Wildwinds by:moon

(running with the wind)
key words: 
roaring river, the river closest to the lions, also, the fastest river.
the garden: a secret place with lots of plants.
the summer grounds: a dry place with no trees, less grass, and barely any water. 
the wildwinds aka the wind field : where the cheetah tribe lives. 
the fire mountain:  unknow 
lion kingdom: there the lions stay.
the grasslands:  sort of like the main area.
tree climbers: animals like that are part of a climbing tribe. 
skywings:  a kind of bird group.
the city:  you will find out soon.
the village: where the humans live.
note: not all animals stay in tribes,  there are not any rules for not being in a tribe.
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a lion's gilde to lion life:
lions are very amazing animals. most lions live in groups.  when a male lion gets older, he will have to leave the tribe and make his own tribe, but, he is still be aloud to stay in the lion kingdom.(there is more than 1 lion kingdom)  if a lion breaks a rule of dose something that upsets the king, then they would have to be punished in some sort of way.  but, sometimes, if you break a rule there there is a way to not get punished.  if you want, you can have a vote. if more lions vote for another lion to not go punished. then,  he will not have to do it. but if more lions vote yes, then he will, most lions don't get banned from there tribes, but some do, and if a lion becomes king, then he will stay king until he dies, so it is very important that the lions chose carefully. but if the king lion did something very bad, then, the lions would rebel against their king. and they might start their own tribe if needed. the only way for the lion to not be king is that if all the lions in that clan turn against that king. then that king would not be there king anymore. if you want to be the king of the lions, then you will have to have a good past. that means you  would have to be  punished less than seven times. you also have to be smart. there is a test for all lions to see what job they should get. 
lions can claim other clans if there  is battle, and they win.
lions from the same trib cannot battle unless they are royal. 
cubs stick with their mother for a long time. usually they don't see their fathers that much.
-unknown
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glow:
glow stared down at the river. he always wanted to try and take a swim there. 
he turned around and saw a small tail. he pounced  on it without thought. he heard a grumble noise.
a leappad!  he started to run, but his legs were tired .  just then he heard a loud yell and something jumped out. it leaped on top of the leopard. the two rolled around. there legs kicking. "go!" someone yelled.  glow didn't hesitate.  i need to find the tribe of peace. he thought. as he ran through the grass. they would know what to do.
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chapter 1
Drops of rain had fallen on to The grassy fields not to long ago. the rain clouds were already gone and the sun was shining again. a cheetah walked over 
to the river where he then saw his sister, hey blackpaw! honeyleaf said, are you ready? blackpaw nodded, i guess, you? i don't really know replied honeyleaf, but it's nice that we can finally go past the barrier. blackpaw nodded. a cub named fields walked over to the two. you guys are so lucky! i wanted to go too, but mom says i have to wait! don't worry your time will come. said honeyleaf. fine fields muttered but why can't i just come with you guys! then we're going to get in trouble blackpaw said. well can't you guys just sneak me past the guards or something? ha sorry but we can't honeyleaf said. awwww but i want to, i'll be really good and everything! please! please! please? blackpaw sighed sorry but you really can't, maybe you can try and ask goldenstripe to change the rules. oh yeah! i can totally convince him! and everyone will be be super happy because they don't have to wait! yeah! i'll ask him! phew, ok now lets go! said honeyleaf. the two walked over to the end of their territory where spotstripe greeted them. oh hello blackpaw, hi honeyleaf. he said. hi spotstripe said honeyleaf and blackpaw. so your are you ready to go? spotstripe asked. yeah, were ready. we just need to pick-up a few things first. ok then i'll go tell everyone you two are leaving. good luck! thanks, blackpaw said quietly and ran after honeyleaf who already ran past the rocky ground under them. "wait!" blackpaw yelled. honeyleaf spun around. "well then hurry up!" she snapped. "blackpaw and honey leaf!" quick strike said. her tail was wrapped neatly around her paws. "welcome to the first trail" she said, with a grin. 
