Lilystorm's Journey

Chapter One: Sad Questions
"Lily, come over here!" Lily's father's playful voice came from the other side of the abandoned Twoleg nest they lived in.
"Coming, Dad!" Lily answered, running over to where her father, Storm, stood, his dark gray pelt shining in the sunlight. When she came over, Storm pointed with his tail to the forest.
"Do you want to come on your first hunt?" he asked. Lily stared at Storm. "Really? You mean it? I'm not stuck in the nest until you come back?"
Storm purred, though sadness was in his gaze. "So much like your mother. Funny, innocent. Why did StarClan have to take her?" He yowled mournfully at the sky. Lily knew the story of her mother and her littermates.
It had been the coldest night this forest had seen in years. Her mother, whose name was Lily, had given birth to four kits. Two were stillborn. One died, before even a day had passed. The last they named Rose. Storm and Lily thought their troubles were over. But a quarter of a moon later, Lily died. Storm was wracked with grief, so he changed Rose's name to Lily as a memorial to his lost mate. As Lily stood thinking about what happened when you went to StarClan, Storm's voice broke into her thoughts.
"Are we going to hunt or not?" he asked, purring with amusement.
"Oh, right!" Lily answered, following her father into the woods.
"Good hunt. You caught more than most five moon old cats." Storm said as they walked into the clearing that had the abandoned Twoleg nest.
"Thanks," replied Lily, her voice muffled by a mouse and a very old vole she had caught. Storm himself had a squirrel and a sparrow in his jaws, so they wouldn't go hungry tonight. As they settled down in their nests with some food to eat, Lily began the questions round. She had it every night. She would ask questions about the clans and Storm would answer them.
Tonight she had some old questions as well as a few new ones. "What was the name of your clan?" Lily asked. That was the one she normally started with.
The answer was always the same. "TreeClan." Storm answered, just like last night. The questions went on and on until one of the last questions came.
"What were my littermates names?"
Storm always answered this one. "The eldest, a she-cat, was called Jay, then there was Tiger, the only tom, and last there was Moss, another she-cat." After this question, Lily curled up, about to close her eyes. But then, she realized there was one more question she never asked.
She decided to ask it now. "What was Mom's warrior name?"
Storm stared at her for a heartbeat. "L-Lilypelt." he finally said. "Lilypelt."
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter One~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.23.23 AM.png|Storm
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.32.25 AM.png|The Abandoned Two-leg Nest
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.35.50 AM.png|The Forest
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.01.20 AM.png|Lily
Lily - A light brown she-cat with white, paws, belly, muzzle, and tip of tail
Storm - A dark gray tom
The Abandoned Two-Leg Nest - Very well protected and comfortable, and lying in a grassy clearing, many cats want it for their home
Chapter Two: Shattered Peace
When Lily woke up the next day, she knew something was wrong. She smelled other cats, but they didn't smell like nice ones. Storm was alert and pacing.
"Dad! What's going on?" Lily asked, frightened.
"A band of rogues," Storm said. Suddenly, Lily heard yowling. She warily peeked outside. There were seven rogues, all of them had scars and mean eyes.
"Oh StarClan," Storm murmured. Then suddenly, he leaped out of the nest, his claws unsheathed. "Leave my territory, rogues!" Storm yowled.
"You here that, Ice? He told us to leave! How rude!" a sleek black and brown tom said to a white she-cat.
"Yes! How rude!" the white she-cat, who Lily guessed her name was Ice, replied.
"You shouldn't be rude to us," a calico she-cat hissed at Storm.
"I agree, Flora. It won't end well for those who are rude to us," a patchy ginger tom said. The other three cats said nothing, but looked scornfully at Storm.
"Well, Snake? What should we do with this mange pelt?" Ice asked, her unsheathed claws glinting in the sun.
The black and brown tom, Lily guessed his name was Snake, simply said. "Kill him if needed."
Lily couldn't have her father dead, so she ran out of the nest yowling. "Leave my father alone!"
Storm whipped his head around. "Lily! No! Stay back!" he hissed in fear.
"Oh, what's this? You have a kit with you?" Ice asked, hissing with hostile friendliness if that was possible.
"You should of told us." Snake growled.
"Well, I think he should die." Ice decided, her blue eyes filled with hatred. "Attack him!"
Lily watched in horror as her father defended himself in vain. She watched as he was ripped apart by seven cats. She watched as Snake and his gang, their claws and teeth stained with blood jumped onto the abandoned Twoleg nest. That was once Storm's home. Her home. Lily couldn't bear it anymore. She ran, for a long, long time. Until she couldn't run anymore. So there she lay, under an old ash tree.
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Two~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.38.15 AM.png|Snake
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.44.27 AM.png|Ice
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.45.53 AM.png|Flora
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.47.01 AM.png|Claw
Snake - A sleek black and brown tom (leader of Snake's Band)
Ice - A white she-cat with blue eyes (second-in-command of Snake's Band)
Flora - A calico she-cat with a badly torn ear (follower of Snake)
Claw - A patchy ginger tom (follower of Snake)
Three Other Cats - (followers of Snake; names not mentioned)
Chapter Three: StarClan
When Lily opened her eyes again, she was by a small stream running through a cliffside. Before she could take in her surroundings, many cats started appearing in front of her. "Where am I?" Lily asked the cats, crouching low to the ground.
"You are in StarClan, little one," a brown tom said.
"Oh! Like the place where all the dead cats go, right? But does that mean I'm dead?" Lily mewed, her courage returning.
The brown tom laughed. "No, you aren't dead, we simply have come to give you a prophecy. My name is Brackenstar by the way."
Lily felt a tingle of memory. She had heard the name Brackenstar before. As she struggled to remember where she had heard it, more cats gathered around her. Suddenly she knew. "Brackenstar! Right! You were leader of TreeClan when my father was an apprentice!"
Brackenstar purred. "Good, he told you who I am. Now, we need to go very soon, so we must tell you the prophecy." As Brackenstar finished speaking, nine cats appeared before her, three of them kits.
One of the cats walked towards Lily, with the three kits jumping behind her. Lily had a distant memory of the cat, but as she tried to grab it, the memory flew away again. "My beautiful daughter. How much you've grown," she said, her ginger and white pelt shining in the starlight.
"Lilypelt? My mother?" Lily asked, realizing how she knew the cat. "And these must be-"
Lilypelt glanced at the kits. "Moss, the brown and white kit, Jay, the dark gray kit, and Tiger, the brown tabby over there." She answered Lily's unspoken question. Lily was about to say hi, but then she noticed a cat that she never thought she'd see again.
"Dad!" the words were barely out of her mouth before she threw herself into his soft gray fur. "I want to stay here forever and ever if it means having my dad." she thought to herself as Storm nuzzled her ears and and muzzle. All his horrible wounds were gone, his pelt was sleek and undamaged. Before she could look up at her father again, everyone disappeared. All except Jay and Brackenstar. "Where are they?" Lily asked, "Where did you take them?"
Brackenstar and Jay looked at her. Brackenstar spoke, "They are safe, in StarClan."
Jay trotted up to Lily. "We need to give you the prophecy," she mewed, her clear blue eyes looking deep into Lily's blue-green ones. Brackenstar padded forward.
"You face a long journey, but in the end, you will find the Fauna." They spoke at the same time, wisdom in their words. Then they vanished.
"In the end, you will find the Fauna," Lily whispered to herself, "I wish the prophecy told me more."
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Three~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.50.29 AM.png|Lilypelt
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 11.19.19 AM.png|Brackenstar
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 11.20.50 AM.png|Jay
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 11.22.16 AM.png|Moss
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 11.23.23 AM.png|Tiger
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 11.24.24 AM.png|StarClan
Brackenstar - A mighty brown tom (in StarClan)
Four unnamed cats - Relatives of Lily (in StarClan)
Lilypelt - Beautiful ginger and white she-cat (in StarClan)
Moss - Dark brown and white she-kit (in StarClan)
Jay - A dark gray she-kit with clear blue eyes (in StarClan)
Tiger - Brown tabby tom (in StarClan)
StarClan - A beautiful place where dead cats go. Living cats can visit it.
