Chapter 3
(EDITED)
BubbleDream blinked as the sun started to rise, it was dawn and cats are starting to stir. WhiteStar was already up, talking to SnowLeaf, the medicine cat. SmallBird, the deputy, was padding to the fresh kill pile. Next to her was LeafShade, sitting straight and staring at the forest.
The clan leader padded towards the newly made warriors, "Hey, your vigil is over. You can talk now, but i recommend you to sleep for now."
LeafShade let out a sigh of relief, "Thank StarClan! I get to talk and sleep." BubbleDream shook her head and heaved onto her paws and padded towards the warriors' den. LeafShade padded close beside her.
"Hmm. I wonder if I should..sleep over there at the end." she mewed. Her brown friend shrugged, "I dunno, but i rather sleep over where our friends are."
BubbleDream nodded and followed quietly over to where their friends are sleeping. TigerBlaze and RippleHeart were curled up together, OwlFeather was sleeping close by and BearStrike's nest was next to his.
"Aw, look at them. Sooo cute!" LeafShade purred quietly, RippleHeart's ear twitched and mumbled, "I heard that."
BubbleDream twitched her tail with amusement, "Come on, there's two free nests over there." She padded over and settled onto one of the nests, it smelled fresh and clean. LeafShade settled beside her, curling her body around.
Then a few heart-beats later, the two she-cats were soon fast asleep.
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BubbleDream felt something tickling her nose, she blinked her eyes open until she found a brown tail in her face, "Hey!" she complained, moving the tail with her grey paw. The cat turned, her amber eyes glittered with guilt, "Sorry!" LeafShade squeaked, lifting her tail away from her friend.
"It's fine, not the first time that happened, anyway." BubbleDream mewed, sitting up, grooming her messy fur.
"Hey! It's our first day as warriors, so hurry up!" LeafShade purred, circling around her friend.
"Okay, okay!" BubbleDream rolled her eyes, finished cleaning her fur and stood. The two warriors padded out of the den, the sun dazzled in the sky, blinding the she-cats for a second.
LeafShade stretched as BubbleDream looking around.
"Hey, you two!"
BubbleDream and LeafShade looked up, their ears twitched. It was OwlFeather, he was standing next to BearStrike. Their pelts were ruffled a bit.
"Hey, why haven't you groomed you pelt? Did something happened while we were asleep?" LeafShade demanded as they padded across the clearing.
"Uh yeah, we were on a border patrol. Met Shadow clan cats and they, kinda, attacked us." OwlFeather winced.
BubbleDream sighed, "Honestly, was it that idiot IceClaw? Because I will bathe in fox dung if it wasn't him!" Making OwlFeather chuckle. BearStrike's ear twitch, "Yes it was him but I wouldn't bathe myself in fox dung either." he mewed.
"Well. I wish i was there, I'd like to rip his face off." LeafShade growled.
"Whoa whoa! Calm down! You already tried to rip RosePaw's." BearStrike rested his tail on her spine.
"She deserves it." The brown she retorted but relaxed slightly when the tom laid his tail on her back.
BubbleDream sighed, "You know, I'm going hunting, coming?" LeafShade and the toms nodded, "Let us clean ourselves!" OwlFeather protested.
The creamy-grey lashed her tail, "Hurry up then, our first day hunting as warriors, don't ruin it!"
LeafShade purred with amusement, "Yeah! Otherwise you'll find yourself getting chased by two mad she-cats."
The toms shuddered, "No thanks! And remember, we are older. So you gonna have to listen to us." BearStrike mewed, OwlFeather nodded with agreement. BubbleDream's eyes widened with fake shock and bowed her head with deep respect, "Of course, O OwlFeather and BearStrike. We shall listen to you and hunt where you want. If we come back with empty paws we shall blame it on you!"
OwlFeather and BearStrike glanced at each other before looking back at the brown she-cat, who were laughing so hard at the creamy-grey she-cat.
