and icy blue eyes. Crimsonkit's great grandfather.
***Note that there are more members of Riverclan that have not made an appearance yet. Also Shadowclan, Thunderclan, and Windclan will be posted when they make an appearance.***
~~Prologue~~
Frostpool was in a meadow filled with moonlight. Her white pelt seemed to shine in the moonlit clearing where Barkstar and Noclaws stood, they both had worried faces. Frostpool knew something was wrong.
"Frostpool..... how could you?!"Barkstar said.
"I trained you for moons and still you understand nothing!"Noclaws growled.
"I-I...."Frostpool started.
"What you did broke the warrior code in more ways than one.... And this will turn out to be either good or bad."Barkstar said.
Noclaws looked at his paws, he was so mad that he had nothing to say.
"Good or bad?"Frostpool repeated.
"Blood will be spilled and gained." Barkstar said.
Frostpool found herself blinking away tears in the Medicine cats den. She stood up and went to her sister's den, Highledge. Silverstar was expecting kits any time now, but refused to be in the nursery, stubborn as always.
"Silverstar, I-I need to talk to you."
"What is it Frostpool?"
"I'm expecting kits.."
Silence. a long silence followed by a furious glare,"How could you! You're a--"
"Wait there's more."
~~Chapter one ~~
Crimsonkit suckled from Silverstar, his 'mother'. Her milk was bland, it had no taste, was something wrong with his mother? And he wasn't any more full than he was when he started.
"He isn't getting any bigger, it looks like he's starving!" Frostpool said. Her voice was so worried.
"I'm sorry...."Silverstar started.
"No, it's not your fault it's mine! Look, Blackkit and Streamkit and perfectly fine, but Crimsonkit...." Frostpool was crying.
"I'm sure he'll be okay."Silverstar said.
"But, but..."Frostpool complained, she knew something was wrong with her kit from birth. He seemed like a perfectly healthy kit when he was born, sure his color was unusual, and sure he didn't seem to be hungry at all, but still he was a healthy kit. But he never ate anything, he was never hungry, and he looked fine the day before! Now his body was smaller, his fur was duller, his eyes were hungrier. Something was very, very wrong.
Crimsonkit was starving, he hadn't been before, but now he was and he needed something to eat soon. Then it hit him. His eyes went from their normal yellow color to glowing red and he bit into Silverstar. He pulled some of her life, some of her blood, into his body and couldn't stop. He heard the painful moan of Silverstar and the shriek of Frostpool, but still he didn't stop. He felt a firm grip settle around his scruff and a pull, he let go.
Silverstar's fur wasn't as bright as it had been, but she was still very much alive.
"It's a monster! A MONSTER!"She yowled,"Get it away!
Frostpool stood in the corner of the nursery horrified, the cat that had pulled Crimsonkit away was Burntfoot. Burntfoot dropped Crimsonkit on the ground and stared at him.
Crimsonkit just mewed pitifully.
"That can't be my kit."He said calmly,"It doesn't look like a Riverclan cat anyway with a blood red pelt like this.Hmmm it looks much more like a Shadowclan cat doesn't it?" Burntfoot knew, he had to, but he said no more. He was Silverstar's mate, the father of Streamkit and Blackkit, he would know if Crimsonkit was his or not.
Frostpool ran over to Crimsonkit and licked his fur.
"What have I done, sister?!"She said,"Oh Crimsonkit..."
Crimsonkit didn't care much about what had just happened,so he started to doze off. He wasn't hungry anymore, and with a full belly he could use a nap.
~~Chapter two ~~
"Can't catch me, Streamkit!"Crimsonkit mewed. He was running around the camp, hostile glares were finding their was to his blood-red pelt.
"She can't, but I can!"Blackkit jumped out from behind the nursery onto Crimsonkit. The two tussled there for awhile before Burntfoot saw that they were playing. He got up and came over as fast as he could and separated the two wrestling tom kits.
"Hey! We were playing!"Crimsonkit complained.
"You Stay away from Blackkit and Streamkit, you got that?"
"But..."
"Just stay away from my kits!"Burntfoot growled.
"But Da-"
"Don't call me that!"
"But Streamkit and Blackkit do...."Crimsonkit murmured.
Crimsonkit looked at his paws and trotted off to Frostpool's den.
"Frostpool!"Crimsonkit called.
"Oh, Crimsonkit! what do you need?"Frostpool was the only cat in Riverclan besides Streamkit and Blackkit that didn't hate him.
"I'm hunnnngry."Crimsonkit said.
Frostpool froze at his words. She glanced around to make sure nobody was watching and took Crimsonkit out of camp, into the bracken.
"Please make it fast Crimsonkit okay? Brokenclaw is complaining of stiff joints and I have to treat him, okay?" Frostpool mewed.
"Okay Frostpool!" Crimsonkit walked over to Frostpool, she put her paw out, and Crimsonkit bit into it. The warm liquid filled his senses and his eyes went red. He couldn't stop himself very well, but Frostpool knew this and was already pulling away. Crimsonkit's pelt was full and looked bright against the rays of the sun. His red eyes went back to yellow.
"Thank you Frostpool!"
Frostpool only nodded and walked away. Soon after she left, Crimsonkit heard a ruffling in the bushes. He turned his head to see Blackkit starring at him like he was some monster.
"I saw." He said.,"I saw, I saw, I saw!" he cried. His voice was frantic.
"Blackkit! What were you doing?!"
"You're a monster! Dad was right! I'm telling!"Blakkit said and he darted off to camp. The clan was going to know. They were definitely going to kill him or exile him. What was Crimsonkit going to do?!
Without thinking, Crimsonkit launched himself at Blackkit, tackling him to the ground.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
"Promise not to tell!"
"No, I'm telling!"
"Please Blackkit...."
"HELP! HELP! IT'S GOT ME!!"Blackkit screamed.
Crimsonkit let go.
Blackkit starred at Crimsonkit for a moment longer before running of screaming"Crimsonkit is a monster! He attacked me! Help!".
It was then when Crimsonkit truly noticed how different he was. He needed Frostpool's blood every moon to survive. No other cat was like that! Why was he so different? What did he do to deserve this?!
"Blood will be gained and spilled."
Crimsonkit whipped his head around."Who's there?"
Nothing.
He was about to ask again when a large tabby figure appeared behind him, with Blackkit following closely behind. Burntfoot.
~~Chapter three ~~
"There he is! He was fighting with Frostpool! I saw! He bit her!"Blackkit yowled.
"Crimsonkit!"Burntfoot growled.,"Blackkit told me that you bit Frostpool, she's a medicine cat! We need her! And then when he came to get help you attacked him!"
Crimsonkit felt a wave of happiness wash over him for a moment. Blackkit had misunderstood, he thought that Crimsonkit had bit Frostpool to hurt her, maybe he thought that the two of them had fought. But Burntfoot must have understood all too well, thankfully Burntfoot was under strict order of not to tell.
"Crimsonkit, go to the nursery now!"
"Yes...."Crimsonkit said sadly. He padded past Blackkit and Burntfoot back to the nursery. Blackkit glared at Crimsonkit as he left, and Crimsonkit knew that Blackkit and him would never be friends.
As Crimsonkit came back to camp, an alarming yowl was raised. He looked up to see a frantic Cloverpaw.
"Badgers! They attacked Silverstar! She's still fighting them!"Cloverpaw yowled.
Burntfoot heard the yowl and ran back to camp, leaving Blackkit in the dust.
"Who else is with her?"The deputy of Riverclan asked.
"Reedclaw and Snakepaw!"Cloverpaw replied.
Crimsonkit could see blood on the torite's pelt and was drawn to it. He went to take a step forward, when Frostpool put a paw in front of him and shook her head. Crimsonkit came back to reality and listened closely to the orders.
"I want Raventail, Lilywing, and Stonestep to come with me! Cloverpaw, lead the way!" The patrol darted out of camp leaving everyone else to worry. Streamkit was mewing and Blackkit went to comfort her. Crimsonkit went over to them.
"Crimsonkit! What if something happened to Mama?!"Streamkit cried.
"I'm sure sh-"Crimsonkit started.
"-e's fine."Blackkit finished, cutting him off.
"I sure hope so..."Streamkit said. Blackkit glared at Crimsonkit, then looked back at his sister.
"Come on, lets go to the nursery."He said and the two walked off.
Crimsonkit had to do something about this. He snuck out the back of the camp, the night was falling and his senses sharpened. He scented the Badger and the scent of cat blood, and followed. Crimsonkit was going to kill that badger and save his mother!
~~Chapter four ~~
Crimsonkit wove his way through Riverclan's territory, occasionally tripping over his own paws, but pushing himself forward. He had to save Silverstar! He scented the area again, and the strong scent of badger and blood hit him like a wave. He almost darted right into the battle when he arrived. There was blood everywhere, and apparently the patrol hadn't arrived yet.
Silverstar lay in front of the badger, her silver fur looked much more like Crimsonkit's blood-red pelt. Snakepaw and Reedclaw lay behind them, snakepaw's right leg look almost completely removed from his body and Reedclaw was barely alive, Crimsonkit heard the sick gurgling sound of blood from where he was.
Crimsonkit took a wary step forward, but stopped when Silverstar pulled herself back up.
"You may have taken one of my lives, but I'm not letting you near camp!"Silverstar growled.
"Blood kit I want."Said the badger.
Silverstar didn't look like she had heard the badger's words at all. She growled and launched herself at the badger again. The badger swatted her away and she fell into the stream, her blood making it run red.
"Stop!" Crimsonkit yowled. He ran over to the badger and jumped onto it, raking his unusually long claws down its sides. He could feel it's blood on his paws. His eyes went red from that, he had had it. He moved swifter than the fastest Windclan cats and he was stronger than the strongest Shadowclan cats. He kept clawing the badger until it flung him away. He landed on his paws and laughed. Crimsonkit was having so much fun!
He charged the badger and bit onto its neck, draining what life he could from the badger. The badger growled.
"Blood will be spilled and gained." it said. Then it fell over and hoke a few times before going utterly still. Crimsonkit had killed the Badger! But that wasn't enough. He needed more. He walked over to Snakepaw's body and ripped off his leg. Snakepaw yowled in pain.
"C-C-Crimson--k-it?"He said,"Why? Who?"'
Crimsonkit chuckled and bit onto Snakepaw's neck. He started to pull some of his life it his own body when he heard paw steps behind him and a gasp.
Crimsonkit whipped his head around to see Stonefoot, Lilywing,Raventail, Cloverpaw, and Burntfoot.
"Crimsonkit!!!"Cloverpaw gasped.'What are you doing to Snakepaw?!"
Crimsonkit's red eyes went back to their normal yellow and he let go of Snakepaw's neck."I didn't mean to!" He cried.
"Monster!" Yowled Raventail.
Lilywing was crying."My kit...my kit..."
"Reedclaw!"Stonestep rushed over to his brother's body which had gone still "He's dead...My brother's dead!" He cried.
All eyes darted to Silverstar's body. Her eyes seemed glazed over, but she was still breathing.
Burntfoot ran too her and pulled her body out of the stream.
"Silverstar!" He cried.
Her eyes went back to normal and she said,"Blood will be spilled and Gained."
"Snakepaw needs Frostpool right now!" Cloverpaw cried.
All eyes darted around the clearing, they saw the body of the Badger and the three wounded cats, then they all settled on Crimsonkit.
"What happened? Why are you here? What did you do? Why where you biting Snakepaw's neck?" All the cats seemed to ask.
"I didn't mean to!" Then exhaustion kicked in and all of Crimsonkit's power was used up.
"Wha-?" Crimsonkit fell over, his breathing stopped and his fur went cold, it was as if he had died.
~~Chapter five~~
Crimsonkit got up. He was on what looked like a border between a large dark forest where nothing looked alive, and a lush one that seemed never ending.
