The Sixth Clan (Book One)

## Allegiances

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**Leader** SPIRITSTAR - A small pale blue she-cat with white paws

**Deputy** CINNAMONFUR - A bright ginger she-cat with white paws

**Medicine Cats** MIDNIGHTSHADE - A blue-spotted black tabby she-cat with white paws

APPRENTICE: ALONEPAW

FAWNLEAP - A dappled brown-and-white she-cat

APPRENTICE: SKYPAW

**Warriors** GRACEHEART - A pale blue they-cat with a white chest and tail

APPRENTICE: SUNPAW

SPARKCLAW - A ginger she-cat with green eyes

APPRENTICE: LIONPAW

VAMPIREFANG - A tall red she-cat with a white chest and tail, missing an eye and leg

NOBLEMIND - A teal tom with white paws and tail

APPRENTICE: MOTHPAW

BLUEFIRE - A blue she-cat with three white paws

NOYOTAIL - A brown they-tom with purple berry stains on her paws and tail

BUTTERHOP - A pale yellow she-cat with white paws

SALTTAIL - A blue-spotted gray she-cat

MOUSETAIL - A dark gray she-cat with three white paws

AZUREWOLF - A blue-and-white she-cat

SMOKEWING - A small orange tabby they-cat with gray stripes

SHADOWFOX - A brown she-cat with a gray tail

GLOVEFOOT - A ginger she-cat with three brown paws

DRAGONWING - A white-and-brown-spotted black she-cat with brown tabby stripes

**Apprentices** SKYPAW - A gray she-cat with three white paws

ALONEPAW - A black she-cat with a brown chest and muzzle

SUNPAW - A brown-spotted ginger tom with a brown tail

HIPPOPAW - A small pale gray she-cat with a brown tail

LIONPAW - A tiny ginger tom with stripes along his tail and legs

MOTHPAW - A black tom with three white paws and a white tail

**Queen** WEIRDGAZE - A brown-spotted black tortoiseshell she-cat with a white underbelly (Mother of Mushroomkit, a red-and-white she-kit, Carbonkit, a blue-striped pink she-kit, Bananakit, a tan she-kit, and Extrakit, a tortoiseshell-and-white she-kit)

**Elder** NINESTEP - An old gray-spotted black she-cat with a pale gray underbelly

TBA

## Prologue

Spirit walked through the trees, an eerie silence fogging over. She walked over sticks, twigs, and branches.

Didn’t know where she was going; she was just walking. Eventually, she walked into a clearing. The blueish white cat flicked her ear. What was this place?

She didn’t know, but she knew it would be a good place for a home. She could make a clan of cats to live with. Yes, that was a good idea.
Spirit had heard of stories of big groups of cats that lived in the wild called clans. They hunted, fought, and protected one another. She wanted a home like that.

The newly named Spiritstar jumped onto a crescent shaped rock and let her imagination take over; cats everywhere.

She didn’t know how it would end, but Spiritstar knew one thing for sure; she would make sure that her clan was the best one in history.

## Chapter One

Spiritstar laid on the Crescent Rock, her mind wandering. The she-cat rolled over, her tail drooping over the edge of the rock.

The Wikiclan leader sighed. She thought running a clan would be easy. Apparently not.

She rolled over *again*, but this time onto her side, to watch her camp from the rock.

There were a few cats in the clearing of the Horseplace, which has been abandoned. There were three warriors, Graceheart, Sparkclaw, and Bluefire, then there was one apprentice, Sunpaw.

There was also the deputy, Cinnamonfur. She was sending out the four on a patrol, probably for hunting. Spiritstar sighed. Cinnamonfur would be a much better leader than her, in her opinion.

Cinnamonfur was a great deputy. She listened to other cats, and valued their ideas. She was good at being strict too. Spiritstar couldn’t do any of that.

The leader hopped off of the Crescent Rock and into the Medicine Den, where there was one cat she knew she could trust to help her with her problems.

Spiritstar stuck her head through and looked for the cat she desired. One of the medicine cat apprentices, Alonepaw, was sorting herbs in the main area.

One of the medicine cats, Fawnleap, was putting away the sorted herbs. But that was not the medicine cat Spiritstar was looking for.