Chapter Four: A Strange Meeting
"Ok, haunches down, Lily." Lily whispered to herself as she snuck up on a mouse. "Keep your tail still, and don't lose your balance."
The mouse suddenly lifted its head. "Oh no, please no," Lily muttered. She leapt too late. The mouse was gone. "Fox dung!" Lily hissed. "I almost got it!" Disappointed, she stalked away to find something else to eat. After a while, she spotted a small looking sparrow. "I will not lose this one, by StarClan!" Lily hissed to herself. Stalking forward, every paw placed carefully down onto the ground. When she was a tail length away, she leaped, and she landed. She had caught the sparrow. Purring with satisfaction, she bit into it. "Scrawny, but delicious," Lily thought to herself as she finished the sparrow in a few famished bites.
"Hey! Get away from that sparrow, kit!" a voice said. Lily sat up. "I caught it! And besides, I ate it! There's only remains now!" Lily mewed, sounding braver then she felt.
"Yeah! I need those remains!" the voice hissed.
"Who are you?" Lily whimpered. Suddenly, a very large ginger she-cat slid out of the bushes with surprising grace for a cat so big. "I'm Cleo. Who are you?" the cat mewed.
Lily didn't speak for several heartbeats. She was too frightened. This cat was huge. And scary. "Are you part of the rogue band?" Lily finally had the courage to ask.
"My goodness, no!" Cleo said, alarmed. "Quite the opposite! I'm running away from them. All the cats in this forest are."
Lily stared at her. "My father was killed by them," she finally managed to whimper.
"Oh, you poor thing! You can have the rest of the sparrow if you want!" Cleo mewed, obviously it was supposed to be a favor.
"Oh, I'm fine, you have it," Lily replied.
"Really? You mean it?" Cleo asked in disbelief.
"Sure. It's only the remains of the sparrow anyway," Lily answered, wondering why this giant cat would find it surprising that someone offered them the remains of a sparrow.
"Yes, I know it's just remains, but you see, the rogue band has patrols that scout the area for other rogues and loners that have some sort of prey. Then they take it by force. I lost a very fat rabbit just the other day," Cleo mewed sadly.
"Oh." Lily was unsure of what to say. "My name's Lily," she said at last, hoping to make some kind of conversation.
"Nice name, kit." Cleo mewed, "I best be on my way though, I need to see if I can find at least a bit of prey before the rogues begin their patrols. Bye, kit! Be careful out there!" she disappeared into the bushes as gracefully as she came.
"That is one strange cat." Lily murmured to herself before curling up where she lay to get a nice rest.
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Four~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 7.42.38 AM.png|Cleo
Cleo - A massive ginger she-cat
Chapter Five: The Great Storm
Lily had been traveling for days. She hadn't slept much, forever afraid that the rogue band would get her. She didn't catch much, and the things she did catch were scrawny and tough. Lily was a mess. Her fur was ungroomed, she had leaves and twigs stuck in her pelt, she was weak and skinny. If a kittypet had seen her then, they would of passed out with fear. It didn't help that she had fallen into a stream twice, one while walking beside the bank, the other while stalking a fat vole, and now she was soaking and covered with water weed and twoleg garbage. While Lily walked along a gorge, she thought about where she had been and all she had done. She was proud of that, even though her father had died. As she scouted the area for a sheltered place to rest, she felt a drop of rain, then another, and another. Before she knew it, it had become a steady pour of rain. This was bad. The gorge she was walking in would fill up quickly, and the rocks would be slippery in the rain.
"I need to get out of here," Lily thought anxiously. She started to scramble up the walls of the gorge, but they were too steep. The rain was increasing as she struggled. Giving up her struggle of climbing, Lily ran. There was a slight uphill she could reach in front of her if she hurried, and then she could get to high ground, to Twolegplace if possible. She needed to get to the uphill before the dam broke. In the other direction, there was a lake that led into the gorge, but the gorge was dry because of a dam that separated the lake from the gorge. The dam was weak however, and would break in rough winds. As Lily ran to the uphill, she heard a distant roaring, getting louder every heartbeat. She knew what that was. The dam had broken. And the water was coming. Lily forced herself to sprint, rain blinding her eyesight. But then she heard rumbling. Was it simply thunder? No, it was rocks. The loose rocks from the top of the gorge. Lily panicked. She sprinted, but her strength was leaving her. Then something hit her. The water had caught up with her at last. Instead of struggling, however, Lily let herself be carried.
"I've come to join you, Dad." As Lily's last thought echoed in her mind, she was knocked out.
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Five~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 7.41.01 AM.png|The Gorge
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 7.40.19 AM.png|The Dam
The Gorge - A steep rocky place, it's very dangerous in the rain.
The Dam - A beaver made thing. It's connected to the gorge and the lake so the gorge won't get any water.
Chapter Six: The Twoleg Nest
When Lily woke up from a dreamless sleep, she heard voices around her. Refusing to open her eyes, she sleepily wondered if they were StarClan cats.
"The poor thing, I'm glad I got her to my housefolk, or she wouldn't have a chance." The word housefolk brought Lily to her senses. Opening her eyes swiftly, she looked around her. A two-leg pelt on the floor. A enclosed fire. Many more things. But the thing that really got her awake was a cat, standing right beside her nest.
"Hello, little one! You're awake! You've been asleep for hours," the cat said.
"W-who are you?" Lily asked, her fur starting to bush up. Not that is made her look bigger, she was so skinny, now she simply looked normal sized.
"Chill, that's not impressing anyone, you don't look any bigger," the cat said amusedly. "I'm Sunset by the way."
Lily licked her chest fur in embarrassment. "Oh. I'm Lily."
The cat called Sunset looked at her. "You need a bath, you smell, and you're the smallest thing I've ever seen. Lily." Sunset replied in response. Before Lily could fire a retort back, a two-leg came in and picked Lily up.
"Help me, Sunset! Let me go, you stinky two-leg!" Lily hissed, panicking.
"First of all, my housefolk is bringing you to the bathroom so you can have a bath. And second, you're the one who's stinky. Not my housefolk," Sunset mewed calmly, licking her paw.
Lily simply closed her eyes tightly and let herself be carried. When the two-leg finally put her down, Lily opened her eyes. She was standing in some kind of bowl with water in it. Was it a lake? The two-leg mewed something in their strange language and turned on a kind of mini waterfall. Lily had no idea what that was, but it was making the bowl with water fill up even more. Suddenly, the two-leg reached its hairless paw up to a kind of silver colored snake, and brought it down to Lily. The snake then gushed warm water onto Lily's back. Even though Lily was already wet from the gorge, this felt good. But then it stopped. The two-leg grabbed a small leaf sized thing that was the same color of snow and rubbed it all over Lily. Hissing slightly, Lily turned to look at her back and stared. There was snow! Except the snow wasn't cold. It was white and fluffy and bubbly like a stream. "It's called soap," a familiar voice said.
"Soap?" Lily asked Sunset.
"It makes you clean," was Sunset's answer. While Lily pondered this soap stuff that was supposed to make her clean, the snake gushed more water and washed the soap away. Lily hardly felt it. This was exciting and scary. She was in a two-leg nest having 'soap' put on her, and she was learning new words. It was almost too much! When the two-leg picked her up again and wrapped her in a two-leg pelt, Lily was surprised for a heartbeat, but then she relaxed. The two-leg wasn't going to hurt her. It was helping her.
"Well? Did you like the bath?" Sunset asked when Lily came back to her nest, still a bit damp but definitely clean.
