A fallen warrior ~ Fanfic collab

## Authors:

Rabbitpaw

Hawkeye

Amberspirit

Frostshine

Raincloud!Rabbitfur! (Art by Ark)HawkeyeAmberspirit! (By Rabbitpaw)Frostshine! (by Mounty)Hazelmist! (Art by Rabbitpaw, but I would've used Ark's art if I could find it)
# Allegiances

## Skyclan

Leader: Hollystar - Sleek black she-cat with a long, thin tail, a small grey spot on her flank and green eyes

Deputy: Robinflight - Ruddy she-cat with a brown underbelly and yellow eyes

Medicine-cat: Flowertail - Short legged she-cat with fern green eyes and a short tail the shape of a flower. She has an extremely fluffy chest

Warriors:

Fawnleg - Skinny legged she-cat with fawn colored fur and white speckles all over her legs. She has amber eyes.

Brindlesplash - Light grey tortoiseshell she-cat with cream patches and blue eyes

Creekripple - Dark brown tom with a dash of cream on his chest. He has green eyes

Blossomfeather - Mottled red she-cat with green eyes

Ivyscratch - White she-cat with grey speckles running up her back, she has blue eyes

Sootfoot - Scrawny light brown tabby tom with green eyes and white specks running up his back and white paws

Cinderspeck - Brave silver she-cat with an overly fluffy tail

Apprentices:

Mosspaw - Dark grey tabby tom with moss green eyes

Fernpaw - Light grey spotted tabby she-cat with a white belly and chest. She has a long skinny tail and fern green eyes

Willowpaw - Grey she-cat with white spots all over her, she has blue eyes

Queens:

Frostblurr - White she-cat with a very long tail and amber eyes

Rainfall - Blue-grey she-cat with grey spots, she has green eyes

Kits:

Kestrelkit - Adventurous she-kit with fawn fur and blue eyes

Vinekit - Brown she-kit with yellow eyes and a white spot over her eyes

Elders:

Tawnysong - Tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes

Speckledrop - Cream she-cat with white specks all along her body and blue eyes

## Shadowclan

***Leader:*** Chirpstar - dark-brown tom with hard green eyes and a long, swishy tail

***Deputy:*** Rabbitlily - white she-cat with brown specks and brown eyes

*Apprentice,* Woodenpaw (silver tom)

***Medicine Cat:*** Shiningrose - silver and white she-cat with gray paws

## Windclan

Leader: Acornstar - a flecked pale brown she-cat with a striped tail and green eyes

Deputy: Thrushclaw - pale grey tom with white flecks

Medicine Cat: Oaksong - dark brown tabby tom with pale blue eyes (Apprentice, Sedgepaw)

Warriors: Mistpelt - long-furred blue-grey tabby she-cat with grey eyes

Sunwing - gold-and-white patched tom with brown eyes (Apprentice, Honeypaw)

Willowchirp - striped grey tabby she-cat with amber eyes

Stoatblaze - long-furred white tom with brown paws

Grasstail - slender black tom with dark blue eyes

Cloverwind - silver she-cat with white patches

Chestnutfur - long-furred brown tom with a long plumy tail (Apprentice, Applepaw)

Harepounce - long-furred silver tom with grey eyes

Apprentices: Sedgepaw - silver-and-white tabby tom with dark green eyes

Honeypaw - pale yellow she-cat with white paws

Applepaw - red tortoiseshell tom with amber eyes

Queens:

Bluebellfeather - slender blue-grey she-cat with dark blue eyes (mother to Berrykit, dark tortoiseshell she-cat with green eyes)

Streamwillow - silver she-cat with brown patches (expecting Thrushclaw's kits)

Elders: Meadowrunner - deaf she-cat with white fur tinged pink and blue eyes

## Thunderclan

Leader: Reedstar - small, dark ginger tabby tom with a cream underbelly and paws and amber eyes (Apprentice: Quailpaw)

Deputy: Talonclaw - dark charcoal black tom with fierce, vibrant blue eyes and odd white markings along his nose bridge and paws

Medicine Cat: Frogbelly - mottled marshy brown tabby tom with a white underbelly, muzzle, and paws and bright green eyes (Apprentice: Mouseheart)

Warriors: Maggotfoot - gray tom with a scarred up tail and white and lighter gray flecks on his paws and muzzle and blue eyes

Adderstrike - brown tom with a white muzzle and tail tip and amber eyes (Apprentice: Barkpaw)

Jumpingwillow - cream she-cat with mud-colored socks and tail with a lighter brown mask over her face with one ear that flops over and green eyes

Bluewhisker - thin, lanky blueish-gray tom with a lighter muzzle and tail tip with some(not many) lighter flecks along his legs and blue eyes