“Hey, do you know where Midnightshade is?” Spiritstar asked Fawnleap, entering the den fully.

Fawnleap turned around from the wall of herbs. “I think she went to look for herbs around an hour ago,” replied the she-cat. “She should be coming back right about-“

Fawnleap was interrupted by a rustling in the bushes that surrounded the entrance of the Medicine Den. A tall, dark blue she-cat entered the den.

“Now,” finished Fawnleap, looking at Midnightshade. The second medicine cat turned to Spiritstar.

“Ah, our leader," she meowed. “What can we do to help you?” Spiritstar glanced at Alonepaw and Fawnleap, who went back to their jobs. Spiritstar turned back to Midnightshade. “Can I talk to you alone?”

Midnightshade nodded and the two cats left the Medicine Den, exiting the broken down barn. Spiritstar trudged through the thick snow of Leaf-Bare and over near a bare tree.

“So, what did you need?” Asked the medicine cat, once catching up with Spiritstar. “Do you think I’m a good leader?” Spiritstar asked.

Midnightshade looked at Spiritstar. Then she slowly nodded. “Yes, you’re a fine leader. Why?”

“But fine is not good enough!” Wailed Spiritstar. She didn’t care if she sounded like a kit. “I’m such a bad leader. I should just give up my role to Cinnamonfur, she’s a better leader than me”

“Don’t say that” meowed Midnightshade, starting to clean herself. “You’re just gaining more knowledge every day about leading. Like my mother used to say, ‘Without mistakes, we wouldn’t learn’.”

A voice called the medicine cats’s name. She turned her head to see the other medicine apprenitce, Skypaw, calling her name.

“Skypaw’s back” Midnightshade mewed. “I have to go. Remember I can always give you advice if you need it.” Then the medicine cat stood up and ran back to the other apprentice.

Spiritstar watched her go with Skypaw, and sighed. She stood up and slowly walked to the entrance of the camp. She entered and saw that more cats were there than when she left. Spiritstar ignored them and walked to her den.

Her stomach was growling, but she ignored the prey one of the apprentice’s must have given her beside her nest before collapsing into her nest.

Spiritstar curled up, and fell asleep to the dreams of leading her clan well.

## Chapter Two

Sunpaw lifted his head into the air. The small apprentice gently opened his jaws, just a little, to see if he could scent anything.

There! A mouse, right there! In a bush a few tail lengths away from him. Sunpaw crouched down, his thoughts only on catching the mouse.

The new apprentice slowly walked forwards, his tail hovering just above the snow. He tried not to let the white powder crunch beneath his paws. But then…

Crunch! The snow under him made such a loud noise, and Sunpaw watched in anger as the mouse scuttled away through the snow.

“Fox dung!” He cursed, standing up swiftly.

“Sunpaw! Watch your tongue,” snapped his mentor, Graceheart. The they-cat walked up beside him. Sunpaw sighed.

“I lost the mouse,” he said to them. Graceheart nodded. “You’ll need a lot more practice before you’ll actually be able to catch a mouse, little one,” they said.

Sunpaw lifted his muzzle into the air again, but this time, he scented something he didn’t know.

“Graceheart,” he said. “What’s that smell?” Graceheart opened their jaws for a moment, and their eyes widened.

“What? What? What is it?” Asked Sunpaw. Graceheart’s breathing quickened.

All of a sudden, a large, orange and white fox jumped from the bushes, hissing. “RUN!!!!” Screamed Graceheart.

Sunpaw bolted, his paws freezing as he tried to remember where they left the rest of the patrol. He couldn’t see Graceheart anywhere…

He jumped into a clearing, panting. “Mouse dung! Sunpaw, why did you do that? I was gonna catch that mouse!” Bluefire looked at Sunpaw.

He shivered. “R-Run!” He cried. “Fox!” Sunpaw didn’t hesitate to continue to run. He ran all the way to the camp and burst in, Bluefire and Sparkclaw behind him.

Cinnamonfur bounded up to them. “What’s wrong?” She asked. “Where’s Graceheart?”

Sunpaw whirled around and watched the entrance of the camp. Graceheart wasn’t there. He could barely hear a thing as Bluefire and Sparkclaw yammered onto Cinnamonfur.