"oooh the first trial" honeyleaf whispered jokingly. quick strike frowned. "i hope your going to pay attention" she muttered. 
yeah, i'm paying attention! do you think i'm not paying attention?! honeyleaf would have said, if she could.
"let's just get this on with" quick strike said as she scraped her claws against the dirt.
blackpaw shivered. 
" take this stone with you, she said. "if you run into any lions or leopards and even other cheetahs, that are not part of the tribe. you know what to do". "also, you need the stone, to open gates. don't work together, this is a trial for yourself. you need to catch, a zebra. but, don't come back with any scars!" she handed them two pale grey stones. what's so great about them? they look just like any kind of stone. blackpaw thought.
"come on!" honeyleaf said. blackpaw followed. ok, so i guess i'm going blackpaw thought. he could feel the wet mud between his paws. for some reason it felt good. he keeped on walking. his eyes on the ground. when he looked up honeyleaf was gone.
though, blackpaw knew she was fine. he sniffed the air. he could smell hare and other cheetahs. but no zebra. he knew that he would have to go father. and he had studied about it. he knew that he should see a pond soon. SNAP! blackpaw ran as fast as he could. he might have been acting like a cub but he couldn't imagine what might have happened if he decided to stay. just then he saw a hill. maybe if i go on top of it, i'll see something 
he walked on top. he could see a group of zebras.
blackpaw knew that this was his chance.he felt wobbly, like he could fall down right now. he had been waiting for this moment for a long time. if he did fail then he would be the lowest ranking group in the minds of the other cheetahs. he wondered how honeyleaf was doing. all of a sudden it got very quiet.
too quiet actually. he could hear his own heart beat. he felt a sudden strike in his mind. it was like lightning. like it was telling him to go now. blackpaw raced down the hill. then he stopped. the zebras stopped. to clouds stopped moving. it was like everything was frozen. but then he felt a wind rush past him. the zebras were running. blackpaw looked around his mind was swirling with thoughts. the stripes on the zebras were confusing. it seemed like they were running in circles. blackpaw did not know what to do but a voice in his mind said. get the small one! 
blackpaw ran and ran, he watched the zebras run for their life. blackpaw saw that the zebras were getting tired. he took the chance. he jumped. he felt the zebras brush past him. he turned around, grabbing one of the zebras. the zebra shook him of, tossing him around. he got up again and spotted the smallest zebra not too far. he leaped. missing it. he let out a yip in surprize as he fell onto the ground. some dust of wind flew into his face, as the zebras ran away. blackpaw shook himself letting all the dirt and dust away. 
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chapter 2.
first of all.
the sun was setting. and blackpaw knew that. the first trial was over. he ran back to the gates. he saw a few trees and dots of flowers.
he looked around and then found an odd looking pile of wood. it only looked weird because how it was shaped and where it was placed. it was curvey and spikey on the ends, and there was a hole on it. then he remembered that he was supposed to place the stone in the hole. carefully he placed it in the hole. it fitted perfectly. just then. the gates fell down revealing a path. blackpaw leaped over the wood. not wanting to go to birdie explaining how he cut his paws from the spiky wood. 
blackpaw then raced down the trail. he knew he was getting close to home. finally. he made it. he could smell the cheetahs from his tribe.
he could see a bunch of trees and bushes. he pushed through the long plants and bushes. on the other side, he could see the cheetahs from his tribe.
"blackpaw!" honeyleaf yelled. "i passed! i passed!" "good job!" blackpaw said. he definitely did not want to tell honeyleaf that he did not have a zebra with him. just then he watched quickstrike walk over to him. " first of all, where's your zebra?" she said in a demanding tone. "i-i-" "let me guess, you didn't catch one". "after all that studying and you couldn't catch one". "that's not true! i bet he did! right blackpaw? you did catch one, right?" honeyleaf said. "i- um um um- no.." 