"Yeah! It was great!" Lily replied, flopping into the two-leg pelt nest.
"Told you!" Sunset said happily. Lily was beginning to like Sunset. In what seemed like heartbeats, Lily was telling Sunset all about her journey and Sunset was telling Lily about a cat named Kimchi, whom Sunset had a crush on. They talked and laughed the night away, and when Sunset finally left to go to her nest, Lily fell asleep in peace and happiness.
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Six~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.14.48 AM.png|Sunset
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.18.40 AM.png|The Twoleg Nest
Sunset - A white angora she-cat
Sunset's Twoleg - A twoleg that takes care of Sunset.
The Twoleg nest - This is where Sunset and her Twoleg live.
Chapter Seven: Meet Bob!
"What is this?" Lily asked Sunset. They were in what Sunset had identified was a 'kitchen' and Lily was staring at what looked a bit like deer dung.
"It's food, silly! It's what kittypets eat!" Sunset purred in amusement, taking a bite of the stuff.
Lily shuddered. She would give anything for a plump mouse. "It's not so bad." Sunset encouraged her. "Take a bite!" Lily slowly lowered her head and took a small bite. She immediately had to stop herself from gagging.
"Well?" Sunset asked.
"It's... interesting. Now I'm going outside to hunt." Lily replied, making her way to the cat flap Sunset used. When she got outside, she spat the kittypet mush out, and sniffed the air for food. It was hard to smell anything though, due to the twoleg flowers, but she finally smelled a chipmunk under one of the bushes. She carefully stalked up to the chipmunk, and pounced. "Thank StarClan for this prey." Lily murmured swiftly before picking up the chipmunk to find a place to eat in peace.
"Hi! Who are you?" a voice suddenly said. Lily spun around. A very fat brown tabby was sitting on the fence, staring down at her cheerfully. "I'm Kimchi. How on earth did you catch that chipmunk? Are you Sunset's roommate? Do you like it here? Do you have fleas? Where are you from? What's your name?" the cat called Bob mewed.
Lily was taken aback. No one ever asked so many questions at one time, for StarClan's sake! As she was pondering how to answer this, Sunset came out.
"Hi Kimchi!" Sunset purred. "How are you?"
Kimchi looked over at Sunset from where he was sitting.
"Hi Sunset! I'm fine! How are you? I've just been asking your friend some questions. She doesn't have many answers though." Kimchi replied, leaping off the fence, though it looked more like toppling from Lily's point of view.
"Well, you asked me if I had fleas!" Lily hissed in her defense. This cat was so annoying!
"Well, I take that question back then. Will you come live with me? You're a beautiful cat! Can you teach me how to eat chipmunks? I mean, hunt them?" Kimchi mewed, oblivious to Lily's irritation.
"My name is Lily, I don't have fleas, I am from the gorge, I caught the chipmunk because I have had practice, I like it here, and I am Sunset's roommate. Are you happy now?" Lily said, biting in to the chipmunk.
"Yes, I'm happy! Will you teach me how to catch chipmunks?" Kimchi purred. He obviously didn't know there was such thing as sarcasm.
"Fine. Follow me." Lily said shortly. This cat was acting like a kit! Sniffing the air, she found the scent of a sparrow. "Ok. Do you see that sparrow?" Lily whispered, crouching low.
"Yes!" Kimchi mewed, scaring the sparrow away.
"You need to be quiet to hunt Kimchi. Watch me." Lily sighed, sniffing yet again for something to eat.
Suddenly Sunset whispered, "Mouse!" Lily looked over to where Sunset was standing. A mouse's tail was visible a fox-length away.
"Good, Sunset. Can you try to catch it?" Lily asked. She was impressed with her friend. Sunset had caught on so quickly! As Sunset carefully stalked the mouse, Lily waited with bated breath. Would she catch it? Finally, when Sunset was less than a tail-length away, she pounced on the mouse and quickly killed it.
"Yes! Go Sunset!" Kimchi purred.
"Nice, Sunset!" Lily mewed.
"Should I eat it?" Sunset asked, sounding uncertain.
"Just try it. Kimchi can taste too!" Lily replied, walking over to Sunset. Kimchi immediately ran to sit next to Sunset.
"I'm going to try it!" he mewed, taking a big bite. "Yum! It's good!" Kimchi mumbled, chewing.
Sunset finally bent down and took a bite. "It's delicious!" she purred, eating the rest.
"Told you," Lily said. "Now I have places to go, so good luck in your hunting."
Sunset and Kimchi stared at her. "Leaving? Now? Where will you go?" Kimchi mewed sadly.
"You can't just leave! My house-folk will be so worried!" Sunset wailed.
Lily sighed. She wanted to stay with Sunset, she really did, but this wasn't the right place for her. "You can come if you want Sunset. And you too, Kimchi." Lily purred sadly.
"I-I wish I could, but my home is here. I hope you find what you're looking for." Sunset replied.
"I can't leave! My friends are here!" Kimchi yowled in desperation.
Before Lily could answer, Sunset's Twoleg came outside. Lily decided now was the time to leave, or never. Trotting away to the Twoleg stone, she stopped right at the edge of Sunset's yard. She turned around. Bob was standing on the front steps. The Twoleg was holding Sunset, but there was the same look in all of their eyes. Understanding. Lily glanced at all of them, then trotted away, in search for the Fauna.
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Seven~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.08.14 AM.png|Bob
Screen Shot 2016-10-17 at 10.10.43 AM.png|The Garden
 
Kimchi - A fat brown tabby
The garden - A place where Sunset spends most of her time, and some birds and rodents live there.
Chapter Eight: StormClan
It had been days since she had first left Sunset and Kimchi, and Lily was in a stage of sadness and depression. No friends, scrawny food, and no idea what 'the fauna' was. A few days ago, Lily had considered becoming a kittypet, but Brackenstar and Lily's grandmother, Flowerstem, told her not to. Lily sighed absentmindedly. She was walking in the right direction, Brackenstar had said, but what was she looking for? As Lily was pondering that, she reached what looked like Twoleg stone. She knew what this was. Storm had told her about it many times. A Thunderpath, where monsters were. Hissing with annoyance and fear, Lily crouched, getting ready to sprint across. Finally, there was a time where there were no monsters. Lily took this chance, and quickly ran across. Suddenly, a monster came bearing down on her. Lily took this as her moment to pick up speed, but too late. The monster was almost to her. Lily crouched, readying herself for the fatal blow. It never came. She felt herself being wrenched off the Thunderpath. Was it Sunset and her Twoleg? Had they saved her again from death? No. When she opened her eyes again, she was lying on prickly grass and a light brown tom was standing over her.
"Hello!" he said. "I'm Soulfoot. Who are you?" the cat called Soulfoot asked.
"I'm Lily. Are you a clan cat?" Lily asked. Soulfoot sounded like a clan name.
"Yes, I am a clan cat! I live in StormClan." Soulfoot answered cheerfully.
"Oh! Can I come with you to your clan?" Lily mewed excitedly.
"Of course! That's where I planned on bringing you when you opened your eyes!" Soulfoot laughed. Lily smiled. She liked this cat. He was so easygoing and funny, but he had a sense of power and wisdom. As Soulfoot led Lily away into a mystic looking forest, Lily followed him.
"Really, Soulfoot, you brought this kit to our clan and say she's just here for visiting? Great StarClan! I thought you had better judgement!" a cat that Soulfoot called Skoll hissed in annoyance. Skoll reminded Lily of Ice, the rogue that had helped kill her father.
"Skoll, you will leave this up to Strikestar. Is that clear?" a dusky brown tom said sternly.
"Yes, Treefoot." Skoll said, hiding her snarl.