All he did was hope they were okay.

## Chapter Three

Spiritstar was startled awake by her clanmates' urgent mews, she looked out her den and found Sunpaw crouching in fear beside a busy looking Cinnamonfur.

‘What's wrong?” she asked her deputy. “Sunpaw reports that a fox attacked him while he trained with Graceheart,” Cinnamonfur mewed urgently. “Is Graceheart okay?” Spiritstar asked. “Graceheart didn’t return to camp,” the deputy said.

“Sunpaw, come over here now!” Spiritstar yelled to the small apprentice. “Y-yes?” Sunpaw timidly mewed. “Take me to the place where you saw Graceheart last. Noyotail, Glovefoot you come too,” Spiritstar called out to the warriors.

“We’re going to save our clanmate and get rid of the mangy fox!”

As they lept through the heather the stench of the fox was easy to track. They effortlessly ran out of the abandoned Horseplace that was now their territory. Snarling, the fox came out and blocked their path. The cats spotted a wounded Graceheart struggling to get up behind the beast. Then the fox lunged forward.

## Chapter Four

As the fox lept the whole scene became a whirl of claws and teeth. The fox had separated Noyotail from the bunch and was advancing. Noyotail bunched up and leapt over the mangy beast and racked its flank with their sharp claws.

Yowling in pain the beast flung itself towards Spiritstar who alongside Glovefoot drove the fox back, screeching in pain. While the battle was ensuing a young Sunpaw crept over towards Graceheart and helped steady the injured cat.

The fox, knowing it had been bested, ran off towards the moor.

"We better tell WindClan that foul beast is now on their territory,” meowed Glovefoot. The five ruffled cats trudged back towards camp.

Graceheart suddenly spoke “You were so brave Sunpaw! You are well on your way into becoming a fine warrior.”

## Chapter Five

As they entered the camp, Noyotail and Glovefoot helped Graceheart to the Medicine Den. Sunpaw went with the other apprentices and their mentors to have a training session. Spiritstar watched the cats as they left to do their work. She sighed and turned towards the nursery, where the Clan’s only Queen, Weirdgaze, was. Weirdgaze only had a few moons left until her Kits would be born. Spiritstar ducked under the bramble and into the nursery. Weirdgaze was in the corner, curled up with some prey by her nose. She lifted her head when Spiritstar walked in.
“Hello, Spiritstar” The Leader sat down. “Hello, Weirdgaze. How are you doing?” “I’m doing fine”The two sat in silence for a few minutes, before Spiritstar said “Is there anything I can do for you?” Weirdgaze shook her head. “No, like I said earlier, I am fine”“Okay. Just call me if you do-“Spiritstar stood up and left the den, feeling empty and tired. There was nothing else to do. The Apprentices were training, the prey pile was full, the Medicine Den was full of herbs, and all cats were happy. Spiritstar decided to check on Graceheart.She pushed through the bracken guarding the entrance of the den and saw only two cats: Fawnleap and Graceheart. “Where’s Midnightshade and the Apprentices?” asked Spiritstar.“They went to train with the other Apprentices” Fawnleap stated. She had some moss pressed gently against Graceheart. The No Gender Cat was curled up and asleep. “Medicine Cats have to train to, you know”“Yes, I know” Spiritstar nodded. “Is Graceheart any better?” “Well, they’re getting better, but they’ll probably have to stay here for a few days until the wounds close up” Fawnleap mewed. The Medicine Cat hadn’t taken her eyes off Graceheart. “Okay. What about Sunpaw?” Spiritstar asked. This time, Fawnleap looked at Spiritstar. “Don’t ask me, your the Leader” she pointed out. “Oh, right. Ummmmm… I’ll probably give him a temporary mentor, or a few days off. I’ll ask Noblemind. He can handle two Apprentices, right?”

