Fallen star 1: Rising shadow

Chapter 2 The founding

Snow POV

Stonefur walks where he thinks the smell comes from. "While we wait for Stonefur, let's practice your fighting move, Stormpelt. 'Ok," I said I looking at Ember, she is looking at where Stonefur walked off to. "Hey, Ember, he will be ok," I meowed. "You're probably right," she replied then we started practicing our fighting move. Sometimes Stormpelt showed us tactics and helped us to get it right.

A couple of hours later, Stonefur didn't come back. I saw Ember getting worried. So Stormpelt went to tell Roseheart what was going on. I walked back to the camp when I found Stonefur dead, gutted, with blood splattered on the ground. I screamed, "Oh my ancestors!". I guess Ember and Stormpelt heard me because they rushed to me, "What's wrong, Sno? Oh my ancestors... no STONEFUR!!!" Stonefur is Ember's mentor, but her brother is too. "You two take him back to the camp and report it to the leader. I will find out who or what did this to Stonefur". So we dragged him by the scuff of his fur to the camp. I still can't believe he is dead. He on of the best mentors ever, but I didn't have him, but I heard it from Ember.

We arrived at the camp, and everyone circled us, asking questions, looking speechless. Leafshine walked up to me and said, "Who killed Stonefur in this unspeakable way?".

Leafshine is Ember and Stonefur's mom. "I don't know," I managed to say with my mouth full. Then Roseheart came with Lionclaw Stonefur's father, "Where is Stormpelt?" Roseheart asks. "He is looking for who did this," Ember responded. "I will send a patrol to aid him." Roseheart then looked at Stonefur's body, "His wound doesn't look like it not from a cat or any animal that is not in the forest". "Yeah," I meowed.

Ember POV

I went over to Hawk because I was very depressed. "I don't know what to do at all" I whined. He put his mazel on my forehead. "We will find out who or what is responsible for this," Hawk responded.

I leaned my head on his shoulder. "I should have told him not to go at all," I meowed. "It is ok, he is better with the ancestors with no pain or suffering," Hawk said he l*****g my flank. "What matters is that you not hurt or worse". "Yeah, you're right, thanks." I left him and walked to Leafshine. "Hey, mom," I put my head in her neck fur "I should have been with him, I should have." I cried.

The funeral started with all the people who knew him well sitting around his body. I put my head in his fur, "I will never forget you at all." I then sit there for a couple of hours praying to the ancestors for him to find the way to get up there. "Hey Ember" I look up I see the leader gazing at me "I want you take the test to see if you can be a warrior tomorrow because we are low on mentors so yeah" The leader said said "Ok but who grade me on the test" "Me of course" the leader says "Ok let's see you hunting skills but we need a warrior to keep an eye out if they see that monster who killed Stonefur".

We walk out with a warrior, Berchfur, and we walk towards the forest. "Ok, hunt 3 things by the way I will watch you," Roseheart meowed. I was an apprentice for 13 months, and usually when apprentices are 13 moons old they take the graduate test.

I started sniffing for prey, then I smelled a shrew, then I then crouched down so I won't make any noise. Then I circled the shrew, then I jumped on it and bit the neck, then I dug a hole to hide the prey, and covered the hole back up.

"I finished hunting 3 prey, I hope I did good," I said out loud to myself. I walked back up to the clearing in the forest, then I saw the leader I did How did I do"? I asked, "You did so good, you hun prey amazingly," Roseheart said.

"But I part one there four part ok part one is hunting part 2 attacking part 3 awareness lastly part 4 tracking". I'm now on part 2 of the warrior test. The attacking part of the test, I'm attacking my father, and the second command, Lionclaw.

"Now, attack me with what you've got, no holding back," Lionclaw said. So I attacked, I jumped on and scratched him, but he rolled over and kicked my stomach. But I got up, and I wasn't playing anymore. I jumped next to him and touched him. Then, when he about turns around, I jump next to his side and kick him over.

"Wow, that was a good surprise," Lionclaw said.

So we attacked and attacked, I scratched and dodged when he attacked me. "I think you passed the attacking part".

Snow pov

I was about to eat until my mentor Stormpelt came up to me, "Hey Snow, I was saying that you are graduated, you are now a full mentor, but not yet tomorrow when the leader called us for a ceremony." "What, will there be a test ?" Snow asks. "Mentor doesn't have test that bunch to their mentor apprentice, ok?" Stormpelt replied, "Ok, thank you for being my mentor, Stormpelt". When Stormpelt left, she lay down on her moss. "Where is Ember? She's taking forever. I'm about to be worried," she said in her mind. Fern came up "Hey Snow" Fern said "Can I say something?" She ask "Not right now Fern not trying to be rude but I need to sleep for my ceremony for me to be made to a mentor" I hissed "Ok but I was saying that my warriors tests is tomorrow because Ember is taking her's today." "That probably why she taking long because she needs to do 4 parts" snow said. "I'm back," Ember yawned, "I need to sleep for years".