"i told you". quikstrike said. "what! but but-" honeyleaf begin. "no no, he did not pass, but don't worry. he still has time". she gave a quick glance at blackpaw. "now the ceremony is tomorrow. and if you don't pass, then there will be no ceremony for you. now honeyleaf, goldenzap wants to talk to you". she flicked her tail to goldenzap, who was sitting on a very short tree. honeyleaf noded. "of course" she said and raced over to their golden orange leader.
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chapter 2
in the fields 
blackpaw was about to take a nap but the voices made him stay awake. "blackpaw!, blackpaw!" 
what? "what?,what do you need?" it came out a bit more rude than he expected. "blackpaw! fields is missing!" cried minty.
what? that couldn't be true 
but then he remembered that fields wanted to go do the first trail.
"who else knows?" he asked. 
"well everyone by now".
"anyways you should go check near the wind fields, i'll go check near the rocks". minty said.
blackpaw noded.
quickly, he raced to the wind fields. 
the grass was longer here. a lot longer. though, the first trail was not exactly exiting, if fields knew what it was about he probably wouldn't want to go. blackpaw looked around and spotted a small yellow head not to far away. fields. "COME, LETS GO!" he heard fields say. "lets go!, now!" he said again.
"ok, ok"
fields then started shoving him out.
"hey! what are you doing?!"
"COMEONLETSGO!THERESATHINGSANDTHESILVERSNAK-"
the words were all jumbled up together. 
just then he heard a slithering sound. 
at first he didn't see it, but now he could. a snake. it glowed silver in the moonlight.
it gave a loud hiss and fields quickly dashed away into the darkness."wait!" blackpaw ran after the speedy cub.
just then two more snakes appeared, making the same terrible hissing sound. 
but then for some reason they suddenly slithered away. blackpaw started to run back to camp when he heard a vary, vary, loud stomping noise....
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chapter 3, lions are odd.
zebras there were zebras. everywhere.
the zebras were running... from, something... blackpaw looked around around the area. nothing. then, he saw the face of a lioness. lots of lionesses.
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lionesses were she-lions. then this must be the night hunt. blackpaw thought. night hunts were usually, with schools of young lions practicing hunting in groups. but only for today until the sun came up again. "hmmmm i'm hungry" said one of the she-lions. " you just ate" said another.
"shhhhh!" "be quiet! or i'll bite your tails!" a yellow lioness with orange eyes with flecks of gold in them said. "yes, raya" said the lions.
''wait, Raya that... was not a tribe lion name. unless.... 
" I see your watching the night lions. I'm Amber by the way." Blackpaw turned around so fast he almost fell. "err...um....hi?" oh no, it's lion, what dose she want? why is she looking at me like that?, what's going to happen? "i-i'm going to leave, like... right now...."
"oh, well, that's too bad. i'm kinda lonely right now".
"w-why aren't you with your tribe?" 
"you mean my pride?, oh, because... i don't have one".
well no wonder she's lonely, lions live together. i live in a cheetah tribe but i have a good reason to be in one even though most cheetahs don't stay in tribes.... i wonder why she's not in a tribe. or pride. or whatever they call it. she looks to young to be on her own. but, i don't know much about lions..... 
actually, the more he thought about amber the more suspicious she seemed.
"oh well, it was nice meeting you" amber said. as it were normal for lions to talk to cheetahs.
Blackpaw closed his eyes as she walked past him. he never was this close to a lion before. 
he would tell sister. or.... maybe not. maybe it was better if he didn't say anything.
field would want to here all about it.
actually, now he remembered why he was even here in the first place. he needed to find fields. 
Blackpaw started walking back to camp. it was cold and freezing. the sky was now filled with stars and big stones were surrounding him. the stones looked like black shapes in the dark and... one of the stones were... moving? 
it has to be felids 
Blackpaw walked closer. just as he thought, felids has hiding near the stones.
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