“Yes, I trust Noblemind. He’s a good Warrior” Fawnleap turned back to Graceheart. “Can you hand me the Willow Bark, please?” “Um- what does that look like?” Spiritstar asked. “Brown, with little white icy bits on it” Spiritstar walked over to the herb shelves and examined them. She then spotted it and picked it up in her mouth. It had a faint sweet taste. “Here” Spiritstar dropped it next to Fawnleap, who picked it up in her mouth and gently pressed it against Graceheart’s wound. “Okay, thanks” replied Fawnleap. “Should I give Sunpaw to Noblemind?” Spiritstar asked, opened back up the previous conversation. “Honestly it’s up to you. I would if I were Leader, though. Just saying” Spiritstar nodded. “Okay thanks.” She then stood up and left the den. Now she had no idea what to do, so she decided to go for a walk.

Spiritstar exited the abandoned barn and trudged through the snow. She then made it to the lake, where it was completely frozen.Forgetting the rule where the Clans had to stay three tail lengths away from the lake, Spiritstar stepped onto it. She slid a bit, and held her breath.Please don’t die today, she thought to herself, forgetting she was given nine lives by StarClan. She slid a few more whisked lengths before she heard it, and saw it.

Crack.

Spiritstar froze. The ice cracked again. Then faster, as the cracks chased her. Spiritstar screeched and ran backwards, slipping on the ice, and falling straight into the frozen lake.

## Chapter Six

“Attention, Apprentices!” Cinnamonfur’s voice called out to the talking cats, who all went quiet. Sunpaw could barely contain his excitement. “Today, we’ll be learning some new fighting moves”
Cinnamonfur narrowed her eyes, watching the Apprentices. Their mentors sat behind them, except for Sunpaw’s mentor, who was recovering in the Medicine Den. “Who wants to show me what moves we learned yesterday?” Lionpaw, one of the younger Apprentices, leaped to his feet. “Me!”Cinnamonfur purred. “Okay, you can start. What’s one of the three moves we learned yesterday? Demonstrate, and practice on me. Claws sheathed” Lionpaw crouched and started creeping towards Cinnamonfur, who recognized the move immediately and turned around. Lionpaw then leaped up and onto the Deputy’s back. He clawed his way forwards and gently nipped her shoulder.

“Good! Who wants to demonstrate the next one?” “Ooh! Me please!” called Smokepaw, an Apprentice who, in a moon, would be a Warrior.Lionpaw jumped off of Cinnamonfur, who turned to face Smokepaw. Lionpaw sat back down in his spot in the line. “Okay, you may try, Smokepaw”The No-Gender Cat Apprentice leaped into Cinnamonfur. They kept they’re body above Cinnamonfur’s in a position that made sure Cinnamonfur couldn’t move, having the Deputy’s underbelly exposed. “Then, I would slash you” finished Smokepaw, stepping off Cinnamonfur. “That was perfect, Smokepaw” Cinnamonfur stood up. “And who wants to do the last one?” Sunpaw stood up on his hind legs. “Meee!” Cinnamonfur chuckled. “Okay. Go ahead, Sunpaw”

Sunpaw crouched. He gently walked forwards, and leaped with his claws out. Cinnamonfur shook her head. “That’s a hunting technique, Sunpaw” The other Apprentices tried to hide their laughter, and Sunpaw’s tail dropped. “Oh, you're fine. Don’t be so dramatic” said Cinnamonfur.

Sunpaw sighed and sat back down, feeling disappointed.

That’s when he heard the scream. The unmistakable scream of Spiritstar.

## Chapter Seven

Sunpaw’s ears pricked up as he heard the yowl of his leader. Sunpaw then looked at his clan and saw that no one else had heard the screech. Sounds of snickering came to his ears and he saw the other apprentices try to hide their laughter. I need to prove myself he thought. “Um Cinnamonfur, I need to go make dirt,” he meowed to the deputy. “Ok, but be right back”.

Sunpaw went to the dirtplace tunnel but then raced off into the woods. He soon found himself lost in Windclan territory. A jolt of fear went down his spine as he realized he was on unfamiliar land.

"Spiritstar, where could she be" he said to himself. Sunpaw though of his life in the Tribe of Rushing Water.

The whoosh of the waterfall sounded as Sun who Shine Mighty Rays played a game with his mother Dawn who Brings Warmth, Sun closed his eyes and opened his ears. Dawn, knowing that her son was ready, made a small meow at the far side of the cave. Keeping his eyes closed tiny Sun tottered over to the section of the cave Dawn was in. He felt a warm pelt and smelled his mother scent and tapped her on the nose. “Found you!” he mewed. Dawn let out a happy purr and pushed her kit against her.

