TreeClan

TreeClan. A Short Story

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*BANG* A woodpecker flew from its nest. Twoleg's voices grew as the wind howled louder with each word that was said.
"What's all this racket-" RowanStar howled from her den, the deputy shot her head around the high rock.
"An invasion!" TansyStream yowled in response, her short fur was swaying side to side as if an addictive beat was replaying over and over again. The silence between the deputy and leader was broken by a warrior creating loud footsteps heading towards RowanStar and TansyStream, ShadowTail.
"BurntBerry is dying!!" ShadowTail screamed, almost silencing the background shouting and fighting with the power of his voice.
His pelt was glowing a chocolate brown because of the reflection of a rising fire. His fierce emerald eyes shone. Watering as if he was going to cry. TawnyKit darted out of the nursery yelping
"BeeFoot won't move!"  His voice sounded weary and weak.
Disaster had struck, TreeClan was falling apart.
"Oh StarClan... please help us." RowanStar mewed in her head, closing her eyes and listening to the growing rumbles of the fire, ready to attempt to save her clan. But could it cost her... her life?

Chapter 1

It was a windy, cold winter day as usual. RowanStar was padding her way up the high rock and then positioned herself so her tail was tucked underneath her front paws. She let out a sigh.
"All cats old enough to catch your own prey, please gather for a clan meeting." RowanStar spoke, her voice was croaky and hoarse. WhiteCough was going around PineClan recently, she'd hope that TreeClan wouldn't catch it this year because last year TreeClan had lost the strongest warrior in their clan, CinderFur, her pelt was a shimmering, silky silver, her eyes were as bright as the moon at night time or the sun in the morning. She was an intelligent, quick, fierce, good listener and a g orgeous cat, but her wondrous fate was ended because of a BlazeClan apprentice -now warrior- who'd startled her when she was patrolling the gorge early in the morning. The accident had happened because BramblePaw had thought CinderFur's tail was a mouse, he made an accidental rustling sound in the bushes he hid in which caused CinderFur to be startled and slip to her death. Warriors and the only apprentice, RussetPaw were trotting towards the high rock, quietly gossiping to each other. TansyStream padded towards the high rock and climbed it slightly, she then sat down. Beautifully, her eyes were shining a stunning, topaz and gold mix of a colour. RowanStar coughed on purpose to silence her clan. All the cats looked up towards their leader, their eyes were beaming with pride other than IceFur. The leader pinned her ears and looked desperately around the clan in search for him, but wouldn't she recognise his snow-like pelt compared to the muddy brown floor?
"My dear cats, prey is scarce now as Two-legs keep on scaring our only food source away so TansyStream we will need at least three patrols every day." RowanStar meowed, being the center of attention. She looked over towards TansyStream who looked back up at her and flicked her tail in agreement. Yowls of agreement rose from the crowd of cats.
"Clan dismissed." RowanStar spoke, watching all the cats trot towards their dens yet again gossiping to eachother.

Chapter 2

"TansyStream,"RowanStar mewed,
"Yes, RowanStar?" The deputy replied,
"Meet me in my den." RowanStar murmured, padding off towards her den. TansyStream was only about a fox length away now. RowanStar circled in her mossy bed, you could hear the squelching of the soggy moss beneath her paws. TansyStream sank her head back into her neck because of the sound for a split second. After a while, RowanStar finally settled down. Soon after, TansyStream sat down into a 'cat-loaf' position.
"So what did you want to talk ab-" TansyStream mewed,
"I'm afraid of our clan getting sick TansyStream, BurntBerry is getting old. I'm worrying StarClan might greet her soon, we need more food and BurntBerry needs an apprentice. " RowanStar worriedly meowed, interrupting her deputy who now had a bit of annoyance in her eyes.
"You are dismissed" RowanStar mewed to TansyStream who padded out of her den. RowanStar gave herself a quick groom before heading out of her den. With her head held high, she trotted paw by paw towards BurntBerry's den.
"BurntBerry?" RowanStar meowed as she heard a yawn, signalling the leader she was awake.
"What is it- RowanStar! My bad I thought you were IceFur again." BurntBerry rasped as she walked towards her clan leader. BurntBerry started to roughly groom her fur in the right directions.
"I would like you to have an apprentice." RowanStar ordered. BurntBerry froze, then slowly she looked towards the leader and chuckled.
"You think I want an apprentice?!" BurntBerry spat,
"It's not your choice BurntBerry , the clan is worried for you." RowanStar mewed,
"Worried about what?! Im getting to old?" BurntBerry hissed, starting to wag her tail impatiently,
"BurntBerry. This is an order not a choice." RowanStar managed to say after BurntBerry took a breath,
"Well who's going to be my apprentice then?" BurntBerry said, finally lowering her anger level. You could still see the fury in her eyes and her slightly pinned ears but other then that she was herself again.
"SpeckledKit doesn't look like she's going to be a warrior, she's frightened easily and she's 5 moons currently." RowanStar said,
"She is one smart kit though." BurntBerry added,
"We will have more apprentices because of NightStorm's kits." RowanStar said before she gave BurntBerry a quick nod of respect then headed towards the nursery. She caught a quick glimpse of a white warrior. Could it be... IceFur?