"So this is that abomination that Starclan is so worried about?"He heard someone say. He had a rich deep voice.
" I would suppose so."Said another, his voice was slightly higher pitched than the other, but still deep.
"I guess it only makes since that he's my descendant."Said the deeper voice.
"He's my great grandson."Said the higher voice.
"That makes him my great great grandson, do the math."Said the deeper voice, slightly annoyed."Ah! it looks like he's woken up."
Crimsonkit got up and looked at the two cats. They were both massive and they were both dark tabbies. The larger one had amber eyes and tiger-like claws, the other one had icy blue eyes along with a white underbelly and paws.
They looked like the two most feared cats in clan history, Tigerstar and Hawkfrost.
"Who are you?"Crimsonkit said.
"I am Tigerstar and this is Hawkfrost."Said Tigerstar, pointing at Hawkfrost.
"T-tigerstar, and Hawkfrost?"Crimsonkit repeated.
"Yes! Do I have to make myself any more clear?!" He growled.
"It looks like your life shouldn't end here." Said Hawkfrost.
Tigertsar chuckled."I agree. He has a much greater influence on time, I don't think he is actually dead yet. But it appears that he is."
"Why am I here?" Crimsonkit asked.
"I suppose that we were meant to meet each other,young Crimsonkit."Tigerstar said.
Crimsonkit noticed that Hawkfrost wasn't saying much and he was looking at his paws. Was something wrong with him?
Crimsonkit was hit with a wave of exhaustion and fell to the ground.
"It looks like you aren't dead after all."Hawkfrost said.
"Until next time"Tigerstar mewed and turned around to walk back into the forest.
Crimsonkit closed his yellow eyes and went back to his body.
~~~
He was so cold, but after lying there for awhile he was aware of other cats talking about him.
It was Burntfoot talking to Frostpool.
"I saw what I saw, you can ask any other cats from the patrol and Snakepaw himself what happened." Burntfoot said.
Frostpool was crying,"Crimsonkit wouldn't have done that! He couldn't hurt his own Clan mate and he wouldn't be strong enough to take down a badger by himself!"
"But he must have."Burntfoot said.
"It doesn't matter anymore, he's dead!"Frostpool was frantic,"Silverstar lost two lives, now she only has two left! Snakepaw lost his right leg and Reedclaw died. We've lost so much, can't we just suffer as it is without the fact that Crimsonkit may have done it all?"
That was such a lie! Crimsonkit thought. He knew that he had killed that badger and attacked Snakepaw, it was all blurry but he knew that much. But Crimsonkit hadn't attacked Silverstar or killed Reedclaw. Anyway, what he had done he hadn't meant to . Killing the badger, yes, but hurting Snakepaw, no.
"But we need to get this stuff sorted out! What will we do with his body anyway? It doesn't deserve to be buried with the rightful, loyal clan cats."Burntfoot growled.
"It does by all means! He didn't mean to do what he did."
"That doesn't make sense!"
"I just don't understand... he isn't wounded. How could he die without being wounded?" Frostpool said.
"It doesn't matter now." Burntfoot growled.
Crimsonkit listened to their rambling for awhile longer before drifting off to sleep. He hadn't breathed the whole time he'd been awake, what did that mean? He didn't care for now, all he needed was rest. He drifted off to a dark sleep filled with blood and fighting.
~~Chapter six ~~
Crimsonkit felt a tugging on his scruff as Burntfoot, Silverstar, and Frostpool took his body to be buried.
"Silverstar, I still don't see why you want him buried with the rest of the clan, he attacked you!"Burntfoot said.
"I can decide that myself, and as far as I know the badger attacked me, not Crimsonkit."Silvertsar said with a even tone.
Frostpool trotted around blindly, she looked as if she had be crying all night. Crimsonkit was half tempted to get up and tell Frostpool it was all right, he wasn't dead, but he wanted to wait to hear what they had to say first.
"My poor kit...."She mumbled after a moment of silence.
My poor kit? Crimsonkit knew that medicine cats weren't allowed to have kits! Wait, was he her kit? No, no, that wasn't possible. She may have been his aunt, but his mother was Silverstar....right?
"Here we are."Burntfoot said. We were at the riverbed, where all Riverclan cats were buried after their life had ended. Crimsonkit didn't belong here, but he still waited. He was going to move, but he felt that there was more that he needed to know.
"Crimsonkit..."Frostpool mewed. She put her face into Crimsonkit's fur and cried. Her tears seeped into Crimsonkit's body and made him feel that he should get up now, no point in making his aunt wait. Or his mother?
"Stop crying." Crimsonkit said.
All eyes darted to Crimsonkit's body. He closed his eyes and stayed as still as possible, maybe they wouldn't notice his comment.
"C-C-Crimsonkit?"Frostpool mewed softly. Crimsonkit didn't reply.
"That must have been the wind!" Burntfoot retorted.
"We all heard it then." Silverstar added.
They all stared at him for awhile before Burntfoot padded over to Crimsonkit. He put his head against his chest and waited for some proof of life. He found none.
"The kit's dead, it must have been just what I said: the wind." Crimsonkit was enjoying their confusion. How long could could he keep this up? He laughed at the thought.
Oops, he shouldn't have laughed, because now there was no way he could 'play dead' anymore. He opened his yellow eyes and slowly got up.
Frostpool gasped while Silverstar and Burntfoot stared at Crimsonkit in astonishment.
"But your dead!"Burntfoot said. It figures he was the first to recover from the moment of shock.
"Crimsonkit!"Frostpool said, she came rushing over to him with tears in her eyes when Silverstar stopped her.
"Burntfoot is right, you are dead. How can you still be alive?" Crimsonkit thought about his dream and what had happened, and the whole time he was alive: Why did they think he was dead?
"I never died." Crimsonkit spat.,"But I did hear everything! About how Frostpool's my mother and how much Burntfoot really hates me! And I-I thought that he was my father so long I......" Crimsokitkit broke down and whimpered. It was so weird because tears never came, it was like his body wouldn't produce them.
"But, but......"Frostpool started before being cut off by Burntfoot.
"I was right! The kit was and always will be a monster! Ever since his birth he was blood-thirsty and the fact that he died and is still standing proves it!" Burntfoot was about to pounce on Crimsonkit when Silverstar stopped him.
"Crimsonkit, lets go home."She said,"We'll work all this out."
"You can't be serious!"Burntfoot growled.
"Oh, but I am." Silverstar mewed,"How about it? Want to-"
"No." Crimsonkit said before Silverstar could finish.,"After what I did to Snakepaw......"
"He did do it! He attacked Snakepaw, and killed Reedclaw! He even took two of your lives Silverstar!"
"I didn't! I swear, I never touched Reedclaw! And Silverstar's lives were taken by the badger, just like Reedclaw's!"Crimsonkit said. Crimsonkit couldn't take it anymore. He padded over to Frostpool, and surprisingly Burntfoot let him. Crimsonkit whispered in Frostpool's ear,"I'm leaving, I don't know if I'll ever see you again, or if I'll ever come back, but I'm leaving."
"NO! Crimsonkit, you can't leave!"She yowled.
"You're leaving?!?!"Burntfoot growled. He rushed Crimsonkit, but Crimsonkit was faster. He dodged his attack and ran for his life. He had no idea where he was going, but he let his paws carry him until he was far over the border of Riverclan. the last words he heard was Burntfoot's howl in rage, Silverstar's grunt telling Burntfoot to stay, and Frostpool's desperate mew for her only kit to come back.
~~Chapter seven ~~
Crimsonkit had been walking for what seemed like days, but must have only been a few hours. He was probably walking in circles, because the forest seemed to never change with every step he took.
"Intruder!" a she-cats voice rang out. Crimsonkit whipped his head around to see who was yowling. It was a red tabby she-cat with amber eyes. She looked large and strong for an kit.
Crimsonkit just kept his ears down and stayed where he was.
"Who are you? What's your name? You smell like Riverclan!" The she-cat kept rambling on, she unsheathed her claws and almost pounced on him, but waited.
Crimsonkit shook his head,"Why is a kit like you wandering around by yourself?" That sure shut her up. For about 3 seconds.
"I'm an apprentice! And you haven't answered my questions yet! Who are you? Where are you from?"She said.
"Not here."Crimsonkit replied.
The she-cat just hissed, at that moment a large figure appeared from the shadows.
"Amberpaw! There you are, you're supposed to be---- Who's this?"A big tom with brown fur and blueish gray eyes said.
"How should I know! I was hunting when I found him on our territory!"Amberpaw said.
"You shouldn't have even left camp!" Then tom spat, then he turned his head to Crimsonkit,"What is a Riverclan cat like you doing on Shadowclan territory all by yourself?..." this was the first time that the tom had seen Crimsonkit perfectly. His eyes went wide, but he recovered quickly. He looks like Bloodpelt, and he has yellow eyes.
"I'm no Riverclan cat." Crimsonkit said," not anymore.." he whispered so quietly that the other cats didn't hear.
"Then why do you carry their scent?" the tom said.
"Why do you keep asking questions? I don't even now your name." Crimsonkit said in a even tone.
"I'm Brownclaw, but that's not the point, at least tell me your name"
"No" Crimsonkit said flatly.
"If you don't tell me right now---"Brownstep started, but Amberpaw beat him to the punch.
"-Then I'll have to beat it out of you!" she hissed, jumping on Crimsonkit, claws unsheathed.
~~Chapter eight ~~
Crimsonkit was caught off guard with the attack, but so was Amberpaw. As soon as her claws touched Crimsonkit she almost fell over, she was so surprised. He's as cold as day old kill. She thought. But Amberpaw managed to get back up again and scratch her claws along Crimsonkit's flank.
Crimsonkit kept a straight face as if the fight was some kind of twisted game, even if he died now it wouldn't matter. He didn't have a home anymore, no one cared about him, and who's to say that even if he did die, he wouldn't come back like before? He unsheathed his claws. They seemed much sharper than before, and they were black that seemed to glint red in the moonlight. He took them and raked them down Amberpaw's back. She yowled in pain, but kept fighting.
"That's enough!"Brownclaw said as he stepped between the two fighting cats.,"Amberpaw! Don't fight unless you are commanded to!"
"If you were even a little like a Shadowclan cat this piece of fox-dung would be dead by now!"She growled. Brownclaw was the softest cat in Shadowclan, and was often made fun of because of his mercy. But, he was one of the best hunters in Shadowclan and they needed him especially in leaf-bare.
While the two Shadowclan cats rambled on, Crimsonkit looked himself over. He checked his back. Why isn't it bleeding anymore? There was a scratch running down his back, that was true, but it had stopped bleeding. Amberpaw was still bleeding from a minor cut on the side of her face. This was odd to Crimsonkit, but it didn't really surprise him. What next? He thought. Am I going to sprout wings and fly?
Crimsonkit sat there and after a few moments the two cats turned back to him.
"He's coming with us."Brownclaw said.
"WHAT? He is going to get his tail kicked over the border is what you said, right?"Amberpaw growled.
"Shut up Amberpaw. You stay on his right side and I'll stay on his left, we're taking him back to camp."
"What are you thinking?! Do you think that Shadestar would even think about letting a wimp like this in our camp?!?"
"A wimp that almost beat you."Cimsonkit spat.
"You weren't even close!"amberpaw growled.
Crimosnkit made a psh sound but kept quiet.
"Either way, he was on our territory-therefore we will take him to camp to hear what Shadestar has to say."Brownclaw said with authority.
Amberpaw's ears went down, and she did as she was told.
The two Shadowclan cats escorted Crimsonkit to Shadowclan camp where they were greeted by angry growls.
"Look what Brownclaw brought home THIS time." Said a sleek and handsome red almost black tabby tom with brownish eyes.The tom looked at Crimsonkit as if he'd seen a ghost, but then looked back up at Brownclaw.