"BubbleDream! I swear by the name of StarClan that you, out of all cats in this clan, must be the most sassiest and funniest she-cat!" LeafShade laughed.
BubbleDream licked her chest in embarrassment, "Not my fault." she mewed, "She get's this attitude from my mother!" BubbleDream recognized the voice as her father.
"Hey, LarkHeart," the she-cat turned, greeting the senior warrior, who's eyes were shining with amusement.
"You remind me of my mother, you know?" he mewed.
"Wow, am I your mother now?" BubbleDream asked sarcastically, "Wait! That means i get to order you, DarkMind, SnowLeaf and WhiteStar around!" she purred excitedly.
WhiteStar looked up, rolling her eyes when she heard her niece saying she gets to order the leader around.
SnowLeaf scrambled to her paws and bounded towards BubbleDream with DarkMind hard on her paws.
"Mother?" they asked cheekily.
BubbleDream smirked at her father before turning, "Yes?" She lowered her voice, making her friends laugh along with the cats around her, who were watching.
LarkHeart grunted and nudged his siblings, "You are embarrassing me in front of the clan!" he scowled at them.
DarkMind stood, his eyes gleamed playfully, "Come on! Have some fun, you old grump!" he grinned.
SnowLeaf sat up, glancing at her brother, "DarkMind is right. We may be the eldest warriors in this clan, but that doesn't stop us from having fun!"
BubbleDream turned to her father, her eyes pleading, "Please? I bet I can race you and win!"
A she-cat scrambled to her paws, "No cat can beat FireflyWing!" she called.
"No cat can beat ShadowPaw!" Ivy mist yowled.
"No cat can beat RosePaw!" PatchCloud argued, his eyes blazing with pride, supporting his apprentice, RosePaw poked her head out with confusion, "Did some cat call my name?" she asked.
ShadowPaw was confused as well, "What's going on?" he mewed.
"We're about to have a race!" BubbleDream replied, her eyes sparkled with excitement.
LeafShade glared at RosePaw and stalked to BubbleDream and murmured something in her ear, the creamy-grey she-cat shook her head making her brown friend hiss with frustration.
RosePaw's ear twitched, suddenly feeling lonely, her tail flicked with annoyance and climbed back into the den.
BubbleDream flashed LeafShade a dirty look and nodded to ShadowPaw, who understood and padded after his den mate.
LeafShade hissed, "Why?"
"Anyone can join, rogue-born, half clan, odd eye or whatever. As long as you are a cat, not a fox." The warrior replied.
OwlFeather's eyes gleamed, BearStrike smiled, "Bubble dream is right, so long as you are a cat, you can be anything!"
LeafShade's ear flicked and she looked over her shoulder, "Which means, we can be older!" She purred, smiling cheekily.
BubbleDream smirked, "Yeah, now we are senior warriors." OwlFeather shot BearStrike an annoyed look, who flattened his ears with guilt.
The she-cats spun around and stalked to RippleHeart, who was laughing at her brother.
"Hey!" BubbleDream touched noses, "I'm going to race with RosePaw, ShadowPaw, NightPaw and SkyPaw!" RippleHeart shared a startled look with LeafShade, "Are you sure you want to race with RosePaw?" she asked.
"Yes, why?" BubbleDream tipped her head. LeafShade sighed, her tail twitched, "RosePaw hates you, you hate her. When you race her, don't you think she'll do something to hurt you?"
The creamy-grey she-cat shook her head, "Nope, I never think about it! Just too excited." She bounced up and down, her eyes gleamed with excitement.
LeafShade and RippleHeart sighed.
TigerBlaze padded up from behind, brushing his pelt against RippleHeart's.
BubbleDream and LeafShade smirked, "I suppose we should leave the two love birds alone now." the brown she-cat mewed, glancing at her brown friend, who was glaring at them.
"Who said I loved him, his name sounds like a tiger who just can't stop laughing!" RippleHeart snapped, her fur bristled. TigerBlaze blinked and drew from her, his eyes clouded with hurt.