Sunpaw bit back sadness as he remembered his mother and focused on the task at hand. He closed his eyes and opened his ears like he did back then and heard a faint screech in the distance. He guessed it was by the lake. He rushed to the lake and saw and indeed saw a struggling she-cat with a light blue pelt paddling in the water. He ran over and yowled “Grab onto my back!”. Spiritstar dug her claws into Sunpaws' back. The young tom winced at the sharp claws being dug into his fur but dragged Spiritstar on shore. “Spiritstar! Spiritstar wake up!” he pleaded to the still leader.

## Chapter Eight

Cinnamonfur was watching the apprentices train with their mentors and realized that Sunpaw was missing. She padded over to the warriors den and saw Bluefire, Glovefoot and Vampirefang cleaning each other’s pelts. “Have any of you seen Sunpaw?" she asked the three warriors. All of them shook their head but their was a slight hesitation with Glovefoot.

Cinnamonfur noticed that and asked them again, “Are you sure you don't know where he is?”. Glovefoot paused and said “OK, I saw him by the lake when I was out hunting. He was running pretty fast so I thought he was chasing a Squirrel or something.”

The lake? Cinnamonfur wondered. “Alright, you three come with me , we’re looking for him. Also, Spiritstar has been gone for a while too. I guess we're finding her too.”. As the four cats were getting ready to set out two cats walked into camp. Their pelts were half drenched and belonged to Sunpaw and SpiritStar.

Every cat in the clan swiveled their head to the two ruffled cats. "Sunpaw bring me to the Highrock for a clan meeting" Spiritstar said while leaning on the smaller cats shoulder. They padded to the Highrock and Spiritstar sat down.

“Let all cats old enough to hunt gather around the High Rock for a clan meeting!”

"This brave young cat has saved my life rescuing me from the lake" the leader meowed. A lot of gasps came from the assembled clan below. "As for that reason I feel that he should be recognized for his valor. For saving me." "For his feat the whole clan shall feast tonight!"

Yowls of approval came from the clan below and the apprentices who snickered at Sunpaw were cheering him on too. As the clan broke up Sunpaw apdded down from Highrock and went to the apprentices den for a nice rest. Fawnleap who was sitting in the medicine den saw him and beckoned him. "Thanks for saving Spirtstar, she is important to the clan and to all off us as leader.". Sunpaw looked down at his paws and then looked back up "I know, im just thankful shes okay".

Sunpaw padded away. He hadnt saved Spiritstar. It was all his fault that she lost her first life.

## Chapter Nine

A moon passed. Weirdgaze’s Kits had been born. There were four of them: The firstborn, Carbonkit, a pink She-Kit with blue stripes with brown paws and tip of tail, the secondborn, Bananakit, a tan She-Kit with the most striking golden eyes and brown splotches at the end of her tail. The thirdborn, Mushroomkit, a small red and white splotched She-Kit, and the lastborn, Extrakit, a tiny red, white, orange, black, tan, and brown (forgive me if this is wrong that was a lot of colors sob) mixed up colored Kit, named for her extra personality.

Extrakit had been named a few days after her siblings because Weirdgaze couldn’t think of a good name for her, until she saw Extrakit’s extra personality; always doing her most and best to please other cats.

Smokepaw and Saltpaw had earned their Warrior names as well- Smokepaw becoming Smokewing and Saltpaw becoming Salttail. Graceheart has also recovered from their injuries and went back to training Sunpaw.

Tonight was the night of the gathering and Spiritstar was excited- this was the Clan’s first gathering! WikiClan had been a Clan for more than one moon, though, but the other Clan’s didn’t accept them until StarClan forced them to accept WikiClan.

Spiritstar jumped onto the Crescent Rock and addressed the Clan. “All cats old enough to catch their own prey gather beneath the Crescent Rock for a Clan meeting!”

