Ebonystorm

## Description

Ebonystorm is a tortoiseshell tom with pure green eyes.

## Extra Story

I raced through the undergrowth, leaping over bushes and twigs, my paws barely touching the ground. I could feel the dog's breath on my tail as I sped across the forest. *I.. I can't... I.. can't breathe.. too tired..* My breath came in gasps, and the dog was getting closer and closer. Suddenly my paw hit something hard, and I yowled in pain and tumbled to the ground. The dog loomed over me, his slobber falling around my head.

I squeezed my eyes shut, waiting for death. Then suddenly the dog's breath vanished, and the slobber stopped falling. I opened my eyes. I looked over only to see three warriors battling the dog.

"Are you alright?" a calico she-cat was leaning over me, her green eyes stared at mine. I nodded slowly, still shaking. "Good. My name is Maplesplash." she stood back to let me get up. I glanced at the other two cats, who were now walking towards me. One of them, a black and white, and the other one a gray cat who seemed to be the leader. Maplesplash dipped her head respectfully and and stepped back to stand behind the other two in the middle.

"What have we here?" the leader asked, "Are you aware that you are on ShadeClan territory?" *ShadeClan?* I shook my head in confusion, "What is your name?" The she-cat asked. "E-Ebony." I stood up a little straighter, realizing how weak these cats must think I am. "I was chased here by a dog some twoleg let loose in the forest. I don't mean to trespass." The she-cat nodded.

"Allow us to introduce ourselves." the leader stepped forward. "My name is Crescentstar, and this is Whitespot." she turned to the black and white, and he nodded. Crescentstar turned back towards me, "You must have met Maplesplash right?" I nodded calmly. Finally noticing that these cats came to no harm. "How would you like to join our Clan? Crescentstar asked.

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I woke up, my heart pounding. Some cat rolled onto my tail. I tugged it free and jumped up in my nest. I still haven't gotten used to sleeping near so many cats. Shyfur was always snoring, and Snowyfoot slept slept in all these weird positions that made it annoying waking up next to her. I glanced up at the hole in the roof. The sun hadn't risen yet. I yawned and padded outside to stretch.

The sun hadn't rose yet, but it would at any moment. I sat, trying to remember if I was on the dawn patrol or not. That's another thing I'm not used to; this Clan has all these different patrols with different cats going in and out of camp at different times during the day. Some are for marking borders, others are for hunting. *Why can't you just do* both *and get them both over with?* Sometimes I question my reason for joining this Clan. But the cats here are nice, especially one in particular...

"Hey, Ebonystorm!" I jumped and turned around. "Oh..er..hi Mousetail! You sorta scared me." Mousetail purred and sat in front of me, "How are you settling in?" she asked curiously. "Fine, thanks, but I wish I wasn't sleeping so close to Snowyfoot." Mousetail gave a *mrrow* of laughter. "I remember when I slept next to her. Always murmuring about squirrels eating foxes and foxes eating squirrels... She has the most nonsense dreams."

"Yeah..." I muttered. Mousetail paused, glancing at the sliver of sun that had just started rising up. "Are you joining the dawn patrol?" She asked me. I glanced at my paws, slightly embarrassed to not remember my schedule when every other cat seemed to remember theirs. "Well.. uhh.. I- I don't know. Maybe, I don't know." Mousetail nodded, "Completely understandable." I tried my best to think what Crescentstar had said about the dawn patrol. But the thoughts kept breaking whenever the sun flashed in my face. "Go take a drink of water from the river. It should be the one that separates the mountains from the beach." meowed Mousetail. I nodded and started padded about the heart of the camp, trying to think where there could possibly be a river separating a beach from a mountain.

I sighed, *I give up.* I was about to turn back when I spotted a particularly weird looking part of this camp. I crept over to it, desperately hoping it wasn't some fox-burrow. I slid through the trees and the sand stopped at a river. Across was some very brown looking mountains. "I never thought I'd be so happy to find a river in my life!" I exclaimed to myself. I started lapping at the water. It tasted like a million specks of dirt had been washed down it but I didn't care. I was more thirsty then I had ever been in my entire life. "Oi!" I froze. My head jolted up to a gray-and-white she-cat. She was standing on a big rock that looked like it could fit a fox on it. "This is FrostClan territory! What gives?"

"Oh, sorry. I didn't know this was your territory. But this was the only river in ShadeClan territory." I told her and she nodded. "Fair point. You're lucky I'm not the type to tell leaders about you. Are you on a dawn patrol or something?" My claws extended. "I mean...er...I don't know." just like Mousetail did, the she-cat nodded. Only this time I felt myself blush, *Goodness gracious, Ebony...Ebonystorm, why are you being so awkward?*

I blushed even more as I turned back to camp. Just then, when I got back, I saw Shyfur coming out of her den with a very grumpy-looking Willowpaw waiting for her. "I thought you weren't coming!" she cried, "Rainpaw's already there! But why do I have to come? Can another apprentice go? Like Vixen-"

"Vixenpaw took the evening patrol last night. And I'm not waking him just so you can wake the rest of the forest with your shenanigans! Now pipe down, or you'll be cleaning the nursery nests till next dawn!" snapped Shyfur.

"Clam down, Shyfur." Smallcloud was saying, "She only wants to spend time with her crush."

"That's not true! I-"

"Good morning, Ebonystorm." Shyfur interrupted. I quickly shook my head to erase my still blushing face. Shyfur turned her head immediately, she signaled with her tail for her patrol to follow her, Smallcloud walked behind him, Willowpaw's head drooping.