Art belongs to me AU belongs to me Credits to Warriors Emberkit belongs to @RingingBells --> Story <-- Redstar gasped. He inhaled deeply, the cold air in the Moonstone's cave clammy in his throat. Beside him, Spottedleaf's tortoiseshell pelt shuddered before she woke. "You have gained your lives?" "Seven lives." Redstar responded. "Bluefur has two still." Spottedleaf nodded. "That is good. You will serve the Clan well, even with only seven." Redstar closed his eyes for a moment, his body still shuddering anxiously from the painful lives he had received. "We must go, Redstar." Spottedleaf murmured. "Before it is too late in the day." Redstar nodded. "Let's go." --> Part 2 (of ch. 7 [SHORT PART ONE SORRY-]) <-- Firepaw waited anxiously beneath the Highrock, where Redta- RedSTAR had appeared just moments ago, after he returned from the Moonstone. "I have recieved my lives," Redstar called out. "And I must choose a deputy now. I know it is early, but this must be done." The cats below him murmured. Firepaw heard Sandpaw snort, "It'll be Lionheart, you'll see." Graypaw laughed behind her. "It's obviously Whitestorm." Firepaw wondered who it would be. He saw Emberkit watching him from the nursery, and she waved her tail at him. He waved back, smiling. Firepaw saw Ravenpaw sit down next to him. He had grown close to Ravenpaw and Emberkit in the past few moons, and decided that Longtail, Ravenpaw, and Emberkit were perhaps his best friends. "I have chosen a deputy," Redstar cried, knocking Firepaw back to the present. "I say these words before StarClan, so that the spirits of our warrior ancestors may hear and approve my choice. The new deputy of ThunderClan will be Tigerclaw." Firepaw cheered, and Ravenpaw called out for his mentor in congratulations. "But wait," Redstar mewed. The crowd looked from the new deputy up to the leader. "I have two more ceremonies to perform." He saw Dustpaw stand a little taller. "Dustpaw, step forwards." Dustpaw obeyed. "I, Redstar, leader of ThunderClan, call on my Warrior ancestors to look down on this apprentice. They have trained hard to understand the ways of your noble code, and I condemn them to you as a warrior in their turn." He turned. "Dustpaw, do you promise to uphold the warrior code and to protect and defend your clan, even at the cost of your life?" Dustpaw nodded and said, "I do." Redstar twitched his whiskers, satisfied. "Then by the powers of StarClan, I give you your warrior name. Dustpaw, from now on, you will be known as Dustpelt." . . . The two new warriors, Sandstorm and Dustpelt, went to start clearing out their old nests from the apprentice den. Firepaw lifted his chin. When would he be made a warrior? Next: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/507305212