Shiningnettle - pale tawny tom with yellow eyes and a scar over his muzzle (Apprentice: Snakepaw)

Dovespirit - mute silver tabby tom with pale golden eyes and a fuzzy tail

Breezewillow - cross-eyed white she-cat with one green eye and one blue eye (Apprentice: Fawnpaw)

Finchthorn - pale gray tom with black flecks along his body with a scarred face and yellow eyes

Ivytail - ivory she-cat with pale green eyes

Apprentices: Quailpaw - fluffy gray tortoiseshell she-cat with pale blue eyes

Barkpaw - dirty ginger she-cat with pale green eyes and black spots

Fawnpaw - dark-to-light brown ombre she-cat with a nub tail and amber eyes

Mouseheart - golden-brown tom with lime green eyes and scarred and crippled hindquarters

Queens: Lilacpool - light brownish-cream she-cat with pale green eyes (no kits, dropped warrior duties)

Tansycloud - small dilute tortioseshell she-cat with amber eyes (expecting Talonclaw's kits)

Elders: Petalfall - pretty calico she-cat with light blue eyes

Clawbrook - dark tawny spotted tom with dull amber eyes

Larchrun - bracken colored ticked tabby tom with a white and graying muzzle and yellow eyes

# Story

## Prologue

Fernpaw sat and watched as the stars of silverpelt twinkled above her, her mind focused only on the stars representing each fallen warrior, now including Beanpaw. The death of her dear friend Beanpaw had shaken Skyclan up after the great storm. *Oh Starclan...did we do something wrong? What did Beanpaw do? He was such a sweet apprentice...* Fernpaw thought in dismay, misery filled her heart-broken gaze. "Fernpaw! It's late, and we have battle training tomorrow. Come and rest!" Yowled Mosspaw, Fernpaw's brother from over by the apprentice's den, located in a soft, warm bush, unlike the hard ground with the cold breeze blowing up on Fernpaw's face. Greenleaf fireflies glided around camp, blinking every few moments, making a dim light in camp.

Fernpaw trotted over to the apprentice's den where Mosspaw and Willowpaw stood, waiting for Fernpaw despite pure tiredness covering their faces. Willowpaw fidgetted with her paws, and Mosspaw just muttered something under her breath. "I've just been really-sad lately..." Fernpaw sighed, tears started to well up. Willowpaw brushed her cheek against Fernpaw's, comforting her sad sister. "I know Beanpaw was your best friend, but you'll have to move on at some point." Willowpaw meowed. "I know, it's just...hard..." Fernpaw sighed. "C'mon, let's go sleep." Mosspaw urged,

"It would get your mind off things if you just tried to sleep..!" Fernpaw slightly nodded, just now realizing how truly tired she actually was.

Fernpaw and her siblings all settled down in their nests. "Goodnight! Don't let the nest-bugs bite!" Meowed Willowpaw. All the apprentices giggled before drifting away into their dreams.

## Chapter 1

"Right. Moss," Fernpaw meowed to herself, her paws heavy as she trotted along SkyClan territory. She was trying hard not to think about anything, but it was proving to be difficult not to think about her best friend. Her... *former* best friend.

*StarClan, why did you do this to me?*

Fernpaw shook her thoughts away from her head as she nosed aside a large rock. Underneath was a clump of dark green moss. "Perfect," she meowed out loud, hoping to distract herself from her negative thoughts.

She padded back to camp, her long tail flicking, with the moss in her paw. She ducked under the entrance to the camp, near the nursery.

Just before she dove into the camp, she spotted something in the corner of her eye. Fernpaw turned, her ears pricking with apprehension as she saw a large brown tree snapping at its roots, leaning on the great jay tree.

"Fernpaw!" At a squeak, Fernpaw turned back and ducked her head as she padded into camp. A kit with pale brown fur hopped up happily to her with a bright smile.

"Kestrelkit," Fernpaw greeted her. "Hi!"

"Hi!" a dark brown kit squealed, jumping out from behind Kestrelkit.

"And Vinekit!" Fernpaw meowed with a *mrrow* of laughter, despite her sadness. "How are you two doing today?"

"Great," purred Kestrelkit. Then, her face turned serious. "Did you see the huge tree leaning on the jay tree today? It looks pretty bad."

"Yeah," Fernpaw replied. "Maybe we need to tell Hollystar. If she doesn't know."

"Okay." Vinekit smiled. Her gaze fell to the clump of moss in Fernpaw's paw. "Could we have a bit of that moss?" she asked.

"Sure." Fernpaw pushed a tiny bit to Vinekit and Kestrelkit's tiny paws. "But the rest has to go to the elders."

