Warriors: Power of Three #2: Dark River

LEADER: BlackStar: Black Tom with darker black tabby marks. Forehead star. Black eyes.

DEPUTY: DawnFoot: Mid-ginger Shecat with one black paw. Completely blue eyes because she is blind. APPRENTICE: THISTLEPAW

WARRIORS: (Toms or Shecats without kits)

GrayWillow: Oak-brown Shecat with gray tabby marks of her face. Gray tip of tail. APPRENTICE: SPOTTEDPAW

HalfFace: White tomcat with an orange and black side on his face. The black side has a green eye and blue eye on the orange side. APPRENTICE: GOLDENPAW

MoonClaw: Dark gray tomcat with dark blue eyes. APPRENTICE: MOONPAW

ThrushHeart: Beautiful long haired calico she. APPRENTICE: BIRCHPAW

WhitePelt: White Shecat with black spots and blue eyes. APPRENTICE: FLOWERPAW

OakLeaf: Brown she with two leafs behind her ear. Forest green eyes. APPRENTICE: MUDPAW

APPRENTICES (Cats who have not yet earned their warrior name)

BlackPaw: Black tomcat with green eyes.

SpottedPaw: ginger she with black and white spots. Green eyes.

HollyPaw: Small oak-brown she with
amber eyes and fluffy fur.

SpottedPaw: A ginger tomcat with dark ginger spots and amber eyes.

GoldenPaw: Golden she with brown eyes.

FlowerPaw: Golden she with hazel eyes and a short tail.

MoonPaw: dark gray Tom with blue eyes.

ThistlePaw: brown Tom with green eyes.

MudPaw: Mud colored tomcat with dark brown eyes.

BirchPaw: A white she with barely visible pale ginger tabby marks, and a long tail with a pale ginger stripe going down it.

LeafPaw: a tawny brown she with fern colored green eyes.

QUEENS: (Shecats who are nursing or expecting kits)

SmallStorm: Small white Shecat with fluffy fur. APPRENTICE: LEAFPAW

GooseFace: Greyish blueish Shecat with a white face.

AppleTail: A brown she with a scar across her tail.

BranchFur: Oak-colored she with brown eyes and tabby marks. Long haired.

ELDERS: (Cats who have retired to the elders den)

ShatteredFoot: a dark gray Tom with amber eyes. Long whiskers and a twisted foot. Father of DawnFoot

BrackenFern: A Shecat who has gone deaf after a terrible accident. Torn ears, amber fur, and green eyes. HalfSights mate.

HalfSight: a blue tomcat with a grey eye who is half blind because of the same reason BrackenFern is deaf.

DappleShade: a brown Tom with dark amber eyes who recently retired.

BrindleFur: a Shecat with greyish ginger fur. Mother of DawnFoot.

WheatSparrow: a pale golden Tom with light green eyes that has a walking condition that made him retire early.

