Yellowleaf's Hope

== Prologue ==
I say these words before the body of Hawkflight, so his spirit may hear and approve of my choice. Yellowleaf will be the new deputy of CrystalClan," Blizzardstar announced at the top of Sparkle Rock.
"Yellowleaf, Yellowleaf!" the entire Clan chanted.
Yellowleaf looked up to Sparkle Rock, up to Blizzardstar. Her amber eyes gleamed in the moonlight. She really had been chosen as deputy! A dark gray apprentice pushed past the other cats and jumped onto Yellowleaf's back. 
"Congrats, mentor!" the apprentice cheered.
"Shadepaw! Thanks for the support, but get off me now!" Yellowleaf commanded.
Shadepaw chuckled and got off her mentor's back. The crowd's cheers were now fading into silence. Blizzardstar stood straight on top of the rock.
"Clan dismissed," he announced before jumping off.
The Clan cats started to break off from the crowd one-by-one. Shadepaw smiled. She turned once again to her mentor. "How does it feel like being the deputy?"
Yellowleaf looked down over Shadepaw. "It's a good feeling. You know, being a deputy means you're in a position of power. It gives you more control over the Clan."
"And you get to organize those hunting and border patrols," Shadepaw added. 
"That's true. Oh, wait. Blizzardstar!"
Blizzardstar turned to Yellowleaf. "Yes?"
The deputy trotted up to the leader. "Should I get tomorrow's morning and dawn patrols set up, Blizzardstar?"
"You can if you want to," Blizzardstar replied before swiftly slipping into his den.
Yellowleaf turned back to Shadepaw. The apprentice shrugged. 
"Guess you should just do it," Shadepaw suggested. 
Yellowleaf nodded her head. She turned to Cedarfrost, Grassclaw, and Meadowpaw, randomly picking cats to ask. 
"Hey, Cedarfrost! Grassclaw! Meadowpaw!" 
The three cats turned around.
Yellowleaf stated," Are you able to go on dawn patrol tomorrow, any of you free?"
Cedarfrost nodded. "I should be free."
Meadowpaw turned to Grassclaw, then back to the deputy. "If my mentor allows..."
"Yes, Meadowpaw. We can go on the dawn patrol," Grassclaw answered, his voice in a tone that showed how fed up he was about his apprentice always asking him before doing something. 
"Understood. Grassclaw and I will be there," Meadowpaw said.
Yellowleaf let out a silent sigh of relief. The dappled yellow she-cat wasn't the most social, and didn't want to have to go around and ask people she barely knew to do tasks.
"You can set up the hunting patrol tomorrow," Shadepaw suddenly blurted, slightly startling Yellowleaf. 
"Agreed," the deputy replied. "A good night's rest should get me prepared to tackle tomorrow's work."
Yellowleaf set off in the direction of the warriors' den. She had a few thoughts of her late grand-uncle, Hawkflight, who was the last deputy, on her way there. 
Don't worry, grand-uncle, she thought. I'll make sure to be the best deputy I can be, just like you.
== Chapter One ==
Yellowleaf walked into a clearing, Shadepaw following. The deputy stopped in the middle of the clearing.
"Ok, Shadepaw," she went on. "Today I'm going to teach you how to do an upright lock. To start, let me explain a situation where you might use such a battle move. Imagine you're in the midst of a battle and...Shadepaw put down that rock!" 
Yellowleaf stormed over to Shadepaw and smacked the rock away from her. "You're in the middle of a lesson, Shadepaw." 
"Sorry..." Shadepaw apologized. "But there was a crimson line on the rock. It got me curious."
Yellowleaf was confused. She looked to the rock and fidgeted with it. The apprentice was right, a long crimson red line ran down the rock's edge. It had a scent on it, a cat's scent, in fact. Yellowleaf instantly knew where the scent came from.
"A LightningClan cat," Yellowleaf mumbled. "They and BirdClan must've fought again."
"Another battle from their war?" Shadepaw asked.
Yellowleaf nodded. "Unfortunately, yes."
"Must be scary to be in a war with another Clan," Shadepaw stated.
"I've never been in one before, but it must be scary. You're practically fearing for you life all the time!"
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