Noblespirit's Clan by Chocolatemeerkat (story reading .txt) 📕

CourageClan:

Leader: Dimstar- A long-haired cream tom with blue eyes.

Deputy: Clawfur- A tall dusty gray tom with amber eyes.

Medicine cat: Hedgefoot- A handsome dark brown tabby tom with white tipped ears and amber eyes.

Medicine apprentice: Rushpaw- A gray tom with no tail, a crippled leg, one ear and blue eyes.

Warriors:
Firetooth- A tall firey ginger tom with yellow eyes.
Apprentice: Hawkpaw
Windsong- A pretty white and brown she-cat with blue eyes.
Apprentice: Softpaw
Talonstrike- A handsome golden tabby tom with amber eyes.
Auroralight- A long-haired silver tabby she-cat with white paws and green eyes.
Sootbound- A small black tom with blue eyes.
Cloudscream- A tall white she-cat with green eyes.
Duckear- A light gray tom with silver stripes and blue eyes.
Apprentice: Clawedpaw
Nightspot- A pretty black she-cat with a white muzzle and yellow eyes.
Apprentice: Mudpaw
Ferretfang- A small light brown tabby tom with darker brown spots and hazel eyes.
Marigold- A small yellow she-cat with white tipped ears and blue eyes, former loner.
Blueheart- A pretty blue she-cat with green eyes.
Apprentice: Treasurepaw
Ravensplash- A sleek black tom with a white splash on his chest, white paws and blue eyes.
Lilypetal- A white she-cat with pale silver stripes and yellow eyes.
Whitethroat- A small black tom with a distinctive white throat and green eyes.
Darkclaw- A black tabby tom with a white tipped tail and amber eyes.
Scatterdust- A dusty gray tom with a twisted jaw and blue eyes.

Apprentices:
Softpaw- A pretty long-haired white she-cat with pale blue eyes.
Treasurepaw- A golden tabby she-cat with amber eyes.
Hawkpaw- A golden tabby tom with faint white paws and amber eyes.
Mudpaw- A dark brown tabby tom with a white muzzle and yellow eyes.
Clawedpaw- A tall golden tabby tom with yellow eyes.

Queens:
Moonstripe- A pretty cream tabby with a white chest and green eyes, mother to Lifekit (Clawfur's kit)
Smallwhisker- A white and ginger tabby she-cat with blue eyes, mother to Lightingkit, Rockkit and Wildkit (Duckear's kits)
Brightflower- A tortiseshell she-cat with green eyes, mother to Noblekit and Heartkit (Talonstrike's kits)
Emberpatch- A pretty fiery ginger she-cat with white paws and green eyes, expecting Ferretfang's kits.

Elders:
Cedarnose- A long-haired brown tom with hazel eyes.
Paleheart- A silvery gray tabby she-cat with blue eyes.


ForestClan

Leader: Thistlestar - A tall dark brown tabby with green eyes.

Deputy: Featherpelt - A light grey she-cat with white paws and blue eyes.

Medicine cat: Bushfur - A light brown tom with amber eyes.

Medicine apprentice: Sweetpaw - A cream she-cat with blue eyes.

Warriors:
Applefoot - A red tabby tom with yellow eyes.
Duskclaw - A dark grey tom with white paws abd blue eyes.

The beams from the rising sun shone down onto the CourageClan camp, waking the cats for another day. Some cats were up within a few seconds, but some didn't like getting up.
"Come on!" A tortoiseshell kit wailed to a golden tabby kit. "Get up, otherwise Mother won't let us go out to play!" The sleeping kit stirred, and batted the other kit away. "Why do you have to constantly wake me up, Heartkit?" He complained.
"Because sisters are annoying." A silvery gray kit mumbled. "I hate it when Lightingkit comes and spoils all the games I play!"
"My ears are great at picking up mouse-brained comments like yours, Rockkit!" Heartkit growled.
Just as the two kits were about to start an argument, a tortoiseshell she-cat wrapped her tail around Heartkit. "Hush, little one. Violence is not a way of resolving problems." She then turned to the tom kit. "Come on Noblekit, it's time to get up, or you'll miss Lifekit's apprentice ceremony."
I don't want to get up!

Noblekit thought as he opened his eyes and stumbled sleepily to his little paws. The queen, who was called Brightflower, licked Noblekit's ears gently. "Shhh, it's alright." She soothed, despite the kit wasn't making any noises. Noblekit mewled quietly, comforted by his mother.
A tall shadow then appeared at the nursery entrance. Noblekit recognised it as Clawfur, the deputy. He was also Moonstripe's mate, making him Lifekit's father. "Dimstar and the rest of the clan are ready." He meowed to the cats. His daughter tried to run to him.
"Not so fast." Moonstripe quickly picked up Lifekit in her jaws. "Your fur is still mattered and messy. I will not be embarrassed by the rest of the clan because you can't keep your fur tidy for half a day." She started to groom the kit's pelt, and Lifekit scowled. Noblekit and the other kits laughed.
"May all the cats old enough to catch their own prey join under the Hidden Rock for a clan meeting!" A voice cried out.
That must be Dimstar.