As the cats started migrating their way towards the Crescent Rock, Spiritstar thought about who she would choose to go. “Okay, I have decided the cat’s going to the gathering. Please line up behind Cinnamonfur near the entrance or the camp if your name is called: Graceheart, Sparkclaw, Vampirefang, Noblemind, Noyotail, Mousetail, Azurewolf, Dragonwing, Salttail, Smokewing, Sunpaw, and Mothpaw”

Spiritstar watched the excited cats as they lined up next to the Deputy. The Medicine Cats and Ninestep, the Clan’s only Elder, were also there.

Spiritstar walked to the front of the line and led the cats off to The Island.

…

“I’m so excited! The Clan’s first gathering, and we’re coming!” Mothpaw was beaming with excitement. “Yes, so am I!” Sunpaw agreed. The only four Apprentices going, Sunpaw, Mothpaw, Alonepaw, and Skypaw, were all walking together at the back of the line of cats, just in front of Cinnamontail, who was guarding the back.

“I’m looking forward to talking to the other Medicine Cats” Alonepaw chimed in. “I want to learn what’s happening with their Clan’s”

“Sounds exciting,” Mothpaw replied. “I just really want to talk to other Apprentices!” He was practically bouncing in place, even though they were walking.

“What, are we not fun enough?” Sunpaw joked. The other Apprentices chuckled and giggled. “No, you guys are cool. I just want to learn about how other Clan’s live, from other Apprentices”

“I just want to hear from the Leaders themselves” meowed Skypaw. “I wouldn’t trust the other Apprentices”

“So you would trust the Leaders but not the Apprentices?” Mothpaw asked.

“Yeah”

“But- nevermind” Mothpaw stopped talking and the four walked in silence for a bit.

Sunpaw parted his jaws a bit and took in the smells. He jumped back in surprise. The others turned to him. “What?” Alonepaw asked.

“Nothing, just a lot of new smells” Sunpaw said, shaking himself, and continued to walk with his friends. The Clan then stopped at a tree.

“Okay, cats of WikiClan!” Spiritstar called to the cats. “This part is very dangerous, so please be careful and please don’t die”

Sunpaw watched the older Warriors hop onto the tree and cross it with ease. Then, Alonepaw jumped on. The Medicine Apprentice jumped on and crossed with ease. Then, it was Sunpaw’s turn.

He jumped on, and the tree wobbled. Sunpaw looked at the small drop into the lake below him, as the holes from Spiritstar falling into the lake hadn’t been covered.

He took a step. Sunpaw felt something in him. He didn’t know what it was, but all he thought was run.

Sunpaw ran. He sprinted across the tree, only to fall into the lake below him.

## Chapter Ten

“Go play outside,” That was the voice of Weirdgaze. Extrakit blinked and heard her sister, Bananakit. “But I don’t want to, I’m tired, Mom!”

Weirdgaze purred. “Please, young one. Go play with Extrakit and Carbonkit”

“But why does Mushroomkit get to stay in?”

“Mushroomkit, you too. All of you, go. Mom needs a break”

“Okay, Mother!” Extrakit squealed in delight as she bolted out of the Nursery. She stopped in her tracks. There was a bunch of white stuff covering the ground.

“Mom?” Extrakit called. “What’s this white stuff?”

Weirdgaze exited the den and sat down, starting to clean herself. “It’s snow, Extrakit,” Weirdgaze explained. “It’s stuff that falls from the sky during Leaf-Bare”

“Ohhhhh, okay. Thanks mom!” Extrakit jumped into the snow, but squeaked and squirmed out. “Owwie! It’s cold!”

Carbonkit tapped the snow and shivered. “Yes it is cold” she mewed.

“We can’t play in this!” Complained Bananakit. “Yeah it’s too cold!” Mushroomkit huffed.

“Fine” Weirdgaze stood up and started pushing the snow. Extrakit watched in wonder. “What are you doing, Mom?” She asked.

“Making a clear spot for you guys to play” replied Weirdgaze, not taking her eyes off the snow. Soon, there was a clear spot to play.

“Okay, go run along and play Kits”

“Yay! Thanks Mom!” Extrakit mewed, while Bananakit and Mushroomkit groaned.

Extrakit bounded up to Carbonkit, who was still batting and observing the snow in awe. “Hi Carbonkit! Want to play-fight?”

