Warrior Meows: Rise

## Author(s) and Editor(s)

The Author is Pandapelt, and the editor is Jaystar.

## Progress

The book is currently a Work in Progress. Multiple pages will be created for each page in this stage so Jaystar can edit while I write at the same time, therefore doubling efficiency. All separate pages for parts will be deleted and they will be mashed together here:

## Parts

Part 1: Empty

Part 2: Rebuild

Part 3: Birth

Part 4: Raid

Part 5: Kits

Part 6: Sacrifice

Part 7: Revenge

Part 8: Celebration

## EMPTY

Pandapelt woke up in a dark, damp room. His new den. He thought about the many things that had happened. Nutstar has become Nutbreeze again, and they, *they* as in the remaining cats of WillowClan, had been wandering for many moons. Occasionally they would encounter rogues.

One day, Blossomfall stumbled upon a cave. Jaystar, seeing this as potential shelter, led his clan in with no hesitation. That is where they have been living for a long time. *Jaystar,* Pandapelt thought, *is this really what you meant when you said that you would find us a home?* As Pandapelt walked out of his tunnel in the cave, he saw how incredibly small the fresh-kill pile was.

He saw Crimsonkit, Blossomfall’s only surviving kit, who was being given his first fresh-kill, a rat. All of them had been surviving on rats. They tasted like crowfood, but it was better than starving to death.

To his surprise, and most likely to every cat’s surprise, Jaystar was still going strong. He showed no sign of weakness, nor a sign of fatigue, but everybody could tell Jaystar was extremely tired. That is one thing he could not hide. Pandapelt considered taking a rat to Jaystar, but thought better of it, as Jaystar insisted on doing everything himself. He sighed, and left with his hunting party.

After Pandapelt finished hunting and ate, he sighed at how empty his belly still felt. He had not really ever felt this way at the camp, since there had always been the feeling of warmth and happiness filling up his belly when there was no fresh-kill. There was none of that here.

He decided to play with Crimsonkit for a while, since he liked kits. While he did this, he thought, would it ever be the same again?

## REBUILD

It was raining. The cats had no shelter, and there was nothing they could do but get soaked. For Pandapelt, it wasn’t so bad, since his fur wasn’t especially long. But other longer-furred cats, like Blossomfall and Heatherpelt, might have disagreed. How did they get here?

Pandapelt thought back to about three sunrises ago. He just woke up when a huge party of rogues (there must have been at least 20) raided the camp. They headed to the nursery and killed Crimsonkit, and drove all the remaining WillowClan cats out. Blossomfall tried to save Crimsonkit, but ended up getting bruised and scarred, since the rogues were tougher and meaner.

Back to the present. Pandapelt was trying to comfort Blossomfall, but the rain just worsened their mood. They really had no place to stay now. That cave was the only other shelter they had, and if they were to build a second camp, that would take quite a lot of time. Anyways, the rogues would find them again.

However, Jaystar announced, “If we cannot find natural shelter, we must resort to camp building. We cannot keep wandering around, or the rogues will find us. We have no clearings to build a camp in, so the best we can do is to build dens in the forest. It will be hard, but rogues will have a harder time spotting us.”

Apparently, this had never occurred to the other cats, and they were all surprised at Jaystar’s sharpness. Given the last part of Jaystar’s speech, they quickly chose a spot that had not too many trees so it would be hard to navigate or build dens, but not too little so that the rogues could easily spot them. They found a good spot, and the warrior’s den, medicine den, leader’s den, apprentice’s den, and nursery were built within 7 sunrises. All of them were small, but enough to fit the cats. Hopefully this would help them survive a bit longer..

## BIRTH

Pandapelt woke up in a warm, sunny room. His new den. It would never feel like his old den, but it was much better than that damp and dark tunnel in the cave. He dashed to the nursery like an arrow, before even eating. He immediately jumped into the nursery to see Vinestorm. Vinestorm was feeding Raykit, their new kit. Pandapelt purred and curled around Raykit and Vinestorm. Vinestorm said that she was hungry, and Pandapelt shot out of the nursery, only to be back in a few seconds with a freshly caught vole. Vinestorm ate it. Pandapelt then went out to go hunting, after cuddling with his mate and kit for minute, of course.

When he got back, he was about to go back into the nursery, when Jaystar stopped him, and said that they needed some more moss. There was some moss nearby, so he was back in a short time. Then he came into the nursery again. Raykit mewled, making Pandapelt and Vinestorm purr.

After spending almost the entire day coming in and out of the Nursery, he settled into his den, which was sort of an extension from the warrior den.

## RAID

Pandapelt was in the nursery with Vinestorm and Raykit when Jaystar called a meeting. He announced that on that day, all the cats would raid their former camp, which is now the rogue camp. It had been done before, and now that they had more warriors, they could do it again.

Many cats argued that there would be casualties, and although it was true they had more cats, they didn’t have nearly the same amount as before the first rogue raid, but others argued that this camp had barely enough food to last all of them, and they never felt full.

Nevertheless, Jaystar was determined to reclaim their former camp. So at dawn, while most of the rogues were still sleeping, Half of the cats made a dash for the camp. They all split up into 5 parties, with Jaystar’s party being himself. When he go to the camp, the guard rogues ran after him, but they didn’t send anymore, in case this was a diversion. On the contrary, they sent more rogues to every corner of the camp.

Jaystar, of course, was expecting this, as the rogues wouldn't be tricked by the same thing twice. He wasn’t leading the rogues away as a diversion. He was drawing them to another party of WillowClan cats that would finish off the rogues.

Two by two, rogues were finished off, avenging the WillowClan cats that were killed by rogues.