The brown she-cat's eyes widened when she realised what she had said, she turned to apologise but the tom, she had loved, had stalked away, his eyes blazing with hurt and anger.
RippleHeart's tail drooped, her eyes clouded with confusion and betrayal.
"Why did I say that?" She wailed.
BubbleDream and LeafShade shared a guilty glance, "Look, RippleHeart. We're sorry, we should have never said what had said."
The she-cat looked up at her friends and smiled faintly, "I don't blame you. I blame myself for saying those words." she turned and slowly padded away.
OwlFeather blinked and followed his sister, trying to comfort her while SkyPaw, a newly made apprentice, who had recently took interest in Tiger blaze, was mewing gently to him, pressing her muzzle against his shoulder.
BubbleDream's fur started to bristle, does SkyPaw really think she can win TigerBlaze's heart? She thought. LeafShade brushed her fur against hers, gazing at the two cats. "Hm. Since when did that little white brat started to take interest in TigerBlaze?" she growled.
BubbleDream shrugged, "Dunno. Maybe now when she saw TigerBlaze leaving RippleHeart with no affection."
A dark flash made the creamy-grey she-cat look up, "Uh, hi ShadowPaw."
ShadowPaw ignored BubbleDream's greeting and glared down at LeafShade, "Don't ever let me hear you insult my sister again." he snarled before stalking away. LeafShade blinked with shock, "Wow..overprotective bro alert." She muttered.
BubbleDream shook her head, "No, I understand him." LeafShade nodded and padded of to BearStrike, who was staring at SkyPaw and TigerBlaze.
She saw her best friend brush her pelt against his, pressing her muzzle to his shoulder. She heard the tom purr.
For a moment, she felt lonely. Will I be the only cat with no love? My sisters are at the barn, my father is busy. I clearly have no cat, she thought sadly. She looked around and padded off to hunt.
As she stepped out of the forest, a white and black flash caught her eye, she looked up to see the familiar figure, FrostBreeze, was standing before her, on the other side of the border.
"Greetings, BubblePaw." he dipped his head, BubbleDream realised he doesn't know that she is a warrior.
"Hi, FrostBreeze and I am no longer BubblePaw but as BubbleDream." she dipped head in respect for the older warrior.
The WindClan tom looked guilty, "Sorry. I didn't know."
"It's okay." The ThunderClan warrior purred, "Anyway, what brings you here?"
"I need to speak to you." FrostBreeze replied.
"Oh? And what is that?" BubbleDream asked.
The black and white tom sighed, "Eh, it's about the prophecy. Surely you received it?"
BubbleDream froze, her eyes wide as she flashed back to when she was a kit and BrambleStorm, the ThunderClan elder who had died, told her about a prophecy.
She blinked and nodded. "Yes i have, an elder in my clan, BrambleStorm, died in a battle and his spirit told me the prophecy."
FrostBreeze gave her a curt nod, "I received the prophecy a few days after I was made apprentice. I had sneaked with my siblings to the moon pool and spoke to StarClan."
"SpiritPaw, your RiverClan friend, told me how she received hers. She was awake still, and since her name is Spirit paw and she is blind, she is able to see spirits all around her." The WindClan tom continued.
BubbleDream blinked, "Oh. Do you know who's the last cat then?"
FrostBreeze shook head, then his eyes brightened with humor, "Hopefully it will be a tom. I am already outnumbered by she-cats already."
The ThunderClan she-cat purred, "I hope that too!" she smiled softly. FrostBreeze stepped towards her and touched noses with her. BubbleDream blinked as their noses touched.
Then the WindClan tom dipped his head, and mewed goodbye. The creamy-grey she-cat stood, dazed. She shook her head and padded back to the forest.
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Okay, just to say. Bubble dream and Frost breeze are now very close. Only because they are both part of the prophecy.
So the next chapter will be quite confusing. But I am in a hurry to get to the most exciting thing since most of the story is suppose to be like that!
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