"Leave what up to me?" a voice mewed, jumping down from a large rock. As soon as Lily saw this cat, she knew it was Strikestar. Even though she jumped down from the rock like any normal cat and dipped her head to Treefoot as if they were equals, the way Strikestar held her head, the way she looked at Lily with her green gaze made Lily sure she was Strikestar.
"A kit has come to our camp. Soulfoot is the one who found her and brought her here." Treefoot answered her. Strikestar turned toward Lily, her light ginger and white pelt shining in the sun.
"Her? What is your name, young one?" Strikestar asked gently.
"Lily. Soulfoot saved me from the Thunderpath you see, and brought me here." Lily stammered. Was Strikestar mad?
Strikestar gazed at her. "You can stay, as long as you respect everyone and pitch in with clan duties," Strikestar said finally.
"But Strikestar! She's only a kit!" Lily heard a cat say.
"She is almost apprentice age, Alderheart. She can pitch in," Strikestar answered. "Meeting dismissed." Strikestar turned around and slipped into a crack in the boulder.
Sighing with relief, Soulfoot turned to a light ginger she-cat and said, "I'm so glad Strikestar said yes. Aren't you, Creeksong?" The ginger cat turned to him. "Of course!" she purred. Lily guessed she was Soulfoot's mate.
"Come with me young one, I'll show you where to sleep," a voice rumbled behind Lily. She spun around. A giant dark brown tom was standing behind her. "I'm Bramblewhisker," the tom answered her unspoken question.
"Oh. Nice to meet you," Lily mewed, crouching to the ground.
"No need to be afraid. Come on! Follow me!" Bramblewhisker purred. As Lily was led over to a honeysuckle bush that Bramblewhisker said was the Apprentices Den, Lily finally thought she was fitting in somewhere.
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Eight~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 11.18.58 AM.png|Flowerstem
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 11.20.18 AM.png|Soulfoot
Spidespidespidermancat.PNG|Skoll
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 11.26.57 AM.png|Treefoot
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 11.27.53 AM.png|Strikestar
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 11.33.38 AM.png|Alderheart
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 11.28.29 AM.png|Creeksong
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 11.34.31 AM.png|Bramblewhisker
Screen Shot 2016-10-18 at 11.45.59 AM.png|StormClan's Camp (It was the best photo I could find)
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.24.51 AM.png|Strikestar's Den
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 9.11.06 AM.png|The Thunderpath
Flowerstem - A light gray and white she-cat (in StarClan)
Soulfoot - A siamese cat
Skoll - A black she-cat with turquoise eyes
Treefoot - A dusky brown tom (deputy of SoulClan)
Strikestar - A light ginger and white she-cat (leader of SoulClan)
Alderheart - A white tom
Creeksong - A light ginger she-cat
Bramblewhisker - A dark brown tom
Strikestar's den - A small crevice in a boulder, this is where Strikestar makes her den.
StormClan's camp - A well sheltered, mossy area 
The Thunderpath - Cats, watch out! Monsters travel here. 
Chapter Nine: Birdflight's Vision
"Lily! Can you help me sort out herbs?" Lily heard Birdflight mew.
"Sure Birdflight!" Lily replied, getting to her feet. It had only been a few days, but Lily already felt as if she fit into StormClan.
As she ran over to where Birdflight was sorting herbs, Larkpaw stopped her. "Lily, Smokepaw and I are going out to practice hunting. Wanna come? Soulfoot already asked Strikestar if it was okay. She said yes."
Lily glanced at her friend. "I would love too, but it depends how long Birdflight and Snowheart need me," she answered.
"Sure! I'll let Smokepaw know." Larkpaw mewed, running off with Smokepaw and Soulfoot. When Lily reached Birdflight, Birdflight set her to sorting the yarrow, the chervil, the borage, the marigold, and other herbs.
"Puddlepaw and I need to go somewhere soon, so I need you to take charge of the medicine den." Birdflight explained. Suddenly, Birdflight froze, her eyes growing misty. Lily considered crying out, but seemed rooted to the ground. But then, as quickly as it started, it stopped.
"Birdflight! What happened?" Lily cried.
"A vision. I have to tell Treefoot and Strikestar." Birdflight panted, padding to the entrance of the medicine cat den.
"Can I come?" Lily asked.
"I'm sorry, but you can't. This is going to be a discussion for Strikestar, Treefoot, and I." Birdflight replied before she exited the den. Sighing, Lily followed Birdflight out of the den, but went a different way, to find Smokepaw and Larkpaw.
"Lily! Where do you think your going?" a voice snarled. Spinning around, Lily found herself nose to nose with Skoll.
"I-I, you see, I was,-" Lily stammered. Skoll always frightened her, and Lily usually tried too avoid her.
"You were sneaking out of camp, no doubt! I thought Birdflight needed your help," Skoll hissed.
"Oh for StarClan's sake, Skoll! Birdflight is talking to Treefoot and Strikestar! Lily isn't allowed to listen! She's obviously allowed to go out of camp, since Birdflight doesn't need her right now, we have plenty of food, and Snowheart's ticks are taken care of," a voice mewed in exasperation. Lily recognized the voice as Rainfeather, a beautiful silver and black she-cat. Lily glanced at her in thanks. Rainfeather smiled at her behind Skoll's back.
"W-well-," Skoll mewed defensively, searching for an answer. Before Rainfeather could sit down to have a strong debate with Skoll, Strikestar's yowl filled the air.
"Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the highrock for a clan meeting!" Lily turned and ran over to the high-rock, wondering why Strikestar was calling a meeting. No one was sick, Flowerpaw was still a bit to young to become a warrior, and no one needed to become an elder.
"What's going on?" two voices whispered in unison.
"I don't know, guys," Lily answered Skywhisper and Smokepaw. Before they could ask any more questions, Strikestar began speaking.
"Birdflight has received a vision, about two rogues inside our territory. She says they are no danger now, but we should drive them out." This proclamation unleashed many confused, scared voices, until one of the voices yowled, "It's probably rogues coming to take Lily! Lily has lead them to us! If we drive her out, the rogues won't bother us!" Lily sighed. It was Skoll's voice, clear as day.
"Silence! Birdflight also said that the rogues lived apart, not knowing each other. I believe that these two cats have come separately, not knowing the other existed, and you were wrong to blame Lily Skoll." Strikestar mewed calmly.
"When do we drive them out?" a light ginger tom named Lionclaw asked.
"We should drive them out today!" a hot headed cat called Leopardpelt hissed in excitement.
"Yeah! Let's show them what a warrior can do!" an apprentice known as Ashpaw yowled.
"Shush and listen to what Strikestar has to say!" Brackenleap reproached Ashpaw.
"Thank you Brackenleap. The plan is to send to patrols to each rogue. We will first try to talk with the cat peacefully, and if it decides to leave, there will be no need for battle. If not, drive the cat out, but please don't hurt it to badly. It's not a fair fight if it's one against four or five. Treefoot, please organize the battle patrols. Meeting dismissed." Strikestar mewed, jumping down to talk to Brackenleap and Rainfeather.
~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Nine~
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.46.42 AM.png|Birdflight
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.48.13 AM.png|Larkpaw
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.48.38 AM.png|Snowheart
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.49.22 AM.png|Puddlepaw
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.50.08 AM.png|Rainfeather
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.51.14 AM.png|Skywhisper
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.53.35 AM.png|Smokepaw
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.54.17 AM.png|Lionclaw
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.55.24 AM.png|Leopardpelt
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.58.23 AM.png|Ashpaw (Best I could Find)
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 8.59.09 AM.png|Brackenleap
Screen Shot 2016-10-21 at 9.08.18 AM.png|Medicine Cat Den
Birdflight - A light gray she-cat
Larkpaw - A ginger she-cat (mentor: Soulfoot)
Snowheart - (Mentioned) A white she-cat (elder)
Puddlepaw - (Mentioned) A stocky gray tom (mentor: Birdflight)
Rainfeather - A beautiful silver and black she-cat
Skywhisper - A light brown she-cat
Smokepaw - A gray tom with black legs, muzzle, and belly (mentor: Lionclaw)
Lionclaw - A longhaired ginger tom
Leopardpelt - A she-cat with leopard splotches
Ashpaw - A brown tom with gray spots (mentor: Brackenleap)
Brackenleap - A brown and white tom
Medicine Cats Den - A well sheltered, roomy place, this is where Birdflight and Puddlepaw make their home and store their herbs
Chapter Ten: The Rogue
"Bramblewhisker, you will lead one patrol to the stream, and Rainfeather can lead the other patrol to the pine grove. Is that clear?" Treefoot was giving out patrol orders to find the rogues.
