//------------------------------// // Chapter 2 // Story: My Little Warriors // by Luna Plays Minecraft //------------------------------// Against my own will, I am led to a large, what appears to be abandoned, quarry. And there are more cats here! Just great. There are two cats guarding the entrance, a gray tom, and sandy colored she-cat. We walk past them, and into the camp, where I find myself as the center of attention. I try to ignore all the stares i'm getting and examine my surroundings, but i'm finding that very hard to do. The camp is actually pretty neat. There are all these little dens and stuff. It's cute. As i'm admiring the camp, and fiery orange tom steps out of one of the dens, and starts walking towards us. "Brambleclaw, why have you brought this cat here?" He asks the brown cat. "We found her trespassing on our territory, and Lionblaze believes she is the cat Starclan told Jayfeather about." Brambleclaw explains. "I see. I'll tell Jayfeather, and you show her around, alright?" The orange cat says, and walks away. I am getting left out of all these conversations! The cats who brought me here all break up, and leave me alone with Brambleclaw. "Alright, that rock over there is high ledge, where Firestar will speak for clan meetings. Under that is Firestar's den. Over there is the nursery, where kits and queens stay. There is the warrior's den, and there is the medicine cat den. And over there is the elder's den. There, I think that covers everything. Any questions?" Brambleclaw told me. I didn't understand a word of it, but it sure seems fascinating! "Uh, wow. That sure is interesting." I say awkwardly. Brambleclaw was about to respond, when Firestar appeared out of the medicine cat den, followed by a gray tabby tom. "Alright, this is Jayfeather, our medicine cat. Jayfeather, this is... Sorry, what's your name?" Firestar asked me. "Vinyl Scratch." I tell him. "Right. Jayfeather, this is Vinyl Scratch." He introduced. Jayfeather just nodded in acknowledgement. Jayfeather seemed to freeze for a second, before turning in the direction of Firestar and saying: "This is the cat." "I don't understand. What the buck did he just do? And what cat are you talking about??!!" I snap at them. "And why are you looking at me like that?" I add to Jayfeather. "Because i'm blind." Well, I can't say I expected that. "Oh... Uh, my friend Rainbow Dash is near-sighted... So that's kind of like being blind... In some way..." I say, trying to make this conversation less awkward. "Really?" He asks. "No..." I say, but i'm sure in some alternate universe, there really is a near-sighted Rainbow Dash. "Well as I was saying, you're the cat Starclan told me about, who would save the clans in their greatest time of need." He explained. "Does this 'Starclan' realize that I became a cat not 20 minutes ago?" I ask, feeling a bit annoyed. He just shrugged. "Fine. I'll play along until I can find a way back home. It will be like one of Dash's bad fanfictions." He looked a bit confused, but seemed to accept that. "Great. I'll hold a clan meeting, and get you a mentor." Firestar said, and was off. My only thoughts now are, 'What the buck have I gotten myself into?' "Let all cats old enough to catch their own prey gather here beneath the high rock for a clan meeting." Firestar's voice rang through the camp. The few cats who weren't already gathered slowly stepped out of their dens, and began to mingle with the other cats. "Cats of Thunderclan," he began, "Today we have a new cat joining our clan. She has been sent by Starclan to aid us in our time of greatest need. Vinyl Scratch, you have decided to train under Thunderclan and learn the ways of the warrior code. From this day on, until you receive your warrior name, you will be known as Lightpaw. Ashfur, you are ready to take on an apprentice. You have done an excellent job training Lionblaze, and you have shown yourself to be strong and smart. You will be the mentor of Lightpaw, and I expect you to pass on all you know to this apprentice." Firestar finished. Ashfur, a pale gray tom with darker flecks, walked up to me. Everyone was looking at me expectantly, so out of nervousness, I awkwardly touched noses with him. Firestar nodded in approval, and a few cats started cheering my name, so I guess I did right. After that, Ashfur took me out of camp, saying he was going to show me the territory. On the way out, I saw cats looking at me, and whispering to their friends. It just made me remember how out of place I was. "So as you know, my name's Ashfur." He said to me as we walked through the thorn tunnel. "And Those two are Graystripe and Sandstorm." He added as we passes the two cats guarding the entrance. Just as we get a little ways away from camp, we come across a pale tortoiseshell she-cat with three kits. "Tawnypelt, what are you doing on Thunderclan territory?" Ashfur snarled. "I need to talk to Firestar." Tawnypelt says. "What about?" He asks. "Sol has convinced Shadowclan to stop believing in Starclan." She says sadly. I couldn't care less, since I still don't really know what Starclan is, but Ashfur seems pretty shaken about it. "I'll take you to camp. Firestar will want to hear this." He says, and we head back to the place where I get awkward stares and a constant feeling of unease.