"Where'd you find this runt?"The tom said.
"In the territory, Darkpelt."Brownclaw replied.
"Hmmm, what's his name?"
"Donno."
Just then and massive gray tom appeared. He had yellow eyes. Just like mine, Crimsonkit thought.
The gray tom looked at Crimsonkit, with a hint of surprise is his too-familiar eyes. He didn't say a word, but he walked over to Crimsonkit, Brownclaw, Darkpelt, and Amberpaw.
"Who's this?" He said.
All the cats except Crimsonkit bowed.
"We--"Amberpaw started.
"Why does it matter to you?"Crimsonkit interrupted.
"You are in my camp and I would at least like to know your name." The gray tom replied.,"I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours."
Crimsonkit sighed,"I guess I can't win can I? I'm Crimsonkit."
The cats nodded,but the gray tom looked slightly taken aback, but he quickly recovered.
"I'm Shadestar."He said.
~~Chapter nine ~~
"You'd better eat, kid. For some reason Shadestar wants you alive and it's my job to take care of ya."Said the black tom.
"Not hungry."Crimsonkit said. Thanks to his last meal with Frostpool, he would be fine for about a week.
"It's been two days and you haven't even touched some prey, kid."
"That's not my name." Crimsonkit growled.
"Well until you take a bite of that prey you're kid." The black tom said.
Crimsonkit scowled,"Okay, okay, I'll eat it, but you'd better tell me your name."
"It's Blackstep." He said
Crimsonkit thought that the name didn't suit the personality of this tom,"Okay Blacky."he said, taking a bite of the prey. It tasted so bland. He swallowed the one bite and looked back at Blackstep who was staring at Crimsonkit in astonishment.
"What'd ya call me?"
"Blacky." Crimsonkit said flatly.
There was only one other cat that gave Blackstep nicknames and he looked oddly similar to this small red tom. Blackstep just closed his eyes and looked away, "Aren't you going to eat more, kid?"
"Not hungry."Crimsonkit repeated. At that moment, Shadestar appeared.
"Have you made your decision, Shadestar?" Blackstep said.
"Yes, I decided that we'll keep him."
"WHAT? I thought you were either going to kill him or kick him outta the territory with a warning! He's Riverclan, and if they know that we have a hostage--"Blackstep started.
"He is no hostage. As far as I am concerned, this is where he belongs. And Crimsonkit is not leaving. Ever."Shadestar said. Apparently he had made up his mind.
Blackstep grunted but said no more.
"Don't I have a say in this?"Crimsonkit spoke up.
"No"The two toms said in unison.
~~~
"Crimsonkit is staying in Shadowclan!" Shadestar said from Highledge.
"Are you insane?"Darkpelt yowled.
"He's Riverclan!" Amberpaw added.
"Whether or not you believe me, I believe he should stay here." A tortoiseshell she-cat said. All the mews went silent as the she-cat joined Shadestar and a red tabby tom by Highledge.
"I want every cat in Shadowclan to know that I don't approve of this either." The red tom said.
"I have been visited by Starclan, they simply said to keep him here in Shadowclan, Redclaw."The tortieshell she-cat said to the red tom. The she-cat must be a medicine cat, Crimsonkit thought.
"And because of Spottedpool's dream, this young tom with stay here in Shadowclan. And because he is obviously old enough to be an apprentice, his mentor will be Blackstep." Shadestar said.,"From this day forth you will be Crimsonpaw!"
Wow that was fast. Crimsonkit had planned his apprentice ceremony to be long and drawn out, making him feel special and happy. This was the shortest one yet, and it didn't even use the right words!
"I'm not planning in staying here! I just want to leave! Obviously the whole clan could are less if I stayed anyway." Crimsonpaw growled.
"You don't have a say in it, kid."Blackstep snapped.
"Either way you look at it, Crimsonpaw is staying in Shadowclan. End of story. This meeting is now over."Shadestar said as he jumped of of Highledge and went to his den.
"Kid, just go to the apprentices den and rest."Blackstep said.
"I'm not kid! I'm Crimsonpaw!"
"Yeah, yeah of course." Blackstep said with a smile.
"Go eat crow-food, Blacky."
Blackstep's eyes went wide in surprise, apparently he hadn't thought that Crimsonpaw would still call him that. Blackstep just grunted and went to the warrior's den.
"I am NOT sharing a den with him!" Crimsonpaw heard a familiar voice say. Amberpaw.
"You'd better unless you want to sleep in the middle of camp!" Growled her mentor, Darkpelt.
"But, but! Gahh!"Amberpaw said and she turned around and went to her den without another word. On her way in, she bumped into a small brown tom.."watch it!" she growled before disappearing into the darkness of her den.
The small brown tom almost jumped out of his fur and was shaking when Crimsonpaw came over.
"Is something wrong?" Criomsonpaw asked.
"That Amberpaw! she is so... so..."
"Frightening?" Crimsonpaw finished.
"Yes, I was going to say creepy, but thats good too."
"My name's Crimsonpaw."
"My name's Dirtpaw."
And at that moment Crimsonpaw knew that he had made a life-long friend.
~~Chapter ten~~
"Kid you're doing it all wrong! Your balance is all off, you're relying too much on your tail!" Blackstep said.
"I'm not 'kid' and I'm trying as hard as I can! The ground here isn't even."Crimsonpaw complained
"None of Shadowclan's territory is even."Blackstep said.
Crimsonpaw repeated the stance again, this time he lost his balance and dug his claws into the earth to stop from falling over. Blackstep just took his paw and tapped Crimsonpaw sending him falling into the dirt.
"Blacky! I can't learn how to hunt if you keep doing that!" Crimsonpaw growled.
"Be easy on him, Blackstep. It's only his second day in hunting training, he isn't perfect like you."Brownclaw called over. He was training Crimsonpaw's best friend, Dirtpaw.
"The kid'll never learn how to hunt if you go easy on em'."Blackstep replied, pointing with the stump of his tail to Dirtpaw. Blackstep still hadn't told Crimsopaw what happened to his tail no matter how many times he asked.
Crimsonpaw sighed, and redid the stance for the hundredth time. This time, it was perfect with little flaw. Blackstep pushed him over again.
"Will you stop that already?!" Crimsonpaw said, getting up.
"If you even plan on being a Shadowclan warrior than you have to be prepared for surprises."Blackstep chuckled.
Crimosnpaw took his paw and swiped it at Blackstep's face, but Blackstep dodged easily without even trying and pinned Crimsonpaw with one quick movement. It bothered Blackstep that Crimsonpaw's fur was as cold as ice every time they practiced, but Crimosnpaw was fine and strong. As long as that didn't get in the way, then there wasn't anything he was going to do about it.
Crimsonpaw struggled then went limp as Blackstep let go and stood up. "Learned your lesson? Well you've managed to learn the stance. Go help Dirtpaw with it and we'll go hunting at Sun-high."
"Yeah,yeah."Crimsonpaw said. Yay, Crimsonpaw got to hunt for some other cats food and still not be full. It was almost time for his moonly feeding, and he still had no idea who was going to do it for him. He was thinking of asking Dirtpaw, but the little apprentice was just too small to lose so much blood. Maybe Blackstep would, but he was too close to the leader and would tell him everything. Crimsonpaw decided that he would deal with the problem when the time came, for now he was going to help Dirtpaw.
"There's your problem!"Crimsonpaw said to Dirtpaw.
"What?"Dirtpaw replied.
"Your rear is too high up and you have too much weight on your right side. Try putting your tail in the middle and lowering your behind."
Dirtpaw did as he was told and quickly learned the technique.
"Thanks! Brownclaw never told me that I could use my tail!" Dirtpaw mewed.
"Don't rely on it too much or it will throw off your balance." Crimsonpaw replied.
"I would never."Dirtpaw said.
"Hey! You two!" Brightblossom yowled from the nursery She was the queen and her mate had died shortly after the kits were born. Her two kits were suckling quietly. "I need some new moss in the den, the old stuff isn't as warm anymore."
"Okay, we'll be right back!" Crimosnpaw said as he drug Dirtpaw out of the camp to the Moss Stone. The moss stone was a giant boulder that was covered in moss, it looked like a giant green ball. It was surrounded by thorn bushes, but Blackstep had taught Crimsonpaw how to maneuver them with ease. Apparently Brownclaw hadn't taught Dirtpaw.
"Ouch!"Dirtpaw yowled as he exited the maze of thorn bushes.
"What is it?"
"What do you think! I stepped on a thorn!"Dirtpaw whined.
"Here let me see." Crimsonpaw walked over to the small brown tom and looked at his paw. There was a thorn, but it wasn't very deep, a thin trickle of blood flowed from the pad. It wasn't much, but Crimonpaw was starving. He bent forward to take a lick, but caught himself and held back.
"You're such a kit, Dirtpaw, it's barely hanging in there!" Crimsonpaw said, taking hold of the thorn. He yanked and pulled it out before Dirtpaw could say any more and the thin flow of blood multiplied. It wasn't very bad, but it was enough. Crimsonpaw lost control and licked some of the blood of Dirtpaw's pad and started to suck it out.
"Hey, Crimsonpaw, what are you doing?"Dirtpaw said, that zapped Crimonpaw back to reality and he let go.
"I-I-..."
"Hey! It stopped bleeding! thank you Crimsonpaw!"Dirtpaw said with a warm smile. He was oblivious to what Crimsonpaw had done. What a air-head Dirtpaw could be, he didn't even notice what Crimsonpaw had done! Oh well, Crimsonpaw thought, at least I wasn't discovered and I'll be able to stay away from feeding for another week.
"Anyway, lets get the moss and go back to camp so Spottedpool can treat your paw, we don't want it to get infected."Crimsonpaw improvised as he took a bit of moss into his mouth and disappeared into the maze of thorn bushes.
"Hey wait up!"Dirtpaw said, he took some moss and followed Crimsonpaw back to camp, then to the nursery. The two toms quickly changed the moss bedding.
"Thank you, you two did a fine job." Brightblossom said with a smile. Dirtpaw and Crimsonpaw put the old moss into the throw-out pile and went back to their dens for some rest before they went on their first hunting patrol in Shadowclan.
~~Chapter eleven ~~
Crimsonpaw awoke with a paw placed firmly on his chest, it hurt, but it wasn't exactly life-threatening.
"Ouch!"He moaned as he pushed the paw away, and tried to get more sleep.
You aren't going to win Blackstep's favor if you are late
"Who's there?"Crimsonpaw said, suddenly awake.
The voice chuckled and disappeared. That sure was scarey? creepy? frightening? Crimsonpaw didn't know how to describe it, but it didn't seem right. Was it Tigerstar? Hawkfrost? It had to have been one of them, who else? Crimsonpaw pushed those thoughts away and looked up at the sky. It was only moments before sunhigh would dominate the sky, if he hurried, he would be there with just enough time to spare.
Crimsonpaw got up and went to a familiar small brown body and shook it's shoulders.
"B-B-Blood! Blood will be spilled and gained!"Dirtpaw yowled in his sleep. Crimsonpaw froze in his steps. Blood will be spilled and gained, He had heard that before! First from the wind, second from the badger, Silverstar had even said it! Crimsonpaw didn't want anything to do with this, so he shook Dirtpaw awake. Dirtpaw gasped.
"I-I-I think I had a prophecy!"He said," There was a red moon in the sky, the night keep covering up the moon, but then the moon would breaking the night and blood spilled all over! What does it mean, Crimsonpaw?!?!"
"Shhhhh! You want every cat in the forest to know?!"Crimsonpaw whispered fiercely.
"Oh.. no."Dirtpaw said,"Sorry."
"Oh thats okay, lets not tell anyone"
"WHAT?!"