“Yeah, sure!” Mewed Carbonkit, turning to Extrakit. “Go invite Bananakit and Mushroomkit”

“Okay!” Extrakit bounded over to where her two older siblings were sitting grumpily. “Hi guys!” Extrakit meowed invitingly. “Want to play-fight with me and Carbonkit?”

Bananakit snorted. “You're way too small to win at play-fight” she teased. “Even if we were to say yes, you’d lose”

Extrakit’s tail drooped. “Oh, okay. You know you could have just said ‘No’ right? You didn’t have to say those mean things”

Bananakit rolled her eyes. “Whatever”

Extrakit slowly walked back to Carbonkit, who frowned. “They said no?” “Yeah” Extrakit didn’t get into detail with her sister.

“Okay, still want to play-fight?” Carbonkit asked.

“Yes!” Extrakit perked up a bit. Carbonkit stood up. “Okay, you go first”

Extrakit leaped at her older sister. Carbonkit fell and stayed pinned by Extrakit. She wiggled, but couldn’t get up. Or could she? It was obvious she was going easy on Extrakit, though Extrakit didn’t see that. “Haha! I won!” Carbonkit purred. “Good job! I’ll go first this time” The two cats played for the whole night, until they curled up in their nest and fell asleep.

…

“Sunpaw!” That was the last thing the Apprentice heard before getting sucked into the churning black water. He opened his eyes, but couldn’t see anything , and couldn’t tell any way apart.

Just when he was about to pass out, a cat dove into the water. Sunpaw still couldn’t see anything, but he felt a cat pull him up out of the water and onto the sand.

Sunpaw gasped, coughing cold water. “Sunpaw! Sunpaw, are you okay?”

He laid there, breathing heard for a few seconds, before sitting up and shaking the water out of his fur. “Yeah- I’m fine”

He glanced at the lake and felt a fear rush through him. He knew he’d have a horrible fear of water after that.

Sunpaw still hasn’t seen who his savior was. He turned his head to see Skypaw, staring alarmed at him.

“Thanks, Skypaw,” Sunpaw mewed weakly. His Clan members surrounded him with alarmed mews.

“Move out of the way!” A voice called. Midnightshade pushed through the crowd of cornered cats and reached Sunpaw. “Are you okay? Did you get all the water out of your system?”

“Yeah, I’m fine, don’t worry Midnightshade” Sunpaw smiled.

The cats then continued their journey like normal. They broke through the leaves, and spotted the five other Clan’s settled there.

A large brown tabby Tom with the most piercing amber eyes had his eyes lit up when he saw WikiClan. “Ah, WikiClan is here! Hello, WikiClan! And hello, Spiritstar”

“Ah, hello Bramblestar,” Spiritstar dipped her head. “Good hunting?”

“Yes, fine hunting,” Bramblestar purred. “Now that all of the Clan’s are here, we can start”

Bramblestar and the four other Leaders, Mistystar, Leafstar, Tigerstar, and Harestar, jumped up onto the tree in the center of the island. Spiritstar followed.

“Welcome, cats of all Clan’s!” Bramblestar called out. “Today, we have Spiritstar and WikiClan joining us for the first time!”

Sunpaw sat down in the center of the clearing with Mothpaw next to him. Mothpaw was still buzzing with excitement.

The Clan’s started cheering at WikiClan’s name. Sunpaw felt proud.

“So I guess we’ll start with WikiClan! Introduce yourself, Spiritstar. The spotlight is yours”

Spiritstar didn’t hesitate to start. “H-Hello cats of all Clan’s. My name is Spiritstar, and I’m the Leader of WikiClan. I’ll just introduce you to our main cats: Cinnamonfur, our Deputy-“

The cats started cheering before Spiritstar was finished. They chanted Spiritstar and Cinnamonfur’s names: “Spiritstar, Cinnamonfur! Spiritstar, Cinnamonfur!”

Once the chanting died down, Spiritstar continued: “And our Medicine Cats: Midnightshade, Fawnleap, Skypaw, and Alonepaw”

Again, the cats cheered and called their names. “Midnightshade, Fawnleap, Skypaw, Alonepaw! Midnightshade, Fawnleap, Skypaw, Alonepaw!”