"Yes, Treefoot." Rainfeather and Bramblewhisker said in unison. "Alderheart, Lionclaw, Larkpaw, Lily, my patrol." Rainfeather said commandingly, though, as always, there was mischief and laughter in her gaze.
"Brackenleap, Ashpaw, Smokepaw, Leopardpelt, my patrol." Bramblewhisker yowled firmly. Lily couldn't believe it. She was in a patrol! Rainfeather did trust her!
As they all ran out of camp, she heard Larkpaw beside her. "Hi Lily! Can you believe we're going to help drive the rogues away?" Larkpaw mewed breathlessly. Lily couldn't answer, she was running as fast as she could to keep up with Lionclaw. The whole patrol was sprinting at breakneck speed when they all abruptly stopped. Lily fought to keep herself from crashing into Alderheart.
"We need to proceed quietly now. Keep your eyes and ears open for the rogue." Lily heard Rainfeather say. Silently, the patrol made their way through the pine grove, alert for sounds of the rogue. Suddenly, they heard grumbling. Rainfeather turned her head to the noise, waving her tail at the rest of the patrol to keep quiet as they changed direction. Lily was breathless with excitement as she followed Larkpaw. The grumbling grew louder as they neared a small clearing.
Suddenly, a cat burst through the pines and came to a stop right in front of Rainfeather. "Get away from my territory!" the cat said. Lily took a good look at him. He was an ebony colored tom with piercing yellow eyes.
"Actually, this is our territory. You passed the scent line." Rainfeather said, calmly, though her normally bright eyes were angry.
"Oh? Who cares!" the cat said, putting on an annoyed and sarcastic face, though Lily could tell he was nervous.
"You...!" Larkpaw was trying to find a word bad enough to describe this cat.
"Larkpaw! Leave this to me! You have passed our scent line. You can leave in peace, or my patrol would be happy to fight you," Rainfeather mewed, struggling to keep her temper.
"I won't leave! There's plenty of prey," the tom said saucily. Rainfeather and Lionclaw both looked like they were about to explode with rage. Lily silently prayed to StarClan that Alderheart would step in. He did.
"Look, we do not wish to fight you, but you refuse to leave in peace. We will be forced to take you in as prisoner. Rainfeather, do you think that is a good idea?" Alderheart mewed peaceably.
"Very well. Let's take him," Rainfeather agreed, though she looked like she wanted to tear the rogue apart. As the patrol made their way back to camp with the rogue, Lily hung back so she was the last one. She felt bad for this rogue. Well, not exactly, but she felt bad that all he had done was find a place to rest, and Rainfeather had taken him prisoner. She respected Alderheart's decision, but she didn't like the way the rogue was being treated.
"What's your name?" she said politely to the rogue. Maybe she could at least make friends with him.
"I'm not telling!" he growled.
Rainfeather turned around. "Don't you talk to Lily like that! You're lucky that she's even talking to you!" she snarled. Lily ran over to Alderheart. He always made her feel safe. Just as Storm used to do. Alderheart didn't react, only glancing down at Lily comfortingly.
As they walked into camp, Flowerpaw, Wolfkit, Sorrelkit, and Swiftkit, Tinykit, Eaglekit, and Dawnkit came running to meet them. "Hi Lily! Did you chase away the rogue?" Sorrelkit asked.
"Of course not! Look! There is a black cat coming with them. It must be the rogue!" Flowerpaw mewed. "I've been stuck with all of Spiritwing's kit's for ages!" Lily purred.
"Well, maybe it's because you're so good with kits?" Flowerpaw looked at Lily.
"Maybe, but, moving on to the serious matter, did you take the rogue prisoner? I thought you needed to either drive it out, or he was to leave in peace," Flowerpaw remarked.
"Strikestar will tell everyone what happened in a minute. Okay?" Lily replied.
"Let all cats old enough to catch your own prey gather here beneath the Highrock for a clan meeting!" came Strikestar's yowl.
"Lily, you have crazy perfect timing," Flowerpaw said, running over to the Highrock. Lily purred. All she had done was answered Flower's question right when Strikestar was walking over to the Highrock.
When everyone was seated, Strikestar began speaking. "Today, we sent two patrols to speak to the rogues. Both of the rogues came back with the clan. Rainfeather, Bramblewhisker, please tell your story."
Rainfeather and Bramblewhisker jumped onto the Highrock in one swift movement. "Rainfeather, please tell everyone your story first." Strikestar meowed calmly. "Yes, Strikestar. So, we went to the pine groves and found the rogue, but the rogue refused to leave in peace, so I was about to signal my patrol to drive him out, but Alderheart wanted to bring him prisoner so we could question him further. His name is Breeze," Rainfeather said, her voice carrying to all of the camp.
"Very well. I accept this. It was a good decision, Alderheart, and good of you to agree with him, Rainfeather. Bramblewhisker, tell your story please?" Strikestar mewed.
"Of course. So, we went to the stream and found the rogue, but she looked quite scared, even though she was trying to hide it, so I had pity on her, and decided to take her prisoner and question her when we got back to camp. I thought maybe we could question her on why she crossed the scent marks," Bramblewhisker answered. Strikestar looked calm about this, though Lily could tell she was a little confused. "Very well. Treefoot, bring both of these prisoners to the prison den and ask the ginger one her name. Meeting dismissed," Strikestar mewed. Lily sighed. She thought Rainfeather's speech would be more impressive than that.
"Lily, come on, it's getting dark." Larkpaw mumbled behind her.
"Okay Lark," Lily replied, following Larkpaw to the apprentice den.
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=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Ten~ ===
Screen Shot 2016-10-22 at 8.36.27 AM.png|Breeze
Screen Shot 2016-10-22 at 8.36.57 AM.png|Flowerpaw
Screen Shot 2016-10-22 at 8.37.34 AM.png|Wolfkit
Screen Shot 2016-10-22 at 8.38.43 AM.png|Sorrelkit
Screen Shot 2016-10-22 at 8.39.05 AM.png|Swiftkit
Screen Shot 2016-10-22 at 8.41.49 AM.png|Spiritwing
Screen Shot 2016-10-22 at 8.42.36 AM.png|Blaze
Screen Shot 2016-10-24 at 12.40.02 PM.png|Tinykit
Screen Shot 2016-10-24 at 12.41.28 PM.png|Eaglekit
Screen Shot 2016-10-24 at 12.44.02 PM.png|Dawnkit
Breeze - An ebony colored tom (rogue)
Flowerpaw - A calico colored she-cat
Wolfkit - A gray tom kit
Sorrelkit - A light ginger she-cat
Swiftkit - A black and white she-cat
Spiritwing - A black and white she-cat (mentioned only)
Blaze - A bright ginger she-cat with green eyes and golden spots on her muzzle (rogue)
Tinykit - A white she-cat
Eaglekit - A light ginger tom
Dawnkit - A black she-cat
(Blaze was unnamed in this chapter, but she was the one taken by Bramble's patrol.)