"No one, not even Spottedpool."Crimsonpaw repeated.
"But we have to! What if this is really important?!?"
"Then we will tell Shadestar and Spottedpool, no point in doing it now when no one is in danger."
"But..But...."Dirtpaw began.
"Come on, Brownclaw and Blackstep are waiting, remember the hunting patrol?"Crimsonpaw said. He looked up at the sky. It was just after sunhigh.
"We're late!"Dirtpaw said, as he raced out of the den and towards the entrance of camp. As Crimsonpaw turned to follow, he thought he saw a pair of Yellow eyes watching him from the corner of his eye, but when he turned to look, they were gone.
~~~
"About time you showed up!"Amberpaw growled.
"What's she doing here?" Crimsonpaw asked. He thought that Amberpaw was supposed to be battle training with Darkpelt.
"Darkpelt had to go on a patrol with Shadestar, redclaw scented badgers near the border with Riverclan."Brownclaw said.
Crimsonpaw gulped. Badgers at Riverclan, so there were morethan just one. He prayed to Starclan that no one ha been seriously injured or even killed like Reedclaw and Snakepaw had been. "So, Amberpaw will be hunting with us."
Dirtpaw and Crimsonpaw sighed in union.
"We're losing daylight, we'd better get huntin'."Blackstep said. And with that, the five cats left the camp.
~~~
There it was, a mouse. It was plump and slow so it must be an easy catch. Crimsonpaw crept forward, one step after another in total silence. The mouse wasn't paying attention, it was gathering food for the upcoming leaf-bare. Too bad it won't make it that long, Crimsonpaw thought. Crimsonpaw sure was hungry, but he knew that this mouse wouldn't help his hunger. He would catch it anyway, if anything than for the clan.
"Gather, Gather, Gather."Crimsonpaw flicked his ears. Must have been the wind, and kept hunting.
Just as Crimsonpaw was about to pounce on the mouse, he heard a rustling in the bushes. Obviously whatever was making the sound was either a fox, badger, or cat, judging by the sound it made.
The mouse jumped up and ran for its life underneath the roots of a tree. Crimsonpaw heard the thing from the bushes come out and he froze, then relaxed. It was the most beautiful she-cat he had ever seen, she had long cream-colored for with ginger stripes running down her side and down her back along with her tail, and white paws and muzzle. Her eyes were a misty color green and she smelled of sweet flowers like the ones in the twolegs nests that Spottedpool brought to camp. She said they were called cat-mint. For once in his life, Crimonpaw was happy that none of the clan cats were with him.
"Aww....."she said. Her voice was soft and warm,"I really wanted to taste that mouse...." she said.
Crimsonpaw decided to confront this beautiful she-cat, and he took a step from the bush he was hiding behind. The she-cat gasped and took a step away from him.
"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you."Crimsonpaw said.
"I-I-I'll leave!"she said,"Just let me live!"
"Oh come on, me kill a innocent she-cat like you? Never."
The she-cat seemed to relax at those words, then she looked up at Crimsonpaw's eyes and gasped again.
"Your eyes... they-they are red!" Crimsonpaw had already lost control by then. He bit into the she-cat's neck and her warm blood flooded his senses.
~~Chapter twelve ~~
Crimsonpaw slowly let go of the she-cat and was horrified at what he had done.
"A-Are you okay?"Crimsonpaw began. The she-cat lay there, her fluffy fur was duller and hung on her sides like lichen to the leaders den entrance.She opened her eyes and sucked in so much air, like she was chocking, then she slowly stood up and was back to normal, minus her dull fur.
"What happened?"She said,then she remembered. she took a step back from Crimsonpaw, her fur was standing up.
Crimsonpaw kept his ears down and looked at his paws,"You should leave anyway,who knows what I'll do...."
Crimsonpaw felt a cold tear run down his face.The she-cat stopped in her tracks, she didn't walk away and she didn't come any closer.
"What ARE you?"She asked.
"A monster."Crimsonpaw replied as her turned to leave.
"Wait!"
Crimsonpaw turned around and looked at the she-cat,"What? I told you to leave! It won't be long before the patrol finds you. Who knows what they'd do."
"But.... what's your name?"She asked.
"What's yours?"Crimsonpaw asked.
"I'm Angel."
"I'm Crimsonpaw."
"Weird name."Angel murmured.
"Why didn't you run?"Crimsonpaw said.
"Why would I? I can tell it was accident."
"But I hurt you! Look, It doesn't matter, I have to leave. The patrol will be wondering where I am"
Angel looked at her paws,"Crimsonpaw, I can see things that other cats can't see.... whenever I make contact with another cat I catch a glimpse of their... feelings."
This interested Crimsonpaw,"What did you see?"
"That's the weird thing, I saw nothing when you..."
"When I bit you?"Crimsonpaw finished in a whisper.
"I--"Angel started when Crimsonpaw heard a yowl in the distance.
"Crimsonpaw! We're leaving!"It was Brownclaw.
"Look, I have to go, and if they catch you you're crowfood."Crimsonpaw said quickly.
"But....."
"But what?"
"Will I ever see you again?" Angel asked.
"Hopefully not."Crimsonpaw said as he ran away from the beautiful cream-colored she-cat before she could reply.
~~~
"Blackstep was really mad when you took forever and still didn't catch any prey."Dirtpaw said.
"I know, I know, I've heard that before."Crimsonpaw said. Soon after he met up with the patrol, Blackstep let him have it. Crimsonpaw was heading to his den with Dirtpaw, Blackstep had made him clean the elders den as punishment and Dirtpaw helped.
"Thank you anyway for helping me, you didn't have to you know."Crimsonpaw said
"That's what friends are for."
Just then, Amberpaw came over.
"You smell different Crimsonpaw, what did you do?"She asked.
"Leave us alone, Amberpaw."Crimsonpaw said.
"It must be a big secret then!"Amberpaw said.
"Why would you care, anyway?"Crimsonpaw growled.
"Just curious."Amberpaw said, and for once she trotted off without another word.
"Man she gets on my nerves!"Dirtpaw said. He sure was afraid of Amberpaw.
"Hey, why do you hate Amberpaw so much anyway?"Crimsonpaw asked.
"She would always steal my prey and take the best spot for suckling."Dirtpaw replied.
"You are related?"
"Do you know any other queens in Shadowclan besides Brightblossom? We're brother and sister, Crimsonpaw."
"I didn't know that."Crimsonpaw murmured.
The two toms ended up at their den and curled up next to each other. Dirtpaw shivered next to Crimsonpaw in his den.
"You know Crimsonpaw, you are always so cold."Dirtpaw commented.
"I know"Crimosnpaw replied.
"I wonder why...."Dirtpaw said as he drifted off to sleep.
Crimsonpaw looked up at the starry sky then closed his eyes, he dreamed about hunting a plump mouse and attacking a certain beautiful she-cat.
~~Chapter thirteen~~
"Can you believe it!? Tonight's the gathering! My first one at that!"Dirtpaw was rambling.
Crimosnpaw didn't know if he was going or not yet, but Brownclaw had told Dirtpaw earlier that morning, and Crimosnpaw hadn't heard anything from Blackstep yet. Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Blackstep all day. Wonder what he's up to.. Crimsonpaw thought as he nodded to Dirtpaw's conversation.
"-This is going to be so much fun! Crimsonpaw, are you even listening?"Dirtpaw continued.
Crimsonpaw nodded.
"Do you think I'm a mouse-brain?"Dirtpaw added.
Crimosnpaw nodded again. Dirtpaw growled in rage and poucned on Crimsonpaw playfully, the two apprentices play fighted until Shadestar and Blackstep appeared from Shadestar's den.
and Dirtpaw quickly stood up and shook what dust they could off of their bodies before the two Senior warriors got there.
"Crimsonpaw, can we talk to you alone?" Shadestar asked, looking at Dirtpaw.
Dirtpaw got the picture and left quickly to the fresh-kill pile.
Shadestar and Blackstep lead Crimsonpaw to Shadestar's den and entered, It was well lit for being in rock and in the back there was a bed of soft moss and a piece of fresh-kill.
Shadestar layed down while Blackstep sat next to him.
"Crimsonpaw, I'm sure you know that the gathering is tonight."Shadestar began,"But I haven't yet decided if you should come."He finished.
"With you once being a Riverclan cat and then being welcomed into Shadowclan, it would open our clan to persucutions from others. It would lower our reputation."Blackstep added.
"And not only would the clan's reputation be lowered, but yours as well. The other clans would learn to hate you for coming from one clan to another, it just doesn't happen anymore since Firestar died all those moons ago."Shadestar said. Of course he would have brought up the legend of Firestar, the savior of the clans. He would welcome any cat, be it rouge, loner, or even kittypet. Ever since his life ended, no more clans took in any cat other than their own and had grown farther apart.
"But....."Crimsonpaw started, but he had no idea what to say, so he stayed quiet.
"Blackstep and I have decided that you can either stay a secret to the other clans for now, or go to the gathering. Your choice." finished.
"No pressure, kid, but I don't think you should go. You will probably run into your family."Blackstep said. Of course he would run into his family! His mother was the leader, his father was the deputy! And if that was a lie, which it probably was, then his mother was the medicine cat! And Crimsonpaw never thought he could face his dear sister Streamkit, wait, no, StreamPAW again after what Blackki- PAW had probably told her.... Should he go?
"We ain't got all day, kid."Blackstep said.
Crimsonpaw looked at his paws,"I-I think that if I don't go my fears would always haunt me... but I don't want to face my family after what I did."
"What did you do?"The two toms said in union. As far as they knew, Crimsonpaw was a runaway kit when they found him. They would have no idea what he had done, or his family at that. They just knew he was once Riverclan.
Crimsonpaw continued, and ignored the question.,"I think I should go.. I anything but to prove to myself that I'm not weak."Crimsonpaw finished.
"Said like a true warrior."Shadestar said.
"So your going, kid?"Blackstep asked.
"Yes, I am."
Date: 03-22-2008
Title of Book: New Blood: The beginning
Announcement from the Author:Well, I don't know when New Blood will be done. I guess when I decide for it to end. If people like it well enough I'll make a second story, but other than that, it has no end date. And I'm still adding chapters every other day, so if you want me to send you updates message me!
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P.S. This is the first writing piece I've ever done! Tell me if it's good or not, and if anything can be improved. ^^ ~~~
I'll try to get a new chapter in every day, but I might not, so don't be disappointed if I don't! New Blood: The beginning
New Blood character list
Riverclan
Leader
Silverstar: Silver she-cat with blue eyes. Mother of Streamkit, Blackkit, and Crimsonkit(adopted.)Mate- Burntfoot
Deputy
Burntfoot: A large tabby tom with amber eyes and a burnt foot from a fire.
Medicine cat
Frostpool- White she-cat with blue eyes.
Warriors
Reedclaw- Rock colored tom with green eyes.
Lilywing- Tortieshell she-cat wit green eyes.
Raventail- Black tom with fluffy tail and brown eyes.
Stonestep- Stone colored tom blue eyes.
Apprentices
Cloverpaw- Tortieshell she-cat with green eyes.
Snakepaw- black and silver tabby tom with green eyes. Only three legs.
Queens
Silverstar(info above)
Kits
Silverstar(info above)
Kits
Crimsonkit- Blood-red colored tom kit with unusually yellow eyes.
Streamkit- Gray tabby she-kit with blue eyes.
Blackkit- Jet black tom with amber eyes.
Shadowclan
Leader
Shadestar- Dark gray , almost black,tom with yellow eyes.
Deputy
Redclaw- red tabby tom with amber eyes and large claws.
Medicine cat
Spottedpool- Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes.