A blur of brown fur shot towards Lotuspaw, who let out a hiss as it collided with her and knocked her on her back. Pinned to the ground by a cat a little bigger than her, Lotuspaw wriggled a bit and kicked out with her hind paws, but couldn’t knock off of her attacker.
“Do you admit defeat?” The brown apprentice meowed vainly, his amber eyes gleaming.
Never! thought Lotuspaw, but instead of answering, she grabbed at his shoulders with her front paws and used her hind paws to flip him over.
He rolled off and landed in the grass with a grunt before getting up and shaking the dust out of his pelt.
“Good job, Lotuspaw.”
Lotuspaw turned to see her mentor, Curlsplash, padding towards her.
“You can overpower a stronger or larger opponent by making them lose their balance.” Curlsplash looked at the apprentice, looking amused. “Don’t worry, Thornpaw: you’ll get her next time, I’m sure.”
“Yes, the apprentices did good, Curlsplash,” a silver tabby with black paws and ears meowed. She addressed her apprentice next. “Thornpaw, don’t be so obvious and quick to attack next time, and always try to keep your paws firm on the ground to avoid being knocked off so easily.”
Curlsplash flicked his tail at his sister as she kept telling Thornpaw what he should do next. “Lakepool, calm down. He did good. It’s just that Lotuspaw did better.”
Lakepool glanced at Curlsplash, looking annoyed, but she only flicked an ear and ignored him. “The other apprentices will be coming, and you’ll all be matched up accordingly.“
“Really?” Thornpaw burst out. “Who am I fighting? I bet I’m going to win! Who is it?”
“Be quiet and calm down,” Lakepool chided. “A good warrior is patient.”
Lotuspaw purred in amusement as Thornpaw sat down and started grumbling under his breath. Lotuspaw, who was already sitting down, tried to hastily tidy her fur before the other apprentices arrived.
“Don’t be a silly furball, sis,” Thornpaw told her under his breath. “Patchpaw doesn’t care.”
Embarrassment flooded through Lotuspaw. “Who said that’s why I’m grooming?”
Thornpaw rolled his eyes but didn’t say anything as Lakepool shot them both a sharp look. A few moments later, Carolinestream and her apprentice Slatepaw padded into the clearing.
Disappointed, Lotusfall waited until the gray apprentice came closer before asking, “where’s your brother?”
“Oh, him?” Slatepaw mewed with annoyance, jerking her head to someplace behind her. “The mouse-brain will catch up.” She turned around and sighed when there was still no sight of Patchpaw. “Eventually.”
“Where’s Willowstar?” Lakepool asked Carolinestream.
“He couldn’t make it, so he asked me to take Patchpaw to the training session for him.”
“And where is Patchpaw?” Curlsplash added, amused. Carolinestream whipped around, saw Patchpaw wasn’t there, and yowled his name. A heartbeat later, a black and white tom stumbled into the clearing, carrying something in his mouth. Lotuspaw watched as he strutted forward and dropped what he was carrying onto the ground in front of the three warriors.
“Look what I caught!” Patchpaw announced proudly, and Lotuspaw could see he had caught a water vole. “Isn’t it huge?”
Lakepool snorted. “That little thing couldn’t fill any cat’s belly—“
“But I still caught it!” Patchpaw argued, determined not to be put out. Lotuspaw looked at him pityingly.
“Patchpaw,” Carolinestream said sternly. “We came out here to train, not for hunting practice. Put your water vole over there,” she pointed with her tail to the other side of the clearing, “and let’s begin.”
“But—“ Patchpaw’s retort was cut off by Lakepool saying, “you’ll never be a warrior if you keep this up. Warriors are obedient.”
It was Curlsplash’s turn to snort. “Oh really?”
Lakepool ignored him, and Patchpaw stomped away angrily with his mouse.
As the black and white tom passed her, Lotuspaw gave him a sympathetic look.
“I think you made a good catch, Patchpaw.”

Later, all of the apprentices sat in front of their den and shared their prey.
Lotuspaw was just finishing up her share of trout when Patchpaw sat down next to her. He still seemed to be in a bad mood after his water vole earlier, and Lotuspaw didn’t think him getting bested by Thornpaw during battle practice helped his state of mind any.
“Hey, Lotuspaw,” he said suddenly, and Lotuspaw’s attention snapped to him fully. “Do you think I’ll be a warrior someday?”
“Of course!” Lotuspaw said, confused. He was a great hunter, and fighter, and he was so brave and strong, too. “Why wouldn’t you?”
Patchpaw sighed heavily. “Lakepool said I wasn’t obedient enough.”
“She didn’t mean that. I think you’re great.”
Patchpaw looked at her with soft green eyes. “Really?”
Lotuspaw looked away, embarrassed. “Yeah, I do.”
With a purr, Patchpaw went on. “We’ll both be the greatest warriors of our clan. I just know it.”
It was Lotuspaw’s turn to ask, “really?”
Patchpaw gave her a cunning look. “Of course. I promised, after all.”

