Chapter 38
Snowfeather awoke in the morning to find little snowflakes dancing in the sky. She turned to her wound, seeing it looked much better than the day before. Mistyfall stood by her side.
"Good morning," she purred.
"Good morning," Snowfeather spoke. "Have you seen Lionstripe?"
Mistyfall nodded. "He came in last night to check on you. He stayed with you for awhile and whispered to you, not that you probably remember it."
Snowfeather nodded, having no recollection of Lionstripe's visit.
"I was actually just about to go get him now that you've awoken," Mistyfall told her. "Would that be alright?"
Snowfeather nodded. "That would be fine, thank you."
Mistyfall exited the den, leaving Snowfeather alone. Being trapped in this den reminded Snowfeather of BloodClan when she was forced to remain in the nursery while her siblings got to explore with her father.
Hearing the sound of footsteps, she lifted her head, seeing Lionstripe pad in. "You're awake," he told her.
Snowfeather nodded. "You don't look much awake," she said, seeing his red, swollen eyes.
"I didn't get much sleep last night," he told her, sitting down next to her. "I was a bit too worried about you."
"Well, you needn't worry anymore," Mistyfall told him. "Her wound is healing. She can probably walk around by now. Try getting up, Snowfeather."
Snowfeather nodded. She pushed on her back legs, standing up pain-free. She smiled, remembering how standing up before had resulted in a sharp pain.
"I feel great," Snowfeather admitted.
Mistyfall smiled. "I hear Sunstar wants to announce your arrival to the clan. You two should probably head to her den. It's the next den over," Mistyfall told them.
"Thanks," Lionstripe dipped his head, exiting out of the den with Snowfeather.
"I didn't realize you visited me last night," Snowfeather admitted.
"Who told you?"
"Mistyfall," Snowfeather smiled.
"I was worried about you," Lionstripe admitted. "I was afraid you were going to..." His voice trailed off, and Snowfeather realized what he was going to say.
"I'm fine, Lionstripe, honestly. I could probably transport if I wanted to. Not that I will. It'd be odd showing my powers in the new clan," Snowfeather told him.
Lionstripe nodded, stopping in front of Sunstar's den. He peeked his head through. "Sunstar?" he asked.
The older ginger she-cat turned, her green eyes staring at both of them. "Come in, come in!" she announced, allowing the two to come in.
"Welcome, Snowfeather," she said. "It's good to meet you. We've met already, Lionstripe."
Lionstripe nodded. "Sunstar has offered to take us around to tour."
"I'd love that," Snowfeather smiled.
"First, we need to show you to the clan," Sunstar told her. "Follow me," she said, leading them to a large rock in their clan. It reminded Snowfeather of MoonClan, and the rock she once stood on as she was being presented.
Lionstripe followed Snowfeather, giving her a bit more courage than usual. Together, they stood, looking down at the clan.
FoxClan was much smaller than Snowfeather imagined. They only had about half as many cats as MoonClan, though she wasn't complaining. It was hard to imagine how they had fought in battle though. Perhaps that was why there were so few.
"CATS OF FOXCLAN!" Sunstar's yowl boomed through the camp. "Today, I bring two cats who have traveled a great distance to join FoxClan. There names are Snowfeather and Lionstripe. Since the battle, we've been in great need of clan members, and now we are fortunate enough to have found some willing members. Please welcome them!"
"SNOWFEATHER! LIONSTRIPE!" The clan cheered.
It reminded Snowfeather of the time she had received her warrior name. Stonecloud, Silverwhisker, and all of StarClan had cheered for her. This felt more real though, more exciting.
Once the crowd had cleared, the two descended down with Sunstar. "Now, we are a bit short on clanmates, but I'd like you to meet some of them," she said.
She padded towards a young orange tom. His eyes were an ember green, even brighter than Lionstripe's.
"This is my son, Embertail. He is deputy of FoxClan," she told them.
Snowfeather dipped her head she met the tom, and the two continued on to the warriors section. They stumbled upon a black she-cat with striking green eyes.