Warriors
Brownclaw- Brown tom with grayish blue eyes, unusually kind for a Showclan cat.apprentice- Brownclaw
Darkpelt-sleek and handsome black, almost red, tabby tom with brownish eyes.apprentice- Amberpaw
Blackstep- Black tom with green eyes. Nicknamed "Blacky" by crimsonkit. Missing his tail.
Apprentices
Amberpaw- Amber colored she-cat with amber eyes. Very aggressive and is alway looking for a fight. Unusually large for a she-cat. mentor- Darkpelt
Dirtpaw- Dirt-colored tom with amber eyes. Is afraid of Amberpaw.Mentor-brownclaw
Queens
Brightblossom- Cream colored she-cat with long and soft fur. Mother of Flowerkit and Graykit
Kits
Flowerkit- Unusually cream-colored she-cat with green eyes.
Graykit- Cray tom kit with amber eyes. has a grouchy attitude.
Windclan
Leader
Swiftstar- Light brown tabby tom with green eyes.
Deputy
~Unknown~
Medicine cat
Runningecho- Gray she-cat with lighter gray at the face merging into darker gray farther behind.Warriors
~Unknown~
Apprentices
~Unknown~
Queens
~Unknown~
Kits
~Unknown~
Rouges, Loners, and Kittypets
Angel- Beautiful,long-haired, cream-colored she-cat with ginger stripes and misty green eyes.
Rouges
~Unkown~
Loners
~Unkown~
Starclan
Barkstar- Brown tom with green eyes, once leader of Riverclan and father of Silverstar and Frostpool.
Noclaws- Black and white medicine cat of Riverclan, he became a medicine cat because he was born with very small claws that were great with handling herbs, but bad for fighting.
Dark Forest
Tigerstar- Massive dark tabby with amber eyes. Crimsonkit's great great grandfather.
Hawkfrost- Massive dark tabby with some white and icy blue eyes. Crimsonkit's great grandfather.
***Note that there are more members of Riverclan that have not made an appearance yet. Also Shadowclan, Thunderclan, and Windclan will be posted when they make an appearance.***
*** Also, this list is from the beginning, some of the characters may have died by now, but I'm leaving them where they are so that I won't spoil anything for anyone.***
New Blood: The beginning
New Blood: The beginning
~~Prologue~~
Frostpool was in a meadow filled with moonlight. Her white pelt seemed to shine in the moonlit clearing where Barkstar and Noclaws stood, they both had worried faces. Frostpool knew something was wrong.
"Frostpool..... how could you?!"Barkstar said.
"I trained you for moons and still you understand nothing!"Noclaws growled.
"I-I...."Frostpool started.
"What you did broke the warrior code in more ways than one.... And this will turn out to be either good or bad."Barkstar said.
Noclaws looked at his paws, he was so mad that he had nothing to say.
"Good or bad?"Frostpool repeated.
"Blood will be spilled and gained." Barkstar said.
Frostpool found herself blinking away tears in the Medicine cats den. She stood up and went to her sister's den, Highledge. Silverstar was expecting kits any time now, but refused to be in the nursery, stubborn as always.
"Silverstar, I-I need to talk to you."
"What is it Frostpool?"
"I'm expecting kits.."
Silence. a long silence followed by a furious glare,"How could you! You're a--"
"Wait there's more."
~~Chapter one ~~
Crimsonkit suckled from Silverstar, his 'mother'. Her milk was bland, it had no taste, was something wrong with his mother? And he wasn't any more full than he was when he started.
"He isn't getting any bigger, it looks like he's starving!" Frostpool said. Her voice was so worried.
"I'm sorry...."Silverstar started.
"No, it's not your fault it's mine! Look, Blackkit and Streamkit and perfectly fine, but Crimsonkit...." Frostpool was crying.
"I'm sure he'll be okay."Silverstar said.
"But, but..."Frostpool complained, she knew something was wrong with her kit from birth. He seemed like a perfectly healthy kit when he was born, sure his color was unusual, and sure he didn't seem to be hungry at all, but still he was a healthy kit. But he never ate anything, he was never hungry, and he looked fine the day before! Now his body was smaller, his fur was duller, his eyes were hungrier. Something was very, very wrong.
Crimsonkit was starving, he hadn't been before, but now he was and he needed something to eat soon. Then it hit him. His eyes went from their normal yellow color to glowing red and he bit into Silverstar. He pulled some of her life, some of her blood, into his body and couldn't stop. He heard the painful moan of Silverstar and the shriek of Frostpool, but still he didn't stop. He felt a firm grip settle around his scruff and a pull, he let go.
Silverstar's fur wasn't as bright as it had been, but she was still very much alive.
"It's a monster! A MONSTER!"She yowled,"Get it away!
Frostpool stood in the corner of the nursery horrified, the cat that had pulled Crimsonkit away was Burntfoot. Burntfoot dropped Crimsonkit on the ground and stared at him.
Crimsonkit just mewed pitifully.
"That can't be my kit."He said calmly,"It doesn't look like a Riverclan cat anyway with a blood red pelt like this.Hmmm it looks much more like a Shadowclan cat doesn't it?" Burntfoot knew, he had to, but he said no more. He was Silverstar's mate, the father of Streamkit and Blackkit, he would know if Crimsonkit was his or not.
Frostpool ran over to Crimsonkit and licked his fur.
"What have I done, sister?!"She said,"Oh Crimsonkit..."
Crimsonkit didn't care much about what had just happened,so he started to doze off. He wasn't hungry anymore, and with a full belly he could use a nap.
~~Chapter two ~~
"Can't catch me, Streamkit!"Crimsonkit mewed. He was running around the camp, hostile glares were finding their was to his blood-red pelt.
"She can't, but I can!"Blackkit jumped out from behind the nursery onto Crimsonkit. The two tussled there for awhile before Burntfoot saw that they were playing. He got up and came over as fast as he could and separated the two wrestling tom kits.
"Hey! We were playing!"Crimsonkit complained.
"You Stay away from Blackkit and Streamkit, you got that?"
"But..."
"Just stay away from my kits!"Burntfoot growled.
"But Da-"
"Don't call me that!"
"But Streamkit and Blackkit do...."Crimsonkit murmured.
Crimsonkit looked at his paws and trotted off to Frostpool's den.
"Frostpool!"Crimsonkit called.
"Oh, Crimsonkit! what do you need?"Frostpool was the only cat in Riverclan besides Streamkit and Blackkit that didn't hate him.
"I'm hunnnngry."Crimsonkit said.
Frostpool froze at his words. She glanced around to make sure nobody was watching and took Crimsonkit out of camp, into the bracken.
"Please make it fast Crimsonkit okay? Brokenclaw is complaining of stiff joints and I have to treat him, okay?" Frostpool mewed.
"Okay Frostpool!" Crimsonkit walked over to Frostpool, she put her paw out, and Crimsonkit bit into it. The warm liquid filled his senses and his eyes went red. He couldn't stop himself very well, but Frostpool knew this and was already pulling away. Crimsonkit's pelt was full and looked bright against the rays of the sun. His red eyes went back to yellow.
"Thank you Frostpool!"
Frostpool only nodded and walked away. Soon after she left, Crimsonkit heard a ruffling in the bushes. He turned his head to see Blackkit starring at him like he was some monster.
"I saw." He said.,"I saw, I saw, I saw!" he cried. His voice was frantic.
"Blackkit! What were you doing?!"
"You're a monster! Dad was right! I'm telling!"Blakkit said and he darted off to camp. The clan was going to know. They were definitely going to kill him or exile him. What was Crimsonkit going to do?!
Without thinking, Crimsonkit launched himself at Blackkit, tackling him to the ground.
"Let me go! Let me go!"
"Promise not to tell!"
"No, I'm telling!"
"Please Blackkit...."
"HELP! HELP! IT'S GOT ME!!"Blackkit screamed.
Crimsonkit let go.
Blackkit starred at Crimsonkit for a moment longer before running of screaming"Crimsonkit is a monster! He attacked me! Help!".
It was then when Crimsonkit truly noticed how different he was. He needed Frostpool's blood every moon to survive. No other cat was like that! Why was he so different? What did he do to deserve this?!
"Blood will be gained and spilled."
Crimsonkit whipped his head around."Who's there?"
Nothing.
He was about to ask again when a large tabby figure appeared behind him, with Blackkit following closely behind. Burntfoot.
~~Chapter three ~~
"There he is! He was fighting with Frostpool! I saw! He bit her!"Blackkit yowled.
"Crimsonkit!"Burntfoot growled.,"Blackkit told me that you bit Frostpool, she's a medicine cat! We need her! And then when he came to get help you attacked him!"
Crimsonkit felt a wave of happiness wash over him for a moment. Blackkit had misunderstood, he thought that Crimsonkit had bit Frostpool to hurt her, maybe he thought that the two of them had fought. But Burntfoot must have understood all too well, thankfully Burntfoot was under strict order of not to tell.
"Crimsonkit, go to the nursery now!"
"Yes...."Crimsonkit said sadly. He padded past Blackkit and Burntfoot back to the nursery. Blackkit glared at Crimsonkit as he left, and Crimsonkit knew that Blackkit and him would never be friends.
As Crimsonkit came back to camp, an alarming yowl was raised. He looked up to see a frantic Cloverpaw.
"Badgers! They attacked Silverstar! She's still fighting them!"Cloverpaw yowled.
Burntfoot heard the yowl and ran back to camp, leaving Blackkit in the dust.
"Who else is with her?"The deputy of Riverclan asked.
"Reedclaw and Snakepaw!"Cloverpaw replied.
Crimsonkit could see blood on the torite's pelt and was drawn to it. He went to take a step forward, when Frostpool put a paw in front of him and shook her head. Crimsonkit came back to reality and listened closely to the orders.
"I want Raventail, Lilywing, and Stonestep to come with me! Cloverpaw, lead the way!" The patrol darted out of camp leaving everyone else to worry. Streamkit was mewing and Blackkit went to comfort her. Crimsonkit went over to them.
"Crimsonkit! What if something happened to Mama?!"Streamkit cried.
"I'm sure sh-"Crimsonkit started.
"-e's fine."Blackkit finished, cutting him off.
"I sure hope so..."Streamkit said. Blackkit glared at Crimsonkit, then looked back at his sister.
"Come on, lets go to the nursery."He said and the two walked off.
Crimsonkit had to do something about this. He snuck out the back of the camp, the night was falling and his senses sharpened. He scented the Badger and the scent of cat blood, and followed. Crimsonkit was going to kill that badger and save his mother!
~~Chapter four ~~
Crimsonkit wove his way through Riverclan's territory, occasionally tripping over his own paws, but pushing himself forward. He had to save Silverstar! He scented the area again, and the strong scent of badger and blood hit him like a wave. He almost darted right into the battle when he arrived. There was blood everywhere, and apparently the patrol hadn't arrived yet.
Silverstar lay in front of the badger, her silver fur looked much more like Crimsonkit's blood-red pelt. Snakepaw and Reedclaw lay behind them, snakepaw's right leg look almost completely removed from his body and Reedclaw was barely alive, Crimsonkit heard the sick gurgling sound of blood from where he was.
Crimsonkit took a wary step forward, but stopped when Silverstar pulled herself back up.
"You may have taken one of my lives, but I'm not letting you near camp!"Silverstar growled.
"Blood kit I want."Said the badger.
Silverstar didn't look like she had heard the badger's words at all. She growled and launched herself at the badger again. The badger swatted her away and she fell into the stream, her blood making it run red.
"Stop!" Crimsonkit yowled. He ran over to the badger and jumped onto it, raking his unusually long claws down its sides. He could feel it's blood on his paws. His eyes went red from that, he had had it. He moved swifter than the fastest Windclan cats and he was stronger than the strongest Shadowclan cats. He kept clawing the badger until it flung him away. He landed on his paws and laughed. Crimsonkit was having so much fun!
He charged the badger and bit onto its neck, draining what life he could from the badger. The badger growled.