Chapter 3

"IceFur!" RowanStar howled,
"RowanStar..?" IceFur whimpered back, finally bringing himself to a stop and he hung his tail in between his legs as RowanStar slowly walked towards him.
"Where have you been?!" RowanStar hissed at him,
"H-hunting.." He stammered,
"Believe that!" RowanStar spat,
"Meet me in my den." RowanStar said before spinning around yet again, to the nursery.
"NightStorm?" RowanStar mewed politely,
"Yes, RowanStar?" NightStorm replied, as RowanStar settled herself down and the kits darted around the nursery.
"SpeckledKit is five moons am I right?" RowanStar questioned the queen, SpeckledKit turned her head around
"Me!?" SpeckledKit mewed eagerly, as she brought over some chewed grass with mud in it.
"This is my paste to sooth.... uhhh sore- throats!" SpeckledKit stammered, RowanStar chuckled.
"Yes, indeed she is" NightStorm answered, happily looking at her three kits. (SpeckledKit, TigerKit and FernKit) They all had a mud coloured pelt but since their mother was a calico and their dad was also a calico cat with mostly brown shades caused this gorgeous pelt.
"Maybe SpeckledKit could be BurntBerry's apprentice as she's getting kind of old.. you know?" RowanStar mewed,
"I think she would love that-"
"Yes! Yes!" SpeckledKit yowled overtop her mothers voice, making her mother and the leader chuckle a bit.
"Hey... what about me and FernKit?!" TigerKit yelped,
"Yeah" FernKit added,
"Don't worry you two charming toms you will be amazing warriors, like your father" NightStorm purred, licking both of her kits on the head equally as SpeckledKit was chewing on the herbs yet again.
"Lovely" RowanStar meowed, she headed out the nursery and IceFur was pacing?

Chapter 4

IceFur was speaking to CopperStorm. TansyStream padded towards RowanStar, startling her
"Ah for StarClan sake!" RowanStar spat,
"I was listening to their conversation-"
"BurntBerry isn't waking up!" TansyStream interrupted,
"Give her a nudge" the leader said, barely paying attention, TansyStream knocked RowanStar
"Ouch!- What was that for!?" she huffed,
"Follow me." TansyStream ordered, the two pretty she-cats trotted across TreeClan camp, past the apprentice den and nursery then into the medicine den. ShadowTail was sat near her. BurntBerry's pelt had almost blended in with her mossy bed. RowanStar gave her a slight nudge and said
"BurntBerry! There's a fire!" To hopefully catch her attention if she was faking to not move.
"Fire!" RowanStar yelped, TansyStream rolled her eyes at her ignorant leader. The queen's were running around, collecting their kits and darting out of the camp? But why were they going out of the camp?
"Fire!" FernKit howled,
"Run!" the warriors yelped, pushing the elders out of their den and leading them safely out of the clan.
"Cats I was kidding there isn't a fire-" RowanStar meowed, poking her head out the medicine den.
Her eyes lit up with a reflection of.. fire.
"BeeFoot won't move!" TawnyKit yelped,
"BurntBerry is dead!" ShadowTail howled.

Chapter 5

RowanStar darted out of the medicine den and into the apprentice den, everyone had left. Good. Warriors den, clear. Nursery, clear. Spare den, clear. Leaders den, clear. Elders den, not clear. HollyFoot wasn't moving and HailStorm was practically coughing her guts up. Four warriors were trying to help nudge them out the camp, RowanStar had no patience. She dragged each elder out by what's left of their scruff. They howled in pain, but they would've preferred that, then dying in a clan fire. RowanStar was on her last life, oh how much she would've loved CinderFur's accompany right now.
Luckily, TansyStream was dragging BurntBerry's corpse out of the camp. RowanStar darted over and began to help, they were safely out of the camp.
"Follow me!" RowanStar wailed. They were running as fast as cheetahs now, they headed towards a river and huddled. The cats started grooming each other and started meowing until it was broken by a wail from NightStorm.
"My kit!" NightStorm yelped, SpeckledKit had fallen into the river. Now this river wasn't exactly shallow.
RowanStar dashed into the water swimming as if she was from RiverClan. She had a good grip of the kit's scruff and she began to swim back up but she started choking and she dropped the kit, SpeckledKit was falling deeper. A solid layer of ice had frozen over top of the river so she couldn't gasp for air and dart back under. Thankfully, ShadowTail had managed to create a crack in the ice and RowanStar stuck her soggy bag of fur for a head into the air and then darted back under the water, SpeckledKit was nowhere to be seen. RowanStar started to swim deeper but her vision went blurry and she fainted..

Chapter 6

"RowanStar?" A cat mewed, it sounded like... BurntBerry!
"BurntBerry?! Where are you?" RowanStar yelped, twisting and turning her head around.
"Welcome to StarClan" BurntBerry meowed.