After a while, the rogues stood their ground and did not leave. Panic began to spread over the entire camp. Immediately, the three other parties, who were waiting at the sides of the camp, barged in. Unfortunately, they had no idea that they had recruited a new cat. This cat was stronger, buffer, and much, much, meaner. He was like a wild beast, but although he was strong and powerful, he wasn’t very smart. He gave chase to all the cats, but didn’t manage to catch any.

All the parties returned to their new camp. To their surprise, nobody was hurt, except for a few scratches, and there were no casualties. Jaystar, however, still saw this as defeat.

## KITS

It was a great day for the clan. Both Morningstream and Heatherpelt had kitted today. Morningstream gave birth to Goldenkit and Crimsonkit, and Heatherpelt gave birth to Darkkit, Runningkit, and Turtlekit. All five kits were healthy and strong, although Darkkit was blind. All the cats took turns seeing the kits, only one at a time.

Goldenleaf was almost in tears at the sight of Goldenkit. Blossomfall cried her eyes out at Crimsonkit and thanked Morningstream for naming him that. Jaystar was very gentle towards Darkkit, and paid very close attention to him, making sure he was okay.

These were very good news for the Clan, since it meant more warriors in the future. Although the kits would need to be protected well. They also meant something to keep bored warriors busy with. Mice and birds were brought into the nursery as food for the queens.

Life was well for WillowClan, except for the fact that they no longer lived in their original camp. However, all the cats have grown accustomed and used to dense forests, trees everywhere,

Jaystar kept a constant eye on Darkkit, well, rather he was constantly listening out for Darkkit, as if he had some sort of connection to him. Little did he know...

## SACRIFICE

Pandapelt stepped out of his den, into the warrior’s den. He looked around, at the sleeping cats. It was still dawn, and the sun had not risen yet, but Pandapelt could not sleep. He kept having the same dream, about rogues attacking at sunrise. He could not stand it, so he took a mouse off the fresh-kill pile, and sat down to guard their forest camp.

A few minutes later, the sun had just risen, when he heard the yowling of cats. *This isn’t possible!* thought Pandapelt, *my nightmare is coming true!* Immediately, he jumped into the warrior’s den and yowled, waking every warrior. By the time they woke up and got out of the den, the rogues were in sight. “Get Jaystar!” Pandapelt yelled at Ashfeather, “And four cats guard the nursery entrance!”

By the time Jaystar was awake and present, the battle was in full heat. It didn’t help that the sun was there, but there were trees, and the WillowClan cats were used to the trees, while the rogues were used to clearings. Eyeing the nursery immediately, he rushed over, but it was hard to navigate around fights and other forest matter while you were in a rush.

When Jaystar got to the nursery, the rogues had gotten past the patrol defending the nursery. He dashed in without hesitation, just to see the rogue killing Morningstream, it's jaw clamped around her neck. He saw a monster-like cat. It was strong and muscles showed. But Jaystar was without fear. He charged in, but the monster-like cat immediately attacked him. Jaystar bit him back, and the monster-like cat howled. Despite the massive pain he felt in his back, he charged forward and finished off the monster-like cat. The other rogues, sensing that their heavy artillery was dead, immediately retreated.

All the cats rushed into the nursery, in time to see Jaystar fall over. They saw the massive amounts of blood rushing out of Jaystar’s back. Goldenleaf sped out of the nursery- faster than Pandapelt rushed in to see if Raykit was okay. Fortunately, none of the kits were hurt, although three warriors died of injuries, and Jaystar was carried back to his den.

Pandapelt followed, and sat with Jaystar as he met with StarClan. Suddenly, Darkkit cried, “Jaystar!” from the nursery. They all rushed over, and asked him what had happened. He claimed to have seen Jaystar, but all the cats were confused since he was blind. Jaystar was eventually back up on his paws, and recovering, and all the cats rushed back to Jaystar’s den. "I will not forget what I have seen.." Jaystar breathed.

## Revenge

REVENGE

  Two sunrises after Jaystar lost his life, Jaystar called a meeting. “Tomorrow, we will charge into the rogue camp. They have killed Morningstream. They have killed Acornstorm. They have killed Redfur. They have killed Spottedwind. We will not forget this. We will avenge them.”

  All the cats cheered, and chanted, “For Morningstream! For Acornstorm! For Redfur! For Spottedwind!”

  The next day, each and every cat had a hearty meal, for Jaystar was confident they would not need to save up their food after they took over the rogue camp. The entire clan charged forward as one huge mass of cats. When they got near the camp, they all chanted, “For Morningstream! For Acornstorm! For Redfur! For Spottedwind!”

The rogues heard this, and after they noticed the Willowclan cats, they charged forward. A huge battle took place, but seeing as WillowClan had more cats, it was more or less an easy win. Pandapelt badly damaged a larger-sized she-cat, and Darkclaw was battling two small toms, Jaystar at her side, as always. The rogues were definitely losing, for once, Willowclan was not failing, even if the rogues were usually stronger. Soon, the rogue battalion was chased away, once and for all. Far.. far.. away.

## Celebration

After each and every rogue had been driven far, far away, all the cats celebrated. They stuffed themselves on the massive pile of fresh-kill that the rogues caught. At night they shared tongues with each other. It was the biggest acheivement in a long time, they were going to make it count.

The next day, Jaystar made a speech. He said, “Yesterday, we claimed victory over the rogues. I understand most of you are badly hurt, but thankfully, even though many have died, and have been...changed, we all learnt lessons, and will hopefully never have to face such extreme forces again, at least not for a bit.” The crowd smiled, appreciating this. “Now, the rogues are gone, so there is almost no threat. But there is no reason to abandon our precious forest camp. We worked so hard to build it. So I have decided that we can have two camps.” The cats all cheered.

Then, Jaystar's eyes widened in distress as Goldenleaf cried, “Jaystar! Darkkit has greencough!”