"Blood will be spilled and gained." it said. Then it fell over and hoke a few times before going utterly still. Crimsonkit had killed the Badger! But that wasn't enough. He needed more. He walked over to Snakepaw's body and ripped off his leg. Snakepaw yowled in pain.
"C-C-Crimson--k-it?"He said,"Why? Who?"'
Crimsonkit chuckled and bit onto Snakepaw's neck. He started to pull some of his life it his own body when he heard paw steps behind him and a gasp.
Crimsonkit whipped his head around to see Stonefoot, Lilywing,Raventail, Cloverpaw, and Burntfoot.
"Crimsonkit!!!"Cloverpaw gasped.'What are you doing to Snakepaw?!"
Crimsonkit's red eyes went back to their normal yellow and he let go of Snakepaw's neck."I didn't mean to!" He cried.
"Monster!" Yowled Raventail.
Lilywing was crying."My kit...my kit..."
"Reedclaw!"Stonestep rushed over to his brother's body which had gone still "He's dead...My brother's dead!" He cried.
All eyes darted to Silverstar's body. Her eyes seemed glazed over, but she was still breathing.
Burntfoot ran too her and pulled her body out of the stream.
"Silverstar!" He cried.
Her eyes went back to normal and she said,"Blood will be spilled and Gained."
"Snakepaw needs Frostpool right now!" Cloverpaw cried.
All eyes darted around the clearing, they saw the body of the Badger and the three wounded cats, then they all settled on Crimsonkit.
"What happened? Why are you here? What did you do? Why where you biting Snakepaw's neck?" All the cats seemed to ask.
"I didn't mean to!" Then exhaustion kicked in and all of Crimsonkit's power was used up.
"Wha-?" Crimsonkit fell over, his breathing stopped and his fur went cold, it was as if he had died.
~~Chapter five~~
Crimsonkit got up. He was on what looked like a border between a large dark forest where nothing looked alive, and a lush one that seemed never ending.
"So this is that abomination that Starclan is so worried about?"He heard someone say. He had a rich deep voice.
" I would suppose so."Said another, his voice was slightly higher pitched than the other, but still deep.
"I guess it only makes since that he's my descendant."Said the deeper voice.
"He's my great grandson."Said the higher voice.
"That makes him my great great grandson, do the math."Said the deeper voice, slightly annoyed."Ah! it looks like he's woken up."
Crimsonkit got up and looked at the two cats. They were both massive and they were both dark tabbies. The larger one had amber eyes and tiger-like claws, the other one had icy blue eyes along with a white underbelly and paws.
They looked like the two most feared cats in clan history, Tigerstar and Hawkfrost.
"Who are you?"Crimsonkit said.
"I am Tigerstar and this is Hawkfrost."Said Tigerstar, pointing at Hawkfrost.
"T-tigerstar, and Hawkfrost?"Crimsonkit repeated.
"Yes! Do I have to make myself any more clear?!" He growled.
"It looks like your life shouldn't end here." Said Hawkfrost.
Tigertsar chuckled."I agree. He has a much greater influence on time, I don't think he is actually dead yet. But it appears that he is."
"Why am I here?" Crimsonkit asked.
"I suppose that we were meant to meet each other,young Crimsonkit."Tigerstar said.
Crimsonkit noticed that Hawkfrost wasn't saying much and he was looking at his paws. Was something wrong with him?
Crimsonkit was hit with a wave of exhaustion and fell to the ground.
"It looks like you aren't dead after all."Hawkfrost said.
"Until next time"Tigerstar mewed and turned around to walk back into the forest.
Crimsonkit closed his yellow eyes and went back to his body.
~~~
He was so cold, but after lying there for awhile he was aware of other cats talking about him.
It was Burntfoot talking to Frostpool.
"I saw what I saw, you can ask any other cats from the patrol and Snakepaw himself what happened." Burntfoot said.
Frostpool was crying,"Crimsonkit wouldn't have done that! He couldn't hurt his own Clan mate and he wouldn't be strong enough to take down a badger by himself!"
"But he must have."Burntfoot said.
"It doesn't matter anymore, he's dead!"Frostpool was frantic,"Silverstar lost two lives, now she only has two left! Snakepaw lost his right leg and Reedclaw died. We've lost so much, can't we just suffer as it is without the fact that Crimsonkit may have done it all?"
That was such a lie! Crimsonkit thought. He knew that he had killed that badger and attacked Snakepaw, it was all blurry but he knew that much. But Crimsonkit hadn't attacked Silverstar or killed Reedclaw. Anyway, what he had done he hadn't meant to . Killing the badger, yes, but hurting Snakepaw, no.
"But we need to get this stuff sorted out! What will we do with his body anyway? It doesn't deserve to be buried with the rightful, loyal clan cats."Burntfoot growled.
"It does by all means! He didn't mean to do what he did."
"That doesn't make sense!"
"I just don't understand... he isn't wounded. How could he die without being wounded?" Frostpool said.
"It doesn't matter now." Burntfoot growled.
Crimsonkit listened to their rambling for awhile longer before drifting off to sleep. He hadn't breathed the whole time he'd been awake, what did that mean? He didn't care for now, all he needed was rest. He drifted off to a dark sleep filled with blood and fighting.
~~Chapter six ~~
Crimsonkit felt a tugging on his scruff as Burntfoot, Silverstar, and Frostpool took his body to be buried.
"Silverstar, I still don't see why you want him buried with the rest of the clan, he attacked you!"Burntfoot said.
"I can decide that myself, and as far as I know the badger attacked me, not Crimsonkit."Silvertsar said with a even tone.
Frostpool trotted around blindly, she looked as if she had be crying all night. Crimsonkit was half tempted to get up and tell Frostpool it was all right, he wasn't dead, but he wanted to wait to hear what they had to say first.
"My poor kit...."She mumbled after a moment of silence.
My poor kit? Crimsonkit knew that medicine cats weren't allowed to have kits! Wait, was he her kit? No, no, that wasn't possible. She may have been his aunt, but his mother was Silverstar....right?
"Here we are."Burntfoot said. We were at the riverbed, where all Riverclan cats were buried after their life had ended. Crimsonkit didn't belong here, but he still waited. He was going to move, but he felt that there was more that he needed to know.
"Crimsonkit..."Frostpool mewed. She put her face into Crimsonkit's fur and cried. Her tears seeped into Crimsonkit's body and made him feel that he should get up now, no point in making his aunt wait. Or his mother?
"Stop crying." Crimsonkit said.
All eyes darted to Crimsonkit's body. He closed his eyes and stayed as still as possible, maybe they wouldn't notice his comment.
"C-C-Crimsonkit?"Frostpool mewed softly. Crimsonkit didn't reply.
"That must have been the wind!" Burntfoot retorted.
"We all heard it then." Silverstar added.
They all stared at him for awhile before Burntfoot padded over to Crimsonkit. He put his head against his chest and waited for some proof of life. He found none.
"The kit's dead, it must have been just what I said: the wind." Crimsonkit was enjoying their confusion. How long could could he keep this up? He laughed at the thought.
Oops, he shouldn't have laughed, because now there was no way he could 'play dead' anymore. He opened his yellow eyes and slowly got up.
Frostpool gasped while Silverstar and Burntfoot stared at Crimsonkit in astonishment.
"But your dead!"Burntfoot said. It figures he was the first to recover from the moment of shock.
"Crimsonkit!"Frostpool said, she came rushing over to him with tears in her eyes when Silverstar stopped her.
"Burntfoot is right, you are dead. How can you still be alive?" Crimsonkit thought about his dream and what had happened, and the whole time he was alive: Why did they think he was dead?
"I never died." Crimsonkit spat.,"But I did hear everything! About how Frostpool's my mother and how much Burntfoot really hates me! And I-I thought that he was my father so long I......" Crimsokitkit broke down and whimpered. It was so weird because tears never came, it was like his body wouldn't produce them.
"But, but......"Frostpool started before being cut off by Burntfoot.
"I was right! The kit was and always will be a monster! Ever since his birth he was blood-thirsty and the fact that he died and is still standing proves it!" Burntfoot was about to pounce on Crimsonkit when Silverstar stopped him.
"Crimsonkit, lets go home."She said,"We'll work all this out."
"You can't be serious!"Burntfoot growled.
"Oh, but I am." Silverstar mewed,"How about it? Want to-"
"No." Crimsonkit said before Silverstar could finish.,"After what I did to Snakepaw......"
"He did do it! He attacked Snakepaw, and killed Reedclaw! He even took two of your lives Silverstar!"
"I didn't! I swear, I never touched Reedclaw! And Silverstar's lives were taken by the badger, just like Reedclaw's!"Crimsonkit said. Crimsonkit couldn't take it anymore. He padded over to Frostpool, and surprisingly Burntfoot let him. Crimsonkit whispered in Frostpool's ear,"I'm leaving, I don't know if I'll ever see you again, or if I'll ever come back, but I'm leaving."
"NO! Crimsonkit, you can't leave!"She yowled.
"You're leaving?!?!"Burntfoot growled. He rushed Crimsonkit, but Crimsonkit was faster. He dodged his attack and ran for his life. He had no idea where he was going, but he let his paws carry him until he was far over the border of Riverclan. the last words he heard was Burntfoot's howl in rage, Silverstar's grunt telling Burntfoot to stay, and Frostpool's desperate mew for her only kit to come back.
~~Chapter seven ~~
Crimsonkit had been walking for what seemed like days, but must have only been a few hours. He was probably walking in circles, because the forest seemed to never change with every step he took.
"Intruder!" a she-cats voice rang out. Crimsonkit whipped his head around to see who was yowling. It was a red tabby she-cat with amber eyes. She looked large and strong for an kit.
Crimsonkit just kept his ears down and stayed where he was.
"Who are you? What's your name? You smell like Riverclan!" The she-cat kept rambling on, she unsheathed her claws and almost pounced on him, but waited.
Crimsonkit shook his head,"Why is a kit like you wandering around by yourself?" That sure shut her up. For about 3 seconds.
"I'm an apprentice! And you haven't answered my questions yet! Who are you? Where are you from?"She said.
"Not here."Crimsonkit replied.
The she-cat just hissed, at that moment a large figure appeared from the shadows.
"Amberpaw! There you are, you're supposed to be---- Who's this?"A big tom with brown fur and blueish gray eyes said.
"How should I know! I was hunting when I found him on our territory!"Amberpaw said.
"You shouldn't have even left camp!" Then tom spat, then he turned his head to Crimsonkit,"What is a Riverclan cat like you doing on Shadowclan territory all by yourself?..." this was the first time that the tom had seen Crimsonkit perfectly. His eyes went wide, but he recovered quickly. He looks like Bloodpelt, and he has yellow eyes.
"I'm no Riverclan cat." Crimsonkit said," not anymore.." he whispered so quietly that the other cats didn't hear.
"Then why do you carry their scent?" the tom said.
"Why do you keep asking questions? I don't even now your name." Crimsonkit said in a even tone.
"I'm Brownclaw, but that's not the point, at least tell me your name"
"No" Crimsonkit said flatly.
"If you don't tell me right now---"Brownstep started, but Amberpaw beat him to the punch.
"-Then I'll have to beat it out of you!" she hissed, jumping on Crimsonkit, claws unsheathed.
~~Chapter eight ~~
Crimsonkit was caught off guard with the attack, but so was Amberpaw. As soon as her claws touched Crimsonkit she almost fell over, she was so surprised. He's as cold as day old kill. She thought. But Amberpaw managed to get back up again and scratch her claws along Crimsonkit's flank.
Crimsonkit kept a straight face as if the fight was some kind of twisted game, even if he died now it wouldn't matter. He didn't have a home anymore, no one cared about him, and who's to say that even if he did die, he wouldn't come back like before? He unsheathed his claws. They seemed much sharper than before, and they were black that seemed to glint red in the moonlight. He took them and raked them down Amberpaw's back. She yowled in pain, but kept fighting.