Vinekit didn't reply. She had already balled up a moss-ball and was tossing it to her denmate. Stifling a purr, Fernpaw padded towards the elders' den.

"Here you are," she meowed as she nosed the moss towards Tawnysong and Speckledrop.

"Thank you," Speckledrop purred, lifting her body to reach her paw at the moss.

Fernpaw smiled. "No problem." She trotted out of the den, her spirits lifting ever so slightly as she saw her brother and sister at the edge of camp, next to the fresh-kill pile. Mosspaw waved his paw as she padded over.

"Hey," Fernpaw greeted them breathlessly.

"Hi!" Mosspaw smiled at her, nudging Willowpaw, who was taking a bite out of the squirrel in front of her.

Lowering her voice, Fernpaw asked, "Did you see the tree leaning on the jay tree? Just outside of camp?"

When Mosspaw and Willowpaw shook their heads no, Fernpaw gave them a quick explanation on what was happening.

Mosspaw narrowed his pale green eyes. "That doesn't sound very good," he observed.

"Maybe we should go check it out," Willowpaw suggested, looking at Fernpaw and Mosspaw.

Fernpaw nodded. "Okay, let's go." Willowpaw swallowed the remnants of her squirrel, and the three siblings padded over to the entrance.

Fernpaw ducked through first, then turned to let Willowpaw pass. But the spotted grey she-cat was frozen to the spot.

"What's wrong?" Fernpaw asked.

"Watch out!" cried Willowpaw, eyes round with fear.

Fernpaw turned around, just as the leaning tree snapped.

## Chapter 2

Fernpaw found herself racing through the lush forest undergrowth, terror pulsing through her small body. Willowpaw and Mosspaw were hard on her paws as they neared the camp.

"Wait!" Mosspaw yowled suddenly. before coming to a stop. Willowpaw refused to halt and simply shoved Mosspaw back onto his paws again.

"We haven't the time Mosspaw!" Willowpaw meowed, fear piercing her voice. As the three continued racing through the forest, the scents of the SkyClan camp began surrounding them more and more before they burst into camp only to be stopped by Robinflight.

*Fox-dung!* Fernpaw thought to herself as she ran slap-dab into the deputy, her nose aching from the force. She drew her paw up to her nose and scowled at him.

"And where do you think you three are going? You're acting like foxes in a fit." Robinflight mewed quizically. Mosspaw raced ahead and looked up at Robinflight, his eyes round with fear.

"The leaning tree has fallen!" Mosspaw meowed quietly so he didn't reek havoc within the peaceful camp. Cats were already emerging from their dens and crowding around anxiously.

*Brindlesplash, Cinderspark, Fawnleg...* Fernpaw recongized every single cat that emerged. She jumped back up to her paws and looked back up at the deputy. Was that worry she saw in her eyes? Possibly. Robinflight flicked her tail for them to follow her, and they did so accordingly. With her Clanmates anxious eyes burning through her pelt, she wished she could just disappear.

As the three siblings entered at the foot of Hollystar's den, Robinflight called, "Hollystar. I think these three need to speak with you." Fernpaw didn't see the she-cat until her green eyes flashed and she emerged and beckoned them into her den.

"What is all this commotion?" Hollystar meowed solemnly. She gave away no emotion. No concern, no worry, not even the slightest trace of anything in the she-cats gaze.

"Well..." Fernpaw started, but just as she did Mosspaw came hurrying forward like he didn't have the sense of a kit. Fernpaw sighed as she listened to her brother tell the story.

"Then CRACK!" Mosspaw jumped like he had been frightened by a badger, his fur all fluffed up and messy. Fernpaw just looked down at her paws before glancing back at her sister Willowpaw. Willowpaw was still extremely shaken up by the whole thing. She looked as if she had seen a stampede of foxes. Willowpaw cast a quick glance at Fernpaw, and that was when she saw how scared she really was.

"Was any cat hurt?" Hollystar asked with the same neutral tone as when they started. Mosspaw shook his head.

"No one was hurt, thank StarClan." He mewed back to Hollystar.

"Good. Robinfloight, will you send out a patrol to check out the damage later? I think you should lead it." She continued, Robinflight nodded and padded out of the den and into the clearing to calm the Clan down.

"As for you three, I think you have had enough adventure for one day. Consider yourselves excused from your duties for today. Get some fresh-kill and some rest for now, alright?" She finished with a flick of her tail. There was no need to respond. Mosspaw, Fernpaw, and Willowpaw padded out of her den and towards the fresh-kill pile. Mosspaw grabbed a mouse, and Willowpaw a blackbird. Fernpaw grabbed herself a thrush and settled down.

As her siblings ate their prey, Fernpaw couldn't do anything but stare helplessly at her prey.