Noblekit thought. I've heard the other queens mention him a couple of times.

"I'll race you!" A kit named Wildkit called to the others. "Last one to the Hidden Rock is mouse-dung!" So, the kits raced out of the nursery and started to head towards the Hidden Rock.
Where is the Hidden Rock? I've never been out of the nursery before!

Noblekit realised. He then noticed a large group of cats sitting beneath a tall rock, surrounded by tall grass. It made the rock only just noticeable, so Noblekit guessed it was the Hidden Rock.
Remembering the race, Noblekit rushed over to the giant rock and collapsed on a small patch of dirt. "I won!" He squealed with the last of his breath. Noblekit then noticed that he had announced his victory a bit too loudly, and the rest of the clan were staring at him. Brightflower padded over and picked him up by the scuff.
"Lifekit has reached her sixth moon, and she can now become an apprentice." Dimstar meowed. "Until this cat has earned her warrior name, she will be known as Lifepaw. May StarClan guide her paws down the right path as she trains to become a warrior." The leader then scanned the crowd, looking for a warrior to mentor her. "Sootbound, you have shown courage and determination. Pass these qualities down to Lifepaw."
"I will." Sootbound meowed, touching noses with his new apprentice. Dimstar nodded. "Clan dismissed!"
"Psst!" Noblekit felt someone's hot breath in his ear. He looked up and saw Softpaw, one of the oldest apprentices. "Do you want a tour of camp?"
"B-But I'm not allowed out of camp until I'm a apprentice." Noblekit pointed out sadly. Softpaw giggled, her eyes mischievous. "No, silly. We aren't going beyond any borders of the other clans. Just up to the edge of our territory." She then lowered her voice. "Don't blab to your little chums, otherwise I'll get in trouble with Dimstar and
Windsong. You promise?"
"I swear on my life." Noblekit meowed boldly. Softpaw nodded her approval and started to speak. "This is the main centre of camp. We all live here, and the dens are here." She flicked her tail towards a log covered in moss. "That's the medicine den, where Hedgefoot and Rushpaw do their duty to the clan. Sick cats stay there too, when they are really ill."
"Have you?" Noblekit asked awkwardly. Softpaw shook her head, and then flicked her tail towards a huge hole. "Over there is the apprentice den, where I sleep. It used to be a badger sett, but according to Cedarnose, Couragestar, who was our first leader, found a huge badger living in there, and killed it with no help."
I'd love to kill a fox or badger alone! Or a rogue! Maybe even a loner!

Noblekit thought excitedly, but then he remembered that one cat in the clan was a outsider. He just remained silent as Softpaw pointed her muzzle in direction of a moderate size cave. "That's the warrior den, where I'll be once I get my warrior name. All the warriors and senior warriors sleep there. Clawfur does too." She told the kit.
"What about Dimstar and the elders?" Noblekit questioned. Softpaw flicked her tail towards a large pile of logs. "That's the elder's den. It's not very interesting in there." She then flicked her tail in direction of the long grass that covered the Hidden Rock. "Somewhere down there is Dimstar's den. It's under the Hidden Rock slightly."
"But no one can see it from here." Noblekit observed. Softpaw shook her head, but before she could explain further, a white and brown she-cat padded over. "Softpaw, what have you been doing?"
"Showing Noblekit around camp for a bit." The apprentice told her. The warrior sighed. "You were meant to be in the forest learning how to climb trees, not showing a kit his own clan's camp when he will find out in a few moon's time."
"Sorry Windsong." Softpaw replied apologetically, dipping her head. "I'll come now."
And this is my que to leave. I'll go and play with the other kits.

Noblekit thought before leaving the apprentice to her training.

At sunhigh, the weather was very warm. The heat was uncomftable for the long-haired cats imparticular, but it bothered everyone. So for most of the time, the older and younger cats slept where they could find shade.
Noblekit was asleep in the sun when a muzzle nudged his ear. The little kit batted his paws, trying to get the muzzle away from him.
"Watch your paws." A voice warned. Noblekit opened his eyes and saw Dimstar, staring at him.
Oh great. The cat that was bothering me was my own clan leader. Everyone must think I'm mouse-brained.

He thought. Dimstar flicked his tail towards a large tree with overhanging branches and large, shady leaves. "It would be best if you slept under shade. Your mother, sister and friends are over there. You could die out in this heat." He explained.
"Ok." Noblekit slowly padded away towards the huge tree, watching his mother as she slept peacefully while Heartkit played with Lightingkit.
He then noticed four warriors sitting in the shade, gossiping. Noblekit only recognised Windsong, who was Softpaw's mentor, and Scatterdust, the newest warrior who had spent a lot of his apprentice training in the medicine den due to twisting his jaw.
"Marigold tells