"That's enough!"Brownclaw said as he stepped between the two fighting cats.,"Amberpaw! Don't fight unless you are commanded to!"
"If you were even a little like a Shadowclan cat this piece of fox-dung would be dead by now!"She growled. Brownclaw was the softest cat in Shadowclan, and was often made fun of because of his mercy. But, he was one of the best hunters in Shadowclan and they needed him especially in leaf-bare.
While the two Shadowclan cats rambled on, Crimsonkit looked himself over. He checked his back. Why isn't it bleeding anymore? There was a scratch running down his back, that was true, but it had stopped bleeding. Amberpaw was still bleeding from a minor cut on the side of her face. This was odd to Crimsonkit, but it didn't really surprise him. What next? He thought. Am I going to sprout wings and fly?
Crimsonkit sat there and after a few moments the two cats turned back to him.
"He's coming with us."Brownclaw said.
"WHAT? He is going to get his tail kicked over the border is what you said, right?"Amberpaw growled.
"Shut up Amberpaw. You stay on his right side and I'll stay on his left, we're taking him back to camp."
"What are you thinking?! Do you think that Shadestar would even think about letting a wimp like this in our camp?!?"
"A wimp that almost beat you."Cimsonkit spat.
"You weren't even close!"amberpaw growled.
Crimosnkit made a psh sound but kept quiet.
"Either way, he was on our territory-therefore we will take him to camp to hear what Shadestar has to say."Brownclaw said with authority.
Amberpaw's ears went down, and she did as she was told.
The two Shadowclan cats escorted Crimsonkit to Shadowclan camp where they were greeted by angry growls.
"Look what Brownclaw brought home THIS time." Said a sleek and handsome red almost black tabby tom with brownish eyes.The tom looked at Crimsonkit as if he'd seen a ghost, but then looked back up at Brownclaw.
"Where'd you find this runt?"The tom said.
"In the territory, Darkpelt."Brownclaw replied.
"Hmmm, what's his name?"
"Donno."
Just then and massive gray tom appeared. He had yellow eyes. Just like mine, Crimsonkit thought.
The gray tom looked at Crimsonkit, with a hint of surprise is his too-familiar eyes. He didn't say a word, but he walked over to Crimsonkit, Brownclaw, Darkpelt, and Amberpaw.
"Who's this?" He said.
All the cats except Crimsonkit bowed.
"We--"Amberpaw started.
"Why does it matter to you?"Crimsonkit interrupted.
"You are in my camp and I would at least like to know your name." The gray tom replied.,"I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours."
Crimsonkit sighed,"I guess I can't win can I? I'm Crimsonkit."
The cats nodded,but the gray tom looked slightly taken aback, but he quickly recovered.
"I'm Shadestar."He said.
~~Chapter nine ~~
"You'd better eat, kid. For some reason Shadestar wants you alive and it's my job to take care of ya."Said the black tom.
"Not hungry."Crimsonkit said. Thanks to his last meal with Frostpool, he would be fine for about a week.
"It's been two days and you haven't even touched some prey, kid."
"That's not my name." Crimsonkit growled.
"Well until you take a bite of that prey you're kid." The black tom said.
Crimsonkit scowled,"Okay, okay, I'll eat it, but you'd better tell me your name."
"It's Blackstep." He said
Crimsonkit thought that the name didn't suit the personality of this tom,"Okay Blacky."he said, taking a bite of the prey. It tasted so bland. He swallowed the one bite and looked back at Blackstep who was staring at Crimsonkit in astonishment.
"What'd ya call me?"
"Blacky." Crimsonkit said flatly.
There was only one other cat that gave Blackstep nicknames and he looked oddly similar to this small red tom. Blackstep just closed his eyes and looked away, "Aren't you going to eat more, kid?"
"Not hungry."Crimsonkit repeated. At that moment, Shadestar appeared.
"Have you made your decision, Shadestar?" Blackstep said.
"Yes, I decided that we'll keep him."
"WHAT? I thought you were either going to kill him or kick him outta the territory with a warning! He's Riverclan, and if they know that we have a hostage--"Blackstep started.
"He is no hostage. As far as I am concerned, this is where he belongs. And Crimsonkit is not leaving. Ever."Shadestar said. Apparently he had made up his mind.
Blackstep grunted but said no more.
"Don't I have a say in this?"Crimsonkit spoke up.
"No"The two toms said in unison.
~~~
"Crimsonkit is staying in Shadowclan!" Shadestar said from Highledge.
"Are you insane?"Darkpelt yowled.
"He's Riverclan!" Amberpaw added.
"Whether or not you believe me, I believe he should stay here." A tortoiseshell she-cat said. All the mews went silent as the she-cat joined Shadestar and a red tabby tom by Highledge.
"I want every cat in Shadowclan to know that I don't approve of this either." The red tom said.
"I have been visited by Starclan, they simply said to keep him here in Shadowclan, Redclaw."The tortieshell she-cat said to the red tom. The she-cat must be a medicine cat, Crimsonkit thought.
"And because of Spottedpool's dream, this young tom with stay here in Shadowclan. And because he is obviously old enough to be an apprentice, his mentor will be Blackstep." Shadestar said.,"From this day forth you will be Crimsonpaw!"
Wow that was fast. Crimsonkit had planned his apprentice ceremony to be long and drawn out, making him feel special and happy. This was the shortest one yet, and it didn't even use the right words!
"I'm not planning in staying here! I just want to leave! Obviously the whole clan could are less if I stayed anyway." Crimsonpaw growled.
"You don't have a say in it, kid."Blackstep snapped.
"Either way you look at it, Crimsonpaw is staying in Shadowclan. End of story. This meeting is now over."Shadestar said as he jumped of of Highledge and went to his den.
"Kid, just go to the apprentices den and rest."Blackstep said.
"I'm not kid! I'm Crimsonpaw!"
"Yeah, yeah of course." Blackstep said with a smile.
"Go eat crow-food, Blacky."
Blackstep's eyes went wide in surprise, apparently he hadn't thought that Crimsonpaw would still call him that. Blackstep just grunted and went to the warrior's den.
"I am NOT sharing a den with him!" Crimsonpaw heard a familiar voice say. Amberpaw.
"You'd better unless you want to sleep in the middle of camp!" Growled her mentor, Darkpelt.
"But, but! Gahh!"Amberpaw said and she turned around and went to her den without another word. On her way in, she bumped into a small brown tom.."watch it!" she growled before disappearing into the darkness of her den.
The small brown tom almost jumped out of his fur and was shaking when Crimsonpaw came over.
"Is something wrong?" Criomsonpaw asked.
"That Amberpaw! she is so... so..."
"Frightening?" Crimsonpaw finished.
"Yes, I was going to say creepy, but thats good too."
"My name's Crimsonpaw."
"My name's Dirtpaw."
And at that moment Crimsonpaw knew that he had made a life-long friend.
~~Chapter ten~~
"Kid you're doing it all wrong! Your balance is all off, you're relying too much on your tail!" Blackstep said.
"I'm not 'kid' and I'm trying as hard as I can! The ground here isn't even."Crimsonpaw complained
"None of Shadowclan's territory is even."Blackstep said.
Crimsonpaw repeated the stance again, this time he lost his balance and dug his claws into the earth to stop from falling over. Blackstep just took his paw and tapped Crimsonpaw sending him falling into the dirt.
"Blacky! I can't learn how to hunt if you keep doing that!" Crimsonpaw growled.
"Be easy on him, Blackstep. It's only his second day in hunting training, he isn't perfect like you."Brownclaw called over. He was training Crimsonpaw's best friend, Dirtpaw.
"The kid'll never learn how to hunt if you go easy on em'."Blackstep replied, pointing with the stump of his tail to Dirtpaw. Blackstep still hadn't told Crimsopaw what happened to his tail no matter how many times he asked.
Crimsonpaw sighed, and redid the stance for the hundredth time. This time, it was perfect with little flaw. Blackstep pushed him over again.
"Will you stop that already?!" Crimsonpaw said, getting up.
"If you even plan on being a Shadowclan warrior than you have to be prepared for surprises."Blackstep chuckled.
Crimosnpaw took his paw and swiped it at Blackstep's face, but Blackstep dodged easily without even trying and pinned Crimsonpaw with one quick movement. It bothered Blackstep that Crimsonpaw's fur was as cold as ice every time they practiced, but Crimosnpaw was fine and strong. As long as that didn't get in the way, then there wasn't anything he was going to do about it.
Crimsonpaw struggled then went limp as Blackstep let go and stood up. "Learned your lesson? Well you've managed to learn the stance. Go help Dirtpaw with it and we'll go hunting at Sun-high."
"Yeah,yeah."Crimsonpaw said. Yay, Crimsonpaw got to hunt for some other cats food and still not be full. It was almost time for his moonly feeding, and he still had no idea who was going to do it for him. He was thinking of asking Dirtpaw, but the little apprentice was just too small to lose so much blood. Maybe Blackstep would, but he was too close to the leader and would tell him everything. Crimsonpaw decided that he would deal with the problem when the time came, for now he was going to help Dirtpaw.
"There's your problem!"Crimsonpaw said to Dirtpaw.
"What?"Dirtpaw replied.
"Your rear is too high up and you have too much weight on your right side. Try putting your tail in the middle and lowering your behind."
Dirtpaw did as he was told and quickly learned the technique.
"Thanks! Brownclaw never told me that I could use my tail!" Dirtpaw mewed.
"Don't rely on it too much or it will throw off your balance." Crimsonpaw replied.
"I would never."Dirtpaw said.
"Hey! You two!" Brightblossom yowled from the nursery She was the queen and her mate had died shortly after the kits were born. Her two kits were suckling quietly. "I need some new moss in the den, the old stuff isn't as warm anymore."
"Okay, we'll be right back!" Crimosnpaw said as he drug Dirtpaw out of the camp to the Moss Stone. The moss stone was a giant boulder that was covered in moss, it looked like a giant green ball. It was surrounded by thorn bushes, but Blackstep had taught Crimsonpaw how to maneuver them with ease. Apparently Brownclaw hadn't taught Dirtpaw.
"Ouch!"Dirtpaw yowled as he exited the maze of thorn bushes.
"What is it?"
"What do you think! I stepped on a thorn!"Dirtpaw whined.
"Here let me see." Crimsonpaw walked over to the small brown tom and looked at his paw. There was a thorn, but it wasn't very deep, a thin trickle of blood flowed from the pad. It wasn't much, but Crimonpaw was starving. He bent forward to take a lick, but caught himself and held back.
"You're such a kit, Dirtpaw, it's barely hanging in there!" Crimsonpaw said, taking hold of the thorn. He yanked and pulled it out before Dirtpaw could say any more and the thin flow of blood multiplied. It wasn't very bad, but it was enough. Crimsonpaw lost control and licked some of the blood of Dirtpaw's pad and started to suck it out.
"Hey, Crimsonpaw, what are you doing?"Dirtpaw said, that zapped Crimonpaw back to reality and he let go.
"I-I-..."
"Hey! It stopped bleeding! thank you Crimsonpaw!"Dirtpaw said with a warm smile. He was oblivious to what Crimsonpaw had done. What a air-head Dirtpaw could be, he didn't even notice what Crimsonpaw had done! Oh well, Crimsonpaw thought, at least I wasn't discovered and I'll be able to stay away from feeding for another week.
"Anyway, lets get the moss and go back to camp so Spottedpool can treat your paw, we don't want it to get infected."Crimsonpaw improvised as he took a bit of moss into his mouth and disappeared into the maze of thorn bushes.
"Hey wait up!"Dirtpaw said, he took some moss and followed Crimsonpaw back to camp, then to the nursery. The two toms quickly changed the moss bedding.