Chapter Eleven: The Awful Truth
"Leopardpelt, your turn to guard the prisoner's den!" It was sun-high, and Treefoot was giving orders. "Alderheart, you can lead a border patrol, Rainfeather, you can lead another border patrol. I want some lone hunters. Skoll, myself, Soulfoot, and Brackenleap. The rest, find something you can do here, like fixing the dens. Let's go!" Treefoot's yowl split the air.
Lily flopped out of her nest and trudged over to the prisoner's den. Blaze and Breeze were there, curled into their nests and ignoring Leopardpelt, who was guarding them. "Um, hi? How are you?" Lily mewed to the two rogues.
"We're fine." Blaze said shortly, her ginger pelt gleaming in the sun.
"Yeah, but we would be better if we weren't stuck in this stupid camp." Breeze said, hiding his nervousness.
"Don't worry. I won't eat you, Breeze." Lily purred in amusement.
"Will you just leave us alone?" Blaze snapped.
Lily tossed her head. "No. I want to talk for a little bit." she chirped. Suddenly she had a strange feeling that she should look for Treefoot. Quickly standing up Lily said, "You know, I have better things to be doing. Have a nice day!" With that, she walked out of the den.
"Where are you going, Lily?" Leopardpelt asked. "For a walk. I need some fresh air." Lily answered, making her way into the forest. Once out of camp, Lily broke into a run. I need to find Treefoot. Lily thought to herself as she scented the air. She found a faint smell of him, and followed it. For some reason, she felt very worried when Skoll's scent entwined with his, just fresher. Trotting swiftly along, the scent of Treefoot and Skoll got fresher and stronger, until she could hear Treefoot hunting. Skoll was nowhere to be found. Creeping up and hiding in some bushes, Lily saw Treefoot as he stalked a vole.
Suddenly, he leaped onto the vole, swiftly killing it. As he bent down to bury it, Skoll crept up behind him. "Hello, Treefoot." Skoll hissed.
Treefoot jumped. "Skoll! You scared me!" he said.
Skoll purred in a menacing way. "Did I scare you? I'm so sorry. Tell me, would you like me to be the last face you see before you die?" she snarled.
Treefoot tensed. "No, not really, I prefer to see my mate's and kit's faces before I die." he answered. "Oh? Well, you don't have a choice!" Skoll said, leaping into the air.
"Skoll, you wouldn't kill your own clanmate! I know you wouldn't," Treefoot mewed, before Skoll landed on top of him, tearing into her claws into his neck. Treefoot coughed. "Skoll, you can't, you won't........" he gurgled.
Skoll laughed. "Oh yes I can. I can indeed," she said, kicking Treefoot's dead body out of her way. Suddenly, she turned, sniffing the air. "Lily." Skoll hissed, before jumping into the bushes. Lily scrambled out and ran. She needed to tell Strikestar!
"And so, you need to exile Skoll, or you will all be in danger." Lily finished her hasty speech.
Strikestar stared at her. "So, you're saying, Skoll will come into camp dragging Treefoot's body, and wailing, and saying you did it?" Strikestar asked.
Lily looked at her gravely. "Yes, something like that," she answered, right as a wail split the air around them. "I need to leave. Skoll's here," Lily whispered.
Strikestar glanced at her. "We'll say that you needed to leave because... well, I'll think of something," she murmured. Lily nodded, before sneaking out of a hole in the camp wall. Lily paused to glance once more at Larkpaw, who was watching her. Lily managed one last sad smile before vanishing, never turning back. Strikestar would cover for her, and they would exile Skoll in the end. Lily was sure of it.
=== ~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Eleven~ ===
No one, so here is a gallery of stuff from the story, and also some random stuff:
63edbc83dbdbac709d81e2cd94270da4.jpg|Random Kitty
Screen shot 2016-10-24 at 6.22.29 PM.png|My friend made this, it's a family picture (Colored by Prideflight of FaunaClan)
Screen shot 2016-10-24 at 6.22.49 PM.png|A picture of myself on the right, and my sister Tigerkit my sister irl (Colored by Prideflight of FaunaClan)
Screen shot 2016-10-24 at 6.23.09 PM.png|My warrior ceremony I'm so proud (Made by my FaunaClan leader, Laurelstar)
Screen shot 2016-10-24 at 6.23.40 PM.png|Another family picture, from left to right, myself, Leafkit, and my mate, Ravenwing (drawn by Laurelstar of FaunaClan)
Chapter Twelve: Help Needed
Lily was bored. She was sitting on a log, and the log was carrying her downriver. The most exciting thing that had happened was she had helped a mouse-brained apprentice get his friend of a Thunderpath. The apprentice had thought his friend was dead for StarClan's sake! Until Lily pointed out all the weird sounds the cat was making. She hoped the cat had survived. As she tried to remember the name of the gray apprentice, the log she was sitting on suddenly seemed to curve in the water, and come to rest on a bank. Lily took this as a sign from StarClan that she should get off. Clambering onto the bank and shaking out her fur, Lily scented something.
"Other cats?" Lily mewed to herself. She walked up to where the scent was. A large birch tree. and the scent was strongest by its roots. "Scent marks! A clan!" Lily almost yowled in delight. She decided she would see what this clan was after she got food and a nice rest. Backing away from the scent mark, Lily scented the air for prey. Pretty soon, she scented a pigeon. Lily stalked up to where the scent was strongest. Then realized the pigeon was in a tree. "Well, if I get the pigeon, this will be my best meal since StormClan. It's best to try climbing, I may never have a chance to learn," she murmured to herself, climbing up the tree with some difficulty. At last, she reached the branch where the pigeon was. Sneaking as quietly as possible, she neared the pigeon until she was a tail length away. Then she jumped, missed, and fell. When she landed, she felt a kind of click in her front leg joint, and searing pain took over the panic. Then Lily fainted, right before three cats came and stared down at her.
"Well, we should get Mistydrop, she'll know what to do, Bluepaw, run and get her, okay?" a voice entered Lily's strange dream of floating. Waking up immediately, Lily discovered there were three cats staring down at her, one of whom was Lily's size.
"Good, you're awake. Bluepaw! I told you to get Mistydrop! This cat needs help!" a lithe slate tabby mewed.
Lily stared at her. "Are you from StarClan? Have you come to heal me?" she asked the cat.
"No, I'm not from StarClan," the dark grey feline purred amusedly. "Rainybreeze, gather some moss. We need this cat to be comfortable." The she-cat turned to Lily curiously, her frost-blue eyes fixed on her. "What is your name?" the slate colored tabby she-cat asked Lily.
"Oh, I'm Lily. What clan are you from? Are you going to help my leg? Who are you?" Lily inquired, the pain in her leg returning.
"The name is Laurelfrost. Of course we're going to help your leg. My apprentice, Bluepaw, has gone to get Mistydrop, our medicine cat. And, I'm from FaunaClan." Laurelfrost said, sitting down.
"Fauna......" Lily sighed, and fainted again. "Oh, for StarClan's sake! I hope Mistydrop comes soon!" Laurelfrost mewed in exasperation.
"So, you found her like this? Well, let me take a look at her leg. Oh, it's just dislocated. I can fix that."
"You can? Okay. I can ask her why she had a dislocated leg when she wakes up."
"The poor kit, I hope she wakes up soon. You said her name was Lily?"
Lily lurched awake. "The Fauna......Is this really the Fauna, Brackenstar? Have I found it?" she mewed distantly. "Oh StarClan, she's gone crazy," a blue furred apprentice said, somewhat scornfully.
"Bluepaw! That was very rude! She's sharing dreams with StarClan! I know that look when I see one," a gray tabby with light gold spots reproached Bluepaw.
"Where am I? Are you Mistydrop? Are you a medicine cat? Can you fix my leg?" Lily started asking questions like Bob used to do.