Spiritstar purred visually. “I will now start with my Clan news. The past Moon has been great besides a fox attacking one of our beloved Warriors, Graceheart. They were okay, by the way, and have recovered. The fox had moved onto WindClan territory now, so watch out for that. Two of our Apprentices have become Warriors: Saltpaw, now Salttail, and Smokepaw, now Smokewing”

Sunpaw waited for the cats to chant, which they did.

“Salttail, Smokewing! Salttail, Smokewing!”

Spiritstar continued. “And our only Queen, Weirdgaze, had a successful litter of four Kits: Carbonkit, Bananakit, Mushroomkit, and Extrakit”

No cheers or chants this time. Sunpaw realized Spiritstar left out her falling in the lake and losing a life. Smart. He didn’t want the other Clan’s to think Spiritstar was stupid, or even worse, weak.

“And that’s the last of my news. You may go now, Leafstar”

After the other Clan Leaders were done taking their turns, the gathering was done. Sunpaw followed his Clan with Mothpaw, Alonepaw, and Skypaw.

“Well that was fun,” said Alonepaw, striking up a conversation. “Yes!” Mewed Mothpaw. “It was really, really fun!”

Sunpaw chuckled. “Yeah, I guess it was”

Skypaw was being really quiet, but Sunpaw didn’t question it.

As the cats got back to the camp, Sunpaw dragged his tired paws to his nest. He curled up, and tried to fall asleep.

But all he could think about was what could have been going through Skypaw’s head as she saved his life.

## Chapter Eleven

Sunpaw and Moth paw were both heading out hunting with their mentors Noblemind and Graceheart. They were hunting. The two apprentices decided to use a team strategy on a squirrel. As the squirrel slowly skittered down the tree, Mothpaw ran at it and yowled. The squirrel, startled, ran right past Sunpaw. Sunpawput out his paw and nicked the squirrel’s ear.

But it wasn't enough. As the squirrel kept on running Sunpaw gave chase and stayed right on its heels. They soon cleared the tree line and were nearing the lake. As Sunpaw got closer to the body of water he felt a sense of dread in his gut. “No!!” He screeched and stopped. He sat there heart beating fast and eyes wide and the squirrel escaped. He couldn't get close to the lake.

They all returned to camp with 2 pieces of prey, a vole from Mothpaw and another squirrel from Graceheart and Noblemind. Graceheart was disappointed in Sunpaw and told him to help Ninestep get ticks off.

As Sunpaw neared the elders den he saw Skypaw sorting herbs in the clearing. “Um hey Skypaw,” he began. “I just wanted to say thank you for saving me last night. I really appreciate it” . Skypaw pricked her ears up and said “Oh- It was really no big deal” she said looking down and shuffling her paws. Sunpaw noticed she was acting weird around him. Then a thought struck him: Does she like me?. As soon as he thought that he decided immediately against it. Medicine cats can't have mates! It must be something else. And he headed to help Ninestep.

## Chapter Twelve

Spiritstar gazed out onto her clan from her perch on Crescent Rock. Then she saw Weirdgaze and her kits in the clearing. She decided to hop down and join them. Cinnamonfur was deciding border patrols. She picked Butterhop, HippowPaw, Mousetail, Azurewolf and Shadowfox. Extrakit was the first one to see her, “Hello SpiritStar” the tiny kit mewed. “Hello little one,” she responded. “How are the kits doing?” she asked Weirdgaze. “Healthy and happy” the queen replied. “They sure are a lot though…”.  “Badger Rides, Badger Rides!” all the kits suddenly mewed. Weirdgaze sighed. “I'll help,”Spiritstar said. CarbonKit and Extrakit got on Spiritstar’s back and Bananakit and Mushroom kit got on their mother’s. As the two she’cats were lumbering around imitating the huge badgers Extrakit opened her mough and recited.

***“The Darkness is coming the Stars,***

***The three from the sixth will save us,***

***Apprentice, leader and kit whos eyes are as green as moss***

***The Extra Sun and Spirits will be our saviors***

***In a land far but it is also near a plant will will be here***

***A special plant by the name of Darkbane***

***Will be in a place of fear for the two***

***Come quick and hurry to save the Stars.”***