"Thank you, you two did a fine job." Brightblossom said with a smile. Dirtpaw and Crimsonpaw put the old moss into the throw-out pile and went back to their dens for some rest before they went on their first hunting patrol in Shadowclan.
~~Chapter eleven ~~
Crimsonpaw awoke with a paw placed firmly on his chest, it hurt, but it wasn't exactly life-threatening.
"Ouch!"He moaned as he pushed the paw away, and tried to get more sleep.
You aren't going to win Blackstep's favor if you are late
"Who's there?"Crimsonpaw said, suddenly awake.
The voice chuckled and disappeared. That sure was scarey? creepy? frightening? Crimsonpaw didn't know how to describe it, but it didn't seem right. Was it Tigerstar? Hawkfrost? It had to have been one of them, who else? Crimsonpaw pushed those thoughts away and looked up at the sky. It was only moments before sunhigh would dominate the sky, if he hurried, he would be there with just enough time to spare.
Crimsonpaw got up and went to a familiar small brown body and shook it's shoulders.
"B-B-Blood! Blood will be spilled and gained!"Dirtpaw yowled in his sleep. Crimsonpaw froze in his steps. Blood will be spilled and gained, He had heard that before! First from the wind, second from the badger, Silverstar had even said it! Crimsonpaw didn't want anything to do with this, so he shook Dirtpaw awake. Dirtpaw gasped.
"I-I-I think I had a prophecy!"He said," There was a red moon in the sky, the night keep covering up the moon, but then the moon would breaking the night and blood spilled all over! What does it mean, Crimsonpaw?!?!"
"Shhhhh! You want every cat in the forest to know?!"Crimsonpaw whispered fiercely.
"Oh.. no."Dirtpaw said,"Sorry."
"Oh thats okay, lets not tell anyone"
"WHAT?!"
"No one, not even Spottedpool."Crimsonpaw repeated.
"But we have to! What if this is really important?!?"
"Then we will tell Shadestar and Spottedpool, no point in doing it now when no one is in danger."
"But..But...."Dirtpaw began.
"Come on, Brownclaw and Blackstep are waiting, remember the hunting patrol?"Crimsonpaw said. He looked up at the sky. It was just after sunhigh.
"We're late!"Dirtpaw said, as he raced out of the den and towards the entrance of camp. As Crimsonpaw turned to follow, he thought he saw a pair of Yellow eyes watching him from the corner of his eye, but when he turned to look, they were gone.
~~~
"About time you showed up!"Amberpaw growled.
"What's she doing here?" Crimsonpaw asked. He thought that Amberpaw was supposed to be battle training with Darkpelt.
"Darkpelt had to go on a patrol with Shadestar, redclaw scented badgers near the border with Riverclan."Brownclaw said.
Crimsonpaw gulped. Badgers at Riverclan, so there were morethan just one. He prayed to Starclan that no one ha been seriously injured or even killed like Reedclaw and Snakepaw had been. "So, Amberpaw will be hunting with us."
Dirtpaw and Crimsonpaw sighed in union.
"We're losing daylight, we'd better get huntin'."Blackstep said. And with that, the five cats left the camp.
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There it was, a mouse. It was plump and slow so it must be an easy catch. Crimsonpaw crept forward, one step after another in total silence. The mouse wasn't paying attention, it was gathering food for the upcoming leaf-bare. Too bad it won't make it that long, Crimsonpaw thought. Crimsonpaw sure was hungry, but he knew that this mouse wouldn't help his hunger. He would catch it anyway, if anything than for the clan.
"Gather, Gather, Gather."Crimsonpaw flicked his ears. Must have been the wind, and kept hunting.
Just as Crimsonpaw was about to pounce on the mouse, he heard a rustling in the bushes. Obviously whatever was making the sound was either a fox, badger, or cat, judging by the sound it made.
The mouse jumped up and ran for its life underneath the roots of a tree. Crimsonpaw heard the thing from the bushes come out and he froze, then relaxed. It was the most beautiful she-cat he had ever seen, she had long cream-colored for with ginger stripes running down her side and down her back along with her tail, and white paws and muzzle. Her eyes were a misty color green and she smelled of sweet flowers like the ones in the twolegs nests that Spottedpool brought to camp. She said they were called cat-mint. For once in his life, Crimonpaw was happy that none of the clan cats were with him.
"Aww....."she said. Her voice was soft and warm,"I really wanted to taste that mouse...." she said.
Crimsonpaw decided to confront this beautiful she-cat, and he took a step from the bush he was hiding behind. The she-cat gasped and took a step away from him.
"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you."Crimsonpaw said.
"I-I-I'll leave!"she said,"Just let me live!"
"Oh come on, me kill a innocent she-cat like you? Never."
The she-cat seemed to relax at those words, then she looked up at Crimsonpaw's eyes and gasped again.
"Your eyes... they-they are red!" Crimsonpaw had already lost control by then. He bit into the she-cat's neck and her warm blood flooded his senses.
~~Chapter twelve ~~
Crimsonpaw slowly let go of the she-cat and was horrified at what he had done.
"A-Are you okay?"Crimsonpaw began. The she-cat lay there, her fluffy fur was duller and hung on her sides like lichen to the leaders den entrance.She opened her eyes and sucked in so much air, like she was chocking, then she slowly stood up and was back to normal, minus her dull fur.
"What happened?"She said,then she remembered. she took a step back from Crimsonpaw, her fur was standing up.
Crimsonpaw kept his ears down and looked at his paws,"You should leave anyway,who knows what I'll do...."
Crimsonpaw felt a cold tear run down his face.The she-cat stopped in her tracks, she didn't walk away and she didn't come any closer.
"What ARE you?"She asked.
"A monster."Crimsonpaw replied as her turned to leave.
"Wait!"
Crimsonpaw turned around and looked at the she-cat,"What? I told you to leave! It won't be long before the patrol finds you. Who knows what they'd do."
"But.... what's your name?"She asked.
"What's yours?"Crimsonpaw asked.
"I'm Angel."
"I'm Crimsonpaw."
"Weird name."Angel murmured.
"Why didn't you run?"Crimsonpaw said.
"Why would I? I can tell it was accident."
"But I hurt you! Look, It doesn't matter, I have to leave. The patrol will be wondering where I am"
Angel looked at her paws,"Crimsonpaw, I can see things that other cats can't see.... whenever I make contact with another cat I catch a glimpse of their... feelings."
This interested Crimsonpaw,"What did you see?"
"That's the weird thing, I saw nothing when you..."
"When I bit you?"Crimsonpaw finished in a whisper.
"I--"Angel started when Crimsonpaw heard a yowl in the distance.
"Crimsonpaw! We're leaving!"It was Brownclaw.
"Look, I have to go, and if they catch you you're crowfood."Crimsonpaw said quickly.
"But....."
"But what?"
"Will I ever see you again?" Angel asked.
"Hopefully not."Crimsonpaw said as he ran away from the beautiful cream-colored she-cat before she could reply.
~~~
"Blackstep was really mad when you took forever and still didn't catch any prey."Dirtpaw said.
"I know, I know, I've heard that before."Crimsonpaw said. Soon after he met up with the patrol, Blackstep let him have it. Crimsonpaw was heading to his den with Dirtpaw, Blackstep had made him clean the elders den as punishment and Dirtpaw helped.
"Thank you anyway for helping me, you didn't have to you know."Crimsonpaw said
"That's what friends are for."
Just then, Amberpaw came over.
"You smell different Crimsonpaw, what did you do?"She asked.
"Leave us alone, Amberpaw."Crimsonpaw said.
"It must be a big secret then!"Amberpaw said.
"Why would you care, anyway?"Crimsonpaw growled.
"Just curious."Amberpaw said, and for once she trotted off without another word.
"Man she gets on my nerves!"Dirtpaw said. He sure was afraid of Amberpaw.
"Hey, why do you hate Amberpaw so much anyway?"Crimsonpaw asked.
"She would always steal my prey and take the best spot for suckling."Dirtpaw replied.
"You are related?"
"Do you know any other queens in Shadowclan besides Brightblossom? We're brother and sister, Crimsonpaw."
"I didn't know that."Crimsonpaw murmured.
The two toms ended up at their den and curled up next to each other. Dirtpaw shivered next to Crimsonpaw in his den.
"You know Crimsonpaw, you are always so cold."Dirtpaw commented.
"I know"Crimosnpaw replied.
"I wonder why...."Dirtpaw said as he drifted off to sleep.
Crimsonpaw looked up at the starry sky then closed his eyes, he dreamed about hunting a plump mouse and attacking a certain beautiful she-cat.
~~Chapter thirteen~~
"Can you believe it!? Tonight's the gathering! My first one at that!"Dirtpaw was rambling.
Crimosnpaw didn't know if he was going or not yet, but Brownclaw had told Dirtpaw earlier that morning, and Crimosnpaw hadn't heard anything from Blackstep yet. Come to think of it, he hadn't seen Blackstep all day. Wonder what he's up to.. Crimsonpaw thought as he nodded to Dirtpaw's conversation.
"-This is going to be so much fun! Crimsonpaw, are you even listening?"Dirtpaw continued.
Crimsonpaw nodded.
"Do you think I'm a mouse-brain?"Dirtpaw added.
Crimosnpaw nodded again. Dirtpaw growled in rage and poucned on Crimsonpaw playfully, the two apprentices play fighted until Shadestar and Blackstep appeared from Shadestar's den.
and Dirtpaw quickly stood up and shook what dust they could off of their bodies before the two Senior warriors got there.
"Crimsonpaw, can we talk to you alone?" Shadestar asked, looking at Dirtpaw.
Dirtpaw got the picture and left quickly to the fresh-kill pile.
Shadestar and Blackstep lead Crimsonpaw to Shadestar's den and entered, It was well lit for being in rock and in the back there was a bed of soft moss and a piece of fresh-kill.
Shadestar layed down while Blackstep sat next to him.
"Crimsonpaw, I'm sure you know that the gathering is tonight."Shadestar began,"But I haven't yet decided if you should come."He finished.
"With you once being a Riverclan cat and then being welcomed into Shadowclan, it would open our clan to persucutions from others. It would lower our reputation."Blackstep added.
"And not only would the clan's reputation be lowered, but yours as well. The other clans would learn to hate you for coming from one clan to another, it just doesn't happen anymore since Firestar died all those moons ago."Shadestar said. Of course he would have brought up the legend of Firestar, the savior of the clans. He would welcome any cat, be it rouge, loner, or even kittypet. Ever since his life ended, no more clans took in any cat other than their own and had grown farther apart.
"But....."Crimsonpaw started, but he had no idea what to say, so he stayed quiet.
"Blackstep and I have decided that you can either stay a secret to the other clans for now, or go to the gathering. Your choice." finished.
"No pressure, kid, but I don't think you should go. You will probably run into your family."Blackstep said. Of course he would run into his family! His mother was the leader, his father was the deputy! And if that was a lie, which it probably was, then his mother was the medicine cat! And Crimsonpaw never thought he could face his dear sister Streamkit, wait, no, StreamPAW again after what Blackki- PAW had probably told her.... Should he go?
"We ain't got all day, kid."Blackstep said.
Crimsonpaw looked at his paws,"I-I think that if I don't go my fears would always haunt me... but I don't want to face my family after what I did."
"What did you do?"The two toms said in union. As far as they knew, Crimsonpaw was a runaway kit when they found him. They would have no idea what he had done, or his family at that. They just knew he was once Riverclan.
Crimsonpaw continued, and ignored the question.,"I think I should go.. I anything but to prove to myself that I'm not weak."Crimsonpaw finished.
"Said like a true warrior."Shadestar said.
"So your going, kid?"Blackstep asked.
"Yes, I am."
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