"You are by a birch tree little one, in FaunaClan territory. Yes, I am Mistydrop, I am a medicine cat, so obviously I can fix your leg. Now sit still. Laurelfrost, Rainybreeze, hold her down." the gray she-cat said, taking Lily's leg in her paws, and suddenly, swiftly, wrenched the leg upward.
"OW! Why did you do that!?" Lily wailed.
"I fixed your leg. Can you stand? We're bringing her to camp." Mistydrop mewed. The light gray she-cat with white stripes called Rainybreeze supported Lily on one side, and Laurelfrost on the other. As they walked to the direction of FaunaClan camp, Lily stumbling in between them, no one, not even Lily, could see the dark gray cat staring with pride at his daughter.
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~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Twelve~
Screen Shot 2016-10-31 at 2.07.07 PM.png|Laurelfrost
Screen Shot 2016-10-31 at 2.08.29 PM.png|Bluepaw (Best I could find)
Screen Shot 2016-10-31 at 2.10.21 PM.png|Mistydrop
Screen Shot 2016-10-31 at 2.11.43 PM.png|Rainybreeze
</p> Laurelfrost - A slate colored tabby she-cat with frost blue eyes
Bluepaw - A blue-gray she-cat (Mentor: Laurelfrost)
Mistydrop - A light gray she-cat with barely visible golden spots
Rainybreeze - A small, light gray she-cat with white stripes
Chapter Thirteen: Surprises, Help, and New Friends
When Laurelfrost walked into camp, carrying Lily on her back, a few cats, most of them female, ran up to them.
"Oh, I do hope she's all right!"
"Looks only a little older than Pridepaw!"
"She'll be fine, don't worry Spiritclaw."
Mistydrop led Laurelfrost through a shady fern tunnel that smelled like herbs, and into a small cave. A moss nest was waiting there for Lily. Laurelfrost gently dropped Lily onto the moss, and stepped back, allowing Mistydrop to look at her. "She should be fine in a few days. All she needs is rest and food," FaunaClan's Medicine Cat said wisely, glancing at Lily's flank. You could see her ribs. "Laurelfrost, please get me a poppy seed or two, and tell Rosepaw to carry in a mouse," Mistydrop mewed, standing up. Laurelfrost did as she was told, giving Mistydrop two poppy seeds, and calling to Rosepaw to fetch a mouse for the visitor. After all of that was done, Mistydrop put the two poppy seeds inside the mouse, and gave it to Lily. Lily ate it up without hesitation. "Let's go. She needs sleep, and I need to gather herbs with Sleekpaw," Mistydrop whispered to Laurelfrost, guiding her out of the den. Lily curled up, almost asleep when,
"Hello, are you Lily? I'm Pridepaw."
Lily jumped surprise. A light brown cat was standing there, a butterfly circling around her head. "Sorry about my butterfly. Sirsky, out!" the cat named Pridepaw mewed. The butterfly flew out into the new-leaf sunshine. "You have a name for a butterfly? I would think it's impossible to tell a butterfly from another," Lily asked, sitting up in her nest. "He stays with me almost all the time. He was my first friend. Well, not really, but I trained him. The name, Sirsky, was because I heard a Twoleg say something, and the word was 'Sir' and I liked that word, so I added it to his first name, 'Sky'. So now he's Sirsky." Pridepaw answered. "Anyway, I need to be careful, because I'm not allowed in here without Misty's permission. Which I don't have." she added, changing the subject. "Yeah, sure." Lily mewed, biting back a yawn. She felt exhausted. "Oh, you must be tired. I'll leave you alone until you're awake. Okay? I'll cya, Lily." Pridepaw purred in amusement, exiting the den. Lily immediately fell asleep, too tired even, to say bye.
"Wake up Lily! Leafstar wants to meet you." Mistydrop's voice broke into Lily's dream of hunting squirrels with Larkpaw and Skywhisper, though Larkpaw kept transforming into Pridepaw and back again, and Skywhisper kept changing into Laurelfrost. "Who? Where? When? Squirrels?" Lily was immediately awake, though still in her dream. "Leafstar. FaunaClan's noble leader? Follow me. She wants to see you at her den." Mistydrop sighed, leading Lily into the bright sun. Lily held back a gasp of pain when she put weight on her right forepaw. "Don't worry. It's just not used to weight yet, so it'll be a little sore." Mistydrop mewed sympathetically, noticing Lily's grimace. Lily nodded, limping after Mistydrop into a small crevice at the bottom of an old hollow tree.
"Hello, Lily. I am Leafstar, leader of FaunaClan, and this is my deputy, Riptide." a brown she-cat mewed, welcoming Lily into the den.
Lily nodded her head at Leafstar and the other cat, a gray one Lily guessed was Riptide. Mistydrop did the same, dipping her head in greeting. Lily sneezed, breaking the awkward silence. Leafstar looked as if she were fighting back a laugh. "Leafstar, are you sure you want to do this? Do you know if she is trustworthy?" Riptide murmured to Leafstar, glancing over at Lily. "Yes Riptide. I'm sure." Leafstar mewed, calmly and evenly. "Lily, would you like to join this clan?"
~New Cats And Places Introduced in Chapter Thirteen~ 
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Screen Shot 2016-11-04 at 9.44.18 AM.png|Pridepaw
Screen Shot 2016-11-04 at 9.45.01 AM.png|Sirsky
Screen Shot 2016-11-04 at 9.45.45 AM.png|Leafstar
Screen Shot 2016-11-04 at 9.46.31 AM.png|Riptide
Screen Shot 2016-11-04 at 9.47.01 AM.png|Medicine Cat's Den
Screen Shot 2016-11-04 at 9.48.03 AM.png|FaunaClan Camp
Screen Shot 2016-11-04 at 9.48.39 AM.png|Leader's Den
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Pridepaw - A light brown she-cat with darker brown stripes and long fur
Sirsky - A purple butterfly, Pridepaw's best friend
Leafstar - A dappled brown she-cat
Riptide - A light gray she-cat with determined periwinkle eyes
Medicine Cat's Den - Mistydrop and Sleekpaw live and work here
FaunaClan Camp - A well sheltered clearing
Leader's den - An old hollowed out tree
Chapter Fourteen: Accepted
"Join? Really? Now?" Lily was feeling a surge of emotions. She felt worried, surprised, happy, and for some reason, calm. "Yes, of course now. You would be accepted as an apprentice. Willowleaf shall be your mentor." Leafstar purred in amusement. "Well, then I accept. Thank you for letting me in. I will contribute to this clan the best I can." Lily mewed, dipping her head. Riptide hesitated, then nodded. Mistydrop dipped her head as well, purring. "I'm glad." she mewed.
"Lily, from this moment on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Lilypaw. Your mentor will be Willowleaf. I hope that she will pass down all she knows to you." Leafstar's voice rang through the air. "Willowleaf, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Icepelt, and have proven yourself to be loyal and compassionate. You will be the mentor of Lilypaw, and I expect you to pass down all you know to her." she continued. Willowleaf touched noses with Lilypaw, and pretty soon, the clan was shouting Lilypaw's new name. Pridepaw came running forward, along with Rainybreeze, Laurelfrost, and a cat called Rosepaw. Lily was brought to the apprentices den, where Pridepaw made her nest bigger. "Everyone else shared a nest, and you can't exactly sleep with a butterfly, so now we can share!" she was saying. Lilypaw was sitting beside her, Sirsky flying over both their heads. "I'm gonna go get something to eat. Wait here Pridepaw. I'll get you something." Lilypaw mewed, standing up and exiting the den. When she grabbed a mouse and a sparrow from the fresh kill pile, Willowleaf stopped her. "After your done eating, I want to show you the territory. That okay with you?" she asked. Lily nodded, trotting back to the apprentices den.
"Hey Pridepaw, I'm going on my first training session after we're done eating!" she mewed excitedly.