Next chapter is in the next book :3

- Sunsetsplash

Ivy: LOL. Yeah color changing fur IS pretty cool. (There might be more color changing fur in the future, heh)

——Chapter 9——

I gazed coldly at AmethystStar. My kits were playing, happily chasing my apprentice—well former apprentice— StonePaw. I lashed my tail. I could hear quiet whispers coming from my den mates.
“How is her fur that color?”
“Why did it change?”
“Something doesn’t feel good about this.”
“Shhh. Don’t let her hear us.”
I twitched my ears, staining to hear more, but my den mates were talking quieter now, cautious about me hearing. “Mommy! Look at me!!” I turned to see my only daughter, gently pinning a butterfly.
I nodded in approval, “Good job! Soon you’ll be hunting real prey!” I could hear grumbles of disapproval and disbelief. I ignored it, but flicked my ears to show that I had heard them.
“Oh no!”
“She heard us!”
“Poor kits….”
“Yeah. I wouldn’t want HER as MY mother.”
I spun around to glare at my clan mates. Then an idea popped into my head. “AmethystStar!!!” I barged into her den. My leader looked shocked and surprised.
“I challenge you for the position of leader! If I beat you in a fight you will back down from the position of leader and give your nine lives back to Star Clan.”
Gasps came from outside the den but I didn’t care if anyone heard. My leader looked scared. “What? Are you scared?” I taunted her.
“But CrystalBreeze!” I coldly looked into her eyes, the depth of fear in them enormous. “It isn’t CrystalBreeze anymore. I shall be called ObsidianShard.”
My leader fearfully looked into my eyes. “F-fine. ObsidianShard. I-I accept your request.”
I heard groans come from outside of the den.
“Oh great.”
“AmethystStar is going to lose.”
I smiled at their words still looking into AmethystStar’s eyes. They widened and filled with horror and regret. •Psh. This will be easy.•

——Chapter 10——-

I sighed in faint disappointment. I had won, like I wanted to but it was far too easy. All it had taken was for me to land one blow—not even a hard one— and AmethystStar had cried out in surrender.
I smiled, pulling out a shard of a shimmering stone. •Now I can share dreams with Star Clan to get my nine lives.•
I shut my eyes with my muzzle pressed to the stone. A falling sensation over came me and I was floating in thin air, then my paws touched the ground.
I opened my eyes to see my mate, RobinClaw. “Hello, CrystalBreeze.” His eyes were warm but also shadowed with sadness. “It’s ObsidianShard. Thank you very much.” I shortly replied.
“Well I give you a life for Pity. Make sure you pity in others with a soft heart and speak with kind words.” He touched his nose to mine and a fierce flaring pain stabbed through me. I stiffened but held back my cries. •Pity? Why would I need that?•
A young pale brown tabby she-cat walked up to me, her green eyes wary. “Welcome to Star Clan, future leader! I give you a life for understanding. Don’t punish your clan mates when they make mistakes. Forgive them instead.”
A familiar pain stabbed through me once again and I got six other lives; Kindness, Endless energy, fierce loyalty, Courage, Boldness, and Creativity. All lives I DIDN’T need. Then a small tortoiseshell approached me. “I am FlutteringBreeze. I thought that I didn’t need anyone and that I could do everything on my own. I give you a life so that you may accept help when you need it because as hard is it may seem, everything is easier if you ask for help.”
A pain flared through me but it ended quickly. “Welcome as a leader ObsidianStar!”
“ObsidianShard!” My eyes flashed open as SapphireSpark called my name. My tail tip twitched with annoyance. “It’s ObsidianSTAR. Now what do you want?”
SapphireSpark lowered her gaze. “Never mind. I just wanted to ask you a question but now that I think about it, it was a stupid question.”
I rolled my eyes, “Well then, leave me alone.” I grumbled. “I have important work to do.” •Well, here comes my life as a leader. Yay.•

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"𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒾𝑔𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝒾𝑔𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝑔𝓊𝓃!"

-Tigress the assassin (rouge)

*next chapter is in next book (not audio book tho*