"I'm Hollyfur," she said.
Snowfeather nodded, continuing on. She froze as she saw a gray tabby tom and a white tom speaking to each other.
"I'm Rainwhisker, and this is Cloudfoot," the gray tabby tom said.
Snowfeather froze. "You two aren't from here, are you?"
Cloudfoot tilted his head. "I'm not sure how you would've guessed. We don't like to talk about our past a lot. We're both former MoonClan cats."
Snowfeather's eyes widened. "Rain, Cloud, it's you! I'm Snowfeather, your aunt."
Rainwhisker tilted his head. "Ice only had a brother," he complained.
Snowfeather tilted her head. "No, Ice and Tooth had a sister, me," she said. "Rainwhisker, you have a brother named Fire and a sister named Night, correct?"
Rainwhisker nodded. "I remember when Night was killed in battle, and Ice killed an innocent apprentice."
Snowfeather looked down, knowing the apprentice was Oceanpaw. "Cloudfoot, you have a brother named Fang, don't you?"
Cloudfoot nodded. "If you are my brother's sister and Ice's sister, how do you know all of this? How come you weren't in MoonClan?"
"I stumbled into Ice awhile ago. I'm sorry to tell you, but Tooth has passed," Snowfeather told Cloudfoot.
"Wouldn't surprise me," Cloudfoot sighed.
"I grew up with my siblings, but as a young kit, I was exiled and thrown into the forest. I was thought to be dead until Ice found me a little while ago," Snowfeather explained.
The two seemend fascinated to find a family member, and they chatted a little with Snowfeather until moving on.
Getting to the apprentice den, Snowfeather found only a few apprentices. Some were out training, the only ones remaining being calico she-cat, a black tom, and a brown tabby tom.
"Hi," the she-cat purred. "I'm Rosepaw, and this is Nightpaw," she said, pointing to the black tom.
"I'm Treepaw," the brown tabby tom explained. "Rosepaw and Nightpare are siblings. There's also Violetpaw and Lavenderpaw, a bunch of kittypets who decided to be warriors. They're out training."
Snowfeather nodded, moving onto the nursery. There were really only a few queens in the nursery, the only one with kits being a gray tabby she-cat.
"I'm Cloverpelt," she said. She pointed to three kits. "This is Chesnutkit, Redkit, and Willowkit," she explained.
Snowfeather examined the kits. The light brown tabby tom was Chesnutkit. The ginger tom had to be Redkit. The she-cat, Willowkit, looked the most like her mother with her light gray tabby pelt.
"What lovely kits," Snowfeather purred. She remembered being in the forest, wanting kits of her own. For some reason, she turned to Lionstripe, wondering if they would ever have kits someday.
"Their father would be proud. He died bravely in battle," Cloverpelt sighed.
"Oh, I'm terrible sorry," Lionstripe told her.
"Don't be. His name was Chesnuttail, which is why one of my kits is named after him. I'm still confused to where his loyalties lie though. I guess you two should be let in on the FoxClan secret."
"FoxClan secret?" Snowfeather asked.
Cloverpelt nodded. "Chesnuttail was really a MoonClan cat, Moonstar's son. He escaped with his sister, Hazelnose, who later ended up being evil. He really liked Hollyfur, the she-cat I assume you've met. He became mates with me though, choosing me over her. Unfortunately, Hollyfur found out she was pregnant with his kits after he died. She gave birth to Rosepaw and Nightpaw, and I pretended they were my kits. Unfortunately, I realized I was pregnant, and the kits found out the truth. They're half-siblings," she explained.
"Oh my," Snowfeather spoke. Not wanting to hear anymore, they left. Snowfeather stopped at the medicine den, peeking her head in.
"Everything alright, Snowfeather?" Mistyfall asked.
"I was just wondering if you needed to check my wounds again," Snowfeather asked.
"Maybe later. Explore for right now. Come back tonight again though."
Snowfeather nodded, heading away with Lionstripe to explore FoxClan together.
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