"Cool! I remember when I went on my first session too! You'll do brilliantly! If you can survive a flood, Leaf-Bare, Two-legs, and an evil murderer, this will be easy." Pridepaw said. Lilypaw had told her about Skoll and the rest of her journey. Lilypaw purred. Pridepaw made her feel so confident, like she could do anything. "Well, I better go. Willowleaf is waiting." Lilypaw mewed, stuffing the rest of her sparrow into her mouth and turning to leave.
"Wait!" Pridepaw said.
Lilypaw turned around, confused. "Chew." Pridepaw continued. Lily chewed obligingly. "Now swallow." Pridepaw finished. Lilypaw swallowed, grinning at Pridepaw before running out of the den and into the sunshine where Willowleaf was waiting. "Good, you're here. Now, shall we go?" Willowleaf mewed when she saw Lilypaw. Lilypaw nodded, following Willowleaf into the forest.
~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Fourteen~ 
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Screen Shot 2016-11-05 at 6.58.18 PM.png|Willowleaf
Screen Shot 2016-11-05 at 6.59.23 PM.png|Rosepaw
Screen Shot 2016-11-05 at 7.03.31 PM.png|Apprentices Den
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Willowleaf - A tan colored she-cat
Rosepaw - A light brown she-cat with white splotches
Apprentices Den - An old tree on a slight hill fell part way, and now a few of the roots are no longer on the ground. Under the roots is a very sheltered place for the apprentices to reside
Chapter Fourteen: The Fauna
"Lilypaw, you have done well on your final assessment. Are you ready to become a warrior?" Willowleaf's voice echoed through Lilypaw's head as she registered what her mentor had just said. "Yes! Of course!" Lilypaw said when she finally knew what Willowleaf had asked. "Good. Now, can you go help Stormstrike with the camp walls? I'm going to go talk to Laurelstar about your ceremony." Willowleaf mewed, trotting over to the leaders den and slipping inside. Lily sighed. Leafstar and Riptide had both died almost less than a moon ago, but luckily Riptide had chosen Laurelstar as deputy before she died.
"Is it true? Are you really going to become a warrior today?" Pridepaw mewed.
"Yes, I am! Willowleaf says its all fine with Laurelstar." Lilypaw answered, purring at Stormstrike and Pridepaw. The three friends were all gathered around an old stump near the apprentices den. Stormstrike and Lily had just finished a patch of the camp wall and were resting, Sirsky was flying around camp somewhere, staying away from Spiritkit and Toughkit, the two naughtiest kits. "Thats great! We can share a nest!" Stormstrike mewed excitedly, right before Laurelstar called a clan meeting. "Its time." Lilypaw whispered, following Pridepaw and Stormstrike over to the great tree.
"I, Laurelstar, leader of FaunaClan, call upon my warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. She has trained hard to learn the ways of your noble code, and I commend her to you as a warrior in her turn." Laurelstar stated, her voice filled with pride and gentleness.
"Lilypaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and protect and defend your clan even at the cost of your life?"
"I do." Lilypaw mewed, loudly and clearly, though on the inside she was about to burst with happiness.
"Then, by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Lilypaw, from this moment on, you will be known as Lilystorm. StarClan honors your intelligence and energy and we welcome you as a full warrior of FaunaClan." she continued, putting her muzzle on Lilystorm's head as Lilystorm licked her leader's shoulder. "Lilystorm! Lilystorm! Lilystorm!" the clan shouted Lilystorm's new name, Pridepaw and Stormstrike's cheers the loudest. Lilystorm purred, stepping away from Laurelstar and dipping her head to the clan. "You will sit a silent vigil tonight, and guard the camp." Laurelstar called, before slipping into her den. Dreamwalker, the new deputy, followed her to talk about an alliance with The Felines Of The Endless Coastline. Lilystorm walked over to the fresh kill pile as the evening descended onto the quiet camp. Choosing a sparrow, Lilystorm remembered the sparrow she had been eating when she met Cleo. Lilystorm couldn't help purring to herself as she remembered the ginger cat. She sighed. It felt like yesterday when she had met Kimchi and Sunset, or played with Larkpaw, or argued with the gray apprentice she had met on the Thunderpath. Ashpaw was his name. Lilystorm now remembered. And Heavycloud, a cat that had helped her once or twice, Ashpaw's mentor. All these cats she had met, all the things she had done. Maybe this really is worth it. I met all these cats that helped me on my way. Even Snake and his band, no matter how much I hate them. Then she remembered Brackenstar. He hadn't entered her dreams in a while, and neither had Jay. Lilystorm wondered where they were. Had they given up on her? No. They wouldn't do that. This was obviously the Fauna, they had no need to talk to her anymore. Getting up, Lilystorm noticed Pridepaw and Sirsky playing near the apprentices den, and Dreamwalker arguing with Lightningstripes, one of the top warriors. She saw Toughkit and Spiritkit chasing after a leaf, and Ivyvine, an elder, resting outside the elders den. She saw Laurelstar and Nightshade sharing tongues, and Ivypaw and Hazelpaw play fighting. This is my home. The Fauna or not, and no one can make me leave.
~Cats and Places Introduced in Chapter Fourteen~ 
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Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.06.23 AM.png|Lightningstripes
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.05.23 AM.png|Dreamwalker
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.04.07 AM.png|Stormstrike
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.07.07 AM.png|Toughkit
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.08.06 AM.png|Spiritkit
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.08.43 AM.png|Ivyvine
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.09.19 AM.png|Nightshade
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.10.17 AM.png|Hazelpaw
Screen Shot 2016-11-06 at 10.11.37 AM.png|Ivypaw
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Stormstrike - A light brown American Short-hair she-cat
Dreamwalker - A silver Maine Coon she-cat
Lightningstripes - A brown Bengal she-cat with cold yellow eyes
Toughkit - A white tom
Spiritkit - A black she-cat with gray stripes
Ivyvine - A brown American Short-hair
Nightshade - A black she-cat
Ivypaw - A light brown she-cat
Hazelpaw - A dark brown and white she-cat
Epilogue
"Prideflight, Snowpaw, Hazelshade! Dawn Patrol! Scarletwing, train Tigerpaw. Muddyflower, Wavepaw, Opal, hunting. The rest, either train your apprentices or go hunting. Leaf-Bare is coming soon!" Lilystorm's voice rang out around FaunaClan camp. She was giving out orders, for she was deputy. "Yes deputy." Prideflight, her best friend, dipped her head in mock respect. Lilystorm purred. Ever since Stormstrike, Mistydrop, Willowleaf, and Rainybreeze had died, she had been in a state of shock and sadness, but Prideflight was helping her.
"Lilystorm, Lilystorm!"
Lilystorm looked around for the voice. "Hi Shadowkit." Lilystorm answered, looking at the small black tom. "Tigerpaw was looking for you." Shadowkit mewed, whisking his tail. "Okay, tell her I'll be right over." Lilystorm told Shadowkit, walking over to Laurelstar exchange a word or two about the alliance with SageClan, then marching over to talk to Tigerpaw, her adoptive sister. She had almost forgotten about Brackenstar, and she never noticed the mighty brown tom and the small gray kit watching her on a stone with stars in their pelts.
"She's found the Fauna Brackenstar. She's found it." whispered the kit, walking away, into the stars.
== Notes On the Story ==
Well, I'm done with the story, and I had so much fun writing it! It couldn't of happened without you guys! This story is a back story on my OC, Lilystorm, and her childhood sadness. I hope you liked this story, again, I couldn't of done it without you guys!
=== Thanks to: ===
XxLaurelfrostxX or Laurelstar (Book Founder of Laurelstar's Oath)
ShatteredXFeather or Brokenstar (Book Founder of The Hidden Storm)
PRIDEHEART or Prideflight
Tao18 or Blossomkit
Meowmeowwarriors or Shadowkit
Btw, look up 'Lilystorm of FaunaClan', it's a sequel!
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