It was morning I woke up, "Hey, Ember!" I called her to wake up, but she is still sleeping. "Hey!"

She is still sleeping; it's probably because she was up for a long time. I kick her to wake up. "I'm up," Ember said. "It is about time for are ceremony," I said. "All cats come forth for a Tribe meeting," the leader announced, so we went to the meeting. I saw Fern so I walk and sit next to her "Hi Fern I can wait to be a fully mentor" "I excited too for you Snow" Fern replied "You will be a great mentor" "All cat we gathered here for two apprentice that showed us that they are brave and worthy to be warriors and a mentor Snow stepped forward." Roseheart meowed

"You showed your skills and your compassion for your tribemate, so this day from now on, your name will be Snowpelt. Stay loyal and train new apprentices the best as you can."

"I will," I mewed, and I went back to sit next to Fern. "I'm now a mentor, I can't wait to have an apprentice." I mewed an excitement, "Now, Ember, come to the front. " Roseheart commended Ember, walks up. "You are strong and brave and also loyal, that's why I gave you the name of Emberheart. Stay strong," Roseheart meow. "I always will," Emberheart responded, and she bowed her head. She walked back and sat down.

"Here, another ceremony, Daisy and Dawn are now old enough to be apprentice Snowpelt. You will be mentoring Daisy, and Dawn will be mentored by Stormpelt". Daisy rushed to me, "Will you train me today?". I kinda figured that I would have an apprentice when I just became a full mentor, so I will train Daisy the best as I can. "So Daisy what you want to be when you done being an apprentice." You probably thanking why I asked here that there 3 jobs for a tribe Mentor, healers and warriors and I have to ask her that so I will tell the leader so she can get ready for Daisy naming ceremony when she done but If she wants to be a healer than she will be swiped mentor. "I want to be a mentor just like you" "Ok I will tell Roseheart about you choose and when I done we will train some fighting move and pointers of how you can teach other cats to fight and help cats to correct their mistakes ok" I told her "Ok I will get ready I will tell Dawn" Dawn Is her sister Dawn is shy but loyal to her tribe my felling is Dawn is most likely be trained to be a healer.

I told Roseheart about Daisy's choice when I finished. I walked to the tunnel, will we exited and entered, and Daisy was waiting for me to go to the training area. "Ok, follow me," I told Daisy (Daisy is kinda shy but brave and good-spirited). We arrived at the fighting training area. "Ok, first I will teach you some fighting moves." "First, the claw." I jumped and clawed, "Now copy me." Daisy did, but she fell. "Are you ok, Daisy?" I asked, "Yeah, just a scratch, but I'm fine." She responded. We trained for a couple of hours. "Uh, let's have a break," I said. "Ok," Daisy responded

We talked and looked at the sky. "The sky is beautiful," I said, "The blue sky with clouds and birds".

When we were done training, we were walking back to the camp. "That was fun," Daisy responded. "Yeah, it was, you will be a wonderful apprentice," I said. Daisy blushed, "Thanks". I heard something a growled "Did you hear that" I ask Daisy "Yeah do you thank It who killed Stonefur" She said "If it is than run to back to camp and I will distract it for you to run back" I said "No I won't I will help you because I don't want you to die" She said."No pls go I don't want my apprentice die pls go" I said and cried but she stayed and I don't want to argue with her. "Ok, you can come, but stay close to me," I ordered her me and we see what made that noise. "I smell something that's not from here. Do you smell it?" I ask her. "Yeah, I do, it smells strange like rotting flesh," she said, wrinkling her nose. I laugh, "Yeah, it smells bad, but we still need to find out what made that noise".

But then we gave up, we need to get back to the camp. "We can look for it tomorrow, ok".

I went to the den. Mentors and Warriors shared dens, if you want to know. I saw Emberheart grooming herself. "Hey, Emberheart, I heard a growl, the same growl that we heard when we were training." She stopped grooming and looked up at me and said, "Pls don't tell me that you're off looking what it was". "N... No, I didn't," I lied, "Stop it, I know when you lie." "I'm not lying at all," I responded. "If you were, I would help out looking for that thing that killed my brother," Emberheart said, "Because that's what a best friend is for."

"Ok, let rest".

It is morning, I am still sleeping because I'm still very tired. "Hey, wake up." "Huh oh, good morning, Emberheart." "Sorry, Emberheart, that I slept for a little longer." "It's fine, Snowpelt, you stayed longer to explore the woods looking for the monster that killed Stonefur".

"Yeah, are we still looking for the monster today..." "Can I come too?" When I looked over it was Daisy. "Umm... I don't know," I responded.

"Please, very please, I will do everything that helps you." "Ok, but still I don't know what your mom will say," I say. Then her eyes got wide, and she looked sad. "Fine".