"Frogmist! Frogmist!" Bloodpaw ran into the nursery with her mouse. "Look what I caught!" Frogmist looked up from cleaning here pelt. "Hm? What? Oh that's nice." She said, unconvincingly. "Go away Bloodpaw!" Yelled Frondkit. Bloodpaw's adopted siblings were about a moon younger than her so they were still kits. Bloodpaw sighed, unhappily. What does everyone hate me? She thought. Bloodpaw stormed out of the nursery, taking her mouse with her. She tossed it onto the fresh-kill pile and raced out of camp. She wasn't hungry anymore.
Bloodpaw ran and ran until she realised she had reached the border. She was about to turn back when a voice spoke to her. "Frogmist is mean, isn't she?" Said the red tabby. "It's not just her!" Said Bloodpaw before she could stop herself. "It's all of the clan. They either hate me or think I'm one moon old!" She said. The tabby smiled. "Why don't you join us? We hate the clans too." The red cat licked his paw. "Who's we?" Asked Bloodpaw. "The Broken Stars." He said.
Kill them, Silentblaze's words echoed around Bloodpaw's head. Kill them all. "How?" Bloodpaw had asked. "Anyway you can." He'd said. "The cats with the star with a slash through it are on our side." Bloodpaw suddenly remembered a story that Frogmist used to tell her. A story about a cat who killed with a berry. A berry called the deathberry.
Frogmist was in the nursery. "I brought you some food!" Bloodpaw yelled. "Thank you, Bloodpaw," Frogmist said, smiling at Bloodpaw. This should go smoothly, thought Bloodpaw. Bloodpaw left the Prey at Frogmist's paws and walked out of the nursery, calmly. A few minutes later, there was a scream. "MURDER!" Screamed Canarykit. Bloodpaw and several other cats rushed into the nursery. Bloodpaw acted sad and surprised but she was really just happy that Frogmist was finally gone.
I knew it! Bloodkit thought. She does hate me! Bloodkit stomped back into the nursery, not caring who she woke. First she shouts at me for no reason and then she forgets about me! What did I ever do to her? Bloodkit fumed. She flicked her tail at her mother's shoulder. Frogmist stirred. "Wha-?" She grunted, half asleep. "Go away Bloodkit." Bloodkit sighed and flopped down into her nest in the corner. She slowly drifted into an uneasy sleep.
"LET ALL CATS OLD ENOUGH TO CATCH THEIR OWN PREY, GATHER BENEATH THE HIGH ROCK FOR A CLAN MEETING!" Wolfstar yowled. "Bloodkit , you have reached the age of six moons, and it is time for you to be apprenticed. From this day, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Bloodpaw. Wattlesplash step forward. Wattlesplash, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have received excellent training from Bluepoppy and you have shown yourself to be smart and brave you will be the mentor of Bloodpaw and I expect you to pass on all you know to her." Wattlesplash walked up to Bloodpaw and touched noses with her. "Bloodpaw! Bloodpaw," the clan cats yowled. Bloodpaw smiled. Now she was free from Frogmist.
"And this is the ShatteredClan border." Said Wattlesplash. "Okay this is kind of boring," said Wattlesplash. "How about we go hunting and you can explore the border with Ferretpaw later." Wattlesplash walked towards the Great Elm and Bloodpaw trailed behind her. "I'm hungry!" Bloodpaw complained. "You can eat once we've hunted. Drop into a hunting crouch. Yes but get lower," said Wattlesplash. Bloodpaw was crouching on the ground. "Can you scent anything?" Wattlesplash asked. "Yes..." Bloodpaw trailed off. "Go on!" Wattlesplash encouraged. "There's a mouse in the bush in front of me." Bloodpaw said. "Yes now try catching it," said Wattlesplash. "Okay," said Bloodpaw. Bloodpaw pounced on the bush, carful not to get pricked by some nearby brambles. She caught the mouse in her mouth and bit down hard, delivering the killing bight. Warm blood seeped into her mouth. "Well done!" Said Wattlesplash. "Your first try! How about we get back to camp and you can eat something." She said. "Alright." Smiled Bloodpaw. Frogmist had to be impressed now!
"Tell us about how FlashClan and ShatteredClan were created again!" Said Bloodkit, enthusiastically. "All right." Said Frogmist. "She always wants to hear that." Squeaked Frondkit, angrily. "We never here anything else." "Do you have a better idea?" Snapped Frogmist. Frondkit was silent.
Frondkit, Toadkit and Canarykit were all listening to Frogmist, their mother, tell them stories. Bloodkit was adopted by Frogmist because Bloodkit's mother, deputy of FlashClan and sister of Frogmist, had been killed by a fox while protecting Bloodkit and no-one knew who her father was.
"One day there were four clans living in a place that is now thunderpaths. They were called ThunderClan, RiverClan, ShadowClan and WindClan. After many, many leafbares of peace, the twolegs unexpectedly attacked with their monsters, digging up the forest and moorland. The clan cats were forced to leave their homes but their traditions were not forgotten in the twolegplace. An old kittypet named Smudge told tales about the clans to a group of younger kittypets and they started a clan of their own. they called themselves WarriorClan. They thought it was just a game until Graystripe came along and showed them the Moonstone. That was when Monkeystar got her nine lives and the kittypets left their nests to become full warriors of WarriorClan. A few moons later, the clan realised that they could not continue living in the middle of twolegplace. Prey was scarce and some of the rouges that had joined the clan in the past moon longed to live in the woods again so the clan left twolegplace and started their journey. The clan traveled past the lake cats and, after many moons of traveling, found a beautiful mossy Forest. Sadly, Monkeystar passed away shortly after they arrived at their new home. During the journey, the clan had acquired lots of other cats and they were now the size of two clans. One day, two cats were out hunting at moonhigh. Their names were Shatteredsky and Flashtail. They were tired after a long day of hunting and debating over who should be leader as Monkeystar had not chosen a deputy after Dapplefern died. The cats came across a tree that glittered in the moonlight. They fell asleep in the roots, not noticing or caring about the sparkly tree. That night they dreamt about StarClan. Monkeystar told them that they must split up the clans. She gave them both nine lives. The new leaders woke up and realised what they had to do. They went back to their clan and told them about the Startree and StarClan. After a few sunrises the clan finally split into two. They became FallenClan and FlashClan." Frogmist paused for a breath. "The end." She said sleepily. Her three kits that had been listening intently were now asleep in her nest. Sleep tight little ones, Frogmist thought, as she lowered herself into her nest. What she didn't notice was that her adopted kit was not in her nest.
